Crystal D’Souza

655 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 457 citations indexed

About

Crystal D’Souza is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Crystal D’Souza has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 457 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Surgery, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Crystal D’Souza's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (4 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (4 papers). Crystal D’Souza is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (4 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (4 papers). Crystal D’Souza collaborates with scholars based in United Arab Emirates, Hungary and Australia. Crystal D’Souza's co-authors include Ernest Adeghate, Yousef M. Abdulrazzaq, Shreesh Ojha, Salim M. A. Bastaki, Mohamed Mahgoub, Jaipaul Singh, Peter Redgrave, Safa Shehab, Saeed Tariq and Miloš Ljubisavljević and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, The FASEB Journal and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Crystal D’Souza

15 papers receiving 453 citations

Hit Papers

Lipocalin-2: Structure, function, distribution and role i... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Lipocalin-2: Structure, function, distribution and role in metabolic disorders
    2021 223 citations Crystal D’Souza, Yousef M. Abdulrazzaq et al. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy profile →

Peers

Crystal D’Souza
Steven Shikhel United States
Melanie Kny Germany
Brian S. Ferguson United States
Zhenzhen Ma China
Harumasa Yokota Japan
Eric A. Bridenbaugh United States
Haimin Xu China
Casilde Sesti United States
Steven Shikhel United States
Crystal D’Souza
Citations per year, relative to Crystal D’Souza Crystal D’Souza (= 1×) peers Steven Shikhel

Countries citing papers authored by Crystal D’Souza

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Fields of papers citing papers by Crystal D’Souza

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Crystal D’Souza

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Crystal D’Souza. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Crystal D’Souza 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 Crystal D’Souza. Crystal D’Souza is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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D’Souza, Crystal, et al.. (2024). Adropin Is Expressed in Pancreatic Islet Cells and Reduces Glucagon Release in Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(18). 9824–9824. 2 indexed citations
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D’Souza, Crystal, et al.. (2024). Effects of Lipoproteins on Metabolic Health. Nutrients. 16(13). 2156–2156. 8 indexed citations
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Adeghate, Ernest, et al.. (2022). Spexin Co‐localizes with Insulin in Pancreatic Islet Cells of Normal and Diabetic Rats. The FASEB Journal. 36(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Emerald, Bright Starling, Sahar Mohsin, Crystal D’Souza, et al.. (2022). Diabetes Mellitus Alters the Immuno-Expression of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Rat Pancreas. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(9). 4974–4974. 4 indexed citations
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D’Souza, Crystal, et al.. (2022). Adropin’s Role in Energy Homeostasis and Metabolic Disorders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(15). 8318–8318. 53 indexed citations
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Adeghate, Ernest, et al.. (2021). Nociceptin Increases Antioxidant Expression in the Kidney, Liver and Brain of Diabetic Rats. Biology. 10(7). 621–621. 11 indexed citations
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D’Souza, Crystal, et al.. (2021). Lipocalin-2: Structure, function, distribution and role in metabolic disorders. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 142. 112002–112002. 223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Adeghate, Jennifer, Crystal D’Souza, Orsolya Kántor, et al.. (2021). Early (5-Day) Onset of Diabetes Mellitus Causes Degeneration of Photoreceptor Cells, Overexpression of Incretins, and Increased Cellular Bioenergetics in Rat Retina. Cells. 10(8). 1981–1981. 8 indexed citations
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Lotfy, Mohamed, et al.. (2020). Anti-diabetic Effect of Acridocarpus Orientalis. 14(1). 132–144. 2 indexed citations
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D’Souza, Crystal, et al.. (2020). Exogenous Ghrelin Increases Plasma Insulin Level in Diabetic Rats. Biomolecules. 10(4). 633–633. 14 indexed citations
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Adeghate, Ernest, et al.. (2019). Hypocretin/orexin modulates body weight and the metabolism of glucose and insulin. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 36(3). e3229–e3229. 21 indexed citations
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Mahgoub, Mohamed, et al.. (2018). An update on the role of irisin in the regulation of endocrine and metabolic functions. Peptides. 104. 15–23. 81 indexed citations
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Shehab, Safa, Crystal D’Souza, Miloš Ljubisavljević, & Peter Redgrave. (2018). Activation of the subthalamic nucleus suppressed by high frequency stimulation: A c-Fos immunohistochemical study. Brain Research. 1685. 42–50. 2 indexed citations
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Adeghate, Ernest, et al.. (2018). Effect of nociceptin on insulin release in normal and diabetic rat pancreas. Cell and Tissue Research. 374(3). 517–529. 11 indexed citations
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Shehab, Safa, Crystal D’Souza, Miloš Ljubisavljević, & Peter Redgrave. (2014). High-frequency electrical stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus excites target structures in a model using c-fos immunohistochemistry. Neuroscience. 270. 212–225. 16 indexed citations

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