David Cheishvili

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

David Cheishvili is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Cheishvili has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in David Cheishvili's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (26 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (9 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (8 papers). David Cheishvili is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (26 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (9 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (8 papers). David Cheishvili collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Israel and United States. David Cheishvili's co-authors include Moshe Szyf, Shafaat A. Rabbani, Ani Arakelian, Haseeb Ahmed Khan, Imrana Tanvir, Niaz Mahmood, Aharon Razin, Channa Maayan, Emily Stack and Ryan Bradley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Cheishvili

40 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Potential reversal of epigenetic age using a diet and lifestyle intervention: a pilot randomized clinical trial

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Cheishvili Canada	20	716	189	115	109	99	41	1.1k
Cuiling Ma China	19	588 0.8×	148 0.8×	157 1.4×	143 1.3×	77 0.8×	28	1.2k
Véronique Dorval Canada	16	705 1.0×	330 1.7×	179 1.6×	71 0.7×	290 2.9×	26	1.2k
Tingting Yu China	19	651 0.9×	117 0.6×	81 0.7×	97 0.9×	132 1.3×	108	1.3k
Baoguang Han United States	16	707 1.0×	98 0.5×	44 0.4×	87 0.8×	121 1.2×	26	1.1k
Jennifer Bain United States	20	767 1.1×	73 0.4×	81 0.7×	169 1.6×	50 0.5×	56	1.4k
Glenn A. Doyle United States	19	722 1.0×	306 1.6×	299 2.6×	179 1.6×	153 1.5×	50	1.4k
Dor Mohammad Kordi-Tamandani Iran	17	481 0.7×	138 0.7×	44 0.4×	120 1.1×	49 0.5×	63	895
Vicky A. Blakesley United States	24	812 1.1×	179 0.9×	46 0.4×	108 1.0×	163 1.6×	29	1.5k
Zheng Xiao China	23	557 0.8×	219 1.2×	291 2.5×	138 1.3×	111 1.1×	87	1.6k

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Cheishvili, David, et al.. (2025). The epiMelanoma test enables plasma-based detection of melanoma and prediction of immunotherapy response. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 30710–30710.

Cheishvili, David, Mohammad Mahbubul Karim, Mohammad Golam Kibria, et al.. (2024). Clinical validation of peripheral blood mononuclear cell DNA methylation markers for accurate early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in Asian patients. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 220–220. 1 indexed citations

Cheishvili, David, Mohammad Mahbubul Karim, Mohammad Golam Kibria, et al.. (2023). A high-throughput test enables specific detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3306–3306. 23 indexed citations

El‐Zein, Mariam, David Cheishvili, Moshe Szyf, & Eduardo L. Franco. (2023). Validation of novel DNA methylation markers in cervical precancer and cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 154(1). 104–113. 5 indexed citations

Simanovsky, Natalia, A. Joseph Foldes, Rebecca Brooks, et al.. (2023). The Relationship Between Scoliosis, Spinal Bone Density, and Truncal Muscle Strength in Familial Dysautonomia Patients. Calcified Tissue International. 114(3). 222–227. 1 indexed citations

Har‐Zahav, Adi, David Cheishvili, Irit Meivar‐Levy, et al.. (2022). The role of DNA demethylation in liver to pancreas transdifferentiation. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 13(1). 476–476. 2 indexed citations

Faulk, Christopher, et al.. (2020). Epigenetic biomarkers indicate islet cell death in xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation. 27(2). e12570–e12570. 1 indexed citations

Adilbay, Dauren, et al.. (2020). Epigenetic markers-based breastcancer early detection methoddevelopment. 58(4). 29–35. 1 indexed citations

Kaidarova, Dilyara, et al.. (2020). Epigenetic markers-based breast cancerearly detection method development. 58(4). 29–35. 1 indexed citations

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Adilbay, Dauren, et al.. (2020). Early diagnostic of lung cancer basedon methylation of mononuclear cell fraction:Method development. 57(3). 11–16. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yonghong, Sophie Petropoulos, Jinhua Liu, et al.. (2018). The signature of liver cancer in immune cells DNA methylation. Clinical Epigenetics. 10(1). 8–8. 55 indexed citations

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Enuka, Yehoshua, Morris E. Feldman, Animesh Chowdhury, et al.. (2017). Epigenetic mechanisms underlie the crosstalk between growth factors and a steroid hormone. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(22). 12681–12699. 18 indexed citations

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Cheishvili, David, Channa Maayan, Jeanna Tsenter, et al.. (2016). Tocotrienol Treatment in Familial Dysautonomia: Open-Label Pilot Study. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 59(3). 382–391. 7 indexed citations

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Lax, Elad, Alexander Friedman, Renaud Massart, et al.. (2016). PARP-1 is required for retrieval of cocaine-associated memory by binding to the promoter of a novel gene encoding a putative transposase inhibitor. Molecular Psychiatry. 22(4). 570–579. 5 indexed citations

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Cohen, Malkiel A., David Cheishvili, Tikva Turetsky, et al.. (2015). Familial Dysautonomia (FD) Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived PNS Neurons Reveal that Synaptic Vesicular and Neuronal Transport Genes Are Directly or Indirectly Affected by IKBKAP Downregulation. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0138807–e0138807. 20 indexed citations

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Stefañska, Barbara, David Cheishvili, Matthew Suderman, et al.. (2014). Genome-Wide Study of Hypomethylated and Induced Genes in Patients with Liver Cancer Unravels Novel Anticancer Targets. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(12). 3118–3132. 91 indexed citations

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Cheishvili, David, Paula Dietrich, Channa Maayan, et al.. (2014). IKAP Deficiency in an FD Mouse Model and in Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells Results in Downregulation of Genes Involved in Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelin Formation. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94612–e94612. 11 indexed citations

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Cheishvili, David, Matthew Suderman, Ani Arakelian, et al.. (2014). Synergistic effects of combined DNA methyltransferase inhibition and MBD2 depletion on breast cancer cells; MBD2 depletion blocks 5-aza-2ʹ-deoxycytidine-triggered invasiveness. Carcinogenesis. 35(11). 2436–2446. 17 indexed citations

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Cheishvili, David, et al.. (2011). IKAP/Elp1 involvement in cytoskeleton regulation and implication for familial dysautonomia. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(8). 1585–1594. 49 indexed citations

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Cheishvili, David, et al.. (2007). IKAP/hELP1 deficiency in the cerebrum of familial dysautonomia patients results in down regulation of genes involved in oligodendrocyte differentiation and in myelination. Human Molecular Genetics. 16(17). 2097–2104. 42 indexed citations

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