Levi Makala

824 total citations
18 papers, 611 citations indexed

About

Levi Makala is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Levi Makala has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 611 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Levi Makala's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (8 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (5 papers). Levi Makala is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (8 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (5 papers). Levi Makala collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Georgia. Levi Makala's co-authors include Betty S. Pace, Nagendra Singh, Chunwan Lu, Yaqin Li, Vadivel Ganapathy, Daqing Wu, Xinyuan Zhu, Yafei Cai, Mingsheng Zhang and Wenhu Pi and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Levi Makala

17 papers receiving 606 citations

Peers

Levi Makala
Cathy Meaney United Kingdom
Eliana B Gómez United States
Elisa Adele Colombo Italy
Cristian Bellodi Sweden
Petra Ovesná Czechia
Rita Sabatini Italy
Ingeborg Liebaers Belgium
Emin Karaca Türkiye
Hannah C Lewis United States
Ahmed Aribi United States
Cathy Meaney United Kingdom
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Fields of papers citing papers by Levi Makala

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Pace, Betty S., Susan P. Perrine, Yaqin Li, et al.. (2021). Benserazide racemate and enantiomers induce fetal globin gene expression in vivo: Studies to guide clinical development for beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases. 89. 102561–102561. 7 indexed citations
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Krishnamoorthy, Sriram, Betty S. Pace, Dipti Gupta, et al.. (2017). Dimethyl fumarate increases fetal hemoglobin, provides heme detoxification, and corrects anemia in sickle cell disease. JCI Insight. 2(20). 36 indexed citations
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Pace, Betty S., Levi Makala, Rita Sarkar, et al.. (2017). Enhancing diversity in the hematology biomedical research workforce: A mentoring program to improve the odds of career success for early stage investigators. American Journal of Hematology. 92(12). 1275–1279. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Chunwan, et al.. (2016). Targeting translation: eIF4E as an emerging anticancer drug target. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine. 18. e2–e2. 44 indexed citations
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Boyington, Josephine, Nita J. Maihle, Treva Rice, et al.. (2016). A Perspective on Promoting Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s PRIDE Program. Ethnicity & Disease. 26(3). 379–379. 12 indexed citations
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Boosalis, Michael S., José Sangerman, Gary L. White, et al.. (2015). Novel Inducers of Fetal Globin Identified through High Throughput Screening (HTS) Are Active In Vivo in Anemic Baboons and Transgenic Mice. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144660–e0144660. 21 indexed citations
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Pace, Betty S., Li Liu, Yaqin Li, & Levi Makala. (2015). Cell signaling pathways involved in drug-mediated fetal hemoglobin induction: Strategies to treat sickle cell disease. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 240(8). 1050–1064. 21 indexed citations
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Cai, Yafei, Wenhu Pi, Xiaobin Zhu, et al.. (2015). UFBP1, a Key Component of the Ufm1 Conjugation System, Is Essential for Ufmylation-Mediated Regulation of Erythroid Development. PLoS Genetics. 11(11). e1005643–e1005643. 125 indexed citations
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Zhang, Mingming, Xinyuan Zhu, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2015). RCAD/Ufl1, a Ufm1 E3 ligase, is essential for hematopoietic stem cell function and murine hematopoiesis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 22(12). 1922–1934. 139 indexed citations
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Makala, Levi, Yaqin Li, Sylvia B. Smith, et al.. (2014). Monomethylfumarate Induces γ-Globin Expression and Fetal Hemoglobin Production in Cultured Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial (RPE) and Erythroid Cells, and in Intact Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(8). 5382–5382. 29 indexed citations
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Pace, Betty S., José Sangerman, Michael S. Boosalis, et al.. (2013). Next Generation Clinical-Stage HbF Inducers Exhibit Multiple Molecular Actions In Vitro and In Vivo and Offer Personalized Therapeutic Regimens. Blood. 122(21). 560–560. 1 indexed citations
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Makala, Levi. (2012). The role of indoleamine 2, 3 dioxygenase in regulating host immunity to leishmania infection. Journal of Biomedical Science. 19(1). 5–5. 12 indexed citations
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Makala, Levi, Salvatore Di Maro, Tzu‐Fang Lou, et al.. (2012). FK228 Analogues Induce Fetal Hemoglobin in Human Erythroid Progenitors. Anemia. 2012. 1–13. 5 indexed citations
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Makala, Levi, Babak Baban, Henrique Lemos, et al.. (2011). Leishmania major Attenuates Host Immunity by Stimulating Local Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Expression. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 203(5). 715–725. 72 indexed citations
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Chen, Xueqin, Levi Makala, Yulan Jin, et al.. (2008). Type 1 diabetes patients have significantly lower frequency of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in the peripheral blood. Clinical Immunology. 129(3). 413–418. 34 indexed citations
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Jin, Yulan, Xueqin Chen, Robert H. Podolsky, et al.. (2008). APC dysfunction is correlated with defective suppression of T cell proliferation in human type 1 diabetes. Clinical Immunology. 130(3). 272–279. 23 indexed citations

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