Vira Bitko

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Vira Bitko is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vira Bitko has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Epidemiology, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Vira Bitko's work include Respiratory viral infections research (13 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (10 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers). Vira Bitko is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (13 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (10 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers). Vira Bitko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Poland. Vira Bitko's co-authors include Sailen Barik, Alla Musiyenko, Yu‐Chung Yang, Yang Liu, Dwight C. Look, Murali Ramaswamy, Barsanjit Mazumder, Anja R. Oldenburg, Brian Fouty and Lesley C. Dupuy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, PLoS ONE and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Vira Bitko

28 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Inhibition of respiratory viruses by nasally administered siRNA

2004 560 citations Vira Bitko, Alla Musiyenko et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vira Bitko United States	18	955	647	350	341	312	28	1.8k
Dohun Pyeon United States	22	939 1.0×	901 1.4×	672 1.9×	165 0.5×	451 1.4×	38	2.3k
Ellen M. Westerhout Netherlands	17	1.4k 1.4×	231 0.4×	294 0.8×	180 0.5×	285 0.9×	23	1.9k
Vladimır Majerčiak United States	28	808 0.8×	1.0k 1.6×	235 0.7×	325 1.0×	383 1.2×	53	1.9k
Mitsuo Kawano Japan	24	437 0.5×	742 1.1×	285 0.8×	408 1.2×	73 0.2×	73	1.6k
Beihua Dong United States	24	1.6k 1.7×	398 0.6×	1.4k 3.9×	488 1.4×	170 0.5×	43	2.9k
Mary Y. Murphy United States	4	651 0.7×	456 0.7×	1.3k 3.7×	599 1.8×	126 0.4×	7	2.3k
Iyoko Katoh Japan	21	1.2k 1.2×	201 0.3×	408 1.2×	400 1.2×	100 0.3×	40	2.2k
Anna Cerny United States	25	518 0.5×	606 0.9×	1.0k 3.0×	304 0.9×	86 0.3×	29	1.9k
Valérie Cheynet France	16	1.0k 1.1×	163 0.3×	272 0.8×	208 0.6×	107 0.3×	34	1.7k
Chioma M. Okeoma United States	27	1.1k 1.1×	321 0.5×	645 1.8×	427 1.3×	363 1.2×	61	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vira Bitko

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Lin, Yi‐Jiun, Meei‐Yun Lin, Luke Tzu-Chi Liu, et al.. (2022). Protection of hamsters challenged with SARS-CoV-2 after two doses of MVC-COV1901 vaccine followed by a single intranasal booster with nanoemulsion adjuvanted S-2P vaccine. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 11369–11369. 5 indexed citations

Ganesan, Shyamala, Charles Chen, Chia-En Lien, et al.. (2022). Intranasal nanoemulsion adjuvanted S-2P vaccine demonstrates protection in hamsters and induces systemic, cell-mediated and mucosal immunity in mice. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0272594–e0272594. 2 indexed citations

Bitko, Vira & Sailen Barik. (2021). Role of metapneumoviral glycoproteins in the evasion of the host cell innate immune response. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 96. 105096–105096. 3 indexed citations

Bernstein, David I., Rhonda D. Cardin, Fernando Bravo, et al.. (2019). Intranasal nanoemulsion-adjuvanted HSV-2 subunit vaccine is effective as a prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine using the guinea pig model of genital herpes. Vaccine. 37(43). 6470–6477. 27 indexed citations

Bitko, Vira, et al.. (2019). A DNA Vaccine in Which the RSV-F Ectodomain Is Covalently Linked to the Burkholderia pseudomallei Antigens TssM and Hcp1 Augments the Humoral and Cytotoxic Response in Mice. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2411–2411. 3 indexed citations

Troyanovsky, Boris, et al.. (2016). The Functionality of Minimal PiggyBac Transposons in Mammalian Cells. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 5(10). e369–e369. 18 indexed citations

Troyanovsky, Boris, et al.. (2015). Simple viral/minimal piggyBac hybrid vectors for stable production of self-inactivating gamma-retroviruses. BMC Research Notes. 8(1). 379–379. 3 indexed citations

O’Konek, Jessica J., Paul E. Makidon, Jeffrey J. Landers, et al.. (2015). Intranasal nanoemulsion-based inactivated respiratory syncytial virus vaccines protect against viral challenge in cotton rats. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 11(12). 2904–2912. 21 indexed citations

Bitko, Vira, et al.. (2013). Minimal piggyBac vectors for chromatin integration. Gene Therapy. 21(1). 1–9. 16 indexed citations

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Bitko, Vira, Alla Musiyenko, Mark A. Bayfield, Richard J Maraia, & Sailen Barik. (2008). Cellular La Protein Shields Nonsegmented Negative-Strand RNA Viral Leader RNA from RIG-I and Enhances Virus Growth by Diverse Mechanisms. Journal of Virology. 82(16). 7977–7987. 46 indexed citations

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Musiyenko, Alla, Vira Bitko, & Sailen Barik. (2008). Ectopic expression of miR-126*, an intronic product of the vascular endothelial EGF-like 7 gene, regulates prostein translation and invasiveness of prostate cancer LNCaP cells. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 86(3). 313–322. 136 indexed citations

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Bitko, Vira & Sailen Barik. (2008). Nasal Delivery of siRNA. Methods in molecular biology. 442. 75–82. 23 indexed citations

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Bitko, Vira & Sailen Barik. (2007). Respiratory viral diseases: access to RNA interference therapy. Drug Discovery Today Therapeutic Strategies. 4(4). 273–276. 5 indexed citations

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Musiyenko, Alla, Vira Bitko, & Sailen Barik. (2007). RNAi-dependent and -independent antiviral phenotypes of chromosomally integrated shRNA clones: Role of VASP in respiratory syncytial virus growth. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 85(7). 745–752. 7 indexed citations

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Barik, Sailen & Vira Bitko. (2006). Prospects of RNA interference therapy in respiratory viral diseases: update 2006. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 6(11). 1151–1160. 19 indexed citations

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Bitko, Vira, et al.. (2004). Activation of cytokines and NF-kappa B in corneal epithelial cells infected by respiratory syncytial virus: potential relevance in ocular inflammation and respiratory infection. BMC Microbiology. 4(1). 28–28. 34 indexed citations

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Bitko, Vira, et al.. (2004). Inhibition of respiratory viruses by nasally administered siRNA. Nature Medicine. 11(1). 50–55. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bitko, Vira & Sailen Barik. (2001). Phenotypic silencing of cytoplasmic genes using sequence-specific double-stranded short interfering RNA and its application in the reverse genetics of wild type negative-strand RNA viruses. BMC Microbiology. 1(1). 34–34. 221 indexed citations

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Dupuy, Lesley C., et al.. (1999). Casein Kinase 2-Mediated Phosphorylation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Phosphoprotein P Is Essential for the Transcription Elongation Activity of the Viral Polymerase; Phosphorylation by Casein Kinase 1 Occurs Mainly at Ser ²¹⁵ and Is without Effect. Journal of Virology. 73(10). 8384–8392. 46 indexed citations

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Bitko, Vira, et al.. (1997). Transcriptional Induction of Multiple Cytokines by Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Requires Activation of NF-κB and Is Inhibited by Sodium Salicylate and Aspirin. Virology. 232(2). 369–378. 118 indexed citations

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