Ilya Levental

16.3k citations
121 papers · 11.7k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 49

Impact in

  • Cell Biology top 0.1%
    • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
    • Cellular transport and secretion
    • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
    • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
    • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
    • Protein Structure and Dynamics

Papers in

    • Cellular transport and secretion 24
    • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior 85
    • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 12
    • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling 12

Ilya Levental

116 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

Cell membranes sustain phospholipid imbalance via cholesterol asymmetry 2025 · 33 citations
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Peers

Ilya Levental
Comparison fields: 5 of 159
  • Cell Biology 3.2k
  • Molecular Biology 7.7k
  • Immunology and Allergy 412
  • Biophysics 373
  • Biochemistry 463
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All Works

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Plasma membranes are asymmetric in lipid unsaturation, packing and protein shape
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2020488
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Electronic cigarettes disrupt lung lipid homeostasis and innate immunity independent of nicotine
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2019254
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16 20192
17 20183
18 201680
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Fibroblast Adaptation and Stiffness Matching to Soft Elastic Substrates
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About Ilya Levental

Ilya Levental is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 121 papers that have together received 11.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (85 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (27 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (24 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (17 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (12 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (12 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (9 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (3.2k citations), Molecular Biology (7.7k citations), Immunology and Allergy (412 citations), Biophysics (373 citations) and Biochemistry (463 citations). Ilya Levental has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Paul A. Janmey, Erdinç Sezgin, Kai Simons, Kandice R. Levental, Penelope C. Georges, Christian Eggeling, Satyajit Mayor, Michał Grzybek, Joseph H. Lorent and Daniel Lingwood. Their work appears in journals such as Biophysical Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

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