Anil K. Rustgi

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Anil K. Rustgi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Anil K. Rustgi has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Oncology and 16 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Anil K. Rustgi's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (11 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (7 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (5 papers). Anil K. Rustgi is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (11 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (7 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (5 papers). Anil K. Rustgi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Anil K. Rustgi's co-authors include René Bernards, Nicholas J. Dyson, Ju‐Seog Lee, Daniel C. Chung, Priya Chatterji, Ian A. Blair, Kenneth H. Yu, Timothy C. Wang, Míriam Cuatrecasas and Antonia R. Sepulveda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Anil K. Rustgi

42 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Bile Acid and Inflammation Activate Gastric Cardia Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Barrett-Like Metaplasia

2012 357 citations Michael Quante, Julian A. Abrams et al. Cancer Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anil K. Rustgi United States	25	1.5k	1.1k	623	523	348	44	2.6k
Akiko Horiuchi Japan	31	1.4k 0.9×	688 0.6×	650 1.0×	216 0.4×	262 0.8×	75	2.7k
Qingyun Liu China	18	2.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	996 1.6×	291 0.6×	401 1.2×	31	3.4k
Tanja Pejović United States	29	1.1k 0.7×	595 0.6×	641 1.0×	254 0.5×	192 0.6×	107	2.7k
Evgeny Yakirevich United States	28	833 0.6×	846 0.8×	540 0.9×	493 0.9×	614 1.8×	89	2.3k
Sanaz Memarzadeh United States	23	1.1k 0.7×	918 0.9×	424 0.7×	260 0.5×	439 1.3×	60	2.3k
Peter Würl Germany	29	1.6k 1.1×	949 0.9×	833 1.3×	261 0.5×	641 1.8×	106	2.7k
Ilse Van der Auwera Belgium	28	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.8×	224 0.4×	292 0.8×	49	2.7k
Hee Jung An South Korea	27	1.3k 0.8×	818 0.8×	766 1.2×	313 0.6×	382 1.1×	76	2.5k
David Y. Chen United States	21	1.8k 1.2×	908 0.9×	458 0.7×	150 0.3×	278 0.8×	62	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anil K. Rustgi

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Johnson, Calvin W., Emma E. Furth, Karl Simin, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial Ca2+ controls pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis by regulating epithelial cell plasticity. Cell Reports. 44(5). 115627–115627. 2 indexed citations

Dunbar, Karen J., Su‐Hyung Lee, Yoonkyung Won, et al.. (2025). A Cell Marker Atlas to Distinguish Metaplastic Transitions in Human Esophagus and Stomach. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 19(12). 101611–101611. 1 indexed citations

Henick, Brian S., et al.. (2025). Squamous cell cancers of the aero-upper digestive tract: A unified perspective on biology, genetics, and therapy. Cancer Cell. 43(2). 178–194. 2 indexed citations

Sharma, Animesh, Lars Hagen, Linh Hoang, et al.. (2025). Proteomics profiling of research models for studying pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Scientific Data. 12(1). 266–266. 2 indexed citations

Dunbar, Karen J., Kwok‐Kin Wong, & Anil K. Rustgi. (2024). Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Esophageal Cancer. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 17(5). 687–695. 7 indexed citations

Marchand, Benoît, Jason R. Pitarresi, Maximilian Reichert, et al.. (2019). PRRX1 isoforms cooperate with FOXM1 to regulate the DNA damage response in pancreatic cancer cells. Oncogene. 38(22). 4325–4339. 26 indexed citations

Mizuno, Rei, Priya Chatterji, Sarah F. Andres, et al.. (2018). Differential Regulation of LET-7 by LIN28B Isoform–Specific Functions. Molecular Cancer Research. 16(3). 403–416. 14 indexed citations

Chen, Qijun, John W. Tobias, D. Schultz, et al.. (2017). Mutual reinforcement between telomere capping and canonical Wnt signalling in the intestinal stem cell niche. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14766–14766. 26 indexed citations

Asfaha, Samuel, Yoku Hayakawa, Ashlesha Muley, et al.. (2015). Krt19+/Lgr5− Cells Are Radioresistant Cancer-Initiating Stem Cells in the Colon and Intestine. Cell stem cell. 16(6). 627–638. 154 indexed citations

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Rustgi, Anil K.. (2013). BRAF: A Driver of the Serrated Pathway in Colon Cancer. Cancer Cell. 24(1). 1–2. 36 indexed citations

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Fordtran, John S., Raj K. Goyal, Mark Feldman, et al.. (2013). Gastroenterology's Editors-in-Chief: Historical and Personal Perspectives of Their Editorships. Gastroenterology. 145(1). 16–31.

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King, Catrina E., Míriam Cuatrecasas, Antoni Castells, et al.. (2011). LIN28B Promotes Colon Cancer Progression and Metastasis. Cancer Research. 71(12). 4260–4268. 202 indexed citations

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Stairs, Douglas B., Lauren J. Bayne, Ben Rhoades, et al.. (2011). Deletion of p120-Catenin Results in a Tumor Microenvironment with Inflammation and Cancer that Establishes It as a Tumor Suppressor Gene. Cancer Cell. 19(4). 470–483. 158 indexed citations

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Hanlon, Linda, Jacqueline L. Avila, Renée M. Demarest, et al.. (2010). Notch1 Functions as a Tumor Suppressor in a Model of K-ras–Induced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research. 70(11). 4280–4286. 127 indexed citations

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Michaylira, Carmen Z., Gabrielle S. Wong, Charles G. Miller, et al.. (2010). Periostin, a Cell Adhesion Molecule, Facilitates Invasion in the Tumor Microenvironment and Annotates a Novel Tumor-Invasive Signature in Esophageal Cancer. Cancer Research. 70(13). 5281–5292. 97 indexed citations

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Wilson, John J., Rosemarie Mick, Shuanzeng Wei, et al.. (2006). Clinical Trial Resources on the Internet Must Be Designed to Reach Underrepresented Minorities. The Cancer Journal. 12(6). 475–481. 23 indexed citations

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Togawa, Kazumi, Yuxin Yan, Takuya Inomoto, Susan Slaugenhaupt, & Anil K. Rustgi. (2000). Intestinal cell kinase (ICK) localizes to the crypt region and requires a dual phosphorylation site found in map kinases. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 183(1). 129–139. 42 indexed citations

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Jenkins, Timothy D., Robert D. Odze, Aliakbar Shahsafaei, et al.. (1999). Cyclin D1 overexpression combined with N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine increases dysplasia and cellular proliferation in murine esophageal squamous epithelium. Oncogene. 18(1). 59–66. 27 indexed citations

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Chung, Daniel C. & Anil K. Rustgi. (1995). DNA mismatch repair and cancer. Gastroenterology. 109(5). 1685–1699. 143 indexed citations

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Rustgi, Anil K., Nicholas J. Dyson, & René Bernards. (1991). Amino-terminal domains of c-myc and N-myc proteins mediate binding to the retinoblastoma gene product. Nature. 352(6335). 541–544. 290 indexed citations

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