Minu Samanta

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Minu Samanta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Minu Samanta has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Minu Samanta's work include Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (7 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (3 papers) and PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (3 papers). Minu Samanta is often cited by papers focused on Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (7 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (3 papers) and PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (3 papers). Minu Samanta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Myanmar and Canada. Minu Samanta's co-authors include Lualhati Harkins, Charles Cobbs, William J. Britt, G. Yancey Gillespie, Carmine Carpenito, Dario Campana, Gwendolyn K. Binder, David T. Teachey, James L. Riley and Michael C. Milone and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Minu Samanta

19 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Chimeric Receptors Containing CD137 Signal Transduction Domains Mediate Enhanced Survival of T Cells and Increased Antileukemic Efficacy In Vivo

2009 893 citations Michael C. Milone, Jonathan D. Fish et al. Molecular Therapy profile →
Human cytomegalovirus infection and expression in human malignant glioma.

2002 559 citations Charles Cobbs, Lualhati Harkins et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minu Samanta United States	14	1.3k	932	755	640	438	19	2.5k
Siok‐Keen Tey Australia	22	1.5k 1.1×	376 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	777 1.2×	605 1.4×	63	2.6k
Qijun Qian China	30	1.6k 1.2×	233 0.3×	710 0.9×	1.4k 2.3×	1.1k 2.5×	127	2.9k
Nicole M. Haynes Australia	31	2.3k 1.7×	190 0.2×	2.6k 3.4×	1.1k 1.7×	518 1.2×	58	4.2k
Santiago J. Carmona Switzerland	23	1.2k 0.9×	321 0.3×	1.5k 2.0×	1.0k 1.6×	116 0.3×	38	2.7k
Fabrice Lemaı̂tre France	32	1.1k 0.9×	221 0.2×	2.5k 3.4×	717 1.1×	186 0.4×	50	3.4k
Robbert M. Spaapen Netherlands	24	1.8k 1.3×	230 0.2×	1.9k 2.6×	1.1k 1.7×	145 0.3×	49	3.4k
Zoltán Pós Hungary	16	1.1k 0.8×	152 0.2×	1.5k 2.0×	642 1.0×	291 0.7×	36	2.3k
Arnob Banerjee United States	22	1.2k 0.9×	167 0.2×	2.0k 2.6×	959 1.5×	122 0.3×	66	3.1k
Jeong Kim United States	13	2.2k 1.7×	188 0.2×	3.9k 5.1×	1.0k 1.6×	260 0.6×	18	5.2k
Ainhoa Arina United States	28	2.3k 1.7×	243 0.3×	2.7k 3.6×	1.1k 1.7×	235 0.5×	50	4.2k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Roth, Sydney L., Minu Samanta, Guillem Pascual‐Pasto, et al.. (2025). Reprogramming the neuroblastoma tumor immune microenvironment to enhance GPC2 CAR T cells. Molecular Therapy. 33(9). 4552–4569. 3 indexed citations

Randall, Michael P., Zalman Vaksman, Minu Samanta, et al.. (2023). BARD1germline variants induce haploinsufficiency and DNA repair defects in neuroblastoma. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 116(1). 138–148. 10 indexed citations

Samanta, Minu, et al.. (2023). Abstract 6714: ALCAM promotes neuroblastoma proliferation, migration, and immune evasion. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 6714–6714. 1 indexed citations

Batra, Vandana, Minu Samanta, Mehran Makvandi, et al.. (2022). Preclinical Development of [211At]meta- astatobenzylguanidine ([211At]MABG) as an Alpha Particle Radiopharmaceutical Therapy for Neuroblastoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(18). 4146–4157. 18 indexed citations

Martínez, Daniel, Minu Samanta, Adam J. Mansfield, et al.. (2021). PARP Targeted Alpha-Particle Therapy Enhances Response to PD-1 Immune-Checkpoint Blockade in a Syngeneic Mouse Model of Glioblastoma. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. 4(1). 344–351. 32 indexed citations

Hart, Lori S., Maria Gagliardi, Alvin Farrel, et al.. (2020). Limited antitumor activity of combined BET and MEK inhibition in neuroblastoma. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 67(6). e28267–e28267. 13 indexed citations

Lee, Hwan, Aladdin Riad, Adam J. Mansfield, et al.. (2019). PARP-1–Targeted Auger Emitters Display High-LET Cytotoxic Properties In Vitro but Show Limited Therapeutic Utility in Solid Tumor Models of Human Neuroblastoma. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 61(6). 850–856. 29 indexed citations

Mansfield, Adam J., Hwan Lee, James E. Verdone, et al.. (2019). PARP-1 Targeted Alpha-emitting Radiotherapeutics: An Examination of Potential Toxicity. Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences. 50(1). S29–S30. 1 indexed citations

Grasso, Michael, Minu Samanta, Jasna Maksimoska, et al.. (2016). Chemically Linked Vemurafenib Inhibitors Promote an Inactive BRAF^V600E Conformation. ACS Chemical Biology. 11(10). 2876–2888. 30 indexed citations

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Krepler, Clemens, Min Xiao, Minu Samanta, et al.. (2016). Targeting Notch enhances the efficacy of ERK inhibitors in BRAF-V600E melanoma. Oncotarget. 7(44). 71211–71222. 18 indexed citations

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Milone, Michael C., Jonathan D. Fish, Carmine Carpenito, et al.. (2009). Chimeric Receptors Containing CD137 Signal Transduction Domains Mediate Enhanced Survival of T Cells and Increased Antileukemic Efficacy In Vivo. Molecular Therapy. 17(8). 1453–1464. 893 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Changqing, Kelly M. Quesnelle, Anthony Sparano, et al.. (2009). CharacterizationCSMD1in a large set of primary lung, head and neck, breast and skin cancer tissues. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 8(10). 907–916. 72 indexed citations

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Ma, Changqing, Meraj Aziz, S. Rao, et al.. (2007). Genomic copy number alterations in non-small cell lung cancers identified using CBS and MSA. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 25(18_suppl). 7695–7695. 1 indexed citations

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Bender, Florent C., Minu Samanta, Ekaterina E. Heldwein, et al.. (2007). Antigenic and Mutational Analyses of Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein B Reveal Four Functional Regions. Journal of Virology. 81(8). 3827–3841. 94 indexed citations

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Samanta, Minu, Lualhati Harkins, Katrin Klemm, William J. Britt, & Charles Cobbs. (2003). High Prevalence of Human Cytomegalovirus in Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Prostatic Carcinoma. The Journal of Urology. 170(3). 998–1002. 243 indexed citations

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Cobbs, Charles, Thomas R. Whisenhunt, Duane R. Wesemann, et al.. (2003). Inactivation of wild-type p53 protein function by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in malignant glioma cells.. PubMed. 63(24). 8670–3. 120 indexed citations

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Harkins, Lualhati, Andrea L. Volk, Minu Samanta, et al.. (2002). Specific localisation of human cytomegalovirus nucleic acids and proteins in human colorectal cancer. The Lancet. 360(9345). 1557–1563. 284 indexed citations

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Cobbs, Charles, Lualhati Harkins, Minu Samanta, et al.. (2002). Human cytomegalovirus infection and expression in human malignant glioma.. PubMed. 62(12). 3347–50. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cobbs, Charles, Minu Samanta, Lualhati Harkins, et al.. (2001). Evidence for Peroxynitrite-Mediated Modifications to p53 in Human Gliomas: Possible Functional Consequences. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 394(2). 167–172. 65 indexed citations

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