Omar A. Itani

1.9k total citations
25 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Omar A. Itani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Omar A. Itani has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 6 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Omar A. Itani's work include Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (9 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (6 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers). Omar A. Itani is often cited by papers focused on Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (9 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (6 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers). Omar A. Itani collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Omar A. Itani's co-authors include Christie P. Thomas, Michael J. Welsh, Russell F. Husted, Kang Z. Liu, John B. Stokes, Randy W. Loftus, Scott D. Auerbach, Thomas J. Schmidt, Thomas O. Moninger and Mark A. Knepper and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Biology and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Omar A. Itani

23 papers receiving 900 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Omar A. Itani United States 16 564 304 146 140 100 25 910
Eugènia Mato Spain 17 322 0.6× 47 0.2× 107 0.7× 197 1.4× 167 1.7× 34 883
Covadonga Huidobro Spain 20 468 0.8× 111 0.4× 74 0.5× 33 0.2× 55 0.6× 30 992
Martina Jansen Germany 7 595 1.1× 147 0.5× 138 0.9× 220 1.6× 93 0.9× 8 855
Rama Soundararajan United States 18 905 1.6× 309 1.0× 108 0.7× 331 2.4× 98 1.0× 19 1.2k
Atakan Aydın Germany 15 618 1.1× 55 0.2× 140 1.0× 164 1.2× 102 1.0× 29 874
Spencer Luíz Marques Payão Brazil 18 371 0.7× 71 0.2× 152 1.0× 43 0.3× 326 3.3× 63 929
Boyoung Cha United States 20 965 1.7× 169 0.6× 86 0.6× 86 0.6× 392 3.9× 45 1.3k
Shlomo Almashanu Israel 16 390 0.7× 131 0.4× 136 0.9× 109 0.8× 48 0.5× 45 838
Ming Tse United States 11 619 1.1× 96 0.3× 59 0.4× 56 0.4× 252 2.5× 18 853
Christine K. Ratajczak United States 14 271 0.5× 141 0.5× 94 0.6× 19 0.1× 33 0.3× 41 875

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Omar A. Itani

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xu, Cong, Omar A. Itani, Neal D. Mathew, et al.. (2025). Biased regulation of protein synthesis and hypoxic death by a conditional raptor mutation. Current Biology. 35(11). 2567–2582.e5.
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Read, Catherine, Marybeth S. Hughes, & Omar A. Itani. (2023). Presentation of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, and Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Woman With No Identifiable Genetic Abnormalities. The American Surgeon. 89(12). 6393–6395.
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Boulin, Thomas, Omar A. Itani, Sonia El Mouridi, et al.. (2021). Functional analysis of a de novo variant in the neurodevelopment and generalized epilepsy disease gene NBEA. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 134(1-2). 195–202. 7 indexed citations
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Itani, Omar A., Xuefei Zhong, Xiaoting Tang, et al.. (2020). Coordinate Regulation of Ribosome and tRNA Biogenesis Controls Hypoxic Injury and Translation. Current Biology. 31(1). 128–137.e5. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, Omar A. Itani, Leena Haataja, et al.. (2019). Requirement for translocon-associated protein (TRAP) α in insulin biogenesis. Science Advances. 5(12). eaax0292–eaax0292. 25 indexed citations
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Wu, Xia, Barbara A. Scott, Omar A. Itani, et al.. (2017). Ageing and hypoxia cause protein aggregation in mitochondria. Cell Death and Differentiation. 24(10). 1730–1738. 41 indexed citations
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Guo, Chunfang, Omar A. Itani, Breane Budaitis, et al.. (2015). Longevity Genes Revealed by Integrative Analysis of Isoform-Specific daf-16/FoxO Mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 201(2). 613–629. 58 indexed citations
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Itani, Omar A., Philip H. Karp, Sarah E. Ernst, et al.. (2011). Human cystic fibrosis airway epithelia have reduced Cl − conductance but not increased Na + conductance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(25). 10260–10265. 93 indexed citations
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Itani, Omar A., et al.. (2009). Acute regulation of tight junction ion selectivity in human airway epithelia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(9). 3591–3596. 53 indexed citations
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Albaqumi, Mamdouh, Shekhar Srivastava, Li Zhai, et al.. (2008). KCa3.1 potassium channels are critical for cAMP-dependent chloride secretion and cyst growth in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease. Kidney International. 74(6). 740–749. 61 indexed citations
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Itani, Omar A., Fred S. Lamb, James E. Melvin, & Michael J. Welsh. (2007). Basolateral chloride current in human airway epithelia. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 293(4). L991–L999. 11 indexed citations
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Itani, Omar A., John B. Stokes, & Christie P. Thomas. (2005). Nedd4–2 isoforms differentially associate with ENaC and regulate its activity. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 289(2). F334–F346. 41 indexed citations
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Thomas, Christie P. & Omar A. Itani. (2004). New insights into epithelial sodium channel function in the kidney: site of action, regulation by ubiquitin ligases, serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase and proteolysis. Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension. 13(5). 541–548. 45 indexed citations
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Itani, Omar A., et al.. (2003). Alternate promoters and variable splicing lead to hNedd4–2 isoforms with a C2 domain and varying number of WW domains. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 285(5). F916–F929. 51 indexed citations
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Itani, Omar A., et al.. (2003). Cycloheximide increases glucocorticoid-stimulated α-ENaC mRNA in collecting duct cells by p38 MAPK-dependent pathway. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 284(4). F778–F787. 21 indexed citations
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Thomas, Christie P., Randy W. Loftus, Kang Z. Liu, & Omar A. Itani. (2002). Genomic organization of the 5′ end of human β-ENaC and preliminary characterization of its promoter. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 282(5). F898–F909. 16 indexed citations
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Itani, Omar A., Scott D. Auerbach, Russell F. Husted, et al.. (2002). Glucocorticoid-stimulated lung epithelial Na+transport is associated with regulated ENaC andsgk1expression. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 282(4). L631–L641. 98 indexed citations
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Auerbach, Scott D., Randy W. Loftus, Omar A. Itani, & Christie P. Thomas. (2000). Human amiloride-sensitive epithelial Na+ channel γ subunit promoter: functional analysis and identification of a polypurine-polypyrimidine tract with the potential for triplex DNA formation. Biochemical Journal. 347(1). 105–105. 1 indexed citations

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