Sinan Khor

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Sinan Khor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sinan Khor has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Sinan Khor's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (4 papers) and Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (3 papers). Sinan Khor is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (4 papers) and Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (3 papers). Sinan Khor collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Sinan Khor's co-authors include Eileen White, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Dongsheng Cai, Jessie Yanxiang Guo, Chang S. Chan, Saurabh V. Laddha, Xin Teng, Gizem Karsli-Uzunbas, Sandy M. Price and Nada Y. Kalaany and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Genes & Development and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sinan Khor

19 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Autophagy Is Required for Glucose Homeostasis and Lung Tumor Maintenance

2014 437 citations Gizem Karsli-Uzunbas, Jessie Yanxiang Guo et al. Cancer Discovery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sinan Khor United States	14	700	666	239	146	143	20	1.4k
Olatz Pampliega United States	13	743 1.1×	439 0.7×	113 0.5×	107 0.7×	208 1.5×	14	1.5k
Iwona A. Ciechomska Poland	19	630 0.9×	346 0.5×	129 0.5×	46 0.3×	158 1.1×	30	1.1k
Wenjing Xu China	23	739 1.1×	203 0.3×	173 0.7×	64 0.4×	143 1.0×	76	1.8k
Shlomit Erlich Israel	12	593 0.8×	571 0.9×	68 0.3×	112 0.8×	136 1.0×	13	1.2k
Lisa D. Boxer United States	13	1.4k 2.0×	391 0.6×	251 1.1×	82 0.6×	150 1.0×	15	2.3k
Edward T. W. Bampton United Kingdom	17	554 0.8×	495 0.7×	59 0.2×	50 0.3×	214 1.5×	18	1.3k
Murat Digicaylioglu United States	19	768 1.1×	220 0.3×	193 0.8×	215 1.5×	210 1.5×	28	1.9k
Aryn Schloemer United States	7	652 0.9×	301 0.5×	108 0.5×	62 0.4×	200 1.4×	7	1.2k
Harald Frankowski United States	16	1.5k 2.1×	372 0.6×	134 0.6×	99 0.7×	470 3.3×	18	2.4k
Kyungmin Ji United States	19	840 1.2×	149 0.2×	262 1.1×	112 0.8×	109 0.8×	32	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sinan Khor

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20 of 20 papers shown

Khor, Sinan, Ralph S. Mosca, T. K. Susheel Kumar, et al.. (2025). Postoperative Pericarditis After Cardiac Surgery in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. JACC Advances. 4(11). 102144–102144.

Cai, Dongsheng & Sinan Khor. (2021). Hypothalamic microinflammation. Handbook of clinical neurology. 181. 311–322. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Zhouguang, Yan Huang, Yan He, et al.. (2020). Myocardial protection by heparin-based coacervate of FGF10. Bioactive Materials. 6(7). 1867–1877. 16 indexed citations

Khor, Sinan & Dongsheng Cai. (2020). Control of lifespan and survival by Drosophila NF-κB signaling through neuroendocrine cells and neuroblasts. Aging. 12(24). 24604–24622. 11 indexed citations

Cai, Dongsheng & Sinan Khor. (2019). “Hypothalamic Microinflammation” Paradigm in Aging and Metabolic Diseases. Cell Metabolism. 30(1). 19–35. 97 indexed citations

Wang, Zhouguang, Sinan Khor, & Dongsheng Cai. (2019). Regulation of muscle and metabolic physiology by hypothalamic erythropoietin independently of its peripheral action. Molecular Metabolism. 32. 56–68. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Zhouguang, Sinan Khor, & Dongsheng Cai. (2019). Age-dependent decline of hypothalamic HIF2α in response to insulin and its contribution to advanced age-associated metabolic disorders in mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(13). 4946–4955. 12 indexed citations

Chen, Yu, Zengming Zheng, Jianle Wang, et al.. (2018). Berberine suppresses apoptosis and extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation in nucleus pulposus cells and ameliorates disc degeneration in a rodent model. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 14(6). 682–692. 54 indexed citations

Wu, Yanqing, Zhouguang Wang, Pingtao Cai, et al.. (2018). Dual Delivery of bFGF- and NGF-Binding Coacervate Confers Neuroprotection by Promoting Neuronal Proliferation. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 47(3). 948–956. 18 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zengming, Yu Chen, Jian Chen, et al.. (2018). Spermidine promotes nucleus pulposus autophagy as a protective mechanism against apoptosis and ameliorates disc degeneration. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 22(6). 3086–3096. 44 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhouguang, et al.. (2017). Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 Released from a Heparin Coacervate Improves Cardiac Function in a Mouse Myocardial Infarction Model. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 3(9). 1988–1999. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Jian, Zhouguang Wang, Yuqin Mao, et al.. (2017). Liraglutide activates autophagyviaGLP-1R to improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Oncotarget. 8(49). 85949–85968. 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Jian, Zhouguang Wang, Zengming Zheng, et al.. (2017). Neuron and microglia/macrophage-derived FGF10 activate neuronal FGFR2/PI3K/Akt signaling and inhibit microglia/macrophages TLR4/NF-κB-dependent neuroinflammation to improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Cell Death and Disease. 8(10). e3090–e3090. 139 indexed citations

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Li, Rui, Shuang Zou, Yanqing Wu, et al.. (2017). Heparin-based coacervate of bFGF facilitates peripheral nerve regeneration by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress following sciatic nerve injury. Oncotarget. 8(29). 48086–48097. 19 indexed citations

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Khor, Sinan & Dongsheng Cai. (2017). Hypothalamic and inflammatory basis of hypertension. Clinical Science. 131(3). 211–223. 31 indexed citations

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He, Zili, Yulong Zhou, Li Lin, et al.. (2017). Dl‐3‐n‐butylphthalide attenuates acute inflammatory activation in rats with spinal cord injury by inhibiting microglial TLR4/NF‐κB signalling. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 21(11). 3010–3022. 37 indexed citations

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Guo, Jessie Yanxiang, Xin Teng, Saurabh V. Laddha, et al.. (2016). Autophagy provides metabolic substrates to maintain energy charge and nucleotide pools in Ras-driven lung cancer cells. Genes & Development. 30(15). 1704–1717. 294 indexed citations

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Karsli-Uzunbas, Gizem, Jessie Yanxiang Guo, Sandy M. Price, et al.. (2014). Autophagy Is Required for Glucose Homeostasis and Lung Tumor Maintenance. Cancer Discovery. 4(8). 914–927. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mathew, Robin, et al.. (2014). Functional Role of Autophagy-Mediated Proteome Remodeling in Cell Survival Signaling and Innate Immunity. Molecular Cell. 55(6). 916–930. 104 indexed citations

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Khor, Sinan, et al.. (2010). Serum uric acid levels and its association with age-related macular degeneration (ARMD).. PubMed. 65(1). 36–40. 12 indexed citations

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