Kavitha Rajendran

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kavitha Rajendran is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kavitha Rajendran has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Endocrinology and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Kavitha Rajendran's work include Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (9 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (6 papers) and Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (6 papers). Kavitha Rajendran is often cited by papers focused on Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (9 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (6 papers) and Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (6 papers). Kavitha Rajendran collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and Pakistan. Kavitha Rajendran's co-authors include Ramaswamy Krishnan, Masha Prager‐Khoutorsky, Benjamin Geiger, Avi Mayo, Zvi Kam, Alexandra Lichtenstein, Alexander D. Bershadsky, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed Khan and Ayaz Anwar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kavitha Rajendran

39 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing

2011 445 citations Masha Prager‐Khoutorsky, Alexandra Lichtenstein et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kavitha Rajendran United States	18	584	472	368	169	144	41	1.5k
Nicolas Touret Canada	26	478 0.8×	1.4k 2.9×	151 0.4×	152 0.9×	74 0.5×	44	2.6k
Dan Yu United States	19	277 0.5×	1.2k 2.6×	143 0.4×	164 1.0×	33 0.2×	30	2.2k
Fernando S. Santiago Australia	23	146 0.3×	1.2k 2.6×	86 0.2×	180 1.1×	80 0.6×	33	1.9k
Raman Deep Singh United States	25	790 1.4×	1.4k 2.9×	67 0.2×	80 0.5×	117 0.8×	53	2.3k
András Mühlrád Israel	32	1.1k 1.9×	1.6k 3.4×	256 0.7×	255 1.5×	16 0.1×	145	3.3k
Douglas Brown United States	20	348 0.6×	1.1k 2.4×	82 0.2×	154 0.9×	28 0.2×	29	1.8k
Hong‐Bo Pang United States	20	101 0.2×	804 1.7×	229 0.6×	105 0.6×	38 0.3×	44	1.5k
Christian Le Grimellec France	32	280 0.5×	1.8k 3.8×	367 1.0×	114 0.7×	14 0.1×	74	2.5k
Andrzej Sobota Poland	25	411 0.7×	1.1k 2.4×	80 0.2×	59 0.3×	34 0.2×	70	1.8k
Catherine Grillon France	21	184 0.3×	773 1.6×	297 0.8×	282 1.7×	13 0.1×	55	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kavitha Rajendran

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rajendran, Kavitha, Lemmuel L. Tayo, Cristina Rueda, et al.. (2025). Brain-Eating Amoeba Meets Plant Defense: In Vitro and In Silico Evaluation of Malabaricones as Potent Anti-Naegleria fowleri Agents. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1).

Rajendran, Kavitha, et al.. (2025). Abstract 1865: Optimization of miRNA-6883 lipid nanoparticles for targeted CDK4/6 and HIF1a inhibition in colorectal and breast cancer cells. Cancer Research. 85(8_Supplement_1). 1865–1865. 1 indexed citations

Rajendran, Kavitha, et al.. (2024). Nanoparticle-Terpene Fusion: A Game-Changer in Combating Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis Caused by Naegleria fowleri. ACS Omega. 9(10). 11597–11607. 5 indexed citations

Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, et al.. (2020). Naegleria fowleri: differential genetic expression following treatment with Hesperidin conjugated with silver nanoparticles using RNA-Seq. Parasitology Research. 119(7). 2351–2358. 9 indexed citations

Anwar, Ayaz, Komal Rao, Kavitha Rajendran, et al.. (2019). Antimicrobial activities of green synthesized gums-stabilized nanoparticles loaded with flavonoids. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3122–3122. 101 indexed citations

Akhmedov, Dmitry, et al.. (2016). Knock-in Luciferase Reporter Mice for In Vivo Monitoring of CREB Activity. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0158274–e0158274. 9 indexed citations

Nixon, Mark, Jingqi Fu, Dmitry Akhmedov, et al.. (2015). Skeletal muscle salt inducible kinase 1 promotes insulin resistance in obesity. Molecular Metabolism. 5(1). 34–46. 46 indexed citations

Ramachandran, Aruna, Samudra S. Gangopadhyay, Ramaswamy Krishnan, et al.. (2013). JunB Mediates Basal- and TGFβ1-Induced Smooth Muscle Cell Contractility. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53430–e53430. 16 indexed citations

Krishnan, Ramaswamy, Kavitha Rajendran, Michael L. Smith, et al.. (2012). Fluidization, resolidification, and reorientation of the endothelial cell in response to slow tidal stretches. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 303(4). C368–C375. 48 indexed citations

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Prager‐Khoutorsky, Masha, Alexandra Lichtenstein, Ramaswamy Krishnan, et al.. (2011). Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing. Nature Cell Biology. 13(12). 1457–1465. 445 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hall, Iris H., et al.. (1996). The Anti‐inflammatory Activiy of Metal Complexes of Heterocyclic Thiosemicarbazones, 2‐Substituted PyridineN‐Oxides and 2‐Pyridylthioureas. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 10(7). 485–493. 12 indexed citations

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Hall, Iris H., et al.. (1995). Anti‐inflammatory Activity of Amine‐carboxyboranes in Rodents. Archiv der Pharmazie. 328(1). 39–44. 15 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Kavitha, et al.. (1994). Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-osteoporotic Activities of Base-Boronated Nucleosides and Phosphate-Boronated Nucleotides in Rodents. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 83(10). 1391–1395. 18 indexed citations

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Hall, I.H., et al.. (1994). Hypolipidemic, anti-obesity, anti-inflammatory, anti-osteoporotic, and anti-neoplastic properties of amine carboxyboranes.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 102(suppl 7). 21–30. 15 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Kavitha, et al.. (1993). The cytotoxicity of heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones and their metal complexes on human and murine tissue culture cells. Anti-Cancer Drugs. 4(2). 231–240. 44 indexed citations

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West, D.X., et al.. (1993). The cytotoxicity of copper(II) complexes of heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones and 2-substituted pyridine N-oxides. Anti-Cancer Drugs. 4(2). 241–250. 57 indexed citations

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Hall, I.H., et al.. (1993). Hypolipidemic activity of boronated nucleosides and nucleotides in rodents. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 47(2-3). 79–87. 29 indexed citations

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Parikh, Indu, et al.. (1987). Are estrogen receptors cytoplasmic or nuclear? Some immunocytochemical and biochemical studies. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 27(1-3). 185–192. 34 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Kavitha, et al.. (1985). The role of plasma lipoproteins in steroidogenic response of rat luteal cells during gonadotropin-induced refractory states. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 63(3). 265–272. 11 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Kavitha & Krishna Menon. (1983). Evidence for the existence of gonadotropin receptors in the nuclei isolated from rat ovary. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations

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