Leona D. Samson

21.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
168 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Leona D. Samson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leona D. Samson has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Cancer Research and 32 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Leona D. Samson's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (118 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (36 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (32 papers). Leona D. Samson is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (118 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (36 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (32 papers). Leona D. Samson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Leona D. Samson's co-authors include John Cairns, Dragony Fu, Jennifer A. Calvo, Scott A. Jelinsky, Bevin P. Engelward, Thomas J. Begley, Mark J. Hickman, Albert Y. Lau, Brian Glassner and G. William Rebeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Leona D. Samson

168 papers receiving 11.7k citations

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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.

SERIES: Genomic instability in cancer Balancing repair and tolerance of DNA damage caused by alkylating agents

2012 696 citations Dragony Fu, Jennifer A. Calvo et al. profile →
A new pathway for DNA repair in Escherichia coli

1977 598 citations Leona D. Samson et al. profile →
The human gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin alkylates DNA

2019 436 citations Matthew R. Wilson, Yindi Jiang et al. Science profile →
Inflammation-induced DNA damage, mutations and cancer

2019 313 citations Jennifer E. Kay, Leona D. Samson et al. DNA repair profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leona D. Samson United States	58	9.6k	2.6k	1.7k	1.4k	839	168	12.0k
William G. Thilly United States	44	5.3k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	904 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	782 0.9×	215	8.4k
Kum Kum Khanna Australia	60	9.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	4.5k 2.7×	1.1k 0.8×	620 0.7×	170	13.0k
Bo Xu China	44	5.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	980 0.7×	298 0.4×	224	8.2k
Nancy H. Colburn United States	67	11.1k 1.2×	5.1k 2.0×	3.2k 1.9×	968 0.7×	778 0.9×	232	15.5k
Karen E. Knudsen United States	61	6.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	4.0k 2.4×	1.2k 0.8×	693 0.8×	169	11.1k
Edward Gabrielson United States	60	9.9k 1.0×	3.1k 1.2×	3.4k 2.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	135	13.7k
Hitoshi Nakagama Japan	55	7.6k 0.8×	3.9k 1.5×	3.3k 2.0×	625 0.4×	759 0.9×	219	11.1k
Nobuyuki Ito Japan	53	4.7k 0.5×	3.0k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	513 0.4×	805 1.0×	344	10.1k
S. Perwez Hussain United States	49	5.5k 0.6×	3.0k 1.2×	3.8k 2.2×	858 0.6×	858 1.0×	100	11.5k
Robert W. Sobol United States	53	7.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	500 0.3×	594 0.7×	166	9.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Armijo, Amanda L., Bogdan I. Fedeles, Jennifer E. Kay, et al.. (2023). Molecular origins of mutational spectra produced by the environmental carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine and SN1 chemotherapeutic agents. NAR Cancer. 5(2). zcad015–zcad015. 9 indexed citations

Cox, Thomas C., Marcos Paulo Machado Thomé, Ruan Elliott, et al.. (2022). A DNA repair-independent role for alkyladenine DNA glycosylase in alkylation-induced unfolded protein response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(9). 9 indexed citations

Ge, Jing, Jennifer E. Kay, Patrizia Mazzucato, et al.. (2021). CometChip enables parallel analysis of multiple DNA repair activities. DNA repair. 106. 103176–103176. 9 indexed citations

Bordin, Diana L., Alessandro Brambilla, Sarah L. Fordyce Martin, et al.. (2019). Alkyladenine DNA glycosylase associates with transcription elongation to coordinate DNA repair with gene expression. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5460–5460. 27 indexed citations

Wilson, Matthew R., Yindi Jiang, Peter W. Villalta, et al.. (2019). The human gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin alkylates DNA. Science. 363(6428). 436 indexed citations breakdown →

Chaim, Isaac A., et al.. (2018). Nitric oxide induced S-nitrosation causes base excision repair imbalance. DNA repair. 68. 25–33. 17 indexed citations

Nagel, Zachary D., Gaspar J. Kitange, Shiv K. Gupta, et al.. (2016). DNA Repair Capacity in Multiple Pathways Predicts Chemoresistance in Glioblastoma Multiforme. Cancer Research. 77(1). 198–206. 102 indexed citations

McFaline‐Figueroa, José L., Christian Braun, Monica Stanciu, et al.. (2015). Minor Changes in Expression of the Mismatch Repair Protein MSH2 Exert a Major Impact on Glioblastoma Response to Temozolomide. Cancer Research. 75(15). 3127–3138. 91 indexed citations

Fu, Dragony, et al.. (2015). The interaction between ALKBH2 DNA repair enzyme and PCNA is direct, mediated by the hydrophobic pocket of PCNA and perturbed in naturally-occurring ALKBH2 variants. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations

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Nagel, Zachary D., Carrie M. Margulies, Isaac A. Chaim, et al.. (2014). Multiplexed DNA repair assays for multiple lesions and multiple doses via transcription inhibition and transcriptional mutagenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(18). E1823–32. 105 indexed citations

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Mazumder, Aprotim, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide single-cell-level screen for protein abundance and localization changes in response to DNA damage in S. cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(20). 9310–9324. 31 indexed citations

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Calvo, Jennifer A., Lisiane B. Meira, Chun‐Yue I. Lee, et al.. (2012). DNA repair is indispensable for survival after acute inflammation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(7). 2680–2689. 64 indexed citations

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Fu, Dragony & Leona D. Samson. (2011). Direct repair of 3,N[superscript 4]-ethenocytosine by the human ALKBH2 dioxygenase is blocked by the AAG/MPG glycosylase. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Lingaraju, Gondichatnahalli M., Maria Kartalou, Lisiane B. Meira, & Leona D. Samson. (2008). Substrate specificity and sequence-dependent activity of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase (Mag). DNA repair. 7(6). 970–982. 10 indexed citations

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Hofseth, Lorne J., Mohammed Abdul Sattar Khan, Mark Ambrose, et al.. (2003). The adaptive imbalance in base excision–repair enzymes generates microsatellite instability in chronic inflammation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(12). 1887–1894. 18 indexed citations

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Hofseth, Lorne J., Khan Ma, Mark Ambrose, et al.. (2003). The adaptive imbalance in base excision–repair enzymes generates microsatellite instability in chronic inflammation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(12). 1887–1894. 170 indexed citations

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Lau, Albert Y., Brian Glassner, Leona D. Samson, et al.. (2001). Molecular basis for discriminating between normal and damaged bases by the human alkyladenine glycosylase, AAG. 14(3). 142–147. 8 indexed citations

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Sander, Miriam, et al.. (2000). Great leaps forward: translesion synthesis gets unstalled. Trends in Cell Biology. 10(4). 159–162. 1 indexed citations

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Jelinsky, Scott A., Preston W. Estep, George M. Church, & Leona D. Samson. (2000). Regulatory Networks Revealed by Transcriptional Profiling of Damaged Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells: Rpn4 Links Base Excision Repair with Proteasomes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(21). 8157–8167. 276 indexed citations

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Xiao, Wei, et al.. (1993). A Common Element Involved in Transcriptional Regulation of Two DNA Alkylation Repair Genes ( MAG and MGT1 ) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(12). 7213–7221. 14 indexed citations

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