Anirban Maitra

106.2k total citations · 22 hit papers
564 papers, 51.1k citations indexed

About

Anirban Maitra is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Anirban Maitra has authored 564 papers receiving a total of 51.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 366 papers in Oncology, 252 papers in Molecular Biology and 167 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Anirban Maitra's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (306 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (117 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (69 papers). Anirban Maitra is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (306 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (117 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (69 papers). Anirban Maitra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Anirban Maitra's co-authors include Ralph H. Hruban, Michael Goggins, Georg Feldmann, Christine A. Iacobuzio–Donahue, Steven D. Leach, Duojia Pan, Charles J. Yeo, Robert A. Anders, Richard D. Schulick and Raheela Ashfaq and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Anirban Maitra

551 papers receiving 50.4k citations

Hit Papers

Elucidation of a Universa... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2007 2003 2007 2012 2011 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Elucidation of a Universal Size-Control Mechanism in Drosophila and Mammals
    2007 1.9k citations Georg Feldmann, Anirban Maitra et al. profile →
  2. Preinvasive and invasive ductal pancreatic cancer and its early detection in the mouse
    2003 1.8k citations Anirban Maitra, Ralph H. Hruban et al. profile →
  3. Transactivation of miR-34a by p53 Broadly Influences Gene Expression and Promotes Apoptosis
    2007 1.6k citations Michael E. Mullendore, Georg Feldmann et al. profile →
  4. EMT and Dissemination Precede Pancreatic Tumor Formation
    2012 1.6k citations Anirban Maitra, Jennifer M. Bailey et al. profile →
  5. DAXX / ATRX , MEN1 , and mTOR Pathway Genes Are Frequently Altered in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
    2011 1.2k citations Barish H. Edil, Roeland F. de Wilde et al. profile →
  6. Inhibition of lactate dehydrogenase A induces oxidative stress and inhibits tumor progression
    2010 1.2k citations Anne Le, Anirban Maitra et al. profile →
  7. Widespread requirement for Hedgehog ligand stimulation in growth of digestive tract tumours
    2003 1.0k citations Anirban Maitra, James R. Eshleman et al. profile →
  8. Hedgehog signalling in prostate regeneration, neoplasia and metastasis
    2004 783 citations Surajit Dhara, Anirban Maitra et al. profile →
  9. An Illustrated Consensus on the Classification of Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
    2004 761 citations Ralph H. Hruban, Volkan Adsay et al. profile →
  10. Tumor microenvironment derived exosomes pleiotropically modulate cancer cell metabolism
    2016 729 citations Héctor M. Álvarez, Sonal Gupta et al. profile →
  11. Generation and testing of clinical-grade exosomes for pancreatic cancer
    2018 633 citations Anirban Maitra et al. profile →
  12. Pancreatic cancer stroma: an update on therapeutic targeting strategies
    2020 630 citations Rolf A. Brekken, Anirban Maitra et al. profile →
  13. Pancreatic cancer: Advances and challenges
    2023 599 citations Anirban Maitra et al. profile →
  14. Exomic Sequencing Identifies PALB2 as a Pancreatic Cancer Susceptibility Gene
    2009 565 citations Ralph H. Hruban, Christine A. Iacobuzio–Donahue et al. profile →
  15. Recurrent GNAS Mutations Define an Unexpected Pathway for Pancreatic Cyst Development
    2011 562 citations Jian Wu, Hanno Matthaei et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
  16. Pancreatic Cancer
    2008 538 citations Anirban Maitra, Ralph H. Hruban profile →
  17. Blockade of Hedgehog Signaling Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Invasion and Metastases: A New Paradigm for Combination Therapy in Solid Cancers
    2007 537 citations Georg Feldmann, Surajit Dhara et al. Cancer Research profile →
  18. Presence of Somatic Mutations in Most Early-Stage Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia
    2012 534 citations Hanno Matthaei, Jian Wu et al. profile →
  19. Notch mediates TGFα-induced changes in epithelial differentiation during pancreatic tumorigenesis
    2003 504 citations Anirban Maitra, Christine A. Iacobuzio–Donahue et al. profile →
  20. Small Cell and Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of the Pancreas are Genetically Similar and Distinct From Well-differentiated Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
    2012 380 citations Roeland F. de Wilde, Anirban Maitra et al. profile →
  21. Multidisciplinary standards of care and recent progress in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
    2020 318 citations William L. Hwang, Anirban Maitra et al. profile →
  22. Translational advances in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma therapy
    2022 155 citations Andrew J. Aguirre, Anirban Maitra et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anirban Maitra United States 115 26.6k 25.8k 14.4k 8.6k 5.5k 564 51.1k
Carlos Cordon‐Cardo United States 129 41.4k 1.6× 22.8k 0.9× 12.8k 0.9× 7.7k 0.9× 2.8k 0.5× 564 68.1k
James L. Abbruzzese United States 112 16.1k 0.6× 25.9k 1.0× 10.5k 0.7× 7.9k 0.9× 6.5k 1.2× 513 43.3k
Daniel D. Von Hoff United States 91 19.7k 0.7× 23.6k 0.9× 8.3k 0.6× 4.1k 0.5× 4.1k 0.7× 821 44.9k
David P. Lane United Kingdom 124 37.4k 1.4× 32.2k 1.3× 8.7k 0.6× 3.5k 0.4× 3.5k 0.6× 620 57.7k
David A. Tuveson United States 83 19.6k 0.7× 21.2k 0.8× 9.4k 0.7× 4.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.4× 200 41.1k
Masaki Mori Japan 93 21.3k 0.8× 12.0k 0.5× 12.4k 0.9× 9.8k 1.1× 2.7k 0.5× 1.3k 43.4k
Victor E. Velculescu United States 83 34.5k 1.3× 20.4k 0.8× 17.0k 1.2× 2.8k 0.3× 2.8k 0.5× 184 54.3k
Mien‐Chie Hung United States 138 43.4k 1.6× 28.0k 1.1× 13.8k 1.0× 2.7k 0.3× 2.8k 0.5× 745 67.2k
Lisa M. Coussens United States 81 23.6k 0.9× 27.4k 1.1× 12.5k 0.9× 4.6k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 198 61.3k
Nabeel Bardeesy United States 84 19.1k 0.7× 12.0k 0.5× 7.4k 0.5× 5.1k 0.6× 3.6k 0.7× 182 30.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anirban Maitra

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fahrmann, Johannes F., Michele Yip-Schneider, Jennifer B. Dennison, et al.. (2025). Lead time trajectory of blood-based protein biomarkers for detection of pancreatic cancer based on repeat testing. Cancer Letters. 612. 217450–217450. 4 indexed citations
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Aguirre, Andrew J., Ben Z. Stanger, & Anirban Maitra. (2024). Hope on the Horizon: A Revolution in KRAS Inhibition Is Creating a New Treatment Paradigm for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Research. 84(18). 2950–2953. 2 indexed citations
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Dittmar, Rachel L., Suyu Liu, Mei-Chee Tai, et al.. (2021). Plasma miRNA Biomarkers in Limited Volume Samples for Detection of Early-stage Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research. 14(7). 729–740. 27 indexed citations
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Song, Xianzhou, Ji‐Hyun Shin, Fenglin Zang, et al.. (2020). Hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 down-regulates the oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinase AXL in pancreatic cancer. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(8). 2348–2358. 15 indexed citations
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Vence, Luis M., Samantha Bucktrout, Irina Fernandez Curbelo, et al.. (2019). Characterization and Comparison of GITR Expression in Solid Tumors. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(21). 6501–6510. 38 indexed citations
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Staal, Ben, Ying Liu, Zonglin He, et al.. (2019). The sTRA Plasma Biomarker: Blinded Validation of Improved Accuracy Over CA19-9 in Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(9). 2745–2754. 34 indexed citations
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Liu, Qingqing, John Stewart, Hua Wang, et al.. (2017). Reduced expression of argininosuccinate synthetase 1 has a negative prognostic impact in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0171985–e0171985. 22 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Kathleen, Wenting Du, Noah Sorrelle, et al.. (2017). Small-Molecule Inhibition of Axl Targets Tumor Immune Suppression and Enhances Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Research. 78(1). 246–255. 119 indexed citations
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Winnard, Paul T., Santosh Kumar Bharti, Marie‐France Penet, et al.. (2016). Detection of Pancreatic Cancer–Induced Cachexia Using a Fluorescent Myoblast Reporter System and Analysis of Metabolite Abundance. Cancer Research. 76(6). 1441–1450. 10 indexed citations
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Hendley, Audrey M., Yue J. Wang, Kishore Polireddy, et al.. (2016). p120 Catenin Suppresses Basal Epithelial Cell Extrusion in Invasive Pancreatic Neoplasia. Cancer Research. 76(11). 3351–3363. 29 indexed citations
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Rajeshkumar, N.V., Prasanta Dutta, Shinichi Yabuuchi, et al.. (2015). Therapeutic Targeting of the Warburg Effect in Pancreatic Cancer Relies on an Absence of p53 Function. Cancer Research. 75(16). 3355–3364. 119 indexed citations
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Gupta, Sonal, Dipankar Pramanik, Nathaniel R. Campbell, et al.. (2011). Molecular Determinants of Retinoic Acid Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(1). 280–289. 52 indexed citations
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Wu, Jian, Hanno Matthaei, Anirban Maitra, et al.. (2011). Recurrent GNAS Mutations Define an Unexpected Pathway for Pancreatic Cyst Development. Science Translational Medicine. 3(92). 92ra66–92ra66. 562 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liby, Karen T., Darlene B. Royce, Renee Risingsong, et al.. (2010). Synthetic Triterpenoids Prolong Survival in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research. 3(11). 1427–1434. 78 indexed citations
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Mullendore, Michael E., Yue‐Ming Li, G. J. A. Offerhaus, et al.. (2009). Ligand-dependent Notch Signaling Is Involved in Tumor Initiation and Tumor Maintenance in Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(7). 2291–2301. 150 indexed citations
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Feldmann, Georg, Surajit Dhara, Volker Fendrich, et al.. (2007). Blockade of Hedgehog Signaling Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Invasion and Metastases: A New Paradigm for Combination Therapy in Solid Cancers. Cancer Research. 67(5). 2187–2196. 537 indexed citations breakdown →
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Calhoun, Eric S., Tomáš Hucl, Eike Gallmeier, et al.. (2006). Identifying Allelic Loss and Homozygous Deletions in Pancreatic Cancer without Matched Normals Using High-Density Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Arrays. Cancer Research. 66(16). 7920–7928. 66 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hui, Olca Baştürk, Marini Othman, et al.. (2005). Neuropathology. Modern Pathology. 18. 291–296.

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