Lahiru Handunnetthi

4.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
41 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Lahiru Handunnetthi is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lahiru Handunnetthi has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 18 papers in Immunology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lahiru Handunnetthi's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (13 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers). Lahiru Handunnetthi is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (13 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers). Lahiru Handunnetthi collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Lahiru Handunnetthi's co-authors include Sreeram V Ramagopalan, George C. Ebers, Adam E. Handel, Giulio Disanto, Julian C. Knight, Gavin Giovannoni, Matthew R. Lincoln, Sarah-Michelle Orton, Narelle Maugeri and Julia M. Morahan and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lahiru Handunnetthi

40 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

A ChIP-seq defined genome-wide map of vitamin D receptor binding: Associations with disease and evolution

2010 665 citations Sreeram V Ramagopalan, Narelle Maugeri et al. profile →
Risks of myocarditis, pericarditis, and cardiac arrhythmias associated with COVID-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection

2021 391 citations Martina Patone, Xue W. Mei et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Neurological complications after first dose of COVID-19 vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 infection

2021 246 citations Martina Patone, Lahiru Handunnetthi et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Risk of Myocarditis After Sequential Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Age and Sex

2022 125 citations Martina Patone, Xue W. Mei et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lahiru Handunnetthi United Kingdom	20	1.4k	661	610	441	410	41	2.9k
Johann Sellner Germany	32	1.6k 1.1×	620 0.9×	444 0.7×	444 1.0×	1.4k 3.3×	172	3.8k
Cheryl Hemingway United Kingdom	31	1.5k 1.1×	378 0.6×	686 1.1×	402 0.9×	1.7k 4.2×	91	3.8k
Michael J. Olek United States	22	2.2k 1.7×	940 1.4×	170 0.3×	275 0.6×	410 1.0×	38	3.2k
Melinda Magyari Denmark	35	2.7k 2.0×	559 0.8×	164 0.3×	323 0.7×	865 2.1×	181	3.6k
Rune Midgard Norway	30	1.7k 1.2×	403 0.6×	245 0.4×	227 0.5×	602 1.5×	66	2.4k
Trygve Holmøy Norway	36	2.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.9×	169 0.3×	515 1.2×	788 1.9×	170	3.8k
Marianna Cortese United States	18	948 0.7×	427 0.6×	168 0.3×	368 0.8×	378 0.9×	44	2.1k
Terry A. McNearney United States	33	1.3k 0.9×	702 1.1×	237 0.4×	586 1.3×	53 0.1×	79	3.4k
Paulo Louzada‐Júnior Brazil	32	284 0.2×	911 1.4×	136 0.2×	720 1.6×	155 0.4×	152	3.1k
Robert G. Lahita United States	33	492 0.4×	1.6k 2.4×	154 0.3×	447 1.0×	129 0.3×	85	4.0k

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Grant, Eleanor, Andrew G. Murchison, Sophie Binks, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of LGI1-Antibody and CASPR2-Antibody Encephalitis. JAMA Neurology. 81(5). 525–525. 8 indexed citations

Handunnetthi, Lahiru, Maheshi Ramasamy, Lance Turtle, & David Hunt. (2024). Identifying and reducing risks of neurological complications associated with vaccination. Nature Reviews Neurology. 20(9). 541–554.

Holt, Gregory, et al.. (2023). Stem-cell derived neurosphere assay highlights the effects of viral infection on human cortical development. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 115. 718–726. 1 indexed citations

Jeffery, Katie, Paul Klenerman, Ming Lim, et al.. (2023). The immunobiology of herpes simplex virus encephalitis and post-viral autoimmunity. Brain. 147(4). 1130–1148. 17 indexed citations

Patone, Martina, Xue W. Mei, Lahiru Handunnetthi, et al.. (2022). Risk of Myocarditis After Sequential Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Age and Sex. Circulation. 146(10). 743–754. 125 indexed citations breakdown →

Saatci, Defne, et al.. (2022). Maternal immune activation induces methylation changes in schizophrenia genes. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0278155–e0278155. 6 indexed citations

Pokhilko, Alexandra, Lahiru Handunnetthi, Raphael Heilig, et al.. (2021). Global proteomic analysis of extracellular matrix in mouse and human brain highlights relevance to cerebrovascular disease. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 41(9). 2423–2438. 19 indexed citations

Patone, Martina, Lahiru Handunnetthi, Defne Saatci, et al.. (2021). Neurological complications after first dose of COVID-19 vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature Medicine. 27(12). 2144–2153. 246 indexed citations breakdown →

Elangovan, Ramyiadarsini, Giulio Disanto, Antonio J. Berlanga‐Taylor, Sreeram V Ramagopalan, & Lahiru Handunnetthi. (2014). Regulatory genomic regions active in immune cell types explain a large proportion of the genetic risk of multiple sclerosis. Journal of Human Genetics. 59(4). 211–215. 5 indexed citations

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Ramagopalan, Sreeram V, Andrew Skingsley, Lahiru Handunnetthi, et al.. (2014). Data set of primary outcome changes in interventional clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.org. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. 1 indexed citations

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Handel, Adam E., Geir Kjetil Sandve, Giulio Disanto, et al.. (2013). Integrating multiple oestrogen receptor alpha ChIP studies: overlap with disease susceptibility regions, DNase I hypersensitivity peaks and gene expression. BMC Medical Genomics. 6(1). 45–45. 5 indexed citations

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Watson, Corey T., Matthew R. Lincoln, S. V. Ramagopalan, et al.. (2011). Revisiting the T-cell receptor alpha/delta locus and possible associations with multiple sclerosis. Genes and Immunity. 12(2). 59–66. 6 indexed citations

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Ramagopalan, S V, Lahiru Handunnetthi, Matthew R. Lincoln, et al.. (2010). Vitamin-D Receptor and 1-alpha-hydroxylase Genes in Risk and Outcome of Multiple Sclerosis in Canadians. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 16. 271–271. 1 indexed citations

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Disanto, Giulio, et al.. (2010). The emerging role of vitamin D binding protein in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology. 258(3). 353–358. 36 indexed citations

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Handel, Adam E., et al.. (2010). An Updated Meta-Analysis of Risk of Multiple Sclerosis following Infectious Mononucleosis. PLoS ONE. 5(9). e12496–e12496. 249 indexed citations

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Ramagopalan, Sreeram V., Jake Byrnes, David A. Dyment, et al.. (2009). Parent-of-origin of HLA-DRB1*1501 and age of onset of multiple sclerosis. Journal of Human Genetics. 54(9). 547–549. 16 indexed citations

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Ward, Hamish E., Katie Morrison, S. V. Ramagopalan, et al.. (2009). Risk alleles for multiple sclerosis in multiplex families. Neurology. 72(23). 1984–1988. 50 indexed citations

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Ramagopalan, Sreeram V., Katie Morrison, Adam E. Handel, et al.. (2009). Variants in ST8SIA1 do not play a major role in susceptibility to multiple sclerosis in Canadian families. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 212(1-2). 142–144. 1 indexed citations

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Ebers, George C., S V Ramagopalan, Narelle Maugeri, et al.. (2008). Expression of the multiple sclerosis associated MHC class II allele HLA-DRBI*1501 is regulated by vitamin D. Annals of Neurology. 64. 2 indexed citations

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Ramagopalan, Sreeram V., David A. Dyment, Katie Morrison, et al.. (2008). Methylation of class II transactivator gene promoter IV is not associated with susceptibility to Multiple Sclerosis. BMC Medical Genetics. 9(1). 63–63. 16 indexed citations

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