2026 Suneel S. Apte: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	79	4353	4014	2123	1911	224	20785

Overview

Suneel S. Apte is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biomedical science, with a particular focus on molecular mechanisms underlying disease processes.

Their primary fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad fields, they have concentrated on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Oncology, and Cancer Research.

The main topics addressed in their work encompass:

Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
Connective tissue disorders research
Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
Congenital heart defects research

Suneel S. Apte has published extensively in scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Matrix Biology
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Scientific Reports
Journal of Biological Chemistry

Examples of recent publications include:

"ADAMTSL5 is an epigenetically activated gene underlying tumorigenesis and drug resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma," 2020, Journal of Hepatology
"Aggrecan in Cardiovascular Development and Disease," 2020, Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry
"The secreted protease Adamts18 links hormone action to activation of the mammary stem cell niche," 2020, Nature Communications
"The extracellular matrix glycoprotein ADAMTSL2 is increased in heart failure and inhibits TGFβ signalling in cardiac fibroblasts," 2021, Scientific Reports
"Identification of novel ADAMTS1, ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5 cleavage sites in versican using a label-free quantitative proteomics approach," 2021, Journal of Proteomics

Collaborative efforts are evident in the frequent coauthorship with other researchers including:

Daniel R. Martin
Sumit Bhutada
Timothy J. Mead
Karin Tran-Lundmark
Christopher D. Koch

Best Publications

LDL Receptor-Related Protein 5 (LRP5) Affects Bone Accrual and Eye Development

Y. Q. Gong;R. B. Slee;N. Fukai;G. Rawadi

2623
Citations
Impaired endochondral ossification and angiogenesis in mice deficient in membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase I

Zhongjun Zhou;Suneel S. Apte;Raija Soininen;Renhai Cao

946
Citations
A Disintegrin-like and Metalloprotease (Reprolysin-type) with Thrombospondin Type 1 Motif (ADAMTS) Superfamily: Functions and Mechanisms

Suneel S. Apte

518
Citations
Matrix metalloproteinases: old dogs with new tricks.

Robert P T Somerville;Samantha A. Oblander;Suneel S Apte

438
Citations
The gene structure of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-3 and its inhibitory activities define the distinct TIMP gene family.

Suneel S. Apte;Bjorn R. Olsen;Gillian Murphy

403
Citations
Characterization of ADAMTS-9 and ADAMTS-20 as a distinct ADAMTS subfamily related to Caenorhabditis elegans GON-1.

Robert P.T. Somerville;Jean-Michel Longpre;Katherine A. Jungers;J. Michael Engle

399
Citations
Inhibition of Angiogenesis by Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3

Bela Anand-Apte;Michael S. Pepper;Emile Voest;Roberta Montesano

345
Citations
A disintegrin-like and metalloprotease (reprolysin type) with thrombospondin type 1 motifs: the ADAMTS family.

Suneel S. Apte

316
Citations
A type X collagen mutation causes schmid metaphyseal chondrodysplasia

Matthew L. Warman;Margaret Abbott;Suneel S. Apte;Tim Hefferon

307
Citations
Cloning of the cDNA encoding human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3) and mapping of the TIMP3 gene to chromosome 22

Suneel S. Apte;Marie Genevieve Mattei;Bjorn R. Olsen

292
Citations
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Human Matrix Metalloproteinase with Unique Structural Characteristics, Chromosomal Location, and Tissue Distribution

Alberto M. Pendás;Vera Knäuper;Xose S. Puente;Elena Llano

289
Citations
Procollagen II Amino Propeptide Processing by ADAMTS-3 INSIGHTS ON DERMATOSPARAXIS

Russell J. Fernandes;Satoshi Hirohata;J. Michael Engle;Alain Colige

285
Citations
ADAMTS metalloproteases generate active versican fragments that regulate interdigital web regression

Daniel R. McCulloch;Courtney M. Nelson;Laura J. Dixon;Debra L. Silver

271
Citations
Murine tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-4 (Timp-4): cDNA isolation and expression in adult mouse tissues

Kevin J. Leco;Suneel S. Apte;Gary T. Taniguchi;Susan P. Hawkes

255
Citations
ADAMTS proteins in human disorders.

Timothy J. Mead;Suneel S. Apte

252
Citations
Loss of MMP-2 disrupts skeletal and craniofacial development and results in decreased bone mineralization, joint erosion and defects in osteoblast and osteoclast growth

Rebecca A. Mosig;Oonagh Dowling;Analisa DiFeo;Maria Celeste M. Ramirez

248
Citations
ADAM-TS5, ADAM-TS6, and ADAM-TS7, Novel Members of a New Family of Zinc Metalloproteases GENERAL FEATURES AND GENOMIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADAM-TS FAMILY ,

Tiina L. Hurskainen;Satoshi Hirohata;Michael F. Seldin;Suneel S. Apte

247
Citations
ADAMTSL2 mutations in geleophysic dysplasia demonstrate a role for ADAMTS-like proteins in TGF-beta bioavailability regulation.

Carine Le Goff;Fanny Morice-Picard;Nathalie Dagoneau;Lauren W Wang

241
Citations
Egr-1 mediates extracellular matrix-driven transcription of membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase in endothelium.

Tara L. Haas;David Stitelman;Sandra J. Davis;Suneel S. Apte

233
Citations
Mutations in the TGFβ Binding-Protein-Like Domain 5 of FBN1 Are Responsible for Acromicric and Geleophysic Dysplasias

Carine Le Goff;Clémentine Mahaut;Lauren W Wang;Slimane Allali

229
Citations