Virinder Kaur Sarhadi

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Virinder Kaur Sarhadi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Virinder Kaur Sarhadi has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 14 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Virinder Kaur Sarhadi's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (11 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (8 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (5 papers). Virinder Kaur Sarhadi is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (11 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (8 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (5 papers). Virinder Kaur Sarhadi collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Netherlands and Iran. Virinder Kaur Sarhadi's co-authors include Gemma Armengol, Sakari Knuutila, Aija Knuuttila, Sakari Knuutila, Mikko Rönty, Neda Mosakhani, Tom Böhling, Leo Lahti, Pekka Ellonen and Omar Youssef and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Virinder Kaur Sarhadi

44 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Molecular Biomarkers in Cancer

2022 266 citations Virinder Kaur Sarhadi, Gemma Armengol Biomolecules profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Virinder Kaur Sarhadi Finland	21	737	510	386	384	138	45	1.4k
Michela Pasello Italy	24	869 1.2×	344 0.7×	435 1.1×	475 1.2×	146 1.1×	45	1.8k
Shumei Yan China	22	619 0.8×	365 0.7×	312 0.8×	458 1.2×	111 0.8×	58	1.3k
Virginie Bernard France	18	574 0.8×	551 1.1×	387 1.0×	398 1.0×	100 0.7×	37	1.4k
Cristian Scatena Italy	22	526 0.7×	435 0.9×	220 0.6×	507 1.3×	146 1.1×	67	1.3k
Attila Marcell Szász Hungary	24	594 0.8×	420 0.8×	306 0.8×	611 1.6×	236 1.7×	127	1.7k
Amy E. McCart Reed Australia	22	707 1.0×	534 1.0×	359 0.9×	685 1.8×	122 0.9×	66	1.5k
Mariko Asaoka Japan	25	799 1.1×	513 1.0×	402 1.0×	778 2.0×	77 0.6×	64	1.8k
Josef Srovnal Czechia	16	720 1.0×	520 1.0×	164 0.4×	368 1.0×	90 0.7×	53	1.3k
Tomer Cooks Israel	18	965 1.3×	517 1.0×	266 0.7×	621 1.6×	60 0.4×	36	1.8k

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Pekkala, Satu, Arto Kokkola, Hamid Asadzadeh Aghdaei, et al.. (2025). Fecal profiling reveals a common microbial signature for pancreatic cancer in Finnish and Iranian cohorts. Gut Pathogens. 17(1). 24–24.

Sarhadi, Virinder Kaur, Arto Kokkola, Reza Ghanbari, et al.. (2022). Oncogenomic Changes in Pancreatic Cancer and Their Detection in Stool. Biomolecules. 12(5). 652–652. 8 indexed citations

Sarhadi, Virinder Kaur, Binu Mathew, Arto Kokkola, et al.. (2021). Gut microbiota of patients with different subtypes of gastric cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Gut Pathogens. 13(1). 11–11. 35 indexed citations

Sarhadi, Virinder Kaur, Leo Lahti, Omar Youssef, et al.. (2020). Gut Microbiota and Host Gene Mutations in Colorectal Cancer Patients and Controls of Iranian and Finnish Origin. Anticancer Research. 40(3). 1325–1334. 26 indexed citations

Bao, Jie, Ferenc Kovács, Ashwini S. Nagaraj, et al.. (2019). Spa-RQ: an Image Analysis Tool to Visualise and Quantify Spatial Phenotypes Applied to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 17613–17613. 4 indexed citations

Youssef, Omar, Leo Lahti, Arto Kokkola, et al.. (2018). Stool Microbiota Composition Differs in Patients with Stomach, Colon, and Rectal Neoplasms. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 63(11). 2950–2958. 73 indexed citations

Valo, Satu, Ari Ristimäki, Virinder Kaur Sarhadi, et al.. (2018). DNA methylation changes and somatic mutations as tumorigenic events in Lynch syndrome-associated adenomas retaining mismatch repair protein expression. EBioMedicine. 39. 280–291. 25 indexed citations

Youssef, Omar, Aija Knuuttila, Päivi Piirilä, et al.. (2018). Hotspot Mutations Detectable by Next-generation Sequencing in Exhaled Breath Condensates from Patients with Lung Cancer. Anticancer Research. 38(10). 5627–5634. 18 indexed citations

Youssef, Omar, Aija Knuuttila, Päivi Piirilä, et al.. (2017). Presence of cancer-associated mutations in exhaled breath condensates of healthy individuals by next generation sequencing. Oncotarget. 8(11). 18166–18176. 20 indexed citations

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Sarhadi, Virinder Kaur, Mikko Rönty, Eeva Kettunen, et al.. (2016). Hot spot mutations in Finnish non-small cell lung cancers. Lung Cancer. 99. 102–110. 19 indexed citations

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Armengol, Gemma, Virinder Kaur Sarhadi, Reza Ghanbari, et al.. (2016). Driver Gene Mutations in Stools of Colorectal Carcinoma Patients Detected by Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 18(4). 471–479. 10 indexed citations

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Martignoni, Guido, Matteo Brunelli, Diego Segala, et al.. (2016). Validation of 34betaE12 immunoexpression in clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma as a sensitive biomarker. Pathology. 49(1). 10–18. 22 indexed citations

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Sarhadi, Virinder Kaur, et al.. (2015). Hotspot mutations in polyomavirus positive and negative Merkel cell carcinomas. Cancer Genetics. 209(1-2). 30–35. 26 indexed citations

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Armengol, Gemma, et al.. (2015). Driver Gene Mutations of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer are Rare in Primary Carcinoids of the Lung: NGS Study by Ion Torrent. Lung. 193(2). 303–308. 23 indexed citations

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Sarhadi, Virinder Kaur, Mikko Rönty, Kaisa Salmenkivi, et al.. (2013). Comparison of Targeted Next‐Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Real‐Time PCR in the Detection of EGFR, KRAS, and BRAF Mutations on Formalin‐Fixed, Paraffin‐Embedded Tumor Material of Non‐Small Cell Lung Carcinoma—Superiority of NGS. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 52(5). 503–511. 127 indexed citations

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Sarhadi, Virinder Kaur, Mikko Rönty, Kaisa Salmenkivi, et al.. (2013). Targeted Resequencing RevealsALKFusions in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas Detected by FISH, Immunohistochemistry, and Real-Time RT-PCR: A Comparison of Four Methods. BioMed Research International. 2013. 1–9. 41 indexed citations

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Sarhadi, Virinder Kaur, Leo Lahti, Ilari Scheinin, et al.. (2013). Targeted resequencing of 9p in acute lymphoblastic leukemia yields concordant results with array CGH and reveals novel genomic alterations. Genomics. 102(3). 182–188. 13 indexed citations

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Wikman, Harriet, Virinder Kaur Sarhadi, Eeva Kettunen, et al.. (2004). Caveolins as Tumor Markers in Lung Cancer Detected by Combined Use of cDNA and Tissue Microarrays. American Journal Of Pathology. 203. 584–593. 2 indexed citations

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Bashamboo, Anu, et al.. (2003). Molecular characterization of a Y-derived marker chromosome and identification of indels in the DYS1 region in a patient with stigmata of Turner syndrome. Current Science. 84(2). 219–22425. 7 indexed citations

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Singh, Jai Rup, Virinder Kaur Sarhadi, Daljit Singh, et al.. (2001). A Novel Form of “Central Pouchlike” Cataract, with Sutural Opacities, Maps to Chromosome 15q21-22. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 68(2). 509–514. 21 indexed citations

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