Alex G. Lee

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alex G. Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Social Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex G. Lee has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Social Psychology and 7 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alex G. Lee's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (7 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (3 papers). Alex G. Lee is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (7 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (3 papers). Alex G. Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Austria. Alex G. Lee's co-authors include Michelle Cheng, Qun‐Yong Zhou, Frances M. Leslie, David R. Weaver, Chuanyu Li, Clayton Bullock, Jason C. Bermak, James D. Belluzzi, Jia‐Da Li and Kwan Ng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alex G. Lee

38 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Prokineticin 2 transmits the behavioural circadian rhythm of the suprachiasmatic nucleus

2002 574 citations Michelle Cheng, Alex G. Lee et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex G. Lee United States	18	597	510	481	275	251	38	1.9k
Florence Rage France	27	288 0.5×	922 1.8×	1.0k 2.2×	280 1.0×	177 0.7×	49	2.6k
Erin M. Gibson United States	18	343 0.6×	724 1.4×	626 1.3×	163 0.6×	354 1.4×	32	3.1k
J.Z. Kiss United States	23	524 0.9×	1.1k 2.2×	509 1.1×	256 0.9×	278 1.1×	28	2.5k
Catherine Priest United States	17	813 1.4×	642 1.3×	694 1.4×	257 0.9×	191 0.8×	25	2.3k
Hiroshi Maeno Japan	20	316 0.5×	962 1.9×	852 1.8×	63 0.2×	140 0.6×	44	1.8k
Siyun Shu China	12	205 0.3×	647 1.3×	407 0.8×	70 0.3×	243 1.0×	27	1.5k
Tobias M. Böckers Germany	36	270 0.5×	1.0k 2.0×	1.3k 2.6×	76 0.3×	355 1.4×	85	3.2k
Mayumi Nishi Japan	30	165 0.3×	598 1.2×	775 1.6×	118 0.4×	120 0.5×	78	2.6k
Helen Hong Su United States	7	903 1.5×	858 1.7×	790 1.6×	44 0.2×	498 2.0×	8	2.3k
Georgios C. Papadopoulos Greece	23	254 0.4×	810 1.6×	468 1.0×	107 0.4×	325 1.3×	69	1.6k

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Lee, Alex G., Leanne C. Sayles, N. Sörensen, et al.. (2025). Epigenetic and Transcriptional Programs Define Osteosarcoma Subtypes and Establish Targetable Vulnerabilities. Cancer Discovery. 16(2). 296–319. 1 indexed citations

Lizardo, Michael M., Christopher S. Hughes, Alberto Delaidelli, et al.. (2024). Pharmacologic Inhibition of EIF4A Blocks NRF2 Synthesis to Prevent Osteosarcoma Metastasis. Clinical Cancer Research. 30(19). 4464–4481. 5 indexed citations

Stieglitz, Elliot, Alex G. Lee, Steven P. Angus, et al.. (2024). Efficacy of the Allosteric MEK Inhibitor Trametinib in Relapsed and Refractory Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia: a Report from the Children’s Oncology Group. Cancer Discovery. 14(9). 1590–1598. 4 indexed citations

Tokairin, Kikutaro, Masaki Ito, Alex G. Lee, et al.. (2024). Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling Reveals Low Methylation Variability in Moyamoya Disease. Translational Stroke Research. 16(4). 1198–1213. 5 indexed citations

Manley, Nathan C., Chen Dong, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2023). Decoding the molecular crosstalk between grafted stem cells and the stroke-injured brain. Cell Reports. 42(4). 112353–112353. 3 indexed citations

Kostyrko, Kaja, Marta Román, Alex G. Lee, et al.. (2023). UHRF1 is a mediator of KRAS driven oncogenesis in lung adenocarcinoma. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3966–3966. 19 indexed citations

Lee, Alex G., Stanley G. Leung, E. Alejandro Sweet‐Cordero, et al.. (2023). Pre‐and post‐HSCT use of TKI therapy for fusion‐driven B‐ALL: A case series of five pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients. Cancer Reports. 6(12). e1901–e1901. 3 indexed citations

Abhinav, Kumar, Alex G. Lee, Arjun V. Pendharkar, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive Profiling of Secreted Factors in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Moyamoya Disease Patients. Translational Stroke Research. 15(2). 399–408. 7 indexed citations

Lee, Alex G., et al.. (2022). A 3D Osteosarcoma Model with Bone‐Mimicking Cues Reveals a Critical Role of Bone Mineral and Informs Drug Discovery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 11(17). e2200768–e2200768. 13 indexed citations

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Oh, Byeongtaek, et al.. (2022). Electrical modulation of transplanted stem cells improves functional recovery in a rodent model of stroke. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1366–1366. 20 indexed citations

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Smith, Stephen M., Alex G. Lee, Stanley G. Leung, et al.. (2022). Detection of a GLIS3 fusion in an infant with AML refractory to chemotherapy. Molecular Case Studies. 8(5). a006220–a006220. 3 indexed citations

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Márquez, César, Kaja Kostyrko, Amanda Koehne, et al.. (2019). Antitumor activity of an engineered decoy receptor targeting CLCF1–CNTFR signaling in lung adenocarcinoma. Nature Medicine. 25(11). 1783–1795. 51 indexed citations

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Gwinn, Dana M., Alex G. Lee, Crystal S. Conn, et al.. (2018). Oncogenic KRAS Regulates Amino Acid Homeostasis and Asparagine Biosynthesis via ATF4 and Alters Sensitivity to L-Asparaginase. Cancer Cell. 33(1). 91–107.e6. 178 indexed citations

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McNerney, M. Windy, Tong Sheng, Alex G. Lee, et al.. (2018). Integration of neural and epigenetic contributions to posttraumatic stress symptoms: The role of hippocampal volume and glucocorticoid receptor gene methylation. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192222–e0192222. 21 indexed citations

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Lee, Alex G., Megan Hastings Hagenauer, Devin Absher, et al.. (2017). Stress amplifies sex differences in primate prefrontal profiles of gene expression. Biology of Sex Differences. 8(1). 36–36. 8 indexed citations

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Lee, Alex G., Michelle Cheng, Christine L. Buckmaster, et al.. (2016). Learning to cope with stress modulates anterior cingulate cortex stargazin expression in monkeys and mice. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 131. 95–100. 5 indexed citations

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Cheng, Michelle, Alex G. Lee, Collin Culbertson, et al.. (2012). Prokineticin 2 is an endangering mediator of cerebral ischemic injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(14). 5475–5480. 53 indexed citations

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Lee, Alex G., David R. Cool, Donald Neal, et al.. (2011). A novel form of oxytocin in New World monkeys. Biology Letters. 7(4). 584–587. 68 indexed citations

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Loughlin, Sandra E., et al.. (2006). Nicotine modulation of stress‐related peptide neurons. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 497(4). 575–588. 32 indexed citations

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Li, Jia‐Da, Wang‐Ping Hu, Lisa Boehmer, et al.. (2006). Attenuated Circadian Rhythms in Mice Lacking theProkineticin 2Gene. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(45). 11615–11623. 129 indexed citations

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