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Ashok B. Kulkarni publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ashok B. Kulkarni sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 233 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Ashok B. Kulkarni D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ashok B. Kulkarni sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 83 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ashok B. Kulkarni is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily situated at the intersection of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Kulkarni's work spans several subfields including molecular biology, physiology, rheumatology, urology, and neurology, with a particular focus on mechanisms underlying pain and related biological processes.

The scientist's research topics include pain mechanisms and treatments, bone and dental protein studies, periodontal regeneration and treatments, dental development and anomalies, Botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, and ion channel regulation and function.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kulkarni are Bradford Hall, Carolyn W. Gibson, Bradford E. Hall, Margaret Cassidy, and Sijung Yun.

Their publications are regularly featured in venues such as UNC Libraries, Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Protocols, and Molecular Pain.

Recent papers include:

  • Transcriptomic analysis of human sensory neurons in painful diabetic neuropathy reveals inflammation and neuronal loss (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • Accelerated burn wound healing with photobiomodulation therapy involves activation of endogenous latent TGF-β1 (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Integrative multiomic analyses of dorsal root ganglia in diabetic neuropathic pain using proteomics, phospho-proteomics, and metabolomics (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Sensory Neurons in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Reveals Inflammation and Neuronal Loss (2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Visualization of trigeminal ganglion sensory neuronal signaling regulated by Cdk5 (2022, Cell Reports)

Best Publications

  • Transforming growth factor beta 1 null mutation in mice causes excessive inflammatory response and early death.

    Ashok B. Kulkarni;Chang-Goo Huh;Dean Becker;Andrew Geiser

  • Modulating Innate and Adaptive Immunity by (R)-Roscovitine: Potential Therapeutic Opportunity in Cystic Fibrosis

    Laurent Meijer;Deborah J Nelson;Vladimir Riazanski;Aida G Gabdoulkhakova

  • Defective haematopoiesis and vasculogenesis in transforming growth factor-beta 1 knock out mice

    Marion C. Dickson;Julie S. Martin;Frances M. Cousins;Ashok B. Kulkarni

  • Targeted disruption of the cyclin-dependent kinase 5 gene results in abnormal corticogenesis, neuronal pathology and perinatal death.

    Toshio Ohshima;Jerrold M. Ward;Chang Goo Huh;Glenn Longenecker

  • A critical function for TGF-|[beta]| signaling in the development of natural CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

    Yongzhong Liu;Pin Zhang;Jun Li;Ashok B Kulkarni

  • Targeted disruption of the biglycan gene leads to an osteoporosis-like phenotype in mice

    Tianshun Xu;Paolo Bianco;Paolo Bianco;Larry W. Fisher;Glenn Longenecker

  • Maternal rescue of transforming growth factor-beta 1 null mice.

    John J. Letterio;Andrew G. Geiser;Ashok B. Kulkarni;Nanette S. Roche

  • Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor mediates non-redundant functions necessary for normal wound healing.

    Gillian S. Ashcroft;Kejian Lei;Wenwen Jin;Glenn Longenecker

  • Amelogenin-deficient mice display an amelogenesis imperfecta phenotype.

    Carolyn W. Gibson;Zhi An Yuan;Bradford Hall;Glenn Longenecker

  • p35 and p39 Are Essential for Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5 Function during Neurodevelopment

    Jane Ko;Sandrine Humbert;Roderick T. Bronson;Satoru Takahashi

  • Dentin Sialophosphoprotein Knockout Mouse Teeth Display Widened Predentin Zone and Develop Defective Dentin Mineralization Similar to Human Dentinogenesis Imperfecta Type III

    Taduru Sreenath;Tamizchelvi Thyagarajan;Bradford Hall;Glenn Longenecker

  • α-Galactosidase A deficient mice: A model of Fabry disease

    Toshio Ohshima;Gary J. Murray;William D. Swaim;Glenn Longenecker

  • Gene expression patterns of murine dentin matrix protein 1 (Dmp1) and dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) suggest distinct developmental functions in vivo

    R. N. D'souza;A. Cavender;G. Sunavala;J. Alvarez

  • Ameloblastin is a cell adhesion molecule required for maintaining the differentiation state of ameloblasts.

    Satoshi Fukumoto;Takayoshi Kiba;Bradford Hall;Noriyuki Iehara

  • Editing of CD1d-bound lipid antigens by endosomal lipid transfer proteins.

    Dapeng Zhou;Carlos Cantu;Yuval Sagiv;Nicolas Schrantz

  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5-Deficient Mice Demonstrate Novel Developmental Arrest in Cerebral Cortex

    Edward C. Gilmore;Toshio Ohshima;André M. Goffinet;Ashok B. Kulkarni

  • Glycolipid antigen processing for presentation by CD1d molecules

    Theodore I. Prigozy;Olga Naidenko;Pankaj Qasba;Dirk Elewaut

  • Transforming growth factor-beta 1 knockout mice. A mutation in one cytokine gene causes a dramatic inflammatory disease.

    A. B. Kulkarni;S. Karlsson

  • Immune dysregulation in TGF-beta 1-deficient mice.

    M Christ;N L McCartney-Francis;A B Kulkarni;J M Ward

  • Regulation of NMDA receptors by cyclin-dependent kinase-5.

    Bing-Sheng Li;Miao-Kun Sun;Lei Zhang;Satoru Takahashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Harish C. Pant
Harish C. Pant National Institutes of Health
Toshio Ohshima
Toshio Ohshima Waseda University
Roscoe O. Brady
Roscoe O. Brady Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Stefan Karlsson
Stefan Karlsson Lund University
Jerrold M. Ward
Jerrold M. Ward National Institutes of Health
Michael J. Iadarola
Michael J. Iadarola National Institutes of Health
Adele L. Boskey
Adele L. Boskey Hospital for Special Surgery
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba ShanghaiTech University
J. Silvio Gutkind
J. Silvio Gutkind University of California, San Diego
Mary MacDougall
Mary MacDougall University of British Columbia

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