Loretta Dorstyn

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Loretta Dorstyn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Loretta Dorstyn has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Loretta Dorstyn's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (33 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (9 papers) and interferon and immune responses (6 papers). Loretta Dorstyn is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (33 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (9 papers) and interferon and immune responses (6 papers). Loretta Dorstyn collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Loretta Dorstyn's co-authors include Sharad Kumar, Sonia Shalini, Swati Dawar, Leonie M. Quinn, Helena E. Richardson, Stuart H. Read, Joseph Puccini, Christopher W. Akey, Paul A. Colussi and Lien H. Ho and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Loretta Dorstyn

46 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Old, new and emerging functions of caspases 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Old, new and emerging functions of caspases
    2014 978 citations Sonia Shalini, Loretta Dorstyn et al. Cell Death and Differentiation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Loretta Dorstyn Australia 28 2.5k 748 623 515 372 46 3.5k
Colin Adrain United Kingdom 25 3.1k 1.2× 888 1.2× 581 0.9× 520 1.0× 738 2.0× 44 4.4k
Shigetaka Kitajima Japan 40 2.7k 1.1× 722 1.0× 434 0.7× 629 1.2× 542 1.5× 97 4.3k
Andrea J. Ross United States 14 3.7k 1.5× 748 1.0× 711 1.1× 506 1.0× 751 2.0× 15 4.9k
Shawn B. Bratton United States 28 2.9k 1.1× 575 0.8× 634 1.0× 334 0.6× 572 1.5× 40 3.9k
James F. Tobin United States 31 2.8k 1.1× 627 0.8× 385 0.6× 480 0.9× 309 0.8× 45 4.7k
Tudor Moldoveanu United States 30 3.6k 1.4× 659 0.9× 520 0.8× 1.1k 2.1× 617 1.7× 47 4.7k
Jongsun Park South Korea 35 4.0k 1.6× 657 0.9× 463 0.7× 445 0.9× 591 1.6× 126 5.7k
Stephen Baird Canada 25 3.2k 1.3× 595 0.8× 439 0.7× 266 0.5× 621 1.7× 48 4.1k
Violeta Yu United States 15 3.2k 1.3× 774 1.0× 327 0.5× 352 0.7× 768 2.1× 29 4.4k
Do Hee Lee South Korea 28 2.8k 1.1× 364 0.5× 566 0.9× 846 1.6× 469 1.3× 78 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Loretta Dorstyn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lim, Yoon, Loretta Dorstyn, & Sharad Kumar. (2021). The p53-caspase-2 axis in the cell cycle and DNA damage response. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 53(4). 517–527. 35 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta, Christopher W. Akey, & Sharad Kumar. (2018). New insights into apoptosome structure and function. Cell Death and Differentiation. 25(7). 1194–1208. 167 indexed citations
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Shalini, Sonia, C H Wilson, Joseph Puccini, et al.. (2016). Caspase-2 deficiency accelerates chemically induced liver cancer in mice. Cell Death and Differentiation. 23(10). 1727–1736. 29 indexed citations
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Dawar, Swati, Nur Hezrin Shahrin, Richard J. D’Andrea, et al.. (2016). Impaired haematopoietic stem cell differentiation and enhanced skewing towards myeloid progenitors in aged caspase-2-deficient mice. Cell Death and Disease. 7(12). e2509–e2509. 22 indexed citations
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Wilson, C H, Loretta Dorstyn, & Sharad Kumar. (2016). Fat, sex and caspase-2. Cell Death and Disease. 7(3). e2125–e2125. 3 indexed citations
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Wilson, C H, Sonia Shalini, Aleksandra Filipovska, et al.. (2015). Age-related proteostasis and metabolic alterations in Caspase-2-deficient mice. Cell Death and Disease. 6(1). e1615–e1615. 41 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta, Joseph Puccini, Sonia Shalini, et al.. (2014). An unexpected role for caspase-2 in neuroblastoma. Cell Death and Disease. 5(8). e1383–e1383. 22 indexed citations
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Sandow, Jarrod J., Loretta Dorstyn, Lorraine A. O’Reilly, et al.. (2013). ER stress does not cause upregulation and activation of caspase-2 to initiate apoptosis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 21(3). 475–480. 48 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta, Joseph Puccini, C H Wilson, et al.. (2012). Caspase-2 deficiency promotes aberrant DNA-damage response and genetic instability. Cell Death and Differentiation. 19(8). 1288–1298. 83 indexed citations
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Shalini, Sonia, Loretta Dorstyn, Christopher M. Wilson, et al.. (2012). Impaired antioxidant defence and accumulation of oxidative stress in caspase-2-deficient mice. Cell Death and Differentiation. 19(8). 1370–1380. 70 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta & Sharad Kumar. (2009). Putative functions of caspase-2. F1000 Biology Reports. 1. 96–96. 2 indexed citations
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Ho, Lien H., et al.. (2008). Caspase-2 is required for cell death induced by cytoskeletal disruption. Oncogene. 27(24). 3393–3404. 108 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta & Sharad Kumar. (2007). A biochemical analysis of the activation of the Drosophila caspase DRONC. Cell Death and Differentiation. 15(3). 461–470. 46 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta, et al.. (2007). Molecular determinants of the subcellular localization of the Drosophila Bcl-2 homologues DEBCL and BUFFY. Cell Death and Differentiation. 14(5). 907–915. 26 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta, Kathryn Mills, Yuri Lazebnik, & Sharad Kumar. (2004). The two cytochrome c species, DC3 and DC4, are not required for caspase activation and apoptosis in Drosophila cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 167(3). 405–410. 100 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta, Stuart H. Read, Dimitrios Cakouros, et al.. (2002). The role of cytochrome c in caspase activation in Drosophila melanogaster cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 156(6). 1089–1098. 161 indexed citations
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Harvey, Natasha L., Tasman Daish, Kathryn Mills, et al.. (2001). Characterization of the DrosophilaCaspase, DAMM. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(27). 25342–25350. 70 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta, et al.. (2000). DECAY, a novel Drosophila caspase related to mammalian caspase-3 and caspase-7 (vol 274, pg 30778, 1999). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(20). 2 indexed citations
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Quinn, Leonie M., Loretta Dorstyn, Kathryn Mills, et al.. (2000). An Essential Role for the Caspase Dronc in Developmentally Programmed Cell Death in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(51). 40416–40424. 130 indexed citations
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Dorstyn, Loretta, Stuart H. Read, Leonie M. Quinn, Helena E. Richardson, & Sharad Kumar. (1999). DECAY, a Novel Drosophila Caspase Related to Mammalian Caspase-3 and Caspase-7. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(43). 30778–30783. 109 indexed citations

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