Vijaykumar S. Meli

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Vijaykumar S. Meli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vijaykumar S. Meli has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Vijaykumar S. Meli's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (4 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (4 papers). Vijaykumar S. Meli is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (4 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (4 papers). Vijaykumar S. Meli collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Vijaykumar S. Meli's co-authors include Wendy F. Liu, Praveen Krishna Veerasubramanian, Hamza Atcha, Jessica Hsieh, Raji R. Nagalla, Asis Datta, Subhra Chakraborty, Sumit Ghosh, Niranjan Chakraborty and Tim Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Vijaykumar S. Meli

25 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1 modulates macrophage polarization and stiffness sensing

2021 367 citations Hamza Atcha, Amit Jairaman et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vijaykumar S. Meli United States	16	545	322	288	273	243	25	1.5k
Madalena Costa Portugal	18	482 0.9×	241 0.7×	76 0.3×	113 0.4×	120 0.5×	36	1.1k
Praveen Krishna Veerasubramanian United States	9	274 0.5×	248 0.8×	219 0.8×	200 0.7×	33 0.1×	13	893
Giacomo Donati Italy	20	1.1k 2.0×	739 2.3×	83 0.3×	176 0.6×	221 0.9×	36	2.1k
Claudia Fuoco Italy	22	1.4k 2.6×	388 1.2×	330 1.1×	126 0.5×	59 0.2×	56	2.8k
Nicole Gerwin Germany	20	1.1k 2.0×	386 1.2×	127 0.4×	436 1.6×	81 0.3×	30	2.6k
S.J. Millward‐Sadler United Kingdom	26	613 1.1×	274 0.9×	101 0.4×	79 0.3×	189 0.8×	33	2.0k
Alessandra Marconi Italy	31	843 1.5×	469 1.5×	127 0.4×	536 2.0×	39 0.2×	79	2.7k
Brigitte Hantusch Austria	15	759 1.4×	143 0.4×	169 0.6×	277 1.0×	30 0.1×	22	1.8k
Dean J. Burkin United States	27	2.0k 3.7×	443 1.4×	327 1.1×	171 0.6×	90 0.4×	78	2.6k
Atsushi Utani Japan	27	1.0k 1.8×	672 2.1×	115 0.4×	152 0.6×	41 0.2×	82	2.4k

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Atcha, Hamza, Vijaykumar S. Meli, Praveen Krishna Veerasubramanian, et al.. (2024). Piezo1-mediated mechanotransduction enhances macrophage oxidized low-density lipoprotein uptake and atherogenesis. PNAS Nexus. 3(11). pgae436–pgae436. 4 indexed citations

Meli, Vijaykumar S., et al.. (2024). Modulation of Stiffness-Dependent Macrophage Inflammatory Responses by Collagen Deposition. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 10(4). 2212–2223. 2 indexed citations

Meli, Vijaykumar S., Praveen Krishna Veerasubramanian, Timothy L. Downing, Wenqi Wang, & Wendy F. Liu. (2023). Mechanosensation to inflammation: Roles for YAP/TAZ in innate immune cells. Science Signaling. 16(783). eadc9656–eadc9656. 27 indexed citations

Tucker, Jo A., et al.. (2022). Nanoparticle vaccines can be designed to induce pDC support of mDCs for increased antigen display. Biomaterials Science. 11(2). 596–610. 8 indexed citations

Link, Jarrett M., et al.. (2022). Stiffness- and Bioactive Factor-Mediated Protection of Self-Assembled Cartilage against Macrophage Challenge in a Novel Co-Culture System. Cartilage. 13(1). 3506195834–3506195834. 7 indexed citations

Kumar, Sanjay, et al.. (2022). CONTROLLED RELEASE OF CD200 INHIBITS INFLAMMATORY MACROPHAGES AND CHONDROCYTE CATABOLISM. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 30. S69–S70. 1 indexed citations

Tucker, Jo A., et al.. (2022). Macromolecular assembly of bioluminescent protein nanoparticles for enhanced imaging. Materials Today Bio. 17. 100455–100455. 5 indexed citations

Atcha, Hamza, Amit Jairaman, Jesse R. Holt, et al.. (2021). Mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1 modulates macrophage polarization and stiffness sensing. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3256–3256. 367 indexed citations breakdown →

Veerasubramanian, Praveen Krishna, Hanjuan Shao, Vijaykumar S. Meli, et al.. (2021). A Src-H3 acetylation signaling axis integrates macrophage mechanosensation with inflammatory response. Biomaterials. 279. 121236–121236. 18 indexed citations

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Atcha, Hamza, et al.. (2021). Crosstalk Between CD11b and Piezo1 Mediates Macrophage Responses to Mechanical Cues. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 689397–689397. 62 indexed citations

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Meli, Vijaykumar S., Hamza Atcha, Praveen Krishna Veerasubramanian, et al.. (2020). YAP-mediated mechanotransduction tunes the macrophage inflammatory response. Science Advances. 6(49). 209 indexed citations

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Rowley, Andrew T., et al.. (2020). Effects of Surface-Bound Collagen-Mimetic Peptides on Macrophage Uptake and Immunomodulation. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8. 747–747. 17 indexed citations

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Meli, Vijaykumar S., Praveen Krishna Veerasubramanian, Hamza Atcha, et al.. (2019). Biophysical regulation of macrophages in health and disease. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 106(2). 283–299. 96 indexed citations

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Hsieh, Jessica, Mark T. Keating, Tim Smith, et al.. (2019). Matrix crosslinking enhances macrophage adhesion, migration, and inflammatory activation. APL Bioengineering. 3(1). 16103–16103. 69 indexed citations

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Miceli, Vitale, Vijaykumar S. Meli, Mireille Blanchard‐Desce, et al.. (2016). In vitro imaging of β-cells using fluorescent cubic bicontinuous liquid crystalline nanoparticles. RSC Advances. 6(67). 62119–62127. 12 indexed citations

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Irfan, Mohammad, Sumit Ghosh, Vijaykumar S. Meli, et al.. (2016). Fruit Ripening Regulation of α-Mannosidase Expression by the MADS Box Transcription Factor RIPENING INHIBITOR and Ethylene. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7. 10–10. 53 indexed citations

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Hsieh, Jessica, et al.. (2016). Differential regulation of macrophage inflammatory activation by fibrin and fibrinogen. Acta Biomaterialia. 47. 14–24. 172 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Sumit, Vijaykumar S. Meli, Vinay Kumar, et al.. (2013). Induction of Senescence and Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Tomato in Response to Monoterpene. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e76029–e76029. 27 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Sumit, Vijaykumar S. Meli, Anil Kumar, et al.. (2010). The N-glycan processing enzymes α-mannosidase and β-D-N-acetylhexosaminidase are involved in ripening-associated softening in the non-climacteric fruits of capsicum. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(2). 571–582. 57 indexed citations

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Meli, Vijaykumar S., Beatriz A. Osuna, Gary Ruvkun, & Alison R. Frand. (2010). MLT-10 Defines a Family of DUF644 and Proline-rich Repeat Proteins Involved in the Molting Cycle ofCaenorhabditis elegans. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(10). 1648–1661. 32 indexed citations

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