Melody Chao

1.0k total citations
18 papers, 763 citations indexed

About

Melody Chao is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melody Chao has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 763 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 9 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Melody Chao's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (8 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Melody Chao is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (8 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (4 papers). Melody Chao collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Melody Chao's co-authors include John P. M. Wood, Marta Ugarte, Glyn Chidlow, Mark S. Nash, Neville N. Osborne, George C. Ebers, A. Dessa Sadovnick, Blanca Herrera, Matthew R. Lincoln and S. V. Ramagopalan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Neuroscience and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Melody Chao

16 papers receiving 738 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melody Chao United Kingdom	11	301	289	212	211	93	18	763
T Kuwabara Japan	15	336 1.1×	63 0.2×	218 1.0×	65 0.3×	50 0.5×	49	754
Vedam L. Ramprasad India	18	534 1.8×	100 0.3×	382 1.8×	65 0.3×	29 0.3×	61	1.1k
Melissa Gresle Australia	17	193 0.6×	242 0.8×	17 0.1×	271 1.3×	129 1.4×	37	773
Xianzhen Hu United States	17	194 0.6×	92 0.3×	25 0.1×	468 2.2×	225 2.4×	29	959
Jens Ingwersen Germany	14	236 0.8×	261 0.9×	22 0.1×	294 1.4×	198 2.1×	22	817
Hideki Houzen Japan	14	234 0.8×	317 1.1×	15 0.1×	63 0.3×	58 0.6×	41	788
B. Omri France	14	318 1.1×	31 0.1×	219 1.0×	62 0.3×	83 0.9×	27	661
Andreas Lipski Germany	7	332 1.1×	46 0.2×	48 0.2×	34 0.2×	67 0.7×	10	500
Mikiro Mori Japan	15	452 1.5×	26 0.1×	226 1.1×	52 0.2×	55 0.6×	35	836
Sana Eltayeb Sweden	9	115 0.4×	157 0.5×	17 0.1×	265 1.3×	253 2.7×	9	614

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18 of 18 papers shown

Xu, Zhiwei, Feilong Zhang, Ming Li, et al.. (2025). Astrocytic Ca2+ prevents synaptic depotentiation by limiting repetitive activity in dendrites during motor learning. Nature Neuroscience. 28(11). 2296–2309.

Chen, Kai, et al.. (2025). Surgery impairs glymphatic activity and cognitive function in aged mice. Molecular Brain. 18(1). 7–7. 1 indexed citations

Chao, Melody, et al.. (2025). Ventral tegmental area interneurons revisited: GABA and glutamate projection neurons make local synapses. eLife. 13.

Chao, Melody, et al.. (2024). Ventral tegmental area interneurons revisited: GABA and glutamate projection neurons make local synapses. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations

Watson, Corey T., Matthew R. Lincoln, S. V. Ramagopalan, et al.. (2011). Revisiting the T-cell receptor alpha/delta locus and possible associations with multiple sclerosis. Genes and Immunity. 12(2). 59–66. 6 indexed citations

Chao, Melody, S. V. Ramagopalan, Blanca Herrera, et al.. (2011). MHC transmission. Neurology. 76(3). 242–246. 41 indexed citations

Ebers, George C., S V Ramagopalan, Narelle Maugeri, et al.. (2008). Expression of the multiple sclerosis associated MHC class II allele HLA-DRBI*1501 is regulated by vitamin D. Annals of Neurology. 64. 2 indexed citations

Chao, Melody, Sreeram V Ramagopalan, Blanca Herrera, et al.. (2008). Epigenetics in multiple sclerosis susceptibility: difference in transgenerational risk localizes to the major histocompatibility complex. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(2). 261–266. 72 indexed citations

Ramagopalan, Sreeram V, David A. Dyment, Blanca Herrera, et al.. (2008). Parental non-inherited HLA resistance alleles do not confer protection against multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 196(1-2). 170–172. 2 indexed citations

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Ramagopalan, S. V., Gabriele C. DeLuca, Katie Morrison, et al.. (2008). Analysis of 45 candidate genes for disease modifying activity in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology. 255(8). 1215–1219. 17 indexed citations

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Herrera, Blanca, S. V. Ramagopalan, Matthew R. Lincoln, et al.. (2008). Parent-of-origin effects in MS. Neurology. 71(11). 799–803. 56 indexed citations

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Dyment, D. A., M. Zameel Cader, Blanca Herrera, et al.. (2007). A genome scan in a single pedigree with a high prevalence of multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 79(2). 158–162. 12 indexed citations

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Chao, Melody, Martin Barnardo, Matthew R. Lincoln, et al.. (2007). Transmission of class I/II multi-locus MHC haplotypes and multiple sclerosis susceptibility: accounting for linkage disequilibrium. Human Molecular Genetics. 16(16). 1951–1958. 35 indexed citations

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Cader, M. Zameel, Jordana T. Bell, Gabriele C. DeLuca, et al.. (2007). Multiple sclerosis susceptibility and the X chromosome. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 13(7). 856–864. 17 indexed citations

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Herrera, Blanca, S. V. Ramagopalan, Sarah Orton, et al.. (2007). Parental transmission of MS in a population-based Canadian cohort. Neurology. 69(12). 1208–1212. 30 indexed citations

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DeLuca, Gabriele C., S. V. Ramagopalan, Blanca Herrera, et al.. (2007). An extremes of outcome strategy provides evidence that multiple sclerosis severity is determined by alleles at the HLA-DRB1 locus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(52). 20896–20901. 104 indexed citations

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Herrera, Blanca, M. Zameel Cader, David A. Dyment, et al.. (2006). Follow-up investigation of 12 proposed linkage regions in multiple sclerosis. Genes and Immunity. 7(5). 366–371. 14 indexed citations

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Osborne, Neville N., Marta Ugarte, Melody Chao, et al.. (1999). Neuroprotection in Relation to Retinal Ischemia and Relevance to Glaucoma. Survey of Ophthalmology. 43. S102–S128. 352 indexed citations

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