Athma A. Pai

8.6k citations

43 papers · 5.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 27

Molecular Biology top 1%
Genetics top 1%
Cancer Research top 2%
Surgery top 10%
Immunology top 10%

Co-authors: Yoav Gilad Jonathan K. Pritchard Jacob F. Degner Joseph K. Pickrell Daniel J. Gaffney John C. Marioni Roger Piqué-Regi Matthew Stephens
Topics: RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers)RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers)
Cited by: Genetics Molecular Biology Cancer Research
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Athma A. Pai

41 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Understanding mechanisms underlying human gene expression variation with RNA sequencing

2010 908 citations Joseph K. Pickrell, John C. Marioni et al. Nature profile →
DNA methylation patterns associate with genetic and gene expression variation in HapMap cell lines

2011 633 citations Athma A. Pai, Joseph K. Pickrell et al. profile →
NOTCH2 Mutations Cause Alagille Syndrome, a Heterogeneous Disorder of the Notch Signaling Pathway

2006 489 citations Daniel M. Warthen, Pedro A. Sanchez‐Lara et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
DNase I sensitivity QTLs are a major determinant of human expression variation

2012 429 citations Jacob F. Degner, Athma A. Pai et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Interphase chromosome conformation is specified by distinct folding programmes inherited through mitotic chromosomes or the cytoplasm 2025 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Allana Schooley,Sergey V. Venev,Vasilisa Aksenova,(unknown),(unknown),Athma A. Pai,Mary Dasso,(unknown)	0
2	mRNA initiation and termination are spatially coordinated 2025 ·Science ·(unknown),(unknown),Gyeungyun Kim,(unknown),Sergey V. Venev,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Job Dekker,Ana Fiszbein,Athma A. Pai	2
3	High-resolution profiling reveals coupled transcriptional and translational regulation of transgenes 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Rachel F. Daniels,Christopher P. Johnstone,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Athma A. Pai,Kate E. Galloway	1
4	Raver1 links Ripk1 RNA splicing to caspase-8-mediated pyroptotic cell death, inflammation, and pathogen resistance 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Pontus Ørning,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Roland Elling,Michelle A. Kelliher,John Bertin,Megan K. Proulx,Jon D. Goguen,Liv Ryan,Richard K. Kandasamy,Terje Espevik,Athma A. Pai,Katherine A. Fitzgerald,Egil Lien	2
5	Challenges in identifying mRNA transcript starts and ends from long-read sequencing data 2024 ·Genome Research ·(unknown),Rachel F. Daniels,Athma A. Pai	6
6	Genome-wide kinetic profiling of pre-mRNA 3′ end cleavage 2023 ·RNA ·(unknown),(unknown),Athma A. Pai	0
7	G-rich motifs within phosphorothioate-based antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) drive activation of FXN expression through indirect effects 2022 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Feng Wang,(unknown),(unknown),Minggang Fang,Jacquelyn Sousa,(unknown),Pranathi M. Krishnamurthy,(unknown),Michael R. Green,Athma A. Pai,Jonathan K. Watts	4
8	Widespread occurrence of hybrid internal-terminal exons in human transcriptomes 2022 ·Science Advances ·Ana Fiszbein,Michael P. McGurk,(unknown),Gyeungyun Kim,Christopher B. Burge,Athma A. Pai	10
9	Self-inactivating, all-in-one AAV vectors for precision Cas9 genome editing via homology-directed repair in vivo 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Raed Ibraheim,Phillip W.L. Tai,Aamir Mir,(unknown),Jiaming Wang,Tomás Rodríguez,Suk Namkung,Samantha J. Nelson,(unknown),Esther Mintzer,Stacy A. Maitland,Zexiang Chen,Yueying Cao,(unknown),Scot A. Wolfe,Dan Wang,Athma A. Pai,Wen Xue,Guangping Gao,Erik J. Sontheimer	80
10	The kinetics of pre-mRNA splicing in the Drosophila genome and the influence of gene architecture 2017 ·eLife ·Athma A. Pai,Telmo Henriques,Kayla McCue,Adam Burkholder,Karen Adelman,Christopher B. Burge	52
11	Environmental perturbations lead to extensive directional shifts in RNA processing 2017 ·PLoS Genetics ·Allison L. Richards,Donovan Watza,(unknown),Adnan Alazizi,Xiaoquan Wen,Athma A. Pai,Roger Piqué-Regi,Francesca Luca	27
12	Principles for RNA metabolism and alternative transcription initiation within closely spaced promoters 2016 ·Nature Genetics ·Yun Chen,Athma A. Pai,(unknown),Michał Lubas,Nicola Meola,Aino I. Järvelin,Robin Andersson,Vicent Pelechano,Lars M. Steinmetz,Torben Heick Jensen,Albin Sandelin	64
13	Widespread Shortening of 3’ Untranslated Regions and Increased Exon Inclusion Are Evolutionarily Conserved Features of Innate Immune Responses to Infection 2016 ·PLoS Genetics ·Athma A. Pai,Golshid Baharian,(unknown),Jessica F. Brinkworth,Yohann Nédélec,Joseph W. Foley,Jean‐Christophe Grenier,Katherine J. Siddle,Anne Dumaine,Vania Yotova,Zachary P. Johnson,Robert E. Lanford,Christopher B. Burge,Luis B. Barreiro	71
14	DNase I sensitivity QTLs are a major determinant of human expression variationbreakdown → 2012 ·Nature ·Jacob F. Degner,Athma A. Pai,Roger Piqué-Regi,(unknown),Daniel J. Gaffney,Joseph K. Pickrell,(unknown),Katelyn Michelini,Noah Lewellen,Gregory E. Crawford,Matthew Stephens,Yoav Gilad,Jonathan K. Pritchard	429
15	Accurate inference of transcription factor binding from DNA sequence and chromatin accessibility data 2010 ·Genome Research ·Roger Piqué-Regi,Jacob F. Degner,Athma A. Pai,Daniel J. Gaffney,Yoav Gilad,Jonathan K. Pritchard	377
16	Understanding mechanisms underlying human gene expression variation with RNA sequencingbreakdown → 2010 ·Nature ·Joseph K. Pickrell,John C. Marioni,Athma A. Pai,Jacob F. Degner,Barbara E. Engelhardt,(unknown),Jean‐Baptiste Veyrieras,Matthew Stephens,Yoav Gilad,Jonathan K. Pritchard	908
17	Noisy Splicing Drives mRNA Isoform Diversity in Human Cells 2010 ·PLoS Genetics ·Joseph K. Pickrell,Athma A. Pai,Yoav Gilad,Jonathan K. Pritchard	212
18	Evaluation of Group Genetic Ancestry of Populations from Philadelphia and Dakar in the Context of Sex-Biased Admixture in the Americas 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·Klara Stefflova,Matthew C. Dulik,Athma A. Pai,A. H. C. Walker,Charnita Zeigler‐Johnson,Serigne M. Gueye,Theodore G. Schurr,Timothy R. Rebbeck	33
19	Genetic variation in the enigmatic Altaian Kazakhs of South‐Central Russia: Insights into Turkic population history 2008 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·Ömer Gökçümen,Matthew C. Dulik,Athma A. Pai,Sergey Zhadanov,Samara Rubinstein,L. P. Osipova,(unknown),(unknown),Marina Gubina,Damian Labuda,Theodore G. Schurr	36
20	NOTCH2 Mutations Cause Alagille Syndrome, a Heterogeneous Disorder of the Notch Signaling Pathwaybreakdown → 2006 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·(unknown),Daniel M. Warthen,Pedro A. Sanchez‐Lara,Athma A. Pai,Ian D. Krantz,David A. Piccoli,Nancy B. Spinner	489

About Athma A. Pai

Athma A. Pai is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 43 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA Research and Splicing (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (1.8k citations), Molecular Biology (4.2k citations) and Cancer Research (753 citations). Athma A. Pai has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Yoav Gilad, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Jacob F. Degner, Joseph K. Pickrell, Daniel J. Gaffney, John C. Marioni, Roger Piqué-Regi, Matthew Stephens, Jordana T. Bell and Jean‐Baptiste Veyrieras. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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