Uma Sankar

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Uma Sankar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Uma Sankar has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Uma Sankar's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (15 papers), Bone health and treatments (9 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (6 papers). Uma Sankar is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (15 papers), Bone health and treatments (9 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (6 papers). Uma Sankar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and India. Uma Sankar's co-authors include Frank L. Graham, Robin J. Parks, Michael A. Rudnicki, Martina Anton, Michael C. Ostrowski, Jiahuai Han, Kim C. Mansky, Anthony R. Means, Rohini Gomathinayagam and Carole Evelegh and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Uma Sankar

47 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

A helper-dependent adenovirus vector system: Removal of helper virus by Cre-mediated excision of the viral packaging signal

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Uma Sankar United States	19	1.3k	656	409	203	174	51	1.8k
Tristan R. McKay United Kingdom	25	1.1k 0.9×	384 0.6×	118 0.3×	162 0.8×	158 0.9×	60	1.8k
Colleen S. Stein United States	20	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 1.6×	164 0.4×	319 1.6×	159 0.9×	35	2.3k
Stefan Vermeulen Belgium	26	1.5k 1.1×	379 0.6×	487 1.2×	105 0.5×	367 2.1×	46	2.5k
William Osborne United States	25	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.7×	300 0.7×	262 1.3×	94 0.5×	67	2.2k
Periasamy Sundaresan India	26	1.4k 1.1×	968 1.5×	322 0.8×	487 2.4×	63 0.4×	91	2.6k
Jaspal S. Khillan United States	29	1.9k 1.5×	681 1.0×	182 0.4×	223 1.1×	176 1.0×	66	2.7k
Patrick Tarpey United Kingdom	23	1.0k 0.8×	496 0.8×	218 0.5×	72 0.4×	336 1.9×	55	2.0k
B Bödey United States	26	866 0.7×	407 0.6×	654 1.6×	194 1.0×	267 1.5×	93	2.0k
Philippa Carr United Kingdom	9	1.7k 1.3×	434 0.7×	322 0.8×	135 0.7×	281 1.6×	12	2.8k
Delila Serra United States	21	753 0.6×	676 1.0×	354 0.9×	126 0.6×	170 1.0×	30	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Uma Sankar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Uma Sankar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Uma Sankar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Uma Sankar 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 Uma Sankar. Uma Sankar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Thompson, William R., et al.. (2024). Conditional loss of CaMKK2 in Osterix-positive osteoprogenitors enhances osteoblast function in a sex-divergent manner. Bone. 184. 117113–117113. 2 indexed citations

Wright, Christian S., Karl J. Lewis, Xin Yi, et al.. (2024). Deletion of the auxiliary α2δ1 voltage sensitive calcium channel subunit in osteocytes and late-stage osteoblasts impairs femur strength and load-induced bone formation in male mice. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 39(3). 298–314. 1 indexed citations

Yamada, Chiaki, K. Christopher García, Adrian L. Oblak, et al.. (2024). Dementia exacerbates periodontal bone loss in females. Journal of Periodontal Research. 59(3). 512–520. 2 indexed citations

Joukar, Amin, et al.. (2023). Decreased SIRT1 Activity Is Involved in the Acute Injury Response of Chondrocytes to Ex Vivo Injurious Mechanical Overload. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6521–6521. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yong, Sheel Patel, Mizuho Kittaka, et al.. (2023). Osteocyte-Derived CaMKK2 Regulates Osteoclasts and Bone Mass in a Sex-Dependent Manner through Secreted Calpastatin. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4718–4718. 3 indexed citations

Dilley, Julian E., Anil B. Seetharam, Xiaojun Ding, et al.. (2023). CAMKK2 is upregulated in primary human osteoarthritis and its inhibition protects against chondrocyte apoptosis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 31(7). 908–918. 7 indexed citations

Dilley, Julian E., et al.. (2023). A Reproducible Cartilage Impact Model to Generate Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis in the Rabbit. Journal of Visualized Experiments.

Fernández, Perla C. Reyes, Christian S. Wright, Adrianna N. Masterson, et al.. (2022). Gabapentin Disrupts Binding of Perlecan to the α2δ1 Voltage Sensitive Calcium Channel Subunit and Impairs Skeletal Mechanosensation. Biomolecules. 12(12). 1857–1857. 6 indexed citations

Ordaz‐Pichardo, Cynthia, et al.. (2020). In vitro cytomodulatory and immunomodulatory effects of bovine colostrum whey protein hydrolysates. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 56(5). 2109–2121. 7 indexed citations

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Yi, Xin, Laura E. Wright, Gabriel M. Pagnotti, et al.. (2020). Mechanical suppression of breast cancer cell invasion and paracrine signaling to osteoclasts requires nucleo-cytoskeletal connectivity. Bone Research. 8(1). 40–40. 23 indexed citations

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Najar, Mohd Altaf, Rex Devasahayam Arokia Balaya, Prashant Kumar Modi, et al.. (2020). A complete map of the Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CAMKK2) signaling pathway. Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling. 15(2). 283–290. 33 indexed citations

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Sankar, Uma, et al.. (2018). Androgen Receptor-CaMKK2 Axis in Prostate Cancer and Bone Microenvironment. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 9. 335–335. 20 indexed citations

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Sankar, Uma, et al.. (2016). Micro-computed tomography assisted distal femur metaphyseal blunt punch compression for determining trabecular bone strength in mice. Journal of Biomechanics. 49(7). 1233–1237. 4 indexed citations

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Sankar, Uma, et al.. (2015). Development and testing of mycopesticide formulations of Metarhizium anisopliae for shelf life and field application against Spodoptera litura larvae. International Journal of Bioassays. 4(9). 4284–4289. 1 indexed citations

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Sankar, Uma, et al.. (2014). INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY OF THE ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS AND THE STRATEGY OF HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION FOR CONTROL OF COCKROACHES. International Journal of Plant Animal and Environmental Sciences. 4(1).

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Ribar, Thomas J., et al.. (2011). Gfer inhibits Jab1-mediated degradation of p27^kip1to restrict proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(8). 1312–1320. 11 indexed citations

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Wilkerson, Donald C. & Uma Sankar. (2011). Mitochondria: A sulfhydryl oxidase and fission GTPase connect mitochondrial dynamics with pluripotency in embryonic stem cells. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 43(9). 1252–1256. 23 indexed citations

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Sharma, Sudarshana M., Saı̈d Sif, Michael C. Ostrowski, & Uma Sankar. (2009). Defective co‐activator recruitment in osteoclasts from microphthalmia‐oak ridge mutant mice. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 220(1). 230–237. 7 indexed citations

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Mansky, Kim C., Uma Sankar, Jiahuai Han, & Michael C. Ostrowski. (2002). Microphthalmia Transcription Factor Is a Target of the p38 MAPK Pathway in Response to Receptor Activator of NF-κB Ligand Signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(13). 11077–11083. 197 indexed citations

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Sankar, Uma, et al.. (1998). The Himar1 mariner transposase cloned in a recombinant adenovirus vector is functional in mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(16). 3687–3693. 48 indexed citations

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