Muhammad Ashraf

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Ashraf is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Ashraf has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Ashraf's work include Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (25 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (14 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (8 papers). Muhammad Ashraf is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (25 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (14 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (8 papers). Muhammad Ashraf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and China. Muhammad Ashraf's co-authors include Yigang Wang, Husnain Kh Haider, Nauman Ahmad, Meifeng Xu, Ryota Uemura, Shujia Jiang, Niagara Muhammad Idris, Hiroshi Miyawaki, Gang Lü and En Takashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Ashraf

46 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Bone Marrow Stem Cells Prevent Left Ventricular Remodeling of Ischemic Heart Through Paracrine Signaling

2006 513 citations Meifeng Xu, Nauman Ahmad et al. Circulation Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Ashraf United States	23	999	916	863	752	626	47	2.6k
Wangde Dai United States	21	664 0.7×	376 0.4×	897 1.0×	530 0.7×	504 0.8×	86	2.0k
Yury Ladilov Germany	23	861 0.9×	387 0.4×	334 0.4×	266 0.4×	340 0.5×	42	1.6k
Oliver Dewald Germany	25	1.4k 1.4×	346 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	382 0.5×	1.7k 2.7×	74	3.6k
Yasunori Shintani Japan	28	1.2k 1.2×	240 0.3×	585 0.7×	175 0.2×	1.1k 1.7×	58	2.7k
Santosh K. Sanganalmath United States	20	936 0.9×	213 0.2×	971 1.1×	479 0.6×	464 0.7×	31	1.8k
Arnd Schaefer Germany	20	1.2k 1.2×	327 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	779 1.0×	1.4k 2.2×	40	3.1k
James E. Jordan United States	21	372 0.4×	825 0.9×	421 0.5×	57 0.1×	546 0.9×	46	2.0k
Alok S. Pachori United States	23	1.1k 1.1×	184 0.2×	476 0.6×	304 0.4×	358 0.6×	32	1.8k
Zheqing Cai United States	14	815 0.8×	459 0.5×	213 0.2×	170 0.2×	271 0.4×	17	2.0k
Mitsushige Murata Japan	25	864 0.9×	326 0.4×	302 0.3×	85 0.1×	1.3k 2.1×	97	2.3k

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Ashraf, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Early Childhood Education and its Impact on Enrolment Enhancement at Primary Level, Rural Areas. 1(3). 122–130.

Ashraf, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Changes in the testicular histomorphometry and their association with genes expression pattern of testes from birth to puberty in Beetal goat kids. Small Ruminant Research. 210. 106666–106666. 1 indexed citations

Zafar, Shamaila, Muhammad Ashraf, Asghar Ali, et al.. (2018). Effect of caffeine on anti-clotting activity of warfarin in healthy male albino rabbits.. PubMed. 31(2(Suppl.)). 611–616. 7 indexed citations

Yu, Bin, Huan Liu, Min Gong, et al.. (2016). Clusterin/Akt Up-Regulation Is Critical for GATA-4 Mediated Cytoprotection of Mesenchymal Stem Cells against Ischemia Injury. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0151542–e0151542. 13 indexed citations

Jones, W. Keith, Hongxia Li, Zhisong He, et al.. (2011). Paracrine Effect of Wnt11-Overexpressing Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Ischemic Injury. Stem Cells and Development. 21(4). 598–608. 43 indexed citations

Huang, Wei, Tao Wang, Dongsheng Zhang, et al.. (2011). Mesenchymal Stem Cells Overexpressing CXCR4 Attenuate Remodeling of Postmyocardial Infarction by Releasing Matrix Metalloproteinase-9. Stem Cells and Development. 21(5). 778–789. 47 indexed citations

Ahmad, Nauman, et al.. (2009). Long-acting phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor, tadalafil, induces sustained cardioprotection against lethal ischemic injury. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 297(1). H387–H391. 26 indexed citations

Elmadbouh, Ibrahim, Husnain Kh Haider, Shujia Jiang, et al.. (2007). Ex vivo delivered stromal cell-derived factor-1α promotes stem cell homing and induces angiomyogenesis in the infarcted myocardium. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 42(4). 792–803. 135 indexed citations

Wang, Yigang, Nauman Ahmad, Baoyi Wang, & Muhammad Ashraf. (2007). Chronic preconditioning: a novel approach for cardiac protection. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 292(5). H2300–H2305. 19 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Nauman, Yigang Wang, Khawaja Husnain Haider, et al.. (2006). Cardiac protection by mitoK_ATPchannels is dependent on Akt translocation from cytosol to mitochondria during late preconditioning. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 290(6). H2402–H2408. 66 indexed citations

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Wang, Yigang, Husnain Kh Haider, Nauman Ahmad, Dongsheng Zhang, & Muhammad Ashraf. (2006). Evidence for ischemia induced host-derived bone marrow cell mobilization into cardiac allografts. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 41(3). 478–487. 54 indexed citations

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Wang, Yigang, et al.. (2005). Mechanisms by which KATP channel openers produce acute and delayed cardioprotection. Vascular Pharmacology. 42(5-6). 253–264. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, Yigang, et al.. (1999). Activation of Mitochondrial ATP-Sensitive K ⁺ Channel for Cardiac Protection Against Ischemic Injury Is Dependent on Protein Kinase C Activity. Circulation Research. 85(8). 731–741. 166 indexed citations

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Miyawaki, Hiroshi, Yigang Wang, & Muhammad Ashraf. (1998). Oxidant stress with hydrogen peroxide attenuates calcium paradox injury: role of protein kinase C and ATP-sensitive potassium channel. Cardiovascular Research. 37(3). 691–699. 19 indexed citations

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Ashraf, Muhammad, et al.. (1998). Modulation of Adenosine Effects in Attenuation of Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Rat Heart. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 30(9). 1803–1815. 22 indexed citations

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Fontaine, R, et al.. (1991). Immunocytochemical localization of xanthine oxidase in rat myocardium.. PubMed. 23(3). 379–90. 5 indexed citations

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Fujiwara, Hisayoshi, Muhammad Ashraf, Ronald W. Millard, Shigeru Sato, & Arnold Schwartz. (1984). Effects of diltiazem, a calcium channel inhibitor, in retarding cellular damage produced during early myocardial ischemia in pigs: A morphometric and ultrastructural analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 3(6). 1427–1437. 19 indexed citations

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Ashraf, Muhammad, et al.. (1984). Cardiac injury in short duration anoxia and modification by diltiazem, a calcium channel blocking agent. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 3(5). 1237–1244. 15 indexed citations

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Ashraf, Muhammad, et al.. (1984). Heterogeneity of cell response to early anoxia and reoxygenation in rat heart. Experimental Pathology. 25(3). 139–146. 5 indexed citations

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Ashraf, Muhammad, et al.. (1983). Effects of diltiazem on anoxic injury in the isolated rat heart. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 1(4). 1081–1089. 16 indexed citations

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