Natasha Kushnir

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Natasha Kushnir is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Natasha Kushnir has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Biotechnology and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Natasha Kushnir's work include Transgenic Plants and Applications (8 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Natasha Kushnir is often cited by papers focused on Transgenic Plants and Applications (8 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Natasha Kushnir collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. Natasha Kushnir's co-authors include Vidadi Yusibov, Stephen J. Streatfield, Michelle Wykes, G. Gordon MacPherson, Nicolaas A. Bos, John J. Cebra, Han-Qing Jiang, M. Christine Thurnheer, Fred R. Frankel and Satish Kumar Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, Journal of Virology and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Natasha Kushnir

19 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

  1. Virus-like particles as a highly efficient vaccine platform: Diversity of targets and production systems and advances in clinical development
    2012 458 citations Natasha Kushnir, Stephen J. Streatfield et al. Vaccine profile →

Peers

Natasha Kushnir
Zhaochun Chen United States
Tim D. Jones United Kingdom
Andreas Bråve Sweden
Emily M. Plummer United States
Farzin Roohvand Iran
Dania O. Govea‐Alonso Mexico
Maria Cândida M. Mellado Portugal
Jose M. Galarza United States
Lisha Zha China
Nani Wibowo Australia
Zhaochun Chen United States
Natasha Kushnir
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Fields of papers citing papers by Natasha Kushnir

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Natasha Kushnir

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Natasha Kushnir. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Natasha Kushnir 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 Natasha Kushnir. Natasha Kushnir is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Kushnir, Natasha, et al.. (2025). Evolution of lateralized gustation in nematodes. eLife. 14. 1 indexed citations
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Du, Yingjie, Michael Matthews, Ana I. Flores, et al.. (2025). Smooth muscle cell Piezo1 depletion results in impaired contractile properties in murine small bowel. Communications Biology. 8(1). 448–448. 1 indexed citations
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Banik, Soma S. R., Natasha Kushnir, Benjamin J. Doranz, & Ross Chambers. (2023). Breaking barriers in antibody discovery: harnessing divergent species for accessing difficult and conserved drug targets. mAbs. 15(1). 2273018–2273018. 3 indexed citations
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Yusibov, Vidadi, Natasha Kushnir, & Stephen J. Streatfield. (2016). Antibody Production in Plants and Green Algae. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 67(1). 669–701. 45 indexed citations
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Streatfield, Stephen J., Natasha Kushnir, & Vidadi Yusibov. (2015). Plant‐produced candidate countermeasures against emerging and reemerging infections and bioterror agents. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 13(8). 1136–1159. 29 indexed citations
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Guvakova, Marina A., et al.. (2014). The small GTPase Rap1 promotes cell movement rather than stabilizes adhesion in epithelial cells responding to insulin-like growth factor I. Biochemical Journal. 463(2). 257–270. 11 indexed citations
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Yusibov, Vidadi, Natasha Kushnir, & Stephen J. Streatfield. (2014). Advances and challenges in the development and production of effective plant-based influenza vaccines. Expert Review of Vaccines. 14(4). 519–535. 25 indexed citations
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Yusibov, Vidadi, Stephen J. Streatfield, Natasha Kushnir, Gourgopal Roy, & Padmanaban Annamalai. (2013). Hybrid Viral Vectors for Vaccine and Antibody Production in Plants. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 19(31). 5574–5586. 30 indexed citations
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Kushnir, Natasha, Stephen J. Streatfield, & Vidadi Yusibov. (2012). Virus-like particles as a highly efficient vaccine platform: Diversity of targets and production systems and advances in clinical development. Vaccine. 31(1). 58–83. 458 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shôji, Yôko, Jessica A. Chichester, Mark Jones, et al.. (2011). Plant-based rapid production of recombinant subunit hemagglutinin vaccines targeting H1N1 and H5N1 influenza. Human Vaccines. 7(sup1). 41–50. 82 indexed citations
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Yusibov, Vidadi, Stephen J. Streatfield, & Natasha Kushnir. (2011). Clinical development of plant-produced recombinant pharmaceuticals: Vaccines, antibodies and beyond. Human Vaccines. 7(3). 313–321. 175 indexed citations
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Dijkstra, Gerard, Saravanan Yuvaraj, Han-Qing Jiang, et al.. (2007). Early bacterial dependent induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in epithelial cells upon transfer of CD45RBhigh CD4+ T cells in a model for experimental colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 13(12). 1467–1474. 18 indexed citations
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Kushnir, Natasha, et al.. (2004). [A case of metastasis of embryonal testicular cancer into the eye].. PubMed. 120(3). 48–9. 1 indexed citations
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Kushnir, Natasha, et al.. (2003). Anti‐human immunodeficiency virus‐gag CD8+ memory T cells generated in vitro from Listeria‐immunized mice. Immunology. 109(3). 450–460. 8 indexed citations
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Jiang, Han-Qing, Natasha Kushnir, M. Christine Thurnheer, Nicolaas A. Bos, & John J. Cebra. (2002). Monoassociation of SCID mice with Helicobacter muridarum, but not four other enterics, provokes IBD upon receipt of T cells. Gastroenterology. 122(5). 1346–1354. 62 indexed citations
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Kushnir, Natasha, et al.. (2002). Safety and Immunogenicity in Neonatal Mice of a HyperattenuatedListeriaVaccine Directed against Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Journal of Virology. 76(2). 918–922. 17 indexed citations
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Kushnir, Natasha, et al.. (2001). Monoassociation of germ-free SCID mice with Helicobacter muridarum, but not with each of four other intestinal bacteria, provokes inflammatory bowel disease upon receipt of CD4+, CD45RBhi T cells. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Kushnir, Natasha, Nicolaas A. Bos, Adrian W. Zuercher, et al.. (2001). B2 but Not B1 Cells Can Contribute to CD4+T-Cell-Mediated Clearance of Rotavirus in SCID Mice. Journal of Virology. 75(12). 5482–5490. 24 indexed citations
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MacPherson, G. Gordon, Natasha Kushnir, & Michelle Wykes. (1999). Dendritic cells, B cells and the regulation of antibody synthesis. Immunological Reviews. 172(1). 325–334. 71 indexed citations

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