Akila Mayeda

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Akila Mayeda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Akila Mayeda has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Akila Mayeda's work include RNA Research and Splicing (73 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (56 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (49 papers). Akila Mayeda is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (73 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (56 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (49 papers). Akila Mayeda collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Akila Mayeda's co-authors include Adrian R. Krainer, Adrian R. Krainer, Javier F. Cáceres, Stephen H. Munroe, Jun Zhu, David M. Helfman, Xiang‐Dong Fu, Alan M. Zahler, Gavin Screaton and Rei Yoshimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Akila Mayeda

82 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing by hnRNP A1 and splicing factor SF2

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akila Mayeda United States	41	6.3k	750	647	320	282	85	6.8k
Jens Lykke‐Andersen United States	40	7.1k 1.1×	974 1.3×	323 0.5×	414 1.3×	405 1.4×	61	7.8k
Megerditch Kiledjian United States	45	6.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	299 0.5×	550 1.7×	634 2.2×	87	7.2k
Adrian R. Krainer United States	29	4.2k 0.7×	793 1.1×	266 0.4×	269 0.8×	242 0.9×	48	4.6k
Timothy A. Vickers United States	36	4.3k 0.7×	536 0.7×	219 0.3×	218 0.7×	315 1.1×	57	5.0k
Naoyuki Kataoka Japan	28	4.3k 0.7×	382 0.5×	233 0.4×	204 0.6×	255 0.9×	65	4.8k
Oliver Mühlemann Switzerland	37	4.5k 0.7×	276 0.4×	408 0.6×	311 1.0×	362 1.3×	69	5.2k
Niels H. Gehring Germany	39	3.6k 0.6×	241 0.3×	246 0.4×	209 0.7×	207 0.7×	68	4.2k
Yegor Vassetzky France	35	2.7k 0.4×	310 0.4×	127 0.2×	232 0.7×	404 1.4×	160	3.4k
Woan‐Yuh Tarn Taiwan	35	3.3k 0.5×	285 0.4×	179 0.3×	179 0.6×	166 0.6×	70	3.6k
Lev P. Ovchinnikov Russia	35	3.9k 0.6×	459 0.6×	238 0.4×	450 1.4×	313 1.1×	87	4.5k

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Mayeda, Akila, et al.. (2025). RBM17 Promotes the Chemoresistance of Oral Squamous Cancer Cells Through Checkpoint Kinase 1. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(7). 3127–3127.

Masuda, Akio, et al.. (2024). RNPS1 in PSAP complex controls periodic pre-mRNA splicing over the cell cycle. iScience. 27(12). 111400–111400.

Fujita, Ken‐ichi, Naoko Fujiwara, Tomohiro Yamazaki, et al.. (2024). Structural differences between the closely related RNA helicases, UAP56 and URH49, fashion distinct functional apo-complexes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 455–455. 7 indexed citations

Kang, Hyun-Seo, et al.. (2023). SAP30BP interacts with RBM17/SPF45 to promote splicing in a subset of human short introns. Cell Reports. 42(12). 113534–113534. 6 indexed citations

Yashiro, Masakazu, Naoki Yoshimoto, Akira Sugimoto, et al.. (2023). RBM17 Expression Is Associated With the Efficacy of ICI Monotherapy in NSCLC With Low PD-L1 Expression. Anticancer Research. 43(10). 4663–4672. 3 indexed citations

Chua, Huey‐Huey, T. Kameyama, Akila Mayeda, & Te‐Huei Yeh. (2022). Epstein-Barr Virus Enhances Cancer-Specific Aberrant Splicing of TSG101 Pre-mRNA. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(5). 2516–2516. 2 indexed citations

Hoshino, Daisuke, Hisamori Kato, Akila Mayeda, et al.. (2021). Novel LAMC2 fusion protein has tumor‐promoting properties in ovarian carcinoma. Cancer Science. 112(12). 4957–4967. 17 indexed citations

Yoshimoto, Rei, Hyun-Seo Kang, Tetsuro Hirose, et al.. (2021). SPF45/RBM17-dependent, but not U2AF-dependent, splicing in a distinct subset of human short introns. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4910–4910. 20 indexed citations

Fujita, Ken‐ichi, et al.. (2021). The Exon Junction Complex Core Represses Cancer-Specific Mature mRNA Re-splicing: A Potential Key Role in Terminating Splicing. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(12). 6519–6519. 10 indexed citations

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Yoshimoto, Rei, Tilman Schneider‐Poetsch, Masaaki Furuno, et al.. (2021). Spliceostatin A interaction with SF3B limits U1 snRNP availability and causes premature cleavage and polyadenylation. Cell chemical biology. 28(9). 1356–1365.e4. 11 indexed citations

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Venables, Julian P., et al.. (2021). SPF45/RBM17-dependent splicing and multidrug resistance to cancer chemotherapy. Molecular & Cellular Oncology. 8(6). 1996318–1996318. 1 indexed citations

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Kataoka, Naoyuki, et al.. (2020). Rbm38 Reduces the Transcription Elongation Defect of the SMEK2 Gene Caused by Splicing Deficiency. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(22). 8799–8799. 2 indexed citations

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Yoshimoto, Rei, Karim Rahimi, Thomas B. Hansen, Jørgen Kjems, & Akila Mayeda. (2020). Biosynthesis of Circular RNA ciRS-7/CDR1as Is Mediated by Mammalian-wide Interspersed Repeats. iScience. 23(7). 101345–101345. 33 indexed citations

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Kameyama, T., et al.. (2019). Cancer-Specifically Re-Spliced TSG101 mRNA Promotes Invasion and Metastasis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(3). 773–773. 10 indexed citations

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Ueno, Tomonori, Yuki Taga, Rei Yoshimoto, et al.. (2019). Component of splicing factor SF3b plays a key role in translational control of polyribosomes on the endoplasmic reticulum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(19). 9340–9349. 23 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Hitoshi, Yoshitsugu Aoki, T. Kameyama, et al.. (2016). Endogenous Multiple Exon Skipping and Back-Splicing at the DMD Mutation Hotspot. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 17(10). 1722–1722. 36 indexed citations

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Ohe, Kenji & Akila Mayeda. (2010). HMGA1a Trapping of U1 snRNP at an Authentic 5′ Splice Site Induces Aberrant Exon Skipping in Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 30(9). 2220–2228. 26 indexed citations

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Sakashita, Eiji, Sawako Tatsumi, Dieter Werner, Hitoshi Endo, & Akila Mayeda. (2004). Human RNPS1 and Its Associated Factors: a Versatile Alternative Pre-mRNA Splicing Regulator In Vivo. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(3). 1174–1187. 87 indexed citations

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Wang, Yibin, et al.. (2003). Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 hnRNP A/B-Dependent Exonic Splicing Silencer ESSV Antagonizes Binding of U2AF65 to Viral Polypyrimidine Tracts. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23(23). 8762–8772. 58 indexed citations

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Eperon, Ian C., Olga V. Makarova, Akila Mayeda, et al.. (2000). Selection of Alternative 5′ Splice Sites: Role of U1 snRNP and Models for the Antagonistic Effects of SF2/ASF and hnRNP A1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(22). 8303–8318. 158 indexed citations

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