Sunad Rangarajan

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sunad Rangarajan is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunad Rangarajan has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sunad Rangarajan's work include Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (8 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (3 papers). Sunad Rangarajan is often cited by papers focused on Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (8 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (3 papers). Sunad Rangarajan collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and South Korea. Sunad Rangarajan's co-authors include Victor J. Thannickal, Karen Bernard, Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski, Morgan L. Locy, Saranya Ravi, Victor Darley‐Usmar, George D′Souza, Ashish Kurundkar, Jessy S. Deshane and Nathaniel B. Bone and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sunad Rangarajan

18 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. Metformin reverses established lung fibrosis in a bleomycin model
    2018 407 citations Sunad Rangarajan, Nathaniel B. Bone et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sunad Rangarajan United States 15 677 351 271 144 127 19 1.3k
Stephen Murphy United Kingdom 10 354 0.5× 156 0.4× 177 0.7× 159 1.1× 55 0.4× 20 1.0k
Sean Sachdev United States 18 237 0.4× 188 0.5× 213 0.8× 247 1.7× 79 0.6× 69 1.2k
Olga Tura-Ceide Spain 22 489 0.7× 532 1.5× 54 0.2× 185 1.3× 115 0.9× 78 1.3k
Qiang Ding China 21 324 0.5× 482 1.4× 80 0.3× 179 1.2× 89 0.7× 75 1.3k
Eun Hye Kim South Korea 13 612 0.9× 613 1.7× 89 0.3× 56 0.4× 43 0.3× 23 1.1k
Jue Wang China 17 267 0.4× 224 0.6× 120 0.4× 91 0.6× 30 0.2× 105 868
Evgenia Gerasimovskaya United States 24 722 1.1× 675 1.9× 151 0.6× 272 1.9× 315 2.5× 41 1.9k
Noelyn Hung New Zealand 24 194 0.3× 464 1.3× 110 0.4× 158 1.1× 104 0.8× 72 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunad Rangarajan

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Rangarajan, Sunad, Morgan L. Locy, Diptiman Chanda, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrial uncoupling protein‐2 reprograms metabolism to induce oxidative stress and myofibroblast senescence in age‐associated lung fibrosis. Aging Cell. 21(9). e13674–e13674. 31 indexed citations
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Kurundkar, Deepali, Ashish Kurundkar, Naomi J. Logsdon, et al.. (2021). Restoration of SIRT3 gene expression by airway delivery resolves age-associated persistent lung fibrosis in mice. Nature Aging. 1(2). 205–217. 37 indexed citations
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Rangarajan, Sunad, Rushita A. Bagchi, Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski, Oliver Eickelberg, & Victor J. Thannickal. (2020). Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein‐2 Drives Fibroblast Senescence in Age‐Related Lung Fibrosis by Altering Bioenergetics and Reactive Oxygen Species. The FASEB Journal. 34(S1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Locy, Morgan L., Sunad Rangarajan, Mark R. Johnson, et al.. (2020). Oxidative cross-linking of fibronectin confers protease resistance and inhibits cellular migration. Science Signaling. 13(644). 17 indexed citations
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Rangarajan, Sunad, Nathaniel B. Bone, Anna A. Zmijewska, et al.. (2018). Metformin reverses established lung fibrosis in a bleomycin model. Nature Medicine. 24(8). 1121–1127. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rangarajan, Sunad, Karen Bernard, & Victor J. Thannickal. (2017). Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Pulmonary Fibrosis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 14(Supplement_5). S383–S388. 77 indexed citations
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Sharma, Nirmal, Keith Wille, Degui Zhi, et al.. (2017). Distal airway microbiome is associated with immunoregulatory myeloid cell responses in lung transplant recipients. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 37(2). 206–216. 16 indexed citations
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Surolia, Ranu, Fu Jun Li, Zheng Wang, et al.. (2017). 3D pulmospheres serve as a personalized and predictive multicellular model for assessment of antifibrotic drugs. JCI Insight. 2(2). e91377–e91377. 50 indexed citations
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Rangarajan, Sunad, Morgan L. Locy, Tracy Luckhardt, & Victor J. Thannickal. (2016). Targeted Therapy for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Where To Now?. Drugs. 76(3). 291–300. 40 indexed citations
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Chanda, Diptiman, Ashish Kurundkar, Sunad Rangarajan, et al.. (2016). Developmental Reprogramming in Mesenchymal Stromal Cells of Human Subjects with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37445–37445. 39 indexed citations
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Kurundkar, Ashish, Deepali Kurundkar, Sunad Rangarajan, et al.. (2016). The matricellular protein CCN1 enhances TGF‐β1/SMAD3‐dependent profibrotic signaling in fibroblasts and contributes to fibrogenic responses to lung injury. The FASEB Journal. 30(6). 2135–2150. 64 indexed citations
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Rangarajan, Sunad, Ashish Kurundkar, Deepali Kurundkar, et al.. (2015). Novel Mechanisms for the Antifibrotic Action of Nintedanib. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 54(1). 51–59. 171 indexed citations
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Sanders, Yan Y., Zongbin Cui, Claude Jourdan Le Saux, et al.. (2015). SMAD-Independent Down-Regulation of Caveolin-1 by TGF-β: Effects on Proliferation and Survival of Myofibroblasts. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0116995–e0116995. 45 indexed citations
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Bernard, Karen, Naomi J. Logsdon, Saranya Ravi, et al.. (2015). Metabolic Reprogramming Is Required for Myofibroblast Contractility and Differentiation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(42). 25427–25438. 161 indexed citations
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Rangarajan, Sunil, et al.. (2013). An unusual case of a misplaced left internal jugular vein catheter. International Journal of Case Reports and Images. 4(10). 567–567. 1 indexed citations
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Rangarajan, Sunad, Tracy Luckhardt, Keith Wille, Hrudaya Nath, & Bruce H. Alexander. (2012). An Unusual Case of Dyspnea Solved by Multidisciplinary Approach. CHEST Journal. 142(4). 1029A–1029A.
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Rangarajan, Sunad & George D′Souza. (2007). Restless legs syndrome in Indian patients having iron deficiency anemia in a tertiary care hospital. Sleep Medicine. 8(3). 247–251. 40 indexed citations
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Rangarajan, Sunil, et al.. (2007). Restless legs syndrome in an Indian urban population. Sleep Medicine. 9(1). 88–93. 83 indexed citations
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Rangarajan, Sunad, et al.. (2006). A STUDY OF RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME IN PATIENTS HAVING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL. CHEST Journal. 130(4). 267S–267S. 1 indexed citations

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