Alexander G. Beristain

2.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alexander G. Beristain is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander G. Beristain has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 16 papers in Immunology and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexander G. Beristain's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (23 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (13 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (4 papers). Alexander G. Beristain is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (23 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (13 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (4 papers). Alexander G. Beristain collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Austria and United States. Alexander G. Beristain's co-authors include Rama Khokha, Marco A. Di Grappa, Jennet Baltayeva, Purna A. Joshi, Paul Waterhouse, Hartland W. Jackson, Jürgen Pollheimer, Martin Knöfler, Patricia A. Mote and Sigrid Vondra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alexander G. Beristain

32 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Progesterone induces adult mammary stem cell expansion

2010 507 citations Purna A. Joshi, Hartland W. Jackson et al. Nature profile →
Regulation of Placental Extravillous Trophoblasts by the Maternal Uterine Environment

2018 280 citations Jürgen Pollheimer, Jennet Baltayeva et al. profile →
Single-cell assessment of primary and stem cell-derived human trophoblast organoids as placenta-modeling platforms

2024 36 citations Jennet Baltayeva, Bárbara Castellana et al. Developmental Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander G. Beristain Canada	21	697	598	525	461	345	36	1.7k
Clyde Riley Australia	23	651 0.9×	363 0.6×	466 0.9×	351 0.8×	206 0.6×	36	1.8k
Ilana Chefetz United States	19	420 0.6×	753 1.3×	163 0.3×	367 0.8×	593 1.7×	30	1.6k
Margaret L. Flannery United States	11	1.1k 1.5×	280 0.5×	258 0.5×	329 0.7×	228 0.7×	12	1.6k
Tetsuro Yahata Japan	25	788 1.1×	367 0.6×	367 0.7×	138 0.3×	145 0.4×	72	1.8k
Dora Baczyk Canada	23	679 1.0×	1.2k 2.0×	205 0.4×	464 1.0×	875 2.5×	36	1.9k
Aliza Amiel Israel	27	814 1.2×	366 0.6×	174 0.3×	258 0.6×	874 2.5×	159	2.6k
Ruth H. Paulssen Norway	20	570 0.8×	316 0.5×	138 0.3×	269 0.6×	229 0.7×	52	1.3k
Nelson K.S. Khoo Canada	12	563 0.8×	692 1.2×	116 0.2×	508 1.1×	291 0.8×	21	1.4k
Amy Winship Australia	23	466 0.7×	428 0.7×	194 0.4×	816 1.8×	185 0.5×	53	1.7k
Shlomit Goldman Israel	23	366 0.5×	437 0.7×	136 0.3×	536 1.2×	268 0.8×	53	1.6k

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Ribeiro, Tatiane Aparecida, Katherine M. Kennedy, Ali A. Ashkar, et al.. (2025). Maternal Diet‐Induced Excess Adiposity in Mice Disrupts Mid‐Gestation Decidual Immune and Vascular Homeostasis Without Impairing Spiral Artery Remodeling. Acta Physiologica. 241(12). e70130–e70130.

Beristain, Alexander G., et al.. (2025). Impacts of maternal excess adiposity on the uterine immune environment: contributions to placental dysfunction and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Reproduction. 170(2).

Peñaherrera, Maria S., Victor Yuan, Victor D. Martínez, et al.. (2025). Profiling the cell-specific small non-coding RNA transcriptome of the human placenta. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 14666–14666.

Beristain, Alexander G., et al.. (2025). Organoids in modeling human trophoblast development. Fertility and Sterility. 124(6). 1155–1161.

Baltayeva, Jennet, Bárbara Castellana, Maria S. Peñaherrera, et al.. (2024). Single-cell assessment of primary and stem cell-derived human trophoblast organoids as placenta-modeling platforms. Developmental Cell. 59(6). 776–792.e11. 36 indexed citations breakdown →

Beristain, Alexander G., et al.. (2023). Assessment of the human placental microbiome in early pregnancy. Frontiers in Medicine. 10. 1096262–1096262. 6 indexed citations

Baltayeva, Jennet, et al.. (2022). Cell trajectory modeling identifies a primitive trophoblast state defined by BCAM enrichment. Development. 149(1). 40 indexed citations

Yuan, Victor, et al.. (2021). Cell-specific characterization of the placental methylome. BMC Genomics. 22(1). 73 indexed citations

Castellana, Bárbara, et al.. (2020). Maternal Obesity and the Uterine Immune Cell Landscape: The Shaping Role of Inflammation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(11). 3776–3776. 42 indexed citations

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Baltayeva, Jennet, et al.. (2019). Obesogenic diet exposure alters uterine natural killer cell biology and impairs vasculature remodeling in mice†. Biology of Reproduction. 102(1). 63–75. 20 indexed citations

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Castellana, Bárbara, Yoona Kim, Kathy Yuen Yee Chan, et al.. (2018). Maternal obesity alters uterine NK activity through a functional KIR2DL1/S1 imbalance. Immunology and Cell Biology. 96(8). 805–819. 31 indexed citations

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Le, Hoa, et al.. (2017). ADAM28 localizes to HLA-G+ trophoblasts and promotes column cell outgrowth. Placenta. 55. 71–80. 6 indexed citations

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Aplin, John, Alexander G. Beristain, Sonia C. DaSilva‐Arnold, et al.. (2017). IFPA meeting 2016 workshop report III: Decidua-trophoblast interactions; trophoblast implantation and invasion; immunology at the maternal-fetal interface; placental inflammation. Placenta. 60. S15–S19. 9 indexed citations

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Hogg, Kirsten, et al.. (2015). ADAM12-directed ectodomain shedding of E-cadherin potentiates trophoblast fusion. Cell Death and Differentiation. 22(12). 1970–1984. 50 indexed citations

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Hogg, Kirsten, Wendy P. Robinson, & Alexander G. Beristain. (2014). Activation of endocrine-related gene expression in placental choriocarcinoma cell lines following DNA methylation knock-down. Molecular Human Reproduction. 20(7). 677–689. 22 indexed citations

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Crosley, Erin, Caroline Dunk, Alexander G. Beristain, & Julian K. Christians. (2014). IGFBP-4 and −5 are expressed in first-trimester villi and differentially regulate the migration of HTR-8/SVneo cells. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 12(1). 123–123. 20 indexed citations

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Beristain, Alexander G., Hua Zhu, & Peter C. K. Leung. (2011). Regulated Expression of ADAMTS-12 in Human Trophoblastic Cells: A Role for ADAMTS-12 in Epithelial Cell Invasion?. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18473–e18473. 48 indexed citations

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Molyneux, Sam D., Marco A. Di Grappa, Alexander G. Beristain, et al.. (2010). Prkar1a is an osteosarcoma tumor suppressor that defines a molecular subclass in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(9). 3310–3325. 80 indexed citations

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Joshi, Purna A., Hartland W. Jackson, Alexander G. Beristain, et al.. (2010). Progesterone induces adult mammary stem cell expansion. Nature. 465(7299). 803–807. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beristain, Alexander G., et al.. (2004). Cellular Localization of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) I and GnRH II in First-Trimester Human Placenta and Decidua. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 89(3). 1459–1466. 48 indexed citations

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