Virendra K. Sharma

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Virendra K. Sharma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Virendra K. Sharma has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 13 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Virendra K. Sharma's work include Ion channel regulation and function (20 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (14 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (11 papers). Virendra K. Sharma is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (20 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (14 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (11 papers). Virendra K. Sharma collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Virendra K. Sharma's co-authors include Shailesh P. Banerjee, Shey‐Shing Sheu, Alimuddin Zumla, Gisela Beutner, Andrew J.T. George, Matt Oliver, David R. Giovannucci, David I. Yule, Sami I. Harik and J.M. Khanna and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Virendra K. Sharma

59 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Virendra K. Sharma United States	27	1.4k	565	488	312	306	60	2.4k
Peter Kaplán Slovakia	32	1.2k 0.8×	346 0.6×	338 0.7×	543 1.7×	173 0.6×	109	3.0k
Herman Van Belle Belgium	30	1.4k 1.0×	380 0.7×	404 0.8×	180 0.6×	127 0.4×	86	3.2k
P. Schelling Germany	28	968 0.7×	273 0.5×	1.1k 2.2×	160 0.5×	222 0.7×	69	2.4k
Antonio Conti Italy	27	1.2k 0.8×	453 0.8×	330 0.7×	113 0.4×	131 0.4×	111	2.6k
Katsushi Yamada Japan	29	679 0.5×	509 0.9×	123 0.3×	172 0.6×	242 0.8×	114	2.3k
Gordon T. Bolger Canada	27	1.5k 1.1×	982 1.7×	336 0.7×	412 1.3×	278 0.9×	96	2.9k
Richard J. Heads United Kingdom	27	1.4k 1.0×	209 0.4×	385 0.8×	121 0.4×	171 0.6×	49	2.6k
Karthik Mallilankaraman United States	23	2.0k 1.4×	391 0.7×	192 0.4×	320 1.0×	174 0.6×	41	3.0k
Ji‐Min Cao China	25	1.1k 0.8×	291 0.5×	842 1.7×	107 0.3×	454 1.5×	86	2.9k
H.R. Scholte Netherlands	35	2.6k 1.9×	251 0.4×	263 0.5×	171 0.5×	120 0.4×	100	3.7k

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Herbert, Nick, et al.. (2018). Concrete action now: UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 18(7). 709–710. 8 indexed citations

Sharma, Virendra K., et al.. (2015). Exchange conjunctival autograft in double pterygium. International Journal of Medical Research and Review. 3(9). 947–952. 1 indexed citations

Rastogi, Shivani, et al.. (2014). Neurological complications following spinal anaesthesia in a patient with congenital absence of lumbar vertebra. Indian Journal of Anaesthesia. 58(4). 484–484. 2 indexed citations

Beutner, Gisela, Virendra K. Sharma, Yuntao Duan, et al.. (2014). Molecular and functional identification of a mitochondrial ryanodine receptor in neurons. Neuroscience Letters. 575. 7–12. 45 indexed citations

Sharma, Virendra K., et al.. (2013). Pharmacognostical Study of the Whole Plant of Sida rhombifolia. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 2(3). 1–4. 2 indexed citations

Zumla, Alimuddin, et al.. (2013). WHO's 2013 global report on tuberculosis: successes, threats, and opportunities. The Lancet. 382(9907). 1765–1767. 157 indexed citations

Lin, Lin, Virendra K. Sharma, & Shey‐Shing Sheu. (2007). Mechanisms of reduced mitochondrial Ca2+ accumulation in failing hamster heart. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 454(3). 395–402. 19 indexed citations

Mao, Weike, Chikao Iwai, Jiahao Liu, et al.. (2007). Cardiomyocyte apoptosis in autoimmune cardiomyopathy: mediated via endoplasmic reticulum stress and exaggerated by norepinephrine. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 293(3). H1636–H1645. 63 indexed citations

Beutner, Gisela, et al.. (2007). The mitochondrial ryanodine receptor in rat heart: A pharmaco-kinetic profile. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1768(7). 1784–1795. 59 indexed citations

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He, Xiangrong, Yingmei Liu, Virendra K. Sharma, et al.. (2003). ASK1 Associates with Troponin T and Induces Troponin T Phosphorylation and Contractile Dysfunction in Cardiomyocytes. American Journal Of Pathology. 163(1). 243–251. 54 indexed citations

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Colecraft, Henry M., et al.. (1998). Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Muscarinic Receptor-mediated Increase in Contraction Rate in Cultured Heart Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(48). 32158–32166. 40 indexed citations

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Sharma, Virendra K., Henry M. Colecraft, Lisa E. Rubin, & Shey‐Shing Sheu. (1997). Does mammalian heart contain only the m2 muscarinic receptor subtype?. Life Sciences. 60(13-14). 1023–1029. 27 indexed citations

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Sharma, Virendra K., Henry M. Colecraft, David X. Wang, et al.. (1996). Molecular and Functional Identification of m₁Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Rat Ventricular Myocytes. Circulation Research. 79(1). 86–93. 62 indexed citations

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Meyers, Marian B., Virginia M. Pickel, Shey‐Shing Sheu, et al.. (1995). Association of Sorcin With the Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(44). 26411–26418. 120 indexed citations

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García, María C., et al.. (1995). Extracellular heparin inhibits Ca2+ transients and contraction in mammalian cardiac myocytes. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 431(1). 84–90. 4 indexed citations

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Jahnel, Ulrich, Hermann Nawrath, Ru‐Chi Shieh, et al.. (1992). Modulation of cytosolic free calcium concentration by ?1-adrenoceptors in rat atrial cells. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 346(1). 88–93. 16 indexed citations

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Sharma, Virendra K. & Shailesh P. Banerjee. (1979). Effect of chronic ethanol treatment on specific [3H]ouabain binding to (Na+ + K+)-ATPase in different areas of cat brain. European Journal of Pharmacology. 56(4). 297–304. 6 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Shailesh P., et al.. (1978). Amphetamine induces β-adrenergic receptor supersensitivity. Nature. 271(5643). 380–381. 34 indexed citations

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Sharma, Virendra K. & Shailesh P. Banerjee. (1978). Specific [3H]Ouabain Binding to Rat Heart and Skeletal Muscle: Effects of Thyroidectomy. Molecular Pharmacology. 14(1). 122–129. 14 indexed citations

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Sharma, Virendra K., et al.. (1977). Effect of ethanol on [3H]ouabain binding to different regions of the cat brain. Brain Research. 129(1). 183–186. 7 indexed citations

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