Arjun Balakrishnan

677 total citations
22 papers, 524 citations indexed

About

Arjun Balakrishnan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Arjun Balakrishnan has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 524 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Arjun Balakrishnan's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (4 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (3 papers). Arjun Balakrishnan is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (4 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (3 papers). Arjun Balakrishnan collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Japan. Arjun Balakrishnan's co-authors include K. R. K. Easwaran, Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti, Dipshikha Chakravortty, Rajendra Karki, Qifan Zhu, Sandhya Amol Marathe, R. K. Subbarao Malireddi, Jayadev Mavuluri, Bhesh Raj Sharma and Parimal Samir and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Arjun Balakrishnan

19 papers receiving 518 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Arjun Balakrishnan India 13 359 169 48 46 41 22 524
Huberta A. T. Dekker Netherlands 10 159 0.4× 95 0.6× 36 0.8× 91 2.0× 72 1.8× 12 437
Jolanta Łukasiewicz Poland 20 432 1.2× 315 1.9× 45 0.9× 102 2.2× 79 1.9× 57 1.0k
Liudmila Kulakova United States 13 332 0.9× 78 0.5× 49 1.0× 114 2.5× 28 0.7× 21 669
Tyoku Matuhasi Japan 14 247 0.7× 131 0.8× 28 0.6× 55 1.2× 32 0.8× 63 753
Spyros Charonis United States 8 527 1.5× 135 0.8× 31 0.6× 116 2.5× 32 0.8× 15 671
Jonas Löfling Sweden 11 264 0.7× 88 0.5× 62 1.3× 80 1.7× 49 1.2× 11 485
Rajeshwer S. Sankhala United States 15 331 0.9× 72 0.4× 56 1.2× 75 1.6× 11 0.3× 24 555
T. McKenna United Kingdom 9 534 1.5× 42 0.2× 55 1.1× 65 1.4× 45 1.1× 14 912
Armand Berneman France 11 263 0.7× 225 1.3× 57 1.2× 54 1.2× 19 0.5× 21 624
James M. Kovacs United States 16 445 1.2× 287 1.7× 21 0.4× 142 3.1× 103 2.5× 22 914

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Arjun Balakrishnan

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All Works

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Balakrishnan, Arjun, Mirjam Hunziker, Puja Tiwary, et al.. (2025). A CRISPR homing screen finds a chloroquine resistance transporter-like protein of the Plasmodium oocyst essential for mosquito transmission of malaria. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3895–3895.
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Pandey, Vikash, Arjun Balakrishnan, Katharine A. Michie, et al.. (2024). Systematic screens for fertility genes essential for malaria parasite transmission reveal conserved aspects of sex in a divergent eukaryote. Cell Systems. 15(11). 1075–1091.e6. 9 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Arjun, et al.. (2024). Marine Actinomycete Streptomyces rubrogriseus Derived Bioactives are Effective Against Clinical Strains of MRSA. Institutional Repository of the University of Granada (University of Granada). 65(4). 283–294. 1 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Arjun, et al.. (2020). Gasdermin D Promotes AIM2 Inflammasome Activation and Is Required for Host Protection against Francisella novicida. The Journal of Immunology. 204(1_Supplement). 227.30–227.30. 3 indexed citations
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Sharma, Deepika, Ankit Malik, Arjun Balakrishnan, R. K. Subbarao Malireddi, & Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti. (2020). RIPK3 Promotes Mefv Expression and Pyrin Inflammasome Activation via Modulation of mTOR Signaling. The Journal of Immunology. 205(10). 2778–2785. 16 indexed citations
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Karki, Rajendra, David E. Place, Parimal Samir, et al.. (2018). IRF8 Regulates Transcription of Naips for NLRC4 Inflammasome Activation. Cell. 173(4). 920–933.e13. 146 indexed citations
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Zhu, Qifan, Min Zheng, Arjun Balakrishnan, Rajendra Karki, & Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti. (2018). Gasdermin D Promotes AIM2 Inflammasome Activation and Is Required for Host Protection against Francisella novicida. The Journal of Immunology. 201(12). 3662–3668. 56 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Arjun, Rajendra Karki, Brent Berwin, Masahiro Yamamoto, & Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti. (2018). Guanylate binding proteins facilitate caspase-11-dependent pyroptosis in response to type 3 secretion system-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cell Death Discovery. 4(1). 3–3. 48 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Arjun & Dipshikha Chakravortty. (2017). Epithelial Cell Damage Activates Bactericidal/Permeability Increasing-Protein (BPI) Expression in Intestinal Epithelium. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1567–1567. 13 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Arjun, Markus Schnare, & Dipshikha Chakravortty. (2016). Of Men Not Mice: Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein Expressed in Human Macrophages Acts as a Phagocytic Receptor and Modulates Entry and Replication of Gram-Negative Bacteria. Frontiers in Immunology. 7. 455–455. 13 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Arjun, et al.. (2016). Halobacterial nano vesicles displaying murine bactericidal permeability-increasing protein rescue mice from lethal endotoxic shock. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 33679–33679. 11 indexed citations
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Marathe, Sandhya Amol, et al.. (2016). Curcumin Reduces the Motility of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium by Binding to the Flagella, Thereby Leading to Flagellar Fragility and Shedding. Journal of Bacteriology. 198(13). 1798–1811. 32 indexed citations
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DasSarma, Priya, Vidya Devi Negi, Arjun Balakrishnan, et al.. (2015). Haloarchaeal Gas Vesicle Nanoparticles Displaying Salmonella Antigens as a Novel Approach to Vaccine Development. PubMed. 9. 16–23. 16 indexed citations
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DasSarma, Priya, Vidya Devi Negi, Arjun Balakrishnan, et al.. (2014). Haloarchaeal gas vesicle nanoparticles displaying Salmonella SopB antigen reduce bacterial burden when administered with live attenuated bacteria. Vaccine. 32(35). 4543–4549. 22 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Arjun, et al.. (2012). Bactericidal/permeability increasing protein: A multifaceted protein with functions beyond LPS neutralization. Innate Immunity. 19(4). 339–347. 39 indexed citations
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Chitra, Subbiah Rammohan, R.B. Narayanan, Arjun Balakrishnan, & Kunthala Jayaraman. (1998). A Rapid and Specific Method for the Identification ofBacillus thuringiensisStrains by Indirect Immunofluorescence. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 71(3). 286–287. 5 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Arjun & K. R. K. Easwaran. (1993). CD and NMR studies on the aggregation of amphotericin-B in solution. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1148(2). 269–277. 39 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Arjun & K. R. K. Easwaran. (1993). Lipid-amphotericin B complex structure in solution: A possible first step in the aggregation process in cell membranes. Biochemistry. 32(15). 4139–4144. 31 indexed citations

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