Sandhya Ganesan

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Sandhya Ganesan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandhya Ganesan has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sandhya Ganesan's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (8 papers), interferon and immune responses (2 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (2 papers). Sandhya Ganesan is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (8 papers), interferon and immune responses (2 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (2 papers). Sandhya Ganesan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Norway. Sandhya Ganesan's co-authors include Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Vijay Rathinam, Eicke Latz, Amy G. Hise, Krupen Patel, Jeffrey Tomalka, Neal Silverman, Stefanie N. Vogel, Shruti Sharma and Brian G. Monks and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Sandhya Ganesan

12 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

The AIM2 inflammasome is essential for host defense against cytosolic bacteria and DNA viruses

2010 1.1k citations Vijay Rathinam, Zhaozhao Jiang et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandhya Ganesan United States	9	1.6k	1.4k	469	372	177	12	2.4k
Yunhao Tan United States	18	2.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	541 1.2×	204 0.5×	210 1.2×	20	3.4k
David P. Sester Australia	28	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	271 0.6×	428 1.2×	427 2.4×	47	3.0k
Michael H. Shaw United States	21	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	632 1.3×	346 0.9×	183 1.0×	29	3.3k
Sky W. Brubaker United States	13	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	311 0.7×	378 1.0×	149 0.8×	14	2.6k
Ine Jørgensen United States	9	1.7k 1.0×	901 0.6×	371 0.8×	189 0.5×	218 1.2×	11	2.3k
Sunny Shin United States	28	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	288 0.6×	223 0.6×	226 1.3×	53	3.1k
Franziska Ampenberger Switzerland	13	1.4k 0.9×	3.6k 2.5×	876 1.9×	415 1.1×	171 1.0×	14	4.9k
Larissa D. Cunha Brazil	14	1.2k 0.7×	765 0.5×	591 1.3×	245 0.7×	375 2.1×	21	2.2k
Mary F. Fontana United States	19	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	239 0.5×	246 0.7×	241 1.4×	30	2.3k
Garabet Yeretssian United States	20	1.2k 0.8×	978 0.7×	297 0.6×	205 0.6×	89 0.5×	25	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandhya Ganesan

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12 of 12 papers shown

Ganesan, Sandhya, et al.. (2023). Syntaxin 11 Contributes to the Interferon-Inducible Restriction of Coxiella burnetii Intracellular Infection. mBio. 14(1). e0354522–e0354522. 5 indexed citations

Ganesan, Sandhya, et al.. (2023). The prevalence of Dupuytren’s disease in patients with diabetes mellitus. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 96–96. 2 indexed citations

Ganesan, Sandhya & Craig R. Roy. (2019). Host cell depletion of tryptophan by IFNγ-induced Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) inhibits lysosomal replication of Coxiella burnetii. PLoS Pathogens. 15(8). e1007955–e1007955. 21 indexed citations

Ganesan, Sandhya, et al.. (2019). Potentiation of Cytokine-Mediated Restriction of Legionella Intracellular Replication by a Dot/Icm-Translocated Effector. Journal of Bacteriology. 201(14). 11 indexed citations

Weng, Dan, Robyn Marty-Roix, Sandhya Ganesan, et al.. (2014). Caspase-8 and RIP kinases regulate bacteria-induced innate immune responses and cell death. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(20). 7391–7396. 243 indexed citations

Ganesan, Sandhya, Vijay Rathinam, Lukas Bossaller, et al.. (2014). Caspase-8 Modulates Dectin-1 and Complement Receptor 3–Driven IL-1β Production in Response to β-Glucans and the Fungal Pathogen, Candida albicans. The Journal of Immunology. 193(5). 2519–2530. 102 indexed citations

Ganesan, Sandhya. (2014). Characterization of Anti-Fungal Inflammasome Responses and the Role of Caspase-8 in Innate Immune Signaling: A Dissertation. University of Massachusetts (UMass) Chan Medical School. 1 indexed citations

Bossaller, Lukas, Christian Schmidt‐Lauber, Sandhya Ganesan, et al.. (2012). Cutting Edge: FAS (CD95) Mediates Noncanonical IL-1β and IL-18 Maturation via Caspase-8 in an RIP3-Independent Manner. The Journal of Immunology. 189(12). 5508–5512. 240 indexed citations

Tomalka, Jeffrey, et al.. (2011). A Novel Role for the NLRC4 Inflammasome in Mucosal Defenses against the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans. PLoS Pathogens. 7(12). e1002379–e1002379. 143 indexed citations

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Rathinam, Vijay, Zhaozhao Jiang, Stephen N. Waggoner, et al.. (2010). The AIM2 inflammasome is essential for host defense against cytosolic bacteria and DNA viruses. Nature Immunology. 11(5). 395–402. 1058 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ganesan, Sandhya, Kamna Aggarwal, Nicholas Paquette, & Neal Silverman. (2010). NF-κB/Rel Proteins and the Humoral Immune Responses of Drosophila melanogaster. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 349. 25–60. 157 indexed citations

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Hise, Amy G., Jeffrey Tomalka, Sandhya Ganesan, et al.. (2009). An Essential Role for the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Host Defense against the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans. Cell Host & Microbe. 5(5). 487–497. 466 indexed citations

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