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Kodi S. Ravichandran

Kodi S. Ravichandran

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
34385
World Ranking
2302
National Ranking
1230

Overview

Kodi S. Ravichandran is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research predominantly centers on medicine, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. The scientist's work spans several subfields including immunology, molecular biology, physiology, surgery, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their recent scholarly output includes several papers published in high-impact journals. Notable publications are:

  • "Metabolites released from apoptotic cells act as tissue messengers," 2020, Nature
  • "Drugging the efferocytosis process: concepts and opportunities," 2022, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • "Cancer cells dying from ferroptosis impede dendritic cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Targeting SLC7A11 improves efferocytosis by dendritic cells and wound healing in diabetes," 2022, Nature
  • "Astrocytic trans-Differentiation Completes a Multicellular Paracrine Feedback Loop Required for Medulloblastoma Tumor Growth," 2020, Cell

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers in the field. Among the most frequent co-authors are Christopher B. Medina, Parul Mehrotra, Sophia Maschalidi, Geert Loo, and Douglas A. Bayliss.

Ravichandran's publications often appear in prominent scientific venues, reflecting consistent research activity. The venues where they have published most frequently include Nature, Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, and Immunity.

Key topics addressed in Ravichandran's research include phagocytosis and immune regulation, connexins and lens biology, immune cells in cancer, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, immune cell function and interaction, pancreatitis pathology and treatment, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Best Publications

  • Nucleotides released by apoptotic cells act as a find-me signal to promote phagocytic clearance

    Michael R. Elliott;Faraaz B. Chekeni;Paul C. Trampont;Eduardo R. Lazarowski

  • Apoptotic cell clearance: basic biology and therapeutic potential

    Ivan K. H. Poon;Christopher D. Lucas;Adriano G. Rossi;Kodi S. Ravichandran

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Pannexin 1 channels mediate ‘find-me’ signal release and membrane permeability during apoptosis

    Faraaz B. Chekeni;Michael R. Elliott;Michael R. Elliott;Joanna K. Sandilos;Scott F. Walk;Scott F. Walk

  • BAI1 is an engulfment receptor for apoptotic cells upstream of the ELMO/Dock180/Rac module

    Daeho Park;Annie-Carole Tosello-Trampont;Michael R. Elliott;Mingjian Lu

  • Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells in homeostasis.

    Sanja Arandjelovic;Kodi S Ravichandran

  • Engulfment of apoptotic cells: signals for a good meal

    Kodi S Ravichandran;Ulrike Lorenz

  • Unconventional Rac-GEF activity is mediated through the Dock180–ELMO complex

    Enrico Brugnera;Lisa Haney;Cynthia Grimsley;Mingjian Lu

  • CED-12/ELMO, a novel member of the CrkII/Dock180/Rac pathway, is required for phagocytosis and cell migration.

    Tina L. Gumienny;Tina L. Gumienny;Enrico Brugnera;Annie-Carole Tosello-Trampont;Jason M. Kinchen;Jason M. Kinchen

  • Find-me and eat-me signals in apoptotic cell clearance: progress and conundrums.

    Kodi S. Ravichandran

  • Phagosome maturation: going through the acid test

    Jason M. Kinchen;Kodi S. Ravichandran

  • Clearance of apoptotic cells: implications in health and disease

    Michael R. Elliott;Kodi S. Ravichandran

  • A Comparative Analysis of the Phosphoinositide Binding Specificity of Pleckstrin Homology Domains

    Lucia E. Rameh;Ann Kristin Arvidsson;Kermit L Carraway;Anthony D. Couvillon

  • Identification of a Novel Macrophage Phenotype That Develops in Response to Atherogenic Phospholipids via Nrf2

    Alexandra Kadl;Akshaya K. Meher;Poonam R. Sharma;Monica Y. Lee

  • Beginnings of a good apoptotic meal: the find-me and eat-me signaling pathways.

    Kodi S. Ravichandran

  • Clearing the Dead: Apoptotic Cell Sensing, Recognition, Engulfment, and Digestion

    Amelia Hochreiter-Hufford;Kodi S. Ravichandran

  • Signaling via Shc family adapter proteins

    Kodi S Ravichandran

  • Structure and ligand recognition of the phosphotyrosine binding domain of Shc.

    Ming-Ming Zhou;Kodimangalam S. Ravichandran;Edward T. Olejniczak;Andrew M. Petros

  • Metabolites released from apoptotic cells act as tissue messengers

    Christopher B. Medina;Parul Mehrotra;Sanja Arandjelovic;Justin S. A. Perry

  • A novel mechanism of generating extracellular vesicles during apoptosis via a beads-on-a-string membrane structure

    Georgia K. Atkin-Smith;Rochelle Tixeira;Stephanie Paone;Suresh Mathivanan

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas A. Bayliss
Douglas A. Bayliss University of Virginia
Brant E. Isakson
Brant E. Isakson University of Virginia
Steven J. Burakoff
Steven J. Burakoff Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Peter B. Ernst
Peter B. Ernst University of California, San Diego
Norbert Leitinger
Norbert Leitinger University of Virginia
Mark Yeager
Mark Yeager University of Miami
Alexander L. Klibanov
Alexander L. Klibanov University of Virginia
Peter Vandenabeele
Peter Vandenabeele Ghent University
Steven E. Shoelson
Steven E. Shoelson Harvard University
John Sondek
John Sondek University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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