2026 Ratna B. Ray: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	74	5752	5302	2722	2439	171	14975

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Biology and Biochemistry

5752

5302

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2439

171

14975

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

14975

World Ranking

5752

National Ranking

2722

Overview

Ratna B. Ray is affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research primarily spans molecular biology, oncology, immunology, cancer research, and infectious diseases.

Their scientific contributions focus on a range of topics including:

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
RNA modifications and cancer
Cancer-related molecular pathways
COVID-19 clinical research studies
Extracellular vesicles in disease
RNA research and splicing
Immune cells in cancer

Frequent publication venues where the scientist's work appears include:

Cancers
Hepatology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Cell Death and Disease

Throughout their career, Ratna B. Ray has co-authored many papers with several frequent collaborators, such as:

Subhayan Sur
Robert Steele
Ranjit Ray
Mousumi Khatun

Selected recent publications include:

"SARS-CoV-2 spike protein promotes IL-6 trans-signaling by activation of angiotensin II receptor signaling in epithelial cells," 2020, PLoS Pathogens
"Bitter Melon (Momordica Charantia), a Nutraceutical Approach for Cancer Prevention and Therapy," 2020, Cancers
"Exosomes from COVID-19 Patients Carry Tenascin-C and Fibrinogen-β in Triggering Inflammatory Signals in Cells of Distant Organ," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"Inhibition of Long Noncoding RNA Linc-Pint by Hepatitis C Virus in Infected Hepatocytes Enhances Lipogenesis," 2020, Hepatology
"Hepatitis C virus associated hepatocellular carcinoma," 2020, Advances in Cancer Research

Best Publications

Hepatitis C virus core protein cooperates with ras and transforms primary rat embryo fibroblasts to tumorigenic phenotype.

R B Ray;L M Lagging;K Meyer;R Ray

519
Citations
Functions of autophagy in normal and diseased liver

Mark J. Czaja;Wen Xing Ding;Terrence M. Donohue;Scott L. Friedman

514
Citations
Inhibitors of mTOR reverse doxorubicin resistance conferred by PTEN status in prostate cancer cells.

Viktor Grünwald;Linda DeGraffenried;Douglas Russel;William E. Friedrichs

411
Citations
Transcriptional Repression of p53 Promoter by Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein

Ratna B. Ray;Robert Steele;Keith Meyer;Ranjit Ray

393
Citations
Suppression of Apoptotic Cell Death by Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein

Ratna B. Ray;Keith Meyer;Ranjit Ray

386
Citations
Hepatitis C Virus NS5A Physically Associates with p53 and Regulates p21/waf1 Gene Expression in a p53-Dependent Manner

Mainak Majumder;Asish K. Ghosh;Robert Steele;Ranjit Ray

351
Citations
Transcriptional regulation of cellular and viral promoters by the hepatitis C virus core protein

R. B. Ray;L. M. Lagging;K. Meyer;R. Steele

348
Citations
Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF-α)-mediated Apoptosis by Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein *

Ratna B. Ray;Keith Meyer;Robert Steele;Anju Shrivastava

331
Citations
Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1a Growth and Induction of Autophagy

Malika Ait-Goughoulte;Tatsuo Kanda;Keith Meyer;Jan S. Ryerse

303
Citations
Toll-like receptor 4 mediates synergism between alcohol and HCV in hepatic oncogenesis involving stem cell marker Nanog

Keigo Machida;Hidekazu Tsukamoto;Hasmik Mkrtchyan;Lewei Duan

258
Citations
Hepatitis C virus NS5A protein modulates cell cycle regulatory genes and promotes cell growth.

Asish K. Ghosh;Robert Steele;Keith Meyer;Ranjit Ray

253
Citations
Reduced PTEN expression in breast cancer cells confers susceptibility to inhibitors of the PI3 kinase/Akt pathway

L. A. deGraffenried;L. Fulcher;W. E. Friedrichs;V. Grünwald

251
Citations
Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) extract inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation by modulating cell cycle regulatory genes and promotes apoptosis.

Ratna B. Ray;Amit Raychoudhuri;Robert Steele;Pratibha Nerurkar

245
Citations
miRNA-29b Suppresses Prostate Cancer Metastasis by Regulating Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Signaling

Peng Ru;Robert Steele;Philip Newhall;Nancy J. Phillips

243
Citations
Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Upregulates Serine Phosphorylation of Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 and Impairs the Downstream Akt/Protein Kinase B Signaling Pathway for Insulin Resistance

Sutapa Banerjee;Kousuke Saito;Malika Ait-Goughoulte;Keith Meyer

233
Citations
Knockdown of autophagy enhances the innate immune response in hepatitis C virus-infected hepatocytes.

Shubham Shrivastava;Amit Raychoudhuri;Robert Steele;Ranjit Ray

223
Citations
Hepatitis C virus core protein promotes immortalization of primary human hepatocytes.

Ratna B. Ray;Keith Meyer;Ranjit Ray

222
Citations
Hepatitis C virus core protein: intriguing properties and functional relevance

Ratna B. Ray;Ranjit Ray

220
Citations
Hepatitis C virus core protein represses p21WAF1/Cip1/Sid1 promoter activity

Ratna B Ray;Robert Steele;Keith Meyer;Ranjit Ray

208
Citations
Mithramycin blocks protein binding and function of the SV40 early promoter.

R. Ray;R. C. Snyder;S. Thomas;Charles A Koller

208
Citations