Nilay Taneja

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 438 citations indexed

About

Nilay Taneja is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nilay Taneja has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 438 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cell Biology, 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nilay Taneja's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (6 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers). Nilay Taneja is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (6 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers). Nilay Taneja collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Nilay Taneja's co-authors include Dylan T. Burnette, Aidan M. Fenix, Ryoma Ohi, Schuyler B. van Engelenburg, John H. Lewis, Abigail C. Neininger, Vivian Gama, Matthew J. Tyska, Nagendra Kumar Singh and Prashant Vikram and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Cell Biology, Circulation Research and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Nilay Taneja

14 papers receiving 431 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.

Blebbisomes are large, organelle-rich extracellular vesicles with cell-like properties

2025 20 citations Dennis K. Jeppesen, Jérôme Ambroise et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nilay Taneja United States	11	213	209	82	58	46	15	438
Amanda Ochoa‐Espinosa Switzerland	10	368 1.7×	125 0.6×	25 0.3×	63 1.1×	59 1.3×	15	529
Patrick Y. Jay United States	8	261 1.2×	289 1.4×	35 0.4×	85 1.5×	40 0.9×	9	551
Abrar Rizvi Italy	5	180 0.8×	206 1.0×	17 0.2×	29 0.5×	25 0.5×	7	381
Xiao Peng United States	7	316 1.5×	414 2.0×	35 0.4×	80 1.4×	10 0.2×	10	673
Fengbao Luo China	9	294 1.4×	189 0.9×	42 0.5×	23 0.4×	7 0.2×	13	482
Michael F. Z. Wang United States	7	329 1.5×	81 0.4×	38 0.5×	38 0.7×	8 0.2×	9	437
Rajesh Arasada Germany	11	329 1.5×	554 2.7×	66 0.8×	95 1.6×	28 0.6×	13	671
Itziar Ibarlucea-Benitez United States	5	267 1.3×	232 1.1×	23 0.3×	52 0.9×	10 0.2×	5	543
Stéphane Roth France	6	332 1.6×	208 1.0×	75 0.9×	26 0.4×	9 0.2×	6	549
Tien Dang France	9	202 0.9×	170 0.8×	12 0.1×	63 1.1×	17 0.4×	15	464

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Choudhary, Dharmendra, Abigail C. Neininger, Alaina H. Willet, et al.. (2025). Nonmuscle α-Actinin-4 Couples Sarcomere Function to Cardiac Remodeling. Circulation Research. 138(1). e326412–e326412.

Jeppesen, Dennis K., Jérôme Ambroise, Evan Krystofiak, et al.. (2025). Blebbisomes are large, organelle-rich extracellular vesicles with cell-like properties. Nature Cell Biology. 27(3). 438–448. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

Taneja, Nilay, et al.. (2023). Independent regulation of Z-lines and M-lines during sarcomere assembly in cardiac myocytes revealed by the automatic image analysis software sarcApp. eLife. 12. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Mingjiu, Junjie Chen, Nilay Taneja, et al.. (2022). Membrane ruffling is a mechanosensor of extracellular fluid viscosity. Nature Physics. 18(9). 1112–1121. 53 indexed citations

Taneja, Nilay, et al.. (2021). Myosin light chain kinase-driven myosin II turnover regulates actin cortex contractility during mitosis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 32(20). br3–br3. 4 indexed citations

Taneja, Nilay, Abigail C. Neininger, & Dylan T. Burnette. (2020). Coupling to substrate adhesions drives the maturation of muscle stress fibers into myofibrils within cardiomyocytes. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 31(12). 1273–1288. 10 indexed citations

Taneja, Nilay, Matthew R. Bersi, Aidan M. Fenix, et al.. (2020). Precise Tuning of Cortical Contractility Regulates Cell Shape during Cytokinesis. Cell Reports. 31(1). 107477–107477. 37 indexed citations

Rasmussen, Megan L., Nilay Taneja, Abigail C. Neininger, et al.. (2020). MCL-1 Inhibition by Selective BH3 Mimetics Disrupts Mitochondrial Dynamics Causing Loss of Viability and Functionality of Human Cardiomyocytes. iScience. 23(4). 101015–101015. 59 indexed citations

Taneja, Nilay, Matthew R. Bersi, Megan L. Rasmussen, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of focal adhesion kinase increases myofibril viscosity in cardiac myocytes. Cytoskeleton. 77(9). 342–350. 5 indexed citations

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Taneja, Nilay & Dylan T. Burnette. (2019). Myosin IIA drives membrane bleb retraction. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(9). 1051–1059. 17 indexed citations

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Taneja, Nilay, et al.. (2018). The balance between adhesion and contraction during cell division. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 56. 45–52. 15 indexed citations

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Fenix, Aidan M., Abigail C. Neininger, Nilay Taneja, et al.. (2018). Muscle-specific stress fibers give rise to sarcomeres in cardiomyocytes. eLife. 7. 56 indexed citations

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Fenix, Aidan M., Nilay Taneja, John H. Lewis, et al.. (2016). Expansion and concatenation of nonmuscle myosin IIA filaments drive cellular contractile system formation during interphase and mitosis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(9). 1465–1478. 91 indexed citations

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Taneja, Nilay, Aidan M. Fenix, Bryan A. Millis, et al.. (2016). Focal adhesions control cleavage furrow shape and spindle tilt during mitosis. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 29846–29846. 23 indexed citations

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Taneja, Nilay, et al.. (2013). Molecular and morphological characterization of Indian farmers rice varieties (Oryza sativa L.).. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 7(7). 923–932. 38 indexed citations

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