Meshal Ansari

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 950 citations indexed

About

Meshal Ansari is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Meshal Ansari has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 950 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 4 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Meshal Ansari's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers), Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (5 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (2 papers). Meshal Ansari is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers), Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (5 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (2 papers). Meshal Ansari collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Denmark. Meshal Ansari's co-authors include Fabian J. Theis, Herbert B. Schiller, Maximilian Strunz, Ilias Angelidis, Christoph H. Mayr, Matthias Mann, Dana Pe’er, Herbert B. Schiller, Tim-Matthias Strom and Tushar Desai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Meshal Ansari

18 papers receiving 942 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

An atlas of the aging lung mapped by single cell transcriptomics and deep tissue proteomics

2019 390 citations Ilias Angelidis, Lukas M. Simon et al. Nature Communications profile →
CellRank for directed single-cell fate mapping

2022 282 citations Marius Lange, Volker Bergen et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meshal Ansari Germany	8	484	229	166	133	90	21	950
Maximilian Strunz Germany	7	304 0.6×	258 1.1×	134 0.8×	125 0.9×	58 0.6×	8	776
Christoph H. Mayr Germany	8	275 0.6×	224 1.0×	114 0.7×	80 0.6×	50 0.6×	18	648
Ilias Angelidis Germany	6	321 0.7×	198 0.9×	188 1.1×	87 0.7×	167 1.9×	13	818
Annette S. Flozak United States	20	708 1.5×	337 1.5×	80 0.5×	197 1.5×	56 0.6×	39	1.4k
Nathaniel G. dela Paz United States	11	364 0.8×	112 0.5×	101 0.6×	102 0.8×	95 1.1×	12	767
Yonghua Zheng China	16	592 1.2×	107 0.5×	121 0.7×	291 2.2×	120 1.3×	34	1.1k
Robert Szulcek Netherlands	17	389 0.8×	372 1.6×	98 0.6×	106 0.8×	130 1.4×	34	1.0k
Gervaise H. Henry United States	11	440 0.9×	317 1.4×	123 0.7×	107 0.8×	205 2.3×	17	1.1k
Manu Beerens United States	16	346 0.7×	64 0.3×	75 0.5×	68 0.5×	59 0.7×	35	653
Vaibhao Janbandhu Australia	12	589 1.2×	85 0.4×	130 0.8×	131 1.0×	109 1.2×	17	942

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meshal Ansari

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Meshal Ansari. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Meshal Ansari based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Meshal Ansari. Meshal Ansari is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hoffmann, Jan, Meshal Ansari, Holger Schlüter, et al.. (2025). A dual role of fibroblast–epithelial crosstalk in acute and chronic lung injury. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(8). 110408–110408.

Voss, Carola, Meshal Ansari, Ilias Angelidis, et al.. (2025). Toward a ToxAtlas of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Initiating Cell Circuits in Pulmonary Inflammation. ACS Nano. 19(45). 39139–39156.

Kadri, Safwen, Martin Mück-Häusl, Wei Han, et al.. (2025). A mesothelial differentiation gateway drives fibrosis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8295–8295.

Ansari, Meshal, Diana Santacruz, Werner Rust, et al.. (2024). JUNB O‐GlcNAcylation‐Mediated Promoter Accessibility of Metabolic Genes Modulates Distinct Epithelial Lineage in Pulmonary Fibrosis. Advanced Science. 12(5). e2406751–e2406751. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Yan, Qianjiang Hu, Meshal Ansari, et al.. (2024). Airway-derived emphysema-specific alveolar type II cells exhibit impaired regenerative potential in COPD. European Respiratory Journal. 64(6). 2302071–2302071. 6 indexed citations

Dai, Ruoxuan, Ania Stefańska, Meshal Ansari, et al.. (2023). Wound infiltrating adipocytes are not myofibroblasts. Nature Communications. 14(1). 21 indexed citations

Correa‐Gallegos, Donovan, Haifeng Ye, Safwen Kadri, et al.. (2023). CD201+ fascia progenitors choreograph injury repair. Nature. 623(7988). 792–802. 46 indexed citations

Leuschner, Gabriela, Christoph H. Mayr, Theodore S. Kapellos, et al.. (2023). Mass spectrometry-based autoimmune profiling reveals predictive autoantigens in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. iScience. 26(11). 108345–108345. 5 indexed citations

Ansari, Meshal, Ilias Angelidis, Ruth Olmer, et al.. (2023). Human pluripotent stem cell fate trajectories toward lung and hepatocyte progenitors. iScience. 26(11). 108205–108205. 3 indexed citations

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Voss, Carola, Meshal Ansari, Maximilian Strunz, et al.. (2023). 89 Lung Single Cell Transcriptomics to Guide the Development of AOP Anchored Cell-Based Assays in Response to Nanoparticle Exposure. Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 67(Supplement_1). i59–i60. 1 indexed citations

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Lange, Marius, Volker Bergen, Michal Klein, et al.. (2022). CellRank for directed single-cell fate mapping. Nature Methods. 19(2). 159–170. 282 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Xinhui, I. Sophie T. Bos, Thomas M. Conlon, et al.. (2022). A transcriptomics-guided drug target discovery strategy identifies receptor ligands for lung regeneration. Science Advances. 8(12). eabj9949–eabj9949. 30 indexed citations

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Ahmadvand, Negah, Chong Lei, Jin Wu, et al.. (2022). FGFR2b signalling restricts lineage-flexible alveolar progenitors during mouse lung development and converges in mature alveolar type 2 cells. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(12). 609–609. 6 indexed citations

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Ansari, Meshal, Ilias Angelidis, Anne Hilgendorff, et al.. (2022). An ex vivo model of cellular senescence and inflammaging in precision-cut lung slices. 162–162. 1 indexed citations

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Ansari, Meshal, et al.. (2022). Emerging Roles of Airway Epithelial Cells in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Cells. 11(6). 1050–1050. 34 indexed citations

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Hu, Qianjiang, Meshal Ansari, Ilias Angelidis, et al.. (2021). Chronic WNT/ß-catenin signaling impairs mitochondrial function in lung epithelial cells. OA2699–OA2699. 1 indexed citations

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Koopmans, Tim, Pushkar Ramesh, Simon Christ, et al.. (2020). Post-surgical adhesions are triggered by calcium-dependent membrane bridges between mesothelial surfaces. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3068–3068. 60 indexed citations

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Hadrup, Niels, Vadim Zhernovkov, Nicklas Raun Jacobsen, et al.. (2020). Acute Phase Response as a Biological Mechanism‐of‐Action of (Nano)particle‐Induced Cardiovascular Disease. Small. 16(21). e1907476–e1907476. 53 indexed citations

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Lehmann, Mareike, Qianjiang Hu, Meshal Ansari, et al.. (2020). Prolonged WNT/ß-catenin signaling induces cellular senescence in aging and pulmonary fibrosis. 81–81. 2 indexed citations

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Angelidis, Ilias, Lukas M. Simon, Isis E. Fernandez, et al.. (2019). An atlas of the aging lung mapped by single cell transcriptomics and deep tissue proteomics. Nature Communications. 10(1). 963–963. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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