2026 Gourisankar Ghosh: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	67	1563	1401	788	693	155	18290

Overview

Gourisankar Ghosh is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on molecular biology, immunology, cancer research, infectious diseases, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Ghosh's work include:

NF-κB Signaling Pathways
Immune Response and Inflammation
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Interferon and immune responses
RNA Research and Splicing
RNA modifications and cancer
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Ghosh has published frequently in a variety of scientific venues, notably in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nucleic Acids Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
eLife
Methods in molecular biology

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors, including:

Tapan Biswas
Kaushik Saha
Shandy Shahabi
Anirban Chakraborty
Tapas K. Hazra

Recent papers by Gourisankar Ghosh include:

"Dissecting the Regulatory Strategies of NF-κB RelA Target Genes in the Inflammatory Response Reveals Differential Transactivation Logics," 2020, published in Cell Reports
"Immunosuppression of Macrophages Underlies the Cardioprotective Effects of CST (Catestatin)," 2021, published in Hypertension
"Origin of the Functional Distinctiveness of NF-κB/p52," 2021, published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
"Deficiency in classical nonhomologous end-joining-mediated repair of transcribed genes is linked to SCA3 pathogenesis," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Structural disruption of exonic stem-loops immediately upstream of the intron regulates mammalian splicing," 2020, published in Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

15-deoxy-delta 12,14-prostaglandin J2 inhibits multiple steps in the NF-kappa B signaling pathway.

Daniel S. Straus;Gabriel Pascual;Mei Li;John S. Welch

1584
Citations
Regulation of protein kinases; controlling activity through activation segment conformation.

Brad Nolen;Susan Taylor;Gourisankar Ghosh

1283
Citations
Crystal structure of p50/p65 heterodimer of transcription factor NF-κB bound to DNA

Frances E. Chen;De-Bin Huang;Yong-Qing Chen;Gourisankar Ghosh

893
Citations
Transcriptional regulation via the NF-κB signaling module

A Hoffmann;G Natoli;G Ghosh

852
Citations
The Crystal Structure of the IκBα/NF-κB Complex Reveals Mechanisms of NF-κB Inactivation

Tom Huxford;De-Bin Huang;Shiva Malek;Gourisankar Ghosh

844
Citations
Structure of NF-kappa B p50 homodimer bound to a kappa B site.

Gourisankar Ghosh;G. Van Duyne;Sankar Ghosh;Sankar Ghosh;P. B. Sigler

836
Citations
A fourth IκB protein within the NF-κB signaling module

Soumen Basak;Hana Kim;Jeffrey D. Kearns;Vinay Tergaonkar

511
Citations
Regulation of DNA binding by Rel/NF-kappaB transcription factors: structural views.

Frances E Chen;Gourisankar Ghosh

447
Citations
Activation of IKKα target genes depends on recognition of specific κB binding sites by RelB:p52 dimers

Giuseppina Bonizzi;Magali Bebien;Dennis C Otero;Kirsten E Johnson-Vroom

436
Citations
A novel DNA recognition mode by the NF-kappa B p65 homodimer.

Yong-Qing Chen;Sankar Ghosh;Gourisankar Ghosh

324
Citations
NF-κB dictates the degradation pathway of IκBα

Erika Mathes;Ellen L O'Dea;Alexander Hoffmann;Gourisankar Ghosh

263
Citations
IκBβ, but Not IκBα, Functions as a Classical Cytoplasmic Inhibitor of NF-κB Dimers by Masking Both NF-κB Nuclear Localization Sequences in Resting Cells

Shiva Malek;Yi Chen;Tom Huxford;Gourisankar Ghosh

260
Citations
Interaction between the RNA binding domains of Ser-Arg splicing factor 1 and U1-70K snRNP protein determines early spliceosome assembly.

Suhyung Cho;Amy Hoang;Rahul Sinha;Xiang-Yang Zhong

258
Citations
Interplay between SRPK and Clk/Sty kinases in phosphorylation of the splicing factor ASF/SF2 is regulated by a docking motif in ASF/SF2.

Jacky Chi Ki Ngo;Sutapa Chakrabarti;Jian-Hua Ding;Adolfo Velazquez-Dones

256
Citations
NF-κB regulation: lessons from structures

Gourisankar Ghosh;Vivien Ya-Fan Wang;De-Bin Huang;Amanda Fusco

245
Citations
PRMT5 dimethylates R30 of the p65 subunit to activate NF-κB

Han Wei;Benlian Wang;Masaru Miyagi;Yun She

244
Citations
Phosphorylation mechanism and structure of serine‐arginine protein kinases

Gourisankar Ghosh;Joseph A. Adams

232
Citations
IκBα Functions through Direct Contacts with the Nuclear Localization Signals and the DNA Binding Sequences of NF-κB

Shiva Malek;Tom Huxford;Gourisankar Ghosh

219
Citations
Regulation of SR protein phosphorylation and alternative splicing by modulating kinetic interactions of SRPK1 with molecular chaperones

Xiang-Yang Zhong;Jian-Hua Ding;Joseph A. Adams;Gourisankar Ghosh

212
Citations
Crystal structure of NF-κB (p50)2 complexed to a high-affinity RNA aptamer

De Bin Huang;Don Vu;Laura A. Cassiday;Laura A. Cassiday;Jeff M. Zimmerman

207
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Hoffmann University of California, Los Angeles

Xiang-Dong Fu Westlake University

Elizabeth A. Komives University of California, San Diego

Susan S. Taylor University of California, San Diego

Inder M. Verma Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Hemal H. Patel University of California, San Diego

David M. Roth University of California San Diego

Nicholas J. G. Webster University of California, San Diego

Sushil K. Mahata University of California, San Diego

George R. Stark Cleveland Clinic

External Links

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