Subash Babu

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
247 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Subash Babu is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Subash Babu has authored 247 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Infectious Diseases, 96 papers in Epidemiology and 70 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Subash Babu's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (105 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (61 papers) and Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (51 papers). Subash Babu is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (105 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (61 papers) and Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (51 papers). Subash Babu collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Brazil. Subash Babu's co-authors include Thomas B. Nutman, Nathella Pavan Kumar, V. Kumaraswami, Anuradha Rajamanickam, Vaithilingam V. Banurekha, Kadar Moideen, Rathinam Sridhar, Paul Kumaran, Dina Nair and Saravanan Munisankar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Subash Babu

238 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Host-directed therapy of tuberculosis based on interleukin-1 and type I interferon crosstalk

2014 567 citations Bruno B. Andrade, Nathella Pavan Kumar et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Subash Babu India	41	3.5k	2.0k	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	247	5.8k
Padmini Salgame United States	47	2.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	3.1k 1.8×	475 0.3×	882 0.8×	142	6.9k
Sven Britton Sweden	43	2.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	967 0.7×	556 0.5×	152	5.7k
Hazel M. Dockrell United Kingdom	52	5.0k 1.4×	3.6k 1.9×	3.4k 2.0×	307 0.2×	1.5k 1.3×	229	8.1k
Reinhard Würzner Austria	50	2.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	3.6k 2.1×	416 0.3×	232 0.2×	255	7.4k
Joseph D. Schwartzman United States	41	1.1k 0.3×	2.3k 1.2×	919 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	327 0.3×	95	5.4k
Geoffrey Pasvol United Kingdom	48	3.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.1×	751 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	140	9.1k
Hermelijn H. Smits Netherlands	47	809 0.2×	722 0.4×	2.7k 1.6×	1.8k 1.3×	495 0.4×	110	6.8k
Blanca I. Restrepo United States	35	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	433 0.2×	963 0.7×	873 0.8×	96	3.5k
Catherine Werts France	33	944 0.3×	550 0.3×	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	442 0.4×	70	4.8k
Thomas R. Hawn United States	47	3.0k 0.9×	3.5k 1.8×	5.3k 3.1×	210 0.2×	1.1k 1.0×	131	9.9k

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Kumar, Nathella Pavan, Arul Nancy, Murali Janakiram, et al.. (2025). Acute-phase proteins as biomarkers of inflammation in HIV patients with latent tuberculosis: a prospective study. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1551775–1551775.

Kumar, Nathella Pavan, Chandrasekaran Padmapriyadarsini, Arul Nancy, et al.. (2024). Effect of Metformin on systemic chemokine responses during anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. Tuberculosis. 148. 102523–102523. 5 indexed citations

Rajamanickam, Anuradha, Nathella Pavan Kumar, Vijay Viswanathan, et al.. (2024). Cytokine and chemokine profiles in pulmonary tuberculosis with pre-diabetes. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1447161–1447161. 3 indexed citations

Rajamanickam, Anuradha, et al.. (2024). Elucidating systemic immune responses to acute and convalescent SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in children and elderly individuals. Immunity Inflammation and Disease. 12(2). e1167–e1167. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Nathella Pavan, Vijay Viswanathan, Kannan Thiruvengadam, et al.. (2024). Distinct TB-antigen stimulated cytokine profiles as predictive biomarkers for unfavorable treatment outcomes in pulmonary tuberculosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1392256–1392256. 1 indexed citations

Rajamanickam, Anuradha, Aishwarya Venkataraman, Nathella Pavan Kumar, et al.. (2023). Alterations of adipokines, pancreatic hormones and incretins in acute and convalescent COVID-19 children. BMC Pediatrics. 23(1). 156–156. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, Nathella Pavan, Aishwarya Venkataraman, Arul Nancy, et al.. (2023). Immune Profiles in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children with Cardiovascular Abnormalities. Viruses. 15(11). 2162–2162. 1 indexed citations

Moideen, Kadar, et al.. (2023). Systemic Levels of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Post-Treatment Modulation in Tuberculous Lymphadenitis. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 8(3). 150–150. 1 indexed citations

Rajamanickam, Anuradha, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, C. P. Girish Kumar, et al.. (2023). Characterization of IL-10 Family of Cytokines in Acute and Convalescent COVID-19 Individuals. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 43(10). 469–477. 4 indexed citations

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Thiruvengadam, Kannan, Anuradha Rajamanickam, Chandrasekaran Padmapriyadarsini, et al.. (2022). QuantiFERON Supernatant-Based Host Biomarkers Predicting Progression to Active Tuberculosis Disease Among Household Contacts of Tuberculosis Patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76(10). 1802–1813. 6 indexed citations

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Moideen, Kadar, et al.. (2021). Plasma adipocytokines distinguish tuberculous lymphadenitis from pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. 132. 102161–102161. 1 indexed citations

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Talegawkar, Sameera A., Jyoti S. Mathad, Mallika Alexander, et al.. (2020). Association of Vegetable and Animal Flesh Intake with Inflammation in Pregnant Women from India. Nutrients. 12(12). 3767–3767. 1 indexed citations

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Rajamanickam, Anuradha, et al.. (2019). Coexistent Helminth Infection–Mediated Modulation of Chemokine Responses in Latent Tuberculosis. The Journal of Immunology. 202(5). 1494–1500. 12 indexed citations

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Kumar, Nathella Pavan, Kiyoshi F. Fukutani, Beatriz Helena Baldez Vasconcelos, et al.. (2019). Plasma levels of C-reactive protein, matrix metalloproteinase-7 and lipopolysaccharide-binding protein distinguish active pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis from uninfected controls in children. Cytokine. 123. 154773–154773. 17 indexed citations

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Babu, Senbagavalli Prakash, Prakash Babu Narasimhan, & Subash Babu. (2019). Eosinophil Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes in TB: What We Know so Far. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2639–2639. 9 indexed citations

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Monin, Leticia, Kristin Griffiths, Wing Y. Lam, et al.. (2015). Helminth-induced arginase-1 exacerbates lung inflammation and disease severity in tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 125(12). 4699–4713. 80 indexed citations

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Babu, Subash, et al.. (2007). Filarial Parasites Induce NK Cell Activation, Type 1 and Type 2 Cytokine Secretion, and Subsequent Apoptotic Cell Death. The Journal of Immunology. 179(4). 2445–2456. 43 indexed citations

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Babu, Subash, et al.. (2006). Regulatory Networks Induced by Live Parasites Impair Both Th1 and Th2 Pathways in Patent Lymphatic Filariasis: Implications for Parasite Persistence. The Journal of Immunology. 176(5). 3248–3256. 187 indexed citations

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Babu, Subash, et al.. (2006). Cutting Edge: Diminished T Cell TLR Expression and Function Modulates the Immune Response in Human Filarial Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 176(7). 3885–3889. 106 indexed citations

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Babu, Subash, et al.. (2005). Diminished Expression and Function of TLR in Lymphatic Filariasis: A Novel Mechanism of Immune Dysregulation. The Journal of Immunology. 175(2). 1170–1176. 96 indexed citations

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