Sreekumar Pillai

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Sreekumar Pillai is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sreekumar Pillai has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 17 papers in Physiology and 13 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Sreekumar Pillai's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (22 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (15 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (9 papers). Sreekumar Pillai is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (22 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (15 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (9 papers). Sreekumar Pillai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Sreekumar Pillai's co-authors include Daniel D. Bikle, Christian Oresajo, James Hayward, Mara Hincenbergs, Amund Gulsvik, Per Bakke, Harvey O. Coxson, David A. Lomas, Edwin K. Silverman and Xiangyang Kong and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Sreekumar Pillai

67 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Ultraviolet radiation and skin aging: roles of reactive oxygen species, inflammation and protease activation, and strategies for prevention of inflammation‐induced matrix degradation – a review

2005 559 citations Sreekumar Pillai et al. profile →
A Genome-Wide Association Study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Identification of Two Major Susceptibility Loci

2009 480 citations Sreekumar Pillai, Dongliang Ge et al. PLoS Genetics profile →
Two Phase 3 Trials of Lebrikizumab for Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis

2023 162 citations Sreekumar Pillai et al. profile →

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Bifeng Gao United States

David J. Granville Canada

Philippe Gillery France

Roscoe L. Warner United States

Toshiharu Ishii Japan

Fujio Otsuka Japan

Peter Vadas Canada

Peisong Gao United States

Hiroshi Uchi Japan

Li Gao China

Bifeng Gao United States

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1.3k ×1.3

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609 ×0.7

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666 ×1.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Sreekumar Pillai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sreekumar Pillai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sreekumar Pillai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sreekumar Pillai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sreekumar Pillai. Sreekumar Pillai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Alexis, Andrew, Jill Waibel, Paul F. Wallace, et al.. (2025). Lebrikizumab Improves Atopic Dermatitis in Adult and Adolescent Patients With Skin of Color: 16-Week Results From the ADmirable Study. SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine. 9(1). s515–s515.

Coates, Laura C., Sreekumar Pillai, Hasan Tahir, et al.. (2021). Withdrawing Ixekizumab in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis Who Achieved Minimal Disease Activity: Results From a Randomized, Double‐Blind Withdrawal Study. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 73(9). 1663–1672. 16 indexed citations

Smolen, Josef S, Philip J. Mease, Hasan Tahir, et al.. (2020). Multicentre, randomised, open-label, parallel-group study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ixekizumab versus adalimumab in patients with psoriatic arthritis naïve to biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug: final results by week 52. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 79(10). 1310–1319. 58 indexed citations

Pillai, Sreekumar, et al.. (2020). Role of Hyperbaric Medicine for Osteoradionecrosis and Post Irradiation Wounds: an Institutional Experience. Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology. 11(3). 469–474. 5 indexed citations

Smolen, Josef S, Peter Nash, Hasan Tahir, et al.. (2019). A Head-to-Head Comparison of Ixekizumab and Adalimumab in Biologic-Naive Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Efficacy and Safety Outcomes from a Randomized, Open-Label, Blinded Assessor Study Through 52 Weeks. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 71. 5266–5267. 1 indexed citations

Cockayne, Debra A., Donavan T. Cheng, Benjamin Waschki, et al.. (2012). Systemic Biomarkers of Neutrophilic Inflammation, Tissue Injury and Repair in COPD Patients with Differing Levels of Disease Severity. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38629–e38629. 75 indexed citations

Carlsen, Karin C. Lødrup, Monica Cheng Munthe‐Kaas, Petter Mowinckel, et al.. (2011). Alpha‐nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and tobacco smoke exposure: Effects on bronchial hyperresponsiveness in children. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 23(1). 40–49. 8 indexed citations

Pillai, Sreekumar, et al.. (2010). Epidemiology of Tikka disease of groundnut.. International Journal of Plant Sciences Muzaffarnagar. 5(2). 436–438.

Pillai, Sreekumar, Xiangyang Kong, Lisa Edwards, et al.. (2010). Loci Identified by Genome-wide Association Studies Influence Different Disease-related Phenotypes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 182(12). 1498–1505. 111 indexed citations

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Kong, Xiangyang, Michael H. Cho, W. J. Anderson, et al.. (2010). Genome-wide Association Study Identifies BICD1 as a Susceptibility Gene for Emphysema. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 183(1). 43–49. 83 indexed citations

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Grydeland, Thomas Blix, Einar Thorsen, Asger Dirksen, et al.. (2010). Quantitative CT measures of emphysema and airway wall thickness are related to DLCO. Respiratory Medicine. 105(3). 343–351. 60 indexed citations

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Bakke, Per, Amund Gulsvik, Sreekumar Pillai, et al.. (2010). α;1-Antitrypsin Protease Inhibitor MZ Heterozygosity Is Associated With Airflow Obstruction in Two Large Cohorts. CHEST Journal. 138(5). 1125–1132. 51 indexed citations

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Grydeland, Thomas Blix, Asger Dirksen, Harvey O. Coxson, et al.. (2009). Quantitative computed tomography: emphysema and airway wall thickness by sex, age and smoking. European Respiratory Journal. 34(4). 858–865. 153 indexed citations

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Grydeland, Thomas Blix, Asger Dirksen, Harvey O. Coxson, et al.. (2009). Quantitative Computed Tomography Measures of Emphysema and Airway Wall Thickness Are Related to Respiratory Symptoms. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 181(4). 353–359. 165 indexed citations

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Pillai, Sreekumar, Dongliang Ge, Guohua Zhu, et al.. (2009). A Genome-Wide Association Study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Identification of Two Major Susceptibility Loci. PLoS Genetics. 5(3). e1000421–e1000421. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

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Camp, Pat G., Harvey O. Coxson, Robert D. Levy, et al.. (2009). Sex Differences in Emphysema and Airway Disease in Smokers. CHEST Journal. 136(6). 1480–1488. 82 indexed citations

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Pillai, Sreekumar, et al.. (2005). Outer membrane protein (OMP) based vaccine for serogroup B. Vaccine. 23(17-18). 2206–2209. 44 indexed citations

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Shimada, Kunio, et al.. (2004). Using polyquaternium-64 to condition damaged hair. 119(11). 59–66.

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Bikle, Daniel D., Sreekumar Pillai, ELAINE GEE, & Mara Hincenbergs. (1989). Regulation of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Production in Human Keratinocytes by Interferon-γ*. Endocrinology. 124(2). 655–660. 62 indexed citations

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Pillai, Sreekumar, Daniel D. Bikle, Mara Hincenbergs, & Peter M. Elias. (1988). Biochemical and morphological characterization of growth and differentiation of normal human neonatal keratinocytes in a serum‐free medium. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 134(2). 229–237. 156 indexed citations

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