Khursheed Iqbal

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Khursheed Iqbal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Khursheed Iqbal has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 15 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Khursheed Iqbal's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (15 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers). Khursheed Iqbal is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (15 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers). Khursheed Iqbal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Khursheed Iqbal's co-authors include Gerd P. Pfeifer, Piroska E. Szabó, Seung‐Gi Jin, Michael J. Soares, Kaela M. Varberg, Wei Liu, Haiping Wu, Zixin Deng, Linyu Shi and Xinyi He and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Khursheed Iqbal

38 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

The role of Tet3 DNA dioxygenase in epigenetic reprogramming by oocytes

2011 859 citations Tianpeng Gu, Fan Guo et al. Nature profile →
Reprogramming of the paternal genome upon fertilization involves genome-wide oxidation of 5-methylcytosine

2011 531 citations Khursheed Iqbal, Seung‐Gi Jin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Khursheed Iqbal United States	18	1.7k	604	521	351	293	40	2.4k
Courtney W. Hanna United Kingdom	21	935 0.5×	602 1.0×	436 0.8×	310 0.9×	314 1.1×	35	1.6k
Jun Ohgane Japan	27	2.1k 1.2×	354 0.6×	694 1.3×	191 0.5×	461 1.6×	48	2.6k
Shun Sato Japan	23	1.4k 0.8×	525 0.9×	699 1.3×	402 1.1×	469 1.6×	60	2.4k
Naka Hattori Japan	27	2.2k 1.3×	346 0.6×	707 1.4×	168 0.5×	484 1.7×	55	2.8k
Erica D. Watson United Kingdom	17	790 0.5×	621 1.0×	227 0.4×	595 1.7×	128 0.4×	29	1.5k
Wing Yee Kwong United Kingdom	15	629 0.4×	1.2k 2.0×	254 0.5×	487 1.4×	650 2.2×	22	2.0k
Marie Pantaleon Australia	23	660 0.4×	486 0.8×	216 0.4×	259 0.7×	516 1.8×	35	1.4k
Daniel M. Messerschmidt Singapore	18	1.5k 0.9×	341 0.6×	437 0.8×	84 0.2×	237 0.8×	30	1.9k
Mitsuteru Ito United Kingdom	16	1.7k 1.0×	735 1.2×	957 1.8×	86 0.2×	190 0.6×	20	2.1k
Romain Lambrot Canada	19	944 0.6×	437 0.7×	310 0.6×	81 0.2×	305 1.0×	31	1.6k

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Varberg, Kaela M., Joseph M. Varberg, Irfan Saadi, et al.. (2025). Leveraging chorionic villus biopsies for the derivation of patient-specific trophoblast stem cells. Communications Biology. 8(1). 964–964.

Varberg, Kaela M., Khursheed Iqbal, John Aplin, et al.. (2024). NOTUM-mediated WNT silencing drives extravillous trophoblast cell lineage development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(40). e2403003121–e2403003121. 9 indexed citations

Dhakal, Pramod, Khursheed Iqbal, Lindsey N. Kent, et al.. (2023). CITED2 is a conserved regulator of the uterine–placental interface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(3). e2213622120–e2213622120. 17 indexed citations

Varberg, Kaela M., Joseph M. Varberg, Khursheed Iqbal, et al.. (2023). Extravillous trophoblast cell lineage development is associated with active remodeling of the chromatin landscape. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4826–4826. 27 indexed citations

Iqbal, Khursheed, et al.. (2023). The AKT1-FOXO4 axis reciprocally regulates hemochorial placentation. Development. 150(2). 4 indexed citations

Iqbal, Khursheed, et al.. (2023). TAF7L regulates early stages of male germ cell development in the rat. The FASEB Journal. 38(1). e23376–e23376. 1 indexed citations

Iqbal, Khursheed, Regan L. Scott, Ha Vu, et al.. (2023). Conditionally mutant animal model for investigating the invasive trophoblast cell lineage. Development. 151(2). 2 indexed citations

Muto, Masanaga, Damayanti Chakraborty, Kaela M. Varberg, et al.. (2021). Intersection of regulatory pathways controlling hemostasis and hemochorial placentation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(50). 21 indexed citations

Wang, Lei, Damayanti Chakraborty, Khursheed Iqbal, & Michael J. Soares. (2021). SUV39H2 controls trophoblast stem cell fate. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1865(6). 129867–129867. 7 indexed citations

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Flor, Susanne, Khursheed Iqbal, Regan L. Scott, et al.. (2021). PCB126 induced toxic actions on liver energy metabolism is mediated by AhR in rats. Toxicology. 466. 153054–153054. 15 indexed citations

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Flor, Susanne, Shanthi Ganesan, Malavika K. Adur, et al.. (2021). The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediates reproductive toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyl congener 126 in rats. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 426. 115639–115639. 19 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Khursheed, et al.. (2020). Catechol-O-methyltransferase and Pregnancy Outcome: an Appraisal in Rat. Reproductive Sciences. 28(2). 462–469. 9 indexed citations

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Kubota, Kaiyu, Khursheed Iqbal, & Michael J. Soares. (2020). SATB1 promotion of trophoblast stem cell renewal through regulation of threonine dehydrogenase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1865(1). 129757–129757. 1 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Khursheed, et al.. (2014). RNA-Seq Transcriptome Profiling of Equine Inner Cell Mass and Trophectoderm1. Biology of Reproduction. 90(3). 61–61. 41 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Khursheed, Seung‐Gi Jin, Gerd P. Pfeifer, & Piroska E. Szabó. (2011). Reprogramming of the paternal genome upon fertilization involves genome-wide oxidation of 5-methylcytosine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(9). 3642–3647. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

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Iqbal, Khursheed, Diana A. Tran, Guillermo E. Rivas, et al.. (2011). Effects of endocrine disruptors on imprinted gene expression in the mouse embryo. Epigenetics. 6(7). 937–950. 60 indexed citations

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Gu, Tianpeng, Fan Guo, Hui Yang, et al.. (2011). The role of Tet3 DNA dioxygenase in epigenetic reprogramming by oocytes. Nature. 477(7366). 606–610. 859 indexed citations breakdown →

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Iqbal, Khursheed, Wilfried A. Kues, Ulrich Baulain, et al.. (2010). Species-Specific Telomere Length Differences Between Blastocyst Cell Compartments and Ectopic Telomere Extension in Early Bovine Embryos by Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase. Biology of Reproduction. 84(4). 723–733. 24 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Khursheed, Wilfried A. Kues, & Heiner Niemann. (2007). Parent-of-origin dependent gene-specific knock down in mouse embryos. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 358(3). 727–732. 9 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Khursheed & Inge Grundke‐Iqbal. (2004). Inhibition of Neurofibrillary Degeneration: A Promising Approach to Alzheimers Disease and Other Tauopathies. Current Drug Targets. 5(6). 495–502. 30 indexed citations

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