Brian F. Pickering

6.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
16 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Brian F. Pickering is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian F. Pickering has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Brian F. Pickering's work include RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (8 papers). Brian F. Pickering is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (8 papers). Brian F. Pickering collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Singapore. Brian F. Pickering's co-authors include Samie R. Jaffrey, Deepak P. Patil, Amy Chow, Chun‐Kan Chen, Mitchell Guttman, Sara Zaccara, Michael G. Kharas, Yuanming Cheng, Diu Nguyen and Sim Namkoong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Brian F. Pickering

16 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

m6A RNA methylation promotes XIST-mediated transcriptiona... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2017 2016 2019 2017 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. m6A RNA methylation promotes XIST-mediated transcriptional repression
    2016 1.3k citations Deepak P. Patil, Chun‐Kan Chen et al. Nature profile →
  2. The N6-methyladenosine (m6A)-forming enzyme METTL3 controls myeloid differentiation of normal hematopoietic and leukemia cells
    2017 932 citations Ly Vu, Brian F. Pickering et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  3. Reversible methylation of m6Am in the 5′ cap controls mRNA stability
    2016 826 citations Jan Mauer, Xiaobing Luo et al. Nature profile →
  4. m6A enhances the phase separation potential of mRNA
    2019 517 citations Ryan J. Ries, Sara Zaccara et al. Nature profile →
  5. Reading m6A in the Transcriptome: m6A-Binding Proteins
    2017 455 citations Deepak P. Patil, Brian F. Pickering et al. Trends in Cell Biology profile →

Peers

Brian F. Pickering
Sara Zaccara United States
Karen Cesarkas Israel
Katherine E. Sloan Germany
Anthony O. Olarerin-George United States
Junho Choe South Korea
Bryan T. Harada United States
Isaia Barbieri United Kingdom
Benoit Molinié United States
Nicholas K. Conrad United States
Steve K. Kotsopoulos United States
Sara Zaccara United States
Brian F. Pickering
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Countries citing papers authored by Brian F. Pickering

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian F. Pickering

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Brian F. Pickering. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Brian F. Pickering. The network helps show where Brian F. Pickering may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian F. Pickering

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian F. Pickering. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian F. Pickering 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 F. Pickering. Brian F. Pickering is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Ries, Ryan J., Brian F. Pickering, Hui Xian Poh, Sim Namkoong, & Samie R. Jaffrey. (2023). m6A governs length-dependent enrichment of mRNAs in stress granules. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(10). 1525–1535. 32 indexed citations
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Poh, Hui Xian, Aashiq H. Mirza, Brian F. Pickering, & Samie R. Jaffrey. (2022). Alternative splicing of METTL3 explains apparently METTL3-independent m6A modifications in mRNA. PLoS Biology. 20(7). e3001683–e3001683. 48 indexed citations
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Cho, Sungyun, Gina Lee, Brian F. Pickering, et al.. (2021). mTORC1 promotes cell growth via m6A-dependent mRNA degradation. Molecular Cell. 81(10). 2064–2075.e8. 71 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yuanming, Wei Xie, Brian F. Pickering, et al.. (2021). N6-Methyladenosine on mRNA facilitates a phase-separated nuclear body that suppresses myeloid leukemic differentiation. Cancer Cell. 39(7). 958–972.e8. 177 indexed citations
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Ries, Ryan J., Sara Zaccara, Pierre Klein, et al.. (2019). m6A enhances the phase separation potential of mRNA. Nature. 571(7765). 424–428. 517 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheng, Yuanming, Hanzhi Luo, Franco Izzo, et al.. (2019). m6A RNA Methylation Maintains Hematopoietic Stem Cell Identity and Symmetric Commitment. Cell Reports. 28(7). 1703–1716.e6. 126 indexed citations
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Vu, Ly, Brian F. Pickering, Yuanming Cheng, et al.. (2017). The N6-methyladenosine (m6A)-forming enzyme METTL3 controls myeloid differentiation of normal hematopoietic and leukemia cells. Nature Medicine. 23(11). 1369–1376. 932 indexed citations breakdown →
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Patil, Deepak P., Brian F. Pickering, & Samie R. Jaffrey. (2017). Reading m6A in the Transcriptome: m6A-Binding Proteins. Trends in Cell Biology. 28(2). 113–127. 455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Joshi, Sonali, Jun Yang, Qingfei Wang, et al.. (2017). 14-3-3ζ loss impedes oncogene-induced mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis by attenuating oncogenic signaling.. PubMed. 7(8). 1654–1664. 11 indexed citations
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Vu, Ly, Brian F. Pickering, Yuanming Cheng, et al.. (2017). m6a Regulates Differentiation State and mRNA Translation in Myeloid Leukemia. Blood. 130(Suppl_1). 791–791. 2 indexed citations
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Mauer, Jan, Xiaobing Luo, Xinfu Jiao, et al.. (2016). Reversible methylation of m6Am in the 5′ cap controls mRNA stability. Nature. 541(7637). 371–375. 826 indexed citations breakdown →
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Patil, Deepak P., Chun‐Kan Chen, Brian F. Pickering, et al.. (2016). m6A RNA methylation promotes XIST-mediated transcriptional repression. Nature. 537(7620). 369–373. 1346 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pickering, Brian F., Dihua Yu, & Michael W. Van Dyke. (2011). Nucleolin Protein Interacts with Microprocessor Complex to Affect Biogenesis of MicroRNAs 15a and 16. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(51). 44095–44103. 59 indexed citations
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Tonthat, Nam K., Stefan T. Arold, Brian F. Pickering, et al.. (2010). Molecular mechanism by which the nucleoid occlusion factor, SlmA, keeps cytokinesis in check. The EMBO Journal. 30(1). 154–164. 129 indexed citations
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Pickering, Brian F., et al.. (2009). Stm1p alters the ribosome association of eukaryotic elongation factor 3 and affects translation elongation. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(18). 6116–6125. 27 indexed citations
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Pickering, Brian F., et al.. (2007). Constitutive and inducible nuclear factor-κB in immortalized normal human bronchial epithelial and non-small cell lung cancer cell lines. Cancer Letters. 255(1). 85–94. 17 indexed citations

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