Kasturi Chakraborty

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Kasturi Chakraborty is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kasturi Chakraborty has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Kasturi Chakraborty's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (5 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Kasturi Chakraborty is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (5 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Kasturi Chakraborty collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Kasturi Chakraborty's co-authors include Yamuna Krishnan, Ka‐Ho Leung, Aneesh Tazhe Veetil, Anand Saminathan, Sonali Saha, Ved Prakash, John Devany, Samie R. Jaffrey, Lev Becker and Chang Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kasturi Chakraborty

18 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Neutrophil elastase selectively kills cancer cells and at... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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. Neutrophil elastase selectively kills cancer cells and attenuates tumorigenesis
    2021 216 citations Chang Cui, Kasturi Chakraborty et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kasturi Chakraborty United States 14 852 267 229 151 129 19 1.3k
Valeria R. Caiolfa Italy 17 704 0.8× 134 0.5× 199 0.9× 45 0.3× 58 0.4× 41 1.2k
S. Karasawa Japan 17 1.2k 1.4× 121 0.5× 290 1.3× 20 0.1× 128 1.0× 21 2.0k
Anna Arbuzova Germany 20 1.4k 1.7× 133 0.5× 128 0.6× 28 0.2× 74 0.6× 29 1.8k
Ismail M. Hafez Canada 16 2.5k 2.9× 412 1.5× 358 1.6× 28 0.2× 73 0.6× 22 3.1k
Justin W. Taraska United States 28 1.9k 2.2× 221 0.8× 104 0.5× 81 0.5× 123 1.0× 64 2.7k
Ivan Psakhye Italy 11 1.0k 1.2× 188 0.7× 88 0.4× 29 0.2× 84 0.7× 12 1.4k
José Rino Portugal 24 1.0k 1.2× 61 0.2× 171 0.7× 38 0.3× 124 1.0× 44 1.7k
Natasha Karassina United States 7 1.4k 1.7× 186 0.7× 58 0.3× 18 0.1× 164 1.3× 10 2.0k
Jiafu Long China 31 1.5k 1.8× 218 0.8× 92 0.4× 18 0.1× 224 1.7× 58 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kasturi Chakraborty

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kasturi Chakraborty

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kasturi Chakraborty. 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 Kasturi Chakraborty. The network helps show where Kasturi Chakraborty may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kasturi Chakraborty

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Gao, Jinjun, Ruilong Liu, Kevin Huang, et al.. (2025). Dynamic investigation of hypoxia-induced L-lactylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(10). e2404899122–e2404899122. 13 indexed citations
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Chakraborty, Kasturi, Sahil Patel, Zhenyi An, et al.. (2025). Abstract 4564: Enhancing circulating tumor DNA recovery and liquid biopsy sensitivity with precision liposomal priming agents. Cancer Research. 85(8_Supplement_1). 4564–4564.
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Chakraborty, Kasturi, Chang Cui, Gustavo Gastão Davanzo, et al.. (2024). Abstract 2686: Glycolysis-stimulated lactate production by tumor-associated macrophages promotes their M2-like phenotype. Cancer Research. 84(6_Supplement). 2686–2686. 1 indexed citations
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Saminathan, Anand, Kasturi Chakraborty, Matthew Zajac, et al.. (2021). Tubular lysosomes harbor active ion gradients and poise macrophages for phagocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(41). 35 indexed citations
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Chakraborty, Kasturi, Palapuravan Anees, Sunaina Surana, et al.. (2021). Tissue-specific targeting of DNA nanodevices in a multicellular living organism. eLife. 10. 11 indexed citations
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Cui, Chang, Kasturi Chakraborty, Xu Tang, et al.. (2021). Neutrophil elastase selectively kills cancer cells and attenuates tumorigenesis. Cell. 184(12). 3163–3177.e21. 216 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cui, Chang, Kasturi Chakraborty, Xu Tang, et al.. (2021). A lysosome-targeted DNA nanodevice selectively targets macrophages to attenuate tumours. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(12). 1394–1402. 83 indexed citations
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Zajac, Matthew, Kasturi Chakraborty, Sonali Saha, et al.. (2020). What biologists want from their chloride reporters – a conversation between chemists and biologists. Journal of Cell Science. 133(2). 28 indexed citations
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Dan, Krishna, Aneesh Tazhe Veetil, Kasturi Chakraborty, & Yamuna Krishnan. (2019). DNA nanodevices map enzymatic activity in organelles. Nature Nanotechnology. 14(3). 252–259. 76 indexed citations
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Leung, Ka‐Ho, Kasturi Chakraborty, Anand Saminathan, & Yamuna Krishnan. (2018). A DNA nanomachine chemically resolves lysosomes in live cells. Nature Nanotechnology. 14(2). 176–183. 154 indexed citations
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Narayanaswamy, Nagarjun, Kasturi Chakraborty, Anand Saminathan, et al.. (2018). A pH-correctable, DNA-based fluorescent reporter for organellar calcium. Nature Methods. 16(1). 95–102. 120 indexed citations
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Devany, John, Kasturi Chakraborty, & Yamuna Krishnan. (2018). Subcellular Nanorheology Reveals Lysosomal Viscosity as a Reporter for Lysosomal Storage Diseases. Nano Letters. 18(2). 1351–1359. 44 indexed citations
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Chakraborty, Kasturi, Ka‐Ho Leung, & Yamuna Krishnan. (2017). High lumenal chloride in the lysosome is critical for lysosome function. eLife. 6. 93 indexed citations
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Veetil, Aneesh Tazhe, et al.. (2017). Cell-targetable DNA nanocapsules for spatiotemporal release of caged bioactive small molecules. Nature Nanotechnology. 12(12). 1183–1189. 102 indexed citations
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Chakraborty, Kasturi, Aneesh Tazhe Veetil, Samie R. Jaffrey, & Yamuna Krishnan. (2016). Nucleic Acid–Based Nanodevices in Biological Imaging. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 85(1). 349–373. 115 indexed citations
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Saha, Sonali, et al.. (2015). A pH-independent DNA nanodevice for quantifying chloride transport in organelles of living cells. Nature Nanotechnology. 10(7). 645–651. 183 indexed citations
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Prakash, Ved, Sonali Saha, Kasturi Chakraborty, & Yamuna Krishnan. (2015). Rational design of a quantitative, pH-insensitive, nucleic acid based fluorescent chloride reporter. Chemical Science. 7(3). 1946–1953. 18 indexed citations
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Saha, Sonali, Kasturi Chakraborty, & Yamuna Krishnan. (2012). Tunable, colorimetric DNA-based pH sensors mediated by A-motif formation. Chemical Communications. 48(19). 2513–2513. 44 indexed citations
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Chakraborty, Kasturi, et al.. (2012). Synthesis of isomeric corniculatolides. Tetrahedron Letters. 53(47). 6343–6346. 8 indexed citations

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