| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Molecular profile of reactive astrocytes—Implications for their role in neurologic disease | Neuroscience | 1993 | 1,371 |
| 2 | Antiviral pressure exerted by HIV-l-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) during primary infection demonstrated by rapid selection of CTL escape virus | Nature Medicine | 1997 | 1,138 |
| 3 | Central nervous system damage produced by expression of the HIV-1 coat protein gpl20 in transgenic mice | Nature | 1994 | 685 |
| 4 | Major expansion of CD8+ T cells with a predominant Vβ usage during the primary immune response to HIV | Nature | 1994 | 630 |
| 5 | Identification of -Dystroglycan as a Receptor for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus and Lassa Fever Virus | | 1998 | 609 |
| 6 | Anchorless Prion Protein Results in Infectious Amyloid Disease Without Clinical Scrapie | Science | 2005 | 585 |
| 7 | Coronavirus Spike Proteins in Viral Entry and Pathogenesis | Virology | 2001 | 569 |
| 8 | Differential regulation of antiviral T-cell immunity results in stable CD8+ but declining CD4+ T-cell memory | Nature Medicine | 2001 | 545 |
| 9 | Molecular mimicry and immune‐mediated diseases | FASEB Journal | 1998 | 538 |
| 10 | DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR Bind Ebola Glycoproteins and Enhance Infection of Macrophages and Endothelial Cells | Virology | 2003 | 338 |
| 11 | Does Toll-like receptor 3 play a biological role in virus infections? | Virology | 2004 | 328 |
| 12 | Viral persistence in neurons explained by lack of major histocompatibility class I expression | Science | 1991 | 315 |
| 13 | Immunosuppression and Resultant Viral Persistence by Specific Viral Targeting of Dendritic Cells | Journal of Experimental Medicine | 2000 | 273 |
| 14 | Molecular Recognition by LARGE Is Essential for Expression of Functional Dystroglycan | Cell | 2004 | 243 |
| 15 | DNA Microarrays of the Complex Human Cytomegalovirus Genome: Profiling Kinetic Class with Drug Sensitivity of Viral Gene Expression | Journal of Virology | 1999 | 235 |
| 16 | Rho Family Proteins Modulate Rapid Apoptosis Induced by Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes and Fas | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2000 | 234 |
| 17 | Different Dynamics of CD4+ and CD8+ T Cell Responses During and After Acute Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection | Journal of Immunology | 2003 | 231 |
| 18 | Two Distinct Mechanisms Target Membrane Proteins to the Axonal Surface | Neuron | 2003 | 221 |
| 19 | NP and L Proteins of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) Are Sufficient for Efficient Transcription and Replication of LCMV Genomic RNA Analogs | Journal of Virology | 2000 | 219 |
| 20 | Interferon-γ Is Essential for Destruction of β Cells and Development of Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus | Journal of Experimental Medicine | 1997 | 214 |
| 21 | Intrinsic Functional Dysregulation of CD4 T Cells Occurs Rapidly following Persistent Viral Infection | Journal of Virology | 2005 | 200 |
| 22 | Astrocytes in infectious and immune‐mediated diseases of the central nervous system | FASEB Journal | 1993 | 198 |
| 23 | Astrocyte-specific expression of hamster prion protein (PrP) renders PrP knockout mice susceptible to hamster scrapie | EMBO Journal | 1997 | 196 |
| 24 | Autoreactive CD4+ T Cells Protect from Autoimmune Diabetes via Bystander Suppression Using the IL-4/Stat6 Pathway | Immunity | 1999 | 183 |
| 25 | Bone marrow plasmacytoid dendritic cells can differentiate into myeloid dendritic cells upon virus infection | Nature Immunology | 2004 | 183 |
| 26 | Viruses Evade the Immune System through Type I Interferon-Mediated STAT2-Dependent, but STAT1-Independent, Signaling | Immunity | 2005 | 180 |
| 27 | New World Arenavirus Clade C, but Not Clade A and B Viruses, Utilizes α-Dystroglycan as Its Major Receptor | Journal of Virology | 2002 | 172 |
| 28 | Evasion of Host Defenses by Measles Virus: Wild-Type Measles Virus Infection Interferes with Induction of Alpha/Beta Interferon Production | Journal of Virology | 2000 | 156 |
| 29 | Vaccination and protection from a lethal viral infection: Identification, incorporation, and use of a cytotoxic T lymphocyte glycoprotein epitope | Virology | 1990 | 152 |
| 30 | Differences in Affinity of Binding of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Strains to the Cellular Receptor α-Dystroglycan Correlate with Viral Tropism and Disease Kinetics | Journal of Virology | 2001 | 152 |
| 31 | Molecular analysis of the interaction of LCMV with its cellular receptor α-dystroglycan | Journal of Cell Biology | 2001 | 152 |
| 32 | Biology and Pathogenesis of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection | Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology | 2002 | 152 |
| 33 | Evidence for an Underlying CD4 Helper and CD8 T-Cell Defect in B-Cell-Deficient Mice: Failure To Clear Persistent Virus Infection after Adoptive Immunotherapy with Virus-Specific Memory Cells from μMT/μMT Mice | Journal of Virology | 1998 | 152 |
| 34 | CD40L Blockade Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes by Induction of Bitypic NK/DC Regulatory Cells | Immunity | 2002 | 150 |
| 35 | Measles Virus Infection in a Transgenic Model | Cell | 1999 | 147 |
| 36 | V and C Proteins of Measles Virus Function as Virulence Factors in Vivo | Virology | 2000 | 147 |
| 37 | Viral targeting of hematopoietic progenitors and inhibition of DC maturation as a dual strategy for immune subversion | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 2004 | 147 |
| 38 | An Essential Role for Type 1 Interferon-γ in Terminating Persistent Viral Infection | Virology | 1995 | 143 |
| 39 | Annexation of the interchromosomal space during viral infection | Nature Cell Biology | 2000 | 143 |
| 40 | Prevention of HIV-1 gp120-induced neuronal damage in the central nervous system of transgenic mice by the NMDA receptor antagonist memantine | Brain Research | 1996 | 139 |
| 41 | Virus-induced autoimmune disease | Current Opinion in Immunology | 1996 | 139 |
| 42 | Viral Infection of Transgenic Mice Expressing a Viral Protein in Oligodendrocytes Leads to Chronic Central Nervous System Autoimmune Disease | Journal of Experimental Medicine | 1996 | 137 |
| 43 | Mechanisms for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus glycoprotein cleavage, transport, and incorporation into virions | Virology | 2003 | 136 |
| 44 | Protective immunity against murine hepatitis virus (MHV) induced by intranasal or subcutaneous administration of hybrids of tobacco mosaic virus that carries an MHV epitope | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1999 | 134 |
| 45 | Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection Down-Regulates MHC Class II Expression on Macrophages by Induction of IL-10 | Journal of Immunology | 1999 | 132 |
| 46 | Detection of Borna Disease Virus Antigen and RNA in Human Autopsy Brain Samples from Neuropsychiatric Patients | Virology | 1996 | 131 |
| 47 | Mechanism of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Entry into Cells | Virology | 1994 | 127 |
| 48 | RING Finger Z Protein of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) Inhibits Transcription and RNA Replication of an LCMV S-Segment Minigenome | Journal of Virology | 2001 | 127 |
| 49 | Molecular Mimicry, Microbial Infection, and Autoimmune Disease: Evolution of the Concept | Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology | 2005 | 127 |
| 50 | Molecular anatomy of antigen-specific CD8+ T cell engagement and synapse formation in vivo | Nature Immunology | 2002 | 124 |
