Vishwaraj Sontake

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 682 citations indexed

About

Vishwaraj Sontake is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Vishwaraj Sontake has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 682 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Vishwaraj Sontake's work include Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (7 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (4 papers) and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies (3 papers). Vishwaraj Sontake is often cited by papers focused on Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (7 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (4 papers) and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies (3 papers). Vishwaraj Sontake collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Vishwaraj Sontake's co-authors include Satish K. Madala, Scott H. Randell, Aleksandra Tata, Rajesh K. Kasam, Richard C. Boucher, Yoshihiko Kobayashi, Purushothama Rao Tata, Anil G. Jegga, G. Bhanuprakash Reddy and Eric S. White and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Vishwaraj Sontake

10 papers receiving 678 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.

Human Lung Stem Cell-Based Alveolospheres Provide Insights into SARS-CoV-2-Mediated Interferon Responses and Pneumocyte Dysfunction

2020 248 citations Hiroaki Katsura, Vishwaraj Sontake et al. Cell stem cell profile →
Human distal lung maps and lineage hierarchies reveal a bipotent progenitor

2022 165 citations Preetish Kadur Lakshminarasimha Murthy, Vishwaraj Sontake et al. Nature profile →

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Julia Jackson United States

Ana Ivonne Vazquez‐Armendariz Germany

Hiroto Matsuoka Japan

Nicole Izykowski Germany

Roger Llatjós Spain

Yina Du United States

Victor M. Tan United States

Maria Provvidenza Pistorio Italy

Eunice C. Chan United States

Kenichi Okumura Japan

Julia Jackson United States

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52 ×0.7

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vishwaraj Sontake

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Sontake, Vishwaraj, Martin Borch Jensen, Anil G. Jegga, et al.. (2025). Wilms tumor 1 impairs apoptotic clearance of fibroblasts in distal fibrotic lung lesions. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(15).

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Driver, Ian D., Meihui Luo, Liyuan Yang, et al.. (2025). Ferret model of bleomycin-induced lung injury shares features of human idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. npj Regenerative Medicine. 10(1). 53–53.

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Murthy, Preetish Kadur Lakshminarasimha, Vishwaraj Sontake, Aleksandra Tata, et al.. (2022). Human distal lung maps and lineage hierarchies reveal a bipotent progenitor. Nature. 604(7904). 111–119. 165 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sontake, Vishwaraj, et al.. (2022). Effect of Sorbitol on Alpha-Crystallin Structure and Function. Biochemistry (Moscow). 87(2). 131–140. 8 indexed citations

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Katsura, Hiroaki, Vishwaraj Sontake, Aleksandra Tata, et al.. (2020). Human Lung Stem Cell-Based Alveolospheres Provide Insights into SARS-CoV-2-Mediated Interferon Responses and Pneumocyte Dysfunction. Cell stem cell. 27(6). 890–904.e8. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sontake, Vishwaraj, Rajesh K. Kasam, Débora Sinner, et al.. (2018). Wilms’ tumor 1 drives fibroproliferation and myofibroblast transformation in severe fibrotic lung disease. JCI Insight. 3(16). 37 indexed citations

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Sontake, Vishwaraj, Prathibha R. Gajjala, Rajesh K. Kasam, & Satish K. Madala. (2018). New therapeutics based on emerging concepts in pulmonary fibrosis. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. 23(1). 69–81. 24 indexed citations

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Sontake, Vishwaraj, Yunguan Wang, Rajesh K. Kasam, et al.. (2017). Hsp90 regulation of fibroblast activation in pulmonary fibrosis. JCI Insight. 2(4). e91454–e91454. 83 indexed citations

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Singh, Brijendra, Rajesh K. Kasam, Vishwaraj Sontake, Thomas A. Wynn, & Satish K. Madala. (2017). Repetitive intradermal bleomycin injections evoke T-helper cell 2 cytokine-driven pulmonary fibrosis. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 313(5). L796–L806. 35 indexed citations

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Madala, Satish K., Vishwaraj Sontake, Ramakrishna Edukulla, et al.. (2016). Unique and Redundant Functions of p70 Ribosomal S6 Kinase Isoforms Regulate Mesenchymal Cell Proliferation and Migration in Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 55(6). 792–803. 12 indexed citations

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Edukulla, Ramakrishna, Brijendra Singh, Anil G. Jegga, et al.. (2015). Th2 Cytokines Augment IL-31/IL-31RA Interactions via STAT6-dependent IL-31RA Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(21). 13510–13520. 37 indexed citations

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Sontake, Vishwaraj, Shiva Kumar Shanmukhappa, G. Bhanuprakash Reddy, et al.. (2015). Fibrocytes Regulate Wilms Tumor 1–Positive Cell Accumulation in Severe Fibrotic Lung Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 195(8). 3978–3991. 33 indexed citations

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