Medha M. Pathak

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Medha M. Pathak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Medha M. Pathak has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Medha M. Pathak's work include Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (21 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (19 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers). Medha M. Pathak is often cited by papers focused on Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (21 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (19 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers). Medha M. Pathak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. Medha M. Pathak's co-authors include Francesco Tombola, Ehud Y. Isacoff, Jamison L. Nourse, Lisa A. Flanagan, Janahan Arulmoli, Jesse R. Holt, Le Dai, Hamid Abuwarda, Hamza Atcha and Wendy F. Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Medha M. Pathak

33 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Stretch-activated ion channel Piezo1 directs lineage choi... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2021 2021 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Stretch-activated ion channel Piezo1 directs lineage choice in human neural stem cells
    2014 469 citations Medha M. Pathak, Jamison L. Nourse et al. profile →
  2. Mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1 modulates macrophage polarization and stiffness sensing
    2021 367 citations Hamza Atcha, Amit Jairaman et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Spatiotemporal dynamics of PIEZO1 localization controls keratinocyte migration during wound healing
    2021 100 citations Jesse R. Holt, Wei-Zheng Zeng et al. eLife profile →

Peers

Medha M. Pathak
Ruhma Syeda United States
Swetha E. Murthy United States
T J Byers United States
Gregory A. Cox United States
Jean‐Marie Gillis Belgium
Colin P. Johnson United States
George Zanazzi United States
Cindy K. Miranti United States
Stephan Kröger Germany
Angela Gritti Italy
Ruhma Syeda United States
Medha M. Pathak
Citations per year, relative to Medha M. Pathak Medha M. Pathak (= 1×) peers Ruhma Syeda

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Medha M. Pathak

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Evans, Elizabeth L., Jamison L. Nourse, George D. Dickinson, et al.. (2025). Visualizing PIEZO1 localization and activity in hiPSC-derived single cells and organoids with HaloTag technology. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5556–5556. 2 indexed citations
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Freites, J. Alfredo, et al.. (2025). Single-particle tracking reveals heterogeneous PIEZO1 diffusion. Biophysical Journal. 124(24). 4457–4470. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Elizabeth L., Jamison L. Nourse, George D. Dickinson, et al.. (2024). PIEZO1-halotag hiPSC lines: A new tool to assay PIEZO1 localization and activity from single cells to tissue organoids. Biophysical Journal. 123(3). 242a–243a. 1 indexed citations
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Atcha, Hamza, Vijaykumar S. Meli, Praveen Krishna Veerasubramanian, et al.. (2024). Piezo1-mediated mechanotransduction enhances macrophage oxidized low-density lipoprotein uptake and atherogenesis. PNAS Nexus. 3(11). pgae436–pgae436. 4 indexed citations
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Nourse, Jamison L., Hamid Abuwarda, Elizabeth L. Evans, et al.. (2022). Piezo1 regulates cholesterol biosynthesis to influence neural stem cell fate during brain development. The Journal of General Physiology. 154(10). 24 indexed citations
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Arnold, Steven E., Boxuan Li, Matthew Wang, et al.. (2022). Membrane curvature governs the distribution of Piezo1 in live cells. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7467–7467. 56 indexed citations
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Atcha, Hamza, Amit Jairaman, Jesse R. Holt, et al.. (2021). Mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1 modulates macrophage polarization and stiffness sensing. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3256–3256. 367 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jairaman, Amit, Shivashankar Othy, Joseph L. Dynes, et al.. (2021). Piezo1 channels restrain regulatory T cells but are dispensable for effector CD4 + T cell responses. Science Advances. 7(28). 78 indexed citations
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Holt, Jesse R., Wei-Zheng Zeng, Elizabeth L. Evans, et al.. (2021). Spatiotemporal dynamics of PIEZO1 localization controls keratinocyte migration during wound healing. eLife. 10. 100 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abuwarda, Hamid & Medha M. Pathak. (2020). Mechanobiology of neural development. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 66. 104–111. 33 indexed citations
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Ellefsen, Kyle L., Jesse R. Holt, Alice C. Chang, et al.. (2019). Myosin-II mediated traction forces evoke localized Piezo1-dependent Ca2+ flickers. Communications Biology. 2(1). 298–298. 164 indexed citations
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Arulmoli, Janahan, Medha M. Pathak, Jamison L. Nourse, et al.. (2015). Static stretch affects neural stem cell differentiation in an extracellular matrix-dependent manner. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 8499–8499. 71 indexed citations
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Pathak, Medha M., Jamison L. Nourse, Janahan Arulmoli, et al.. (2015). Piezo1 Transduces Extracellular Matrix Mechanical Cues to Direct Human Neural Stem Cell Fate. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 506a–506a.
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Hevezi, Peter, Csaba Varga, Medha M. Pathak, et al.. (2014). Evidence for Functional Diversity between the Voltage-Gated Proton Channel Hv1 and Its Closest Related Protein HVRP1. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e105926–e105926. 15 indexed citations
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Hong, Liang, et al.. (2013). Voltage-Sensing Domain of Voltage-Gated Proton Channel Hv1 Shares Mechanism of Block with Pore Domains. Neuron. 77(2). 274–287. 80 indexed citations
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Liang, Hong, et al.. (2013). Voltage-Sensing Domain of Voltage-Gated Proton Channel Hv1 Shares Mechanism of Block with Pore Domains. Neuron. 79(1). 202–202. 1 indexed citations
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Pathak, Medha M., Vladimir Yarov‐Yarovoy, Gautam Agarwal, et al.. (2007). Closing In on the Resting State of the Shaker K+ Channel. Neuron. 56(1). 124–140. 232 indexed citations
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Tombola, Francesco, Medha M. Pathak, Pau Gorostiza, & Ehud Y. Isacoff. (2006). The twisted ion-permeation pathway of a resting voltage-sensing domain. Nature. 445(7127). 546–549. 113 indexed citations
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Tombola, Francesco, Medha M. Pathak, & Ehud Y. Isacoff. (2005). Voltage-Sensing Arginines in a Potassium Channel Permeate and Occlude Cation-Selective Pores. Neuron. 45(3). 379–388. 223 indexed citations
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Tombola, Francesco, Medha M. Pathak, & Ehud Y. Isacoff. (2005). How Far Will You Go to Sense Voltage?. Neuron. 48(5). 719–725. 50 indexed citations

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