Adeeb Shehzad

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Adeeb Shehzad is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adeeb Shehzad has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Molecular Medicine and 10 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Adeeb Shehzad's work include Curcumin's Biomedical Applications (17 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (6 papers) and Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (5 papers). Adeeb Shehzad is often cited by papers focused on Curcumin's Biomedical Applications (17 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (6 papers) and Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (5 papers). Adeeb Shehzad collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Adeeb Shehzad's co-authors include Young Sup Lee, Fazli Wahid, Taous Khan, You Young Kim, Fazli Subhan, Ebtesam A. Al-Suhaimi, Gauhar Rehman, Jaetae Lee, Salman Ul Islam and Omer Shehzad and has published in prestigious journals such as Food Chemistry, Molecules and Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

In The Last Decade

Adeeb Shehzad

78 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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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.

MicroRNAs: Synthesis, mechanism, function, and recent clinical trials

2010 696 citations Fazli Wahid, Adeeb Shehzad et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adeeb Shehzad South Korea	31	2.1k	1.2k	725	468	451	84	4.5k
Xi Zheng China	42	2.9k 1.4×	831 0.7×	915 1.3×	259 0.6×	271 0.6×	203	6.5k
Yunjin Jung South Korea	37	2.4k 1.2×	308 0.3×	1.2k 1.6×	618 1.3×	360 0.8×	144	5.6k
Kun Zhang China	41	3.2k 1.5×	553 0.5×	1.9k 2.6×	188 0.4×	708 1.6×	232	6.3k
Imran Kazmi Saudi Arabia	42	2.5k 1.2×	273 0.2×	1.2k 1.6×	546 1.2×	356 0.8×	296	6.3k
Anika E. Wagner Germany	37	1.9k 0.9×	507 0.4×	348 0.5×	144 0.3×	258 0.6×	77	4.9k
Salman Khan Pakistan	40	1.5k 0.7×	415 0.4×	184 0.3×	471 1.0×	220 0.5×	134	4.3k
V.G.M. Naidu India	45	2.3k 1.1×	299 0.3×	311 0.4×	424 0.9×	208 0.5×	146	5.8k
Elizandra Braganhol Brazil	36	1.5k 0.7×	291 0.3×	422 0.6×	319 0.7×	280 0.6×	124	3.9k
Sridevi Patchva United States	4	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	209 0.3×	216 0.5×	149 0.3×	4	3.3k
Fahad A. Al‐Abbasi Saudi Arabia	33	1.6k 0.8×	228 0.2×	391 0.5×	344 0.7×	231 0.5×	252	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adeeb Shehzad

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Shehzad, Adeeb, et al.. (2025). Green-synthesized silver nanoparticle-infused PVA hydrogels: A sustainable solution for skin repair. Results in Chemistry. 17. 102584–102584. 4 indexed citations

Shehzad, Adeeb, et al.. (2025). Bioactive Papaver somniferum Extract-Loaded Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogels for Enhanced in vivo Wound Healing Applications. Engineered Science.

Shehzad, Adeeb, Mazhar Ul‐Islam, Abdullah Khamis Ali Al Saidi, et al.. (2025). Nanomedicine in oncology: Diagnostic breakthroughs and therapeutic Frontiers. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 69. 102854–102854. 1 indexed citations

Saidi, Abdullah Khamis Ali Al, Refat Al‐Shannaq, Mazhar Ul‐Islam, et al.. (2025). Future aspects of nanotechnology in therapeutics: a comprehensive review of materials, applications, and future directions. Materials Research Express. 12(12). 122001–122001.

Ul‐Islam, Mazhar, Adeeb Shehzad, Sehrish Manan, et al.. (2025). From Bioinks to Functional Tissues and Organs: Advances, Challenges, and the Promise of 3D Bioprinting. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 310(12). 2 indexed citations

Khan, Abdul Rahman, Adeeb Shehzad, Luay Rashan, et al.. (2025). Synergistic effect of Aloe Vera hydrogels with imatinib for pH-responsive drug release in breast cancer treatment. Drug Delivery and Translational Research.

Qureshi, Munibah, Cláudia Viegas, Sofia O. D. Duarte, et al.. (2024). Camptothecin-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized with CpG oligodeoxynucleotide as a new approach for skin cancer treatment. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 660. 124340–124340. 11 indexed citations

Al-Suhaimi, Ebtesam A., et al.. (2024). Hormonal orchestra: mastering mitochondria's role in health and disease. Endocrine. 86(3). 903–929. 7 indexed citations

Alshwyeh, Hussah Abdullah, Muna Ilowefah, Raheem Shahzad, et al.. (2022). Biological Potentials and Phytochemical Constituents of Raw and Roasted Nigella arvensis and Nigella sativa. Molecules. 27(2). 550–550. 10 indexed citations

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Shehzad, Adeeb, Salman Ul Islam, Raheem Shahzad, Salman Khan, & Young Sup Lee. (2021). Extracellular vesicles in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 223. 107806–107806. 65 indexed citations

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Shehzad, Adeeb, et al.. (2020). Lirioresinol B dimethyl ether inhibits NF-κB and COX-2 and activates IκBα expression in CCl4-induced hepatic fibrosis. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 20(1). 49–49. 8 indexed citations

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Nisar, Hasan, et al.. (2017). Administration of 99mTc-DTPA in combination with doxorubicin alters the radiopharmaceutical biodistribution in rats. 25(2). 122–128. 3 indexed citations

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Shehzad, Adeeb, et al.. (2016). Multifactorial role of flavonoids in prevention and treatment of various cancers. Anales de la Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia. 82(3). 297–302. 2 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Rizwan, et al.. (2016). Role of traditional Islamic and Arabic plants in cancer therapy. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine. 7(2). 195–204. 68 indexed citations

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Subhan, Fazli, et al.. (2014). Marine Collagen: An Emerging Player in Biomedical applications. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 52(8). 4703–4707. 122 indexed citations

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Shehzad, Adeeb, Salman Ul Islam, Jaetae Lee, & Young Sup Lee. (2014). Prostaglandin E2 Reverses Curcumin-Induced Inhibition of Survival Signal Pathways in Human Colorectal Carcinoma (HCT-15) Cell Lines. Molecules and Cells. 37(12). 899–906. 15 indexed citations

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Shehzad, Adeeb, Jae‐Chang Jung, Jong‐Kyung Sonn, et al.. (2012). Protein Kinase Cα Protects Against Multidrug Resistance in Human Colon Cancer Cells. Molecules and Cells. 34(1). 61–70. 30 indexed citations

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Shehzad, Adeeb, et al.. (2012). Prostaglandin E2 Blocks Menadione-Induced Apoptosis through the Ras/Raf/Erk Signaling Pathway in Promonocytic Leukemia Cell Lines. Molecules and Cells. 33(4). 371–378. 13 indexed citations

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Shehzad, Adeeb, et al.. (2012). Adiponectin: Regulation of its production and its role in human diseases. HORMONES. 11(1). 8–20. 216 indexed citations

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Shehzad, Adeeb, Fazli Wahid, & Young Sup Lee. (2010). Curcumin in Cancer Chemoprevention: Molecular Targets, Pharmacokinetics, Bioavailability, and Clinical Trials. Archiv der Pharmazie. 343(9). 489–499. 439 indexed citations

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