Brian Ell

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Brian Ell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Ell has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Brian Ell's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (5 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (3 papers). Brian Ell is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (5 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (3 papers). Brian Ell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Spain. Brian Ell's co-authors include Yibin Kang, DeannaLee M. Beauvais, Toni Ibrahim, Laura Mercatali, Alan C. Rapraeger, Dino Amadori, Andrea R. McWhorter, Yong Wei, Toni Celià-Terrassa and Andrés Blanco and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Brian Ell

13 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Direct targeting of Sec23a by miR-200s influences cancer cell secretome and promotes metastatic colonization

2011 508 citations Manav Korpal, Brian Ell et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Ell United States	10	1.1k	758	572	292	154	13	1.6k
Ahmed S. Warda Germany	6	2.4k 2.2×	691 0.9×	470 0.8×	258 0.9×	145 0.9×	6	2.7k
Takamasa Uekita Japan	17	623 0.6×	492 0.6×	509 0.9×	212 0.7×	317 2.1×	34	1.2k
Natalia Marchenko United States	17	836 0.8×	423 0.6×	681 1.2×	150 0.5×	89 0.6×	30	1.3k
Sylvie Thuault France	15	1.0k 0.9×	388 0.5×	421 0.7×	147 0.5×	60 0.4×	18	1.3k
Julio A. Aguirre Ghiso Argentina	12	606 0.6×	686 0.9×	543 0.9×	213 0.7×	371 2.4×	16	1.3k
Ana Rita Nobre Portugal	16	647 0.6×	462 0.6×	741 1.3×	222 0.8×	70 0.5×	24	1.4k
Albert Santamaria‐Martínez Switzerland	13	710 0.7×	410 0.5×	865 1.5×	156 0.5×	89 0.6×	20	1.5k
Pamela Klingbeil Germany	11	680 0.6×	372 0.5×	417 0.7×	215 0.7×	103 0.7×	14	1.1k
Toni Celià-Terrassa Spain	17	1.2k 1.1×	768 1.0×	945 1.7×	212 0.7×	58 0.4×	22	2.0k
Tsz-Lun Yeung United States	15	1.3k 1.2×	875 1.2×	514 0.9×	129 0.4×	71 0.5×	28	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Ell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Ell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Ell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Ell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brian Ell. Brian Ell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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13 of 13 papers shown

Rosenthal, Dean S., et al.. (2023). Skin Immuno-CometChip in 3D vs. 2D Cultures to Screen Topical Toxins and Skin-Specific Cytochrome Inducers. Genes. 14(3). 630–630. 6 indexed citations

Shen, Minhong, Yi-Zhou Jiang, Yong Wei, et al.. (2019). Tinagl1 Suppresses Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis by Simultaneously Inhibiting Integrin/FAK and EGFR Signaling. Cancer Cell. 35(1). 64–80.e7. 136 indexed citations

Celià-Terrassa, Toni, Daniel Dan Liu, Brian Ell, et al.. (2018). Hysteresis control of epithelial-mesenchymal transition dynamics conveys a distinct program with enhanced metastatic ability. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5005–5005. 123 indexed citations

Ell, Brian & Yibin Kang. (2014). MicroRNAs as regulators of bone homeostasis and bone metastasis. BoneKEy Reports. 3. 549–549. 77 indexed citations

Ell, Brian, Yong Wei, Laura Mercatali, et al.. (2014). The MicroRNA-23b/27b/24 Cluster Promotes Breast Cancer Lung Metastasis by Targeting Metastasis-suppressive Gene Prosaposin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(32). 21888–21895. 54 indexed citations

Ell, Brian, Laura Mercatali, Toni Ibrahim, et al.. (2013). Tumor-Induced Osteoclast miRNA Changes as Regulators and Biomarkers of Osteolytic Bone Metastasis. Cancer Cell. 24(4). 542–556. 228 indexed citations

Ell, Brian & Yibin Kang. (2013). Transcriptional control of cancer metastasis. Trends in Cell Biology. 23(12). 603–611. 90 indexed citations

Rapraeger, Alan C., et al.. (2013). Vascular endothelial‐cadherin stimulates syndecan‐1‐coupled insulin‐like growth factor‐1 receptor and cross‐talk between αVβ3 integrin and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 at the onset of endothelial cell dissemination during angiogenesis. FEBS Journal. 280(10). 2194–2206. 65 indexed citations

Ell, Brian & Yibin Kang. (2012). SnapShot: Bone Metastasis. Cell. 151(3). 690–690.e1. 96 indexed citations

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Korpal, Manav, Brian Ell, Francesca M. Buffa, et al.. (2011). Direct targeting of Sec23a by miR-200s influences cancer cell secretome and promotes metastatic colonization. Nature Medicine. 17(9). 1101–1108. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beauvais, DeannaLee M., Brian Ell, Andrea R. McWhorter, & Alan C. Rapraeger. (2009). Syndecan-1 regulates αvβ3 and αvβ5 integrin activation during angiogenesis and is blocked by synstatin, a novel peptide inhibitor. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(3). 691–705. 224 indexed citations

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Beauvais, DeannaLee M., Brian Ell, Andrea R. McWhorter, & Alan C. Rapraeger. (2009). Syndecan-1 regulates α_vβ₃and α_vβ₅integrin activation during angiogenesis and is blocked by synstatin, a novel peptide inhibitor. The Journal of Cell Biology. 184(5). i12–i12. 1 indexed citations

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Sandell, Linda J., Carl Franz, Jennifer Bryan, et al.. (2008). Live‐cell Imaging of Endothelial Cell Tube Formation: Inhibition by Chondrostatin. The FASEB Journal. 22(S1). 5 indexed citations

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