Vinit Kumar

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Vinit Kumar is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vinit Kumar has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Vinit Kumar's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers), Immune cells in cancer (10 papers) and Bone and Dental Protein Studies (4 papers). Vinit Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers), Immune cells in cancer (10 papers) and Bone and Dental Protein Studies (4 papers). Vinit Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Japan. Vinit Kumar's co-authors include Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, Evgenii N. Tcyganov, Sima Patel, Michael Bennett, John Hackett, M M Tutt, Thomas Condamine, Reeti Behera, Gopal C. Kundu and Judith C. McCaffrey and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Vinit Kumar

24 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

The Nature of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment

2016 1.5k citations Vinit Kumar, Sima Patel et al. Trends in Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vinit Kumar United States	21	2.9k	1.6k	1.1k	489	240	26	4.1k
Leona Ling United States	28	2.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	2.2k 2.0×	497 1.0×	360 1.5×	49	5.2k
Claudia Chiodoni Italy	35	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	526 1.1×	429 1.8×	83	4.6k
Sabina Sangaletti Italy	33	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	531 1.1×	473 2.0×	81	4.4k
Richard V. Parry United Kingdom	23	3.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	440 0.9×	250 1.0×	32	4.6k
Jeong Kim United States	13	3.9k 1.3×	2.2k 1.4×	1.0k 0.9×	265 0.5×	272 1.1×	18	5.2k
Wojciech Szeliga United States	19	4.0k 1.3×	3.0k 1.9×	1.5k 1.4×	564 1.2×	367 1.5×	26	5.7k
Nicole E. Scharping United States	18	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	754 1.5×	212 0.9×	26	3.4k
Viktor Umansky Germany	42	3.6k 1.2×	2.8k 1.8×	1.7k 1.6×	625 1.3×	460 1.9×	94	5.6k
Ann Ager United Kingdom	38	2.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	410 0.8×	196 0.8×	89	4.3k
John M. Herndon United States	26	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	353 0.7×	216 0.9×	44	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Vinit Kumar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vinit Kumar

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

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Contrepois, Kévin, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Kazuishi Kubota, et al.. (2025). Abstract 6364: Serum proteomics analysis: Potential biomarkers and mechanisms of trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd)-related interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis (ILD). Cancer Research. 85(8_Supplement_1). 6364–6364.

Tsuchihashi, Zenta, Kévin Contrepois, Kazuishi Kubota, et al.. (2025). Abstract 5928: Baseline serum protein analysis of patients with interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis (ILD) in 3 trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) trials: DESTINY-Breast01, DESTINY-Breast04, and DESTINY-Lung01. Cancer Research. 85(8_Supplement_1). 5928–5928. 1 indexed citations

Douglass, Stephen M., Mitchell E. Fane, Emilio Sanseviero, et al.. (2020). Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Are a Major Source of Wnt5A in the Melanoma Microenvironment and Depend on Wnt5A for Full Suppressive Activity. Cancer Research. 81(3). 658–670. 24 indexed citations

Davar, Diwakar, Matteo Simonelli, Martin Gutierrez, et al.. (2020). 394 Interleukin-8–neutralizing monoclonal antibody BMS-986253 plus nivolumab (NIVO) in biomarker-enriched, primarily anti–PD-(L)1–experienced patients with advanced cancer: initial phase 1 results. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A239.2–A240. 13 indexed citations

Kumar, Vinit, Pingyan Cheng, Thomas Condamine, et al.. (2016). CD45 Phosphatase Inhibits STAT3 Transcription Factor Activity in Myeloid Cells and Promotes Tumor-Associated Macrophage Differentiation. Immunity. 44(2). 303–315. 313 indexed citations

Kumar, Vinit, Sima Patel, Evgenii N. Tcyganov, & Dmitry I. Gabrilovich. (2016). The Nature of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment. Trends in Immunology. 37(3). 208–220. 1536 indexed citations breakdown →

Kumar, Vinit, Pingyan Cheng, Thomas Condamine, et al.. (2016). CD45 phosphatase regulates the fate of myeloid cells in tumor microenvironment by inhibiting STAT3 activity. The Journal of Immunology. 196(1_Supplement). 211.4–211.4. 4 indexed citations

Ravindranath, L. K., et al.. (2016). Synthesis and biological evaluation of benzoxazole fused combretastatin derivatives as anticancer agents. Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly. 147(3). 593–598. 41 indexed citations

Kumar, Vinit & Dmitry I. Gabrilovich. (2014). Hypoxia‐inducible factors in regulation of immune responses in tumour microenvironment. Immunology. 143(4). 512–519. 275 indexed citations

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Cheng, Pingyan, Vinit Kumar, Hao Liu, et al.. (2013). Effects of Notch Signaling on Regulation of Myeloid Cell Differentiation in Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(1). 141–152. 79 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vinit, Michelle Collazo, Yulia Nefedova, et al.. (2013). Epigenetic silencing of retinoblastoma gene regulates pathologic differentiation of myeloid cells in cancer. Nature Immunology. 14(3). 211–220. 288 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Mansoor, Reeti Behera, Goutam Chakraborty, et al.. (2011). Osteopontin: a potentially important therapeutic target in cancer. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. 15(9). 1113–1126. 68 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vinit, Reeti Behera, Kirti Lohite, Swapnil Karnik, & Gopal C. Kundu. (2010). p38 Kinase Is Crucial for Osteopontin-Induced Furin Expression That Supports Cervical Cancer Progression. Cancer Research. 70(24). 10381–10391. 71 indexed citations

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Behera, Reeti, Vinit Kumar, Kirti Lohite, Sadashiva S. Karnik, & Gopal C. Kundu. (2009). Activation of JAK2/STAT3 signaling by osteopontin promotes tumor growth in human breast cancer cells. Carcinogenesis. 31(2). 192–200. 113 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, Goutam, Shalini Jain, Reeti Behera, et al.. (2006). The Multifaceted Roles of Osteopontin in Cell Signaling, Tumor Progression and Angiogenesis. Current Molecular Medicine. 6(8). 819–830. 112 indexed citations

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Moore, Thomas A., Michael Bennett, & Vinit Kumar. (1995). Transplantable NK cell progenitors in murine bone marrow.. The Journal of Immunology. 154(4). 1653–1663. 27 indexed citations

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Simon, P L, Vinit Kumar, Jay S. Lillquist, et al.. (1993). Mapping of neutralizing epitopes and the receptor binding site of human interleukin 1 beta. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(13). 9771–9779. 23 indexed citations

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Perussia, B, M M Tutt, Wei Qiao Qiu, et al.. (1989). Murine natural killer cells express functional Fc gamma receptor II encoded by the Fc gamma R alpha gene.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 170(1). 73–86. 59 indexed citations

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Bennett, M, et al.. (1989). Regulation of B lymphocytes by natural killer cells. Role of IFN-gamma.. The Journal of Immunology. 142(4). 1095–1101. 61 indexed citations

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Bennett, Michael, et al.. (1987). Expression of hemopoietic histocompatibility antigens on H-2-loss variants of F1 hybrid lymphoma cells: evidence consistent with trans gene regulation.. The Journal of Immunology. 138(8). 2734–2738. 27 indexed citations

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