Afshin Samali

32.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
173 papers, 19.9k citations indexed

About

Afshin Samali is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Afshin Samali has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 19.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Molecular Biology, 92 papers in Cell Biology and 60 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Afshin Samali's work include Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (87 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (55 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (52 papers). Afshin Samali is often cited by papers focused on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (87 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (55 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (52 papers). Afshin Samali collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and Sweden. Afshin Samali's co-authors include Adrienne M. Gorman, Éva Szegezdi, Susan E. Logue, Sten Orrenius, Sanjeev Gupta, Joya Chandra, Katarzyna Mnich, Sandra Healy, Thomas G. Cotter and Karolina Pakos‐Zebrucka and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Afshin Samali

172 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Mediators of endoplasmic reticulum stress‐induced apoptosis

2006 2.0k citations Éva Szegezdi, Susan E. Logue et al. profile →
The integrated stress response

2016 1.7k citations Katarzyna Mnich, Afshin Samali et al. profile →
Triggering and modulation of apoptosis by oxidative stress

2000 1.2k citations Afshin Samali et al. profile →
Cellular Stress Responses: Cell Survival and Cell Death

2010 1.1k citations Simone Fulda, Adrienne M. Gorman et al. profile →
PERK is required at the ER-mitochondrial contact sites to convey apoptosis after ROS-based ER stress

2012 693 citations Tom Verfaillie, Noemí Rubio et al. Cell Death and Differentiation profile →
The eIF2α kinases: their structures and functions

2013 658 citations Adrienne M. Gorman, Sanjeev Gupta et al. profile →
The role of the unfolded protein response in cancer progression: From oncogenesis to chemoresistance

2018 256 citations Susan E. Logue, Sandra Healy et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Afshin Samali

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Adaptive ER stress promotes mitochondrial remodelling and longevity through PERK-dependent MERCS assembly 2025 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·(unknown), Xia Qin, Penglin Li, (unknown), Antonio Miranda–Vizuete, (unknown), Peter Dockery, Leo R. Quinlan, Katarzyna Goljanek‐Whysall, Afshin Samali, Brian McDonagh	0
2	A trackable trinuclear platinum complex for breast cancer treatment 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Creina Slator, Raphael Enoque Ferraz de Paiva, (unknown), (unknown), Sriram KK, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Katarzyna Mnich, Erica J. Peterson, Bin Hu, Jennifer E. Koblinski, Afshin Samali, Vickie McKee, Alice L. B. Pyne, Fredrik Westerlund, Nicholas P. Farrell, Andrew Kellett	1
3	MultiOmicsIntegrator: a nextflow pipeline for integrated omics analyses 2024 ·Bioinformatics Advances ·(unknown), Eleftherios Pilalis, Katarzyna Mnich, Afshin Samali, Aristotelis Chatziioannou, Adrienne M. Gorman	1
4	Autophagy, Apoptosis, the Unfolded Protein Response, and Lung Function in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 2021 ·Cells ·Pawan Sharma, Javad Alizadeh, Maya Juarez, Afshin Samali, Andrew J. Halayko, Nicholas J. Kenyon, Saeid Ghavami, Amir A. Zeki	48
5	The Role of BiP and the IRE1α–XBP1 Axis in Rhabdomyosarcoma Pathology 2021 ·Cancers ·Mahmoud Aghaei, (unknown), Marveh Rahmati, (unknown), Filip Machaj, Jakub Rosik, (unknown), S. Zahra Bathaie, Negar Azarpira, Marek Łoś, Afshin Samali, David Perrin, Joseph W. Gordon, Saeid Ghavami	11
6	Gold(I) Complexes with a Quinazoline Carboxamide Alkynyl Ligand: Synthesis, Cytotoxicity, and Mechanistic Studies 2021 ·European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry ·Leila Tabrizi, Won Seok Yang, Chetan Chintha, Liam Morrison, Afshin Samali, Joe W. Ramos, Andrea Erxleben	9
7	The IRE1 and PERK arms of the unfolded protein response promote survival of rhabdomyosarcoma cells 2020 ·Cancer Letters ·Nicole McCarthy, (unknown), Susan E. Logue, John B. Patterson, (unknown), Adrienne M. Gorman, Afshin Samali, Simone Fulda	19
8	Simvastatin Induces Unfolded Protein Response and Enhances Temozolomide-Induced Cell Death in Glioblastoma Cells 2020 ·Cells ·Sanaz Dastghaib, Shahla Shojaei, Zohreh Mostafavi‐Pour, Pawan Sharma, John B. Patterson, Afshin Samali, Pooneh Mokarram, Saeid Ghavami	54
9	PERK IS REQUIRED AT THE ER-TO-MITOCHONDRIA CONTACT SITES TO CONVEY APOPTOSIS FOLLOWING ROS-MEDIATED ER STRESS 2012 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Tom Verfaillie, Noemí Rubio, Abhishek D. Garg, Geert Bultynck, Rosario Rizzuto, (unknown), Jacques Piette, Sounak Gupta, Afshin Samali, Patrizia Agostinis	1
10	Atypical heat shock response and acquisition of thermotolerance in P388D1 cells 2012 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Zoltán Giricz, (unknown), Afshin Samali	5
11	Mechanisms of Action of a Dual Cdc7/Cdk9 Kinase Inhibitor against Quiescent and Proliferating CLL Cells 2011 ·Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Alessandro Natoni, Laura S. Murillo, (unknown), Mark Catherwood, Alessia Montagnoli, Afshin Samali, Michael O’Dwyer, Corrado Santocanale	37
12	Unfolded proteins and endoplasmic reticulum stress in neurodegenerative disorders 2011 ·Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine ·Karen Doyle, Donna Kennedy, Adrienne M. Gorman, Sanjeev Gupta, Sandra Healy, Afshin Samali	271
13	Targeting AML through DR4 with a novel variant of rhTRAIL 2010 ·Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine ·Éva Szegezdi, Carlos R. Reis, Almer M. van der Sloot, Alessandro Natoni, A. O’Reilly, Janice LV Reeve, Robbert H. Cool, Michael O’Dwyer, Steven Knapper, Luís Serrano, Wim J. Quax, Afshin Samali	19
14	Enhanced Antitumor Efficacy of a DR5-Specific TRAIL Variant over Recombinant Human TRAIL in a Bioluminescent Ovarian Cancer Xenograft Model 2009 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Evelien W. Duiker, Elisabeth G.E. de Vries, Devalingam Mahalingam, Gert Jan Meersma, (unknown), Harry Hollema, (unknown), (unknown), Robbert H. Cool, Wim J. Quax, Afshin Samali, Ate G.J. van der Zee, Steven de Jong	41
15	Bcl-2 family on guard at the ER 2009 ·American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology ·Éva Szegezdi, (unknown), Tríona Ní Chonghaile, Sanjeev Gupta, Afshin Samali	206
16	Decoy-insensitive TRAIL variants kill tumour cells more efficiently without damaging non-transformed cells 2007 ·Cancer Research ·Éva Szegezdi, Devalingam Mahalingam, Almer M. van der Sloot, Wim J. Quax, Maccon Keane, Afshin Samali	1
17	A TRIBUTE TO Professor Richard A. Lockshin on his 70th birthday 2007 ·Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine ·Afshin Samali	3
18	Apoptosis: a mapped path to cell death 2007 ·Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine ·Afshin Samali	1
19	Designed tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand variants initiating apoptosis exclusively via the DR5 receptor 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Almer M. van der Sloot, (unknown), Éva Szegezdi, Margaret M. Mullally, Robbert H. Cool, Afshin Samali, Luís Serrano, Wim J. Quax	136
20	Interleukin-1, interleukin-8, tumour necrosis factor alpha and interferon gamma stimulate DNA synthesis but have no effect on apoptosis in small-intestinal cell lines 2001 ·European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology ·(unknown), (unknown), Afshin Samali, A. Uribe	22

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