Smita K. Nair

11.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
124 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Smita K. Nair is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Smita K. Nair has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Immunology, 62 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Smita K. Nair's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (92 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (50 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (26 papers). Smita K. Nair is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (92 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (50 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (26 papers). Smita K. Nair collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Australia. Smita K. Nair's co-authors include Eli Gilboa, David Boczkowski, H. Kim Lyerly, David J. Snyder, Bruce A. Sullenger, Barry T. Rouse, Duane A. Mitchell, Darell D. Bigner, Michael A. Morse and Johannes Vieweg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Smita K. Nair

119 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Dendritic cells pulsed with RNA are potent antigen-presenting cells in vitro and in vivo.

1996 761 citations David Boczkowski, Smita K. Nair et al. profile →
Tetanus toxoid and CCL3 improve dendritic cell vaccines in mice and glioblastoma patients

2015 410 citations Duane A. Mitchell, Kristen A. Batich et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Smita K. Nair United States	53	6.7k	4.5k	3.7k	1.2k	633	124	9.4k
Kris Thielemans Belgium	64	9.3k 1.4×	4.8k 1.1×	4.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	714 1.1×	209	12.4k
Cassian Yee United States	51	7.6k 1.1×	2.9k 0.6×	6.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.0×	627 1.0×	156	11.6k
Carlo Heirman Belgium	47	4.8k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	933 0.8×	362 0.6×	118	6.7k
Walter J. Storkus United States	66	12.9k 1.9×	5.6k 1.3×	6.3k 1.7×	1.9k 1.6×	1.0k 1.6×	249	16.3k
Ana C. Anderson United States	50	12.2k 1.8×	3.3k 0.7×	7.8k 2.1×	543 0.5×	839 1.3×	96	15.6k
Philippe Bousso France	48	4.7k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	648 1.0×	108	8.1k
David Buck United Kingdom	37	3.0k 0.5×	3.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	637 0.5×	558 0.9×	66	9.1k
Stephen D. Gillies United States	50	4.5k 0.7×	4.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	429 0.7×	153	9.8k
Tanja D. de Gruijl Netherlands	57	7.2k 1.1×	3.9k 0.9×	5.2k 1.4×	784 0.7×	1.4k 2.2×	326	12.6k
Karine Breckpot Belgium	54	4.5k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	3.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	318 0.5×	170	7.6k

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Gilboa, Eli, David Boczkowski, & Smita K. Nair. (2022). The Quest for mRNA Vaccines. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 32(6). 449–456.

Beasley, Georgia M., Kristen E. Rhodin, Norma E. Farrow, et al.. (2022). Spatial biology analysis reveals B cell follicles in secondary lymphoid structures may regulate anti-tumor responses at initial melanoma diagnosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 952220–952220. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Pawan & Smita K. Nair. (2021). Evaluation of Education Clusters in Indian Higher Education. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.

Nair, Smita K., et al.. (2021). Online Teaching in India during COVID-19: Opportunities and Challenges. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Batich, Kristen A., Elizabeth A. Reap, Gary E. Archer, et al.. (2017). Long-term Survival in Glioblastoma with Cytomegalovirus pp65-Targeted Vaccination. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(8). 1898–1909. 242 indexed citations

Brown, Michael C., Eda K. Holl, David Boczkowski, et al.. (2017). Cancer immunotherapy with recombinant poliovirus induces IFN-dominant activation of dendritic cells and tumor antigen–specific CTLs. Science Translational Medicine. 9(408). 180 indexed citations

Watson, Michael J., et al.. (2015). RNA-Mediated Reprogramming of Primary Adult Human Dermal Fibroblasts into c-kit ⁺ Cardiac Progenitor Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 24(22). 2622–2633. 7 indexed citations

Dannull, Jens, Christine R. Farrell, Cynthia Wang, et al.. (2015). Gene Expression Profile of Dendritic Cell-Tumor Cell Hybrids Determined by Microarrays and Its Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy. Journal of Immunology Research. 2015. 1–10. 1 indexed citations

Nair, Smita K., Gabriel De Leon, David Boczkowski, et al.. (2014). Recognition and Killing of Autologous, Primary Glioblastoma Tumor Cells by Human Cytomegalovirus pp65-Specific Cytotoxic T Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(10). 2684–2694. 74 indexed citations

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Nair, Smita K., Georgia D. Tomaras, Ana Paula Sales, et al.. (2014). High-throughput identification and dendritic cell-based functional validation of MHC class I-restricted Mycobacterium tuberculosis epitopes. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4632–4632. 8 indexed citations

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Sampson, John H., Bryan D. Choi, Luis Sánchez-Pérez, et al.. (2013). EGFRvIII mCAR-Modified T-Cell Therapy Cures Mice with Established Intracerebral Glioma and Generates Host Immunity against Tumor-Antigen Loss. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(4). 972–984. 241 indexed citations

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Sullenger, Bruce A., et al.. (2012). Identification and Characterization of an Agonistic Aptamer Against the T Cell Costimulatory Receptor, OX40. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 23(1). 35–43. 54 indexed citations

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Sampson, John H., Robert J. Schmittling, Gary E. Archer, et al.. (2012). A Pilot Study of IL-2Rα Blockade during Lymphopenia Depletes Regulatory T-cells and Correlates with Enhanced Immunity in Patients with Glioblastoma. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e31046–e31046. 91 indexed citations

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Abdel-Wahab, Zeinab, Jens Dannull, Smita K. Nair, et al.. (2004). Induction of Human Dendritic Cell Maturation Using Transfection with RNA Encoding a Dominant Positive Toll-Like Receptor 4. The Journal of Immunology. 172(11). 7162–7168. 52 indexed citations

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Heiser, Axel, Margaret A. Maurice, Donna Yancey, et al.. (2001). Induction of Polyclonal Prostate Cancer-Specific CTL Using Dendritic Cells Transfected with Amplified Tumor RNA. The Journal of Immunology. 166(5). 2953–2960. 165 indexed citations

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Kumaraguru, Udayasankar, Richard Rouse, Smita K. Nair, Barry D. Bruce, & Barry T. Rouse. (2000). Involvement of an ATP-Dependent Peptide Chaperone in Cross-Presentation After DNA Immunization. The Journal of Immunology. 165(2). 750–759. 29 indexed citations

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Kodaira, Yuzo, Smita K. Nair, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Eli Gilboa, & Jeffrey L. Platt. (2000). Phenotypic and Functional Maturation of Dendritic Cells Mediated by Heparan Sulfate. The Journal of Immunology. 165(3). 1599–1604. 97 indexed citations

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Gilboa, Eli, Smita K. Nair, & H. Kim Lyerly. (1998). Immunotherapy of cancer with dendritic-cell-based vaccines. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 46(2). 82–87. 240 indexed citations

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Nair, Smita K., David Boczkowski, Michael Morse, et al.. (1998). Induction of primary carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in vitro using human dendritic cells transfected with RNA. Nature Biotechnology. 16(4). 364–369. 335 indexed citations

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Reddy, R, et al.. (1992). Liposomes as antigen delivery systems in viral immunity.. PubMed. 4(2). 91–6. 9 indexed citations

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