V. Krishnan Ramanujan

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

V. Krishnan Ramanujan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Krishnan Ramanujan has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Biophysics and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in V. Krishnan Ramanujan's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (9 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (5 papers). V. Krishnan Ramanujan is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (9 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (5 papers). V. Krishnan Ramanujan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and India. V. Krishnan Ramanujan's co-authors include Andrea J. Wolf, David M. Underhill, Justin N. Karlin, Laurent Vergnes, Kenichi Shimada, David M. Ojcius, Moshe Arditi, Timothy R. Crother, Norika Chiba and Katherine A. Fitzgerald and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

V. Krishnan Ramanujan

37 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Oxidized Mitochondrial DNA Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome during Apoptosis

2012 1.7k citations Kenichi Shimada, Timothy R. Crother et al. Immunity profile →

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Thekkelnaycke M. Rajendiran United States

Xuebin Qin United States

Lydia Lartigue France

Chuan‐Qi Zhong China

Sylvain Brunet United States

Marko Poglitsch Austria

David Rodríguez Spain

Sergio Catz United States

Giovanni Quarato United States

John R. Klune United States

Thekkelnaycke M. Rajendiran United States

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281 ×0.7

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310 ×1.4

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220 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by V. Krishnan Ramanujan

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Fields of papers citing papers by V. Krishnan Ramanujan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. Krishnan Ramanujan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of V. Krishnan Ramanujan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of V. Krishnan Ramanujan 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 V. Krishnan Ramanujan. V. Krishnan Ramanujan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Chen, Xingyu, Yiling Shen, Hany Abdel-Hafiz, et al.. (2025). Concurrent loss of the Y chromosome in cancer and T cells impacts outcome. Nature. 642(8069). 1041–1050. 5 indexed citations

Puyvelde, Bart Van, Christie L. Hunter, Y. Wang, et al.. (2024). Acoustic ejection mass spectrometry empowers ultra-fast protein biomarker quantification. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5114–5114. 15 indexed citations

Ramanujan, V. Krishnan, et al.. (2023). Hexokinase dissociation from mitochondria promotes oligomerization of VDAC that facilitates NLRP3 inflammasome assembly and activation. Science Immunology. 8(84). eade7652–eade7652. 95 indexed citations

Kanzaki, Hirotaka, Xinfeng Zhang, Stacey Chung, et al.. (2021). Disabling the Nuclear Translocalization of RelA/NF-κB by a Small Molecule Inhibits Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Growth. Breast Cancer Targets and Therapy. Volume 13. 419–430. 4 indexed citations

Garcia, Gustavo, Sayan Paul, V. Krishnan Ramanujan, et al.. (2020). Hippo Signaling Pathway Has a Critical Role in Zika Virus Replication and in the Pathogenesis of Neuroinflammation. American Journal Of Pathology. 190(4). 844–861. 32 indexed citations

Ramanujan, V. Krishnan, et al.. (2020). Measurement of viscoelastic properties of the cellular cytoplasm using optically trapped Brownian probes. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 32(23). 235101–235101. 20 indexed citations

Edderkaoui, Mouad, Robert W. Hu, V. Krishnan Ramanujan, et al.. (2018). An Inhibitor of GSK3B and HDACs Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells and Slows Pancreatic Tumor Growth and Metastasis in Mice. Gastroenterology. 155(6). 1985–1998.e5. 72 indexed citations

Xu, Qijin, et al.. (2016). Direct measurement of catalase activity in living cells and tissue biopsies. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 470(1). 192–196. 13 indexed citations

Ramanujan, V. Krishnan. (2015). Metabolic Plasticity in Cancer Cells: Reconnecting Mitochondrial Function to Cancer Control. PubMed. 6(3). 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Qijin, et al.. (2015). Targeting metabolic plasticity in breast cancer cells via mitochondrial complex I modulation. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 150(1). 43–56. 17 indexed citations

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Ramanujan, V. Krishnan. (2013). Metabolic imaging in multiple time scales. Methods. 66(2). 222–229. 8 indexed citations

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Tseng, Ching Wen, Pierre Kyme, Andrea Arruda, et al.. (2012). Innate Immune Dysfunctions in Aged Mice Facilitate the Systemic Dissemination of Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e41454–e41454. 86 indexed citations

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Shimada, Kenichi, Timothy R. Crother, Justin N. Karlin, et al.. (2012). Oxidized Mitochondrial DNA Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome during Apoptosis. Immunity. 36(3). 401–414. 1748 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ramanujan, V. Krishnan, et al.. (2011). Thyroid hormone differentially modulates Warburg phenotype in breast cancer cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 414(1). 73–78. 33 indexed citations

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Shimada, Kenichi, Timothy R. Crother, Justin N. Karlin, et al.. (2011). Caspase-1 Dependent IL-1β Secretion Is Critical for Host Defense in a Mouse Model of Chlamydia pneumoniae Lung Infection. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e21477–e21477. 101 indexed citations

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Hwang, Jae Youn, Sebastian Wachsmann‐Hogiu, V. Krishnan Ramanujan, et al.. (2011). A Multimode Optical Imaging System for Preclinical Applications In Vivo: Technology Development, Multiscale Imaging, and Chemotherapy Assessment. Molecular Imaging and Biology. 14(4). 431–442. 24 indexed citations

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Berel, Dror, et al.. (2011). Biomarker signatures of mitochondrial NDUFS3 in invasive breast carcinoma. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 412(4). 590–595. 31 indexed citations

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Ramanujan, V. Krishnan, et al.. (2006). Spectral kinetics ratiometry: A simple approach for real‐time monitoring of fluorophore distributions in living cells. Cytometry Part A. 69A(8). 912–919. 5 indexed citations

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Ramanujan, V. Krishnan, et al.. (2005). Multiphoton fluorescence lifetime contrast in deep tissue imaging: prospects in redox imaging and disease diagnosis. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 10(5). 51407–51407. 41 indexed citations

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Charlier, Madia, V. Krishnan Ramanujan, Nathalie Daniel, et al.. (2005). Quantitative FRET imaging of leptin receptor oligomerization kinetics in single cells. Biology of the Cell. 97(12). 905–919. 40 indexed citations

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