Pinaki Datta

8.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
26 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Pinaki Datta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pinaki Datta has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Pinaki Datta's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (10 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (8 papers) and interferon and immune responses (6 papers). Pinaki Datta is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (10 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (8 papers) and interferon and immune responses (6 papers). Pinaki Datta collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Japan. Pinaki Datta's co-authors include Emad S. Alnemri, Teresa Fernandes‐Alnemri, Je‐Wook Yu, Jianghong Wu, Srinivasa M. Srinivasula, Christine A. Juliana, Jiang Wu, R.P. Hegde, Stephen Rosenberg and Bruce L. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Pinaki Datta

25 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

AIM2 activates the inflammasome and cell death in respons... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2009 2007 2001 2010 2010 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. AIM2 activates the inflammasome and cell death in response to cytoplasmic DNA
    2009 1.5k citations Teresa Fernandes‐Alnemri, Je‐Wook Yu et al. Nature profile →
  2. The pyroptosome: a supramolecular assembly of ASC dimers mediating inflammatory cell death via caspase-1 activation
    2007 831 citations Teresa Fernandes‐Alnemri, Jiang Wu et al. Cell Death and Differentiation profile →
  3. A conserved XIAP-interaction motif in caspase-9 and Smac/DIABLO regulates caspase activity and apoptosis
    2001 792 citations Srinivasa M. Srinivasula, R.P. Hegde et al. Nature profile →
  4. The AIM2 inflammasome is critical for innate immunity to Francisella tularensis
    2010 588 citations Teresa Fernandes‐Alnemri, Je‐Wook Yu et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  5. Anti-inflammatory Compounds Parthenolide and Bay 11-7082 Are Direct Inhibitors of the Inflammasome
    2010 512 citations Christine A. Juliana, Teresa Fernandes‐Alnemri et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pinaki Datta United States 19 5.5k 3.0k 803 503 421 26 6.6k
Maya Saleh Canada 41 3.9k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 918 1.1× 498 1.0× 166 0.4× 80 6.0k
Christian Stehlik United States 43 4.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 478 0.6× 518 1.0× 328 0.8× 70 5.5k
Ricardo Weinlich Brazil 24 4.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 815 1.0× 274 0.5× 237 0.6× 42 5.7k
Prajwal Gurung United States 32 3.6k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 680 0.8× 412 0.8× 248 0.6× 61 5.0k
Zhibin Zhang China 26 6.2k 1.1× 2.4k 0.8× 592 0.7× 430 0.9× 1.0k 2.4× 46 8.2k
Venkat Giri Magupalli United States 17 5.5k 1.0× 2.4k 0.8× 543 0.7× 562 1.1× 893 2.1× 19 6.4k
Yupeng Wang China 15 5.9k 1.1× 2.7k 0.9× 658 0.8× 452 0.9× 998 2.4× 20 7.2k
Derek W. Abbott United States 36 5.2k 1.0× 2.9k 1.0× 919 1.1× 396 0.8× 484 1.1× 67 7.4k
Jenny P.-Y. Ting United States 17 2.6k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 655 0.8× 381 0.8× 197 0.5× 21 4.3k
Jianbin Ruan United States 26 6.8k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 667 0.8× 675 1.3× 1.1k 2.5× 39 7.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pinaki Datta

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bhardwaj, Anshul, et al.. (2012). Small Terminase Couples Viral DNA Binding to Genome-Packaging ATPase Activity. Structure. 20(8). 1403–1413. 56 indexed citations
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Fernandes‐Alnemri, Teresa, Je‐Wook Yu, Christine A. Juliana, et al.. (2010). The AIM2 inflammasome is critical for innate immunity to Francisella tularensis. Nature Immunology. 11(5). 385–393. 588 indexed citations breakdown →
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Juliana, Christine A., Teresa Fernandes‐Alnemri, Jianghong Wu, et al.. (2010). Anti-inflammatory Compounds Parthenolide and Bay 11-7082 Are Direct Inhibitors of the Inflammasome. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(13). 9792–9802. 512 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fernandes‐Alnemri, Teresa, Je‐Wook Yu, Pinaki Datta, Jianghong Wu, & Emad S. Alnemri. (2009). AIM2 activates the inflammasome and cell death in response to cytoplasmic DNA. Nature. 458(7237). 509–513. 1481 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fernandes‐Alnemri, Teresa, Je‐Wook Yu, Jianghong Wu, Pinaki Datta, & Emad S. Alnemri. (2009). AIM2 activates the inflammasome and cell death in response to cytoplasmic DNA. The Medicine Forum. 458(7237). 509–513. 29 indexed citations
6.
Fujioka, Miki, et al.. (2008). The interaction of DIAP1 with dOmi/HtrA2 regulates cell death in Drosophila. Cell Death and Differentiation. 15(6). 1073–1083. 20 indexed citations
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Fernandes‐Alnemri, Teresa, Jiang Wu, Je‐Wook Yu, et al.. (2007). The pyroptosome: a supramolecular assembly of ASC dimers mediating inflammatory cell death via caspase-1 activation. Cell Death and Differentiation. 14(9). 1590–1604. 831 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yu, Je‐Wook, Teresa Fernandes‐Alnemri, Pinaki Datta, et al.. (2007). Pyrin Activates the ASC Pyroptosome in Response to Engagement by Autoinflammatory PSTPIP1 Mutants. Molecular Cell. 28(2). 214–227. 215 indexed citations
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Yu, Je‐Wook, Jiang Wu, Pinaki Datta, et al.. (2005). Cryopyrin and pyrin activate caspase-1, but not NF-κB, via ASC oligomerization. Cell Death and Differentiation. 13(2). 236–249. 291 indexed citations
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Gupta, Sanjeev, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Pinaki Datta, et al.. (2004). The C-terminal Tail of Presenilin Regulates Omi/HtrA2 Protease Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(44). 45844–45854. 71 indexed citations
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Srinivasula, Srinivasa M., Sanjeev Gupta, Pinaki Datta, et al.. (2003). Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins Are Substrates for the Mitochondrial Serine Protease Omi/HtrA2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(34). 31469–31472. 146 indexed citations
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Jones, Julie Miller, Pinaki Datta, Srinivasa M. Srinivasula, et al.. (2003). Loss of Omi mitochondrial protease activity causes the neuromuscular disorder of mnd2 mutant mice. Nature. 425(6959). 721–727. 300 indexed citations
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Hegde, R.P., Srinivasa M. Srinivasula, Pinaki Datta, et al.. (2003). The Polypeptide Chain-releasing Factor GSPT1/eRF3 Is Proteolytically Processed into an IAP-binding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(40). 38699–38706. 80 indexed citations
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Srinivasula, Srinivasa M., Jean‐Luc Poyet, Marjaneh Razmara, et al.. (2002). The PYRIN-CARD Protein ASC Is an Activating Adaptor for Caspase-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(24). 21119–21122. 485 indexed citations
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Srinivasula, Srinivasa M., Pinaki Datta, Masatomo Kobayashi, et al.. (2002). sickle, a Novel Drosophila Death Gene in the reaper/hid/grim Region, Encodes an IAP-Inhibitory Protein. Current Biology. 12(2). 125–130. 104 indexed citations
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Sharma, Rakhi, Amar N. Ghosh, Pinaki Datta, Lalita Gupta, & Maharani Chakravorty. (2001). Multiple Copies of the Upstream Regulatory Region of the Major Capsid Protein Gene of Bacteriophage MB78 Inhibit Phage Morphogenesis. Virus Genes. 22(2). 151–158.
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Srinivasula, Srinivasa M., Pinaki Datta, Xuejun Fan, et al.. (2000). Molecular Determinants of the Caspase-promoting Activity of Smac/DIABLO and Its Role in the Death Receptor Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(46). 36152–36157. 286 indexed citations
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Sharma, Rakhi, Pinaki Datta, & Maharani Chakravorty. (2000). Expression of Four Genes of Bacteriophage MB78 from Contiguous Open Reading Frames: The Genomic Organization as Deduced by Sequence Analysis. Virus Genes. 20(1). 87–97. 2 indexed citations
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Kolla, Venkatadri, Pinaki Datta, & Maharani Chakravorty. (1999). Molecular Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression of Two Late Proteins of Bacteriophage MB78. IUBMB Life. 48(5). 493–497. 1 indexed citations
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Datta, Pinaki, et al.. (1989). Isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone encoding the lima bean lectin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(28). 16793–16797. 10 indexed citations

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