Ilan Stein

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Ilan Stein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilan Stein has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Ilan Stein's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (4 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (3 papers). Ilan Stein is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (4 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (3 papers). Ilan Stein collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Ilan Stein's co-authors include Eli Pikarsky, Yinon Ben‐Neriah, Rinat Abramovitch, Rinnat M. Porat, Sharon Amit, Simcha Urieli-Shoval, Eithan Galun, Eli Keshet, Ahuva Itin and Michal Neeman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ilan Stein

29 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

NF-κB functions as a tumour promoter in inflammation-associated cancer

2004 2.1k citations Eli Pikarsky, Rinnat M. Porat et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ilan Stein Israel	21	2.6k	1.6k	968	956	406	31	4.5k
Salvatore Papa United States	28	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	889 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	420 1.0×	51	4.5k
Francesca Zazzeroni Italy	35	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	566 1.4×	96	5.3k
Pengyuan Yang China	35	3.4k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	816 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	525 1.3×	113	5.4k
Susan R. Pfeffer United States	24	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	315 0.8×	34	4.0k
Latifa Bakiri Austria	37	2.5k 0.9×	799 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	699 0.7×	473 1.2×	79	4.2k
Concetta Bubici United States	21	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	756 0.8×	822 0.9×	341 0.8×	29	3.8k
Kai Breuhahn Germany	41	3.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	577 0.6×	530 1.3×	128	5.2k
Xiaojie Lu China	34	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	758 0.8×	613 0.6×	518 1.3×	113	3.8k
Da Fu China	40	3.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	922 1.0×	567 0.6×	331 0.8×	165	5.0k
Zhong Chen United States	36	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	812 0.8×	265 0.7×	74	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ilan Stein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ilan Stein

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

All Works

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Mayorek, Nina, Nir Pillar, Ilan Stein, et al.. (2025). L-2-hydroxyglutarate regulates centromere and heterochromatin conformation in the male germline. PLoS Genetics. 21(7). e1011785–e1011785.

Stolovich-Rain, Miri, Agnes Klochendler, Shira Anzi, et al.. (2023). Extensive elimination of acinar cells during normal postnatal pancreas growth. Cell Reports. 42(12). 113457–113457. 1 indexed citations

Malakar, Pushkar, Ilan Stein, Amijai Saragovi, et al.. (2019). Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Regulates Cancer Glucose Metabolism by Enhancing mTOR-Mediated Translation of TCF7L2. Cancer Research. 79(10). 2480–2493. 140 indexed citations

Malakar, Pushkar, Asaf Shilo, Ilan Stein, et al.. (2016). Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development by SRSF1 Upregulation and mTOR Activation. Cancer Research. 77(5). 1155–1167. 259 indexed citations

Singh, Nitin K., et al.. (2016). Identification and gene‐silencing of a putative odorant receptor transcription factor in V arroa destructor : possible role in olfaction. Insect Molecular Biology. 25(2). 181–190. 15 indexed citations

Stein, Ilan, et al.. (2015). Restoring inflammatory balance as a potential preventive strategy for inflammation induced cancer. OncoImmunology. 4(11). e1039764–e1039764. 4 indexed citations

Meir, Karen, et al.. (2015). High SEPT9_i1 Protein Expression Is Associated with High-Grade Prostate Cancers. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0124251–e0124251. 18 indexed citations

Samarin, Jana, Vibor Laketa, Mona Malz, et al.. (2015). PI3K/AKT/mTOR‐dependent stabilization of oncogenic far‐upstream element binding proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Hepatology. 63(3). 813–826. 55 indexed citations

Stein, Ilan, Yair Klieger, Rinnat M. Porat, et al.. (2014). Acquisition of an immunosuppressive protumorigenic macrophage phenotype depending on c-Jun phosphorylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(49). 17582–17587. 47 indexed citations

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Shilo, Asaf, Ilan Stein, Eli Pikarsky, et al.. (2014). Splicing factor hnRNP A2 activates the Ras-MAPK-ERK pathway by controlling A-Raf splicing in hepatocellular carcinoma development. RNA. 20(4). 505–515. 86 indexed citations

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Pusterla, Tobias, Júlia Németh, Ilan Stein, et al.. (2013). Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) is a key regulator of oval cell activation and inflammation-associated liver carcinogenesis in mice. Hepatology. 58(1). 363–373. 77 indexed citations

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Perets, Ruth, Tommy Kaplan, Ilan Stein, et al.. (2012). Genome-Wide Analysis of Androgen Receptor Targets Reveals COUP-TF1 as a Novel Player in Human Prostate Cancer. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46467–e46467. 16 indexed citations

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Darash‐Yahana, Merav, John W. Gillespie, Stephen M. Hewitt, et al.. (2009). The Chemokine CXCL16 and Its Receptor, CXCR6, as Markers and Promoters of Inflammation-Associated Cancers. PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6695–e6695. 113 indexed citations

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Niv, Masha Y., Jacob Cohen, Tamar Licht, et al.. (2004). Sequence-based Design of Kinase Inhibitors Applicable for Therapeutics and Target Identification. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(2). 1242–1255. 38 indexed citations

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Pikarsky, Eli, Rinnat M. Porat, Ilan Stein, et al.. (2004). NF-κB functions as a tumour promoter in inflammation-associated cancer. Nature. 431(7007). 461–466. 2062 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abramovitch, Rinat, Michal Neeman, Reuven Reich, et al.. (1998). Intercellular communication between vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells mediated by heparin‐binding epidermal growth factor‐like growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor. FEBS Letters. 425(3). 441–447. 76 indexed citations

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Stein, Ilan, Michal Neeman, Dorit Shweiki, Ahuva Itin, & Eli Keshet. (1995). Stabilization of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor mRNA by Hypoxia and Hypoglycemia and Coregulation with Other Ischemia-Induced Genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(10). 5363–5368. 385 indexed citations

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Stein, Ilan, Yoav Peleg, Sharona Even‐Ram, & Ophry Pines. (1994). The single translation product of the FUM1 gene (fumarase) is processed in mitochondria before being distributed between the cytosol and mitochondria in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(7). 4770–4778. 97 indexed citations

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Stein, Ilan, Yoav Peleg, Sharona Even‐Ram, & Ophry Pines. (1994). The Single Translation Product of the FUM1 Gene (Fumarase) Is Processed in Mitochondria before Being Distributed between the Cytosol and Mitochondria in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(7). 4770–4778. 27 indexed citations

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Stein, Ilan, et al.. (1968). Metastatic tumor of the thumb from adenocarcinoma of the colon.. PubMed. 49(3). 217–21. 10 indexed citations

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