Megan D. Lenardon

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Megan D. Lenardon is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan D. Lenardon has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Infectious Diseases, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Megan D. Lenardon's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (28 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (13 papers) and Antimicrobial agents and applications (7 papers). Megan D. Lenardon is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (28 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (13 papers) and Antimicrobial agents and applications (7 papers). Megan D. Lenardon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Megan D. Lenardon's co-authors include Neil A. R. Gow, Carol A. Munro, Louise A. Walker, Alistair J. P. Brown, Irene de Bruijn, Alastair McKinnon, Donna M. MacCallum, Mihai G. Netea, Gordon D. Brown and Sarah Milne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Reviews Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Megan D. Lenardon

32 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Architecture of the dynamic fungal cell wall

2022 222 citations Neil A. R. Gow, Megan D. Lenardon profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Megan D. Lenardon United Kingdom	21	1.4k	1000	957	816	241	33	2.6k
Elvira Román Spain	27	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	568 0.7×	376 1.6×	56	2.6k
Haroldo César de Oliveira Brazil	23	1.1k 0.8×	584 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	489 0.6×	163 0.7×	64	2.2k
Norma V. Solis United States	32	2.1k 1.4×	945 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	301 0.4×	180 0.7×	75	2.8k
Fausto Almeida Brazil	27	667 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	761 0.8×	640 0.8×	157 0.7×	77	2.5k
Cécile Clavaud France	23	754 0.5×	881 0.9×	693 0.7×	637 0.8×	309 1.3×	43	2.5k
Jill R. Blankenship United States	19	1.3k 0.9×	959 1.0×	910 1.0×	400 0.5×	189 0.8×	24	2.1k
Rebeca Alonso‐Monge Spain	24	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	944 1.0×	594 0.7×	339 1.4×	48	2.3k
Hiroji Chibana Japan	27	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	469 0.6×	184 0.8×	108	2.8k
Cameron Douglas United States	25	2.3k 1.6×	863 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	859 1.1×	566 2.3×	42	3.5k
Rebecca A. Hall United Kingdom	27	948 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	672 0.7×	306 0.4×	370 1.5×	57	2.4k

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Dinh, Hue, Kenya E. Fernandes, Aidan P. Tay, et al.. (2025). Uncovering the antifungal potential of Cannabidiol and Cannabidivarin. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 19(6). e0013081–e0013081. 1 indexed citations

Gu, Zi, et al.. (2025). Influence of end-group functionality and composition on the antifungal activity and biocompatibility of polyacrylamide-based polymers. European Polymer Journal. 241. 114384–114384.

Vij, Raghav, Hue Dinh, Peter R. Judzewitsch, et al.. (2024). A synthetic peptide mimic kills Candida albicans and synergistically prevents infection. Nature Communications. 15(1). 16 indexed citations

Corrigan, Nathaniel, et al.. (2024). Combatting Fungal Infections: Advances in Antifungal Polymeric Nanomaterials. Biomacromolecules. 25(9). 5670–5701. 8 indexed citations

Lenardon, Megan D., et al.. (2024). Bacteria-derived short-chain fatty acids as potential regulators of fungal commensalism and pathogenesis. Trends in Microbiology. 32(11). 1106–1118. 27 indexed citations

Corrigan, Nathaniel, et al.. (2023). Effect of Star Topology Versus Linear Polymers on Antifungal Activity and Mammalian Cell Toxicity. Macromolecular Bioscience. 24(5). e2300452–e2300452. 10 indexed citations

Ricci, Liviana, Joanna Mackie, Megan D. Lenardon, et al.. (2022). Human gut bifidobacteria inhibit the growth of the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 98(10). 26 indexed citations

Dantas, Alessandra da Silva, Filomena Nogueira, Keunsook K. Lee, et al.. (2021). Crosstalk between the calcineurin and cell wall integrity pathways prevents chitin overexpression in Candida albicans. Journal of Cell Science. 134(24). 17 indexed citations

Walker, Louise A., Prashant Sood, Megan D. Lenardon, et al.. (2018). The Viscoelastic Properties of the Fungal Cell Wall Allow Traffic of AmBisome as Intact Liposome Vesicles. mBio. 9(1). 136 indexed citations

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Kumwenda, Pizga, Megan D. Lenardon, Ian R. Brown, et al.. (2017). Adaptation of Candida albicans to environmental pH induces cell wall remodelling and enhances innate immune recognition. PLoS Pathogens. 13(5). e1006403–e1006403. 145 indexed citations

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Wagener, Jeanette, R. K. Subbarao Malireddi, Megan D. Lenardon, et al.. (2014). Fungal Chitin Dampens Inflammation through IL-10 Induction Mediated by NOD2 and TLR9 Activation. PLoS Pathogens. 10(4). e1004050–e1004050. 208 indexed citations

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Hall, Rebecca A., et al.. (2013). The Candida albicans Cell Wall: Structure and Role in Morphogenesis and Immune Recognition. 1–26. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Louise A., Megan D. Lenardon, Kanya Preechasuth, Carol A. Munro, & Neil A. R. Gow. (2013). Cell wall stress induces alternative fungal cytokinesis and septation strategies. Journal of Cell Science. 126(Pt 12). 2668–77. 33 indexed citations

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You, Tao, Piers J. Ingram, Mette D. Jacobsen, et al.. (2012). A systems biology analysis of long and short-term memories of osmotic stress adaptation in fungi. BMC Research Notes. 5(1). 258–258. 32 indexed citations

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Mora‐Montes, Héctor M., Mihai G. Netea, Gerben Ferwerda, et al.. (2011). Recognition and Blocking of Innate Immunity Cells by Candida albicans Chitin. Infection and Immunity. 79(5). 1961–1970. 164 indexed citations

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Lenardon, Megan D., Carol A. Munro, & Neil A. R. Gow. (2010). Chitin synthesis and fungal pathogenesis. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 13(4). 416–423. 346 indexed citations

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Lenardon, Megan D., Héctor M. Mora‐Montes, Florian Kaffarnik, et al.. (2010). Phosphorylation regulates polarisation of chitin synthesis inCandida albicans. Journal of Cell Science. 123(13). 2199–2206. 31 indexed citations

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Lenardon, Megan D., et al.. (2009). Dissection of the Candida albicans class I chitin synthase promoters. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 281(4). 459–71. 21 indexed citations

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Walker, Louise A., Carol A. Munro, Irene de Bruijn, et al.. (2008). Stimulation of Chitin Synthesis Rescues Candida albicans from Echinocandins. PLoS Pathogens. 4(4). e1000040–e1000040. 339 indexed citations

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Lenardon, Megan D., et al.. (2007). Individual chitin synthase enzymes synthesize microfibrils of differing structure at specific locations in the Candida albicans cell wall. Molecular Microbiology. 66(5). 1164–1173. 69 indexed citations

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