Junaid Afzal

917 total citations
32 papers, 621 citations indexed

About

Junaid Afzal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Junaid Afzal has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 621 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 7 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Junaid Afzal's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (6 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (5 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (5 papers). Junaid Afzal is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (6 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (5 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (5 papers). Junaid Afzal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. Junaid Afzal's co-authors include Kshitiz Gupta, Andre Levchenko, Deok‐Ho Kim, Yasir Suhail, Eun Hyun Ahn, Yamin Liu, Young-Hoon Kim, Kahp-Yang Suh, M. Roselle Abraham and Suengwon Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Junaid Afzal

31 papers receiving 614 citations

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Cara Lea Carraher United States

Adele Hill United States

Yanbin Pi China

Sander van Putten Denmark

Eleni A. Skokos United States

Mārtiņš Kalējs Latvia

Ashley Cornett United States

Andrew K. Baldwin United Kingdom

Roberto C. Andresen Eguiluz United States

Yingnan Wu China

Cara Lea Carraher United States

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Afzal, Junaid, Yasir Suhail, Wenqiang Du, et al.. (2025). Evidence for coopetition at the maternal–fetal interface shaping placental invasion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(36). e2323038122–e2323038122.

Suhail, Yasir, Yamin Liu, Junaid Afzal, et al.. (2025). Extravillous trophoblasts reverse the decidualization induced increase in matrix production by secreting TGFβ antagonists Emilin-1 and Gremlin-1. PubMed. 181. 203994–203994. 1 indexed citations

Du, Wenqiang, et al.. (2024). Stable and oscillatory hypoxia differentially regulate invasibility of breast cancer associated fibroblasts. PubMed. 2(3). 100070–100070. 5 indexed citations

Du, Wenqiang, Yamin Liu, Junaid Afzal, et al.. (2024). Scar matrix drives Piezo1 mediated stromal inflammation leading to placenta accreta spectrum. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8379–8379. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Yamin, et al.. (2024). Lactate in breast cancer cells is associated with evasion of hypoxia-induced cell cycle arrest and adverse patient outcome. Human Cell. 37(3). 768–781. 3 indexed citations

Suhail, Yasir, Yamin Liu, Wenqiang Du, et al.. (2024). Oscillatory hypoxia induced gene expression predicts low survival in human breast cancer patients. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 63(12). 2305–2315. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Yamin, et al.. (2023). Metabolic Acidosis Results in Sexually Dimorphic Response in the Heart Tissue. Metabolites. 13(4). 549–549. 2 indexed citations

Higuchi, Satoshi, Aleksandr Voskoboinik, Sung Il Im, et al.. (2023). Frequent Premature Atrial Contractions Lead to Adverse Atrial Remodeling and Atrial Fibrillation in a Swine Model. Circulation. 149(6). 463–474. 3 indexed citations

Suhail, Yasir, et al.. (2022). Tracing the cis-regulatory changes underlying the endometrial control of placental invasion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(6). 10 indexed citations

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Afzal, Junaid, Yamin Liu, Wenqiang Du, et al.. (2022). Cardiac ultrastructure inspired matrix induces advanced metabolic and functional maturation of differentiated human cardiomyocytes. Cell Reports. 40(4). 111146–111146. 17 indexed citations

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Gupta, Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, Yasir Suhail, et al.. (2022). Lactate-dependent chaperone-mediated autophagy induces oscillatory HIF-1α activity promoting proliferation of hypoxic cells. Cell Systems. 13(12). 1048–1064.e7. 17 indexed citations

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Suhail, Yasir, Junaid Afzal, & Kshitiz Gupta. (2021). Incorporating and addressing testing bias within estimates of epidemic dynamics for SARS-CoV-2. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 21(1). 11–11. 12 indexed citations

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Gupta, Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, Jamie Maziarz, et al.. (2019). Evolution of placental invasion and cancer metastasis are causally linked. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(12). 1743–1753. 57 indexed citations

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Liu, Yamin, Junaid Afzal, Styliani Vakrou, et al.. (2019). Differences in microRNA-29 and Pro-fibrotic Gene Expression in Mouse and Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 6. 170–170. 37 indexed citations

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Afzal, Junaid, M.F. Karakaş, Styliani Vakrou, et al.. (2017). Cardiosphere-Derived Cells Demonstrate Metabolic Flexibility That Is Influenced by Adhesion Status. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 2(5). 543–560. 7 indexed citations

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Lin, Xiaoping, Steven J. Steinberg, Junaid Afzal, et al.. (2016). Common miR-590 Variant rs6971711 Present Only in African Americans Reduces miR-590 Biogenesis. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0156065–e0156065. 12 indexed citations

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Gupta, Kshitiz, et al.. (2016). Mechanics of Microenvironment as Instructive Cues Guiding Stem Cell Behavior. Current Stem Cell Reports. 2(1). 62–72. 11 indexed citations

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Karakaş, M.F., Styliani Vakrou, Junaid Afzal, et al.. (2015). Hyaluronic acid-serum hydrogels rapidly restore metabolism of encapsulated stem cells and promote engraftment. Biomaterials. 73. 1–11. 32 indexed citations

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Ahn, Eun Hyun, Young-Hoon Kim, Kshitiz Gupta, et al.. (2014). Spatial control of adult stem cell fate using nanotopographic cues. Biomaterials. 35(8). 2401–2410. 94 indexed citations

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Afzal, Junaid, et al.. (2013). Enhanced Tissue Production through Redox Control in Stem Cell-Laden Hydrogels. Tissue Engineering Part A. 19(17-18). 2014–2023. 13 indexed citations

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