Ann Dean

7.7k citations

92 papers · 5.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Genetics top 1%
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
Molecular Biology top 1%
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Cancer-related gene regulation

Papers in

Genetics 20
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders 20
Molecular Biology 79
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 50
- RNA modifications and cancer 29
- RNA Research and Splicing 24
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 22
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 10
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 9

Co-authors: Ivan Krivega Chunhui Hou Alan N. Schechter Ryan Dale AeRi Kim Jongjoo Lee Gerd A. Blobel Wulan Deng
Journals: Blood (17 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (12 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (8 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States South Korea United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Ann Dean

92 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Enhancers: five essential questions 2013 · 395 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Nature Reviews Genetics
2012 Cell
1983 Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	A Super Enhancer-Derived Enhancer RNA Acts Together with CTCF/Cohesin in Trans to Regulate Erythropoiesis Genes ·Isabelle Lamoureux, Ann Dean	2025	2
2	Noncoding function of super enhancer derived Cpox pre-mRNA in modulating neighbouring gene expression and chromatin interactions RNA Biology ·Isabelle Lamoureux, Ann Dean	2025	1
3	An enhancer RNA recruits KMT2A to regulate transcription of Myb Cell Reports ·hui zhong, Sue Bryant, Matthew J. Miller, Benjamin R. Leadem, Ivan Krivega, Ann Dean	2024	3
4	Enhancer looping protein LDB1 regulates hepatocyte gene expression by cooperating with liver transcription factors Nucleic Acids Research ·K. Yeboah, Lei Wang, Jürgen Wess, Ann Dean	2022	8
5	Embryonic erythropoiesis and hemoglobin switching require transcriptional repressor ETO2 to modulate chromatin organization Nucleic Acids Research ·Xiang Guo, Michelle Anne L. Ferolino, Ivan Krivega, Ryan Dale, Ann Dean	2020	12
6	The mRNA-Binding Protein IGF2BP1 Restores Fetal Hemoglobin in Cultured Erythroid Cells from Patients with β-Hemoglobin Disorders Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development ·Christopher B. Chambers, Jeffrey Gross, Katherine L. Pratt, Xiang Guo, Colleen Byrnes, Y. Terry Lee, Donald Lavelle, Ann Dean, Jeffery L. Miller, Andrew Wilber	2020	16
7	Crystal structure of human LDB1 in complex with SSBP2 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·三郎山極, Марина Павленко, Zhizhi Wang, Xiao‐Xue Yan, Ann Dean, Wenqing Xu	2019	17
8	Enhancer long-range contacts: The multi-adaptor protein LDB1 is the tie that binds Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms ·Guoyou Liu, Ann Dean	2019	31
9	The hematopoietic regulator TAL1 is required for chromatin looping between the β-globin LCR and human γ-globin genes to activate transcription Nucleic Acids Research ·Marta Novell Recasens, Yea Woon Kim, Yujin Kang, A Amberger, Ann Dean, AeRi Kim	2014	46
10	Role of LDB1 in the transition from chromatin looping to transcription activation Genes & Development ·Ivan Krivega, Ryan Dale, Ann Dean	2014	86
11	CTCF-mediated transcriptional regulation through cell type-specific chromosome organization in the β-globin locus Nucleic Acids Research ·Ivan Junier, Ryan Dale, Chunhui Hou, François Képès, Ann Dean	2012	33
12	Controlling Long-Range Genomic Interactions at a Native Locus by Targeted Tethering of a Looping Factor Cell ·Wulan Deng, Jongjoo Lee, Hong‐Xin Wang, Jeff F. Miller, Andreas Reik, Philip D. Gregory, Ann Dean, Gerd A. Blobel Hit paper breakdown →	2012	523
13	In the loop: long range chromatin interactions and gene regulation Briefings in Functional Genomics ·Ann Dean	2011	61
14	The role of transcriptional activator GATA-1 at human -globin HS2 Nucleic Acids Research ·Youngran Cho, Sang Heon Song, Arzak Mohamed Ewees, Nahyun Choi, Chul Geun Kim, Ann Dean, Eugen Zerbe	2008	38
15	Nucleosome and transcription activator antagonism at human β-globin locus control region DNase I hypersensitive sites Nucleic Acids Research ·AeRi Kim, Sang‐Hyun Song, Marjorie Brand, Ann Dean	2007	28
16	Enhancer Blocking by Chicken β-Globin 5′-HS4 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hui Zhao, AeRi Kim, Sang‐Hyun Song, Ann Dean	2006	17
17	On a chromosome far, far away: LCRs and gene expression Trends in Genetics ·Ann Dean	2005	125
18	Genome Analysis of Several Marine, Magnetotactic Bacterial Strains by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Current Microbiology ·Ann Dean	1999	29
19	Structural and Functional Cross-Talk between a Distant Enhancer and the ɛ-Globin Gene Promoter Shows Interdependence of the Two Elements in Chromatin Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Jennifer C. McDowell, Ann Dean	1999	21
20	Yeast nudeosomes allow thermal untwisting of DNA Nucleic Acids Research ·Randall H. Morse, David S. Pederson, Ann Dean, Robert T. Simpson	1987	60

About Ann Dean

Ann Dean is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Hematology, Geochemistry and Petrology and Physiology, having authored 92 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (50 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (29 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (22 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (20 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (13 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (789 citations), Molecular Biology (4.9k citations), Hematology (538 citations), Genetics (691 citations) and Cancer Research (328 citations). Ann Dean has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ivan Krivega, Chunhui Hou, Alan N. Schechter, Ryan Dale, AeRi Kim, Jongjoo Lee, Gerd A. Blobel, Wulan Deng, Andreas Reik and Philip D. Gregory. Their work appears in journals such as Blood, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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