Saran Kumar

@bioschool.iitd.ac.in

Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Aging
1690

Scholar Citations

16

Scholar h-index

20

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Surface modified hollow and porous magnetoelectric nanosphere with disintegration capability for magnetically assisted catalytic degradation of organic pollutants
    N Murali, SM Bhat, SB Das, S Atta, R Singh, S Roy, S Kumar, S Siddhanta, ...
    Applied Surface Science, 165203 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Zebrafish as a versatile preclinical model for evaluating nanomedicine in biomedical research: Recent advances and applications
    H Hemlata, N Murali, S Roy, S Kumar, R Tandon, S Betal, S Minocha
    Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 113, 107348 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Spatial heterogeneity in glioblastoma: Decoding the role of perfusion
    S Saha, A Bhat, S Kukal, M Phalak, S Kumar
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on Cancer 1880 (4), 189383 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Nanomaterials for biomedical applications: addressing regulatory hurdles and strategic solutions
    S Gujjar, S Kukal, P Jayabal, N Balaji, S Sainger, S Roy, S Rallapalli, ...
    Nano Trends 11, 100127 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 20
  • i-Motifs as regulatory switches: Mechanisms and implications for gene expression
    A Deep, A Bhat, V Perumal, S Kumar
    Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids 36 (1) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 14
  • Engineered BSA nanoparticles: Synthesis, drug loading, and advanced characterization
    Hemlata, A Hariharan, N Murali, S Roy, S Betal, S Kumar, S Minocha
    Biology Methods and Protocols 10 (1), bpaf066 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 10
  • Probing the Molecular Interactions of A22 with Prokaryotic Actin MreB and Eukaryotic Actin: A Computational and Experimental Study
    A Kumar, S Kukal, A Marepalli, S Kumar, S Govindarajan, D Pramanik
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 128 (43), 10553-10564 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • A quartet of cancer stem cell niches in hepatocellular carcinoma
    N Balaji, S Kukal, A Bhat, N Pradhan, S Minocha, S Kumar
    Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews 79, 39-51 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 12
  • FRI-550 Regulatory role of host cell factor 1 in metabolic control and epigenomic integrity
    D Bhattacharya, S Kaushal, S Kumar, V Praz, M Lopes, W Herr, J Dhanjal, ...
    Journal of Hepatology 80, S347 , 2024
    2024
  • Topical diclofenac for prevention of capecitabine-associated hand-foot syndrome: a double-blind randomized controlled trial
    A Santhosh, A Sharma, S Bakhshi, A Kumar, V Sharma, PS Malik, ...
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 42 (15), 1821-1829 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 45
  • Cancer plasticity: investigating the causes for this agility
    S Saha, N Pradhan, R Mahadevappa, S Minocha, S Kumar
    Seminars in cancer biology 88, 138-156 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 22
  • Perfusion-Based Fluorescent Dye Labeling to Sort Cancer Cells Based on Their Distance from Blood Vessels
    S Kumar
    Tumor Angiogenesis Assays: Methods and Protocols, 55-66 , 2022
    2022
  • Identification of vascular cues contributing to cancer cell stemness and function
    S Kumar, L Bar-Lev, H Sharife, M Grunewald, M Mogilevsky, T Licht, ...
    Angiogenesis 25 (3), 355-371 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 15
  • Counteracting age-related VEGF signaling insufficiency promotes healthy aging and extends life span
    M Grunewald, S Kumar, H Sharife, E Volinsky, A Gileles-Hillel, T Licht, ...
    Science 373 (6554), eabc8479 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 394
  • Counteracting age-related VEGF signaling insufficiency promotes healthy aging and extends life span. Science 373, eabc8479
    M Grunewald, S Kumar, H Sharife, E Volinsky, A Gileles-Hillel, T Licht, ...
    2021
    Citations: 23
  • Isolation of Tumor Cells Based on Their Distance from Blood Vessels
    S Kumar, H Sharife, T Kreisel, L Bar-Lev, M Grunewald, E Keshet
    Bio-protocol 10 (10), e3628 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 8
  • Intra-tumoral metabolic zonation and resultant phenotypic diversification are dictated by blood vessel proximity
    S Kumar, H Sharife, T Kreisel, M Mogilevsky, L Bar-Lev, M Grunewald, ...
    Cell metabolism 30 (1), 201-211. e6 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 135
  • Specific inhibition of splicing factor activity by decoy RNA oligonucleotides
    P Denichenko, M Mogilevsky, A Cléry, T Welte, J Biran, O Shimshon, ...
    Nature Communications 10 (1), 1590 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 116
  • VEGF expands erythropoiesis via hypoxia-independent induction of erythropoietin in noncanonical perivascular stromal cells
    AC Greenwald, T Licht, S Kumar, SS Oladipupo, S Iyer, M Grunewald, ...
    Journal of Experimental Medicine 216 (1), 215-230 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 56
  • mTORC1 activation in B cells confers impairment of marginal zone microarchitecture by exaggerating cathepsin activity
    NK Meena, SP Pattanayak, Y Ben‐Nun, S Benhamron, S Kumar, ...
    Immunology 155 (4), 505-518 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 6

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Counteracting age-related VEGF signaling insufficiency promotes healthy aging and extends life span
    M Grunewald, S Kumar, H Sharife, E Volinsky, A Gileles-Hillel, T Licht, ...
    Science 373 (6554), eabc8479 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 394
  • Serine synthesis via PHGDH is essential for heme production in endothelial cells
    S Vandekeere, C Dubois, J Kalucka, MR Sullivan, M García-Caballero, ...
    Cell metabolism 28 (4), 573-587. e13 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 210
  • Intra-tumoral metabolic zonation and resultant phenotypic diversification are dictated by blood vessel proximity
    S Kumar, H Sharife, T Kreisel, M Mogilevsky, L Bar-Lev, M Grunewald, ...
    Cell metabolism 30 (1), 201-211. e6 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 135
  • Emerging roles of ADAMTSs in angiogenesis and cancer
    S Kumar, N Rao, R Ge
    Cancers 4 (4), 1252-1299 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 134
  • Specific inhibition of splicing factor activity by decoy RNA oligonucleotides
    P Denichenko, M Mogilevsky, A Cléry, T Welte, J Biran, O Shimshon, ...
    Nature Communications 10 (1), 1590 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 116
  • ADAMTS5 functions as an anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic protein independent of its proteoglycanase activity
    S Kumar, S Sharghi-Namini, N Rao, R Ge
    The American journal of pathology 181 (3), 1056-1068 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 94
  • Modulation of MKNK2 alternative splicing by splice-switching oligonucleotides as a novel approach for glioblastoma treatment
    M Mogilevsky, O Shimshon, S Kumar, A Mogilevsky, E Keshet, E Yavin, ...
    Nucleic acids research 46 (21), 11396-11404 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 85
  • Targeting of folate-conjugated liposomes with co-entrapped drugs to prostate cancer cells via prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)
    Y Patil, H Shmeeda, Y Amitay, P Ohana, S Kumar, A Gabizon
    Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 14 (4), 1407-1416 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 77
  • Loss of ADAMTS4 reduces high fat diet-induced atherosclerosis and enhances plaque stability in ApoE −/− mice
    S Kumar, M Chen, Y Li, FHS Wong, CW Thiam, MZ Hossain, KK Poh, ...
    Scientific reports 6 (1), 31130 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 74
  • Hyperglycemia impairs neutrophil mobilization leading to enhanced metastatic seeding
    T Fainsod-Levi, M Gershkovitz, S Völs, S Kumar, S Khawaled, JY Sagiv, ...
    Cell reports 21 (9), 2384-2392 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 65
  • VEGF expands erythropoiesis via hypoxia-independent induction of erythropoietin in noncanonical perivascular stromal cells
    AC Greenwald, T Licht, S Kumar, SS Oladipupo, S Iyer, M Grunewald, ...
    Journal of Experimental Medicine 216 (1), 215-230 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 56
  • ADAMTS4 and its proteolytic fragments differentially affect melanoma growth and angiogenesis in mice
    N Rao, Z Ke, H Liu, CJ Ho, S Kumar, W Xiang, Y Zhu, R Ge
    International journal of cancer 133 (2), 294-306 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 53
  • Topical diclofenac for prevention of capecitabine-associated hand-foot syndrome: a double-blind randomized controlled trial
    A Santhosh, A Sharma, S Bakhshi, A Kumar, V Sharma, PS Malik, ...
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 42 (15), 1821-1829 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 45
  • Counteracting age-related VEGF signaling insufficiency promotes healthy aging and extends life span. Science 373, eabc8479
    M Grunewald, S Kumar, H Sharife, E Volinsky, A Gileles-Hillel, T Licht, ...
    2021
    Citations: 23
  • Cancer plasticity: investigating the causes for this agility
    S Saha, N Pradhan, R Mahadevappa, S Minocha, S Kumar
    Seminars in cancer biology 88, 138-156 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 22
  • Nanomaterials for biomedical applications: addressing regulatory hurdles and strategic solutions
    S Gujjar, S Kukal, P Jayabal, N Balaji, S Sainger, S Roy, S Rallapalli, ...
    Nano Trends 11, 100127 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 20
  • Identification of vascular cues contributing to cancer cell stemness and function
    S Kumar, L Bar-Lev, H Sharife, M Grunewald, M Mogilevsky, T Licht, ...
    Angiogenesis 25 (3), 355-371 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 15
  • i-Motifs as regulatory switches: Mechanisms and implications for gene expression
    A Deep, A Bhat, V Perumal, S Kumar
    Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids 36 (1) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 14
  • A quartet of cancer stem cell niches in hepatocellular carcinoma
    N Balaji, S Kukal, A Bhat, N Pradhan, S Minocha, S Kumar
    Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews 79, 39-51 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 12
  • Engineered BSA nanoparticles: Synthesis, drug loading, and advanced characterization
    Hemlata, A Hariharan, N Murali, S Roy, S Betal, S Kumar, S Minocha
    Biology Methods and Protocols 10 (1), bpaf066 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 10