Bilal Rah

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Bilal Rah is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Bilal Rah has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Bilal Rah's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (4 papers) and Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants (4 papers). Bilal Rah is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (4 papers) and Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants (4 papers). Bilal Rah collaborates with scholars based in India, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Bilal Rah's co-authors include Anindya Goswami, Dil Afroze, Abdullah M. Alnuqaydan, Debasis Nayak, Debaraj Mukherjee, Hina Amin, Ifra Mushtaq, Reyaz ur Rasool, Gh Rasool Bhat and Abdul Basit Baba and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Bilal Rah

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Transforming Growth Factor-Beta (TGF-β) Signaling in Cancer-A Betrayal Within

2022 139 citations Abdul Basit Baba, Bilal Rah et al. Frontiers in Pharmacology profile →
Cancer cell plasticity: from cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms to tumor heterogeneity and drug resistance

2024 102 citations Gh. Rasool Bhat, Bilal Rah et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bilal Rah India	20	653	238	199	125	122	47	1.2k
Yuan‐Zheng Xia China	22	794 1.2×	262 1.1×	199 1.0×	86 0.7×	130 1.1×	47	1.2k
Young Yun Jung South Korea	17	535 0.8×	239 1.0×	245 1.2×	68 0.5×	148 1.2×	52	1.1k
Atsuko Deguchi Japan	22	810 1.2×	340 1.4×	201 1.0×	190 1.5×	88 0.7×	36	1.7k
Huanjie Shao China	17	862 1.3×	180 0.8×	285 1.4×	158 1.3×	94 0.8×	37	1.4k
Pan Shen China	19	659 1.0×	160 0.7×	220 1.1×	260 2.1×	80 0.7×	59	1.4k
A‐Mei Huang Taiwan	23	735 1.1×	232 1.0×	194 1.0×	123 1.0×	105 0.9×	51	1.2k
Anna L. Greenshields Canada	16	550 0.8×	159 0.7×	162 0.8×	94 0.8×	142 1.2×	41	1.2k
Guangjuan Zheng China	23	588 0.9×	255 1.1×	290 1.5×	170 1.4×	196 1.6×	59	1.3k
Shuwen Yu China	18	670 1.0×	218 0.9×	186 0.9×	299 2.4×	98 0.8×	49	1.4k
Mengqiu Song China	16	799 1.2×	263 1.1×	231 1.2×	127 1.0×	131 1.1×	38	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bilal Rah

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bilal Rah

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bilal Rah. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bilal Rah based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bilal Rah. Bilal Rah is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Rah, Bilal, et al.. (2025). Fatty Allies: How Short-Chain Fatty Acids Turn the Tumor Microenvironment Against Cancer. 1(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Rah, Bilal, et al.. (2025). Mouse hindlimb unloading, as a model of simulated microgravity, leads to dysregulated iron homeostasis in liver and skeletal muscle cells. Life Sciences in Space Research. 45. 7–15. 1 indexed citations

Rah, Bilal, et al.. (2023). DNA methylation-mediated epigenetic regulation of oncogenic RPS2 as a novel therapeutic target and biomarker in hepatocellular carcinoma. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 696. 149453–149453. 4 indexed citations

Bhat, Gh Rasool, Zahoor Ahmad, Rafiq A. Rather, et al.. (2023). Expression of HIF-1α and markers of angiogenesis and metabolic adaptation in molecular subtypes of breast cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 8 indexed citations

Alnuqaydan, Abdullah M., et al.. (2023). Tamarix articulata extract offers protection against toxicity induced by beauty products in Hs27 human skin fibroblasts. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0287071–e0287071. 2 indexed citations

Rah, Bilal, et al.. (2023). JAK/STAT signaling and cellular iron metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma: therapeutic implications. Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 23(7). 3147–3157. 20 indexed citations

Alnuqaydan, Abdullah M., Abdulmajeed G. Almutary, Gh. Rasool Bhat, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of the Cytotoxic, Anti-Inflammatory, and Immunomodulatory Effects of Withaferin A (WA) against Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-Induced Inflammation in Immune Cells Derived from BALB/c Mice. Pharmaceutics. 14(6). 1256–1256. 15 indexed citations

Alnuqaydan, Abdullah M., Abdulmajeed G. Almutary, Mohammed A. Alsahli, Sulaiman Mohammed Alnasser, & Bilal Rah. (2022). Tamarix articulata Induced Prevention of Hepatotoxicity Effects of In Vivo Carbon Tetrachloride by Modulating Pro-Inflammatory Serum and Antioxidant Enzymes to Reverse the Liver Fibrosis. Antioxidants. 11(9). 1824–1824. 5 indexed citations

Mushtaq, Ifra, Gh Rasool Bhat, Bilal Rah, et al.. (2022). Telomere Attrition With Concomitant hTERT Overexpression Involved in the Progression of Gastric Cancer May Have Prognostic and Clinical Implications in High-Risk Population Group From North India. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 919351–919351. 3 indexed citations

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Rah, Bilal, Rafiq A. Rather, Gh Rasool Bhat, et al.. (2022). JAK/STAT Signaling: Molecular Targets, Therapeutic Opportunities, and Limitations of Targeted Inhibitions in Solid Malignancies. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 821344–821344. 98 indexed citations

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Bhat, Gh. Rasool, et al.. (2022). Innovative in Silico Approaches for Characterization of Genes and Proteins. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 865182–865182. 15 indexed citations

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Choh, Naseer A., Altaf Shah, Bilal Rah, et al.. (2022). Diagnostic implication of a circulating serum-based three-microRNA signature in hepatocellular carcinoma. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 929787–929787. 11 indexed citations

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Alnuqaydan, Abdullah M. & Bilal Rah. (2021). Tamarix articulata Inhibits Cell Proliferation, Promotes Cell Death Mechanisms and Triggers G0/G1 Cell Cycle Arrest in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells. Food Technology and Biotechnology. 59(2). 162–173. 9 indexed citations

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Alnuqaydan, Abdullah M. & Bilal Rah. (2020). Comparative assessment of biological activities of different parts of halophytic plant Tamarix articulata (T. articulata) growing in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 27(10). 2586–2592. 14 indexed citations

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Rasool, Reyaz ur, Debasis Nayak, Mir Mohd Faheem, et al.. (2017). AKT is indispensable for coordinating Par-4/JNK cross talk in p21 downmodulation during ER stress. Oncogenesis. 6(5). e341–e341. 16 indexed citations

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Rasool, Reyaz ur, Bilal Rah, Hina Amin, et al.. (2016). Dual modulation of Ras-Mnk and PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathways: A Novel c-FLIP inhibitory mechanism of 3-AWA mediated translational attenuation through dephosphorylation of eIF4E. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 18800–18800. 19 indexed citations

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Rah, Bilal, Debasis Nayak, Reyaz ur Rasool, et al.. (2016). Reprogramming of Molecular Switching Events in UPR Driven ER Stress: Scope for Development of Anticancer Therapeutics. Current Molecular Medicine. 16(8). 690–701. 16 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, Souneek, Reyaz ur Rasool, Sunil Kumar, et al.. (2016). Cristacarpin promotes ER stress-mediated ROS generation leading to premature senescence by activation of p21waf-1. AGE. 38(3). 62–62. 25 indexed citations

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Rah, Bilal, et al.. (2012). A Novel MMP-2 Inhibitor 3-azidowithaferin A (3-azidoWA) Abrogates Cancer Cell Invasion and Angiogenesis by Modulating Extracellular Par-4. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e44039–e44039. 93 indexed citations

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Chanda, Debabrata, Shashi Bhushan, Santosh Kumar Guru, et al.. (2012). Anticancer activity, toxicity and pharmacokinetic profile of an indanone derivative. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 47(5). 988–995. 45 indexed citations

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