Christopher S. Sullivan

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Christopher S. Sullivan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher S. Sullivan has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Oncology and 26 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Christopher S. Sullivan's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (24 papers), Polyomavirus and related diseases (17 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (15 papers). Christopher S. Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (24 papers), Polyomavirus and related diseases (17 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (15 papers). Christopher S. Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Christopher S. Sullivan's co-authors include Don Ganem, Adam Grundhoff, Rodney P. Kincaid, James M. Pipas, James M. Burke, Satvir S. Tevethia, Andrei Goga, Dipa Bhaumik, Crystal Berger and Gary K. Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Christopher S. Sullivan

61 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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Coordinate Suppression of ERBB2 and ERBB3 by Enforced Expression of Micro-RNA miR-125a or miR-125b

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher S. Sullivan United States	31	2.8k	2.1k	1.4k	859	610	63	4.8k
Jianxin You United States	31	2.3k 0.8×	815 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	827 1.4×	55	4.3k
Stacy M. Horner United States	34	2.7k 1.0×	830 0.4×	337 0.2×	1.2k 1.4×	870 1.4×	61	4.4k
Friedrich A. Grässer Germany	31	3.5k 1.3×	2.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	736 0.9×	965 1.6×	54	5.3k
Gabriel J. Starrett United States	24	1.1k 0.4×	426 0.2×	756 0.5×	667 0.8×	422 0.7×	40	2.5k
Takayuki Murata Japan	34	1.5k 0.5×	473 0.2×	1.7k 1.2×	788 0.9×	1.7k 2.7×	147	4.2k
Thomas Dobner Germany	46	3.7k 1.3×	242 0.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	745 1.2×	137	5.4k
Michael J. Imperiale United States	47	3.4k 1.2×	194 0.1×	2.9k 2.0×	599 0.7×	677 1.1×	155	7.1k
Satvir S. Tevethia United States	35	1.1k 0.4×	288 0.1×	1.4k 1.0×	2.0k 2.3×	868 1.4×	129	3.9k
Keith Peden United States	39	2.1k 0.8×	144 0.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	773 1.3×	107	5.7k
Ann Roman United States	26	1.0k 0.4×	294 0.1×	776 0.5×	523 0.6×	1.5k 2.4×	61	2.7k

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Pipas, James M. & Christopher S. Sullivan. (2026). mGem: Deciphering how polyomaviruses coexist with their hosts for a lifetime. mBio. 17(2). e0231125–e0231125.

Bejan, Daniel S., Yating Chen, Ellen L. Suder, et al.. (2025). PARP14 is an interferon-induced host factor that promotes IFN production and affects the replication of multiple viruses. mBio. 16(10). e0229925–e0229925. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Pengbo, Derek Fleming, Dina A. Moustafa, et al.. (2023). A Pseudomonas aeruginosa small RNA regulates chronic and acute infection. Nature. 618(7964). 358–364. 55 indexed citations

Blois, Sylvain, et al.. (2022). Interpreting and de-noising genetically engineered barcodes in a DNA virus. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(11). e1010131–e1010131. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Rong, Eunice E. Lee, Jiwoong Kim, et al.. (2021). Characterization of ALTO-encoding circular RNAs expressed by Merkel cell polyomavirus and trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus. PLoS Pathogens. 17(5). e1009582–e1009582. 28 indexed citations

Burke, James M., et al.. (2018). The Murine Polyomavirus MicroRNA Locus Is Required To Promote Viruria during the Acute Phase of Infection. Journal of Virology. 92(16). 13 indexed citations

Chirayil, Rachel, Rodney P. Kincaid, Christine Dahlke, et al.. (2018). Identification of virus-encoded microRNAs in divergent Papillomaviruses. PLoS Pathogens. 14(7). e1007156–e1007156. 26 indexed citations

Kincaid, Rodney P., et al.. (2017). MMTV does not encode viral microRNAs but alters the levels of cancer-associated host microRNAs. Virology. 513. 180–187. 7 indexed citations

Kuny, Chad V. & Christopher S. Sullivan. (2016). Virus–Host Interactions and the ARTD/PARP Family of Enzymes. PLoS Pathogens. 12(3). e1005453–e1005453. 35 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shaojie, Vojtěch Šroller, Preeti Zanwar, et al.. (2014). Viral MicroRNA Effects on Pathogenesis of Polyomavirus SV40 Infections in Syrian Golden Hamsters. PLoS Pathogens. 10(2). e1003912–e1003912. 19 indexed citations

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Burke, James M., et al.. (2014). A central role for the primary microRNA stem in guiding the position and efficiency of Drosha processing of a viral pri-miRNA. RNA. 20(7). 1068–1077. 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Chun‐Jung, et al.. (2013). Divergent MicroRNA Targetomes of Closely Related Circulating Strains of a Polyomavirus. Journal of Virology. 87(20). 11135–11147. 22 indexed citations

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Seo, Gil Ju, Rodney P. Kincaid, James M. Burke, et al.. (2013). Reciprocal Inhibition between Intracellular Antiviral Signaling and the RNAi Machinery in Mammalian Cells. Cell Host & Microbe. 14(4). 435–445. 151 indexed citations

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Seo, Gil Ju, et al.. (2011). Reporter-Based Assays for Analyzing RNA Interference in Mammalian Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 725. 173–189. 4 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Christopher S., Chang K. Sung, Christopher D. Pack, et al.. (2009). Murine Polyomavirus encodes a microRNA that cleaves early RNA transcripts but is not essential for experimental infection. Virology. 387(1). 157–167. 79 indexed citations

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Seo, Gil Ju, Chun‐Jung Chen, & Christopher S. Sullivan. (2008). Merkel cell polyomavirus encodes a microRNA with the ability to autoregulate viral gene expression. Virology. 383(2). 183–187. 136 indexed citations

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Grundhoff, Adam, Christopher S. Sullivan, & Don Ganem. (2006). A combined computational and microarray-based approach identifies novel microRNAs encoded by human gamma-herpesviruses. RNA. 12(5). 733–750. 358 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Christopher S. & Don Ganem. (2005). MicroRNAs and Viral Infection. Molecular Cell. 20(1). 3–7. 201 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Christopher S., Susan P. Gilbert, & James M. Pipas. (2001). ATP-Dependent Simian Virus 40 T-Antigen–Hsc70 Complex Formation. Journal of Virology. 75(4). 1601–1610. 48 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Christopher S., Paul G. Cantalupo, & James M. Pipas. (2000). The Molecular Chaperone Activity of Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen Is Required To Disrupt Rb-E2F Family Complexes by an ATP-Dependent Mechanism. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(17). 6233–6243. 93 indexed citations

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