Imran S. Khan

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 868 citations indexed

About

Imran S. Khan is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Imran S. Khan has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 868 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Immunology, 4 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Imran S. Khan's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). Imran S. Khan is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). Imran S. Khan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Imran S. Khan's co-authors include Mark S. Anderson, Todd C. Metzger, Audrey V. Parent, Maria L. Mouchess, Kayla J. Fasano, Maureen A. Su, Matthias Hebrok, Holger A. Russ, David J. Erle and Joshua L. Pollack and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Imran S. Khan

14 papers receiving 865 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.

  1. Sentinel p16 INK4a+ cells in the basement membrane form a reparative niche in the lung
    2022 103 citations Nancy C. Allen, Jin Young Lee et al. Science profile →

Peers

Imran S. Khan
Natalie Seach Australia
Todd C. Metzger United States
Maree V. Hammett Australia
Yasuhiro Mouri Japan
Harrison Cash United States
Jeffrey S. Huo United States
Smriti Agrawal Canada
Céline Delaloy France
Kellsey Johannes United States
Nicole Yeager United States
Natalie Seach Australia
Imran S. Khan
Citations per year, relative to Imran S. Khan Imran S. Khan (= 1×) peers Natalie Seach

Countries citing papers authored by Imran S. Khan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Imran S. Khan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Imran S. Khan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Imran S. Khan. The network helps show where Imran S. Khan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Imran S. Khan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Imran S. Khan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Imran S. Khan 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 Imran S. Khan. Imran S. Khan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Tsukui, Tatsuya, Imran S. Khan, Xin Ren, et al.. (2025). Clonal expansion of alveolar fibroblast progeny drives pulmonary fibrosis in mouse models. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(22).
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Auyeung, Vincent C., Thorsten Steinberg, Mary E. Moreno, et al.. (2025). Pharmacologic inhibition of IRE1α-dependent decay protects alveolar epithelial identity and prevents pulmonary fibrosis in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(20).
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Khan, Imran S., Xin Ren, Vincent C. Auyeung, et al.. (2024). Impaired myofibroblast proliferation is a central feature of pathologic post-natal alveolar simplification. eLife. 13. 4 indexed citations
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Allen, Nancy C., Jin Young Lee, Monica Cassandras, et al.. (2022). Sentinel p16 INK4a+ cells in the basement membrane form a reparative niche in the lung. Science. 378(6616). 192–201. 103 indexed citations breakdown →
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Khan, Imran S.. (2022). Effect of Disruptive Factors on Green Supply Chain Management. 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Corey N., Irina Proekt, Jakob von Moltke, et al.. (2018). Thymic tuft cells promote an IL-4-enriched medulla and shape thymocyte development. Nature. 559(7715). 627–631. 206 indexed citations
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Bakhru, Pearl, Menglei Zhu, Hsing‐Hui Wang, et al.. (2017). Combination central tolerance and peripheral checkpoint blockade unleashes antimelanoma immunity. JCI Insight. 2(18). 37 indexed citations
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Khan, Imran S., Anastasia Mavropoulos, Nikki W. Shariat, et al.. (2015). Identification of MiR-205 As a MicroRNA That Is Highly Expressed in Medullary Thymic Epithelial Cells. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135440–e0135440. 12 indexed citations
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Khan, Imran S., Maria L. Mouchess, Menglei Zhu, et al.. (2014). Enhancement of an anti-tumor immune response by transient blockade of central T cell tolerance. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 211(5). 761–768. 98 indexed citations
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Waterfield, Michael, Imran S. Khan, Jessica T. Cortez, et al.. (2014). The transcriptional regulator Aire coopts the repressive ATF7ip-MBD1 complex for the induction of immunotolerance. Nature Immunology. 15(3). 258–265. 68 indexed citations
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Khan, Imran S., Ruth Taniguchi, Kayla J. Fasano, Mark S. Anderson, & Lukas T. Jeker. (2014). Canonical micro RNA s in thymic epithelial cells promote central tolerance. European Journal of Immunology. 44(5). 1313–1319. 34 indexed citations
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Parent, Audrey V., Holger A. Russ, Imran S. Khan, et al.. (2013). Generation of Functional Thymic Epithelium from Human Embryonic Stem Cells that Supports Host T Cell Development. Cell stem cell. 13(2). 219–229. 126 indexed citations
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Metzger, Todd C., Imran S. Khan, James M. Gardner, et al.. (2013). Lineage Tracing and Cell Ablation Identify a Post-Aire-Expressing Thymic Epithelial Cell Population. Cell Reports. 5(1). 166–179. 94 indexed citations
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Mohapatra, Susovan, Misako Kawahara, Imran S. Khan, Steven M. Yannone, & Lawrence F. Povirk. (2011). Restoration of G1 chemo/radioresistance and double-strand-break repair proficiency by wild-type but not endonuclease-deficient Artemis. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(15). 6500–6510. 18 indexed citations
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