Kevin Blighe

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Kevin Blighe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Blighe has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cancer Research and 7 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kevin Blighe's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (5 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers). Kevin Blighe is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (5 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers). Kevin Blighe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Kevin Blighe's co-authors include David S. Guttery, Jacqui Shaw, R. Charles Coombes, Karen Page, Justin Stebbing, Costantino Pitzalis, Robert Haas, Danilo Cucchi, Frances Humby and Sarah E. Headland and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Blighe

38 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Lactate Buildup at the Site of Chronic Inflammation Promotes Disease by Inducing CD4+ T Cell Metabolic Rewiring

2019 386 citations Valentina Pucino, Michelangelo Certo et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Blighe United Kingdom	17	539	511	265	201	190	40	1.3k
Krzysztof Goryca Poland	19	762 1.4×	326 0.6×	283 1.1×	128 0.6×	217 1.1×	69	1.3k
Hatice Gülçin Özer United States	19	867 1.6×	363 0.7×	205 0.8×	149 0.7×	92 0.5×	61	1.6k
Francesca Galuppini Italy	23	509 0.9×	387 0.8×	362 1.4×	95 0.5×	207 1.1×	71	1.4k
Régis Masson France	16	627 1.2×	496 1.0×	401 1.5×	334 1.7×	145 0.8×	19	1.6k
Jingsong Wang China	23	729 1.4×	209 0.4×	247 0.9×	216 1.1×	129 0.7×	81	1.4k
Ying Jiang China	23	1000 1.9×	540 1.1×	606 2.3×	158 0.8×	212 1.1×	76	1.9k
Xuedong Wang China	18	568 1.1×	300 0.6×	356 1.3×	124 0.6×	184 1.0×	50	1.3k
Pawan Kumar United States	24	869 1.6×	408 0.8×	761 2.9×	303 1.5×	162 0.9×	64	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Blighe

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20 of 20 papers shown

Román-Trufero, Mónica, Kevin Blighe, Paula Saavedra-García, et al.. (2025). An ISR-independent role of GCN2 prevents excessive ribosome biogenesis and mRNA translation. Life Science Alliance. 8(5). e202403014–e202403014.

Baranes, Koby, S.M. Jamshedur Rahman, Wei‐Li Kuan, et al.. (2023). Transcription factor combinations that define human astrocyte identity encode significant variation of maturity and function. Glia. 71(8). 1870–1889. 8 indexed citations

Jasani, Bharat, Philippe Tanière, Hans‐Ulrich Schildhaus, et al.. (2023). Global Ring Study to Investigate the Comparability of Total Assay Performance of Commercial Claudin 18 Antibodies for Evaluation in Gastric Cancer. Laboratory Investigation. 104(1). 100284–100284. 14 indexed citations

Mencias, Mark, et al.. (2021). Circulating miRNAs as Biomarkers for Mitochondrial Neuro-Gastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(7). 3681–3681. 5 indexed citations

Opzoomer, James W., Kevin Blighe, Thanos P. Mourikis, et al.. (2021). ImmunoCluster provides a computational framework for the nonspecialist to profile high-dimensional cytometry data. eLife. 10. 10 indexed citations

Brennan, Paul, Dewar Finlay, Kevin Blighe, et al.. (2021). Assessment of the conjunctival microcirculation for patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction compared to healthy controls. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7660–7660. 14 indexed citations

Gurudas, Sarega, Manjula D. Nugawela, A Toby Prevost, et al.. (2021). Development and validation of resource-driven risk prediction models for incident chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13654–13654. 7 indexed citations

Honardoost, Maryam, et al.. (2021). Large contribution of copy number alterations in early stage of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 135. 104584–104584. 5 indexed citations

Honardoost, Maryam, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive transcriptomic analysis of papillary thyroid cancer: potential biomarkers associated with tumor progression. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 43(7). 911–923. 16 indexed citations

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Christie, Kathleen A., Caroline Conway, Kevin Blighe, et al.. (2020). Mutation-Independent Allele-Specific Editing by CRISPR-Cas9, a Novel Approach to Treat Autosomal Dominant Disease. Molecular Therapy. 28(8). 1846–1857. 17 indexed citations

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Pucino, Valentina, Michelangelo Certo, Vinay Bulusu, et al.. (2019). Lactate Buildup at the Site of Chronic Inflammation Promotes Disease by Inducing CD4+ T Cell Metabolic Rewiring. Cell Metabolism. 30(6). 1055–1074.e8. 386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kachroo, Priyadarshini, Rachel S. Kelly, Hooman Mirzakhani, et al.. (2019). Fish oil supplementation during pregnancy is protective against asthma/wheeze in offspring. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice. 8(1). 388–391.e2. 4 indexed citations

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Blighe, Kevin, Larry DeDionisio, Kathleen A. Christie, et al.. (2018). Gene editing in the context of an increasingly complex genome. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 595–595. 7 indexed citations

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Kelly, Rachel S., Bo Chawes, Kevin Blighe, et al.. (2018). An Integrative Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Study of Lung Function in Children With Asthma. CHEST Journal. 154(2). 335–348. 51 indexed citations

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Blighe, Kevin, Bo Chawes, Rachel S. Kelly, et al.. (2017). Vitamin D prenatal programming of childhood metabolomics profiles at age 3 y. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 106(4). 1092–1099. 34 indexed citations

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Robinson, Mark E., Philippa C. May, Leandro Castellano, et al.. (2017). Lineage-Specific Genes Are Prominent DNA Damage Hotspots during Leukemic Transformation of B Cell Precursors. Cell Reports. 18(7). 1687–1698. 13 indexed citations

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Kelly, Rachel S., Bo Chawes, Natalia Palacios, et al.. (2017). Applications of metabolomics in the study and management of preeclampsia: a review of the literature. Metabolomics. 13(7). 26 indexed citations

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Blighe, Kevin, Laura Kenny, Naina Patel, et al.. (2014). Whole Genome Sequence Analysis Suggests Intratumoral Heterogeneity in Dissemination of Breast Cancer to Lymph Nodes. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115346–e115346. 16 indexed citations

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Page, Karen, David S. Guttery, Lindsay Primrose, et al.. (2013). Influence of Plasma Processing on Recovery and Analysis of Circulating Nucleic Acids. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77963–e77963. 152 indexed citations

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Page, Karen, Natasha Hava, Brian Ward, et al.. (2011). Detection of HER2 amplification in circulating free DNA in patients with breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 104(8). 1342–1348. 68 indexed citations

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