Ana Rolo

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 917 citations indexed

About

Ana Rolo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ana Rolo has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 917 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ana Rolo's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (6 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers). Ana Rolo is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (6 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers). Ana Rolo collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Ana Rolo's co-authors include Andrew J. Copp, Nicholas D. E. Greene, Gabriel L. Galea, Evanthia Nikolopoulou, Paul Skoglund, Ray Keller, Xuejun Chen, Barry M. Gumbiner, Dawn Savery and Sandra C. de Castro and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Development.

In The Last Decade

Ana Rolo

14 papers receiving 909 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.

Neural tube closure: cellular, molecular and biomechanical mechanisms

2017 350 citations Evanthia Nikolopoulou, Gabriel L. Galea et al. Development profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ana Rolo United Kingdom	13	579	427	123	119	113	14	917
Matteo A. Molè United Kingdom	11	357 0.6×	140 0.3×	70 0.6×	61 0.5×	41 0.4×	13	633
Evguenia Bekman Portugal	17	986 1.7×	153 0.4×	195 1.6×	108 0.9×	152 1.3×	27	1.2k
Yoshihito Ishida Japan	9	621 1.1×	207 0.5×	155 1.3×	147 1.2×	136 1.2×	11	1.0k
Roberto A. Rovasio Argentina	13	366 0.6×	168 0.4×	30 0.2×	122 1.0×	118 1.0×	30	833
Elliot A. Perens United States	10	623 1.1×	218 0.5×	34 0.3×	261 2.2×	124 1.1×	13	1.0k
Dalit Sela‐Donenfeld Israel	21	986 1.7×	195 0.5×	24 0.2×	270 2.3×	198 1.8×	53	1.3k
Crystal F. Davey United States	5	552 1.0×	475 1.1×	108 0.9×	75 0.6×	64 0.6×	6	958
Alejandro De Los Angeles United States	15	1.0k 1.8×	58 0.1×	78 0.6×	171 1.4×	104 0.9×	32	1.3k
Kirsten A. Steiner Australia	15	1.0k 1.8×	89 0.2×	44 0.4×	203 1.7×	82 0.7×	15	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ana Rolo

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Shook, David, Ana Rolo, Brian J. Francica, et al.. (2022). Characterization of convergent thickening, a major convergence force producing morphogenic movement in amphibians. eLife. 11. 11 indexed citations

Molè, Matteo A., Gabriel L. Galea, Ana Rolo, et al.. (2020). Integrin-Mediated Focal Anchorage Drives Epithelial Zippering during Mouse Neural Tube Closure. Developmental Cell. 52(3). 321–334.e6. 40 indexed citations

Nikolopoulou, Evanthia, Caroline S. Hirst, Gabriel L. Galea, et al.. (2019). Spinal neural tube closure depends on regulation of surface ectoderm identity and biomechanics by Grhl2. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2487–2487. 36 indexed citations

Rolo, Ana, Gabriel L. Galea, Dawn Savery, Nicholas D. E. Greene, & Andrew J. Copp. (2019). Novel mouse model of encephalocele: post-neurulation origin and relationship to open neural tube defects. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 12(11). 19 indexed citations

Castro, Sandra C. de, Caroline S. Hirst, Dawn Savery, et al.. (2018). Neural tube closure depends on expression of Grainyhead-like 3 in multiple tissues. Developmental Biology. 435(2). 130–137. 21 indexed citations

Castro, Sandra C. de, Peter Gustavsson, William Gordon, et al.. (2018). Overexpression of Grainyhead-like 3 causes spina bifida and interacts genetically with mutant alleles of Grhl2 and Vangl2 in mice. Human Molecular Genetics. 27(24). 4218–4230. 18 indexed citations

Galea, Gabriel L., Gauden Galea, Matteo A. Molè, et al.. (2017). Biomechanical coupling facilitates spinal neural tube closure in mouse embryos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(26). E5177–E5186. 77 indexed citations

Nikolopoulou, Evanthia, Gabriel L. Galea, Ana Rolo, Nicholas D. E. Greene, & Andrew J. Copp. (2017). Neural tube closure: cellular, molecular and biomechanical mechanisms. Development. 144(4). 552–566. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

Rolo, Ana, Dawn Savery, Sarah Escuin, et al.. (2016). Regulation of cell protrusions by small GTPases during fusion of the neural folds. eLife. 5. e13273–e13273. 60 indexed citations

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Rolo, Ana, Sarah Escuin, Nicholas D. E. Greene, & Andrew J. Copp. (2016). Rho GTPases in mammalian spinal neural tube closure. Small GTPases. 9(4). 283–289. 17 indexed citations

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Rolo, Ana, et al.. (2012). Epithelial fusion during neural tube morphogenesis. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 94(10). 817–823. 40 indexed citations

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Rolo, Ana, et al.. (2008). Unexpected activities of Smad7 in Xenopus mesodermal and neural induction. Mechanisms of Development. 125(5-6). 421–431. 13 indexed citations

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Rolo, Ana, Paul Skoglund, & Ray Keller. (2008). Morphogenetic movements driving neural tube closure in Xenopus require myosin IIB. Developmental Biology. 327(2). 327–338. 78 indexed citations

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Skoglund, Paul, Ana Rolo, Xuejun Chen, Barry M. Gumbiner, & Ray Keller. (2008). Convergence and extension at gastrulation require a myosin IIB-dependent cortical actin network. Development. 135(14). 2435–2444. 137 indexed citations

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