Shiv Pillai

23.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
146 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Shiv Pillai is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shiv Pillai has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Immunology, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Shiv Pillai's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (41 papers), IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases (33 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (33 papers). Shiv Pillai is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (41 papers), IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases (33 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (33 papers). Shiv Pillai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Shiv Pillai's co-authors include Andrew H. Lichtman, Abul K. Abbas, Annaiah Cariappa, John H. Stone, Hamid Mattoo, Vinay S. Mahajan, Vikram Deshpande, Yoh Zen, Terumi Kamisawa and Zachary S. Wallace and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Shiv Pillai

141 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

Cellular and Molecular Immunology

1994 2.5k citations Shiv Pillai et al. profile →
IgG4-related disease

2014 794 citations Shiv Pillai, John H. Stone et al. profile →
IgG4‐Related Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Features in One Hundred Twenty‐Five Patients

2015 431 citations Zachary S. Wallace, Hamid Mattoo et al. Arthritis & Rheumatology profile →
Plasmablasts as a biomarker for IgG4-related disease, independent of serum IgG4 concentrations

2014 316 citations Zachary S. Wallace, Hamid Mattoo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shiv Pillai United States	56	6.0k	3.7k	3.2k	3.1k	2.7k	146	13.2k
Aftab A. Ansari United States	78	6.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.5×	7.0k 2.2×	2.2k 0.7×	4.1k 1.5×	436	21.0k
David Fiorentino United States	54	8.0k 1.3×	3.4k 0.9×	5.2k 1.6×	2.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	140	17.2k
Kiyoshi Takatsu Japan	77	11.8k 2.0×	1.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	4.7k 1.5×	1.9k 0.7×	343	21.0k
Peter Garred Denmark	71	11.2k 1.9×	1.5k 0.4×	2.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	416	17.2k
Christoph Loddenkemper Germany	65	5.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	3.7k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	270	14.8k
Marina Botto United Kingdom	67	10.0k 1.7×	2.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	674 0.2×	193	14.8k
Robert B. Nussenblatt United States	76	5.2k 0.9×	5.1k 1.4×	4.1k 1.3×	2.8k 0.9×	670 0.2×	435	25.1k
Mohamed R. Daha Netherlands	78	13.7k 2.3×	3.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	4.1k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	540	24.3k
Francesco Annunziato Italy	67	10.8k 1.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	3.3k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	209	18.9k
Taco W. Kuijpers Netherlands	71	8.9k 1.5×	933 0.3×	2.6k 0.8×	4.0k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	478	17.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shiv Pillai

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Eisenbarth, Stephanie C., Facundo D. Batista, Jason G. Cyster, et al.. (2025). A roadmap for defining “extrafollicular” B cell responses. Immunity. 58(11). 2627–2645. 1 indexed citations

Azijli, Kaamar, Geng Xu, Shiv Pillai, et al.. (2025). HSP90 inhibition reverses resistance to TRAIL-induced apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3).

Allard‐Chamard, Hugues, Grace J. Yuen, Marshall Karpel, et al.. (2024). Congenital T-cell activation impairs transitional-to-follicular B-cell maturation in humans. Blood Advances. 9(3). 520–532.

Maehara, Takashi, Ryusuke Munemura, Atsushi Doi, et al.. (2023). Granzyme K– and amphiregulin-expressing cytotoxic T cells and activated extrafollicular B cells are potential drivers of IgG4-related disease. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 153(4). 1095–1112. 15 indexed citations

Mattoo, Hamid & Shiv Pillai. (2021). Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and systemic sclerosis: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic interventions. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78(14). 5527–5542. 28 indexed citations

Mahajan, Vinay S., Hamid Mattoo, Na Sun, et al.. (2021). B1a and B2 cells are characterized by distinct CpG modification states at DNMT3A-maintained enhancers. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2208–2208. 17 indexed citations

Daccache, Joe, Kichul Ko, Margaret Veselits, et al.. (2021). Innate-like self-reactive B cells infiltrate human renal allografts during transplant rejection. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4372–4372. 36 indexed citations

Liu, Hang, Cory A. Perugino, Musie Ghebremichael, et al.. (2019). Disease Severity Linked to Increase in Autoantibody Diversity in IgG4‐Related Disease. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 72(4). 687–693. 46 indexed citations

Mahajan, Vinay S., Ezana Demissie, Sudha Kumari, et al.. (2019). DOCK2 Sets the Threshold for Entry into the Virtual Memory CD8+ T Cell Compartment by Negatively Regulating Tonic TCR Triggering. The Journal of Immunology. 204(1). 49–57. 9 indexed citations

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Netravali, Ilka Arun, Annaiah Cariappa, Kathleen B. Yates, et al.. (2019). 9-O-acetyl sialic acid levels identify committed progenitors of plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Glycobiology. 29(12). 861–875. 1 indexed citations

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Farmer, Jocelyn R., Hugues Allard‐Chamard, Na Sun, et al.. (2019). Induction of metabolic quiescence defines the transitional to follicular B cell switch. Science Signaling. 12(604). 29 indexed citations

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Mahajan, Vinay S., et al.. (2018). Alterations in sialic-acid O -acetylation glycoforms during murine erythrocyte development. Glycobiology. 29(3). 222–228. 13 indexed citations

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Maehara, Takashi, Hamid Mattoo, Vinay S. Mahajan, et al.. (2018). The expansion in lymphoid organs of IL-4 ⁺ BATF ⁺ T follicular helper cells is linked to IgG4 class switching in vivo. Life Science Alliance. 1(1). e201800050–e201800050. 59 indexed citations

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Mahan, Alison E., et al.. (2014). IgG Glycosylation Is Programmed and Remembered after Immunization with TLR Stimulating Adjuvants. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A65–A65. 2 indexed citations

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Leadbetter, Elizabeth A., Manfred Brigl, Petr A. Illarionov, et al.. (2008). NK T cells provide lipid antigen-specific cognate help for B cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(24). 8339–8344. 184 indexed citations

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Benatuil, Lorenzo, Joel Kaye, Nathalie Cretin, et al.. (2008). Ig Knock-In Mice Producing Anti-Carbohydrate Antibodies: Breakthrough of B Cells Producing Low Affinity Anti-Self Antibodies. The Journal of Immunology. 180(6). 3839–3848. 11 indexed citations

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Cariappa, Annaiah, Cristian Boboilă, Stewart T. Moran, et al.. (2007). The Recirculating B Cell Pool Contains Two Functionally Distinct, Long-Lived, Posttransitional, Follicular B Cell Populations. The Journal of Immunology. 179(4). 2270–2281. 61 indexed citations

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Cariappa, Annaiah, Luojing Chen, K Haider, et al.. (2003). A Catalytically Inactive Form of Protein Kinase C-Associated Kinase/Receptor Interacting Protein 4, a Protein Kinase Cβ-Associated Kinase That Mediates NF-κB Activation, Interferes with Early B Cell Development. The Journal of Immunology. 171(4). 1875–1880. 20 indexed citations

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Chaudhuri, Subhra, et al.. (2000). Accelerated Proteasomal Degradation of Membrane Ig Heavy Chains. The Journal of Immunology. 164(9). 4713–4719. 12 indexed citations

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Cariappa, Annaiah, Bruce E. Sands, David G. Forcione, et al.. (1998). Analysis of MHC class II DP, DQ and DR alleles in Crohn’s disease. Gut. 43(2). 210–215. 33 indexed citations

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