Carolyn J. Brown

18.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
170 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Carolyn J. Brown is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Carolyn J. Brown has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Genetics, 91 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Carolyn J. Brown's work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (78 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (36 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (22 papers). Carolyn J. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (78 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (36 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (22 papers). Carolyn J. Brown collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Carolyn J. Brown's co-authors include Huntington F. Willard, Wan L. Lam, Ewan A. Gibb, Ronald G. Lafrenière, Allison M. Cotton, Andrea Ballabio, Rossana Tonlorenzi, Jeanne B. Lawrence, Brian Hendrich and Bradley P. Balaton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Carolyn J. Brown

165 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

The functional role of long non-coding RNA in human carcinomas

2011 1.4k citations Carolyn J. Brown, Wan L. Lam et al. profile →
A gene from the region of the human X inactivation centre is expressed exclusively from the inactive X chromosome

1991 1.2k citations Carolyn J. Brown et al. profile →
The human XIST gene: Analysis of a 17 kb inactive X-specific RNA that contains conserved repeats and is highly localized within the nucleus

1992 1.0k citations Carolyn J. Brown, Jeanne B. Lawrence et al. profile →
A gene deleted in Kallmann's syndrome shares homology with neural cell adhesion and axonal path-finding molecules

1991 638 citations Carolyn J. Brown et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carolyn J. Brown Canada	55	8.0k	5.0k	3.3k	1.0k	911	170	13.3k
Takashi Yamamoto Japan	72	10.9k 1.4×	3.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	880 0.9×	276 0.3×	689	21.2k
Gerd P. Pfeifer United States	88	19.3k 2.4×	3.5k 0.7×	4.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	246 0.3×	285	24.9k
Peter Lloyd Jones United States	53	6.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	259 0.3×	491 0.5×	139	13.0k
Leena Peltonen Finland	77	5.9k 0.7×	5.5k 1.1×	412 0.1×	528 0.5×	1.8k 1.9×	294	21.2k
Michael Stadler Germany	63	11.1k 1.4×	2.1k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	810 0.8×	119 0.1×	236	16.5k
Jan J. Enghild Denmark	66	8.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.3×	4.3k 1.3×	458 0.5×	446 0.5×	358	19.8k
Xingxu Huang China	55	10.6k 1.3×	2.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	996 1.0×	518 0.6×	247	14.0k
Yuan Gao China	55	12.6k 1.6×	3.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	470 0.5×	185 0.2×	289	17.1k
Leslie A. Leinwand United States	88	13.5k 1.7×	3.0k 0.6×	932 0.3×	536 0.5×	196 0.2×	330	24.9k
Johanna M. Rommens Canada	55	9.0k 1.1×	5.3k 1.1×	634 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	167 0.2×	132	25.0k

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Brown, Carolyn J., et al.. (2025). Human XIST: Origin and Divergence of a cis-Acting Silencing RNA. Non-Coding RNA. 11(3). 35–35. 1 indexed citations

Srinivasan, Abhay, et al.. (2025). Escape from X-chromosome inactivation at KDM5C is driven by promoter-proximal DNA elements and enhanced by domain context. Human Molecular Genetics. 34(11). 978–989.

Brown, Carolyn J., et al.. (2024). Recruitment of chromatin remodelers by XIST B-repeat region is variably dependent on HNRNPK. Human Molecular Genetics. 34(3). 229–238. 3 indexed citations

Brown, Carolyn J., et al.. (2022). Derivation of a minimal functional XIST by combining human and mouse interaction domains. Human Molecular Genetics. 32(8). 1289–1300. 3 indexed citations

Brown, Carolyn J., et al.. (2022). Multiple distinct domains of human XIST are required to coordinate gene silencing and subsequent heterochromatin formation. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 15(1). 6–6. 17 indexed citations

Yang, T.Y., Benjamín Martín, John H. Dupuis, et al.. (2021). Pterostilbene leads to DNMT3B-mediated DNA methylation and silencing of OCT1-targeted oncogenes in breast cancer cells. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 98. 108815–108815. 19 indexed citations

Sage, Adam P., Kevin W. Ng, Erin A. Marshall, et al.. (2020). Assessment of long non-coding RNA expression reveals novel mediators of the lung tumour immune response. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16945–16945. 18 indexed citations

Brown, Carolyn J.. (2020). Androgen receptor locus on the human X chromosome: regional localization to Xq11-12 and description of a DNA polymorphism.. UNC Libraries. 28 indexed citations

Zahir, Farah, Tracy Tucker, Sonia Mayo, et al.. (2016). Intragenic CNVs for epigenetic regulatory genes in intellectual disability: Survey identifies pathogenic and benign single exon changes. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 170(11). 2916–2926. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Christine, et al.. (2016). Have humans lost control: The elusive X-controlling element. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 56. 71–77. 13 indexed citations

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Tucker, Tracy, Vincent M. Riccardi, Carolyn J. Brown, et al.. (2011). S100B and neurofibromin immunostaining and X‐inactivation patterns of laser‐microdissected cells indicate a multicellular origin of some NF1‐associated neurofibromas. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 89(9). 1451–1460. 5 indexed citations

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Brown, Carolyn J., et al.. (2010). Identification of regulatory elements flanking human XIST reveals species differences. BMC Molecular Biology. 11(1). 20–20. 17 indexed citations

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Cotton, Allison M., Luana Avila, Maria S. Peñaherrera, et al.. (2009). Inactive X chromosome-specific reduction in placental DNA methylation. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(19). 3544–3552. 58 indexed citations

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Lose, Felicity, Jeremy M. Arnold, David B. Young, et al.. (2007). BCoR-L1 variation and breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 9(4). R54–R54. 3 indexed citations

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Ebermann, Inga, Irma López, Maria Bitner‐Glindzicz, et al.. (2007). Deafblindness in French Canadians from Quebec: a predominant founder mutation in the USH1Cgene provides the first genetic link with the Acadian population. Genome biology. 8(4). R47–R47. 36 indexed citations

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Chow, Jennifer, et al.. (2005). SILENCING OF THE MAMMALIAN X CHROMOSOME. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 6(1). 69–92. 161 indexed citations

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Chow, Jennifer, Lisa L. Hall, Christine Clemson, Jeanne B. Lawrence, & Carolyn J. Brown. (2003). Characterization of expression at the human XIST locus in somatic, embryonal carcinoma, and transgenic cell lines. Genomics. 82(3). 309–322. 39 indexed citations

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Brown, Carolyn J., et al.. (1984). Bis(2,6-dimethyl-4H-pyran-4-one)dinitratozinc, [Zn(NO3)2(C7H8O2)2]. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 40(3). 368–370. 5 indexed citations

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Brown, Carolyn J.. (1968). The crystal structure of anthranilic acid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 302(1469). 185–199. 49 indexed citations

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Brown, Carolyn J.. (1953). 650. The crystal structure of di-m-xylylene. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 3278–3278. 57 indexed citations

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