Alex Abel

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 978 citations indexed

About

Alex Abel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Abel has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 978 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alex Abel's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Alex Abel is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Alex Abel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and China. Alex Abel's co-authors include Subramaniam Malarkannan, Monica S. Thakar, Chao Yang, Sridhar Rao, Matthew J. Riese, David Hwang, Kamalakannan Rajasekaran, Xiuqing Wang, Hanmo Zhang and Zachary J. Gerbec and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Alex Abel

11 papers receiving 960 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.

Natural Killer Cells: Development, Maturation, and Clinical Utilization

2018 795 citations Alex Abel, Chao Yang et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Abel United States	7	632	285	262	77	77	12	978
Sophia Djebali France	14	657 1.0×	267 0.9×	336 1.3×	119 1.5×	66 0.9×	21	1.1k
Anthony E. Zamora United States	15	607 1.0×	381 1.3×	215 0.8×	127 1.6×	72 0.9×	33	952
Curtis J. Henry United States	16	433 0.7×	213 0.7×	272 1.0×	51 0.7×	39 0.5×	49	887
Arezoo Hosseini Iran	16	393 0.6×	258 0.9×	239 0.9×	56 0.7×	104 1.4×	28	935
Sourav Paul India	6	735 1.2×	367 1.3×	207 0.8×	65 0.8×	35 0.5×	9	1.0k
Takeshi Otani Japan	15	411 0.7×	180 0.6×	316 1.2×	65 0.8×	42 0.5×	48	889
Akira Shiraishi Japan	16	414 0.7×	263 0.9×	364 1.4×	80 1.0×	79 1.0×	38	1.0k
Javier Vega‐Ramos Australia	15	1.3k 2.1×	276 1.0×	200 0.8×	150 1.9×	54 0.7×	19	1.5k
Satoshi Tanaka Japan	6	728 1.2×	133 0.5×	229 0.9×	80 1.0×	49 0.6×	7	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Abel

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12 of 12 papers shown

Cheville, John C., Nicholas J. Rancilio, Alex Abel, et al.. (2023). Role of the tumour microenvironment in bladder cancer pathogenesis and value of the reverse translational approach: a tale of two species. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(5).

Siebert, Jason, Alex Abel, K. E. Johnson, et al.. (2021). MyD88 is an essential regulator of NK cell-mediated clearance of MCMV infection. Molecular Immunology. 137. 94–104. 3 indexed citations

Wierson, Wesley A., Alex Abel, Elizabeth L. Siegler, et al.. (2021). Gene Editing and Gene Therapy: Entering Uncharted Territory in Veterinary Oncology. Preprints.org. 1 indexed citations

Reimer, Michael, Kirthi Pulakanti, Alex Abel, et al.. (2019). Deletion of Tet proteins results in quantitative disparities during ESC differentiation partially attributable to alterations in gene expression. BMC Developmental Biology. 19(1). 16–16. 7 indexed citations

Abel, Alex, et al.. (2019). In Vivo Assessment of NK Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity by Adoptively Transferred Splenocyte Rejection. Methods in molecular biology. 2097. 115–123. 1 indexed citations

Abel, Alex, Zachary J. Gerbec, Jason Siebert, et al.. (2018). IQ Domain-Containing GTPase-Activating Protein 1 Regulates Cytoskeletal Reorganization and Facilitates NKG2D-Mediated Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Activation and Cytokine Gene Translation in Natural Killer Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 1168–1168. 13 indexed citations

Abel, Alex, Chao Yang, Monica S. Thakar, & Subramaniam Malarkannan. (2018). Natural Killer Cells: Development, Maturation, and Clinical Utilization. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 1869–1869. 795 indexed citations breakdown →

Fisher, Joseph B., Jonathan Peterson, Michael Reimer, et al.. (2016). The cohesin subunit Rad21 is a negative regulator of hematopoietic self-renewal through epigenetic repression of Hoxa7 and Hoxa9. Leukemia. 31(3). 712–719. 46 indexed citations

Fisher, Joseph B., Jonathan Peterson, Michael Reimer, et al.. (2016). The Cohesin Subunit Rad21 Is a Negative Regulator of Hematopoietic Self-Renewal through Epigenetic Repression of HoxA7 and HoxA9. Blood. 128(22). 1708–1708. 2 indexed citations

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Abel, Alex, Kamalakannan Rajasekaran, David Hwang, et al.. (2015). IQGAP1: Insights into the function of a molecular puppeteer. Molecular Immunology. 65(2). 336–349. 76 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiuqing, Hanmo Zhang, Alex Abel, & Eric Nelson. (2015). Protein kinase R (PKR) plays a pro-viral role in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) replication by modulating viral gene transcription. Archives of Virology. 161(2). 327–333. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiuqing, Hanmo Zhang, Alex Abel, et al.. (2014). Role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and Akt1 kinase in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) replication. Archives of Virology. 159(8). 2091–2096. 23 indexed citations

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