Viola Allaj

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 619 citations indexed

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Viola Allaj is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Viola Allaj has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 619 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Oncology, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Viola Allaj's work include Lung Cancer Research Studies (4 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Viola Allaj is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Research Studies (4 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Viola Allaj collaborates with scholars based in United States, Lithuania and Germany. Viola Allaj's co-authors include Charles M. Rudin, John T. Poirier, Daotai Nie, Changxiong Guo, Dana Pe’er, Linas Mažutis, Ignas Masilionis, Natasha Rekhtman, Joan Massagué and Yubin Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Medicine and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Viola Allaj

12 papers receiving 611 citations

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Regenerative lineages and immune-mediated pruning in lung cancer metastasis

2020 251 citations Ashley M. Laughney, Jing Hu et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Viola Allaj United States	6	352	282	163	138	87	12	619
Pranita Atri United States	16	346 1.0×	379 1.3×	142 0.9×	178 1.3×	84 1.0×	33	674
Intissar Akalay France	6	350 1.0×	303 1.1×	208 1.3×	200 1.4×	62 0.7×	6	677
Lorenzo Castagnoli Italy	17	406 1.2×	368 1.3×	127 0.8×	169 1.2×	105 1.2×	31	726
Karine Flem‐Karlsen Norway	11	301 0.9×	205 0.7×	263 1.6×	57 0.4×	67 0.8×	15	552
Chiara Bazzichetto Italy	14	330 0.9×	402 1.4×	149 0.9×	162 1.2×	111 1.3×	23	727
Sofia Genta Canada	12	434 1.2×	289 1.0×	170 1.0×	135 1.0×	139 1.6×	36	742
Frank Tsai United States	14	278 0.8×	185 0.7×	154 0.9×	58 0.4×	97 1.1×	36	483
David Molkentine United States	16	357 1.0×	371 1.3×	84 0.5×	125 0.9×	186 2.1×	30	708
Diana Spiegelberg Sweden	14	279 0.8×	308 1.1×	62 0.4×	93 0.7×	63 0.7×	31	555
Stijn J.H. Waaijer Netherlands	8	307 0.9×	209 0.7×	258 1.6×	108 0.8×	72 0.8×	13	598

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Muñoz-Moreno, Raquel, Viola Allaj, Fernando Dı́az, et al.. (2025). A highly stable lyophilized mRNA vaccine for Herpes Zoster provides potent cellular and humoral responses. npj Vaccines. 10(1). 49–49. 5 indexed citations

Taniguchi, Hirokazu, Rebecca Caeser, Shweta S. Chavan, et al.. (2022). WEE1 inhibition enhances the antitumor immune response to PD-L1 blockade by the concomitant activation of STING and STAT1 pathways in SCLC. Cell Reports. 39(7). 110814–110814. 81 indexed citations

Quintanal-Villalonga, Àlvaro, Joseph M. Chan, Ignas Masilionis, et al.. (2022). Protocol to dissociate, process, and analyze the human lung tissue using single-cell RNA-seq. STAR Protocols. 3(4). 101776–101776. 3 indexed citations

Offin, Michael, Jennifer L. Sauter, Sam E. Tischfield, et al.. (2022). Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of a diffuse pleural mesothelioma patient-derived xenograft library. Genome Medicine. 14(1). 127–127. 3 indexed citations

Nguyen, Evelyn M., Hirokazu Taniguchi, Joseph M. Chan, et al.. (2022). Targeting Lysine-Specific Demethylase 1 Rescues Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Antigen Presentation and Overcomes Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Blockade Resistance in SCLC. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 17(8). 1014–1031. 78 indexed citations

Quintanal-Villalonga, Àlvaro, Maysun Hasan, Shweta S. Chavan, et al.. (2021). 1800O Multi-omic characterization of lung tumors implicates AKT and MYC signaling in adenocarcinoma to squamous cell transdifferentiation. Annals of Oncology. 32. S1226–S1226. 1 indexed citations

Chan, Joseph M., Àlvaro Quintanal-Villalonga, Vianne R. Gao, et al.. (2021). Signatures of plasticity and immunosuppression in a single-cell atlas of human small cell lung cancer.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 39(15_suppl). 8509–8509. 3 indexed citations

Laughney, Ashley M., Jing Hu, Nathaniel R. Campbell, et al.. (2020). Regenerative lineages and immune-mediated pruning in lung cancer metastasis. Nature Medicine. 26(2). 259–269. 251 indexed citations breakdown →

Kumar, Dhiraj, Ala Lisok, Elyes Dahmane, et al.. (2018). Peptide-based PET quantifies target engagement of PD-L1 therapeutics. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(2). 616–630. 103 indexed citations

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Schneeberger, Valentina E., Viola Allaj, Eric E. Gardner, John T. Poirier, & Charles M. Rudin. (2016). Quantitation of Murine Stroma and Selective Purification of the Human Tumor Component of Patient-Derived Xenografts for Genomic Analysis. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0160587–e0160587. 41 indexed citations

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Alfaifi, Mohammed, Debashis Haldar, Yung‐Yi Chen, et al.. (2016). Cd362+ Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Reduce Hepatic Inflammation and Induce M2 Macrophage Polarisation in Murine Models of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Journal of Hepatology. 64(2). S179–S179. 2 indexed citations

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Allaj, Viola, Changxiong Guo, & Daotai Nie. (2013). Non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, prostaglandins, and cancer. Cell & Bioscience. 3(1). 8–8. 48 indexed citations

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