Afshan McCarthy

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Afshan McCarthy is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Afshan McCarthy has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Afshan McCarthy's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers). Afshan McCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers). Afshan McCarthy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Afshan McCarthy's co-authors include Alan Ashworth, Christopher J. Lord, Alan Ashworth, Sarah A. Martin, D. Grahame Hardie, Kei Sakamoto, Darrin P. Smith, Jorge S. Reis‐Filho, Dario R. Alessi and Kevin A. Green and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Afshan McCarthy

48 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

BRCA1 Basal-like Breast Cancers Originate from Luminal Epithelial Progenitors and Not from Basal Stem Cells

2010 557 citations Gemma Molyneux, Felipe C. Geyer et al. Cell stem cell profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Afshan McCarthy United Kingdom	31	3.1k	1.5k	676	566	396	51	4.2k
Yoshiki Murakumo Japan	38	3.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	849 1.3×	432 0.8×	560 1.4×	129	4.7k
Andrea Morrione United States	40	3.2k 1.0×	924 0.6×	866 1.3×	339 0.6×	590 1.5×	92	4.7k
Dung‐Fang Lee United States	36	4.9k 1.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 2.1×	368 0.7×	416 1.1×	87	6.3k
Steven A. Johnsen Germany	42	3.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	635 0.9×	617 1.1×	289 0.7×	106	4.9k
Sandra E. Dunn Canada	43	3.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	339 0.6×	441 1.1×	99	5.1k
Bassem R. Haddad United States	33	2.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	718 1.1×	1.0k 1.8×	229 0.6×	81	4.4k
Shuichi Tsutsumi Japan	43	4.4k 1.4×	773 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	606 1.1×	261 0.7×	83	5.8k
Masahiro Aoki Japan	31	3.6k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	824 1.2×	274 0.5×	377 1.0×	71	4.9k
Brigitte M. Pützer Germany	41	2.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	905 1.3×	491 0.9×	256 0.6×	112	4.3k
Javier León Spain	34	2.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	543 0.8×	315 0.6×	335 0.8×	100	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Afshan McCarthy

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ambreen, Saira, Afshan McCarthy, Andrés Hidalgo, & José M. Adrover. (2025). Heart of the matter: Neutrophils, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222(9). 1 indexed citations

Balestrini, Paula A., Afshan McCarthy, Liani Devito, et al.. (2024). Transcription factor-based transdifferentiation of human embryonic to trophoblast stem cells. Development. 151(17).

Alanis‐Lobato, Gregorio, Thomas E. Bartlett, Claire Simon, et al.. (2023). MICA: a multi-omics method to predict gene regulatory networks in early human embryos. Life Science Alliance. 7(1). e202302415–e202302415. 9 indexed citations

Gerri, Claudia, Afshan McCarthy, Claire Simon, et al.. (2023). A conserved role of the Hippo signalling pathway in initiation of the first lineage specification event across mammals. Development. 150(8). 23 indexed citations

Alanis‐Lobato, Gregorio, Jasmin Zohren, Afshan McCarthy, et al.. (2021). Frequent loss of heterozygosity in CRISPR-Cas9–edited early human embryos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(22). 144 indexed citations

Lea, Rebecca A., Afshan McCarthy, Stefan Boeing, et al.. (2021). KLF17 promotes human naïve pluripotency but is not required for its establishment. Development. 148(22). 15 indexed citations

Elinati, Elias, Agata P. Zielinska, Afshan McCarthy, et al.. (2020). The BCL-2 pathway preserves mammalian genome integrity by eliminating recombination-defective oocytes. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2598–2598. 25 indexed citations

Gerri, Claudia, Afshan McCarthy, Gregorio Alanis‐Lobato, et al.. (2020). Initiation of a conserved trophectoderm program in human, cow and mouse embryos. Nature. 587(7834). 443–447. 180 indexed citations

Sadok, Amine, Afshan McCarthy, John Caldwell, et al.. (2015). Rho Kinase Inhibitors Block Melanoma Cell Migration and Inhibit Metastasis. Cancer Research. 75(11). 2272–2284. 99 indexed citations

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Peschard, Pascal, Afshan McCarthy, Maggie Yeo, et al.. (2012). Genetic Deletion of RALA and RALB Small GTPases Reveals Redundant Functions in Development and Tumorigenesis. Current Biology. 22(21). 2063–2068. 62 indexed citations

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Graeser, Monika, Afshan McCarthy, Christopher J. Lord, et al.. (2010). A Marker of Homologous Recombination Predicts Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Primary Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 16(24). 6159–6168. 222 indexed citations

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Molyneux, Gemma, Felipe C. Geyer, Afshan McCarthy, et al.. (2010). BRCA1 Basal-like Breast Cancers Originate from Luminal Epithelial Progenitors and Not from Basal Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 7(3). 403–417. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dhomen, Nathalie, Silvy da Rocha Dias, Robert Hayward, et al.. (2009). Inducible expression of^V600EBraf using tyrosinase-driven Cre recombinase results in embryonic lethality. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 23(1). 112–120. 18 indexed citations

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Martin, Sarah A., Afshan McCarthy, Louise J. Barber, et al.. (2009). Methotrexate induces oxidative DNA damage and is selectively lethal to tumour cells with defects in the DNA mismatch repair gene MSH2. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 1(6-7). 323–337. 132 indexed citations

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Mendes‐Pereira, Ana M., Sarah A. Martin, Rachel Brough, et al.. (2009). Synthetic lethal targeting of PTEN mutant cells with PARP inhibitors. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 1(6-7). 315–322. 486 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Afshan, et al.. (2007). A mouse model of basal‐like breast carcinoma with metaplastic elements. The Journal of Pathology. 211(4). 389–398. 110 indexed citations

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Howard, Beatrice A., et al.. (2005). Identification of the scaramanga gene implicates Neuregulin3 in mammary gland specification. Genes & Development. 19(17). 2078–2090. 64 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, Kei, Afshan McCarthy, Darrin P. Smith, et al.. (2005). Deficiency of LKB1 in skeletal muscle prevents AMPK activation and glucose uptake during contraction. The EMBO Journal. 24(10). 1810–1820. 446 indexed citations

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East, Lucy, Afshan McCarthy, Dirk Wienke, et al.. (2003). A targeted deletion in the endocytic receptor gene Endo180 results in a defect in collagen uptake. EMBO Reports. 4(7). 710–716. 82 indexed citations

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Ramnarine, Kumar V., D. K. Nassiri, Afshan McCarthy, & Nigel A. Brown. (1998). Effects of Pulsed Ultrasound on Embryonic Development: An In Vitro Study. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 24(4). 575–585. 7 indexed citations

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