Sami Banerjee

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Sami Banerjee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sami Banerjee has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Immunology and 19 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Sami Banerjee's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (9 papers), Immune cells in cancer (9 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (8 papers). Sami Banerjee is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (9 papers), Immune cells in cancer (9 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (8 papers). Sami Banerjee collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Sami Banerjee's co-authors include Gang Liu, Edward Abraham, Na Xie, Huachun Cui, Victor J. Thannickal, Zheng Tan, Jing Ge, Arnaud Friggeri, Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski and Shanzhong Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Sami Banerjee

48 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Glycolytic Reprogramming in Myofibroblast Differentiation and Lung Fibrosis

2015 413 citations Na Xie, Zheng Tan et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Lung Myofibroblasts Promote Macrophage Profibrotic Activity through Lactate-induced Histone Lactylation

2020 245 citations Huachun Cui, Na Xie et al. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sami Banerjee United States	34	2.0k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	435	48	4.0k
Claus Kerkhoff Germany	30	2.4k 1.2×	573 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	436 0.4×	345 0.8×	59	3.3k
Rui Kang United States	20	1.7k 0.9×	970 0.8×	780 0.7×	863 0.8×	782 1.8×	35	3.1k
Murray C.H. Clarke United Kingdom	25	2.0k 1.0×	573 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	330 0.3×	538 1.2×	40	4.1k
Stefan Krautwald Germany	37	3.3k 1.7×	683 0.6×	2.3k 2.1×	754 0.7×	794 1.8×	59	5.9k
Jeremy S. Duffield United States	31	1.8k 0.9×	316 0.3×	1.7k 1.6×	685 0.7×	390 0.9×	47	5.3k
Hyung J. Chun United States	32	1.8k 0.9×	724 0.6×	974 0.9×	581 0.6×	438 1.0×	65	4.5k
Anil K. Chauhan United States	41	1.7k 0.9×	521 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	404 0.4×	494 1.1×	129	5.3k
Zhigao Wang United States	18	4.6k 2.4×	774 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	309 0.3×	721 1.7×	28	5.7k
Phillip Kantharidis Australia	31	2.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	300 0.3×	303 0.3×	222 0.5×	64	4.3k
Stéphane Plaisance Belgium	28	2.8k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	2.1k 1.9×	558 0.5×	260 0.6×	48	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sami Banerjee

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sami Banerjee

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Cui, Huachun, Sami Banerjee, Na Xie, et al.. (2025). TREM2 promotes lung fibrosis via controlling alveolar macrophage survival and pro-fibrotic activity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1761–1761. 5 indexed citations

Cui, Huachun, Sami Banerjee, Na Xie, et al.. (2023). MafB regulates NLRP3 inflammasome activation by sustaining p62 expression in macrophages. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1047–1047. 10 indexed citations

Rana, Tapasi, Chunsun Jiang, Sami Banerjee, et al.. (2023). PAI-1 Regulation of p53 Expression and Senescence in Type II Alveolar Epithelial Cells. Cells. 12(15). 2008–2008. 12 indexed citations

Cui, Huachun, Na Xie, Sami Banerjee, et al.. (2022). CD38 Mediates Lung Fibrosis by Promoting Alveolar Epithelial Cell Aging. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 206(4). 459–475. 43 indexed citations

Cui, Huachun, Na Xie, Sami Banerjee, et al.. (2020). Lung Myofibroblasts Promote Macrophage Profibrotic Activity through Lactate-induced Histone Lactylation. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 64(1). 115–125. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

Jiang, Dingyuan, Huachun Cui, Na Xie, et al.. (2020). ATF4 Mediates Mitochondrial Unfolded Protein Response in Alveolar Epithelial Cells. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 63(4). 478–489. 53 indexed citations

Cui, Huachun, Na Xie, Dingyuan Jiang, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of Glutaminase 1 Attenuates Experimental Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 61(4). 492–500. 54 indexed citations

Cui, Huachun, Sami Banerjee, Sijia Guo, et al.. (2019). Long noncoding RNA Malat1 regulates differential activation of macrophages and response to lung injury. JCI Insight. 4(4). 104 indexed citations

Cui, Huachun, et al.. (2018). IFN Regulatory Factor 2 Inhibits Expression of Glycolytic Genes and Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Proinflammatory Responses in Macrophages. The Journal of Immunology. 200(9). 3218–3230. 37 indexed citations

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Cui, Huachun, Na Xie, Sami Banerjee, et al.. (2018). Impairment of Fatty Acid Oxidation in Alveolar Epithelial Cells Mediates Acute Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 60(2). 167–178. 60 indexed citations

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Cui, Huachun, Jing Ge, Na Xie, et al.. (2016). miR-34a Inhibits Lung Fibrosis by Inducing Lung Fibroblast Senescence. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 56(2). 168–178. 84 indexed citations

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Cui, Huachun, Sami Banerjee, Na Xie, et al.. (2015). MicroRNA-27a-3p Is a Negative Regulator of Lung Fibrosis by Targeting Myofibroblast Differentiation. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 54(6). 843–852. 73 indexed citations

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Xie, Na, Zheng Tan, Sami Banerjee, et al.. (2015). Glycolytic Reprogramming in Myofibroblast Differentiation and Lung Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 192(12). 1462–1474. 413 indexed citations breakdown →

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Banerjee, Sami, Huachun Cui, Na Xie, et al.. (2013). miR-125a-5p Regulates Differential Activation of Macrophages and Inflammation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(49). 35428–35436. 206 indexed citations

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Friggeri, Arnaud, Sami Banerjee, Na Xie, et al.. (2012). Extracellular Histones Inhibit Efferocytosis. Molecular Medicine. 18(5). 825–833. 42 indexed citations

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Yang, Yanping, Arnaud Friggeri, Sami Banerjee, et al.. (2010). Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Inhibits Efferocytosis of Neutrophils. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 182(12). 1516–1523. 15 indexed citations

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Zmijewski, Jaroslaw W., Sami Banerjee, Hong‐Beom Bae, et al.. (2010). Exposure to Hydrogen Peroxide Induces Oxidation and Activation of AMP-activated Protein Kinase*. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(43). 33154–33164. 350 indexed citations

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Brooks, William S., Sami Banerjee, & David Crawford. (2006). G2E3 is a nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling protein with DNA damage responsive localization. Experimental Cell Research. 313(4). 665–676. 23 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Sami, Ernest V. Curto, Matthew L. Beckman, et al.. (2005). Expression of functional scorpion neurotoxin Lqq-V in E.coli. Peptides. 27(1). 49–54. 14 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Sami & Raghava Varman Thampan. (2000). Reverse transcriptase activity in bovine bone marrow: purification of a 66-kDa enzyme. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1480(1-2). 1–5. 13 indexed citations

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