Dónal O’Carroll

21.9k citations

68 papers · 15.9k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.2%
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Molecular Biology top 0.2%
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Cancer-related gene regulation
- RNA Research and Splicing

Papers in

Cancer Research 26
- MicroRNA in disease regulation 22
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 10
Molecular Biology 56
- RNA Research and Splicing 18
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 15
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 14
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 11
- RNA modifications and cancer 11

Co-authors: Thomas Jenuwein Karl Mechtler Stephen Rea Monika Lachner Alexander Tarakhovsky M. Azim Surani Susanne Opravil Michaela Pagani
Journals: Nature (8 papers)The Journal of Experimental Medicine (7 papers)Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (4 papers)Genes & Development (4 papers)The Journal of Cell Biology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Italy

In The Last Decade

Dónal O’Carroll

67 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions 2018 · 778 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Nature Reviews Genetics
2005 Nature
2001 Molecular and Cellular Biology
2001 Cell
2001 Nature
2001 Nature
2000 Nature

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Dónal O’Carroll, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	A mammalian-like piRNA pathway in Axolotl reveals the origins of piRNA-directed DNA methylation The EMBO Journal ·Xinyu Xiang, Carol M. Connell, Dominik Handler, Francisco José Calazans Falcón, Diego Rodriguez‐Terrones, Sergej Nowoshilow, Wanlu Liu, Elly M. Tanaka, Dónal O’Carroll	2025	0
2	MIWI N-terminal arginines orchestrate generation of functional pachytene piRNAs and spermiogenesis Nucleic Acids Research ·Nicholas Vrettos, Jan Oppelt, Ansgar Zoch, Daniel D. Summerfield, Haruka Yoshida, L. Jenicek, Ryan C. Fink, Dónal O’Carroll, Zissimos P. Mourelatos	2024	8
3	Two-factor authentication underpins the precision of the piRNA pathway Nature ·Anna Maria, Ansgar Zoch, Ксения Павловна Созонова, Shaun Webb, Rebecca V. Berrens, Cou Traquair Lady Theresa Stewart Conyers, Yuka Kabayama, Tania Auchynnikava, C. Ward, Ռուսլան Ցականյան, David J. MacLeod, Xinyu Xiang, Juan Zou, Juri Rappsilber, Robin C. Allshire, Philipp Voigt, Atlanta G. Cook, Joan Barau, Dónal O’Carroll	2024	15
4	SPOCD1 is an essential executor of piRNA-directed de novo DNA methylation Nature ·Ansgar Zoch, Tania Auchynnikava, Rebecca V. Berrens, Yuka Kabayama, Yuya Tawarazako, Pedro Passini Mendonça, Lina Vasiliauskaitė, Yuvia A. Pérez-Rico, Atlanta G. Cook, Alena Shkumatava, Juri Rappsilber, Robin C. Allshire, Dónal O’Carroll	2020	101
5	A programmed wave of uridylation-primed mRNA degradation is essential for meiotic progression and mammalian spermatogenesis Cell Research ·Marcos Morgan, Yuka Kabayama, Christian Much, Ivayla Ivanova, Monica Di Giacomo, Tatsiana Auchynnikava, Jack Monahan, Dimitrios Vitsios, Lina Vasiliauskaitė, Stefano Comazzetto, Juri Rappsilber, Robin C. Allshire, Bo Porse, Anton J. Enright, Dónal O’Carroll	2019	43
6	PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions Nature Reviews Genetics ·Deniz M. Özata, Ildar Gainetdinov, Ansgar Zoch, Dónal O’Carroll, Phillip D. Zamore Hit paper breakdown →	2018	778
7	Terminal uridylyltransferases target RNA viruses as part of the innate immune system Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Jérémie Le Pen, Hongbing Jiang, Tomás Di Domenico, Emma Kneuss, Joanna Kosałka-Węgiel, Christian Leung, Marcos Morgan, Christian Much, Konrad L M Rudolph, Anton J. Enright, Dónal O’Carroll, David Wang, Eric A. Miska	2018	79
8	The RNA uridyltransferase Zcchc6 is expressed in macrophages and impacts innate immune responses PLoS ONE ·G. Scanu, Gregory A. Wasserman, Marcos Morgan, Dónal O’Carroll, Nora-Guadalupe P. Ramirez, Suryaram Gummuluru, Charalambides Charalambides, Adam C. Gower, Michael H. Ieong, Lee J. Quinton, Joseph P. Mizgerd, Matthew R. Jones	2017	15
9	A transit-amplifying population underpins the efficient regenerative capacity of the testis The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Claudia Carrieri, Stefano Comazzetto, Amit Grover, Marcos Morgan, Andreas Buneß, Claus Nerlov, Dónal O’Carroll	2017	52
10	Expression of Piwi protein MIWI2 defines a distinct population of multiciliated cells Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Gregory A. Wasserman, Aleksander D. Szymaniak, Anne Hinds, Kazuko Yamamoto, Hirofumi Kamata, M. J. Audic, Kristie L. Hilliard, Claudia Carrieri, Adam Labadorf, Lee J. Quinton, Xingbin Ai, Xaralabos Varelas, Felicia Chen, Joseph P. Mizgerd, Alan Fine, Dónal O’Carroll, Matthew R. Jones	2017	16
11	Higher-order neural processing tunes motion neurons to visual ecology in three species of hawkmoths Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Anna Stöckl, Dónal O’Carroll, Eric J. Warrant	2017	23
12	Multiple Epigenetic Mechanisms and the piRNA Pathway Enforce LINE1 Silencing during Adult Spermatogenesis Molecular Cell ·Monica Di Giacomo, Stefano Comazzetto, Harpreet K. Saini, Serena Fazio, Claudia Carrieri, Marcos Morgan, Lina Vasiliauskaitė, Vladimı́r Beneš, Anton J. Enright, Dónal O’Carroll	2013	154
13	Quantitative functions of Argonaute proteins in mammalian development Genes & Development ·Dongmei Wang, 贠轶琳, Alf Nucifora, Thomas Lee, Stéphane Houel, Dónal O’Carroll, Alexander Tarakhovsky, Natalie G. Ahn, Rui Yi	2012	141
14	The miR-144/451 locus is required for erythroid homeostasis The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·K. Rasmussen, Salvatore Simmini, Cei Abreu‐Goodger, Nenad Bartoniček, Monica Di Giacomo, Daniel Bilbao, Rastislav Horos, Marieke von Lindern, Anton J. Enright, Dónal O’Carroll	2010	261
15	Conserved vertebrate mir-451 provides a platform for Dicer-independent, Ago2-mediated microRNA biogenesis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jr-Shiuan Yang, Thomas Maurin, Nicolas Robine, K. Rasmussen, Kate L. Jeffrey, Rohit Chandwani, Eirini P. Papapetrou, Michel Sadelain, Dónal O’Carroll, Eric C. Lai	2010	368
16	Reversible Block of Mouse Neural Stem Cell Differentiation in the Absence of Dicer and MicroRNAs PLoS ONE ·Therése Andersson, Christian Scheel Lenta, Stephen N. Sansom, Sumner Mary E, Masahiro Kaneda, James Smith, Dónal O’Carroll, Alexander Tarakhovsky, Frederick J. Livesey	2010	60
17	Dicer-dependent microRNA pathway safeguards regulatory T cell function The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Adrian Liston, Li‐Fan Lu, Dónal O’Carroll, Alexander Tarakhovsky, Alexander Y. Rudensky	2008	330
18	Blimp1 Defines a Progenitor Population that Governs Cellular Input to the Sebaceous Gland Cell ·Valerie Horsley, Dónal O’Carroll, Reuben Tooze, Yasuhide Ohinata, Mitinori Saitou, Tetyana V. Obukhanych, Michel C. Nussenzweig, Alexander Tarakhovsky, Elaine Fuchs	2006	329
19	Morphogenesis in skin is governed by discrete sets of differentially expressed microRNAs Nature Genetics ·Rui Yi, Dónal O’Carroll, H. Amalia Pasolli, Zhihong Zhang, Fred S. Dietrich, Alexander Tarakhovsky, Elaine Fuchs	2006	432
20	The murine polycomb-group genes Ezh1 and Ezh2 map close to Hox gene clusters on mouse Chromosomes 11 and 6 Accession numbers. The genomic Ezh1 (accession number AF104360) and genomic Ezh2 (accession number AF104359) sequences have been deposited in GenBank. The fine mapping data of the murine Ezh1 and Ezh2 loci presented in this study have been submitted to MGD and can be accessed under accession number J:50304.--> Mammalian Genome ·Götz Laible, Andrew R. Haynes, Adline Erima, Dónal O’Carroll, Marie‐Geneviève Mattéi, Paul Denny, Steve D. M. Brown, Thomas Jenuwein	1999	14

About Dónal O’Carroll

Dónal O’Carroll is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Hematology and Reproductive Medicine, having authored 68 papers that have together received 15.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (22 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (18 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (15 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (15 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (14 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (11 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (3.9k citations), Molecular Biology (13.4k citations), Aging (228 citations), Genetics (2.0k citations) and Reproductive Medicine (576 citations). Dónal O’Carroll has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Thomas Jenuwein, Karl Mechtler, Stephen Rea, Monika Lachner, Alexander Tarakhovsky, M. Azim Surani, Susanne Opravil, Michaela Pagani, Sheila C. Barton and Manfred Schmid. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Genes & Development and The Journal of Cell Biology.

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