Rajesh R. Rao

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
18 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Rajesh R. Rao is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rajesh R. Rao has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Rajesh R. Rao's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (9 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (5 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers). Rajesh R. Rao is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (9 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (5 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers). Rajesh R. Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Australia. Rajesh R. Rao's co-authors include Protul Shrikant, Bruce M. Spiegelman, Kunle Odunsi, Qingsheng Li, Katrin J. Svensson, Jonathan Z. Long, James P. White, Jorge L. Ruas, Mark P. Jedrychowski and Steven P. Gygi and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Rajesh R. Rao

18 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Meteorin-like Is a Hormone that Regulates Immune-Adipose Interactions to Increase Beige Fat Thermogenesis

2014 737 citations Rajesh R. Rao, Jonathan Z. Long et al. Cell profile →
A PGC-1α Isoform Induced by Resistance Training Regulates Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy

2012 531 citations Jorge L. Ruas, James P. White et al. Cell profile →
The mTOR Kinase Determines Effector versus Memory CD8+ T Cell Fate by Regulating the Expression of Transcription Factors T-bet and Eomesodermin

2010 516 citations Rajesh R. Rao, Qingsheng Li et al. Immunity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rajesh R. Rao United States	15	1.8k	1.2k	965	906	483	18	3.5k
Hee‐Woong Lim United States	25	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	380 0.4×	983 1.1×	219 0.5×	51	3.1k
J. Daniel Frantz United States	14	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	274 0.3×	889 1.0×	245 0.5×	14	3.3k
Philip L.S.M. Gordts United States	25	1.6k 0.9×	877 0.7×	270 0.3×	887 1.0×	313 0.6×	57	3.5k
Claire Pecqueur France	31	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	355 0.4×	515 0.6×	101 0.2×	63	3.6k
Glenn C. Rowe United States	28	1.1k 0.6×	2.2k 1.8×	191 0.2×	418 0.5×	194 0.4×	53	3.5k
Srikant Rangaraju United States	30	548 0.3×	682 0.6×	429 0.4×	842 0.9×	270 0.6×	93	2.8k
Tobias Wijshake United States	10	2.2k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	930 1.0×	482 0.5×	46 0.1×	11	4.0k
Mauricio Berriel Díaz Germany	26	978 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	157 0.2×	571 0.6×	96 0.2×	45	2.5k
Marta Llovera Spain	31	843 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	150 0.2×	258 0.3×	315 0.7×	55	2.5k
Herman I. May United States	19	561 0.3×	1.5k 1.2×	245 0.3×	1.0k 1.1×	65 0.1×	23	3.1k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Baht, Gurpreet S., Akshay Bareja, David E. Lee, et al.. (2020). Meteorin-like facilitates skeletal muscle repair through a Stat3/IGF-1 mechanism. Nature Metabolism. 2(3). 278–289. 127 indexed citations

Baht, Gurpreet S., Akshay Bareja, David E. Lee, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Meteorin-like facilitates skeletal muscle repair through a Stat3/IGF-1 mechanism. Nature Metabolism. 2(8). 794–794. 2 indexed citations

Long, Jonathan Z., Katrin J. Svensson, Leslie A. Bateman, et al.. (2016). The Secreted Enzyme PM20D1 Regulates Lipidated Amino Acid Uncouplers of Mitochondria. Cell. 166(2). 424–435. 191 indexed citations

Svensson, Katrin J., Jonathan Z. Long, Mark P. Jedrychowski, et al.. (2016). A Secreted Slit2 Fragment Regulates Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Metabolic Function. Cell Metabolism. 23(3). 454–466. 121 indexed citations

Irving, Brian A., Ian R. Lanza, Gregory C. Henderson, et al.. (2015). Combined Training Enhances Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Oxidative Capacity Independent of Age. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 100(4). 1654–1663. 107 indexed citations

Rao, Rajesh R., Jonathan Z. Long, James P. White, et al.. (2014). Meteorin-like Is a Hormone that Regulates Immune-Adipose Interactions to Increase Beige Fat Thermogenesis. Cell. 157(6). 1279–1291. 737 indexed citations breakdown →

Long, Jonathan Z., Katrin J. Svensson, Linus Tsai, et al.. (2014). A Smooth Muscle-Like Origin for Beige Adipocytes. Cell Metabolism. 19(5). 810–820. 363 indexed citations

Kong, Xingxing, Alexander S. Banks, Tiemin Liu, et al.. (2014). IRF4 Is a Key Thermogenic Transcriptional Partner of PGC-1α. Cell. 158(1). 69–83. 225 indexed citations

White, James P., Christiane D. Wrann, Rajesh R. Rao, et al.. (2014). G protein-coupled receptor 56 regulates mechanical overload-induced muscle hypertrophy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(44). 15756–15761. 90 indexed citations

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White, James P., Jorge L. Ruas, Rajesh R. Rao, et al.. (2013). A novel PGC‐1á isoform induced by resistance training regulates skeletal muscle hypertrophy. The FASEB Journal. 27(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Rao, Rajesh R., Qingsheng Li, Melanie Gubbels Bupp, & Protul Shrikant. (2012). Transcription Factor Foxo1 Represses T-bet-Mediated Effector Functions and Promotes Memory CD8+ T Cell Differentiation. Immunity. 36(3). 374–387. 223 indexed citations

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Ruas, Jorge L., James P. White, Rajesh R. Rao, et al.. (2012). A PGC-1α Isoform Induced by Resistance Training Regulates Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy. Cell. 151(6). 1319–1331. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Qingsheng, Rajesh R. Rao, Peter S. Goedegebuure, et al.. (2012). Regulating Mammalian Target of Rapamycin To Tune Vaccination-Induced CD8+ T Cell Responses for Tumor Immunity. The Journal of Immunology. 188(7). 3080–3087. 75 indexed citations

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Li, Qingsheng, Rajesh R. Rao, Koichi Araki, et al.. (2011). A Central Role for mTOR Kinase in Homeostatic Proliferation Induced CD8+ T Cell Memory and Tumor Immunity. Immunity. 34(4). 541–553. 127 indexed citations

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Rao, Rajesh R., Qingsheng Li, Kunle Odunsi, & Protul Shrikant. (2010). The mTOR Kinase Determines Effector versus Memory CD8+ T Cell Fate by Regulating the Expression of Transcription Factors T-bet and Eomesodermin. Immunity. 32(1). 67–78. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rao, Rajesh R., Qingsheng Li, & Protul Shrikant. (2010). Fine-tuning CD8⁺T-cell functional responses: mTOR acts as a rheostat for regulating CD8⁺T-cell proliferation, survival and differentiation?. Cell Cycle. 9(15). 3068–3073. 15 indexed citations

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Shrikant, Protul, Rajesh R. Rao, Qingsheng Li, et al.. (2009). Regulating functional cell fates in CD8 T cells. Immunologic Research. 46(1-3). 12–22. 47 indexed citations

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Rao, Rajesh R., et al.. (1966). A comparison of serum creatine phosphokinase and serum glutamic oxalacetic transaminase in skeletal muscle necrosis.. PubMed. 30(6). 157–9. 2 indexed citations

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