Avital Mendelson

2.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
30 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Avital Mendelson is a scholar working on Genetics, Hematology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Avital Mendelson has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Genetics, 11 papers in Hematology and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Avital Mendelson's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (14 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (7 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (6 papers). Avital Mendelson is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (14 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (7 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (6 papers). Avital Mendelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Avital Mendelson's co-authors include Paul S. Frenette, Jeremy J. Mao, Chang H. Lee, James L. Cook, Eduardo K. Moioli, Hai Yao, Sandra Pinho, Yuya Kunisaki, Noriaki Ono and Toshihide Mizoguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Avital Mendelson

28 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Hematopoietic stem cell niche maintenance during homeosta... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2014 2010 2014 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Hematopoietic stem cell niche maintenance during homeostasis and regeneration
    2014 587 citations Avital Mendelson, Paul S. Frenette Nature Medicine profile →
  2. Regeneration of the articular surface of the rabbit synovial joint by cell homing: a proof of concept study
    2010 495 citations Chang H. Lee, James L. Cook et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. Osterix Marks Distinct Waves of Primitive and Definitive Stromal Progenitors during Bone Marrow Development
    2014 338 citations Toshihide Mizoguchi, Sandra Pinho et al. Developmental Cell profile →

Peers

Avital Mendelson
Kylie A. Alexander Australia
Satoru Otsuru United States
Stefania Piersanti Italy
Charalampos Pontikoglou Greece
Jorge Domenech France
Žana Kalajzić United States
Sandra Muntión Spain
Gian Paolo Bagnara Italy
Liza J. Raggatt Australia
Matti Korhonen Finland
Kylie A. Alexander Australia
Avital Mendelson
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Countries citing papers authored by Avital Mendelson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Avital Mendelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Avital Mendelson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Avital Mendelson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Avital Mendelson 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 Avital Mendelson. Avital Mendelson 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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Gao, Chengjie, Alice Tang, Hui Zhong, et al.. (2025). Megakaryocytes transfer mitochondria to bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells to lower platelet activation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(8). 5 indexed citations
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Rodriguez, Marilis, Daniel J. McLaughlin, Yunfeng Liu, et al.. (2025). Babesiosis and sickle red blood cells: loss of deformability, altered osmotic fragility, and hypervesiculation. Blood. 145(19). 2202–2213.
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Cui, Xiaojing, Liming Hou, Bowen Yan, et al.. (2025). Sexual dimorphism in the mouse bone marrow niche regulates hematopoietic engraftment via sex-specific Kdm5c/Cxcl12 signaling. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(5). 2 indexed citations
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Su, Shan, Weili Bao, Yunfeng Liu, et al.. (2024). IFN-I promotes T-cell–independent immunity and RBC autoantibodies via modulation of B-1 cell subsets in murine SCD. Blood. 145(3). 334–347.
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Liu, Yunfeng, Shan Su, Weili Bao, et al.. (2023). Hemolysis dictates monocyte differentiation via two distinct pathways in sickle cell disease vaso-occlusion. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(18). 8 indexed citations
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Rodriguez, Marilis, Avital Mendelson, Xiuli An, et al.. (2022). Elucidating parasite and host-cell factors enabling Babesia infection in sickle red cells under hypoxic/hyperoxic conditions. Blood Advances. 7(4). 649–663. 4 indexed citations
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Tang, Alice, Mahmudur Rahman, Weili Bao, et al.. (2021). Murine bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells have reduced hematopoietic maintenance ability in sickle cell disease. Blood. 138(24). 2570–2582. 18 indexed citations
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Mendelson, Avital, Weili Bao, Hui Zhong, et al.. (2019). Mesenchymal stromal cells lower platelet activation and assist in platelet formation in vitro. JCI Insight. 4(16). 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Yunfeng, Hui Zhong, Francesca Vinchi, Avital Mendelson, & Karina Yazdanbakhsh. (2019). Patrolling monocytes in sickle cell hemolytic conditions. Transfusion Clinique et Biologique. 26(2). 128–129. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Yunfeng, Fangmiao Jing, Woelsung Yi, et al.. (2018). HO-1hi patrolling monocytes protect against vaso-occlusion in sickle cell disease. Blood. 131(14). 1600–1610. 36 indexed citations
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Mendelson, Avital, Yuya Kunisaki, Alexander Birbrair, et al.. (2015). Fetal liver hematopoietic stem cell niches associate with portal vessels. Science. 351(6269). 176–180. 176 indexed citations
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Mizoguchi, Toshihide, Sandra Pinho, Jalal Ahmed, et al.. (2014). Osterix Marks Distinct Waves of Primitive and Definitive Stromal Progenitors during Bone Marrow Development. Developmental Cell. 29(3). 340–349. 338 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mendelson, Avital, et al.. (2014). Engineered Nasal Cartilage by Cell Homing. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 133(6). 1344–1353. 26 indexed citations
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Mendelson, Avital & Paul S. Frenette. (2014). Hematopoietic stem cell niche maintenance during homeostasis and regeneration. Nature Medicine. 20(8). 833–846. 587 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mendelson, Avital, Yuk Kee Cheung, Mo Chen, et al.. (2013). Competitive stem cell recruitment by multiple cytotactic cues. Lab on a Chip. 13(6). 1156–1156. 11 indexed citations
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Nie, Hemin, Chang H. Lee, Chuanyong Lu, et al.. (2012). Musculoskeletal tissue engineering by endogenous stem/progenitor cells. Cell and Tissue Research. 347(3). 665–676. 19 indexed citations
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Lee, Chang H., James L. Cook, Avital Mendelson, et al.. (2010). Regeneration of the articular surface of the rabbit synovial joint by cell homing: a proof of concept study. The Lancet. 376(9739). 440–448. 495 indexed citations breakdown →
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Albrecht, Dirk R., et al.. (2010). Microfluidics-integrated time-lapse imaging for analysis of cellular dynamics. Integrative Biology. 2(5-6). 278–278. 22 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Dirk R., Gregory H. Underhill, Avital Mendelson, & Sangeeta N. Bhatia. (2007). Multiphase electropatterning of cells and biomaterials. Lab on a Chip. 7(6). 702–702. 69 indexed citations
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Mendelson, Avital & Jan Paredaens. (1998). Proceedings of the seventeenth ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART symposium on principles of database systems, PODS 1998 : Seattle, Washington, June 1-3, 1998. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 17. 6 indexed citations

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