Christopher B. Medina

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher B. Medina is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher B. Medina has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Christopher B. Medina's work include Connexins and lens biology (8 papers), Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (5 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (4 papers). Christopher B. Medina is often cited by papers focused on Connexins and lens biology (8 papers), Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (5 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (4 papers). Christopher B. Medina collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Taiwan. Christopher B. Medina's co-authors include Kodi S. Ravichandran, Justin S. A. Perry, Sho Morioka, Ulrike Lorenz, Brady Barron, Parul Mehrotra, Sanja Arandjelovic, Alexander S. Krupnick, Yizhan Guo and Bart Ghesquière and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Christopher B. Medina

22 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Metabolites released from apoptotic cells act as tissue messengers

2020 345 citations Christopher B. Medina, Parul Mehrotra et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher B. Medina United States	16	718	627	232	130	123	22	1.4k
Kyle Jablonski United States	10	434 0.6×	617 1.0×	110 0.5×	137 1.1×	159 1.3×	19	1.2k
Gonzalo Soto‐Heredero Spain	7	390 0.5×	421 0.7×	192 0.8×	91 0.7×	183 1.5×	8	1.0k
Meixiang Yang China	20	495 0.7×	503 0.8×	152 0.7×	204 1.6×	139 1.1×	38	1.2k
Sharon H. Jackson United States	16	530 0.7×	847 1.4×	137 0.6×	188 1.4×	103 0.8×	25	1.5k
Martin Voß Germany	22	629 0.9×	273 0.4×	224 1.0×	131 1.0×	144 1.2×	65	1.4k
Xiao-Pei Gao United States	19	598 0.8×	452 0.7×	266 1.1×	63 0.5×	163 1.3×	32	1.4k
Alessandra Colamatteo Italy	17	403 0.6×	581 0.9×	164 0.7×	139 1.1×	139 1.1×	25	1.2k
Anna Kleiman Germany	11	490 0.7×	710 1.1×	153 0.7×	280 2.2×	78 0.6×	14	1.6k
Olga J. Baker United States	24	348 0.5×	279 0.4×	627 2.7×	94 0.7×	70 0.6×	55	1.3k
Hiyaa S. Ghosh United States	11	378 0.5×	733 1.2×	180 0.8×	130 1.0×	248 2.0×	15	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher B. Medina

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Zheng, Shuqiu, Nataliya Skrypnyk, Sun‐Sang J. Sung, et al.. (2025). Proximal tubule pannexin 1 contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death during acute kidney injury. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 328(6). F830–F849. 1 indexed citations

Cardenas, Maria A., Nataliya Prokhnevska, Ewelina Sobierajska, et al.. (2024). Differentiation fate of a stem-like CD4 T cell controls immunity to cancer. Nature. 636(8041). 224–232. 16 indexed citations

Lee, Judong, William Henry Hudson, Satomi Ando, et al.. (2023). PD-1 blockade increases the self-renewal of stem-like CD8 T cells to compensate for their accelerated differentiation into effectors. Science Immunology. 8(86). eadg0539–eadg0539. 35 indexed citations

Billaud, Marie, Miranda E. Good, Christopher B. Medina, et al.. (2022). Amount of Pannexin 1 in Smooth Muscle Cells Regulates Sympathetic Nerve–Induced Vasoconstriction. Hypertension. 80(2). 416–425. 6 indexed citations

Hu, Yinghong, William Henry Hudson, Haydn Kissick, et al.. (2022). TGF-β regulates the stem-like state of PD-1+ TCF-1+ virus-specific CD8 T cells during chronic infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 219(10). 44 indexed citations

Lucas, Christopher D., Christopher B. Medina, David A. Dorward, et al.. (2022). Pannexin 1 drives efficient epithelial repair after tissue injury. Science Immunology. 7(71). eabm4032–eabm4032. 24 indexed citations

Chiu, Yu‐Hsin, Christopher B. Medina, Catherine A. Doyle, et al.. (2021). Deacetylation as a receptor-regulated direct activation switch for pannexin channels. Nature Communications. 12(1). 18 indexed citations

Narahari, Adishesh K., Alex J.B. Kreutzberger, Pablo S. Gaete, et al.. (2021). ATP and large signaling metabolites flux through caspase-activated Pannexin 1 channels. eLife. 10. 70 indexed citations

Anderson, Christopher J., Christopher B. Medina, Brady Barron, et al.. (2021). Microbes exploit death-induced nutrient release by gut epithelial cells. Nature. 596(7871). 262–267. 73 indexed citations

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Medina, Christopher B., Yu‐Hsin Chiu, Marta E. Stremska, et al.. (2021). Pannexin 1 channels facilitate communication between T cells to restrict the severity of airway inflammation. Immunity. 54(8). 1715–1727.e7. 35 indexed citations

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Medina, Christopher B., Parul Mehrotra, Sanja Arandjelovic, et al.. (2020). Metabolites released from apoptotic cells act as tissue messengers. Nature. 580(7801). 130–135. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Anderson, Christopher J., et al.. (2020). RIPK3-Dependent Recruitment of Low-Inflammatory Myeloid Cells Does Not Protect from Systemic Salmonella Infection. mBio. 11(5). 2 indexed citations

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Perry, Justin S. A., Sho Morioka, Christopher B. Medina, et al.. (2019). Interpreting an apoptotic corpse as anti-inflammatory involves a chloride sensing pathway. Nature Cell Biology. 21(12). 1532–1543. 73 indexed citations

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Perry, Justin S. A., Sho Morioka, Christopher B. Medina, Michael H. Raymond, & Kodi S. Ravichandran. (2019). Abstract A098: SLC12A2 as a novel “brake” on immunogenic apoptotic cell clearance. Cancer Immunology Research. 7(2_Supplement). A098–A098. 1 indexed citations

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Morioka, Sho, Justin S. A. Perry, Michael H. Raymond, et al.. (2018). Efferocytosis induces a novel SLC program to promote glucose uptake and lactate release. Nature. 563(7733). 714–718. 253 indexed citations

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Chiu, Yu‐Hsin, Christopher B. Medina, Susan A. Leonhardt, et al.. (2017). A quantized mechanism for activation of pannexin channels. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14324–14324. 109 indexed citations

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Good, Miranda E., Yu‐Hsin Chiu, Ivan K. H. Poon, et al.. (2017). Pannexin 1 Channels as an Unexpected New Target of the Anti-Hypertensive Drug Spironolactone. Circulation Research. 122(4). 606–615. 74 indexed citations

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Medina, Christopher B. & Kodi S. Ravichandran. (2016). Do not let death do us part: ‘find-me’ signals in communication between dying cells and the phagocytes. Cell Death and Differentiation. 23(6). 979–989. 150 indexed citations

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Beautrait, Alexandre, Kevin Michalski, Amber R. Cutter, et al.. (2014). Mapping the Putative G Protein-coupled Receptor (GPCR) Docking Site on GPCR Kinase 2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(36). 25262–25275. 29 indexed citations

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Sasson, Comilla, et al.. (2012). Abstract 283: Barriers to Calling 911 and Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in High-Risk Neighborhoods in Denver. Circulation. 126(suppl_21). 2 indexed citations

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