Melanie Mumau

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Melanie Mumau is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Mumau has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Oncology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Melanie Mumau's work include Viral-associated cancers and disorders (9 papers), Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (3 papers). Melanie Mumau is often cited by papers focused on Viral-associated cancers and disorders (9 papers), Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (3 papers). Melanie Mumau collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Japan. Melanie Mumau's co-authors include Hans‐Willem Snoeck, Ya‐Wen Chen, Sarah X.L. Huang, Michael D. Green, John D. O’Neill, Mohammad Naimul Islam, Gordana Vunjak‐Novakovic, Zheng Hu, Jahar Bhattacharya and Yong‐Guang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Mumau

17 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Efficient generation of lung and airway epithelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells

2013 423 citations Sarah X.L. Huang, Mohammad Naimul Islam et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie Mumau United States	8	638	378	306	228	139	19	1.2k
Chohei Sakakura Japan	19	542 0.8×	326 0.9×	525 1.7×	324 1.4×	49 0.4×	63	1.4k
Stéphanie Meier Germany	14	317 0.5×	250 0.7×	191 0.6×	314 1.4×	95 0.7×	22	910
Stephen J. Elliman Ireland	14	416 0.7×	146 0.4×	225 0.7×	364 1.6×	122 0.9×	26	1.1k
Nicola H. Dryden United Kingdom	13	813 1.3×	131 0.3×	117 0.4×	124 0.5×	171 1.2×	17	1.4k
Yuxia Cao United States	13	579 0.9×	392 1.0×	291 1.0×	239 1.0×	87 0.6×	25	1.0k
Sara Orecchia Italy	17	390 0.6×	445 1.2×	129 0.4×	285 1.3×	108 0.8×	37	1.1k
David F. Meoli United States	14	586 0.9×	231 0.6×	167 0.5×	110 0.5×	91 0.7×	19	1.1k
Joseph L. Sottnik United States	17	342 0.5×	264 0.7×	150 0.5×	341 1.5×	105 0.8×	26	837
Karim Shamsasenjan Iran	20	501 0.8×	92 0.2×	207 0.7×	160 0.7×	174 1.3×	53	1.2k
Jeremy Herrera United States	16	407 0.6×	534 1.4×	166 0.5×	109 0.5×	99 0.7×	29	1.2k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Mumau, Melanie, et al.. (2025). No evidence for active viral infection in unicentric and idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease by Viral-Track analysis. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1676–1676. 1 indexed citations

Tsao, Patricia, Joseph Zinski, Michael V. Gonzalez, et al.. (2025). A patient-derived CABIN1 mutation recapitulates features of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease in a mouse model. Blood Advances. 9(24). 6534–6537.

Feng, Allan, Michael V. Gonzalez, Melanie Mumau, et al.. (2025). Common connective tissue disorder and anti-cytokine autoantibodies are enriched in idiopathic multicentric castleman disease patients. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1528465–1528465. 1 indexed citations

Pierson, Sheila K., et al.. (2024). Immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia and IL‐6‐mediated thrombocytosis observed in idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. British Journal of Haematology. 204(3). 921–930. 1 indexed citations

Mumau, Melanie, Joseph Zinski, M. Betina Pampena, et al.. (2024). Trafficking, Not Lymphoproliferation, Promotes Lymphadenopathy in Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease. Blood. 144(Supplement 1). 3924–3924. 1 indexed citations

Miller, Ira, Daniel J. Arenas, Melanie Mumau, Michael V. Gonzalez, & David C. Fajgenbaum. (2023). Exploratory Analyses of Lymph Node Tissue, Serum, and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Do Not Reveal Pathogen Signatures in Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 4402–4402.

Mumau, Melanie, Chunyu Ma, Sheila K. Pierson, et al.. (2023). A Translational Approach to Identifying and Targeting TNF Signaling in Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 3921–3921. 3 indexed citations

Bennett, Laura, Melanie Mumau, Yan Li, & Nancy A. Speck. (2022). MyD88-dependent TLR signaling oppositely regulates hematopoietic progenitor and stem cell formation in the embryo. Development. 149(8). 5 indexed citations

Yang, Yi‐Qing, Melanie Mumau, Joanna Tober, et al.. (2022). Endothelial MEKK3-KLF2/4 signaling integrates inflammatory and hemodynamic signals during definitive hematopoiesis. Blood. 139(19). 2942–2957. 11 indexed citations

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Pierson, Sheila K., Laura M. Katz, Melanie Mumau, et al.. (2022). CXCL13 is a predictive biomarker in idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7236–7236. 18 indexed citations

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Pierson, Sheila K., Laura M. Katz, Melanie Mumau, et al.. (2022). CXCL13 is a predictive biomarker in idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

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Mumau, Melanie, Sheila K. Pierson, Michael Gonzalez, Scott Canna, & David C. Fajgenbaum. (2022). Serum Proteomics Identifies Interferon Gamma Signaling in Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease. Blood. 140(Supplement 1). 5500–5501. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qin, Peng Gao, Joanna Tober, et al.. (2020). Developmental trajectory of prehematopoietic stem cell formation from endothelium. Blood. 136(7). 845–856. 107 indexed citations

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Mumau, Melanie, et al.. (2017). Identification of a Multipotent Progenitor Population in the Spleen That Is Regulated by NR4A1. The Journal of Immunology. 200(3). 1078–1087. 7 indexed citations

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Luchsinger, Larry L., Mariana Justino de Almeida, David Corrigan, Melanie Mumau, & Hans‐Willem Snoeck. (2016). Mitofusin 2 maintains haematopoietic stem cells with extensive lymphoid potential. Nature. 529(7587). 528–531. 180 indexed citations

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Huang, Sarah X.L., Michael D. Green, Melanie Mumau, et al.. (2015). The in vitro generation of lung and airway progenitor cells from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Protocols. 10(3). 413–425. 152 indexed citations

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Huang, Sarah X.L., Mohammad Naimul Islam, John D. O’Neill, et al.. (2013). Efficient generation of lung and airway epithelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 32(1). 84–91. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grisanti, Laura, Carlos Clavel, Xiaoqiang Cai, et al.. (2012). Tbx18 Targets Dermal Condensates for Labeling, Isolation, and Gene Ablation during Embryonic Hair Follicle Formation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 133(2). 344–353. 38 indexed citations

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Calcagno, Anna Maria, Crystal D. Salcido, Jean-Pierre Gillet, et al.. (2010). Prolonged Drug Selection of Breast Cancer Cells and Enrichment of Cancer Stem Cell Characteristics. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 102(21). 1637–1652. 226 indexed citations

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