Golnaz Vahedi

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Golnaz Vahedi is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Golnaz Vahedi has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Immunology, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Golnaz Vahedi's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (27 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (23 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers). Golnaz Vahedi is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (27 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (23 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers). Golnaz Vahedi collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Golnaz Vahedi's co-authors include John J. O’Shea, Yuka Kanno, Hong‐Wei Sun, Arian Laurence, Kiyoshi Hirahara, Hayato Takahashi, Lai Wei, Shingo Nakayamada, E. John Wherry and Vittorio Sartorelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Golnaz Vahedi

55 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Epigenetic stability of exhausted T cells limits durability of reinvigoration by PD-1 blockade

2016 900 citations Kristen E. Pauken, Morgan A. Sammons et al. Science profile →
Diverse Targets of the Transcription Factor STAT3 Contribute to T Cell Pathogenicity and Homeostasis

2010 554 citations Lydia Durant, Wendy T. Watford et al. Immunity profile →
Opposing regulation of the locus encoding IL-17 through direct, reciprocal actions of STAT3 and STAT5

2011 487 citations Xiang‐Ping Yang, Kamran Ghoreschi et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Golnaz Vahedi United States	32	4.1k	1.9k	1.8k	591	355	56	6.1k
Takeshi Egawa United States	36	5.4k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	464 0.8×	534 1.5×	64	7.5k
Motonari Kondo United States	38	5.7k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	496 0.8×	498 1.4×	78	8.4k
Xuyu Zhou China	26	5.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	981 0.5×	689 1.2×	389 1.1×	64	6.4k
Loise M. Francisco United States	16	5.8k 1.4×	3.3k 1.8×	1.4k 0.8×	437 0.7×	264 0.7×	19	8.0k
Daniel L. Mueller United States	42	4.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	543 0.9×	304 0.9×	83	6.6k
Stefan Floess Germany	29	4.9k 1.2×	917 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	505 0.9×	321 0.9×	54	6.1k
Amanda C. Poholek United States	30	4.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	342 0.6×	748 2.1×	49	5.9k
Brian T. Fife United States	34	4.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	974 0.5×	979 1.7×	369 1.0×	73	6.7k
Jian‐Xin Lin United States	25	3.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	317 0.5×	500 1.4×	42	5.2k
Steven Z. Josefowicz United States	17	5.3k 1.3×	988 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	535 0.9×	364 1.0×	23	6.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Golnaz Vahedi

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Zhou, Yeqiao, Sora Yoon, Guy Nir, et al.. (2025). Lineage-determining transcription factors constrain cohesin to drive multi-enhancer oncogene regulation. Nature Cell Biology. 28(1). 149–165. 1 indexed citations

Holst, Jens J., Camilla Schéele, Weiping Jia, et al.. (2025). Artificial intelligence in metabolic research. Nature Metabolism. 7(11). 2183–2186.

Mongia, Aanchal, Yeqiao Zhou, Diane C. Saunders, et al.. (2024). AnnoSpat annotates cell types and quantifies cellular arrangements from spatial proteomics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3744–3744. 2 indexed citations

Robertson, Catherine C., Peter Arvan, Shuibing Chen, et al.. (2024). Untangling the genetics of beta cell dysfunction and death in type 1 diabetes. Molecular Metabolism. 86. 101973–101973. 4 indexed citations

Chandra, Aditi, Sora Yoon, Michaël F. Michieletto, et al.. (2023). Quantitative control of Ets1 dosage by a multi-enhancer hub promotes Th1 cell differentiation and protects from allergic inflammation. Immunity. 56(7). 1451–1467.e12. 17 indexed citations

Doliba, Nicolai M., Wei Qin, Daniel Traum, et al.. (2022). α Cell dysfunction in islets from nondiabetic, glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibody–positive individuals. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 132(11). 40 indexed citations

Michieletto, Michaël F., Walter K. Mowel, Aditi Chandra, et al.. (2022). Multiscale 3D genome organization underlies ILC2 ontogenesis and allergic airway inflammation. Nature Immunology. 24(1). 42–54. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Wenliang, Aditi Chandra, Naomi Goldman, et al.. (2022). TCF-1 promotes chromatin interactions across topologically associating domains in T cell progenitors. Nature Immunology. 23(7). 1052–1062. 40 indexed citations

Abdel-Hakeem, Mohamed S., Sasikanth Manne, Jean‐Christophe Beltra, et al.. (2021). Epigenetic scarring of exhausted T cells hinders memory differentiation upon eliminating chronic antigenic stimulation. Nature Immunology. 22(8). 1008–1019. 147 indexed citations

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Petrovic, Jelena, Yeqiao Zhou, Maria Fasolino, et al.. (2019). Oncogenic Notch Promotes Long-Range Regulatory Interactions within Hyperconnected 3D Cliques. Molecular Cell. 73(6). 1174–1190.e12. 73 indexed citations

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Johnson, John L., Γεώργιος Γεωργακίλας, Jelena Petrovic, et al.. (2018). Lineage-Determining Transcription Factor TCF-1 Initiates the Epigenetic Identity of T Cells. Immunity. 48(2). 243–257.e10. 141 indexed citations

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Pauken, Kristen E., Morgan A. Sammons, Pamela M. Odorizzi, et al.. (2016). Epigenetic stability of exhausted T cells limits durability of reinvigoration by PD-1 blockade. Science. 354(6316). 1160–1165. 900 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Xiang‐Ping, Kan Jiang, Kiyoshi Hirahara, et al.. (2015). EZH2 is crucial for both differentiation of regulatory T cells and T effector cell expansion. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10643–10643. 111 indexed citations

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Vahedi, Golnaz, Yuka Kanno, Yasuko Furumoto, et al.. (2015). Super-enhancers delineate disease-associated regulatory nodes in T cells. Nature. 520(7548). 558–562. 271 indexed citations

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Bonelli, Michael, Han‐Yu Shih, Kiyoshi Hirahara, et al.. (2014). Helper T Cell Plasticity: Impact of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Signals on Transcriptomes and Epigenomes. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 381. 279–326. 37 indexed citations

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O’Shea, John J., Riitta Lahesmaa, Golnaz Vahedi, Arian Laurence, & Yuka Kanno. (2011). Genomic views of STAT function in CD4+ T helper cell differentiation. Nature reviews. Immunology. 11(4). 239–250. 231 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiang‐Ping, Kamran Ghoreschi, Scott Steward-Tharp, et al.. (2011). Opposing regulation of the locus encoding IL-17 through direct, reciprocal actions of STAT3 and STAT5. Nature Immunology. 12(3). 247–254. 487 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hirahara, Kiyoshi, Golnaz Vahedi, Kamran Ghoreschi, et al.. (2011). Helper T-cell differentiation and plasticity: insights from epigenetics. Immunology. 134(3). 235–245. 78 indexed citations

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Wei, Lai, Golnaz Vahedi, Hong‐Wei Sun, et al.. (2010). Discrete Roles of STAT4 and STAT6 Transcription Factors in Tuning Epigenetic Modifications and Transcription during T Helper Cell Differentiation. Immunity. 32(6). 840–851. 251 indexed citations

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Durant, Lydia, Wendy T. Watford, Haydeé L. Ramos, et al.. (2010). Diverse Targets of the Transcription Factor STAT3 Contribute to T Cell Pathogenicity and Homeostasis. Immunity. 32(5). 605–615. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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