Alan Saghatelian

22.1k citations

158 papers · 14.8k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.5%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA Research and Splicing

Papers in

Biochemistry 16
Molecular Biology 107
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 23
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies 16
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors 13
- RNA modifications and cancer 12

Co-authors: Benjamin F. Cravatt Matthew J. Kolar Jiao Ma M. Reza Ghadiri Qian Chu Barbara B. Kahn Nawaporn Vinayavekhin Edwin A. Homan
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (15 papers)Biochemistry (14 papers)Nature (10 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (10 papers)Nature Chemical Biology (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Switzerland Sweden

In The Last Decade

Alan Saghatelian

154 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Antibiotic-induced microbiome depletion alters metabolic homeostasis by affecting gut signaling and colonic metabolism 2018 · 388 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Nature Communications
2018 Nature
2016 Nature
2016 Nature Medicine
2014 Cell
2014 Science
2012 Nature Chemical Biology

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1	Microprotein-Derived Secreted Peptide That Stimulates Cellular cAMP Production Biochemistry ·Joan Vaughan, Victor J. Pai, Brendan Miller, Eduardo Vieira de Souza, Cynthia J. Donaldson, Alan Saghatelian	2026	0
2	The measurement, regulation and biological activity of FAHFAs Nature Chemical Biology ·Dan Tan, Alan Saghatelian	2025	2
3	Abnormal mitochondrial structure and function in brown adipose tissue of SLC35A4-MP knockout mice Science Advances ·Andréa L. Rocha, Christian Schmedt, Guy Perkins, Antônio F. M. Pinto, Jolene K. Diedrich, Huanqi Shan, Kaja Plucińska, Eduardo Vieira de Souza, Joan Vaughan, Mark Foster, Srinath C. Sampath, Srihari C. Sampath, Paul Cohen, Mark H. Ellisman, Alan Saghatelian	2025	1
4	Rp3: Ribosome profiling-assisted proteogenomics improves coverage and confidence during microprotein discovery Nature Communications ·Eduardo Vieira de Souza, Angie L. Bookout, Christopher A. Barnes, Brendan Miller, Pablo Machado, Luiz Augusto Basso, Cristiano Valim Bizarro, Alan Saghatelian	2024	7
5	Time-Restricted Feeding Reduces Atherosclerosis in LDLR KO Mice but Not in ApoE Knockout Mice Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ·Amandine Chaix, Terry Lin, Bastian Ramms, Roy G. Cutler, T LE, Catherine Lopez, Phuong Miu, Antônio F. M. Pinto, Alan Saghatelian, Martin P. Playford, Nehal N. Mehta, Mark P. Mattson, Philip L.S.M. Gordts, Joseph L. Witztum, Satchidananda Panda	2024	5
6	Biochemistry and Protein Interactions of the CYREN Microprotein Biochemistry ·Lina Xie, M.E. Bowman, Gordon V. Louie, Cheng Zhang, Maziar S. Ardejani, Xuemei Huang, Qian Chu, Cynthia J. Donaldson, Joan Vaughan, Huanqi Shan, Evan T. Powers, Jeffery W. Kelly, Dimitry Lyumkis, Joseph P. Noel, Alan Saghatelian	2023	0
7	ATGL is a biosynthetic enzyme for fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids Nature ·Rucha Patel, Anna Santoro, Peter Hofer, Dan Tan, Monika Oberer, Andrew T. Nelson, Srihari Konduri, Dionicio Siegel, Rudolf Zechner, Alan Saghatelian, Barbara B. Kahn	2022	88
8	µProteInS—a proteogenomics pipeline for finding novel bacterial microproteins encoded by small ORFs Bioinformatics ·Eduardo Vieira de Souza, Pedro Ferrari Dalberto, Vinicius Pellisoli Machado, Adriana C. Miranda, Alan Saghatelian, Pablo Machado, Luiz Augusto Basso, Cristiano Valim Bizarro	2022	7
9	The lipid elongation enzyme ELOVL2 is a molecular regulator of aging in the retina Aging Cell ·Daniel Chen, Daniel L. Chao, Lorena Rocha, Matthew J. Kolar, Viet Anh Nguyen Huu, Michał Krawczyk, Manish Dasyani, Tina Wang, Maryam Jafari, Mary Jabari, Kevin D. Ross, Alan Saghatelian, Bruce A. Hamilton, Kang Zhang, Dorota Skowronska‐Krawczyk	2020	77
10	AIG1 and ADTRP are endogenous hydrolases of fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids (FAHFAs) in mice Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Meric Erikci Ertunc, Bernard P. Kok, William H. Parsons, Justin Wang, Dan Tan, Cynthia J. Donaldson, Antônio F. M. Pinto, Joan Vaughan, Nhi Ngo, Kenneth M. Lum, Cassandra L. Henry, Aundrea R. Coppola, Micah J. Niphakis, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Enrique Sáez, Alan Saghatelian	2020	29
11	PAHSAs enhance hepatic and systemic insulin sensitivity through direct and indirect mechanisms Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Peng Zhou, Anna Santoro, Odile D. Peroni, Andrew T. Nelson, Alan Saghatelian, Dionicio Siegel, Barbara B. Kahn	2019	75
12	A Hidden ORF Reveals an Immune Protector Biochemistry ·Qian Chu, Alan Saghatelian	2019	1
13	Stereochemistry of Linoleic Acid Esters of Hydroxy Linoleic Acids Organic Letters ·Huijing Wang, Matthew J. Kolar, Tina Chang, José Rizo, Srihari Konduri, Clare McNerlin, Alan Saghatelian, Dionicio Siegel	2019	11
14	Antibiotic-induced microbiome depletion alters metabolic homeostasis by affecting gut signaling and colonic metabolism Nature Communications ·Amir Zarrinpar, Amandine Chaix, Zhenjiang Zech Xu, Max W. Chang, Clarisse Marotz, Alan Saghatelian, Rob Knight, Satchidananda Panda Hit paper breakdown →	2018	388
15	Faster Protocol for Endogenous Fatty Acid Esters of Hydroxy Fatty Acid (FAHFA) Measurements Analytical Chemistry ·Matthew J. Kolar, Andrew T. Nelson, Tina Chang, Meric Erikci Ertunc, Mitchell P. Christy, Lena Ohlsson, Magnus Härröd, Barbara B. Kahn, Dionicio Siegel, Alan Saghatelian	2018	45
16	MIEF1 Microprotein Regulates Mitochondrial Translation Biochemistry ·Annie Rathore, Qian Chu, Dan Tan, Thomas F. Martínez, Cynthia J. Donaldson, Jolene K. Diedrich, John R. Yates, Alan Saghatelian	2018	67
17	Novel Biology and Druggable Targets via Chemoproteomics Biochemistry ·Alan Saghatelian	2017	2
18	Identification of Microprotein–Protein Interactions via APEX Tagging Biochemistry ·Qian Chu, Annie Rathore, Jolene K. Diedrich, Cynthia J. Donaldson, John R. Yates, Alan Saghatelian	2017	44
19	Toddler: An Embryonic Signal That Promotes Cell Movement via Apelin Receptors Science ·Andrea Pauli, Megan L. Norris, Eivind Valen, Guo-Liang Chew, James A. Gagnon, Steven Zimmerman, Andrew Mitchell, Jiao Ma, Julien Dubrulle, Deepak Reyon, Shengdar Q. Tsai, J. Keith Joung, Alan Saghatelian, Alexander F. Schier Hit paper breakdown →	2014	484
20	Activity-based probes for the proteomic profiling of metalloproteases Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alan Saghatelian, Nadim Jessani, Arul Joseph, Mark Humphrey, Benjamin F. Cravatt	2004	369

About Alan Saghatelian

Alan Saghatelian is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 158 papers that have together received 14.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (23 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (17 papers), Fatty Acid Research and Health (16 papers), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (16 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (13 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (13 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (13 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (2.2k citations), Molecular Biology (9.2k citations), Biochemistry (943 citations), Aging (170 citations) and Pharmacology (1.5k citations). Alan Saghatelian has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Benjamin F. Cravatt, Matthew J. Kolar, Jiao Ma, M. Reza Ghadiri, Qian Chu, Barbara B. Kahn, Nawaporn Vinayavekhin, Edwin A. Homan, Adam G. Schwaid and Sarah A. Slavoff. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biochemistry, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Chemical Biology.

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