Sadhana Samant

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Sadhana Samant is a scholar working on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sadhana Samant has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Sadhana Samant's work include Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (23 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (7 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (6 papers). Sadhana Samant is often cited by papers focused on Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (23 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (7 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (6 papers). Sadhana Samant collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and India. Sadhana Samant's co-authors include Vinodkumar B. Pillai, Mahesh P. Gupta, Nagalingam R. Sundaresan, Senthilkumar B. Rajamohan, Gene Kim, Madhu Gupta, Ravindra P. Veeranna, H. Raghuraman, Madhu Gupta and Donald J. Wolfgeher and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sadhana Samant

35 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Honokiol blocks and reverses cardiac hypertrophy in mice ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Honokiol blocks and reverses cardiac hypertrophy in mice by activating mitochondrial Sirt3
    2015 354 citations Vinodkumar B. Pillai, Sadhana Samant et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Sadhana Samant
Vinodkumar B. Pillai United States
Kathryn F. Mills United States
Marı́a M. Fergusson United States
Yana Cen United States
Daniel Herranz United States
Hyunseok Kim South Korea
Athanassios Vassilopoulos United States
Daniela Zablocki United States
Madhu Gupta United States
Ana P. Gomes United States
Vinodkumar B. Pillai United States
Sadhana Samant
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sadhana Samant

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sadhana Samant. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sadhana Samant based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sadhana Samant. Sadhana Samant is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Pillai, Vinodkumar B., Samik Bindu, Willard W. Sharp, et al.. (2016). Sirt3 protects mitochondrial DNA damage and blocks the development of doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy in mice. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 310(8). H962–H972. 116 indexed citations
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Pillai, Vinodkumar B., Sadhana Samant, Nagalingam R. Sundaresan, et al.. (2015). Honokiol blocks and reverses cardiac hypertrophy in mice by activating mitochondrial Sirt3. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6656–6656. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Samant, Sadhana, Vinodkumar B. Pillai, Nagalingam R. Sundaresan, Sanjeev G. Shroff, & Mahesh P. Gupta. (2015). Histone Deacetylase 3 (HDAC3)-dependent Reversible Lysine Acetylation of Cardiac Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms Modulates Their Enzymatic and Motor Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(25). 15559–15569. 33 indexed citations
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Sundaresan, Nagalingam R., Prabhakaran Vasudevan, Lei Zhong, et al.. (2012). The sirtuin SIRT6 blocks IGF-Akt signaling and development of cardiac hypertrophy by targeting c-Jun. Nature Medicine. 18(11). 1643–1650. 391 indexed citations
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Pillai, Vinodkumar B., Nagalingam R. Sundaresan, Gene Kim, et al.. (2012). Nampt secreted from cardiomyocytes promotes development of cardiac hypertrophy and adverse ventricular remodeling. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 304(3). H415–H426. 73 indexed citations
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Sundaresan, Nagalingam R., et al.. (2010). Abstract 19950: SIRT1-Mediated Deacetylation Promotes Akt Membrane Localization and Activation During Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy.. Circulation. 122. 1 indexed citations
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Sundaresan, Nagalingam R., Sadhana Samant, Ayman Isbatan, et al.. (2009). Abstract 3603: SIRT1, a Stress-responsive Deacetylase is Required for Development of Compensatory Cardiac Hypertrophy. Circulation. 120. 1 indexed citations
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Rajamohan, Senthilkumar B., Vinodkumar B. Pillai, Madhu Gupta, et al.. (2009). SIRT1 Promotes Cell Survival under Stress by Deacetylation-Dependent Deactivation of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(15). 4116–4129. 260 indexed citations
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Pillai, Vinodkumar B., Nagalingam R. Sundaresan, Gene Kim, et al.. (2009). Exogenous NAD Blocks Cardiac Hypertrophic Response via Activation of the SIRT3-LKB1-AMP-activated Kinase Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(5). 3133–3144. 339 indexed citations
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Kim, Gene, Sadhana Samant, Judy U. Earley, & E. C. Svensson. (2009). Translational Control of FOG-2 Expression in Cardiomyocytes by MicroRNA-130a. PLoS ONE. 4(7). e6161–e6161. 40 indexed citations
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Gupta, Mahesh P., Sadhana Samant, Stephen H. Smith, & Sanjeev G. Shroff. (2008). HDAC4 and PCAF Bind to Cardiac Sarcomeres and Play a Role in Regulating Myofilament Contractile Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(15). 10135–10146. 122 indexed citations
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Sundaresan, Nagalingam R., Sadhana Samant, Vinodkumar B. Pillai, Senthilkumar B. Rajamohan, & Mahesh P. Gupta. (2008). SIRT3 Is a Stress-Responsive Deacetylase in Cardiomyocytes That Protects Cells from Stress-Mediated Cell Death by Deacetylation of Ku70. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(20). 6384–6401. 445 indexed citations
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Samant, Sadhana, et al.. (2007). The zinc finger and C-terminal domains of MTA proteins are required for FOG-2-mediated transcriptional repression via the NuRD complex. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 44(2). 352–360. 42 indexed citations
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Samant, Sadhana, Hui Ling, Jing Lü, et al.. (2005). The mouse t complex distorter/sterility candidate, Dnahc8, expresses a γ-type axonemal dynein heavy chain isoform confined to the principal piece of the sperm tail. Developmental Biology. 285(1). 57–69. 9 indexed citations
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Fossella, John, Sadhana Samant, Lee M. Silver, et al.. (2000). An axonemal dynein at the Hybrid Sterility 6 locus: implications for t haplotype-specific male sterility and the evolution of species barriers. Mammalian Genome. 11(1). 8–15. 36 indexed citations
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Samant, Sadhana & Rachel D. Sheppard. (1999). Mutational analysis of transgenic mouse B cell lymphomas: indication of a Trp53-independent pathway in tumor progression. Leukemia Research. 23(10). 939–946. 1 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Rachel D., Sadhana Samant, Marjorie Rosenberg, Lee M. Silver, & Michael D. Cole. (1998). Transgenic N-myc mouse model for indolent B cell lymphoma: tumor characterization and analysis of genetic alterations in spontaneous and retrovirally accelerated tumors. Oncogene. 17(16). 2073–2085. 21 indexed citations

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