Smitha Pillai

2.2k total citations
34 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Smitha Pillai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Smitha Pillai has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Smitha Pillai's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (8 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (8 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (5 papers). Smitha Pillai is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (8 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (8 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (5 papers). Smitha Pillai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Smitha Pillai's co-authors include Srikumar Chellappan, Eric B. Haura, Domenico Coppola, Sandeep Singh, Michelle Kovacs, Robert J. Gillies, Piyali Dasgupta, Mehdi Damaghi, Wasia Rizwani and Stefano Fais and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Smitha Pillai

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Smitha Pillai United States 22 1.2k 469 413 212 187 34 1.8k
Chunhua Lu China 23 1.0k 0.9× 443 0.9× 391 0.9× 91 0.4× 167 0.9× 67 1.7k
Chann Lagadec France 25 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 2.2× 822 2.0× 140 0.7× 222 1.2× 46 2.6k
Elena Di Gennaro Italy 34 1.5k 1.3× 766 1.6× 240 0.6× 460 2.2× 382 2.0× 99 2.7k
Gargi D. Basu United States 20 793 0.7× 977 2.1× 344 0.8× 165 0.8× 244 1.3× 53 2.0k
Georg Karpel‐Massler Germany 36 1.9k 1.6× 565 1.2× 785 1.9× 93 0.4× 260 1.4× 103 3.1k
George P. Amorino United States 20 778 0.7× 517 1.1× 289 0.7× 94 0.4× 388 2.1× 27 1.6k
Jing Ni United States 22 940 0.8× 324 0.7× 282 0.7× 63 0.3× 378 2.0× 37 1.7k
Allie Fu United States 22 1.3k 1.1× 462 1.0× 743 1.8× 51 0.2× 263 1.4× 30 2.1k
Michele Signore Italy 30 1.4k 1.2× 799 1.7× 737 1.8× 47 0.2× 214 1.1× 60 2.4k
Monique B. Nilsson United States 25 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 2.6× 553 1.3× 176 0.8× 807 4.3× 66 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Smitha Pillai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Smitha Pillai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pillai, Smitha, Iqbal Mahmud, Rohit Mahar, et al.. (2022). Lipogenesis mediated by OGR1 regulates metabolic adaptation to acid stress in cancer cells via autophagy. Cell Reports. 39(6). 110796–110796. 38 indexed citations
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Jardim‐Perassi, Bruna V., Su-Ning Huang, William Dominguez‐Viqueira, et al.. (2019). Multiparametric MRI and Coregistered Histology Identify Tumor Habitats in Breast Cancer Mouse Models. Cancer Research. 79(15). 3952–3964. 66 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha, Mehdi Damaghi, Yoshinori Marunaka, et al.. (2019). Causes, consequences, and therapy of tumors acidosis. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews. 38(1-2). 205–222. 212 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha, et al.. (2016). Students’ Attitude Towards Higher Education. International journal of research in social sciences. 6(6). 554–569. 1 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha, et al.. (2016). Ductal Plate Malformation in the Liver of Boxer Dogs. Veterinary Pathology. 53(3). 602–613. 32 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha, José G. Treviño, Bhupendra Rawal, et al.. (2015). β-Arrestin-1 Mediates Nicotine-Induced Metastasis through E2F1 Target Genes That Modulate Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition. Cancer Research. 75(6). 1009–1020. 73 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha, Jonathan V. Nguyen, Joseph Johnson, et al.. (2015). Tank binding kinase 1 is a centrosome-associated kinase necessary for microtubule dynamics and mitosis. Nature Communications. 6(1). 10072–10072. 78 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha, Piyali Dasgupta, & Srikumar Chellappan. (2015). Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assays: Analyzing Transcription Factor Binding and Histone Modifications In Vivo. Methods in molecular biology. 1288. 429–446. 14 indexed citations
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Schaal, Courtney, Smitha Pillai, & Srikumar Chellappan. (2014). The Rb–E2F Transcriptional Regulatory Pathway in Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis. Advances in cancer research. 121. 147–182. 66 indexed citations
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Treviño, José G., Monika Verma, Sandeep Singh, et al.. (2013). Selective Disruption of Rb–Raf-1 Kinase Interaction Inhibits Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Growth Irrespective of Gemcitabine Sensitivity. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 12(12). 2722–2734. 6 indexed citations
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Davis, Rebecca K., Smitha Pillai, Nicholas J. Lawrence, & Srikumar Chellappan. (2012). TNF-α-mediated proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells involves Raf-1-mediated inactivation of Rb and transcription of E2F1-regulated genes. Cell Cycle. 11(1). 109–118. 37 indexed citations
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Treviño, José G., Smitha Pillai, Sateesh Kunigal, et al.. (2012). Nicotine Induces Inhibitor of Differentiation-1 in a Src-dependent Pathway Promoting Metastasis and Chemoresistance in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Neoplasia. 14(12). 1102–1114. 59 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha, Károly Szekeres, Nicholas J. Lawrence, Srikumar Chellappan, & George Blanck. (2012). Regulation of interlocking gene regulatory network subcircuits by a small molecule inhibitor of retinoblastoma protein (RB) phosphorylation: Cancer cell expression of HLA-DR. Gene. 512(2). 403–407. 5 indexed citations
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Dasgupta, Piyali, Wasia Rizwani, Smitha Pillai, et al.. (2011). ARRB1-Mediated Regulation of E2F Target Genes in Nicotine-Induced Growth of Lung Tumors. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 103(4). 317–333. 88 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha, Michelle Kovacs, & Srikumar Chellappan. (2010). Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptors by Rb and E2F1: Role of Acetylation. Cancer Research. 70(12). 4931–4940. 56 indexed citations
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Ma, Yihong, Lü Chen, Gabriëla Wright, et al.. (2010). CDKN1C Negatively Regulates RNA Polymerase II C-terminal Domain Phosphorylation in an E2F1-dependent Manner. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(13). 9813–9822. 20 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha & Srikumar Chellappan. (2009). ChIP on Chip Assays: Genome-Wide Analysis of Transcription Factor Binding and Histone Modifications. Methods in molecular biology. 523. 341–366. 24 indexed citations
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Kinkade, Rebecca, Piyali Dasgupta, Adam Carie, et al.. (2008). A Small Molecule Disruptor of Rb/Raf-1 Interaction Inhibits Cell Proliferation, Angiogenesis, and Growth of Human Tumor Xenografts in Nude Mice. Cancer Research. 68(10). 3810–3818. 45 indexed citations
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Dasgupta, Piyali, Wasia Rizwani, Smitha Pillai, et al.. (2008). Nicotine induces cell proliferation, invasion and epithelial‐mesenchymal transition in a variety of human cancer cell lines. International Journal of Cancer. 124(1). 36–45. 316 indexed citations
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Pillai, Smitha & Srikumar Chellappan. (2007). Prohibitin 2 physically interacts with E2F1 and represses transcription. Cancer Research. 67. 1241–1241. 1 indexed citations

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