Pankaj Baral

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Pankaj Baral is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pankaj Baral has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Pankaj Baral's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (4 papers) and Ion Channels and Receptors (4 papers). Pankaj Baral is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (4 papers) and Ion Channels and Receptors (4 papers). Pankaj Baral collaborates with scholars based in United States, Thailand and Nepal. Pankaj Baral's co-authors include Isaac M. Chiu, Swalpa Udit, Samithamby Jeyaseelan, Laxman Ghimire, Bishnu P. Marasini, Sagar Paudel, Liliang Jin, Shanshan Cai, Bryan G. Yipp and Lu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Pankaj Baral

25 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Pain and immunity: implications for host defence

2019 341 citations Pankaj Baral, Swalpa Udit et al. Nature reviews. Immunology profile →
Nociceptor sensory neurons suppress neutrophil and γδ T cell responses in bacterial lung infections and lethal pneumonia

2018 290 citations Pankaj Baral, Benjamin D. Umans et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Natividad Garrido‐Mesa Spain

Frédérick Barreau France

Boyu Liu China

Manisha Singh United States

Rafael Garcia Villar France

Jing Bi China

Sok Cheon Pak Australia

Hélène Eutamène France

S.J. Koopmans Netherlands

Natividad Garrido‐Mesa Spain

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pankaj Baral

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

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Judd, A K, et al.. (2024). Lung-innervating nociceptor sensory neurons promote pneumonic sepsis during carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae lung infection. Science Advances. 10(36). eadl6162–eadl6162. 4 indexed citations

Baral, Pankaj, et al.. (2024). Optimized method for higher yield of alveolar macrophage isolation for ex vivo studies. Heliyon. 10(17). e37221–e37221. 2 indexed citations

Baral, Pankaj, et al.. (2023). Protocol for neonatal respiratory syncytial virus infection in mice and immune analysis of infected lungs and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. STAR Protocols. 4(3). 102434–102434. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Sai, Megan He, Pankaj Baral, et al.. (2020). 775 Hyperactivation of sympathetic nerves drives melanocyte stem cell depletion. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 140(7). S102–S102. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Bing, Sai Ma, Inbal Rachmin, et al.. (2020). Hyperactivation of sympathetic nerves drives depletion of melanocyte stem cells. Nature. 577(7792). 676–681. 176 indexed citations

Paudel, Sagar, Pankaj Baral, Laxman Ghimire, et al.. (2019). CXCL1 regulates neutrophil homeostasis in pneumonia-derived sepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3. Blood. 133(12). 1335–1345. 78 indexed citations

Baral, Pankaj, Swalpa Udit, & Isaac M. Chiu. (2019). Pain and immunity: implications for host defence. Nature reviews. Immunology. 19(7). 433–447. 341 indexed citations breakdown →

Baral, Pankaj, Benjamin D. Umans, Lu Li, et al.. (2018). Nociceptor sensory neurons suppress neutrophil and γδ T cell responses in bacterial lung infections and lethal pneumonia. Nature Medicine. 24(4). 417–426. 290 indexed citations breakdown →

Ghimire, Laxman, Sagar Paudel, Liliang Jin, et al.. (2018). NLRP6 negatively regulates pulmonary host defense in Gram-positive bacterial infection through modulating neutrophil recruitment and function. PLoS Pathogens. 14(9). e1007308–e1007308. 81 indexed citations

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Paudel, Sagar, Laxman Ghimire, Liliang Jin, et al.. (2018). NLRC4 suppresses IL-17A-mediated neutrophil-dependent host defense through upregulation of IL-18 and induction of necroptosis during Gram-positive pneumonia. Mucosal Immunology. 12(1). 247–257. 34 indexed citations

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Blake, Kimbria J., Pankaj Baral, Tiphaine Voisin, et al.. (2017). Staphylococcus aureus produces pain through pore-forming toxins and neuronal TRPV1 that is silenced by QX-314. Nature Communications. 9(1). 37–37. 131 indexed citations

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Kulkarni, Ritwij, Sanjay K. Singh, Sagar Paudel, et al.. (2016). Cigarette Smoke Extract–Exposed Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Regulates Leukocyte Function for Pulmonary Persistence. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 55(4). 586–601. 18 indexed citations

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Baral, Pankaj, et al.. (2016). Pain and Itch: Beneficial or Harmful to Antimicrobial Defense?. Cell Host & Microbe. 19(6). 755–759. 22 indexed citations

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Baral, Pankaj, Sanjay Batra, Rachel L. Zemans, Gregory P. Downey, & Samithamby Jeyaseelan. (2014). Divergent Functions of Toll-Like Receptors During Bacterial Lung Infections. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 190(7). 722–732. 42 indexed citations

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Baral, Pankaj, et al.. (2013). Clinical and microbiological observational study on AmpC β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a hospital of Nepal. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Baral, Pankaj, et al.. (2013). Clinical and microbiological observational study on AmpC β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a hospital of Nepal. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 17(2). 256–259. 9 indexed citations

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Wikraiphat, Chanthiwa, et al.. (2013). Activation of NADPH oxidase is essential, but not sufficient, in controlling intracellular multiplication ofBurkholderia pseudomalleiin primary human monocytes. Pathogens and Disease. 71(1). 69–72. 7 indexed citations

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Baral, Pankaj, et al.. (2012). High prevalence of multidrug resistance in bacterial uropathogens from Kathmandu, Nepal. BMC Research Notes. 5(1). 38–38. 117 indexed citations

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Baral, Pankaj, et al.. (2011). Antimicrobial susceptibilities of enteric bacterial pathogens isolated in Kathmandu, Nepal, during 2002-2004. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 5(3). 163–168. 41 indexed citations

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Alam, Md Nur, et al.. (1995). Efficacy of Ciprofloxacin in Enteric Fever: Comparison of Treatment Duration in Sensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 53(3). 306–311. 23 indexed citations

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