Danish Sayed

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Danish Sayed is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Danish Sayed has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Danish Sayed's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Danish Sayed is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Danish Sayed collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Italy. Danish Sayed's co-authors include Maha Abdellatif, Chull Hong, Jacqueline Lypowy, Minzhen He, Shweta Rane, Dorothy E. Vatner, Himanshu Vashistha, Ashwani Malhotra, Junichi Sadoshima and Zhi Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Danish Sayed

25 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

MicroRNAs in Development and Disease

2011 885 citations Danish Sayed, Maha Abdellatif profile →
MicroRNAs Play an Essential Role in the Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy

2007 643 citations Danish Sayed, Chull Hong et al. Circulation Research profile →

Peers

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Zhan‐Peng Huang China

Germana Zaccagnini Italy

David Otaegui Spain

Shizuka Uchida Denmark

Da‐Zhi Wang United States

Amar J. Majmundar United States

Xiu‐Miao Li China

Tara L. Haas Canada

Carmen C. Sucharov United States

Guijun Yan China

Zhan‐Peng Huang China

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159 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Danish Sayed

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Fields of papers citing papers by Danish Sayed

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Danish Sayed

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All Works

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Manhas, Amit, Yu Liu, Chikage Noishiki, et al.. (2025). Multiscale profiling of tyrosine kinase inhibitor cardiotoxicity reveals mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO1 as cardioprotective. Science Translational Medicine. 17(829). eadv9403–eadv9403.

Alikunju, Saleena, et al.. (2023). Klf9 plays a critical role in GR –dependent metabolic adaptations in cardiomyocytes. Cellular Signalling. 111. 110886–110886. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Zhi, et al.. (2023). Reducing branched-chain amino acids improves cardiac stress response in mice by decreasing histone H3K23 propionylation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(22). 18 indexed citations

Liu, Chun, Pedro P. Medina, Dilip Thomas, et al.. (2021). A protocol for transdifferentiation of human cardiac fibroblasts into endothelial cells via activation of innate immunity. STAR Protocols. 2(2). 100556–100556. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Chun, Farhan Himmati, Mingtao Zhao, et al.. (2020). HIF1α Regulates Early Metabolic Changes due to Activation of Innate Immunity in Nuclear Reprogramming. Stem Cell Reports. 14(2). 192–200. 11 indexed citations

Alikunju, Saleena, Elena Severinova, Zhi Yang, Andreas Ivessa, & Danish Sayed. (2020). Acute NelfA knockdown restricts compensatory gene expression and precipitates ventricular dysfunction during cardiac hypertrophy. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 142. 93–104. 1 indexed citations

Pfleger, Jessica, Yong Heui Jeon, Zhi Yang, et al.. (2019). Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase and acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 2 selectively associate with H2A.Z-occupied promoters and are required for histone modifications. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1862(10). 194436–194436. 13 indexed citations

Shin, Hye‐Won, Minzhen He, Zhi Yang, et al.. (2018). Transcriptional regulation mediated by H2A.Z via ANP32e-dependent inhibition of protein phosphatase 2A. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1861(5). 481–496. 11 indexed citations

He, Minzhen, Zhi Yang, Maha Abdellatif, & Danish Sayed. (2015). GTPase Activating Protein (Sh3 Domain) Binding Protein 1 Regulates the Processing of MicroRNA-1 during Cardiac Hypertrophy. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0145112–e0145112. 25 indexed citations

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Sayed, Danish, Zhi Yang, Minzhen He, Jessica Pfleger, & Maha Abdellatif. (2014). Acute Targeting of General Transcription Factor IIB Restricts Cardiac Hypertrophy via Selective Inhibition of Gene Transcription. Circulation Heart Failure. 8(1). 138–148. 21 indexed citations

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Sayed, Danish, Minzhen He, Zhi Yang, Lin Lin, & Maha Abdellatif. (2012). Transcriptional Regulation Patterns Revealed by High Resolution Chromatin Immunoprecipitation during Cardiac Hypertrophy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(4). 2546–2558. 37 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhi, Danish Sayed, Minzhen He, et al.. (2012). GATA4 expression is primarily regulated via a miR-26b-dependent post-transcriptional mechanism during cardiac hypertrophy. Cardiovascular Research. 93(4). 645–654. 70 indexed citations

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Sayed, Danish & Maha Abdellatif. (2010). AKT-ing via microRNA. Cell Cycle. 9(16). 3233–3237. 48 indexed citations

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Rane, Shweta, Minzhen He, Danish Sayed, et al.. (2010). An antagonism between the AKT and beta-adrenergic signaling pathways mediated through their reciprocal effects on miR-199a-5p. Cellular Signalling. 22(7). 1054–1062. 68 indexed citations

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Sayed, Danish, Minzhen He, Chull Hong, et al.. (2010). MicroRNA-21 Is a Downstream Effector of AKT That Mediates Its Antiapoptotic Effects via Suppression of Fas Ligand. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(26). 20281–20290. 269 indexed citations

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Sayed, Danish, et al.. (2009). Abstract 3010: MiRNA-26 Plays Essential Role in Myocyte Survival and Hypertrophy by Regulating GATA4. Circulation. 120. 2 indexed citations

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Rane, Shweta, Minzhen He, Danish Sayed, et al.. (2009). Downregulation of MiR-199a Derepresses Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α and Sirtuin 1 and Recapitulates Hypoxia Preconditioning in Cardiac Myocytes. Circulation Research. 104(7). 879–886. 482 indexed citations

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Sayed, Danish, Shweta Rane, & Maha Abdellatif. (2008). MicroRNAs Challenge the Status Quo of Therapeutic Targeting. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 2(1). 100–107. 6 indexed citations

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Sayed, Danish, Shweta Rane, Jacqueline Lypowy, et al.. (2008). MicroRNA-21 Targets Sprouty2 and Promotes Cellular Outgrowths. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(8). 3272–3282. 284 indexed citations

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Lypowy, Jacqueline, Jayashree Pain, Danish Sayed, et al.. (2006). Histone H2A.z Is Essential for Cardiac Myocyte Hypertrophy but Opposed by Silent Information Regulator 2α. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(28). 19369–19377. 81 indexed citations

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