Mara Sullivan

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Mara Sullivan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mara Sullivan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Mara Sullivan's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers), Extracellular vesicles in disease (5 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers). Mara Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers), Extracellular vesicles in disease (5 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers). Mara Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Mara Sullivan's co-authors include Simon C. Watkins, Donna B. Stolz, William J. Shufesky, Adriana T. Larregina, Adrián E. Morelli, Zhiliang Wang, Géza Erdös, Gregory A. Gibson, Sherrie J. Divito and Alan F. Zahorchak and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Mara Sullivan

29 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Mechanism of transfer of functional microRNAs between mouse dendritic cells via exosomes

2011 1.1k citations Adriana T. Larregina, William J. Shufesky et al. Blood profile →
Endocytosis, intracellular sorting, and processing of exosomes by dendritic cells

2004 851 citations Adrián E. Morelli, Adriana T. Larregina et al. Blood profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mara Sullivan United States	18	2.6k	1.2k	709	436	355	29	3.5k
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan United States	45	2.8k 1.0×	492 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	481 1.1×	351 1.0×	127	5.2k
Jochen W.U. Fries Germany	27	1.6k 0.6×	670 0.6×	438 0.6×	785 1.8×	357 1.0×	81	3.7k
Michele Cilli Italy	37	2.0k 0.8×	658 0.5×	658 0.9×	221 0.5×	158 0.4×	108	4.0k
Bent Brachvogel Germany	29	1.6k 0.6×	436 0.4×	630 0.9×	354 0.8×	140 0.4×	83	3.5k
Robert A. Dodds United States	37	3.5k 1.3×	916 0.8×	613 0.9×	554 1.3×	203 0.6×	55	5.3k
Gertraud Orend France	37	2.3k 0.9×	898 0.7×	900 1.3×	403 0.9×	181 0.5×	78	5.3k
Luca Primo Italy	36	2.1k 0.8×	522 0.4×	438 0.6×	335 0.8×	155 0.4×	71	3.7k
Jinbo Liu China	28	2.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	797 1.1×	215 0.5×	163 0.5×	76	4.3k
Linda Troeberg United Kingdom	32	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	310 0.4×	420 1.0×	282 0.8×	70	3.7k
Xuan Wang China	29	2.4k 0.9×	970 0.8×	346 0.5×	398 0.9×	417 1.2×	120	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Mara Sullivan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mara Sullivan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shufesky, William J., Mara Sullivan, О. Н. Ткачева, et al.. (2025). Transplants foster B cell alloimmunity by relaying extracellular vesicles to follicular dendritic cells. Cell Reports. 44(6). 115832–115832. 1 indexed citations

Boyd‐Shiwarski, Cary R., Daniel J. Shiwarski, Nga H. Nguyen, et al.. (2025). Kidney-specific WNK1 amplifies kidney tubule responsiveness to potassium via WNK body condensates. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(15). 1 indexed citations

Yamada, Kazuhiro, Claudette M. St. Croix, Donna B. Stolz, et al.. (2024). Compartmentalized mitochondrial ferroptosis converges with optineurin-mediated mitophagy to impact airway epithelial cell phenotypes and asthma outcomes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5818–5818. 11 indexed citations

Garrison, Nicole L., Jun Fan, Donald A. Primerano, et al.. (2024). Phenotypic and transcriptional characterization of F. tularensis LVS during transition into a viable but non-culturable state. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1347488–1347488. 2 indexed citations

Fan, Hongye, Hernán F. Peñaloza, William Bain, et al.. (2023). Phagocytosis is a primary determinant of pulmonary clearance of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1150658–1150658. 6 indexed citations

Song, Shanshan, Md Nabiul Hasan, Steven J. Mullett, et al.. (2022). Elevated microglial oxidative phosphorylation and phagocytosis stimulate post-stroke brain remodeling and cognitive function recovery in mice. Communications Biology. 5(1). 35–35. 70 indexed citations

Yazdankhah, Meysam, Sayan Ghosh, Peng Shang, et al.. (2021). BNIP3L-mediated mitophagy is required for mitochondrial remodeling during the differentiation of optic nerve oligodendrocytes. Autophagy. 17(10). 3140–3159. 60 indexed citations

Zeng, Furong, Zhizhao Chen, William J. Shufesky, et al.. (2021). Graft-derived extracellular vesicles transported across subcapsular sinus macrophages elicit B cell alloimmunity after transplantation. Science Translational Medicine. 13(585). 31 indexed citations

Yuan, Shuai, Scott Hahn, Megan Miller, et al.. (2021). Cooperation between CYB5R3 and NOX4 via coenzyme Q mitigates endothelial inflammation. Redox Biology. 47. 102166–102166. 18 indexed citations

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Yester, Jessie, Honghai Liu, F. Gyngard, et al.. (2021). Use of stable isotope-tagged thymidine and multi-isotope imaging mass spectrometry (MIMS) for quantification of human cardiomyocyte division. Nature Protocols. 16(4). 1995–2022. 10 indexed citations

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Noda, Kentaro, Brian J. Philips, Mark E. Snyder, et al.. (2021). Heparanase inhibition preserves the endothelial glycocalyx in lung grafts and improves lung preservation and transplant outcomes. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 12265–12265. 14 indexed citations

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Yuan, Shuai, Michael Reynolds, Luca Giordano, et al.. (2021). SOD2 V16A amplifies vascular dysfunction in sickle cell patients by curtailing mitochondria complex IV activity. Blood. 139(11). 1760–1765. 14 indexed citations

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Bain, William, Hernán F. Peñaloza, Mark S. Ladinsky, et al.. (2020). Lower Respiratory Tract Myeloid Cells Harbor SARS-Cov-2 and Display an Inflammatory Phenotype. CHEST Journal. 159(3). 963–966. 4 indexed citations

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Birder, Lori A., Amanda Wolf‐Johnston, Alan J. Wein, et al.. (2020). Purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibition ameliorates age-associated lower urinary tract dysfunctions. JCI Insight. 5(20). 25 indexed citations

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Liu, Quan, Darling Rojas-Canales, Sherrie J. Divito, et al.. (2016). Donor dendritic cell–derived exosomes promote allograft-targeting immune response. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 126(8). 2805–2820. 236 indexed citations

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Lu, Tung‐Ying, Bo Lin, Jong Kim, et al.. (2013). Repopulation of decellularized mouse heart with human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiovascular progenitor cells. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2307–2307. 291 indexed citations

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Smith, Craig M., Yaming Chen, Mara Sullivan, Patrick M. Kochanek, & Robert S. B. Clark. (2010). Autophagy in acute brain injury: Feast, famine, or folly?. Neurobiology of Disease. 43(1). 52–59. 83 indexed citations

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Gusarova, Viktoria, Jeongmin Seo, Mara Sullivan, et al.. (2007). Golgi-associated Maturation of Very Low Density Lipoproteins Involves Conformational Changes in Apolipoprotein B, but Is Not Dependent on Apolipoprotein E. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(27). 19453–19462. 54 indexed citations

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Perone, Marcelo J., Adriana T. Larregina, William J. Shufesky, et al.. (2006). Transgenic Galectin-1 Induces Maturation of Dendritic Cells That Elicit Contrasting Responses in Naive and Activated T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 176(12). 7207–7220. 49 indexed citations

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Morelli, Adrián E., Adriana T. Larregina, William J. Shufesky, et al.. (2004). Endocytosis, intracellular sorting, and processing of exosomes by dendritic cells. Blood. 104(10). 3257–3266. 851 indexed citations breakdown →

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