Iqbal Hamza

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Iqbal Hamza is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hematology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Iqbal Hamza has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Hematology and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Iqbal Hamza's work include Iron Metabolism and Disorders (24 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (22 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (11 papers). Iqbal Hamza is often cited by papers focused on Iron Metabolism and Disorders (24 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (22 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (11 papers). Iqbal Hamza collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and China. Iqbal Hamza's co-authors include Jonathan D. Gitlin, Miguel P. Soares, Tamara Korolnek, Xiaojing Yuan, Mark R. O’Brian, Harry A. Dailey, Amit R. Reddi, Scott Severance, Joseph R. Prohaska and Zhenhao Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Iqbal Hamza

73 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Molecular Mechanisms of Iron and Heme Metabolism

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Iqbal Hamza United States	36	1.9k	1.0k	943	608	474	75	4.5k
Caroline C. Philpott United States	43	3.0k 1.6×	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.4×	614 1.0×	768 1.6×	68	5.7k
Marianne Wessling‐Resnick United States	44	1.8k 0.9×	2.5k 2.5×	2.9k 3.1×	752 1.2×	287 0.6×	118	6.5k
Stephan Nußberger Germany	26	2.6k 1.3×	2.0k 1.9×	1.7k 1.8×	179 0.3×	448 0.9×	48	5.8k
Jean‐Claude Drapier France	39	1.7k 0.9×	588 0.6×	734 0.8×	368 0.6×	156 0.3×	76	4.6k
Lukas C. Kühn Switzerland	47	4.4k 2.3×	1.9k 1.8×	2.6k 2.8×	775 1.3×	387 0.8×	90	8.0k
Giovanni Musci Italy	35	1.0k 0.5×	1.9k 1.9×	1.4k 1.5×	218 0.4×	287 0.6×	124	4.0k
Michael J. Petris United States	40	1.6k 0.8×	3.9k 3.8×	831 0.9×	292 0.5×	664 1.4×	69	5.9k
Ann Smith United States	34	3.2k 1.6×	347 0.3×	676 0.7×	1.4k 2.4×	83 0.2×	79	4.9k
Jay N. Umbreit United States	29	863 0.4×	999 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	231 0.4×	215 0.5×	49	3.0k
Kelvin Cain United Kingdom	42	5.8k 3.0×	703 0.7×	215 0.2×	751 1.2×	245 0.5×	100	8.0k

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Yuan, Xiaojing, et al.. (2024). Quantitative analysis of heme and hemoglobin for the detection of intravascular hemolysis. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1312. 342766–342766. 3 indexed citations

Knettel, Brandon A., et al.. (2024). A profound absence of counseling interventions for suicide prevention among youth in Africa: A call to action based on an empty scoping review. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 54(2). 296–301. 1 indexed citations

Hamza, Iqbal, et al.. (2024). Abstract 4120131: Absence of standard modifiable risk factors (SMuRF-less) among 5002 Middle Eastern patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: (Interim analysis from the Jo-SMuRF Study). Circulation. 150(Suppl_1). 1 indexed citations

Chen, Caiyong & Iqbal Hamza. (2023). Notes from the Underground: Heme Homeostasis in C. elegans. Biomolecules. 13(7). 1149–1149. 7 indexed citations

Munir, Raheel, Muhammad Yasin, Muhammad Afzal, et al.. (2023). Melatonin alleviated cadmium accumulation and toxicity by modulating phytohormonal balance and antioxidant metabolism in rice. Chemosphere. 346. 140590–140590. 35 indexed citations

Ullah, Arif, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide screening and evolutionary analysis of ZIP (ZRT–IRT like proteins) family in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 71(3). 1145–1157. 3 indexed citations

Chambers, Ian G., Praveen Kumar, Jens Lichtenberg, et al.. (2022). MRP5 and MRP9 play a concerted role in male reproduction and mitochondrial function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(6). 15 indexed citations

Ullah, Mohib, et al.. (2022). Phytochemical Analysis and Antibacterial Activity of Berberis vulgaris Extract. Advancements in Life Sciences. 9(3). 289–289. 3 indexed citations

Whitehead, Daniel C., et al.. (2020). Toxoplasma gondii requires its plant-like heme biosynthesis pathway for infection. PLoS Pathogens. 16(5). e1008499–e1008499. 31 indexed citations

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Chambers, Ian G., et al.. (2020). One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them: The trafficking of heme without deliverers. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1868(1). 118881–118881. 58 indexed citations

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Laranjeira‐Silva, Maria Fernanda, Wanpeng Wang, Tamika K. Samuel, et al.. (2018). A MFS-like plasma membrane transporter required for Leishmania virulence protects the parasites from iron toxicity. PLoS Pathogens. 14(6). e1007140–e1007140. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jianbing & Iqbal Hamza. (2018). Zebrafish as a model system to delineate the role of heme and iron metabolism during erythropoiesis. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 128(3). 204–212. 14 indexed citations

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Samuel, Tamika K., Xiaojing Yuan, Jianbing Zhang, et al.. (2017). Inter-organ signalling by HRG-7 promotes systemic haem homeostasis. Nature Cell Biology. 19(7). 799–807. 22 indexed citations

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Yuan, Xiaojing, Nicole Rietzschel, Hanna Kwon, et al.. (2016). Regulation of intracellular heme trafficking revealed by subcellular reporters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(35). E5144–52. 101 indexed citations

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Soares, Miguel P. & Iqbal Hamza. (2016). Macrophages and Iron Metabolism. Immunity. 44(3). 492–504. 281 indexed citations

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Renberg, Rebecca L., Xiaojing Yuan, Tamika K. Samuel, et al.. (2015). The Heme Transport Capacity of LHR1 Determines the Extent of Virulence in Leishmania amazonensis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(5). e0003804–e0003804. 29 indexed citations

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Yuan, Xiaojing, Paul J. Schmidt, Erica Bresciani, et al.. (2013). HRG1 Is Essential for Heme Transport from the Phagolysosome of Macrophages during Erythrophagocytosis. Cell Metabolism. 17(2). 261–270. 186 indexed citations

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Hamza, Iqbal, et al.. (2013). The first Egyptian experience using new self-expandable metal stents in acute esophageal variceal bleeding: Pilot study. Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology. 19(4). 177–177. 27 indexed citations

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Hamza, Iqbal & Harry A. Dailey. (2012). One ring to rule them all: Trafficking of heme and heme synthesis intermediates in the metazoans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1823(9). 1617–1632. 174 indexed citations

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Chen, Caiyong, Tamika K. Samuel, Jason Sinclair, Harry A. Dailey, & Iqbal Hamza. (2011). An Intercellular Heme-Trafficking Protein Delivers Maternal Heme to the Embryo during Development in C. elegans. Cell. 145(5). 720–731. 47 indexed citations

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