Vandana Kalia

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Vandana Kalia is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vandana Kalia has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Immunology, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Vandana Kalia's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (31 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (22 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (18 papers). Vandana Kalia is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (31 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (22 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (18 papers). Vandana Kalia collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Vandana Kalia's co-authors include Surojit Sarkar, Rafi Ahmed, W. Nicholas Haining, Shruti Subramaniam, E. John Wherry, Sang‐Jun Ha, Joseph N. Blattman, Susan M. Kaech, Daniel L. Barber and Bogumila T. Konieczny and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Vandana Kalia

54 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

Molecular Signature of CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion during Chronic Viral Infection

2007 1.2k citations E. John Wherry, W. Nicholas Haining et al. Immunity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vandana Kalia United States	23	2.6k	943	582	482	309	57	3.5k
Christine Bourgeois France	28	2.0k 0.8×	494 0.5×	346 0.6×	358 0.7×	429 1.4×	59	2.9k
Martha A. Alexander‐Miller United States	28	2.3k 0.9×	634 0.7×	893 1.5×	843 1.7×	313 1.0×	94	3.5k
David M. Frucht United States	26	2.4k 0.9×	722 0.8×	1.2k 2.0×	553 1.1×	167 0.5×	47	3.7k
Bernard Maillère France	34	1.8k 0.7×	601 0.6×	1.2k 2.0×	437 0.9×	207 0.7×	141	3.7k
Andrew Godkin United Kingdom	42	3.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	986 1.7×	990 2.1×	139 0.4×	95	5.2k
Scott A. Brown United States	23	2.0k 0.8×	424 0.4×	1.1k 1.9×	809 1.7×	219 0.7×	45	3.2k
Timo Sareneva Finland	30	2.6k 1.0×	692 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	901 1.9×	124 0.4×	36	3.8k
Fabrizio Poccia Italy	37	3.1k 1.2×	677 0.7×	532 0.9×	830 1.7×	623 2.0×	92	4.3k
Laura C. Bonifaz Mexico	22	3.7k 1.4×	806 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	356 0.7×	107 0.3×	67	4.5k
Marie‐Alix Peyrat France	34	2.8k 1.1×	844 0.9×	428 0.7×	532 1.1×	135 0.4×	68	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vandana Kalia

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Li, Lucy Z., Matthew D. Dun, Jessica Foster, et al.. (2025). Engineered CXCR3-A expression enhances B7-H3-targeting CAR T cell migration and efficacy against diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9914–9914.

Reed, Jim, Barry A. Badeau, Jared A. Shadish, et al.. (2024). Versatile tissue‐injectable hydrogels capable of the extended hydrolytic release of bioactive protein therapeutics. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 9(5). e10668–e10668. 2 indexed citations

Hanaford, Allison R., Yihan Chen, Michael Mulholland, et al.. (2024). Interferon‐gamma contributes to disease progression in the Ndufs4 (−/−) model of Leigh syndrome. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 50(3). e12977–e12977. 4 indexed citations

Hanaford, Allison R., Michael Mulholland, Margaret M. Sedensky, et al.. (2023). Peripheral macrophages drive CNS disease in the Ndufs4(−/−) model of Leigh syndrome. Brain Pathology. 33(6). e13192–e13192. 8 indexed citations

Kalia, Vandana, Yevgeniy Yuzefpolskiy, Hanxi Xiao, et al.. (2021). Metabolic regulation by PD-1 signaling promotes long-lived quiescent CD8 T cell memory in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 13(615). 68–89. 45 indexed citations

Sullivan, Peter M., Adam Johnson, Jason K. Yokoyama, et al.. (2019). A novel preclinical immunocompetent CAR T cell mouse model for solid tumors. The Journal of Immunology. 202(1_Supplement). 71.16–71.16.

Kalia, Vandana & Surojit Sarkar. (2018). Regulation of Effector and Memory CD8 T Cell Differentiation by IL-2—A Balancing Act. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 2987–2987. 141 indexed citations

Yuzefpolskiy, Yevgeniy, et al.. (2016). Dicer Regulates the Balance of Short-Lived Effector and Long-Lived Memory CD8 T Cell Lineages. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162674–e0162674. 4 indexed citations

Kalia, Vandana, et al.. (2015). Quiescence of Memory CD8+ T Cells Is Mediated by Regulatory T Cells through Inhibitory Receptor CTLA-4. Immunity. 42(6). 1116–1129. 80 indexed citations

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Mathur, Tarun, Vandana Kalia, Tarani Kanta Barman, et al.. (2012). Anti-anaerobic potential of ranbezolid: insight into its mechanism of action against Bacteroides fragilis. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 41(1). 36–40. 8 indexed citations

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Kalia, Vandana, Surojit Sarkar, Shruti Subramaniam, et al.. (2010). Prolonged Interleukin-2Rα Expression on Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells Favors Terminal-Effector Differentiation In Vivo. Immunity. 32(1). 91–103. 450 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Surojit, Vandana Kalia, W. Nicholas Haining, et al.. (2008). Functional and genomic profiling of effector CD8 T cell subsets with distinct memory fates. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(3). 625–640. 491 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Surojit, Volker Teichgräber, Vandana Kalia, et al.. (2007). Strength of Stimulus and Clonal Competition Impact the Rate of Memory CD8 T Cell Differentiation. The Journal of Immunology. 179(10). 6704–6714. 104 indexed citations

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Kalia, Vandana, Surojit Sarkar, & Rafi Ahmed. (2007). Fine‐tuning CD4⁺ central memory T cell heterogeneity by strength of stimulation. European Journal of Immunology. 38(1). 15–19. 11 indexed citations

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Aneja, Ritu, Vandana Kalia, Rafi Ahmed, & Harish Chandra Joshi. (2007). Nonimmunosuppressive chemotherapy: EM011-treated mice mount normal T-cell responses to an acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 6(11). 2891–2899. 12 indexed citations

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Kalia, Vandana, Surojit Sarkar, Tania Gourley, Barry T. Rouse, & Rafi Ahmed. (2006). Differentiation of memory B and T cells. Current Opinion in Immunology. 18(3). 255–264. 119 indexed citations

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Bhutani, Kamlesh K., Atul N. Jadhav, & Vandana Kalia. (2004). Effect of Symplocos racemosa Roxb. on gonadotropin release in immature female rats and ovarian histology. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 94(1). 197–200. 30 indexed citations

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Kalia, Vandana, Atul N. Jadhav, & Kamlesh K. Bhutani. (2004). Luteinizing Hormone Estimation. Endocrine Research. 30(1). 1–17. 14 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Surojit, Vandana Kalia, Michael Murphey‐Corb, & Ronald C. Montelaro. (2002). Detailed Analysis of CD4+ Th Responses to Envelope and Gag Proteins of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Reveals an Exclusion of Broadly Reactive Th Epitopes from the Glycosylated Regions of Envelope. The Journal of Immunology. 168(8). 4001–4011. 24 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Surojit, Vandana Kalia, Michael Murphey‐Corb, & Ronald C. Montelaro. (2002). Characterization of CD4+ T helper cell fine specificity to the envelope glycoproteins of simian immunodeficiency virus. Journal of Medical Primatology. 31(4-5). 194–204. 9 indexed citations

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