Prajwal Gurung

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Prajwal Gurung is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Prajwal Gurung has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Immunology and 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Prajwal Gurung's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (31 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (13 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers). Prajwal Gurung is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (31 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (13 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers). Prajwal Gurung collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Australia. Prajwal Gurung's co-authors include Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti, Mohamed Lamkanfi, R. K. Subbarao Malireddi, Peter Vogel, John R. Lukens, Lalita Mazgaeen, Lieselotte Vande Walle, Douglas R. Green, Ricardo Weinlich and Christopher P. Dillon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Prajwal Gurung

58 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

FADD and Caspase-8 Mediate Priming and Activation of the Canonical and Noncanonical Nlrp3 Inflammasomes

2014 469 citations Prajwal Gurung, R. K. Subbarao Malireddi et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Prajwal Gurung United States	32	3.6k	2.5k	680	412	382	61	5.0k
Greta Guarda Switzerland	29	3.2k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	666 1.0×	525 1.3×	338 0.9×	44	5.6k
Beckley K. Davis United States	25	3.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	638 0.9×	422 1.0×	197 0.5×	35	4.7k
Maya Saleh Canada	41	3.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	918 1.4×	498 1.2×	253 0.7×	80	6.0k
Jianghong Wu United States	8	4.4k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	592 0.9×	575 1.4×	269 0.7×	8	5.5k
Cherilyn M. Sirois United States	9	2.9k 0.8×	3.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	669 1.6×	210 0.5×	11	5.0k
Jenny P.-Y. Ting United States	17	2.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	655 1.0×	381 0.9×	167 0.4×	21	4.3k
Tatjana Eigenbrod Germany	23	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	504 0.7×	315 0.8×	223 0.6×	40	3.9k
Pinaki Datta United States	19	5.5k 1.5×	3.0k 1.2×	803 1.2×	503 1.2×	255 0.7×	26	6.6k
Shruti Sharma United States	36	3.0k 0.8×	3.0k 1.2×	778 1.1×	387 0.9×	408 1.1×	140	6.3k
Wanting He China	20	3.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	644 0.9×	267 0.6×	377 1.0×	68	4.4k

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Gurung, Prajwal. (2025). Innate Immune Sensors in Health and Disease. Immunological Reviews. 330(1). e70008–e70008. 1 indexed citations

Sarkar, P. K., et al.. (2025). Neutrophils are key modulators of sex differences in LPS-induced shock in mice. PubMed. 2(4). 100104–100104.

Gurung, Prajwal, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive review of sensors of radiation‐induced damage, radiation‐induced proximal events, and cell death. Immunological Reviews. 329(1). e13409–e13409. 8 indexed citations

Bhattarai, Sajag, et al.. (2024). Investigating the role of Caspase-1 in a mouse model of Juvenile X-linked Retinoschisis. Frontiers in Medicine. 11. 1347599–1347599.

Mazgaeen, Lalita, Matthew S. Yorek, Peter Vogel, et al.. (2023). CD47 halts Ptpn6 -deficient neutrophils from provoking lethal inflammation. Science Advances. 9(1). eade3942–eade3942. 2 indexed citations

Thapa, Pritam, Sunil P. Upadhyay, William Z. Suo, et al.. (2021). Chalcone and its analogs: Therapeutic and diagnostic applications in Alzheimer’s disease. Bioorganic Chemistry. 108. 104681–104681. 99 indexed citations

Mazgaeen, Lalita & Prajwal Gurung. (2020). Recent Advances in Lipopolysaccharide Recognition Systems. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(2). 379–379. 253 indexed citations

Karki, Rajendra, Balaji Banoth, Bhesh Raj Sharma, et al.. (2019). The nonreceptor tyrosine kinase SYK drives caspase-8/NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated autoinflammatory osteomyelitis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(11). 3394–3400. 13 indexed citations

Sharma, Bhesh Raj, et al.. (2018). Innate immune adaptor MyD88 deficiency prevents skin inflammation in SHARPIN-deficient mice. Cell Death and Differentiation. 26(4). 741–750. 28 indexed citations

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Gurung, Prajwal, Amanda R. Burton, & Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti. (2016). NLRP3 inflammasome plays a redundant role with caspase 8 to promote IL-1β–mediated osteomyelitis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(16). 4452–4457. 114 indexed citations

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Gurung, Prajwal, R. K. Subbarao Malireddi, Peer W. F. Karmaus, et al.. (2016). Critical role of caspase-8-mediated IL-1 signaling in promoting Th2 responses during asthma pathogenesis. Mucosal Immunology. 10(1). 128–138. 31 indexed citations

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Gurung, Prajwal & Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti. (2016). Immune responses against protozoan parasites: a focus on the emerging role of Nod-like receptors. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 73(16). 3035–3051. 43 indexed citations

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Lukens, John R., Prajwal Gurung, Patrick J. Shaw, et al.. (2015). The NLRP12 Sensor Negatively Regulates Autoinflammatory Disease by Modulating Interleukin-4 Production in T Cells. Immunity. 42(4). 654–664. 89 indexed citations

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Gurung, Prajwal, Bofeng Li, R. K. Subbarao Malireddi, et al.. (2015). Chronic TLR Stimulation Controls NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation through IL-10 Mediated Regulation of NLRP3 Expression and Caspase-8 Activation. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14488–14488. 125 indexed citations

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Gurung, Prajwal & Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti. (2014). Novel Roles for Caspase-8 in IL-1β and Inflammasome Regulation. American Journal Of Pathology. 185(1). 17–25. 139 indexed citations

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Opdenbosch, Nina Van, Prajwal Gurung, Lieselotte Vande Walle, et al.. (2014). Activation of the NLRP1b inflammasome independently of ASC-mediated caspase-1 autoproteolysis and speck formation. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3209–3209. 200 indexed citations

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Gurung, Prajwal, John R. Lukens, & Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti. (2014). Mitochondria: diversity in the regulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 21(3). 193–201. 310 indexed citations

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Dillon, Christopher P., Ricardo Weinlich, Diego A. Rodríguez, et al.. (2014). RIPK1 Blocks Early Postnatal Lethality Mediated by Caspase-8 and RIPK3. Cell. 157(5). 1189–1202. 429 indexed citations

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Weinlich, Ricardo, Andrew Oberst, Christopher P. Dillon, et al.. (2013). Protective Roles for Caspase-8 and cFLIP in Adult Homeostasis. Cell Reports. 5(2). 340–348. 121 indexed citations

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Brincks, Erik L., Prajwal Gurung, Ryan A. Langlois, et al.. (2011). The Magnitude of the T Cell Response to a Clinically Significant Dose of Influenza Virus Is Regulated by TRAIL. The Journal of Immunology. 187(9). 4581–4588. 32 indexed citations

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