Alastair D. Reith

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

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Alastair D. Reith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alastair D. Reith has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Alastair D. Reith's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (9 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (9 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (8 papers). Alastair D. Reith is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (9 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (9 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (8 papers). Alastair D. Reith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Alastair D. Reith's co-authors include Alan Bernstein, Caroline S. Hill, Francisco José Nicolás, Laramie M. Gaster, Nicholas J. Laping, Gareth J. Inman, James F. Callahan, John D. Harling, Ainsley A. Culbert and Dario R. Alessi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Alastair D. Reith

52 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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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.

SB-431542 Is a Potent and Specific Inhibitor of Transforming Growth Factor-β Superfamily Type I Activin Receptor-Like Kinase (ALK) Receptors ALK4, ALK5, and ALK7

2002 1.4k citations Gareth J. Inman, Francisco José Nicolás et al. Molecular Pharmacology profile →
Selective small molecule inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase-3 modulate glycogen metabolism and gene transcription

2000 771 citations Matthew P. Coghlan, Ainsley A. Culbert et al. Chemistry & Biology profile →
Phosphoproteomics reveals that Parkinson's disease kinase LRRK2 regulates a subset of Rab GTPases

2016 705 citations Paul Davies, Matthias Trost et al. eLife profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alastair D. Reith United Kingdom	35	4.6k	1.3k	1.2k	936	832	52	7.1k
Axel Knebel United Kingdom	44	5.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	532 0.6×	628 0.8×	74	7.1k
Neil Q. McDonald United Kingdom	47	4.2k 0.9×	493 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	846 1.0×	100	6.6k
Hidetaka Kosako Japan	43	5.3k 1.2×	787 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	661 0.7×	585 0.7×	118	7.6k
Marie W. Wooten United States	41	3.5k 0.8×	510 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	996 1.1×	714 0.9×	83	5.4k
Miguel Lafarga Spain	40	3.6k 0.8×	697 0.6×	485 0.4×	962 1.0×	398 0.5×	174	5.8k
Jacques Baudier France	44	4.2k 0.9×	395 0.3×	801 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	848 1.0×	87	5.6k
Shouqing Luo United Kingdom	30	3.4k 0.7×	752 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	800 1.0×	52	6.4k
Robert Layfield United Kingdom	44	3.7k 0.8×	957 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	641 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	126	6.5k
Dennis D. Cunningham United States	46	3.8k 0.8×	372 0.3×	955 0.8×	835 0.9×	1.4k 1.7×	104	7.8k
Masaya Baba Japan	39	2.8k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	494 0.4×	580 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	117	5.5k

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Evans, Lewis, Ashley Campbell, James Smith, et al.. (2025). Tau uptake by human neurons depends on receptor LRP1 and kinase LRRK2. The EMBO Journal. 44(18). 5149–5186. 1 indexed citations

Singh, François, et al.. (2021). Pharmacological rescue of impaired mitophagy in Parkinson’s disease-related LRRK2 G2019S knock-in mice. eLife. 10. 88 indexed citations

Härtlová, Anetta, Susanne Herbst, Julien Peltier, et al.. (2018). LRRK2 is a negative regulator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis phagosome maturation in macrophages. The EMBO Journal. 37(12). 126 indexed citations

Hagen, Thilo, Darren A.E. Cross, Ainsley A. Culbert, et al.. (2006). FRAT1, a Substrate-specific Regulator of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Activity, Is a Cellular Substrate of Protein Kinase A. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(46). 35021–35029. 16 indexed citations

Smith, Kathrine J., Paul S. Carter, Angela Bridges, et al.. (2004). The Structure of MSK1 Reveals a Novel Autoinhibitory Conformation for a Dual Kinase Protein. Structure. 12(6). 1067–1077. 41 indexed citations

Hughes, Jane P., Marc G. Wilkinson, Paul J. L. M. Strijbos, et al.. (2003). Mitogen and stress response kinase‐1 (MSK1) mediates excitotoxic induced death of hippocampal neurones. Journal of Neurochemistry. 86(1). 25–32. 36 indexed citations

Inman, Gareth J., Francisco José Nicolás, James F. Callahan, et al.. (2002). SB-431542 Is a Potent and Specific Inhibitor of Transforming Growth Factor-β Superfamily Type I Activin Receptor-Like Kinase (ALK) Receptors ALK4, ALK5, and ALK7. Molecular Pharmacology. 62(1). 65–74. 1406 indexed citations breakdown →

Hagen, Thilo, Elena Di Daniel, Ainsley A. Culbert, & Alastair D. Reith. (2002). Expression and Characterization of GSK-3 Mutants and Their Effect on β-Catenin Phosphorylation in Intact Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(26). 23330–23335. 80 indexed citations

Shigemoto, Kazuhiro, Jane Brennan, Christine J. Watson, et al.. (2001). Identification and characterisation of a developmentally regulated mammalian gene that utilises –1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting. Nucleic Acids Research. 29(19). 4079–4088. 83 indexed citations

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Cross, Darren A.E., Ainsley A. Culbert, Katy Chalmers, et al.. (2001). Selective small-molecule inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity protect primary neurones from death. Journal of Neurochemistry. 77(1). 94–102. 326 indexed citations

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Bax, B.D., Paul S. Carter, Ceri Lewis, et al.. (2001). The Structure of Phosphorylated GSK-3β Complexed with a Peptide, FRATtide, that Inhibits β-Catenin Phosphorylation. Structure. 9(12). 1143–1152. 172 indexed citations

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Culbert, Ainsley A., Murray J. B. Brown, Sheelagh Frame, et al.. (2001). GSK‐3 inhibition by adenoviral FRAT1 overexpression is neuroprotective and induces Tau dephosphorylation and β‐catenin stabilisation without elevation of glycogen synthase activity. FEBS Letters. 507(3). 288–294. 80 indexed citations

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Reith, Alastair D.. (2000). Protein Kinase Protocols. Humana Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Yue, Tianli, Juan-Li Gu, Chuanlin Wang, et al.. (2000). Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase Plays an Essential Role in Hypertrophic Agonists, Endothelin-1 and Phenylephrine-induced Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(48). 37895–37901. 167 indexed citations

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Coghlan, Matthew P., Ainsley A. Culbert, Darren A.E. Cross, et al.. (2000). Selective small molecule inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase-3 modulate glycogen metabolism and gene transcription. Chemistry & Biology. 7(10). 793–803. 771 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brennan, Jane, et al.. (1994). The Eck receptor tyrosine kinase is implicated in pattern formation during gastrulation, hindbrain segmentation and limb development.. PubMed. 9(6). 1613–24. 69 indexed citations

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Reith, Alastair D. & Alan Bernstein. (1991). Molecular basis of mouse developmental mutants.. Genes & Development. 5(7). 1115–1123. 40 indexed citations

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Dubreuil, Patrice, Robert Rottapel, Alastair D. Reith, Lesley M. Forrester, & Alan Bernstein. (1990). The Mouse W/c‐kit Locus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 599(1). 58–65. 34 indexed citations

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Reith, Alastair D. & Per O. Seglen. (1975). Morphometric electron microscopic and biochemical study of isolated and enucleated rat liver cells (LC). Journal of Ultrastructure Research. 50(3). 370–371. 7 indexed citations

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Reith, Alastair D. & Siegrid Fuchs. (1973). The heart muscle of the rat under influence of triiodothyronine and riboflavin deficiency with special reference to mitochondria. A morphologic and morphometric study by electron microscopy.. PubMed. 29(2). 229–35. 20 indexed citations

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