Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar

3.3k total citations
27 papers, 835 citations indexed

About

Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 835 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Immunology, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (14 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers). Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (14 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers). Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar collaborates with scholars based in Australia, India and Japan. Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar's co-authors include Axel Kallies, Ashish Banerjee, David Chisanga, Renee Gloury, Wei Shi, George Grigoriadis, Patrick M. Gubser, Kevin Man, Sarah S. Gabriel and Daniel T. Utzschneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar

27 papers receiving 827 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar Australia 17 522 218 217 75 66 27 835
Hao He China 16 384 0.7× 180 0.8× 237 1.1× 51 0.7× 78 1.2× 40 827
Jianguo Du United States 11 330 0.6× 329 1.5× 251 1.2× 85 1.1× 34 0.5× 19 777
Huiqing Fang United States 15 364 0.7× 115 0.5× 308 1.4× 71 0.9× 58 0.9× 24 753
Masaki Tajima Japan 13 426 0.8× 191 0.9× 164 0.8× 39 0.5× 85 1.3× 32 753
Toshimi Ikuse Japan 8 415 0.8× 153 0.7× 245 1.1× 47 0.6× 44 0.7× 10 884
Simaan Assi Israel 7 829 1.6× 267 1.2× 231 1.1× 59 0.8× 74 1.1× 8 1.1k
Sharad K. Mittal United States 19 426 0.8× 135 0.6× 231 1.1× 37 0.5× 72 1.1× 43 1.2k
Andrei Constantinescu France 14 477 0.9× 116 0.5× 411 1.9× 68 0.9× 61 0.9× 25 929
Eva Pastille Germany 16 567 1.1× 194 0.9× 220 1.0× 117 1.6× 104 1.6× 26 889
Yayi Gao China 16 560 1.1× 156 0.7× 261 1.2× 59 0.8× 70 1.1× 19 853

Countries citing papers authored by Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar. Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moncsek, Anja, Francesco Andreata, Valeria Fumagalli, et al.. (2025). The co-inhibitory receptor TIGIT promotes tissue-protective functions in T cells. Nature Immunology. 26(11). 2074–2085. 1 indexed citations
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Nayer, Bhavana, Yen‐Zhen Lu, Ekaterina Salimova, et al.. (2024). Tregs delivered post-myocardial infarction adopt an injury-specific phenotype promoting cardiac repair via macrophages in mice. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6480–6480. 22 indexed citations
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Nayer, Bhavana, Jean L. Tan, Yen‐Zhen Lu, et al.. (2024). Local administration of regulatory T cells promotes tissue healing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7863–7863. 28 indexed citations
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Kallies, Axel & Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar. (2024). Transcriptional and hormonal control of adipose Treg heterogeneity and function. Immunological Reviews. 324(1). 42–51. 2 indexed citations
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Vasanthakumar, Ajithkumar, et al.. (2024). An Automated Helmet Detection for Bike Power Start Control using Yolov8. 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Andrews, Miles C. & Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar. (2022). Gut microbiota – a double-edged sword in cancer immunotherapy. Trends in cancer. 9(1). 3–5. 14 indexed citations
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Man, Kevin, Axel Kallies, & Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar. (2021). Resident and migratory adipose immune cells control systemic metabolism and thermogenesis. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 19(3). 421–431. 63 indexed citations
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Utzschneider, Daniel T., Sarah S. Gabriel, David Chisanga, et al.. (2020). Early precursor T cells establish and propagate T cell exhaustion in chronic infection. Nature Immunology. 21(10). 1256–1266. 169 indexed citations
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Sidwell, Tom, Yang Liao, Alexandra L. Garnham, et al.. (2020). Attenuation of TCR-induced transcription by Bach2 controls regulatory T cell differentiation and homeostasis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 252–252. 63 indexed citations
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Zhan, Yifan, Nancy Wang, Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar, et al.. (2018). CCR2 enhances CD25 expression by FoxP3+ regulatory T cells and regulates their abundance independently of chemotaxis and CCR2+ myeloid cells. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 17(2). 123–132. 25 indexed citations
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Vasanthakumar, Ajithkumar & Axel Kallies. (2017). Interleukin (IL)-33 and the IL-1 Family of Cytokines—Regulators of Inflammation and Tissue Homeostasis. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 11(3). a028506–a028506. 35 indexed citations
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Vasanthakumar, Ajithkumar, Dakang Xu, Aaron T. L. Lun, et al.. (2017). A non‐canonical function of Ezh2 preserves immune homeostasis. EMBO Reports. 18(4). 619–631. 61 indexed citations
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Tuzlak, Selma, Robyn L. Schenk, Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar, et al.. (2017). The BCL-2 pro-survival protein A1 is dispensable for T cell homeostasis on viral infection. Cell Death and Differentiation. 24(3). 523–533. 25 indexed citations
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Vasanthakumar, Ajithkumar, Julie Tellier, Tom Sidwell, et al.. (2016). The transcriptional regulator, IRF4 is essential for the development of follicular T regulatory cells. European Journal of Immunology. 46. 1 indexed citations
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Teh, Peggy P., Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar, & Axel Kallies. (2015). Development and Function of Effector Regulatory T Cells. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 136. 155–174. 36 indexed citations
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Heink, Sylvia, Franziska Petermann, Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar, et al.. (2014). IL-27 and IL-12 oppose pro-inflammatory IL-23 in CD4+ T cells by inducing Blimp1. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3770–3770. 85 indexed citations
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Gerondakis, Steve, Ashish Banerjee, George Grigoriadis, et al.. (2012). NF‐κB subunit specificity in hemopoiesis. Immunological Reviews. 246(1). 272–285. 45 indexed citations
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Grigoriadis, George, Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar, Ashish Banerjee, et al.. (2011). c-Rel Controls Multiple Discrete Steps in the Thymic Development of Foxp3+ CD4 Regulatory T Cells. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e26851–e26851. 26 indexed citations
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Vasanthakumar, Ajithkumar, et al.. (2010). Modulation ofdnrNexpression by intracellular levels of DnrO and daunorubicin inStreptomyces peucetius. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 306(2). 160–167. 7 indexed citations
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Vasanthakumar, Ajithkumar, et al.. (2010). The activator/repressor protein DnrO of Streptomyces peucetius binds to DNA without changing its topology. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 46(3). 380–384. 5 indexed citations

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