Sankar Mitra

19.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
253 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Sankar Mitra is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sankar Mitra has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 219 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Oncology and 35 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Sankar Mitra's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (149 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (64 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (37 papers). Sankar Mitra is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (149 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (64 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (37 papers). Sankar Mitra collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Panama. Sankar Mitra's co-authors include Tapas K. Hazra, Tadahide Izumi, István Boldogh, Ranajoy Chattopadhyay, Sheila E. Crowe, Asima Bhattacharyya, Muralidhar L. Hegde, Kishor K. Bhakat, Robert S. Foote and Robert E. Carraway and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Sankar Mitra

249 papers receiving 15.6k 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.

Oxidative Stress: An Essential Factor in the Pathogenesis of Gastrointestinal Mucosal Diseases

2014 1.9k citations Asima Bhattacharyya, Ranajoy Chattopadhyay et al. profile →
DNA-bound structures and mutants reveal abasic DNA binding by APE1 DNA repair and coordination

2000 637 citations Tadahide Izumi, Sankar Mitra et al. profile →
Early steps in the DNA base excision/single-strand interruption repair pathway in mammalian cells

2008 518 citations Muralidhar L. Hegde, Tapas K. Hazra et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Sankar Mitra	12.6k	2.7k	2.3k	1.3k	793	253	15.9k
Michael J. Weber	12.7k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	3.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.2×	944 1.2×	196	17.4k
Stanley T. Crooke	17.8k 1.4×	2.4k 0.9×	4.0k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	988 1.2×	415	25.7k
Mark R. Kelley	9.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	2.9k 1.3×	978 0.7×	640 0.8×	233	12.9k
Jing Li	9.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	770 0.6×	431 0.5×	404	13.2k
Thomas G. Cotter	11.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	678 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	244	18.4k
Ángel R. Nebreda	12.6k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	4.4k 1.9×	902 0.7×	879 1.1×	178	18.5k
Clifford J. Steer	8.1k 0.6×	2.9k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	688 0.9×	276	13.6k
Lucia Altucci	9.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	486 0.6×	321	14.5k
Curt Milliman	9.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	654 0.5×	903 1.1×	9	14.1k
David M. Hockenbery	10.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	834 1.1×	124	16.7k

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Wang, Haibo, Joy Mitra, Pavana M. Hegde, et al.. (2024). FUS unveiled in mitochondrial DNA repair and targeted ligase-1 expression rescues repair-defects in FUS-linked motor neuron disease. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2156–2156. 16 indexed citations

Dutta, Arijit, Joy Mitra, Pavana M. Hegde, Sankar Mitra, & Muralidhar L. Hegde. (2023). Characterizing the Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks: A Review of Surrogate Plasmid-Based Reporter Methods. Methods in molecular biology. 2701. 173–182. 2 indexed citations

Pandey, Arvind, S. C. Tripathi, Junhua Mai, et al.. (2021). Combinatorial Effect of PLK1 Inhibition with Temozolomide and Radiation in Glioblastoma. Cancers. 13(20). 5114–5114. 9 indexed citations

Pandey, Arvind, Veronica Vighetto, Francesca Ferraro, et al.. (2020). Gold Nanoparticles Radio-Sensitize and Reduce Cell Survival in Lewis Lung Carcinoma. Nanomaterials. 10(9). 1717–1717. 21 indexed citations

Mitra, Joy, Erika N. Guerrero, Pavana M. Hegde, et al.. (2019). Motor neuron disease-associated loss of nuclear TDP-43 is linked to DNA double-strand break repair defects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(10). 4696–4705. 208 indexed citations

Wang, Feng, Xiaojun Xia, Chunying Yang, et al.. (2018). SMAD4 Gene Mutation Renders Pancreatic Cancer Resistance to Radiotherapy through Promotion of Autophagy. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(13). 3176–3185. 123 indexed citations

Mitra, Joy, Velmarini Vasquez, Pavana M. Hegde, et al.. (2015). Revisiting Metal Toxicity in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Stroke: Therapeutic Potential.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 1(2). 21 indexed citations

Zhang, Haihong, Cheng‐Hui Xie, Horace J. Spencer, et al.. (2011). Obesity and Hepatosteatosis in Mice with Enhanced Oxidative DNA Damage Processing in Mitochondria. American Journal Of Pathology. 178(4). 1715–1727. 16 indexed citations

Mitra, Sankar. (2011). Lipid Nano-Particles in Medicine: Production, Stability and Drug Delivery – A Review. 27. 15–110. 3 indexed citations

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Mitra, Sankar. (2008). Stabilizing Effect of Chitosan on Curcumin from the Damaging Action of Alkaline pH and Ultraviolet Light. 24. 39–55. 9 indexed citations

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Mitra, Sankar. (2008). Cell Surface Binding, Intracellular cAMP Elevation and Membrane Associated G-Protein Activation by (R,R)- and (S,S)-Formoterols in Androgen Independent Human Prostate Cancer Cell Line, PC3. 24. 87–104. 1 indexed citations

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Bhakat, Kishor K., Anil K. Mantha, & Sankar Mitra. (2008). Transcriptional Regulatory Functions of Mammalian AP-Endonuclease (APE1/Ref-1), an Essential Multifunctional Protein. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 11(3). 621–637. 211 indexed citations

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Chattopadhyay, Ranajoy, Soumita Das, Amit K. Maiti, et al.. (2008). Regulatory Role of Human AP-Endonuclease (APE1/Ref-1) in YB-1-Mediated Activation of the Multidrug Resistance Gene MDR1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(23). 7066–7080. 101 indexed citations

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Mitra, Sankar. (2007). Binding and Stability of Curcumin in Presence of Bovine Serum Albumin. 23. 91–110. 19 indexed citations

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O’Hara, Ann M., Asima Bhattacharyya, Randy C. Mifflin, et al.. (2006). Interleukin-8 Induction by Helicobacter pylori in Gastric Epithelial Cells is Dependent on Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease-1/Redox Factor-1. The Journal of Immunology. 177(11). 7990–7999. 44 indexed citations

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Izumi, Tadahide, David B. Brown, C. V. Naidu, et al.. (2005). Two essential but distinct functions of the mammalian abasic endonuclease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(16). 5739–5743. 194 indexed citations

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Hazra, Tapas K., Jeff W. Hill, Tadahide Izumi, & Sankar Mitra. (2001). Multiple DNA glycosylases for repair of 8-oxoguanine and their potential in Vivo functions. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 68. 193–205. 110 indexed citations

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Izumi, Tadahide, Tapas K. Hazra, István Boldogh, et al.. (2000). Requirement for human AP endonuclease 1 for repair of 3′-blocking damage at DNA single-strand breaks induced by reactive oxygen species. Carcinogenesis. 21(7). 1329–1334. 145 indexed citations

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Mitra, Sankar & Robert E. Carraway. (1993). Importance of thiol group(s) in the binding of 125I-labeled neurotensin to membranes from porcine brain. Peptides. 14(2). 185–189. 6 indexed citations

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Adhya, Sankar, Arup Sen, & Sankar Mitra. (1971). The Role of Gene S. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 2. 743–746. 25 indexed citations

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