Kumar Pichumani

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kumar Pichumani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kumar Pichumani has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cancer Research and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kumar Pichumani's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (13 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers). Kumar Pichumani is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (13 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers). Kumar Pichumani collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and India. Kumar Pichumani's co-authors include Robert Bachoo, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Elizabeth A. Maher, Tomoyuki Mashimo, Vamsidhara Vemireddy, Bruce Mickey, Zoltán Kovács, Dinesh Kumar Singh, Kimmo J. Hatanpaa and Shyam Sirasanagandla and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Kumar Pichumani

32 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Acetate Is a Bioenergetic Substrate for Human Glioblastoma and Brain Metastases

2014 579 citations Tomoyuki Mashimo, Kumar Pichumani et al. Cell profile →
Single-cell analysis of human glioma and immune cells identifies S100A4 as an immunotherapy target

2022 245 citations Nourhan Abdelfattah, Parveen Kumar et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kumar Pichumani United States	13	906	633	263	178	157	34	1.4k
Mioara Larion United States	22	980 1.1×	458 0.7×	459 1.7×	191 1.1×	159 1.0×	47	1.7k
Joydeep Mukherjee United States	18	938 1.0×	700 1.1×	449 1.7×	137 0.8×	88 0.6×	35	1.5k
Takuya Furuta Japan	22	719 0.8×	348 0.5×	414 1.6×	183 1.0×	145 0.9×	101	1.7k
Vamsidhara Vemireddy United States	12	716 0.8×	591 0.9×	218 0.8×	59 0.3×	146 0.9×	16	1.3k
H. Artee Luchman Canada	24	850 0.9×	542 0.9×	626 2.4×	147 0.8×	125 0.8×	43	1.6k
Mohammed Noor Tantawy United States	24	980 1.1×	465 0.7×	103 0.4×	192 1.1×	171 1.1×	58	2.0k
Allie Fu United States	22	1.3k 1.4×	743 1.2×	167 0.6×	193 1.1×	263 1.7×	30	2.1k
Ping‐Pin Zheng Netherlands	15	446 0.5×	200 0.3×	241 0.9×	124 0.7×	106 0.7×	29	921
Milton Merchant United States	15	481 0.5×	188 0.3×	116 0.4×	190 1.1×	78 0.5×	27	1.2k
Cameron Snell Australia	18	1.3k 1.4×	787 1.2×	104 0.4×	212 1.2×	205 1.3×	44	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kumar Pichumani

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Abdelfattah, Nourhan, Parveen Kumar, Jia-Shiun Leu, et al.. (2022). Single-cell analysis of human glioma and immune cells identifies S100A4 as an immunotherapy target. Nature Communications. 13(1). 767–767. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

Baskin, David S., et al.. (2021). Rotating Magnetic Fields Inhibit Mitochondrial Respiration, Promote Oxidative Stress and Produce Loss of Mitochondrial Integrity in Cancer Cells. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 768758–768758. 23 indexed citations

Helekar, Santosh A., Shashank Hambarde, Omkar B. Ijare, et al.. (2021). Selective induction of rapid cytotoxic effect in glioblastoma cells by oscillating magnetic fields. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 147(12). 3577–3589. 10 indexed citations

Ijare, Omkar B., et al.. (2020). Elevated levels of circulating betahydroxybutyrate in pituitary tumor patients may differentiate prolactinomas from other immunohistochemical subtypes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1334–1334. 5 indexed citations

Jakkamsetti, Vikram, Isaac Marin‐Valencia, Qian Ma, et al.. (2019). Brain metabolism modulates neuronal excitability in a mouse model of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency. Science Translational Medicine. 11(480). 51 indexed citations

Ijare, Omkar B., David S. Baskin, & Kumar Pichumani. (2019). Ex Vivo 1H NMR study of pituitary adenomas to differentiate various immunohistochemical subtypes. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3007–3007. 13 indexed citations

Ijare, Omkar B., et al.. (2019). CBMT-49. OXALOACETATE ALTERS GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN GLIOBLASTOMA: 13C ISOTOPOMER STUDY. Neuro-Oncology. 21(Supplement_6). vi43–vi44. 5 indexed citations

Ijare, Omkar B., et al.. (2018). Metabolism of fructose in B-cells: A 13C NMR spectroscopy based stable isotope tracer study. Analytical Biochemistry. 552. 110–117. 7 indexed citations

Courtney, Kevin D., Divya Bezwada, Tomoyuki Mashimo, et al.. (2018). Isotope Tracing of Human Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinomas Demonstrates Suppressed Glucose Oxidation In Vivo. Cell Metabolism. 28(5). 793–800.e2. 197 indexed citations

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Pichumani, Kumar, Omkar B. Ijare, Martyn A. Sharpe, David S. Baskin, & Santosh A. Helekar. (2018). CBMT-33. ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELDS INDUCED BY FAST SPINNING STRONG MAGNETS MODULATE MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY METABOLISM IN GBM CELLS. Neuro-Oncology. 20(suppl_6). vi39–vi40.

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Mulik, Rohit S., Hui Zheng, Kumar Pichumani, et al.. (2017). Elucidating the structural organization of a novel low-density lipoprotein nanoparticle reconstituted with docosahexaenoic acid. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 204. 65–75. 5 indexed citations

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Pichumani, Kumar, Tomoyuki Mashimo, Vamsidhara Vemireddy, et al.. (2016). Hepatic gluconeogenesis influences 13C enrichment in lactate in human brain tumors during metabolism of [1,2-13C]acetate. Neurochemistry International. 97. 133–136. 5 indexed citations

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Pichumani, Kumar, Tomoyuki Mashimo, Hyeon-Man Baek, et al.. (2015). Conditions for 13C NMR detection of 2-hydroxyglutarate in tissue extracts from isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutated gliomas. Analytical Biochemistry. 481. 4–6. 8 indexed citations

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Pichumani, Kumar, et al.. (2015). Effects of hydrogen bonding on amide-proton chemical shift anisotropy in a proline-containing model peptide. Chemical Physics Letters. 627. 126–129. 2 indexed citations

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Mashimo, Tomoyuki, Kumar Pichumani, Vamsidhara Vemireddy, et al.. (2014). Acetate Is a Bioenergetic Substrate for Human Glioblastoma and Brain Metastases. Cell. 159(7). 1603–1614. 579 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marin‐Valencia, Isaac, M. A. Hooshyar, Kumar Pichumani, A. Dean Sherry, & Craig R. Malloy. (2014). The ratio of acetate‐to‐glucose oxidation in astrocytes from a single¹³CNMRspectrum of cerebral cortex. Journal of Neurochemistry. 132(1). 99–109. 10 indexed citations

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Velan, S. Sendhil, Kumar Pichumani, David K. Murray, et al.. (2008). Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy with Longitudinal Multispin Orders. Current Analytical Chemistry. 4(1). 40–54. 1 indexed citations

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Pichumani, Kumar, Xiang Zou, Tilak Chandra, & Kenneth L. Brown. (2007). Determination of the anomeric configuration in carbohydrates by longitudinal cross‐correlated relaxation studies: application to mono‐ and disaccharides. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 45(9). 734–738. 4 indexed citations

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Pichumani, Kumar, et al.. (2003). Covariation of backbone motion throughout a small protein domain. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 10(11). 962–965. 34 indexed citations

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Seewald, Michael J., et al.. (2000). The role of backbone conformational heat capacity in protein stability: Temperature dependent dynamics of the B1 domain of Streptococcal protein G. Protein Science. 9(6). 1177–1193. 73 indexed citations

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