Christopher Benner

49.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
125 papers, 28.3k citations indexed

About

Christopher Benner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Benner has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 28.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Christopher Benner's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (33 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (19 papers). Christopher Benner is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (33 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (19 papers). Christopher Benner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Christopher Benner's co-authors include Christopher K. Glass, Sven Heinz, Max W. Chang, Lars Pache, Yingyao Zhou, Bin Zhou, Sumit K. Chanda, Olga Tanaseichuk, Alireza Hadj Khodabakhshi and Cornelis Murre and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Benner

119 papers receiving 28.2k citations

Hit Papers

Metascape provides a biolog... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2019 2010 2015 2011 2012 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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.

  1. Metascape provides a biologist-oriented resource for the analysis of systems-level datasets
    2019 8.7k citations Max W. Chang, Christopher Benner et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Simple Combinations of Lineage-Determining Transcription Factors Prime cis-Regulatory Elements Required for Macrophage and B Cell Identities
    2010 8.3k citations Sven Heinz, Christopher Benner et al. profile →
  3. The selection and function of cell type-specific enhancers
    2015 675 citations Sven Heinz, Christopher Benner et al. profile →
  4. Reprogramming transcription by distinct classes of enhancers functionally defined by eRNA
    2011 655 citations Dong Wang, Ivan García-Bassets et al. profile →
  5. Myofibroblasts revert to an inactive phenotype during regression of liver fibrosis
    2012 615 citations Tatiana Kisseleva, Min Cong et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Molecular Determinants of Crosstalk between Nuclear Receptors and Toll-like Receptors
    2005 533 citations Christopher Benner, Shankar Subramaniam et al. profile →
  7. Remodeling of the Enhancer Landscape during Macrophage Activation Is Coupled to Enhancer Transcription
    2013 493 citations Sven Heinz, Joshua D. Stender et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Benner United States 54 18.9k 5.5k 4.5k 2.8k 2.7k 125 28.3k
Matthew E. Ritchie Australia 41 18.8k 1.0× 5.4k 1.0× 6.8k 1.5× 2.8k 1.0× 4.0k 1.5× 117 31.1k
Charity W. Law Australia 15 16.8k 0.9× 4.6k 0.8× 6.5k 1.4× 2.3k 0.8× 3.6k 1.3× 22 28.0k
Belinda Phipson Australia 25 16.7k 0.9× 4.7k 0.8× 6.1k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 3.4k 1.3× 42 27.6k
Wei Li China 78 29.5k 1.6× 3.6k 0.6× 8.1k 1.8× 4.0k 1.4× 2.9k 1.1× 538 38.5k
Yifang Hu Australia 19 15.4k 0.8× 4.5k 0.8× 6.2k 1.4× 1.9k 0.7× 3.9k 1.4× 32 26.0k
Eric W.‐F. Lam United Kingdom 87 15.3k 0.8× 3.5k 0.6× 4.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 5.4k 2.0× 298 23.1k
Avi Ma’ayan United States 63 16.8k 0.9× 5.2k 0.9× 3.6k 0.8× 2.5k 0.9× 3.0k 1.1× 186 29.4k
Helga Thorvaldsdóttir United States 8 11.2k 0.6× 2.7k 0.5× 4.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 2.9k 1.1× 16 18.3k
Keji Zhao United States 87 26.4k 1.4× 6.9k 1.2× 3.3k 0.7× 3.8k 1.3× 2.4k 0.9× 238 33.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Benner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Benner

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All Works

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Wang, Ying-Ting, Jialei Xie, Fernanda Ana‐Sosa‐Batiz, et al.. (2025). Zika but not Dengue virus infection limits NF-κB activity in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells and suppresses their ability to activate T cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2695–2695. 3 indexed citations
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Bali, Prerna, Jonathan M. Hernandez, Mónica V. Estrada, et al.. (2024). TRIF-IFN-I pathway in Helicobacter-induced gastric cancer in an accelerated murine disease model and patient biopsies. iScience. 27(4). 109457–109457. 4 indexed citations
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Weber, André Alberto, Xiaojing Yang, Elvira Mennillo, et al.. (2024). Triclosan administration to humanized UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1 neonatal mice induces UGT1A1 through a dependence on PPARα and ATF4. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(6). 107340–107340. 1 indexed citations
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Shamie, Isaac, Sascha H. Duttke, Claudia Z. Han, et al.. (2021). A Chinese hamster transcription start site atlas that enables targeted editing of CHO cells. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 3(3). lqab061–lqab061. 11 indexed citations
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Shen, Zeyang, Marten A. Hoeksema, Zhengyu Ouyang, Christopher Benner, & Christopher K. Glass. (2020). MAGGIE: leveraging genetic variation to identify DNA sequence motifs mediating transcription factor binding and function. Bioinformatics. 36(Supplement_1). i84–i92. 9 indexed citations
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Weiss, Ryan J., Philipp N. Spahn, Alejandro Gómez Toledo, et al.. (2020). ZNF263 is a transcriptional regulator of heparin and heparan sulfate biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(17). 9311–9317. 28 indexed citations
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López-Moyado, Isaac F., Ageliki Tsagaratou, Hyungseok Seo, et al.. (2019). Paradoxical association of TET loss of function with genome-wide DNA hypomethylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(34). 16933–16942. 83 indexed citations
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Duttke, Sascha H., Max W. Chang, Sven Heinz, & Christopher Benner. (2019). Identification and dynamic quantification of regulatory elements using total RNA. Genome Research. 29(11). 1836–1846. 97 indexed citations
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Koyama, Yukinori, Ping Wang, Shuang Liang, et al.. (2017). Mesothelin/mucin 16 signaling in activated portal fibroblasts regulates cholestatic liver fibrosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(4). 1254–1270. 82 indexed citations
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Hetzel, Jonathan, Sascha H. Duttke, Christopher Benner, & Joanne Chory. (2016). Nascent RNA sequencing reveals distinct features in plant transcription. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(43). 12316–12321. 122 indexed citations
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Wu, Min-Zu, Su-Feng Chen, Shin Nieh, et al.. (2015). Hypoxia Drives Breast Tumor Malignancy through a TET–TNFα–p38–MAPK Signaling Axis. Cancer Research. 75(18). 3912–3924. 106 indexed citations
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Ding, Ning, Nasun Hah, Ruth T. Yu, et al.. (2015). BRD4 is a novel therapeutic target for liver fibrosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(51). 15713–15718. 171 indexed citations
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Crotti, Andrea, Christopher Benner, Bilal E. Kerman, et al.. (2014). Mutant Huntingtin promotes autonomous microglia activation via myeloid lineage-determining factors. Nature Neuroscience. 17(4). 513–521. 250 indexed citations
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Lin, Yin C., Christopher Benner, Robert Månsson, et al.. (2012). Global changes in the nuclear positioning of genes and intra- and interdomain genomic interactions that orchestrate B cell fate. Nature Immunology. 13(12). 1196–1204. 213 indexed citations
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Månsson, Robert, Eva Welinder, Josefine Åhsberg, et al.. (2012). Positive intergenic feedback circuitry, involving EBF1 and FOXO1, orchestrates B-cell fate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(51). 21028–21033. 83 indexed citations
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Kisseleva, Tatiana, Min Cong, Yong‐Han Paik, et al.. (2012). Myofibroblasts revert to an inactive phenotype during regression of liver fibrosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(24). 9448–9453. 615 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stender, Joshua D., Kyuri Kim, Tze Howe Charn, et al.. (2010). Genome-Wide Analysis of Estrogen Receptor α DNA Binding and Tethering Mechanisms Identifies Runx1 as a Novel Tethering Factor in Receptor-Mediated Transcriptional Activation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 30(16). 3943–3955. 164 indexed citations
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Gebhard, Claudia, Christopher Benner, Mathias Ehrich, et al.. (2010). General Transcription Factor Binding at CpG Islands in Normal Cells Correlates with Resistance to De novo DNA Methylation in Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 70(4). 1398–1407. 96 indexed citations
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Kwon, Young‐Soo, Ivan García-Bassets, Kasey R. Hutt, et al.. (2007). Sensitive ChIP-DSL technology reveals an extensive estrogen receptor α-binding program on human gene promoters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(12). 4852–4857. 101 indexed citations
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Raetz, Christian R.H., Teresa A. Garrett, C. Michael Reynolds, et al.. (2006). Kdo2-Lipid A of Escherichia coli, a defined endotoxin that activates macrophages via TLR-4. Journal of Lipid Research. 47(5). 1097–1111. 192 indexed citations

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