Alexander Pertsemlidis

12.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
68 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Alexander Pertsemlidis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Pertsemlidis has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cancer Research and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alexander Pertsemlidis's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (23 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (14 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). Alexander Pertsemlidis is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (23 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (14 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). Alexander Pertsemlidis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Slovakia. Alexander Pertsemlidis's co-authors include Jonathan C. Cohen, Helen H. Hobbs, L Pennacchio, Eric Boerwinkle, Chao Xing, Julia Kozlitina, Stefano Romeo, David Cox, Ruth McPherson and Christine Kim Garcia and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Pertsemlidis

68 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Genetic variation in PNPLA3 confers susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

2008 2.5k citations Stefano Romeo, Julia Kozlitina et al. Nature Genetics profile →
A Common Allele on Chromosome 9 Associated with Coronary Heart Disease

2007 1.2k citations Ruth McPherson, Alexander Pertsemlidis et al. Science profile →
Low LDL cholesterol in individuals of African descent resulting from frequent nonsense mutations in PCSK9

2005 1.0k citations Jonathan C. Cohen, Alexander Pertsemlidis et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Multiple Rare Alleles Contribute to Low Plasma Levels of HDL Cholesterol

2004 799 citations Jonathan C. Cohen, Robert S. Kiss et al. Science profile →

Peers

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Koichi Matsuda Japan

Kurt Werner Schmid Germany

Brett P. Monia United States

Shigenobu Nagataki Japan

Jeffrey G. McDonald United States

Mary J. Emond United States

Wolfgang Jelkmann Germany

Herbert Y. Lin United States

Michiaki Unno Japan

H. Franklin Bunn United States

Koichi Matsuda Japan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Pertsemlidis

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20 of 20 papers shown

Makris, Yiorgos, et al.. (2024). The history, landscape, and outlook of human cell line authentication and security. SLAS DISCOVERY. 29(8). 100194–100194. 1 indexed citations

Jaiswal, Aruna S., Arijit Dutta, Gayathri Srinivasan, et al.. (2023). TATDN2 resolution of R-loops is required for survival of BRCA1-mutant cancer cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(22). 12224–12241. 10 indexed citations

Kosti, Adam, Liqin Du, Haridha Shivram, et al.. (2019). ELF4 Is a Target of miR-124 and Promotes Neuroblastoma Proliferation and Undifferentiated State. Molecular Cancer Research. 18(1). 68–78. 15 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhenze, Xiuye Ma, Derek C. Sung, et al.. (2015). microRNA-449a functions as a tumor suppressor in neuroblastoma through inducing cell differentiation and cell cycle arrest. RNA Biology. 12(5). 538–554. 55 indexed citations

Du, Liqin, Zhenze Zhao, Elizabeth A. McMillan, et al.. (2014). Genetic Mutation of p53 and Suppression of the miR-17∼92 Cluster Are Synthetic Lethal in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer due to Upregulation of Vitamin D Signaling. Cancer Research. 75(4). 666–675. 39 indexed citations

Ahn, Young‐Ho, Don L. Gibbons, Deepavali Chakravarti, et al.. (2012). ZEB1 drives prometastatic actin cytoskeletal remodeling by downregulating miR-34a expression. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(9). 3170–3183. 131 indexed citations

Du, Liqin & Alexander Pertsemlidis. (2011). Cancer and neurodegenerative disorders: pathogenic convergence through microRNA regulation. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 3(3). 176–180. 54 indexed citations

Lee, Heng-Chi, Liande Li, Weifeng Gu, et al.. (2010). Diverse Pathways Generate MicroRNA-like RNAs and Dicer-Independent Small Interfering RNAs in Fungi. Molecular Cell. 38(6). 803–814. 272 indexed citations

Kozlitina, Julia, Chao Xing, Alexander Pertsemlidis, & William R. Schucany. (2010). Power of Genetic Association Studies with Fixed and Random Genotype Frequencies. Annals of Human Genetics. 74(5). 429–438. 4 indexed citations

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Du, Liqin, Jeoffrey Schageman, Irnov Irnov, et al.. (2010). MicroRNA expression distinguishes SCLC from NSCLC lung tumor cells and suggests a possible pathological relationship between SCLCs and NSCLCs. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 29(1). 75–75. 56 indexed citations

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Romeo, Stefano, Julia Kozlitina, Chao Xing, et al.. (2008). Genetic variation in PNPLA3 confers susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Nature Genetics. 40(12). 1461–1465. 2456 indexed citations breakdown →

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McPherson, Ruth, Alexander Pertsemlidis, Nihan Kavaslar, et al.. (2007). A Common Allele on Chromosome 9 Associated with Coronary Heart Disease. Science. 316(5830). 1488–1491. 1164 indexed citations breakdown →

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McPherson, Ruth, Alexander Pertsemlidis, Nihan Kavaslar, et al.. (2007). A Common Allele on Chromosome 9 Associated With Coronary Heart Disease. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 62(9). 584–585. 445 indexed citations

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Spirin, Victor, Steffen Schmidt, Alexander Pertsemlidis, et al.. (2007). Common Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Act in Concert to Affect Plasma Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 81(6). 1298–1303. 34 indexed citations

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Cohen, Jonathan C., Robert S. Kiss, Alexander Pertsemlidis, et al.. (2004). Multiple Rare Alleles Contribute to Low Plasma Levels of HDL Cholesterol. Science. 305(5685). 869–872. 799 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schageman, Jeoffrey, et al.. (2004). ELXR: a resource for rapid exon-directed sequence analysis. Genome biology. 5(5). R36–R36. 14 indexed citations

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Wandstrat, Amy E., Charles Nguyen, Nisha Limaye, et al.. (2004). Association of Extensive Polymorphisms in the SLAM/CD2 Gene Cluster with Murine Lupus. Immunity. 21(6). 769–780. 214 indexed citations

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Pertsemlidis, Alexander & John W. Fondon. (2001). Having a BLAST with bioinformatics (and avoiding BLASTphemy). Genome biology. 2(10). REVIEWS2002–REVIEWS2002. 79 indexed citations

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Wren, Jonathan D., Éva Forgács, John W. Fondon, et al.. (2000). Repeat Polymorphisms within Gene Regions: Phenotypic and Evolutionary Implications. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 67(2). 345–356. 125 indexed citations

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Head‐Gordon, Teresa, Jon M. Sorenson, Alexander Pertsemlidis, & Robert M. Glaeser. (1997). Differences in hydration structure near hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acids. Biophysical Journal. 73(4). 2106–2115. 46 indexed citations

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