Sumit Sarkar Data-verified

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Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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35 h-index 109 pubs 4,316 cited

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Sumit Sarkar's research focuses on neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease, and the toxicological effects of various agents on the nervous system. His work investigates the role of metals, astrocytes, and amyloid plaques in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, utilizing animal models such as Sprague-Dawley rats and Tg-SwDI mice. Sarkar has explored methods for in vivo plaque detection and evaluated sex-related neuropathology and cognitive deficits in disease models.

His research also extends to the broader field of neurotoxicity, including quantitative analysis of brain toxicity following exposure to substances like trimethyltin. Sarkar has contributed to understanding the connection between Alzheimer's disease and type 3 diabetes, with a specific interest in health disparities within African American populations. He has also worked on developing and characterizing methods for localizing plaques and tangles in both rodent and human brain tissue.

Sarkar's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 35 and over 4,288 citations across 109 publications, designating him as a highly cited researcher. He actively collaborates with colleagues at the National Center for Toxicological Research, including James Raymick, Serguei Liachenko, Merle G. Paule, and E. Ellen Jones.

Metrics

h-index: 35
Publications: 109
Citations: 4,316

Selected Publications

Potential link of high fat diet and mRNA expression of Alzheimer's disease-related genes in the enteric mucosa of a rat model of Alzheimer's disease (2025)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Developing non-invasive molecular markers for early risk assessment of Alzheimer's disease (2025)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
The incorporation of MALDI mass spectrometry imaging in studies to identify markers of toxicity following in utero opioid exposures in mouse fetuses (2024)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Evaluation and Characterization of Modified K114 Method to LocalizePlaques in Rodent and Plaques and Tangles in Human Brain Tissue (2024)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
In vivo mapping of rat brain partial white matter content using hexachlorophene-induced neurotoxicity model (2024)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
A novel humanized Tau‐FAD mice represent a robust model for studying AD‐related dysfunction (2023)

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The role of astrocytes in the glymphatic network: a narrative review (2023)

14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Combining tissue clearing and Fluoro-Jade C labeling for neurotoxicity assessments (2023)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Assessment of sex-related neuropathology and cognitive deficits in the Tg-SwDI mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (2022)

13 citations DOI OpenAlex
Development of early biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: A precision medicine perspective (2022)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Evaluation of Styrylbenzene analog- FSB and its affinity to bind parenchymal plaques and tangles in patients of Alzheimer’s disease (2022)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Circulating biomarkers of neurotoxicity: Proteomics approach reveals fluidic endpoints of central nervous system toxicity in a rodent model of neurotoxicity (2021)

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Role of metals in Alzheimer’s disease (2021)

121 citations DOI OpenAlex
Alzheimer’s disease: a step closer to understanding type 3 diabetes in African Americans (2021)

5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Global Neurotoxicity: Quantitative Analysis of Rat Brain Toxicity Following Exposure to Trimethyltin (2021)

5 citations DOI OpenAlex