Abas H. Laftah

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Abas H. Laftah is a scholar working on Hematology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Abas H. Laftah has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Hematology, 10 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Abas H. Laftah's work include Iron Metabolism and Disorders (15 papers), Trace Elements in Health (10 papers) and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (9 papers). Abas H. Laftah is often cited by papers focused on Iron Metabolism and Disorders (15 papers), Trace Elements in Health (10 papers) and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (9 papers). Abas H. Laftah collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Thailand. Abas H. Laftah's co-authors include Robert J. Simpson, Andrew T. McKie, Gladys O. Latunde‐Dada, Robert C. Hider, Ken Takeuchi, Majid Shayeghi, Fiona E. McCann, Neil Halliday, David M. Frazer and Chris D. Vulpe and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Abas H. Laftah

21 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Identification of an Intestinal Heme Transporter

2005 537 citations Majid Shayeghi, Gladys O. Latunde‐Dada et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abas H. Laftah United Kingdom	12	738	520	493	443	173	21	1.4k
Antonella Nai Italy	22	2.0k 2.7×	812 1.6×	315 0.6×	1.6k 3.6×	117 0.7×	47	2.5k
Brice Courselaud France	10	1.8k 2.4×	1.2k 2.2×	195 0.4×	1.2k 2.8×	112 0.6×	10	2.1k
Gennady P. Ilyin France	10	1.5k 2.0×	988 1.9×	256 0.5×	1.1k 2.4×	114 0.7×	12	1.9k
Jacqueline Madden United Kingdom	14	263 0.4×	177 0.3×	261 0.5×	257 0.6×	44 0.3×	21	1.1k
Richard Sparla Germany	10	220 0.3×	144 0.3×	383 0.8×	155 0.3×	236 1.4×	21	925
Saı̈d Lyoumi France	21	223 0.3×	132 0.3×	676 1.4×	150 0.3×	30 0.2×	30	1.2k
Cinzia Garuti Italy	22	2.0k 2.8×	1.6k 3.0×	222 0.5×	1.7k 3.8×	75 0.4×	33	2.5k
Anne Black United Kingdom	22	155 0.2×	129 0.2×	234 0.5×	387 0.9×	36 0.2×	47	1.4k
Satoru Hasuike Japan	18	186 0.3×	59 0.1×	404 0.8×	206 0.5×	130 0.8×	44	1.3k
Jau-Yi Li United States	8	166 0.2×	119 0.2×	613 1.2×	96 0.2×	63 0.4×	8	1.3k

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Beltrami, Cristina, Marie Besnier, Saran Shantikumar, et al.. (2017). Human Pericardial Fluid Contains Exosomes Enriched with Cardiovascular-Expressed MicroRNAs and Promotes Therapeutic Angiogenesis. Molecular Therapy. 25(3). 679–693. 151 indexed citations

Laftah, Abas H., Robert J. Simpson, & Gladys O. Latunde‐Dada. (2017). Intestinal heme absorption in hemochromatosis gene knock-out mice. 6(1). 17–17. 1 indexed citations

Emanueli, Costanza, Andrew I.U. Shearn, Abas H. Laftah, et al.. (2016). Coronary Artery-Bypass-Graft Surgery Increases the Plasma Concentration of Exosomes Carrying a Cargo of Cardiac MicroRNAs: An Example of Exosome Trafficking Out of the Human Heart with Potential for Cardiac Biomarker Discovery. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0154274–e0154274. 103 indexed citations

Latunde‐Dada, Gladys O., Abas H. Laftah, Patarabutr Masaratana, Andrew T. McKie, & Robert J. Simpson. (2014). Expression of ABCG2 (BCRP) in mouse models with enhanced erythropoiesis. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 5. 135–135. 7 indexed citations

Masaratana, Patarabutr, Abas H. Laftah, Gladys O. Latunde‐Dada, et al.. (2011). Iron absorption in hepcidin1 knockout mice. British Journal Of Nutrition. 105(11). 1583–1591. 12 indexed citations

Malik, Afshan N., et al.. (2011). Mitochondrial DNA as a non-invasive biomarker: Accurate quantification using real time quantitative PCR without co-amplification of pseudogenes and dilution bias. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 412(1). 1–7. 110 indexed citations

Laftah, Abas H., Gladys O. Latunde‐Dada, Sarah Fakih, et al.. (2008). Haem and folate transport by proton-coupled folate transporter/haem carrier protein 1 (SLC46A1). British Journal Of Nutrition. 101(8). 1150–1156. 61 indexed citations

Laftah, Abas H., et al.. (2007). Regulation of intestinal heme absorption in Hfe-knock out and HPX mice. Research Portal (King's College London). 82(6). 563–563. 1 indexed citations

Laftah, Abas H., Naveen Sharma, Matthew Brookes, et al.. (2006). Tumour necrosis factor α causes hypoferraemia and reduced intestinal iron absorption in mice. Biochemical Journal. 397(1). 61–67. 93 indexed citations

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Shayeghi, Majid, Gladys O. Latunde‐Dada, Jonathan S. Oakhill, et al.. (2005). Identification of an Intestinal Heme Transporter. Cell. 122(5). 789–801. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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Takeuchi, Ken, Ingvar Bjarnason, Abas H. Laftah, et al.. (2005). Expression of iron absorption genes in mouse large intestine. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 40(2). 169–177. 55 indexed citations

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Sharma, Naveen, Abas H. Laftah, Matthew Brookes, et al.. (2005). A role for tumour necrosis factor α in human small bowel iron transport. Biochemical Journal. 390(2). 437–446. 36 indexed citations

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Laftah, Abas H., K.B. Raja, Gladys O. Latunde‐Dada, et al.. (2004). Effect of altered iron metabolism on markers of haem biosynthesis and intestinal iron absorption in mice. Annals of Hematology. 84(3). 177–182. 11 indexed citations

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Laftah, Abas H., Kishor B. Raja, Nick Beaumont, et al.. (2004). The Effects of Inhibition of Haem Biosynthesis by Griseofulvin on Intestinal Iron Absorption. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 94(4). 161–168. 9 indexed citations

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Mudway, Ian, Abas H. Laftah, Gladys O. Latunde‐Dada, et al.. (2004). Duodenal Ascorbate Levels Are Changed in Mice with Altered Iron Metabolism. Journal of Nutrition. 134(3). 501–505. 17 indexed citations

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Laftah, Abas H., Balasubramaniam Ramesh, Robert J. Simpson, et al.. (2004). Effect of hepcidin on intestinal iron absorption in mice. Blood. 103(10). 3940–3944. 182 indexed citations

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Laftah, Abas H., Kishor B. Raja, Robert J. Simpson, & T. J. Peters. (2003). Effect of Tin‐mesoporphyrin, an inhibitor of haem catabolism, on intestinal iron absorption. British Journal of Haematology. 122(2). 298–304. 6 indexed citations

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Laftah, Abas H., Robert J. Simpson, Nick Beaumont, et al.. (2003). Hypoxic response of iron absorption is not affected by the Hfe gene knock‐out in mice. British Journal of Haematology. 123(1). 170–172. 8 indexed citations

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Simpson, Robert J., Edward S. Debnam, Abas H. Laftah, et al.. (2003). Duodenal nonheme iron content correlates with iron stores in mice, but the relationship is altered by Hfe gene knock-out. Blood. 101(8). 3316–3318. 8 indexed citations

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Laftah, Abas H., et al.. (2000). Erythropoietin: Effects on Haem Biosynthesis. Clinical Science. 98(s42). 10P–10P. 1 indexed citations

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