Lawrence Rajendran

13.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Lawrence Rajendran is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence Rajendran has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Lawrence Rajendran's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (24 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (11 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers). Lawrence Rajendran is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (24 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (11 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers). Lawrence Rajendran collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Lawrence Rajendran's co-authors include Kai Simons, Mikael Simons, Petra Schwille, Katarina Trajković, Felix Wieland, Chieh Hsu, Salvatore Chiantia, Dirk Wenzel, Britta Brügger and Rosa Chiara Paolicelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence Rajendran

55 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Ceramide Triggers Budding of Exosome Vesicles into Multivesicular Endosomes

2008 2.8k citations Lawrence Rajendran, Mikael Simons et al. profile →
Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid peptides are released in association with exosomes

2006 1.1k citations Lawrence Rajendran, Masanori Honsho et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Subcellular targeting strategies for drug design and delivery

2009 586 citations Lawrence Rajendran, Kai Simons et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lawrence Rajendran Switzerland	30	6.3k	2.2k	2.0k	1.2k	983	55	8.7k
Guy Perkins United States	60	10.1k 1.6×	1.7k 0.8×	644 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	778 0.8×	157	14.2k
Takao Hamakubo Japan	57	6.6k 1.1×	965 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	456 0.5×	237	10.7k
Britta Brügger Germany	53	9.5k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	2.6k 2.3×	380 0.4×	124	12.1k
João A. Paulo United States	59	8.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.6×	240 0.2×	317	13.2k
Danica Stanimirovic Canada	56	4.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	747 0.4×	516 0.4×	2.3k 2.4×	168	9.0k
Richard E. Fine United States	50	3.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	603 0.6×	132	7.9k
Lian Li United States	50	5.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	749 0.4×	1.8k 1.5×	549 0.6×	199	9.2k
Rémy Sadoul France	40	6.8k 1.1×	827 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.6×	606 0.6×	75	9.9k
Erhard Bieberich United States	44	4.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	943 0.5×	826 0.7×	444 0.5×	123	5.7k
Martin Kampmann United States	43	6.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	601 0.3×	926 0.8×	657 0.7×	96	8.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lawrence Rajendran

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Pastore, Annalisa, Francesco Raimondi, Lawrence Rajendran, & Piero Andrea Temussi. (2020). Why does the Aβ peptide of Alzheimer share structural similarity with antimicrobial peptides?. Communications Biology. 3(1). 135–135. 39 indexed citations

Couch, Amalie C. M., et al.. (2020). Emerging Developments in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Microglia: Implications for Modelling Psychiatric Disorders With a Neurodevelopmental Origin. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 11. 789–789. 16 indexed citations

Brioschi, Simone, Paolo d’Errico, Lukas Amann, et al.. (2020). Detection of Synaptic Proteins in Microglia by Flow Cytometry. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 13. 149–149. 17 indexed citations

Soennesyn, Hogne, Ingvild Dalen, Ana Rodriguez‐Mateos, et al.. (2019). Effects of Anthocyanin Supplementation on Serum Lipids, Glucose, Markers of Inflammation and Cognition in Adults With Increased Risk of Dementia – A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 536–536. 18 indexed citations

Paolicelli, Rosa Chiara, Giorgio Bergamini, & Lawrence Rajendran. (2018). Cell-to-cell Communication by Extracellular Vesicles: Focus on Microglia. Neuroscience. 405. 148–157. 280 indexed citations

Paolicelli, Rosa Chiara, Ali Jawaid, Christopher M. Henstridge, et al.. (2017). TDP-43 Depletion in Microglia Promotes Amyloid Clearance but Also Induces Synapse Loss. Neuron. 95(2). 297–308.e6. 157 indexed citations

Mishra, Sabyashachi, K. Muruga Poopathi Raja, Michael Willem, et al.. (2016). Specific Inhibition of β-Secretase Processing of the Alzheimer Disease Amyloid Precursor Protein. Cell Reports. 14(9). 2127–2141. 82 indexed citations

Bali, Jitin, et al.. (2015). Calcium flux-independent NMDA receptor activity is required for Aβ oligomer-induced synaptic loss. Cell Death and Disease. 6(6). e1791–e1791. 78 indexed citations

Buggia-Prévot, Virginie, Vinod Udayar, Kulandaivelu S. Vetrivel, et al.. (2013). A Function for EHD Family Proteins in Unidirectional Retrograde Dendritic Transport of BACE1 and Alzheimer’s Disease Aβ Production. Cell Reports. 5(6). 1552–1563. 60 indexed citations

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Lötvall, Jan, Lawrence Rajendran, Clotilde Théry, et al.. (2012). The launch of Journal of Extracellular Vesicles (JEV), the official journal of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles – about microvesicles, exosomes, ectosomes and other extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 1(1). 15 indexed citations

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Mattsson, Niklas, Lawrence Rajendran, Henrik Zetterberg, et al.. (2012). BACE1 Inhibition Induces a Specific Cerebrospinal Fluid β-Amyloid Pattern That Identifies Drug Effects in the Central Nervous System. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e31084–e31084. 54 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Lawrence, et al.. (2012). Lipid-anchored drugs for delivery into subcellular compartments. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 33(4). 215–222. 19 indexed citations

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Chadha, Antonella Santuccione, Mario Merlini, Christian Tackenberg, et al.. (2012). Active vaccination with ankyrin G reduces β-amyloid pathology in APP transgenic mice. Molecular Psychiatry. 18(3). 358–368. 23 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Lawrence & Wim Annaert. (2012). Membrane Trafficking Pathways inAlzheimer's Disease. Traffic. 13(6). 759–770. 157 indexed citations

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Aguzzi, Adriano & Lawrence Rajendran. (2009). The Transcellular Spread of Cytosolic Amyloids, Prions, and Prionoids. Neuron. 64(6). 783–790. 360 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Lawrence, Julia Beckmann, Astrid Magenau, et al.. (2009). Flotillins Are Involved in the Polarization of Primitive and Mature Hematopoietic Cells. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8290–e8290. 35 indexed citations

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Schneider, Anja, Lawrence Rajendran, Masanori Honsho, et al.. (2008). Flotillin-Dependent Clustering of the Amyloid Precursor Protein Regulates Its Endocytosis and Amyloidogenic Processing in Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(11). 2874–2882. 162 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Lawrence, Soazig Le Lay, & Harald Illges. (2007). Raft association and lipid droplet targeting of flotillins are independent of caveolin. Biological Chemistry. 388(3). 307–14. 40 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Lawrence, Marlen Knobloch, Kathrin Geiger, et al.. (2007). Increased Aβ Production Leads to Intracellular Accumulation of Aβ in Flotillin-1-Positive Endosomes. Neurodegenerative Diseases. 4(2-3). 164–170. 40 indexed citations

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Rajendran, Lawrence, Masanori Honsho, Tobias Zahn, et al.. (2006). Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid peptides are released in association with exosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(30). 11172–11177. 1067 indexed citations breakdown →

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