Esther Mak

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 943 citations indexed

About

Esther Mak is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Esther Mak has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 943 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Biochemistry, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Esther Mak's work include Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (5 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (2 papers). Esther Mak is often cited by papers focused on Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (5 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (2 papers). Esther Mak collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Russia. Esther Mak's co-authors include Mireille Ouimet, Xianghai Liao, Vivian Franklin, Ira Tabas, Yves L. Marcel, Kai Ge, Marjorie Brand, F. Jeffrey Dilworth, Stephen J. Tapscott and Shravanti Rampalli and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cell Metabolism and Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Esther Mak

8 papers receiving 940 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Autophagy Regulates Cholesterol Efflux from Macrophage Foam Cells via Lysosomal Acid Lipase

2011 590 citations Mireille Ouimet, Vivian Franklin et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Esther Mak Canada	5	494	400	165	164	147	8	943
Christian Bindesbøll Norway	16	480 1.0×	231 0.6×	105 0.6×	56 0.3×	118 0.8×	23	839
Kamal D. Mehta United States	18	607 1.2×	141 0.4×	107 0.6×	35 0.2×	198 1.3×	45	963
Jibin Dong China	18	553 1.1×	96 0.2×	84 0.5×	65 0.4×	132 0.9×	38	809
Anne Fougerat France	14	578 1.2×	250 0.6×	162 1.0×	25 0.2×	98 0.7×	21	1.0k
Nai-Wen Chi United States	11	704 1.4×	218 0.5×	108 0.7×	27 0.2×	104 0.7×	11	1.1k
Jenny D.Y. Chow Australia	15	504 1.0×	179 0.4×	109 0.7×	36 0.2×	60 0.4×	17	930
Daniel Rodrı́guez-Agudo United States	19	484 1.0×	179 0.4×	102 0.6×	138 0.8×	427 2.9×	32	872
Dongning Pan China	19	591 1.2×	362 0.9×	88 0.5×	97 0.6×	67 0.5×	32	1.1k
Jee Hyung Sohn South Korea	13	241 0.5×	322 0.8×	173 1.0×	83 0.5×	56 0.4×	18	762
Makoto Nishizuka Japan	22	730 1.5×	194 0.5×	57 0.3×	70 0.4×	62 0.4×	52	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Esther Mak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Esther Mak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esther Mak

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Robichaud, Sabrina, Adil Rasheed, Lara Gharibeh, et al.. (2022). Autophagy is differentially regulated in leukocyte and nonleukocyte foam cells during atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 355. 75–76. 1 indexed citations

2.

Ouimet, Mireille, Sabrina Robichaud, Adil Rasheed, et al.. (2021). IMPAIRED AUTOPHAGY IN ARTERIAL FOAM CELL POPULATIONS DURING ATHEROSCLEROSIS. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 37(10). S24–S24. 1 indexed citations

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Robichaud, Sabrina, Esther Mak, David P. Cook, et al.. (2021). Identification of novel lipid droplet factors that regulate lipophagy and cholesterol efflux in macrophage foam cells. Autophagy. 17(11). 3671–3689. 146 indexed citations

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Robichaud, Sabrina, Esther Mak, Donald N. Cook, et al.. (2021). Identification of novel lipid droplet factors that regulate autophagy and cholesterol efflux in macrophage foam cells. Atherosclerosis. 331. e2–e2. 1 indexed citations

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Deeke, Shelley A., et al.. (2018). Expression of murine muscle-enriched A-type lamin-interacting protein (MLIP) is regulated by tissue-specific alternative transcription start sites. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(51). 19761–19770. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Jessica, Esther Mak, Stephanie Thorn, et al.. (2015). Deletion of MLIP (Muscle-enriched A-type Lamin-interacting Protein) Leads to Cardiac Hyperactivation of Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) and Impaired Cardiac Adaptation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(44). 26699–26714. 23 indexed citations

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Ouimet, Mireille, Vivian Franklin, Esther Mak, et al.. (2011). Autophagy Regulates Cholesterol Efflux from Macrophage Foam Cells via Lysosomal Acid Lipase. Cell Metabolism. 13(6). 655–667. 590 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rampalli, Shravanti, Esther Mak, Kai Ge, et al.. (2007). p38 MAPK signaling regulates recruitment of Ash2L-containing methyltransferase complexes to specific genes during differentiation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 14(12). 1150–1156. 173 indexed citations

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