Babak Behnam Azad

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 918 citations indexed

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Babak Behnam Azad is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Babak Behnam Azad has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 918 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 7 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Babak Behnam Azad's work include Chemokine receptors and signaling (6 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers) and Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (4 papers). Babak Behnam Azad is often cited by papers focused on Chemokine receptors and signaling (6 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers) and Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (4 papers). Babak Behnam Azad collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Poland. Babak Behnam Azad's co-authors include Sridhar Nimmagadda, Samit Chatterjee, Martin G. Pomper, Ala Lisok, Wojciech G. Lesniak, Leonard G. Luyt, Mrudula Pullambhatla, John D. Lewis, Sangeeta Ray Banerjee and Catherine A. Foss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nanoscale, Oncotarget and Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Babak Behnam Azad

24 papers receiving 908 citations

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The Intricate Role of CXCR4 in Cancer

2014 513 citations Samit Chatterjee, Babak Behnam Azad et al. Advances in cancer research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Babak Behnam Azad United States	14	403	347	267	173	106	24	918
Yong-Qing Zhou China	22	287 0.7×	537 1.5×	322 1.2×	116 0.7×	60 0.6×	33	1.2k
Jan Scicinski United States	16	318 0.8×	425 1.2×	145 0.5×	51 0.3×	113 1.1×	48	896
Ewa Baumann Canada	18	255 0.6×	565 1.6×	116 0.4×	186 1.1×	50 0.5×	31	1.3k
Yanping Yang China	21	299 0.7×	454 1.3×	180 0.7×	146 0.8×	47 0.4×	61	1.1k
Hongjun Jin China	19	167 0.4×	465 1.3×	123 0.5×	102 0.6×	72 0.7×	64	925
Morten G. Rasch Denmark	12	582 1.4×	558 1.6×	304 1.1×	79 0.5×	103 1.0×	16	1.5k
Michael L. Nickels United States	16	280 0.7×	526 1.5×	173 0.6×	219 1.3×	115 1.1×	36	1.2k
Enza Piccolo Italy	18	245 0.6×	628 1.8×	333 1.2×	92 0.5×	55 0.5×	21	988
Youxin Zhou China	19	200 0.5×	595 1.7×	111 0.4×	75 0.4×	88 0.8×	60	1.1k

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Lesniak, Wojciech G., Babak Behnam Azad, Samit Chatterjee, Ala Lisok, & Martin G. Pomper. (2022). An Evaluation of CXCR4 Targeting with PAMAM Dendrimer Conjugates for Oncologic Applications. Pharmaceutics. 14(3). 655–655. 6 indexed citations

Ngen, Ethel J., Ying Chen, Babak Behnam Azad, et al.. (2021). Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted photodynamic therapy enhances the delivery of PSMA-targeted magnetic nanoparticles to PSMA-expressing prostate tumors. Nanotheranostics. 5(2). 182–196. 18 indexed citations

Coughlin, Jennifer M., Yong Du, Babak Behnam Azad, et al.. (2021). First-in-human neuroimaging of soluble epoxide hydrolase using [18F]FNDP PET. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 48(10). 3122–3128. 5 indexed citations

Cao, Qi, Xin Lü, Babak Behnam Azad, et al.. (2020). cis-4-[18F]fluoro-L-proline Molecular Imaging Experimental Liver Fibrosis. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 7. 90–90. 9 indexed citations

Lesniak, Wojciech G., Srikanth Boinapally, Sangeeta Ray Banerjee, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of PSMA-Targeted PAMAM Dendrimer Nanoparticles in a Murine Model of Prostate Cancer. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 16(6). 2590–2604. 32 indexed citations

Lesniak, Wojciech G., Chengyan Chu, Anna Jabłońska, et al.. (2019). PET imaging of distinct brain uptake of a nanobody and similarly-sized PAMAM dendrimers after intra-arterial administration. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 46(9). 1940–1951. 35 indexed citations

Bilgel, Murat, Andrea T. Shafer, Abhay Moghekar, et al.. (2019). Tau pathology in cognitively normal older adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 11(1). 637–645. 50 indexed citations

Yan, Yu, Ala Lisok, Mary Brummet, et al.. (2019). A side-by-side evaluation of [18F]FDOPA enantiomers for non-invasive detection of neuroendocrine tumors by positron emission tomography. Oncotarget. 10(56). 5731–5744. 4 indexed citations

Azad, Babak Behnam, Daniel P. Holt, Hayden T. Ravert, Andrew G. Horti, & Robert F. Dannals. (2018). An optimized radiosynthesis of [¹⁸F]FNDP, a positron emission tomography radiotracer for imaging soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 61(7). 567–572. 7 indexed citations

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Coughlin, Jennifer M., Yong Du, Jeffrey L. Crawford, et al.. (2018). Use of¹⁸F-ASEM PET to Determine the Availability of the α7-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Recent-Onset Psychosis. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 60(2). 241–243. 19 indexed citations

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Azad, Babak Behnam, Samit Chatterjee, Wojciech G. Lesniak, et al.. (2016). A fully human CXCR4 antibody demonstrates diagnostic utility and therapeutic efficacy in solid tumor xenografts. Oncotarget. 7(11). 12344–12358. 31 indexed citations

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Azad, Babak Behnam, Ala Lisok, Samit Chatterjee, et al.. (2016). Targeted Imaging of the Atypical Chemokine Receptor 3 (ACKR3/CXCR7) in Human Cancer Xenografts. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 57(6). 981–988. 26 indexed citations

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Azad, Babak Behnam, Sangeeta Ray Banerjee, Mrudula Pullambhatla, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of a PSMA-targeted BNF nanoparticle construct. Nanoscale. 7(10). 4432–4442. 34 indexed citations

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Lesniak, Wojciech G., Emilia Sikorska, Babak Behnam Azad, et al.. (2015). Structural Characterization and in Vivo Evaluation of β-Hairpin Peptidomimetics as Specific CXCR4 Imaging Agents. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 12(3). 941–953. 13 indexed citations

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Chatterjee, Samit, Babak Behnam Azad, & Sridhar Nimmagadda. (2014). The Intricate Role of CXCR4 in Cancer. Advances in cancer research. 124. 31–82. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

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Woodard, Lauren E., Ravindra A. De Silva, Babak Behnam Azad, et al.. (2014). Bridged cyclams as imaging agents for chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4). Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 41(7). 552–561. 23 indexed citations

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Azad, Babak Behnam, et al.. (2013). High-Throughput Screening of One-Bead–One-Compound Peptide Libraries Using Intact Cells. ACS Combinatorial Science. 15(8). 393–400. 27 indexed citations

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Azad, Babak Behnam, et al.. (2011). Synthesis, radiometal labeling and in vitro evaluation of a targeted PPIX derivative. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 70(3). 505–511. 25 indexed citations

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Azad, Babak Behnam, et al.. (2009). Design, synthesis and in vitro characterization of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 derivatives for pancreatic beta cell imaging by SPECT. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(3). 1265–1272. 16 indexed citations

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Azad, Babak Behnam, et al.. (2007). Selective fluorination of m-tyrosine by OF2. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 129(1). 22–27. 3 indexed citations

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