Cristian Coarfa

28.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
274 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Cristian Coarfa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristian Coarfa has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Molecular Biology, 69 papers in Cancer Research and 40 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Cristian Coarfa's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (48 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (25 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (23 papers). Cristian Coarfa is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (48 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (25 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (23 papers). Cristian Coarfa collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Cristian Coarfa's co-authors include Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Kimal Rajapakshe, Preethi H. Gunaratne, Nagireddy Putluri, R. Alan Harris, Kevin Riehle, James Versalovic, Matthew J. Robertson, Sabeen Raza and Joseph F. Petrosino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Cristian Coarfa

264 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

Gastrointestinal Microbiome Signatures of Pediatric Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

2011 523 citations Cristian Coarfa, Aleksandar Milosavljevic et al. profile →
A Metagenomic Approach to Characterization of the Vaginal Microbiome Signature in Pregnancy

2012 500 citations Cristian Coarfa, Aleksandar Milosavljevic et al. profile →
Functional annotation of the human brain methylome identifies tissue-specific epigenetic variation across brain and blood

2012 494 citations Cristian Coarfa, R. Alan Harris et al. profile →
Circadian Homeostasis of Liver Metabolism Suppresses Hepatocarcinogenesis

2016 364 citations Cristian Coarfa, Nagireddy Putluri et al. profile →

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Alexander Lachmann United States

Alexander Junge Denmark

Lars Pache United States

Andrea Franceschini Switzerland

Kathleen M. Jagodnik United States

Peter J. van der Spek Netherlands

Yang Wang China

Ron Edgar Israel

Max W. Chang United States

Qiaonan Duan United States

Alexander Lachmann United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristian Coarfa

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

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Villareal, Dennis T., et al.. (2025). Hyperglycemia, receptor for advanced glycation end products, and small airways dysfunction in asthma. Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. 136(2). 173–179.e3.

Nay, Kévin, Adam Dean, Sean M. Hartig, et al.. (2025). Myeloid-specific CAMKK2 deficiency protects against diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance by rewiring metabolic gene expression and enhancing energy expenditure. Molecular Metabolism. 101. 102250–102250.

Grimm, Sandra L., et al.. (2024). Temporal dynamics of BMP/Nodal ratio drive tissue-specific gastrulation morphogenesis. Development. 152(9). 3 indexed citations

Kambal, Amal, Xi‐Lei Zeng, Ketki Patil, et al.. (2024). Infant and adult human intestinal enteroids are morphologically and functionally distinct. mBio. 15(8). e0131624–e0131624. 17 indexed citations

Bariani, María Victoria, Yan‐Hong Cui, Mohamed Ali, et al.. (2023). TGFβ signaling links early life endocrine-disrupting chemicals exposure to suppression of nucleotide excision repair in rat myometrial stem cells. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 80(10). 288–288. 8 indexed citations

Salazar, Arnold, et al.. (2023). D-Mannose reduces cellular senescence and NLRP3/GasderminD/IL-1β-driven pyroptotic uroepithelial cell shedding in the murine bladder. Developmental Cell. 59(1). 33–47.e5. 11 indexed citations

Tao, Ling, Mahmoud A. Mohammad, Giorgio Milazzo, et al.. (2022). MYCN-driven fatty acid uptake is a metabolic vulnerability in neuroblastoma. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3728–3728. 38 indexed citations

Dittmar, Rachel L., Suyu Liu, Mei-Chee Tai, et al.. (2021). Plasma miRNA Biomarkers in Limited Volume Samples for Detection of Early-stage Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research. 14(7). 729–740. 27 indexed citations

Gunasekara, Chathura, Eilís Hannon, Harry A. Mackay, et al.. (2021). A machine learning case–control classifier for schizophrenia based on DNA methylation in blood. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 412–412. 14 indexed citations

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Sierra, Laura, Lyazat Kurenbekova, Ryan L. Shuck, et al.. (2020). Targeting PAK4 Inhibits Ras-Mediated Signaling and Multiple Oncogenic Pathways in High-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma. Cancer Research. 81(1). 199–212. 29 indexed citations

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Napoli, Marco, et al.. (2020). Spatiotemporal Regulation of ΔNp63 by TGFβ-Regulated miRNAs Is Essential for Cancer Metastasis. Cancer Research. 80(13). 2833–2847. 21 indexed citations

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Jiao, Li, Suman Kumar Maity, Cristian Coarfa, et al.. (2019). A Prospective Targeted Serum Metabolomics Study of Pancreatic Cancer in Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Prevention Research. 12(4). 237–246. 16 indexed citations

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Onuchic, Vitor, Ronak Y. Patel, Joel Rozowsky, et al.. (2018). Allele-specific epigenome maps reveal sequence-dependent stochastic switching at regulatory loci. Science. 361(6409). 58 indexed citations

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Abbas, Hussein A., Kimal Rajapakshe, Preethi H. Gunaratne, et al.. (2017). Distinct TP63 Isoform-Driven Transcriptional Signatures Predict Tumor Progression and Clinical Outcomes. Cancer Research. 78(2). 451–462. 23 indexed citations

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White, Mark A., Chenchu Lin, Kimal Rajapakshe, et al.. (2017). Glutamine Transporters Are Targets of Multiple Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in Prostate Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 15(8). 1017–1028. 76 indexed citations

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Kannan, K. P., et al.. (2015). Aberrant MUC1-TRIM46-KRTCAP2 Chimeric RNAs in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma. Cancers. 7(4). 2083–2093. 13 indexed citations

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Geng, Chuandong, Kimal Rajapakshe, Shrijal S. Shah, et al.. (2014). Androgen Receptor Is the Key Transcriptional Mediator of the Tumor Suppressor SPOP in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(19). 5631–5643. 132 indexed citations

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Menon, Debashish U., Cristian Coarfa, Weimin Xiao, Preethi H. Gunaratne, & Victoria H. Meller. (2014). siRNAs from an X-linked satellite repeat promote X-chromosome recognition in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(46). 16460–16465. 56 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Saurabh, Ashley Benham, Cristian Coarfa, et al.. (2013). G-CSF Receptor Positive Neuroblastoma Subpopulations Are Enriched in Chemotherapy-Resistant or Relapsed Tumors and Are Highly Tumorigenic. Cancer Research. 73(13). 4134–4146. 48 indexed citations

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Shohet, Jason M., Rajib Ghosh, Cristian Coarfa, et al.. (2011). A Genome-Wide Search for Promoters That Respond to Increased MYCN Reveals Both New Oncogenic and Tumor Suppressor MicroRNAs Associated with Aggressive Neuroblastoma. Cancer Research. 71(11). 3841–3851. 57 indexed citations

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