Nalin M. Kumar

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Nalin M. Kumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nalin M. Kumar has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Nalin M. Kumar's work include Connexins and lens biology (39 papers), Heat shock proteins research (14 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (7 papers). Nalin M. Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Connexins and lens biology (39 papers), Heat shock proteins research (14 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (7 papers). Nalin M. Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. Nalin M. Kumar's co-authors include Norton B. Gilula, Mark Yeager, Vinzenz M. Unger, Xiaohua Gong, Peter Aadal Nielsen, Miyuki Nishi, George Klier, Qingling Huang, En Li and Joseph Horwitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nalin M. Kumar

50 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

The Gap Junction Communication Channel

1996 1.6k citations Nalin M. Kumar, Norton B. Gilula Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nalin M. Kumar United States	29	3.6k	737	368	352	257	50	4.2k
Akihiro Ikeda Japan	28	1.3k 0.4×	587 0.8×	224 0.6×	390 1.1×	285 1.1×	198	3.0k
Janis M. Burt United States	33	3.7k 1.0×	387 0.5×	393 1.1×	393 1.1×	238 0.9×	73	4.2k
Toshiya Okada Japan	34	2.4k 0.7×	456 0.6×	441 1.2×	418 1.2×	620 2.4×	169	3.7k
Robert G. Gourdie United States	54	7.3k 2.0×	540 0.7×	395 1.1×	639 1.8×	435 1.7×	176	9.6k
Xiaohua Gong United States	30	2.5k 0.7×	670 0.9×	286 0.8×	231 0.7×	310 1.2×	89	2.9k
Enrique J. de la Rosa Spain	34	2.4k 0.7×	300 0.4×	217 0.6×	959 2.7×	401 1.6×	96	3.6k
Heather S. Duffy United States	30	2.6k 0.7×	262 0.4×	306 0.8×	356 1.0×	183 0.7×	48	3.6k
Richard M. Gronostajski United States	52	5.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.9×	206 0.6×	749 2.1×	651 2.5×	138	7.5k
Kensuke Hayashi Japan	29	2.4k 0.6×	531 0.7×	529 1.4×	1.1k 3.2×	818 3.2×	103	4.7k
Tetsuro Takamatsu Japan	35	2.1k 0.6×	206 0.3×	189 0.5×	624 1.8×	206 0.8×	165	4.2k

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McAnany, J. Jason, Kenneth R. Alexander, Nalin M. Kumar, et al.. (2013). Electroretinographic Findings in a Patient with Congenital Stationary Night Blindness Due to a NovelNYXMutation. Ophthalmic Genetics. 34(3). 167–173. 4 indexed citations

Hoehenwarter, Wolfgang, Yajun Tang, Renate Ackermann, et al.. (2008). Identification of proteins that modify cataract of mouse eye lens. PROTEOMICS. 8(23-24). 5011–5024. 19 indexed citations

Unger, Vinzenz M., Nalin M. Kumar, Norton B. Gilula, & Mark Yeager. (2007). Electron Cryo‐Crystallography of a Recombinant Cardiac Gap Junction Channel. Novartis Foundation symposium. 219. 22–43. 7 indexed citations

Dunia, Irène, Christian Cibert, Xiaohua Gong, et al.. (2006). Structural and immunocytochemical alterations in eye lens fiber cells from Cx46 and Cx50 knockout mice. European Journal of Cell Biology. 85(8). 729–752. 29 indexed citations

Nielsen, Peter Aadal & Nalin M. Kumar. (2003). Differences in expression patterns between mouse connexin‐30.2 (Cx30.2) and its putative human orthologue, connexin‐31.9¹. FEBS Letters. 540(1-3). 151–156. 31 indexed citations

Nielsen, Peter Aadal, Amos Baruch, Valery I. Shestopalov, et al.. (2003). Lens Connexins α3Cx46 and α8Cx50 Interact with Zonula Occludens Protein-1 (ZO-1). Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14(6). 2470–2481. 95 indexed citations

Baldo, G. J., et al.. (2001). Gap Junctional Coupling in Lenses from α8 Connexin Knockout Mice. The Journal of General Physiology. 118(5). 447–456. 78 indexed citations

Baruch, Amos, Doron C. Greenbaum, Peter Aadal Nielsen, et al.. (2001). Defining a Link between Gap Junction Communication, Proteolysis, and Cataract Formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(31). 28999–29006. 98 indexed citations

Benedetti, E. L., Irène Dunia, Michel Recouvreur, et al.. (2000). Structural organization of gap junctions as revealed by freeze-fracture and SDS fracture-labeling. European Journal of Cell Biology. 79(8). 575–582. 16 indexed citations

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Unger, Vinzenz M., Nalin M. Kumar, Norton B. Gilula, & Mark Yeager. (1999). Expression, Two-Dimensional Crystallization, and Electron Cryo-crystallography of Recombinant Gap Junction Membrane Channels. Journal of Structural Biology. 128(1). 98–105. 30 indexed citations

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Gong, Xiaohua, et al.. (1999). Genetic factors influence cataract formation in ?3 connexin knockout mice. Developmental Genetics. 24(1-2). 27–32. 72 indexed citations

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Gong, Xiaohua, G. J. Baldo, Nalin M. Kumar, Norton B. Gilula, & Richard T. Mathias. (1998). Gap junctional coupling in lenses lacking α ₃ connexin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(26). 15303–15308. 98 indexed citations

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Gong, Xiaohua, En Li, George Klier, et al.. (1997). Disruption of α3 Connexin Gene Leads to Proteolysis and Cataractogenesis in Mice. Cell. 91(6). 833–843. 344 indexed citations

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Chandross, Karen J., David C. Spray, Rick I. Cohen, et al.. (1996). TNFα Inhibits Schwann Cell Proliferation, Connexin46 Expression, and Gap Junctional Communication. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 7(6). 479–500. 57 indexed citations

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Kumar, Nalin M. & Norton B. Gilula. (1996). The Gap Junction Communication Channel. Cell. 84(3). 381–388. 1596 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cascio, Michael, et al.. (1995). Physical Characterization of Gap Junction Membrane Connexons (Hemi-channels) Isolated from Rat Liver. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(31). 18643–18648. 45 indexed citations

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Kumar, Nalin M., et al.. (1993). Cloning and Expression of a Major Rat Lens Membrane Protein, M P20. Experimental Eye Research. 56(1). 35–43. 28 indexed citations

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Coca‐Prados, Miguel, Sikha Ghosh, Norton B. Gilula, & Nalin M. Kumar. (1992). Expression and cellular distribution of the al gap junction gene product in the ocular pigmented ciliary epithelium. Current Eye Research. 11(2). 113–122. 36 indexed citations

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Nishi, Miyuki, Nalin M. Kumar, & Norton B. Gilula. (1991). Developmental regulation of gap junction gene expression during mouse embryonic development. Developmental Biology. 146(1). 117–130. 107 indexed citations

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Hsieh, Chih‐Lin, Nalin M. Kumar, Norton B. Gilula, & Uta Francke. (1991). Distribution of genes for gap junction membrane channel proteins on human and mouse chromosomes. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 17(2). 191–200. 38 indexed citations

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