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Kai Xu

Immunology and Microbiology · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1997
HIV Research and TreatmentMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchVirology and Viral Diseasesvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

Publications

156

Citations

7,575

Est. group size

~23

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

29

Publishing since 1997

Research summary
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Kai Xu's work focuses on understanding how the immune system recognizes and neutralizes viruses such as HIV, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2, with an emphasis on antibody structure and vaccine design. Research includes studying how specific antibodies target viral proteins (like the HIV envelope or influenza entry machinery) to inform the development of vaccines and antibody-based therapies. Note that the publication list attributed to this name includes many unrelated topics (materials science, plant biology, waste management), suggesting the record may combine outputs from multiple researchers sharing the same name.

Antibody-based HIV and influenza researchVaccine design and immune response evaluationViral entry and structural virologySARS-CoV-2 and viral evolutionMonoclonal antibody neutralization mechanisms

Publication output has grown fairly steadily over the past decade, rising from about 7 papers per year in 2017-2018 to a peak of 16 in 2024, with a slight decline in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.0/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 15 publications212022: 12 publications222023: 14 publications232024: 16 publications16242025: 13 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×17
  • Cell Reports×6
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×5
  • Nature Communications×5
  • Cell Host & Microbe×4
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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