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Ferid Murad

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
108
Citations
42866
World Ranking
1043
National Ranking
630

Ferid Murad 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 Ferid Murad sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 339 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ferid Murad 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 Ferid Murad sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ferid Murad is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with notable work in Molecular Biology, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ferid Murad include:

  • "Nitric oxide-releasing gel accelerates healing in a diabetic murine splinted excisional wound model" (2023, Frontiers in Medicine)
  • "Soluble Guanylate Cyclase β1 Subunit Represses Human Glioblastoma Growth" (2023, Cancers)
  • "Foreword" (2020, Coronaviruses)
  • "Forewords" (2020, Current Chinese Science)
  • "Experimental Study on the Neurological Basis for Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) Pathophysiology" (2022, Journal of Surgery)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ferid Murad include:

  • Alexander Y. Kots
  • Ka Bian
  • Atta-ur-Rahman
  • Dharshan Sivaraj
  • Chikage Noishiki

Their work has been published across various scientific venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Medicine
  • Cancers
  • Coronaviruses
  • Current Chinese Science
  • Journal of Surgery

Best Publications

  • Nitric oxide activates guanylate cyclase and increases guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate levels in various tissue preparations.

    William P. Arnold;Chandra K. Mittal;Shoji Katsuki;Ferid Murad

  • Agonist-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation in rat thoracic aorta may be mediated through cGMP.

    R M Rapoport;F Murad

  • Purification and characterization of particulate endothelium-derived relaxing factor synthase from cultured and native bovine aortic endothelial cells.

    Jennifer S. Pollock;Ulrich Forstermann;Jane A. Mitchell;Timothy D. Warner

  • Isoforms of nitric oxide synthase Characterization and purification from different cell types

    Ulrich Förstermann;Haral H.H.W. Schmidt;Jennifer S. Pollock;Hong Sheng

  • Cyclic guanosine monophosphate as a mediator of vasodilation.

    Ferid Murad

  • Cyclic GMP synthesis and function.

    S A Waldman;F Murad

  • Stimulation of guanylate cyclase by sodium nitroprusside, nitroglycerin and nitric oxide in various tissue preparations and comparison to the effects of sodium azide and hydroxylamine.

    S Katsuki;Arnold W;Chandra Mittal;Ferid Murad

  • Mapping of neural nitric oxide synthase in the rat suggests frequent co-localization with NADPH diaphorase but not with soluble guanylyl cyclase, and novel paraneural functions for nitrinergic signal transduction.

    H. H. H. W. Schmidt;G. D. Gagne;M. Nakane;J. S. Pollock

  • Atrial natriuretic factor selectively activates particulate guanylate cyclase and elevates cyclic GMP in rat tissues.

    S A Waldman;R M Rapoport;F Murad

  • Novel Effects of Nitric Oxide

    Karen L Davis;Emil Martin;Illarion V Turko;Ferid Murad

  • Calmodulin-dependent endothelium-derived relaxing factor/nitric oxide synthase activity is present in the particulate and cytosolic fractions of bovine aortic endothelial cells

    Ulrich Forstermann;Jennifer S. Pollock;Harald H. H. Schmidt;Michael Heller

  • Cloned human brain nitric oxide synthase is highly expressed in skeletal muscle

    Masaki Nakane;Harald H.H.W. Schmidt;Jennifer S. Pollock;Ulrich Förstermann

  • Atrial natriuretic factor elicits an endothelium-independent relaxation and activates particulate guanylate cyclase in vascular smooth muscle

    Raymond J. Winquist;Elizabeth P. Faison;Scott A. Waldman;Karen Schwartz

  • Nitric oxide synthase in macula densa regulates glomerular capillary pressure

    Christopher S. Wilcox;William J. Welch;Ferid Murad;Steven S. Gross

  • Shattuck Lecture. Nitric oxide and cyclic GMP in cell signaling and drug development.

    Ferid Murad

  • Purification of a soluble isoform of guanylyl cyclase-activating-factor synthase.

    Harld H. H. Schmidt;Jennifer S. Pollock;Masaki Nakane;Lee D. Gorsky

  • Insulin secretion from pancreatic B cells caused by L-arginine-derived nitrogen oxides

    Harald H. H. W. Schmidt;Timothy D. Warner;Kunio Ishii;Hong Sheng

  • Discovery of Some of the Biological Effects of Nitric Oxide and Its Role in Cell Signaling (Nobel Lecture)

    Ferid Murad

  • Nω-nitro-L-arginine: a potent inhibitor of endothelium-derived relaxing factor formation

    Kunio Ishii;Bing Chang;James F. Kerwin;Zei-Jing Huang

  • Co-purification of an atrial natriuretic factor receptor and particulate guanylate cyclase from rat lung.

    T Kuno;J W Andresen;Y Kamisaki;S A Waldman

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Waldman
Scott A. Waldman Thomas Jefferson University
Jennifer S. Pollock
Jennifer S. Pollock University of Alabama at Birmingham
Timothy D. Warner
Timothy D. Warner Queen Mary University of London
Harald H.H.W. Schmidt
Harald H.H.W. Schmidt Maastricht University
Ulrich Förstermann
Ulrich Förstermann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Jane A. Mitchell
Jane A. Mitchell National Institutes of Health
Gilberto De Nucci
Gilberto De Nucci Universidade de São Paulo
Rakesh Kumar
Rakesh Kumar The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gary K. Schoolnik
Gary K. Schoolnik Stanford University
Richard L. Guerrant
Richard L. Guerrant University of Virginia

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