2026 Colin Sumners: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	73	2247	2054	1068	958	363	14734

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Overview

Colin Sumners is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the roles and mechanisms of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), with significant contributions to studies of angiotensin receptors and their impact on hypertension and neuroinflammation.

The scientist's recent publications include:

The Angiotensin AT2 Receptor: From a Binding Site to a Novel Therapeutic Target (2022), Pharmacological Reviews
Correcting the imbalanced protective RAS in COVID-19 with angiotensin AT2-receptor agonists (2020), Clinical Science
The Renin-Angiotensin System in Hypertension, a Constantly Renewing Classic: Focus on the Angiotensin AT2-Receptor (2020), Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Brain Angiotensin Type-1 and Type-2 Receptors in Physiological and Hypertensive Conditions: Focus on Neuroinflammation (2020), Current Hypertension Reports
Angiotensin Type 2 Receptors: Painful, or Not? (2020), Frontiers in Pharmacology

Their frequent coauthors include:

U. Muscha Steckelings
Annette D. de Kloet
Khalid Elsaafien
Eric G. Krause
A. Augusto Peluso

Colin Sumners has published extensively in the following venues:

Hypertension
Journal of Hypertension
Clinical Science
Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Pharmacological Reviews

Their main fields of study cover Medicine and Neuroscience.

Subfields of study in which they have been active include:

Molecular Biology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Behavioral Neuroscience
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

The primary topics of Colin Sumners' research encompass:

Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research
Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Best Publications

Brain Microglial Cytokines in Neurogenic Hypertension

Peng Shi;Carlos Diez-Freire;Joo Yun Jun;Yanfei Qi

427
Citations
Effect of exercise training on blood pressure in 70- to 79-yr-old men and women.

Carmen Cononie;James Graves;Michael Pollock;M. Phillips

347
Citations
Angiotensin II in central nervous system physiology.

M I Phillips;C Sumners

309
Citations
Angiotensin II receptor subtypes are coupled with distinct signal-transduction mechanisms in neurons and astrocytes from rat brain.

Colin Sumners;Wei Tang;Blanka Zelezna;Mohan K. Raizada

294
Citations
Chronic ethanol exposure potentiates NMDA excitotoxicity in cerebral cortical neurons.

L J Chandler;H Newsom;C Sumners;F Crews

248
Citations
The angiotensin II type 2 receptor: an enigma with multiple variations.

Stefan Gallinat;Silke Busche;Mohan K. Raizada;Colin Sumners

247
Citations
Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases in Rat Brain Neuronal Cultures Are Activated by Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptors and Inhibited by Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptors

Xian-Cheng Huang;Elaine M. Richards;Colin Sumners

227
Citations
Cerebroprotection by angiotensin-(1-7) in endothelin-1-induced ischaemic stroke.

Adam P. Mecca;Robert W. Regenhardt;Timothy E. O’Connor;Jason P. Joseph

227
Citations
Therapeutic Implications of the Vasoprotective Axis of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Cardiovascular Diseases

Anderson J. Ferreira;Robson A.S. Santos;Chastity N. Bradford;Adam P. Mecca

208
Citations
Angiotensin II type 2 receptor stimulation of neuronal K+ currents involves an inhibitory GTP binding protein.

J. Kang;P. Posner;C. Sumners

184
Citations
Modulation of the delayed rectifier K+ current in neurons by an angiotensin II type 2 receptor fragment.

Jian Kang;E. M. Richards;P. Posner;C. Sumners

173
Citations
Anti-inflammatory effects of angiotensin-(1-7) in ischemic stroke

Robert W. Regenhardt;Fiona Desland;Adam P. Mecca;David J. Pioquinto

165
Citations
Chronic ethanol increases N-methyl-D-aspartate-stimulated nitric oxide formation but not receptor density in cultured cortical neurons.

L. Judson Chandler;Greg Sutton;Dean Norwood;Colin Sumners

159
Citations
Cytokine‐stimulated inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in astroglia: Role of Erk mitogen‐activated protein kinase and NF‐κB

Joshua S. Marcus;Sharon L. Karackattu;Melissa A. Fleegal;Colin Sumners

156
Citations
Mineralocorticoids modulate central angiotensin II receptors in rats.

Karen M. Wilson;Colin Sumners;Susan Hathaway;Melvin J. Fregly

155
Citations
NAD(P)H Oxidase Inhibition Attenuates Neuronal Chronotropic Actions of Angiotensin II

Chengwen Sun;Kathleen W. Sellers;Colin Sumners;Mohan K. Raizada

152
Citations
Ethanol inhibits NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity in rat primary neuronal cultures.

L. Judson Chandler;Colin Sumners;Fulton T. Crews

145
Citations
Angiotensin AT1 receptor signalling pathways in neurons.

Colin Sumners;Melissa A Fleegal;Mingyan Zhu

136
Citations
Expression of angiotensin AT1 and AT2 receptors in adult rat cardiomyocytes after myocardial infarction : A single-cell reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction study

Silke Busche;Silke Busche;Stefan Gallinat;Stefan Gallinat;Rainer-Maria Bohle;Alexander Reinecke

135
Citations
Microglial Cells Impact Gut Microbiota and Gut Pathology in Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension

Ravindra K. Sharma;Tao Yang;Aline C. Oliveira;Gilberto O. Lobaton

134
Citations
Changes in skin angiotensin II receptors in rats during wound healing.

Birgitta Kimura;Colin Sumners;M.Ian Phillips

133
Citations
Increased angiotensin II receptors in neuronal cultures from hypertensive rat brain

M. K. Raizada;T. F. Muther;C. Sumners

133
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