Prem Ponka

14.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
147 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Prem Ponka is a scholar working on Hematology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Prem Ponka has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Hematology, 72 papers in Genetics and 62 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Prem Ponka's work include Iron Metabolism and Disorders (81 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (70 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (46 papers). Prem Ponka is often cited by papers focused on Iron Metabolism and Disorders (81 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (70 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (46 papers). Prem Ponka collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Prem Ponka's co-authors include Des R. Richardson, Alex D. Sheftel, Robert E. Fleming, Megan Whitnall, Chun Nam Lok, Mark J. Koury, Philippe Gros, C. Beaumont, François Canonne‐Hergaux and E. Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Prem Ponka

143 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 molecular mechanisms of the metabolism and transport of iron in normal and neoplastic cells

1997 602 citations Des R. Richardson, Prem Ponka profile →
Iron Overload in Human Disease

2012 456 citations Robert E. Fleming, Prem Ponka profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Prem Ponka Canada	52	4.5k	4.2k	3.5k	3.0k	1.2k	147	11.2k
Kostas Pantopoulos Canada	46	4.3k 1.0×	3.2k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	986 0.8×	132	9.6k
Tracey A. Rouault United States	87	8.3k 1.8×	11.2k 2.6×	6.5k 1.8×	4.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.3×	240	22.9k
Seppo Parkkila Finland	65	2.1k 0.5×	9.4k 2.2×	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	963 0.8×	320	15.1k
Z. Ioav Cabantchik Israel	46	4.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.4×	2.6k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	615 0.5×	82	7.5k
Evan H. Morgan Australia	49	4.0k 0.9×	2.2k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	209	8.0k
Gaetano Cairo Italy	52	3.2k 0.7×	3.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	750 0.6×	140	10.8k
Sonia Levi Italy	60	5.8k 1.3×	4.7k 1.1×	4.2k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	525 0.4×	161	10.4k
Toshiyuki Miyata Japan	62	3.5k 0.8×	4.9k 1.2×	658 0.2×	1.4k 0.5×	756 0.6×	330	13.4k
Bryan Mackenzie United States	32	3.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	4.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	421 0.3×	60	7.9k
William S. Sly United States	83	3.6k 0.8×	13.4k 3.2×	3.4k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	5.6k 4.5×	328	23.7k

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Fillebeen, Carine, John Wagner, Angeliki Katsarou, et al.. (2018). Transferrin receptor 1 controls systemic iron homeostasis by fine-tuning hepcidin expression to hepatocellular iron load. Blood. 133(4). 344–355. 83 indexed citations

Garcia‐Santos, Daniel, Amel Hamdi, Carine Fillebeen, et al.. (2017). Inhibition of heme oxygenase ameliorates anemia and reduces iron overload in a β-thalassemia mouse model. Blood. 131(2). 236–246. 34 indexed citations

Li, Huihui, Weili Bao, Huiyong Chen, et al.. (2017). Decreasing TfR1 expression reverses anemia and hepcidin suppression in β-thalassemic mice. Blood. 129(11). 1514–1526. 52 indexed citations

Garcia‐Santos, Daniel, Matthias Schranzhofer, Monika Horváthová, et al.. (2014). Heme oxygenase 1 is expressed in murine erythroid cells where it controls the level of regulatory heme. Blood. 123(14). 2269–2277. 26 indexed citations

Lovejoy, David B., Patric J. Jansson, Ulf T. Brunk, et al.. (2011). Antitumor Activity of Metal-Chelating Compound Dp44mT Is Mediated by Formation of a Redox-Active Copper Complex That Accumulates in Lysosomes. Cancer Research. 71(17). 5871–5880. 267 indexed citations

Soe-Lin, Shan, et al.. (2010). Both Nramp1 and DMT1 are necessary for efficient macrophage iron recycling. Experimental Hematology. 38(8). 609–617. 57 indexed citations

Horváthová, Monika, Prem Ponka, & Vladimír Divoký. (2010). Molecular basis of hereditary iron homeostasis defects. Hematology. 15(2). 96–111. 7 indexed citations

Lu, Zhongbing, Guangjun Nie, Yiye Li, et al.. (2009). Overexpression of Mitochondrial Ferritin Sensitizes Cells to Oxidative Stress Via an Iron-Mediated Mechanism. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 11(8). 1791–1803. 23 indexed citations

Rathore, Khizr I., Bradley J. Kerr, Adriana Redensek, et al.. (2008). Ceruloplasmin Protects Injured Spinal Cord from Iron-Mediated Oxidative Damage. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(48). 12736–12747. 80 indexed citations

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Sheftel, Alex D., An‐Sheng Zhang, Claire M. Brown, Orian S. Shirihai, & Prem Ponka. (2007). Direct interorganellar transfer of iron from endosome to mitochondrion. Blood. 110(1). 125–132. 209 indexed citations

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Sheftel, Alex D., Sangwon F. Kim, & Prem Ponka. (2007). Non-heme Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1 Does Not Alter Cellular Iron Metabolism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(14). 10480–10486. 45 indexed citations

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Whitnall, Megan, Jonathan Howard, Prem Ponka, & Des R. Richardson. (2006). A class of iron chelators with a wide spectrum of potent antitumor activity that overcomes resistance to chemotherapeutics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(40). 14901–14906. 436 indexed citations

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Zhang, An‐Sheng, Alex D. Sheftel, & Prem Ponka. (2006). The anemia of “haemoglobin-deficit” (hbd/hbd) mice is caused by a defect in transferrin cycling. Experimental Hematology. 34(5). 593–598. 28 indexed citations

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Nie, Guangjun, et al.. (2005). Functional consequences of the human DMT1 (SLC11A2) mutation on protein expression and iron uptake. Blood. 106(12). 3985–3987. 34 indexed citations

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Adamcová, Michaela, Vladimír Geršl, V. Pelouch, et al.. (2002). Cardiac troponin T following repeated administration of pyridoxal isonicotinoyl hydrazone in rabbits. Physiological Research. 51(5). 443–448. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Jian, Joan L. Buss, Guohua Chen, Prem Ponka, & Kostas Pantopoulos. (2002). The prolyl 4‐hydroxylase inhibitor ethyl‐3,4‐dihydroxybenzoate generates effective iron deficiency in cultured cells. FEBS Letters. 529(2-3). 309–312. 35 indexed citations

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Richardson, Des R. & Prem Ponka. (1998). Development of iron chelators to treat iron overload disease and their use as experimental tools to probe intracellular iron metabolism. American Journal of Hematology. 58(4). 299–305. 76 indexed citations

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Richardson, Des R. & Prem Ponka. (1995). Identification of a mechanism of iron uptake by cells which is stimulated by hydroxyl radicals generated via the iron-catalysed Haber-Weiss reaction. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1269(2). 105–114. 46 indexed citations

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Alcantara, O, et al.. (1994). Regulation of protein kinase C (PKC) expression by iron: effect of different iron compounds on PKC-beta and PKC-alpha gene expression and role of the 5'-flanking region of the PKC-beta gene in the response to ferric transferrin. Blood. 84(10). 3510–3517. 1 indexed citations

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Hermes‐Lima, Marcelo, et al.. (1994). Deoxyribose degradation catalyzed by Fe(III)-EDTA: kinetic aspects and potential usefulness for submicromolar iron measurements. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 137(1). 65–73. 34 indexed citations

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