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h-index: 18
Works: 59
Citations: 919

Most-cited papers

Spatial control of adult stem cell fate using nanotopographic cues
E. Ahn, Younghoon Kim, Kshitiz, S. An +6 more
2013Biomaterials117 citations Open access
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Targeting mitochondrial translation by inhibiting DDX3: a novel radiosensitization strategy for cancer treatment
Marise R. Heerma van Voss, F. Vesuna, G. Bol, Junaid Afzal +17 more
2017Oncogene72 citations Open access
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Matrix Rigidity Controls Endothelial Differentiation and Morphogenesis of Cardiac Precursors
Kshitiz, M. Hubbi, E. Ahn, John E. Downey +8 more
2012Science Signaling69 citations
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The Evolution of Placental Invasion and Cancer Metastasis are Causally Linked
Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, J. Maziarz, A. Hamidzadeh +12 more
2019bioRxiv55 citations Open access
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Tumorigenicity of hypoxic respiring cancer cells revealed by a hypoxia–cell cycle dual reporter
A. Le, Zachary E. Stine, Christopher Nguyen, Junaid Afzal +10 more
2014Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America55 citations Open access
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Differences in microRNA-29 and Pro-fibrotic Gene Expression in Mouse and Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Yamin Liu, Junaid Afzal, S. Vakrou, Gabriela V. Greenland +10 more
2019Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine47 citations Open access
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Hyaluronic Acid-Serum Hydrogels Rapidly Restore Metabolism of Encapsulated Stem Cells and Promote Engraftment
Angel T. Chan, M. F. Karakaş, S. Vakrou, Junaid Afzal +8 more
2015Biomaterials37 citations Open access
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Evolution of Placental Invasion and Cancer Metastasis are Causally Linked
Kshitiz Kz, Junaid Afzal, J. Maziarz, A. Hamidzadeh +12 more
2019Nature Ecology & Evolution36 citations Open access
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The effects of transitions in metabolic health and obesity status on incident cardiovascular disease: Insights from a general Chinese population.
Xiao-Fan Guo, Zhao-Shen Li, Ying Zhou, Sha-Sha Yu +6 more
2020European Journal of Preventive Cardiology34 citations
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A nanotopography approach for studying the structure-function relationships of cells and tissues
Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, Sang-Yeob Kim, Deok-Ho Kim
2015Cell Adhesion & Migration34 citations Open access
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miR‐181c Activates Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake by Regulating MICU1 in the Heart
H. Banavath, B. Román, Nathan Mackowski, Debjit Biswas +8 more
2019Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease28 citations Open access
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Scar matrix drives Piezo1 mediated stromal inflammation leading to placenta accreta spectrum
Wen-Qiang Du, Ashkan Novin, Ya-Min Liu, Junaid Afzal +10 more
2024Nature Communications26 citations Open access
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Dynamic secretome of bone marrow-derived stromal cells reveals a cardioprotective biochemical cocktail
Kshitiz, David D. Ellison, Yasir Suhail, Junaid Afzal +4 more
2019Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America26 citations Open access
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Cardiac ultrastructure inspired matrix induces advanced metabolic and functional maturation of differentiated human cardiomyocytes.
Junaid Afzal, Ya-Min Liu, Wenqiang Du, Yasir Suhail +9 more
2022Cell Reports24 citations Open access
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Lactate-Dependent Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy Induces Oscillatory Hif-1α Activity Promoting Proliferation of Hypoxic Cells
Kshitiz Kz, Junaid Afzal, A. Hamidzadeh, Hao Chang +7 more
2019Social Science Research Network23 citations
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Lactate-dependent chaperone-mediated autophagy induces oscillatory HIF-1α activity promoting proliferation of hypoxic cells
Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, Yasir Suhail, Hao Chang +8 more
2022Cell Systems21 citations Open access
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Frequent Premature Atrial Contractions Lead to Adverse Atrial Remodelling and Atrial Fibrillation in a Swine Model
Satoshi Higuchi, A. Voskoboinik, Sung Il Im, Adam C. Lee +9 more
2023Circulation20 citations Open access
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Incorporating and addressing testing bias within estimates of epidemic dynamics for SARS-CoV-2
Yasir Suhail, Junaid Afzal, Kshitiz
2020BMC Medical Research Methodology18 citations Open access
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Enhanced Tissue Production through Redox Control in Stem Cell-Laden Hydrogels
B. Reid, Junaid Afzal, A. McCartney, M. Abraham +2 more
2013Tissue Engineering. Part A18 citations Open access
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Tracing the cis-regulatory changes underlying the endometrial control of placental invasion
Yasir Suhail, J. Maziarz, Ashkan Novin, Anasuya Dighe +3 more
2022Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America17 citations Open access
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Common miR-590 Variant rs6971711 Present Only in African Americans Reduces miR-590 Biogenesis
Xiao-Bin Lin, S. Steinberg, S. Kandasamy, Junaid Afzal +12 more
2016PLoS ONE16 citations Open access
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Paracrine HB-EGF signaling reduce enhanced contractile and energetic state of activated decidual fibroblasts by rebalancing SRF-MRTF-TCF transcriptional axis
Junaid Afzal, Wenqiang Du, Ashkan Novin, Ya-Min Liu +5 more
2022Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology15 citations Open access
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Lactate in breast cancer cells is associated with evasion of hypoxia-induced cell cycle arrest and adverse patient outcome
Ya-Min Liu, Yasir Suhail, Ashkan Novin, Junaid Afzal +2 more
2024Human Cell13 citations
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Evolved Resistance to Placental Invasion Secondarily Confers Increased Survival in Melanoma Patients
Yasir Suhail, Junaid Afzal, Kshitiz
2021Journal of Clinical Medicine12 citations Open access
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Mechanics of Microenvironment as Instructive Cues Guiding Stem Cell Behavior
Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, Hao Chang, Ruchi Goyal +1 more
2016Current Stem Cell Reports12 citations Open access
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Concise Review: Mechanotransduction via p190RhoGAP Regulates a Switch Between Cardiomyogenic and Endothelial Lineages in Adult Cardiac Progenitors
Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, Deok-Ho Kim, Andre Levchenko
2014Stem Cells12 citations
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Cardiosphere-Derived Cells Demonstrate Metabolic Flexibility That Is Influenced by Adhesion Status
Junaid Afzal, Angel T. Chan, M. F. Karakaş, Kirubel Woldemichael +10 more
2017JACC: Basic to Translational Science9 citations Open access
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Control of the interface between heterotypic cell populations reveals the mechanism of intercellular transfer of signaling proteins
Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, Yasir Suhail, E. Ahn +13 more
2015Integrative Biology9 citations
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Cellular Bioenergetics is an Important Determinant of the Molecular Imaging Signal Derived from Luciferase and the Sodium-Iodide Symporter
Connie Y. Chang, Angel T. Chan, Xiao-Bin Lin, T. Higuchi +11 more
2012Circulation Research9 citations Open access
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Oscillatory Hypoxia Induced Gene Expression Predicts Low Survival in Human Breast Cancer Patients
Yasir Suhail, Ya-Min Liu, Wen-Qiang Du, Junaid Afzal +5 more
2024Molecular Carcinogenesis7 citations
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Evidence for coopetition at the maternal–fetal interface shaping placental invasion
Junaid Afzal, Yasir Suhail, Wen-Qiang Du, Ya-Min Liu +10 more
2025Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America6 citations Open access
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Stable and Oscillatory Hypoxia Differentially Regulate Invasibility of Breast Cancer Associated Fibroblasts
Wen-Qiang Du, Ashkan Novin, Ya-Min Liu, Junaid Afzal +3 more
2024bioRxiv6 citations Open access
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Extravillous trophoblasts reverse the decidualization induced increase in matrix production by secreting TGFβ antagonists Emilin-1 and Gremlin-1
Yasir Suhail, Ya-Min Liu, Junaid Afzal, Wen-Qiang Du +4 more
2025Cells and Development4 citations Open access
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Stable and oscillatory hypoxia differentially regulate invasibility of breast cancer associated fibroblasts
Wen-Qiang Du, Ashkan Novin, Ya-Min Liu, Junaid Afzal +3 more
2024Mechanobiology in medicine4 citations Open access
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Metabolic Acidosis Results in Sexually Dimorphic Response in the Heart Tissue
Ya-Min Liu, Amina Atiq, Anna K. Peterson, Mikayla Moody +4 more
2023Metabolites3 citations Open access
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CRISPRing the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: correcting one pathogenic variant at a time
Junaid Afzal, Kshitiz
2023Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy2 citations Open access
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Energy Efficiency and Circular Economy in Glass Wool Fiberizing: Impact of Lightweight Refractory Design
Junaid Afzal, Baptiste Forgerit, Abhishek Tiwary
2025Sustainability1 citations Open access
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Oscillatory Hypoxia Induced Unfolded Protein Folding Response Gene Expression Predicts Low Survival in Human Breast Cancer Patients
Yasir Suhail, Ya-Min Liu, Wen-Qiang Du, Junaid Afzal +5 more
2024bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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Supradecoration induced novel Properties: A comparative study of Ferrocene and Ferrocenyl α-aminophosphonate
Mohd Mustafa, Tabee Jan, Shabnam Raheem, Junaid Afzal +3 more
2024Polyhedron1 citations
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Impaired Redox Homeostasis and Cardiovascular Aging
Bahadir Simsek, Junaid Afzal
2021Healthy Ageing and Longevity1 citations
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Cyclic Hypoxia drives Wnt5a-ROR1 stroma-tumor crosstalk promoting breast cancer growth
Ya-Min Liu, Shao-Fei Liu, Sarthak Sarhoo, Xi-Rui Wang +6 more
2026bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Inverse Redox Induction of Cobalt(II) Iron(II) Redox Couple: An Evaluation of N,N‐ Bidentate Ligand‐Modulated Redox Potentials for Redoximetric Expansion
Tabee Jan, Mohd Mustafa, Saba Niaz, Junaid Afzal +1 more
2026European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry0 citations
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Identifying genes underlying parallel evolution of stromal resistance to placental and cancer invasion
Yasir Suhail, Wen-Qiang Du, Junaid Afzal, Günter P. Wagner +1 more
2025bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Author Correction: Evolution of placental invasion and cancer metastasis are causally linked
Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, J. Maziarz, A. Hamidzadeh +12 more
2020Nature Ecology & Evolution0 citations Open access
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EMERGENCY BASED ULTRASOUND OF CLINICALLY SUPPOSED ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH LOW FREQUENCY CURVILINEAR TRANSDUCER AND ITS RELATION WITH SURGICAL OUTCOME
F. Afzal, Junaid Afzal, Ghulam Jamil
20200 citations
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TYPES OF TRAUMA IN DIFFERENT SEASONS IN PATIENTS REFERRED TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF MAYO HOSPITAL LAHORE
F. Afzal, Junaid Afzal, Ghulam Jamil
20200 citations
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Abstract 4359: Oscillatory HIF-1α induction promotes proliferation of hypoxic cells through a lactate dependent quorum autophagy response
Kshitiz, Junaid Afzal, Yasir Suhail, Hao Chang +2 more
2019Molecular and Cellular Biology / Genetics0 citations
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Effect of preoperative intravitreal bevacizumab injection on visual outcome in vitrectomy for diabetic vitreous haemorrhage.
M. Naeem, Q. Chaudhry, Junaid Afzal, Tehmina Jahangir +5 more
20170 citations
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Abstract 18886: A Universal Secretory Signature: Analysis of Dynamic Secretomes of Stem Cells Types Uncovers a Common Cytoprotective Paracrine Signature Protecting Cardiac Cells From Reperfusion Induced Stress
K. Kshitiz, David D. Ellison, Yasir Suhail, Junaid Afzal +1 more
20170 citations
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Cardiosphere-derived cells demonstrate metabolic flexibility which is influenced by adhesion status
Junaid Afzal, Angel T. Chan, M. F. Karakaş, Kirubel Woldemichael +9 more
20170 citations
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