Naresh C. Bal

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Naresh C. Bal is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Naresh C. Bal has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Physiology, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Naresh C. Bal's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (36 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). Naresh C. Bal is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (36 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). Naresh C. Bal collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Italy. Naresh C. Bal's co-authors include Muthu Periasamy, Leslie A. Rowland, Santosh K. Maurya, Meghna Pant, Danesh H. Sopariwala, Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo, Sana Shaikh, Sushant Singh, Subash Gupta and Éric Bombardier and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Medicine and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Naresh C. Bal

56 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Sarcolipin is a newly identified regulator of muscle-based thermogenesis in mammals

2012 428 citations Naresh C. Bal, Santosh K. Maurya et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naresh C. Bal India	26	1.4k	938	356	345	344	58	2.3k
Carola W. Meyer Germany	17	1.6k 1.2×	674 0.7×	198 0.6×	270 0.8×	544 1.6×	25	2.3k
Jan Rozman Germany	25	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	99 0.3×	257 0.7×	686 2.0×	72	3.1k
Yuriy Kirichok United States	22	1.3k 0.9×	2.6k 2.8×	216 0.6×	367 1.1×	483 1.4×	35	5.5k
Polina V. Lishko United States	32	804 0.6×	1.6k 1.7×	144 0.4×	190 0.6×	251 0.7×	57	4.4k
James Mele United States	19	640 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	33 0.1×	52 0.2×	319 0.9×	29	2.5k
Alina Maloyan United States	25	516 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	99 0.3×	252 0.7×	247 0.7×	52	2.5k
Tim Pearson United Kingdom	23	392 0.3×	711 0.8×	149 0.4×	60 0.2×	198 0.6×	37	1.7k
Elisabeth Christians France	31	384 0.3×	2.4k 2.5×	70 0.2×	121 0.4×	110 0.3×	61	3.0k
Mitsuaki Fujimoto Japan	31	375 0.3×	2.7k 2.9×	111 0.3×	40 0.1×	131 0.4×	61	3.4k
Roxanne Y. Walder United States	30	644 0.5×	1.7k 1.8×	55 0.2×	158 0.5×	157 0.5×	47	3.3k

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Sadayappan, Sakthivel, et al.. (2025). Fractalkine is a key player in skeletal muscle metabolism and pathophysiology. FEBS Journal.

Acharya, S., Anindya Goswami, Bimal Prasad Jit, et al.. (2025). Resveratrol nanoparticles inhibit epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in oral cancer via p53-independent p21-mediated downregulation of survivin. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 334(Pt 1). 148959–148959.

Bal, Naresh C., et al.. (2024). Intramuscular administration of fractalkine modulates mitochondrial properties and promotes fast glycolytic phenotype. BioFactors. 51(1). e2092–e2092. 2 indexed citations

Raj, Ritu, et al.. (2023). Long-term physical inactivity induces significant changes in biochemical pathways related to metabolism of proteins and glycerophospholipids in mice. Molecular Omics. 20(1). 64–77. 2 indexed citations

Bal, Naresh C., et al.. (2023). Seasonal cold induces divergent structural/biochemical adaptations in different skeletal muscles of Columba livia: evidence for nonshivering thermogenesis in adult birds. Biochemical Journal. 480(17). 1397–1409. 14 indexed citations

Bal, Naresh C., et al.. (2023). Characterization of differential distribution patterns between mitofusin isoforms and their interaction in developing skeletal muscles of rat. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 124(11). 1792–1802. 2 indexed citations

Bal, Naresh C., et al.. (2023). Recent advancements in pharmacological strategies to modulate energy balance for combating obesity. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 14(8). 1429–1445. 4 indexed citations

Singh, Lisam Shanjukumar, et al.. (2022). Planispine A Sensitized Cancer Cells to Cisplatin by Inhibiting the Fanconi Anemia Pathway. Molecules. 27(21). 7288–7288. 1 indexed citations

Bal, Naresh C., et al.. (2022). Role of Distinct Fat Depots in Metabolic Regulation and Pathological Implications. Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. 186. 135–176. 10 indexed citations

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Grigg, Gordon C., Julia Nowack, J. Eduardo P. W. Bicudo, et al.. (2021). Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 97(2). 766–801. 62 indexed citations

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Bal, Naresh C., Subash C. Gupta, Meghna Pant, et al.. (2021). Is Upregulation of Sarcolipin Beneficial or Detrimental to Muscle Function?. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 633058–633058. 25 indexed citations

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Yadav, Monika, et al.. (2019). First Insight on Small Molecules as Cardiac Calsequestrin Stabilizers. ACS Omega. 4(7). 11508–11514. 1 indexed citations

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Periasamy, Muthu, Santosh K. Maurya, Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo, et al.. (2017). Role of SERCA Pump in Muscle Thermogenesis and Metabolism. Comprehensive physiology. 7(3). 879–890. 8 indexed citations

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Bal, Naresh C., Sushant Singh, Felipe C.G. Reis, et al.. (2017). Both brown adipose tissue and skeletal muscle thermogenesis processes are activated during mild to severe cold adaptation in mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(40). 16616–16625. 103 indexed citations

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Pant, Meghna, Naresh C. Bal, & Muthu Periasamy. (2016). Sarcolipin: A Key Thermogenic and Metabolic Regulator in Skeletal Muscle. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 27(12). 881–892. 106 indexed citations

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Kumar, Amit, Naresh C. Bal, Nivedita Jena, et al.. (2013). Identification of calcium binding sites on calsequestrin 1 and their implications for polymerization. Molecular BioSystems. 9(7). 1949–1957. 26 indexed citations

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Sahoo, Sanjaya Kumar, Sana Shaikh, Danesh H. Sopariwala, Naresh C. Bal, & Muthu Periasamy. (2013). Sarcolipin Protein Interaction with Sarco(endo)plasmic Reticulum Ca2+ATPase (SERCA) Is Distinct from Phospholamban Protein, and Only Sarcolipin Can Promote Uncoupling of the SERCA Pump. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(10). 6881–6889. 94 indexed citations

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Maurya, Santosh K., Muthu Periasamy, & Naresh C. Bal. (2013). High gender -specific susceptibility to curare- a neuromuscular blocking agent. Biological Research. 46(1). 75–78. 2 indexed citations

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Bal, Naresh C., Santosh K. Maurya, Danesh H. Sopariwala, et al.. (2012). Sarcolipin is a newly identified regulator of muscle-based thermogenesis in mammals. Nature Medicine. 18(10). 1575–1579. 428 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gupta, Subash, et al.. (2009). Pulmonary artery banding alters the expression of Ca²⁺transport proteins in the right atrium in rabbits. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 296(6). H1933–H1939. 16 indexed citations

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