Rajiv R. Ratan

19.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
164 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Rajiv R. Ratan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Rajiv R. Ratan has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 31 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Rajiv R. Ratan's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (36 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (23 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (17 papers). Rajiv R. Ratan is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (36 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (23 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (17 papers). Rajiv R. Ratan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Rajiv R. Ratan's co-authors include Hoon Ryu, Jay M. Baraban, Robert J. Ferrante, Saravanan S. Karuppagounder, Brett Langley, Ishraq Alim, Timothy H. Murphy, Junghee Lee, Megan W. Bourassa and Amit Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rajiv R. Ratan

163 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Activation of innate immunity in the CNS triggers neurodegeneration through a Toll-like receptor 4-dependent pathway

2003 858 citations Rajiv R. Ratan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Selenium Drives a Transcriptional Adaptive Program to Block Ferroptosis and Treat Stroke

2019 780 citations Daniel H. Geschwind, Botir T. Sagdullaev et al. profile →
Exercise promotes the expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) through the action of the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate

2016 575 citations Sama F. Sleiman, Lauretta El Hayek et al. profile →
Histone Deacetylase Inhibition by Sodium Butyrate Chemotherapy Ameliorates the Neurodegenerative Phenotype in Huntington's Disease Mice

2003 559 citations Robert J. Ferrante, James K. Kubilus et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Butyrate, neuroepigenetics and the gut microbiome: Can a high fiber diet improve brain health?

2016 466 citations Rajiv R. Ratan et al. profile →
Neuronal Death After Hemorrhagic Stroke In Vitro and In Vivo Shares Features of Ferroptosis and Necroptosis

2017 428 citations Saravanan S. Karuppagounder, Rajiv R. Ratan et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rajiv R. Ratan United States	68	8.7k	3.2k	2.4k	2.4k	1.9k	164	15.4k
Carsten Culmsee Germany	60	7.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	162	12.7k
Pamela Maher United States	76	9.5k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	229	16.8k
Gang Hu China	68	7.7k 0.9×	3.9k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	3.1k 1.6×	379	16.3k
Hermona Soreq Israel	75	12.7k 1.5×	2.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	416	22.6k
Paul A. Rosenberg United States	66	5.8k 0.7×	5.7k 1.8×	793 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	3.1k 1.6×	184	17.1k
Zhihong Huang China	33	5.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	870 0.4×	2.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	135	12.5k
Nicolás G. Bazán United States	85	10.7k 1.2×	4.5k 1.4×	1.0k 0.4×	4.5k 1.8×	3.2k 1.7×	524	25.0k
Roger P. Simon United States	80	9.6k 1.1×	7.1k 2.2×	1.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	3.5k 1.9×	285	20.4k
Michael R. Duchen United Kingdom	92	14.2k 1.6×	4.6k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	5.5k 2.3×	1.9k 1.0×	251	24.3k
Giora Feuerstein United States	62	5.3k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	954 0.4×	1.8k 0.8×	3.3k 1.8×	279	14.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kumar, Amresh & Rajiv R. Ratan. (2024). Design of an IoT Based Module for Monitoring and Control of Various Agricultural Parameters. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Amit, Saravanan S. Karuppagounder, Yingxin Chen, et al.. (2023). 2-Deoxyglucose drives plasticity via an adaptive ER stress-ATF4 pathway and elicits stroke recovery and Alzheimer’s resilience. Neuron. 111(18). 2831–2846.e10. 30 indexed citations

Karnib, Nabil, Lauretta El Hayek, Patrick Nasrallah, et al.. (2019). Lactate is an antidepressant that mediates resilience to stress by modulating the hippocampal levels and activity of histone deacetylases. Neuropsychopharmacology. 44(6). 1152–1162. 106 indexed citations

Basso, Manuela, Mariarosaria Conte, Angela De Simone, et al.. (2017). Designing Dual Transglutaminase 2/Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Effective at Halting Neuronal Death. ChemMedChem. 13(3). 227–230. 14 indexed citations

Kim, Eunhee, Moon‐Sook Woo, Luye Qin, et al.. (2015). Daidzein Augments Cholesterol Homeostasis via ApoE to Promote Functional Recovery in Chronic Stroke. PMC. 1 indexed citations

Aleyasin, Hossein, Saravanan S. Karuppagounder, Amit Kumar, et al.. (2014). Antihelminthic Benzimidazoles Are Novel HIF Activators That Prevent Oxidative Neuronal Death via Binding to Tubulin. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 22(2). 121–134. 17 indexed citations

Zhong, Yimin, Jingming Li, Yanming Chen, et al.. (2012). Activation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress by Hyperglycemia Is Essential for Müller Cell–Derived Inflammatory Cytokine Production in Diabetes. Diabetes. 61(2). 492–504. 157 indexed citations

Sleiman, Sama F., Brett Langley, Manuela Basso, et al.. (2011). Mithramycin Is a Gene-Selective Sp1 Inhibitor That Identifies a Biological Intersection between Cancer and Neurodegeneration. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(18). 6858–6870. 111 indexed citations

Haskew-Layton, Renee, N. A. Smirnova, C. Thong, et al.. (2010). Controlled enzymatic production of astrocytic hydrogen peroxide protects neurons from oxidative stress via an Nrf2-independent pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(40). 17385–17390. 127 indexed citations

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Niatsetskaya, Zoya, Manuela Basso, Rachel E. Speer, et al.. (2009). HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors Prevent Neuronal Death Induced by Mitochondrial Toxins: Therapeutic Implications for Huntington's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 12(4). 435–443. 52 indexed citations

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Gibson, Gary E., Rajiv R. Ratan, & M. Flint Beal. (2008). Mitochondria and oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disorders. 19 indexed citations

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Aminova, Leila R., Ambreena Siddiq, & Rajiv R. Ratan. (2008). Antioxidants, HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors or Short Interfering RNAs to BNIP3 or PUMA, Can Prevent Prodeath Effects of the Transcriptional Activator, HIF-1α, in a Mouse Hippocampal Neuronal Line. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 10(12). 1989–1998. 43 indexed citations

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Siddiq, Ambreena, Leila R. Aminova, & Rajiv R. Ratan. (2007). Hypoxia Inducible Factor Prolyl 4-Hydroxylase Enzymes: Center Stage in the Battle Against Hypoxia, Metabolic Compromise and Oxidative Stress. Neurochemical Research. 32(4-5). 931–946. 94 indexed citations

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Gensert, JoAnn, Oxana V. Baranova, David E. Weinstein, & Rajiv R. Ratan. (2007). CD81, a cell cycle regulator, is a novel target for histone deacetylase inhibition in glioma cells. Neurobiology of Disease. 26(3). 671–680. 18 indexed citations

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Siddiq, Ambreena, Issam A. Ayoub, Juan C. Chávez, et al.. (2005). Hypoxia-inducible Factor Prolyl 4-Hydroxylase Inhibition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(50). 41732–41743. 259 indexed citations

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Langley, Brett, JoAnn Gensert, M. F. Beal, & Rajiv R. Ratan. (2005). Remodeling Chromatin and Stress Resistance in the Central Nervous System: Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors as Novel and Broadly Effective Neuroprotective Agents. PubMed. 4(1). 41–50. 141 indexed citations

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Ferrante, Robert J., Hoon Ryu, James K. Kubilus, et al.. (2004). Chemotherapy for the Brain: The Antitumor Antibiotic Mithramycin Prolongs Survival in a Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(46). 10335–10342. 172 indexed citations

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Ryu, Hoon, Jung-Hee Lee, Beatrix A. Olofsson, et al.. (2003). Histone deacetylase inhibitors prevent oxidative neuronal death independent of expanded polyglutamine repeats via an Sp1-dependent pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(7). 4281–4286. 225 indexed citations

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Ratan, Rajiv R.. (2003). Mining genome databases for therapeutic gold: SIM2 is a novel target for treatment of solid tumors. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 24(10). 508–510. 2 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Pranab Kumar, et al.. (1971). Effect of chemically protecting dietary protein from microbial degradation in the rumen on wool growth.. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 9(1). 109–110. 1 indexed citations

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