Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Physiology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (12 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (7 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (5 papers). Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (12 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (7 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (5 papers). Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Switzerland. Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan's co-authors include Omid Akbari, Hadi Maazi, Theodore J. Price, Pejman Soroosh, Yuzo Suzuki, Stephanie Shiers, Arlene H. Sharpe, Pradipta Ray, Gordon J. Freeman and Diamanda Rigas and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan

26 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Spatial transcriptomics of dorsal root ganglia identifies molecular signatures of human nociceptors

2022 217 citations Diana Tavares‐Ferreira, Stephanie Shiers et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan United States	17	582	514	401	227	205	30	1.4k
Sally A. Waterman Australia	22	131 0.2×	672 1.3×	266 0.7×	356 1.6×	225 1.1×	31	1.5k
Kalil Alves de Lima Brazil	19	452 0.8×	187 0.4×	91 0.2×	413 1.8×	226 1.1×	28	1.5k
G Päth Germany	20	159 0.3×	349 0.7×	374 0.9×	309 1.4×	139 0.7×	40	1.5k
Elena Bresciani Italy	21	66 0.1×	433 0.8×	249 0.6×	435 1.9×	159 0.8×	46	1.5k
Kevin G. Burfeind United States	14	211 0.4×	325 0.6×	55 0.1×	270 1.2×	87 0.4×	23	933
Peter R. Levasseur United States	23	261 0.4×	776 1.5×	82 0.2×	504 2.2×	55 0.3×	31	1.8k
Thorsten Fink Germany	14	120 0.2×	176 0.3×	334 0.8×	210 0.9×	512 2.5×	27	1.1k
Benedikt Brommer United States	18	170 0.3×	103 0.2×	195 0.5×	436 1.9×	572 2.8×	21	1.7k
Laura Bernardini Italy	27	117 0.2×	234 0.5×	216 0.5×	797 3.5×	97 0.5×	126	2.1k
Margaret Burnett Canada	18	146 0.3×	204 0.4×	140 0.3×	318 1.4×	67 0.3×	43	1.3k

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Haberberger, Rainer, Dusan Matusica, Stephanie Shiers, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, & Theodore J. Price. (2025). Transcriptomic and Histological Characterization of Telocytes in the Human Dorsal Root Ganglion. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 533(3). e70044–e70044.

Lai, Xin, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, J. Pöld, et al.. (2025). Mapping Satellite Glial Cell Heterogeneity Reveals Distinct Spatial Organization and Implies Functional Diversity in the Dorsal Root Ganglion. Advanced Science. 13(1). e11569–e11569. 1 indexed citations

Pallesen, Lone Tjener, A. K. Pedersen, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, et al.. (2025). Meteorin Resolves Nociceptive Hypersensitivity by Reducing Connexin‐Mediated Coupling in Satellite Glial Cells. Glia. 74(2). e70105–e70105.

Tavares‐Ferreira, Diana, Juliet M. Mwirigi, Stephanie Shiers, et al.. (2025). Cell and molecular profiles in peripheral nerves shift toward inflammatory phenotypes in diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(20).

Sankaranarayanan, Ishwarya, et al.. (2025). Molecular and functional asymmetry in Cckar-expressing vagal sensory neurons. Cell Reports. 44(11). 116507–116507. 1 indexed citations

Álvarez-Arguedas, Samuel, Andi Wangzhou, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, et al.. (2025). Single cell transcriptional analysis of human adenoids identifies molecular features of airway microfold cells. Mucosal Immunology. 18(5). 1199–1217.

Sankaranarayanan, Ishwarya, Diana Tavares‐Ferreira, Juliet M. Mwirigi, et al.. (2023). Inducible co-stimulatory molecule (ICOS) alleviates paclitaxel-induced neuropathic pain via an IL-10-mediated mechanism in female mice. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 20(1). 32–32. 16 indexed citations

Sankaranarayanan, Ishwarya, et al.. (2023). Sex-differences in prostaglandin signaling: a semi-systematic review and characterization of PTGDS expression in human sensory neurons. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4670–4670. 17 indexed citations

Tavares‐Ferreira, Diana, Stephanie Shiers, Pradipta Ray, et al.. (2022). Spatial transcriptomics of dorsal root ganglia identifies molecular signatures of human nociceptors. Science Translational Medicine. 14(632). eabj8186–eabj8186. 217 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ray, Pradipta, Stephanie Shiers, James P. Caruso, et al.. (2022). RNA profiling of human dorsal root ganglia reveals sex differences in mechanisms promoting neuropathic pain. Brain. 146(2). 749–766. 73 indexed citations

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Rahman, Md Mostafijur, Fei‐Fei Liu, Sandrah P. Eckel, et al.. (2022). Near-roadway air pollution, immune cells and adipokines among obese young adults. Environmental Health. 21(1). 36–36. 7 indexed citations

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Shiers, Stephanie, Pradipta Ray, Andi Wangzhou, et al.. (2020). ACE2 and SCARF expression in human dorsal root ganglion nociceptors: implications for SARS-CoV-2 virus neurological effects. Pain. 161(11). 2494–2501. 82 indexed citations

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Ray, Pradipta, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, Galo L. Mejia, et al.. (2020). Sex Differences in Nociceptor Translatomes Contribute to Divergent Prostaglandin Signaling in Male and Female Mice. Biological Psychiatry. 91(1). 129–140. 45 indexed citations

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Baptista‐de‐Souza, Daniela, Salim Megat, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, et al.. (2020). Sex differences in the role of atypical PKC within the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala in a mouse hyperalgesic priming model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 100049–100049. 20 indexed citations

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Sattler, Fred R., Melissa Mert, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, et al.. (2020). Feasibility of quantifying change in immune white cells in abdominal adipose tissue in response to an immune modulator in clinical obesity. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0237496–e0237496. 3 indexed citations

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Woodward, Nicholas C., Yang Zhang, Jaana Hartiala, et al.. (2019). Exposure to Nanoscale Particulate Matter from Gestation to Adulthood Impairs Metabolic Homeostasis in Mice. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1816–1816. 25 indexed citations

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Galle-Treger, Lauriane, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, Benjamin P. Hurrell, et al.. (2019). Costimulation of type-2 innate lymphoid cells by GITR promotes effector function and ameliorates type 2 diabetes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 713–713. 59 indexed citations

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Rigas, Diamanda, Gavin Lewis, Jennifer L. Aron, et al.. (2016). Type 2 innate lymphoid cell suppression by regulatory T cells attenuates airway hyperreactivity and requires inducible T-cell costimulator–inducible T-cell costimulator ligand interaction. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 139(5). 1468–1477.e2. 153 indexed citations

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Galle-Treger, Lauriane, Yuzo Suzuki, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, et al.. (2016). Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist attenuates ILC2-dependent airway hyperreactivity. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13202–13202. 122 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Yuzo, Hadi Maazi, Ishwarya Sankaranarayanan, et al.. (2015). Lack of autophagy induces steroid-resistant airway inflammation. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 137(5). 1382–1389.e9. 66 indexed citations

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