Megha Basavappa

794 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 551 citations indexed

About

Megha Basavappa is a scholar working on Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Megha Basavappa has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 551 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Immunology, 3 papers in Infectious Diseases and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Megha Basavappa's work include interferon and immune responses (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (2 papers). Megha Basavappa is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (2 papers). Megha Basavappa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Egypt. Megha Basavappa's co-authors include Jorge Henao‐Mejia, Kate L. Jeffrey, Walter K. Mowel, Sean P. Spencer, Leonel Joannas, Adam Williams, Jasmine M. Wright, Jonathan J. Kotzin, E. John Wherry and Megan L. Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Cell and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Megha Basavappa

9 papers receiving 547 citations

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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.

The gut microbiota regulates white adipose tissue inflammation and obesity via a family of microRNAs

2019 243 citations Anthony Virtue, Sam J. McCright et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Megha Basavappa United States	8	361	165	121	120	92	9	551
Lucía Peña Spain	11	240 0.7×	82 0.5×	105 0.9×	39 0.3×	51 0.6×	15	482
Caixia Lü China	14	287 0.8×	95 0.6×	22 0.2×	81 0.7×	74 0.8×	48	637
Achut G. Malur United States	18	233 0.6×	253 1.5×	56 0.5×	34 0.3×	147 1.6×	32	860
Baomin Qi China	7	239 0.7×	153 0.9×	20 0.2×	220 1.8×	59 0.6×	11	424
Lizhen Ma China	14	158 0.4×	114 0.7×	43 0.4×	56 0.5×	90 1.0×	47	427
Cornelia Vesely Austria	9	841 2.3×	208 1.3×	33 0.3×	106 0.9×	65 0.7×	12	983
Bailey C. E. Peck United States	10	334 0.9×	152 0.9×	65 0.5×	218 1.8×	33 0.4×	14	681
Oliver Couture United States	11	154 0.4×	103 0.6×	70 0.6×	54 0.5×	36 0.4×	20	444
Omran Allatif France	14	288 0.8×	240 1.5×	106 0.9×	20 0.2×	89 1.0×	21	650

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megha Basavappa

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Basavappa, Megha, Max Ferretti, Mark Dittmar, et al.. (2022). The lncRNA ALPHA specifically targets chikungunya virus to control infection. Molecular Cell. 82(19). 3729–3744.e10. 11 indexed citations

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Basavappa, Megha, Jorge Henao‐Mejia, & Sara Cherry. (2022). Protocol to assess RNA-RNA interactions in situ using an RNA-proximity ligation assay. STAR Protocols. 3(4). 101892–101892. 2 indexed citations

3.

Adiliaghdam, Fatemeh, et al.. (2020). A Requirement for Argonaute 4 in Mammalian Antiviral Defense. Cell Reports. 30(6). 1690–1701.e4. 30 indexed citations

4.

Virtue, Anthony, Sam J. McCright, Jasmine M. Wright, et al.. (2019). The gut microbiota regulates white adipose tissue inflammation and obesity via a family of microRNAs. Science Translational Medicine. 11(496). 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kotzin, Jonathan J., Jasmine M. Wright, Megha Basavappa, et al.. (2019). The long noncoding RNA Morrbid regulates CD8 T cells in response to viral infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(24). 11916–11925. 54 indexed citations

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Basavappa, Megha, Sara Cherry, & Jorge Henao‐Mejia. (2019). Long noncoding RNAs and the regulation of innate immunity and host-virus interactions. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 106(1). 83–93. 18 indexed citations

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Fusco, Dahlene N., Henry Pratt, Wenyu Lin, et al.. (2017). HELZ2 Is an IFN Effector Mediating Suppression of Dengue Virus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 240–240. 35 indexed citations

8.

Li, Yang, Megha Basavappa, Jinfeng Lü, et al.. (2016). Induction and suppression of antiviral RNA interference by influenza A virus in mammalian cells. Nature Microbiology. 2(3). 16250–16250. 122 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yun, Song Liu, Ninghai Wang, et al.. (2013). GEF-H1 controls microtubule-dependent sensing of nucleic acids for antiviral host defenses. Nature Immunology. 15(1). 63–71. 36 indexed citations

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