🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Kimheak Sao

Thomas Jefferson University

ORCID: 0000-0002-9164-1529

Also affiliated with Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Jefferson College

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Indexed papers

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datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

Papers

Driven by 6 papers. Top paper: “Sdc4 deletion perturbs intervertebral disc matrix homeostasis and promotes early osteopenia in the aging mouse spine”.

Sdc4 deletion perturbs intervertebral disc matrix homeostasis and promotes early osteopenia in the aging mouse spine

Matrix Biology(2024)10.1016/j.matbio.2024.05.006

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0.380DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Makarand V. Risbud, Kimheak Sao

Arp2/3 inactivation causes intervertebral disc and cartilage degeneration with dysregulated TonEBP-mediated osmoadaptation

JCI Insight(2020)10.1172/jci.insight.131382

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0DataRank · unranked

31 citations

Alexandra C. Doolittle, Kimheak Sao, Jeremy D. Rotty, James E. Bear, Veronica Ulici +5 more

Loss of function mutation in Ank causes aberrant mineralization and acquisition of osteoblast-like-phenotype by the cells of the intervertebral disc

Cell Death and Disease(2023)10.1038/s41419-023-05893-y

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0DataRank · unranked

22 citations

Victoria Tran, Kimheak Sao, Pranay Ramteke, William Querido, Ruteja A. Barve +3 more

OPA1 protects intervertebral disc and knee joint health in aged mice by maintaining the structure and metabolic functions of mitochondria

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.01.17.576115

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0DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Miriam Hernandaz-Meadows, Ashley Coleman, Kimheak Sao, Kameron L. Inguito, Owen Haslam +5 more

The loss of OPA1 accelerates intervertebral disc degeneration and osteoarthritis in aged mice

Research Square(2024)10.21203/rs.3.rs-3950044/v1

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0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Vedavathi Madhu, Miriam Hernandez-Meadows, Ashley Coleman, Kimheak Sao, Kameron L. Inguito +5 more

The loss of OPA1 accelerates intervertebral disc degeneration and osteoarthritis in aged mice

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-60933-9

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0DataRank · unranked

16 citations

Miriam Hernandez-Meadows, Ashley Coleman, Kimheak Sao, Kameron L. Inguito, Owen Haslam +6 more