Irene Hunter

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Irene Hunter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Irene Hunter has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 10 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Irene Hunter's work include Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (10 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (6 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (5 papers). Irene Hunter is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (10 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (6 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (5 papers). Irene Hunter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Irene Hunter's co-authors include Konrad Beck, Jürgen Engel, Graeme F. Nixon, David Skerrow, Therese Schulthess, Simon P. Robins, Björn Öbrink, Peter Vandenabeele, David J. MacEwan and Iain J. McEwan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Irene Hunter

35 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Structure and function of laminin: anatomy of a multidomain glycoprotein

1990 681 citations Konrad Beck, Irene Hunter et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irene Hunter United Kingdom	20	864	575	490	230	165	35	1.7k
Arjan van der Flier United States	18	1.3k 1.5×	912 1.6×	767 1.6×	220 1.0×	149 0.9×	36	2.3k
Oran Ayalon Israel	11	1.0k 1.2×	371 0.6×	434 0.9×	276 1.2×	168 1.0×	13	1.6k
Sarita K. Sastry United States	16	1.1k 1.3×	941 1.6×	860 1.8×	265 1.2×	78 0.5×	21	2.1k
Alan J. Russell United States	23	1.2k 1.4×	506 0.9×	784 1.6×	252 1.1×	163 1.0×	64	2.4k
Susan E. LaFlamme United States	24	930 1.1×	1.1k 1.9×	882 1.8×	202 0.9×	88 0.5×	39	1.9k
Mark R. Morgan United Kingdom	23	949 1.1×	725 1.3×	985 2.0×	150 0.7×	167 1.0×	42	2.2k
John Muschler United States	24	1.2k 1.4×	653 1.1×	590 1.2×	166 0.7×	178 1.1×	38	2.1k
William D. Staatz United States	21	1.2k 1.4×	899 1.6×	851 1.7×	150 0.7×	251 1.5×	28	2.6k
Mark D. Bass United Kingdom	23	1.1k 1.3×	902 1.6×	1.4k 2.9×	153 0.7×	143 0.9×	33	2.4k
Martin Sandig Canada	24	642 0.7×	335 0.6×	322 0.7×	205 0.9×	127 0.8×	44	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irene Hunter

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Hunter, Irene, Craig Jamieson, & Iain J. McEwan. (2025). The androgen receptor amino-terminal domain: structure, function and therapeutic potential. PubMed. 5(1). e240061–e240061. 2 indexed citations

Hunter, Irene, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insights into steroid hormone-mediated regulation of the androgen receptor gene. PLoS ONE. 19(8). e0304183–e0304183. 1 indexed citations

Riley, Christopher M., et al.. (2023). Current and emerging approaches to noncompetitive AR inhibition. Medicinal Research Reviews. 43(5). 1701–1747. 8 indexed citations

Monaghan, Amy E., et al.. (2022). Development of a High-Throughput Screening Assay for Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Androgen Receptor Splice Variants. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 20(3). 111–124. 5 indexed citations

Hunter, Irene, et al.. (2017). Tissue control of androgen action: The ups and downs of androgen receptor expression. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 465. 27–35. 36 indexed citations

Szulc, Elzbieta, Claudio Di Sanza, Paula Martínez-Cristóbal, et al.. (2017). Regulation of Androgen Receptor Activity by Transient Interactions of Its Transactivation Domain with General Transcription Regulators. Structure. 26(1). 145–152.e3. 35 indexed citations

Lang, Bing, Lei Zhang, Guanyu Jiang, et al.. (2016). Control of cortex development by ULK4, a rare risk gene for mental disorders including schizophrenia. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31126–31126. 25 indexed citations

Hay, C. R. M., Irene Hunter, Alasdair MacKenzie, & Iain J. McEwan. (2015). An Sp1 Modulated Regulatory Region Unique to Higher Primates Regulates Human Androgen Receptor Promoter Activity in Prostate Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0139990–e0139990. 17 indexed citations

Hay, C. R. M., Kate Watt, Irene Hunter, et al.. (2014). Negative Regulation of the Androgen Receptor Gene Through a Primate-Specific Androgen Response Element Present in the 5′ UTR. Hormones and Cancer. 5(5). 299–311. 13 indexed citations

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Lang, Bing, Jin Pu, Irene Hunter, et al.. (2013). Recurrent deletions of ULK4 in schizophrenia: a novel gene crucial for neuritogenesis and neuronal motility. Journal of Cell Science. 127(Pt 3). 630–40. 63 indexed citations

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Hunter, Irene, et al.. (2011). A phospholipase C 1-activated pathway regulates transcription in human vascular smooth muscle cells. Cardiovascular Research. 90(3). 557–564. 10 indexed citations

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Simon, Anna Katharina, Fiona C. Shenton, Irene Hunter, Robert W. Banks, & Guy S. Bewick. (2009). Amiloride‐sensitive channels are a major contributor to mechanotransduction in mammalian muscle spindles. The Journal of Physiology. 588(1). 171–185. 75 indexed citations

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Nixon, Graeme F., et al.. (2007). The multi-functional role of sphingosylphosphorylcholine. Progress in Lipid Research. 47(1). 62–75. 79 indexed citations

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Hunter, Irene & Graeme F. Nixon. (2006). Spatial Compartmentalization of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Receptor 1-dependent Signaling Pathways in Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(45). 34705–34715. 80 indexed citations

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McFarlane, Shona M., Orla J. Jupp, Irene Hunter, et al.. (2001). Stimulation of stress-activated but not mitogen-activated protein kinases by tumour necrosis factor receptor subtypes in airway smooth muscle. Biochemical Pharmacology. 61(6). 749–759. 26 indexed citations

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Scheven, Ben A., John S. Milne, Irene Hunter, & Simon P. Robins. (1999). Macrophage-Inflammatory Protein-1α Regulates Preosteoclast Differentiationin Vitro. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 254(3). 773–778. 56 indexed citations

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Hunter, Irene, Kristmundur Sigmundsson, Nicole Beauchemin, & Björn Öbrink. (1998). The cell adhesion molecule C‐CAM is a substrate for tissue transglutaminase. FEBS Letters. 425(1). 141–144. 10 indexed citations

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Hunter, Irene, Monica Lindh, & Björn Öbrink. (1994). Differential regulation of C-CAM isoforms in epithelial cells. Journal of Cell Science. 107(5). 1205–1216. 19 indexed citations

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Hunter, Irene, Therese Schulthess, M Bruch, Konrad Beck, & Jürgen Engel. (1990). Evidence for a specific mechanism of laminin assembly. European Journal of Biochemistry. 188(2). 205–211. 39 indexed citations

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Hunter, Irene & David Skerrow. (1989). Relationship of the final α-keratin compositions in dyskeratoses to those along the normal keratinization pathway: aetiological and diagnostic significance. British Journal of Dermatology. 120(3). 363–369. 5 indexed citations

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