Kirk Mykytyn

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Kirk Mykytyn is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Mykytyn has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Genetics, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kirk Mykytyn's work include Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (28 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (18 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (13 papers). Kirk Mykytyn is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (28 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (18 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (13 papers). Kirk Mykytyn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Italy. Kirk Mykytyn's co-authors include Jacqueline S. Lewis, Candice C. Askwith, Nicolas F. Berbari, Georgia A. Bishop, Val C. Sheffield, Jill A. Green, Søren T. Christensen, Saikat Mukhopadhyay, Lotte B. Pedersen and Zeinab Anvarian and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Mykytyn

36 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Cellular signalling by primary cilia in development, organ function and disease

2019 547 citations Zeinab Anvarian, Kirk Mykytyn et al. Nature Reviews Nephrology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirk Mykytyn United States	24	3.2k	2.8k	708	370	333	36	3.9k
Nicolas F. Berbari United States	22	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	549 0.8×	260 0.7×	239 0.7×	47	2.7k
Chérif Beldjord France	30	1.3k 0.4×	2.5k 0.9×	698 1.0×	686 1.9×	453 1.4×	59	4.3k
Dan Doherty United States	30	1.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	436 0.6×	296 0.8×	946 2.8×	73	3.5k
Angeliki Louvi United States	31	1.1k 0.3×	2.4k 0.9×	378 0.5×	520 1.4×	221 0.7×	43	4.0k
Pierre Billuart France	30	1.1k 0.3×	2.4k 0.8×	769 1.1×	887 2.4×	198 0.6×	63	3.8k
Joseph G. Gleeson United States	20	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	531 0.8×	185 0.5×	498 1.5×	25	2.3k
G. Giacomo Consalez Italy	35	667 0.2×	2.0k 0.7×	371 0.5×	723 2.0×	151 0.5×	93	3.3k
Hanno J. Bolz Germany	32	940 0.3×	2.6k 0.9×	399 0.6×	366 1.0×	106 0.3×	100	3.5k
Daryl A. Scott United States	32	1.0k 0.3×	1.9k 0.7×	177 0.3×	205 0.6×	313 0.9×	97	3.9k
Ági K. Gedeon Australia	30	2.0k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	367 0.5×	404 1.1×	92 0.3×	53	3.5k

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Mykytyn, Kirk, et al.. (2024). Primary cilia and gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research. 34. 100504–100504. 1 indexed citations

Mykytyn, Kirk, et al.. (2023). Ciliary signaling proteins are mislocalized in the brains of Bardet-Biedl syndrome 1-null mice. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 1092161–1092161. 11 indexed citations

Tachibana, Yuki, et al.. (2020). HTR6 and SSTR3 ciliary targeting relies on both IC3 loops and C-terminal tails. Life Science Alliance. 4(3). e202000746–e202000746. 23 indexed citations

Thomas, Justin, Louisa Mezache, Kirk Mykytyn, et al.. (2020). Super-Resolution Imaging Using a Novel High-Fidelity Antibody Reveals Close Association of the Neuronal Sodium Channel Na_V1.6 with Ryanodine Receptors in Cardiac Muscle. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 26(1). 157–165. 14 indexed citations

Anvarian, Zeinab, Kirk Mykytyn, Saikat Mukhopadhyay, Lotte B. Pedersen, & Søren T. Christensen. (2019). Cellular signalling by primary cilia in development, organ function and disease. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 15(4). 199–219. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

Molla‐Herman, Anahi, et al.. (2019). Monitoring β-Arrestin 2 Targeting to the Centrosome, Basal Body, and Primary Cilium by Fluorescence Microscopy. Methods in molecular biology. 1957. 271–289. 4 indexed citations

Guo, Jiami, James M. Otis, Holden Higginbotham, et al.. (2017). Primary Cilia Signaling Shapes the Development of Interneuronal Connectivity. Developmental Cell. 42(3). 286–300.e4. 86 indexed citations

Green, Jill A., et al.. (2015). Recruitment of β-Arrestin into Neuronal Cilia Modulates Somatostatin Receptor Subtype 3 Ciliary Localization. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 36(1). 223–235. 51 indexed citations

Green, Jill A. & Kirk Mykytyn. (2013). Neuronal Primary Cilia: An Underappreciated Signaling and Sensory Organelle in the Brain. Neuropsychopharmacology. 39(1). 244–245. 41 indexed citations

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Green, Jill A., Chen Gu, & Kirk Mykytyn. (2012). Heteromerization of Ciliary G Protein-Coupled Receptors in the Mouse Brain. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e46304–e46304. 37 indexed citations

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Domire, Jacqueline S., et al.. (2010). Dopamine receptor 1 localizes to neuronal cilia in a dynamic process that requires the Bardet-Biedl syndrome proteins. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 68(17). 2951–2960. 172 indexed citations

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Bishop, Georgia A., Nicolas F. Berbari, Jacqueline S. Lewis, & Kirk Mykytyn. (2007). Type III adenylyl cyclase localizes to primary cilia throughout the adult mouse brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 505(5). 562–571. 255 indexed citations

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Berbari, Nicolas F., Georgia A. Bishop, Candice C. Askwith, Jacqueline S. Lewis, & Kirk Mykytyn. (2007). Hippocampal neurons possess primary cilia in culture. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 85(5). 1095–1100. 90 indexed citations

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Iannaccone, Alessandro, Kirk Mykytyn, Antonio M. Persico, et al.. (2005). Clinical evidence of decreased olfaction in Bardet-Biedl syndrome caused by a deletion in theBBS4Gene. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 132A(4). 343–346. 49 indexed citations

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Mykytyn, Kirk, Robert F. Mullins, Michael Andrews, et al.. (2004). Bardet–Biedl syndrome type 4 (BBS4)-null mice implicate Bbs4 in flagella formation but not global cilia assembly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(23). 8664–8669. 268 indexed citations

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Mykytyn, Kirk & Val C. Sheffield. (2004). Establishing a connection between cilia and Bardet–Biedl Syndrome. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 10(3). 106–109. 64 indexed citations

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Mykytyn, Kirk, Darryl Nishimura, Charles Searby, et al.. (2002). Identification of the gene (BBS1) most commonly involved in Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a complex human obesity syndrome. Nature Genetics. 31(4). 435–438. 258 indexed citations

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Mykytyn, Kirk, Terry A. Braun, Rivka Carmi, et al.. (2001). Identification of the gene that, when mutated, causes the human obesity syndrome BBS4. Nature Genetics. 28(2). 188–191. 200 indexed citations

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Elsea, Sarah H., Kirk Mykytyn, Katherine Ferrell, et al.. (1999). Hemizygosity for the COP9 signalosome subunit gene,SGN3, in the Smith-Magenis syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 87(4). 342–348. 26 indexed citations

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Mykytyn, Kirk, et al.. (1993). DNA polymorphism in cytokine genes based on length variation in simple-sequence tandem repeats. Immunogenetics. 38(4). 251–7. 17 indexed citations

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