Ruth H. Florese

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

HIV Research and Treatment(14), Virus-based gene therapy research(9), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses(7), Hepatitis C virus research(4), Immune Cell Function and Interaction(4)

Publications18 total

Intranasal vaccination with H5, H7 and H9 hemagglutinins co-localized in a virus-like particle protects ferrets from multiple avian influenza viruses
Virology·2013· 53 cited
Vaccine induced antibodies to the first variable loop of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120, mediate antibody-dependent virus inhibition in macaques
Vaccine·2011· 19 cited
High-level, lasting antiviral immunity induced by a bimodal AIDS vaccine and boosted by live-virus exposure
AIDS·2011· 3 cited
Contribution of Nonneutralizing Vaccine-Elicited Antibody Activities to Improved Protective Efficacy in Rhesus Macaques Immunized with Tat/Env Compared with Multigenic Vaccines
The Journal of Immunology·2009· 126 citedOpen Access
Comparative study of Tat vaccine regimens in Mauritian cynomolgus and Indian rhesus macaques: Influence of Mauritian MHC haplotypes on susceptibility/resistance to SHIV89.6P infection
Vaccine·2008· 41 citedOpen Access
Replicating adenovirus HIV/SIV recombinant priming alone or in combination with a gp140 protein boost results in significant control of viremia following a SHIV89.6P challenge in Mamu-A⁎01 negative rhesus macaques
Virology·2008· 28 cited
Non-Neutralizing Antibodies and Vaccine-Induced Protection Against HIV
Future HIV Therapy·2007· 2 cited
A Replication-Competent Adenovirus-Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Ad-HIV)<i>tat</i>and Ad-HIV<i>env</i>Priming/Tat and Envelope Protein Boosting Regimen Elicits Enhanced Protective Efficacy against Simian/Human Immunodeficiency Virus SHIV<sub>89.6P</sub>Challenge in Rhesus Macaques
Journal of Virology·2007· 81 citedOpen Access
Non-neutralizing antibodies and vaccine-induced protection
Retrovirology·2006· 8 citedOpen Access
Evaluation of Passively Transferred, Nonneutralizing Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity-Mediating IgG in Protection of Neonatal Rhesus Macaques against Oral SIVmac251 Challenge
The Journal of Immunology·2006· 73 citedOpen Access
An Adenovirus-Based HIV Subtype B Prime/Boost Vaccine Regimen Elicits Antibodies Mediating Broad Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Against Non-Subtype B HIV Strains
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes·2006· 65 cited
Durable protection of rhesus macaques immunized with a replicating adenovirus-SIV multigene prime/protein boost vaccine regimen against a second SIVmac251 rectal challenge: Role of SIV-specific CD8+ T cell responses
Virology·2006· 66 cited
Prime-boost AIDS Vaccine Strategies Based on Replication-Competent Adenovirus Recombinants
Retrovirology·2005Open Access
A simplified method for the rapid fluorometric assessment of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity
Journal of Immunological Methods·2005· 198 cited
Vaccine-Elicited Antibodies Mediate Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Correlated with Significantly Reduced Acute Viremia in Rhesus Macaques Challenged with SIVmac251
The Journal of Immunology·2005· 274 citedOpen Access
Identification of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Subtype 1b Strains That Are Highly, or Only Weakly, Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma on the Basis of the Secondary Structure of an Amino-Terminal Portion of the HCV NS3 Protein
Journal of Clinical Microbiology·2003· 32 citedOpen Access
Inhibition of protein synthesis by the nonstructural proteins NS4A and NS4B of hepatitis C virus
Virus Research·2002· 63 cited
Nuclear localization and intramolecular cleavage of N-terminally deleted NS5A protein of hepatitis C virus
Virus Research·2000· 29 cited

Frequent Co-authors

David Venzon(12), Marjorie Robert-Guroff(12), L. Jean Patterson(7), Thorsten Demberg(6), Raúl Gómez Román(5), David C. Montefiori(5), Kris Aldrich(4), Kay Larsen(4), Aurelio Cafaro(4), Barbara Ensoli(4), V. S. Kalyanaraman(4), Ranajit Pal(4), Bo Peng(3), Eun Mi Lee(3), Donald N. Forthal(3), Vaniambadi S. Kalyanaraman(3), Susan W. Barnett(3), Motoko Nagano‐Fujii(3), Hak Hotta(3), Megan J. Heath(2)