M.Z. Akhtar

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 912 citations indexed

About

M.Z. Akhtar is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, M.Z. Akhtar has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 912 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Surgery, 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 10 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in M.Z. Akhtar's work include Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (13 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (11 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (9 papers). M.Z. Akhtar is often cited by papers focused on Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (13 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (11 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (9 papers). M.Z. Akhtar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. M.Z. Akhtar's co-authors include Rutger J. Ploeg, Catherine Boffa, James Neuberger, Marie Thuong, Michaël Kuiper, Ángel Ruíz, Patrick Evrard, Andrew Sutherland, Honglei Huang and Maria Kaisar and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

M.Z. Akhtar

27 papers receiving 898 citations

Hit Papers

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New classification of donation after circulatory death donors definitions and terminology

2016 272 citations Marie Thuong, Catherine Boffa et al. Transplant International profile →

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Arnaud De Roover Belgium

Lorenza Ridolfi Italy

T. Chapelle Belgium

Phuong-Thu Pham United States

Arnaud Deroover Belgium

E Sakurai Japan

Mario Carmellini Italy

I. C. van Riemsdijk Netherlands

Marc Ladrière France

Miyeun Han South Korea

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Fields of papers citing papers by M.Z. Akhtar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.Z. Akhtar

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Holzner, Markus, Yumin Zhong, Thai Hong Pham, et al.. (2025). Transforming Organ Transplantation through Ex Situ Lipid Nanoparticle-Mediated Gene Editing. American Journal of Transplantation. 25(8). S289–S290. 1 indexed citations

Tabrizian, Parissa, Yuki Bekki, M.Z. Akhtar, et al.. (2024). Improved outcomes of liver resection for hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma after the introduction of direct-acting antiviral therapy. HPB. 26(8). 1007–1021. 1 indexed citations

Todd, Rachel, M.Z. Akhtar, Fasika Tedla, et al.. (2024). Wasted Potential: Decoding the Trifecta of Donor Kidney Shortage, Underutilization, and Rising Discard Rates. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 51–64. 6 indexed citations

Akhtar, M.Z., et al.. (2024). Unlocking the Promise of Liver Perfusion Technologies for Pediatric Transplantation: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review. Pediatric Transplantation. 28(8). e14890–e14890. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Honglei, M.Z. Akhtar, Maria Letizia Lo Faro, et al.. (2018). Proteo-metabolomics reveals compensation between ischemic and non-injured contralateral kidneys after reperfusion. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8539–8539. 46 indexed citations

Patel, Manish Kumar, et al.. (2018). Role of biobanks in transplantation. Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 28. 30–33. 6 indexed citations

Nasralla, David, M.Z. Akhtar, Andrew J. Butler, et al.. (2018). A multicentre randomised controlled trial to compare the efficacy of ex-vivo normothermic machine perfusion with static cold storage in human liver transplantation. Protocol Exchange. 1 indexed citations

Webb, Gwilym J., Abbas Rana, James Hodson, et al.. (2017). Twenty-Year Comparative Analysis of Patients With Autoimmune Liver Diseases on Transplant Waitlists. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 16(2). 278–287.e7. 36 indexed citations

Kaisar, Maria, Marie‐Laëtitia Thézénas, M.Z. Akhtar, et al.. (2016). Plasma degradome affected by variable storage of human blood. Clinical Proteomics. 13(1). 26–26. 23 indexed citations

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Jochmans, Ina, M.Z. Akhtar, David Nasralla, et al.. (2016). Past, Present, and Future of Dynamic Kidney and Liver Preservation and Resuscitation. American Journal of Transplantation. 16(9). 2545–2555. 80 indexed citations

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Faro, Maria Letizia Lo, M.Z. Akhtar, Catherine Boffa, & Rutger J. Ploeg. (2015). Should Pulsatile Preservation Be the Gold Standard in Kidney Transplantation?. Current Transplantation Reports. 2(2). 105–112. 5 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Md Sayeed, Krishna Kolappa Pillai, Shahid Husain Ansari, et al.. (2015). Levosimendan suppresses oxidative injury, apoptotic signaling and mitochondrial degeneration in streptozotocin-induced diabetic cardiomyopathy. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 38(1). 10–22. 14 indexed citations

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Domínguez‐Gil, Beatriz, Jacques Duranteau, Alonso Mateos Rodríguez, et al.. (2015). Uncontrolled donation after circulatory death: European practices and recommendations for the development and optimization of an effective programme. Transplant International. 29(8). 842–859. 66 indexed citations

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Akhtar, M.Z., Honglei Huang, Maria Kaisar, et al.. (2015). Using an Integrated -Omics Approach to Identify Key Cellular Processes That Are Disturbed in the Kidney After Brain Death. American Journal of Transplantation. 16(5). 1421–1440. 14 indexed citations

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Akhtar, M.Z.. (2015). Training to be a surgeon takes too long in the UK. BMJ. h3813–h3813. 4 indexed citations

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Akhtar, M.Z., Andrew Sutherland, Honglei Huang, R J Ploeg, & Christopher W. Pugh. (2014). The Role of Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Organ Donation and Transplantation: The Current Perspective and Future Opportunities. American Journal of Transplantation. 14(7). 1481–1487. 42 indexed citations

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Rebolledo, Rolando, Bo Liu, M.Z. Akhtar, et al.. (2014). Prednisolone has a positive effect on the kidney but not on the liver of brain dead rats: a potencial role in complement activation. Journal of Translational Medicine. 12(1). 111–111. 19 indexed citations

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Akhtar, M.Z., et al.. (2013). Novel Approaches to Preventing Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury During Liver Transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 45(6). 2083–2092. 36 indexed citations

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Patel, Nilay, David Cranston, M.Z. Akhtar, et al.. (2012). Active surveillance of small renal masses offers short‐term oncological efficacy equivalent to radical and partial nephrectomy. British Journal of Urology. 110(9). 1270–1275. 59 indexed citations

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Alfurayh, Osman, et al.. (1997). Yield and complications in percutaneous renal biopsy. A comparisond gun-biopsy and manual techniques in native and transplant kidneys.. 38. 431. 2 indexed citations

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