Niren Murthy

16.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
142 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Niren Murthy is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Niren Murthy has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 16 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Niren Murthy's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (43 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (26 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers). Niren Murthy is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (43 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (26 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers). Niren Murthy collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Spain. Niren Murthy's co-authors include Patrick S. Stayton, Kousik Kundu, Mark R. Prausnitz, W. Robert Taylor, Allan S. Hoffman, Michael J. Heffernan, Jean M. J. Fréchet, David S. Wilson, Sungmun Lee and Bali Pulendran and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Niren Murthy

140 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Programming the magnitude and persistence of antibody responses with innate immunity

2011 754 citations Niren Murthy et al. profile →
Dissolving polymer microneedle patches for influenza vaccination

2010 752 citations Niren Murthy et al. profile →
Orally delivered thioketal nanoparticles loaded with TNF-α–siRNA target inflammation and inhibit gene expression in the intestines

2010 605 citations David S. Wilson, Niren Murthy et al. Nature Materials profile →
Detection of unamplified target genes via CRISPR–Cas9 immobilized on a graphene field-effect transistor

2019 516 citations Niren Murthy, Kiana Aran et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
Nanoparticle delivery of CRISPR into the brain rescues a mouse model of fragile X syndrome from exaggerated repetitive behaviours

2018 290 citations Kunwoo Lee, Vladislav Bugay et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
Recent advances in organic near-infrared ratiometric small-molecule fluorescent probes

2023 127 citations Niren Murthy et al. profile →
Lung and liver editing by lipid nanoparticle delivery of a stable CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoprotein

2024 54 citations Kai Chen, Hesong Han et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers

Niren Murthy

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Yu‐Kyoung Oh South Korea

Ji Hoon Jeong South Korea

Chong‐Su Cho South Korea

Yu Zhang China

Nosratollah Zarghami Iran

Martin Malmsten Sweden

Mahmoud Reza Jaafari Iran

Daniel J. Siegwart United States

Lichen Yin China

Jayanth Panyam United States

Yu‐Kyoung Oh South Korea

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Countries citing papers authored by Niren Murthy

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Niren Murthy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niren Murthy

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

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Takemiya, Kiyoko, Ronald J. Voll, Sheng Zhao, et al.. (2025). Synthesis, radiolabeling, and biological evaluation of methyl 6-deoxy-6-[¹⁸F]fluoro-4-thio-α-d-maltotrioside as a positron emission tomography bacterial imaging agent. RSC Advances. 15(11). 8809–8829. 1 indexed citations

Costa, Mauro W., Hesong Han, Tammy Ng, et al.. (2025). A microphysiological system for screening lipid nanoparticle−mRNA complexes predicts in vivo heart transfection efficacy. Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Jun, Heejin, et al.. (2025). EGFR Affibody and PEG functionalized protein nanoparticles: Sustaining targeting and macrophage evasion. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 307(Pt 4). 142167–142167.

Takemiya, Kiyoko, et al.. (2024). Isothermal titration calorimetry analysis of the binding between the maltodextrin binding protein malE of Staphylococcus aureus with maltodextrins of various lengths. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 695. 149467–149467. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Kewa, Hesong Han, Sheng Zhao, et al.. (2024). Widespread Gene Editing in the Brain via In Utero Delivery of mRNA Using Acid-Degradable Lipid Nanoparticles. ACS Nano. 18(44). 30293–30306. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Lung and liver editing by lipid nanoparticle delivery of a stable CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoprotein. Nature Biotechnology. 43(9). 1445–1457. 54 indexed citations breakdown →

Sharma, Rohit, et al.. (2023). Gene editing therapeutics based on mRNA delivery. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 200. 115026–115026. 33 indexed citations

Gao, Kewa, Jie Li, Hesong Han, et al.. (2023). In utero delivery of mRNA to the heart, diaphragm and muscle with lipid nanoparticles. Bioactive Materials. 25. 387–398. 27 indexed citations

Kumar, B. R. Prashantha, et al.. (2020). Decades-old renin inhibitors are still struggling to find a niche in antihypertensive therapy. A fleeting look at the old and the promising new molecules. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 28(10). 115466–115466. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Jie, et al.. (2020). Non-viral strategies for delivering genome editing enzymes. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 168. 99–117. 51 indexed citations

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Lee, Kunwoo, et al.. (2018). Nanoparticle delivery of CRISPR into the brain rescues a mouse model of fragile X syndrome from exaggerated repetitive behaviours. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2(7). 497–507. 290 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rouet, Romain, et al.. (2018). Engineering CRISPR-Cas9 RNA–Protein Complexes for Improved Function and Delivery. The CRISPR Journal. 1(6). 367–378. 12 indexed citations

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Takemiya, Kiyoko, Xinghai Ning, Xiaojian Wang, et al.. (2018). Novel PET and Near Infrared Imaging Probes for the Specific Detection of Bacterial Infections Associated With Cardiac Devices. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 12(5). 875–886. 30 indexed citations

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Rape, Andrew D., Mikhail Zibinsky, Niren Murthy, & Sanjay Kumar. (2015). A synthetic hydrogel for the high-throughput study of cell–ECM interactions. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8129–8129. 122 indexed citations

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Lee, Kunwoo, Mohammad A. Rafi, Xiaojian Wang, et al.. (2015). In vivo delivery of transcription factors with multifunctional oligonucleotides. Nature Materials. 14(7). 701–706. 58 indexed citations

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So, Hongyun, Kunwoo Lee, Niren Murthy, & Albert P. Pisano. (2014). All-in-One Nanowire-Decorated Multifunctional Membrane for Rapid Cell Lysis and Direct DNA Isolation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 6(23). 20693–20699. 24 indexed citations

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Somasuntharam, Inthirai, Archana V. Boopathy, Raffay Khan, et al.. (2013). Delivery of Nox2-NADPH oxidase siRNA with polyketal nanoparticles for improving cardiac function following myocardial infarction. Biomaterials. 34(31). 7790–7798. 102 indexed citations

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Kumar, Amrita, Lucky Jain, Kousik Kundu, et al.. (2011). Nadph oxidase regulates alveolar epithelial sodium channel activity and lung fluid balance in vivo via O ₂ ⁻ signaling. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 302(4). L410–L419. 38 indexed citations

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Dasari, Madhuri, et al.. (2009). Chemiluminescent PEG‐PCL micelles for imaging hydrogen peroxide. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 89A(3). 561–566. 29 indexed citations

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Góngora, María Carolina, Heinrich E. Lob, Ulf Landmesser, et al.. (2008). Loss of Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase Leads to Acute Lung Damage in the Presence of Ambient Air. American Journal Of Pathology. 173(4). 915–926. 97 indexed citations

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