Lynette C. Foo

9.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
26 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Lynette C. Foo is a scholar working on Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lynette C. Foo has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Neurology, 12 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lynette C. Foo's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (13 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers). Lynette C. Foo is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (13 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers). Lynette C. Foo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Singapore. Lynette C. Foo's co-authors include Ben A. Barres, Jennifer Zamanian, Lu Zhou, Navid Nouri, Lijun Xu, Rona G. Giffard, Ben Emery, Sergey A. Krupenko, Amit Kaushal and Wesley J. Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Lynette C. Foo

23 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

A Transcriptome Database for Astrocytes, Neurons, and Oligodendrocytes: A New Resource for Understanding Brain Development and Function

2008 2.4k citations Ben Emery, Amit Kaushal et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Genomic Analysis of Reactive Astrogliosis

2012 1.8k citations Jennifer Zamanian, Lijun Xu et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Astrocytes mediate synapse elimination through MEGF10 and MERTK pathways

2013 1000 citations Won‐Suk Chung, Laura Clarke et al. Nature profile →
Astrocyte glypicans 4 and 6 promote formation of excitatory synapses via GluA1 AMPA receptors

2012 558 citations Nicola J. Allen, Mariko L. Bennett et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lynette C. Foo United States	16	3.2k	3.0k	2.3k	1.9k	966	26	7.0k
Christine Caneda United States	7	2.5k 0.8×	3.6k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	7	7.0k
Jennifer Zamanian United States	5	3.0k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	816 0.8×	5	6.0k
Steven A. Sloan United States	21	2.9k 0.9×	5.5k 1.9×	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	39	10.0k
Chao Zhao United Kingdom	43	2.8k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	4.4k 2.3×	515 0.5×	94	8.4k
Ben Emery United States	32	2.2k 0.7×	3.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	3.7k 2.0×	588 0.6×	53	8.0k
Mariko L. Bennett United States	16	4.5k 1.4×	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	24	8.4k
Arthur M. Butt United Kingdom	49	2.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	3.0k 1.3×	2.7k 1.4×	721 0.7×	148	7.3k
Jonah R. Chan United States	49	2.1k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	3.2k 1.4×	4.0k 2.1×	626 0.6×	86	8.2k
Hemali Phatnani United States	25	2.5k 0.8×	4.6k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	952 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	39	8.3k

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Gaur, Pallavi, Julien Bryois, Daniela Calini, et al.. (2025). Single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomic profiling of human temporal cortex and white matter reveals key associations with AD pathology. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10395–10395.

Pavlovic, Anto, et al.. (2024). Astrocyte‐derived factors regulate CNS myelination. Glia. 72(11). 2038–2060. 2 indexed citations

Barbash, Shahar, et al.. (2023). Higher throughput workflow with sensitive, reliable and automatic quantification of myelination in vitro suitable for drug screening. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2883–2883. 4 indexed citations

Bryois, Julien, Daniela Calini, Will Macnair, et al.. (2022). Cell-type-specific cis-eQTLs in eight human brain cell types identify novel risk genes for psychiatric and neurological disorders. Nature Neuroscience. 25(8). 1104–1112. 106 indexed citations

Nölle, Anna, Daniela Calini, Julien Bryois, et al.. (2021). Enrichment of Glial Cells From Human Post-mortem Tissue for Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis Using Immunopanning. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15. 772011–772011. 3 indexed citations

Hirbec, Hélène, Nicole Déglon, Lynette C. Foo, et al.. (2020). Emerging technologies to study glial cells. Glia. 68(9). 1692–1728. 32 indexed citations

Fang, Yu, et al.. (2018). Microfluidic platforms for modeling biological barriers in the circulatory system. Drug Discovery Today. 23(4). 815–829. 46 indexed citations

Foo, Lynette C., Shilin Song, & Stephen M. Cohen. (2017). miR‐31 mutants reveal continuous glial homeostasis in the adult Drosophila brain. The EMBO Journal. 36(9). 1215–1226. 15 indexed citations

Foo, Lynette C.. (2017). Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 is required for the survival of adult Drosophila melanogaster glia. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6796–6796. 4 indexed citations

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Foo, Lynette C., et al.. (2014). BMP Signaling in Astrocytes Downregulates EGFR to Modulate Survival and Maturation. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110668–e110668. 49 indexed citations

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Foo, Lynette C.. (2013). Purification of Rat and Mouse Astrocytes by Immunopanning. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2013(5). pdb.prot074211–pdb.prot074211. 45 indexed citations

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Foo, Lynette C.. (2013). Purification of Astrocytes from Transgenic Rodents by Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2013(6). pdb.prot074229–pdb.prot074229. 10 indexed citations

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Chung, Won‐Suk, Laura Clarke, Gordon Wang, et al.. (2013). Astrocytes mediate synapse elimination through MEGF10 and MERTK pathways. Nature. 504(7480). 394–400. 1000 indexed citations breakdown →

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Foo, Lynette C.. (2013). Purification and Culture of Astrocytes. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2013(6). pdb.top070912–pdb.top070912. 6 indexed citations

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Zamanian, Jennifer, Lijun Xu, Lynette C. Foo, et al.. (2012). Genomic Analysis of Reactive Astrogliosis. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(18). 6391–6410. 1798 indexed citations breakdown →

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Allen, Nicola J., Mariko L. Bennett, Lynette C. Foo, et al.. (2012). Astrocyte glypicans 4 and 6 promote formation of excitatory synapses via GluA1 AMPA receptors. Nature. 486(7403). 410–414. 558 indexed citations breakdown →

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Foo, Lynette C., Nicola J. Allen, Eric A. Bushong, et al.. (2011). Development of a Method for the Purification and Culture of Rodent Astrocytes. Neuron. 71(5). 799–811. 305 indexed citations

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Dugas, Jason C., Trinna Cuellar, Brandon Ason, et al.. (2010). Dicer1 and miR-219 Are Required for Normal Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination. Neuron. 65(5). 597–611. 453 indexed citations

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Emery, Ben, Amit Kaushal, Lynette C. Foo, et al.. (2008). A Transcriptome Database for Astrocytes, Neurons, and Oligodendrocytes: A New Resource for Understanding Brain Development and Function. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(1). 264–278. 2382 indexed citations breakdown →

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Foo, Lynette C., et al.. (2008). [P2.05]: Region‐restricted origins of astrocytes in the developing spinal cord. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 26(8). 868–869.

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