Alexander Sumaroka

8.9k citations

103 papers · 6.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 46

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Ophthalmology top 0.05%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%
Genetics top 1%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 1%

Co-authors: Artur V. Cideciyan Samuel G. Jacobson Sharon Schwartz Alejandro J. Román Tomás S. Alemán Edwin M. Stone Elizabeth A. M. Windsor William W. Hauswirth
Topics: Retinal Development and Disorders (99 papers)Retinal Diseases and Treatments (73 papers)Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (28 papers)
Cited by: Ophthalmology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Molecular Biology
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences The Lancet
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

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Alexander Sumaroka

100 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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Human gene therapy for RPE65 isomerase deficiency activates the retinoid cycle of vision but with slow rod kinetics

2008 543 citations Artur V. Cideciyan, Tomás S. Alemán et al. profile →

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1	Retinal response to light exposure in BEST1-mutant dogs evaluated with ultra-high resolution OCT 2024 ·Vision Research ·(unknown),Małgorzata Świder,Alexander Sumaroka,Valérie Dufour,(unknown),Tomás S. Alemán,Gustavo D. Aguirre,(unknown),Artur V. Cideciyan	2
2	Inherited Retinal Degeneration Caused by Dehydrodolichyl Diphosphate Synthase Mutation–Effect of an ALG6 Modifier Variant 2024 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown),Artur V. Cideciyan,Alejandro J. Román,Alexander Sumaroka,Małgorzata Świder,(unknown),(unknown),Samuel G. Jacobson,Steven J. Fliesler,Steven J. Pittler	2
3	Evaluation of Retinal Structure and Visual Function in Blue Cone Monochromacy to Develop Clinical Endpoints for L-opsin Gene Therapy 2024 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Artur V. Cideciyan,Alejandro J. Román,Raymond L. Warner,Alexander Sumaroka,(unknown),Yu Jiang,Małgorzata Świder,Alexandra V. Garafalo,(unknown),Robert C. Russell,Susanne Kohl,Bernd Wissinger,Caterina Ripamonti,John L. Barbur,Michael Bach,Joseph Carroll,(unknown),(unknown)	1
4	Retinal prolactin isoform PRLΔE1 sustains rod disease in inherited retinal degenerations 2024 ·Cell Death and Disease ·Raghavi Sudharsan,Jennifer Kwok,Małgorzata Świder,Alexander Sumaroka,Gustavo D. Aguirre,Artur V. Cideciyan,William A. Beltran	0
5	Safety and efficacy of ATSN-101 in patients with Leber congenital amaurosis caused by biallelic mutations in GUCY2D: a phase 1/2, multicentre, open-label, unilateral dose escalation study 2024 ·The Lancet ·Paul Yang,(unknown),Allen C. Ho,Andreas Lauer,(unknown),Sanford L. Boye,Alejandro J. Román,(unknown),Alexandra V. Garafalo,Alexander Sumaroka,Małgorzata Świder,(unknown),Tomás S. Alemán,Mark E. Pennesi,Christine N. Kay,Kenji P. Fujita,Artur V. Cideciyan	10
6	Treatment Strategy With Gene Editing for Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration Caused by a Founder Variant in C1QTNF5 2023 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown),Alejandro J. Román,Alexander Sumaroka,Chloë M. Stanton,Małgorzata Świder,Alexandra V. Garafalo,Elise Héon,Ajoy Vincent,Alan F. Wright,Roly Megaw,Tomás S. Alemán,Andrew C. Browning,Baljean Dhillon,Artur V. Cideciyan	1
7	Night vision restored in days after decades of congenital blindness 2022 ·iScience ·Samuel G. Jacobson,Artur V. Cideciyan,Allen C. Ho,Alejandro J. Román,(unknown),Alexandra V. Garafalo,Alexander Sumaroka,Arun K. Krishnan,Małgorzata Świder,(unknown),Christine N. Kay,(unknown),Kenji P. Fujita,Sanford L. Boye,Igor V. Peshenko,Alexander M. Dizhoor	21
8	Photoreceptor function and structure in retinal degenerations caused by biallelic BEST1 mutations 2022 ·Vision Research ·Artur V. Cideciyan,Samuel G. Jacobson,Alexander Sumaroka,Małgorzata Świder,Arun K. Krishnan,Rebecca Sheplock,Alexandra V. Garafalo,Karina E Guziewicz,Geoffrey K. Aguirre,William A. Beltran,(unknown),Mineo Kondo,Elise Héon	3
9	Safety and improved efficacy signals following gene therapy in childhood blindness caused by GUCY2D mutations 2021 ·iScience ·Samuel G. Jacobson,Artur V. Cideciyan,Allen C. Ho,Igor V. Peshenko,Alexandra V. Garafalo,Alejandro J. Román,Alexander Sumaroka,(unknown),Arun K. Krishnan,Rebecca Sheplock,Sanford L. Boye,(unknown),(unknown),Catherine R. O’Riordan,Alexander M. Dizhoor,Sanford L. Boye	28
10	Childhood-onset genetic cone-rod photoreceptor diseases and underlying pathobiology 2021 ·EBioMedicine ·Alexandra V. Garafalo,Rebecca Sheplock,Alexander Sumaroka,Alejandro J. Román,Artur V. Cideciyan,Samuel G. Jacobson	5
11	Progress in treating inherited retinal diseases: Early subretinal gene therapy clinical trials and candidates for future initiatives 2019 ·Progress in Retinal and Eye Research ·Alexandra V. Garafalo,Artur V. Cideciyan,Elise Héon,Rebecca Sheplock,Alexander Pearson,Caberry W. Yu,Alexander Sumaroka,Geoffrey K. Aguirre,Samuel G. Jacobson	129
12	Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa Due to Class B Rhodopsin Mutations: An Objective Outcome for Future Treatment Trials 2019 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Alexander Sumaroka,Artur V. Cideciyan,Jason Charng,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Małgorzata Świder,Samuel G. Jacobson	14
13	Long-Term Structural Outcomes of Late-Stage RPE65 Gene Therapy 2019 ·Molecular Therapy ·(unknown),Artur V. Cideciyan,Małgorzata Świder,Valérie Dufour,Alexander Sumaroka,András M. Komáromy,William W. Hauswirth,Simone Iwabe,Samuel G. Jacobson,William A. Beltran,Geoffrey K. Aguirre	58
14	Postretinal Structure and Function in Severe Congenital Photoreceptor Blindness Caused by Mutations in the GUCY2D Gene 2017 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Geoffrey K. Aguirre,Omar H. Butt,Ritobrato Datta,Alejandro J. Román,Alexander Sumaroka,Sharon Schwartz,Artur V. Cideciyan,Samuel G. Jacobson	12
15	Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials of Leber Congenital Amaurosis Caused by the Intronic Mutation in the CEP290 Gene 2017 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Samuel G. Jacobson,Artur V. Cideciyan,Alexander Sumaroka,Alejandro J. Román,Jason Charng,(unknown),(unknown),Rebecca Sheplock,Małgorzata Świder,Mychajlo S. Kosyk,Sharon Schwartz,Edwin M. Stone,Gerald A. Fishman	44
16	Complexity of the Class B Phenotype in Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa Due to Rhodopsin Mutations 2016 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Samuel G. Jacobson,(unknown),Alexander Sumaroka,Alejandro J. Román,(unknown),Rebecca Sheplock,(unknown),Sharon Schwartz,Tomás S. Alemán,Artur V. Cideciyan	26
17	Genetics and Disease Expression in the CNGA3 Form of Achromatopsia 2015 ·Ophthalmology ·Lina Zelinger,Artur V. Cideciyan,Susanne Kohl,Sharon Schwartz,Ada Rosenmann,(unknown),Alexander Sumaroka,Alejandro J. Román,Xunda Luo,(unknown),Boris Rosin,Anat Blumenfeld,Bernd Wissinger,Samuel G. Jacobson,Eyal Banin,Dror Sharon	53
18	Drusen and Photoreceptor Abnormalities in African-Americans with Intermediate Non-neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration 2014 ·Current Eye Research ·Sam Sadigh,Xunda Luo,Artur V. Cideciyan,Alexander Sumaroka,(unknown),(unknown),Rebecca Sheplock,William J. Feuer,Dwight Stambolian,Samuel G. Jacobson	17
19	Cone photoreceptors are the main targets for gene therapy of NPHP5 (IQCB1) or NPHP6 (CEP290) blindness: generation of an all-cone Nphp6 hypomorph mouse that mimics the human retinal ciliopathy 2011 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Artur V. Cideciyan,Rivka A. Rachel,Tomás S. Alemán,Małgorzata Świder,Sharon Schwartz,Alexander Sumaroka,Alejandro J. Román,Edwin M. Stone,Samuel G. Jacobson,Anand Swaroop	98
20	CRB1– Associated Retinal Degeneration: Macular Pigment and Lutein Supplementation 2005 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown),Elizabeth A. M. Windsor,Sharon Schwartz,Alexander Sumaroka,(unknown),(unknown),Artur V. Cideciyan,Samuel G. Jacobson	0

About Alexander Sumaroka

Alexander Sumaroka is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, having authored 103 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Retinal Development and Disorders (99 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (73 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ophthalmology (3.5k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.6k citations) and Molecular Biology (6.0k citations). Alexander Sumaroka has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Artur V. Cideciyan, Samuel G. Jacobson, Sharon Schwartz, Alejandro J. Román, Tomás S. Alemán, Edwin M. Stone, Elizabeth A. M. Windsor, William W. Hauswirth, Małgorzata Świder and Elise Héon. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

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