M. Litt

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
144 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

M. Litt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Litt has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in M. Litt's work include RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers). M. Litt is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers). M. Litt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Denmark. M. Litt's co-authors include D.L. Browne, X.Y. Hauge, John G. Nutt, E. R. Brunt, Patricia Kramer, R.E. Magenis, Eric A. Smith, Stephen T. Gancher, Petra Jakobs and Vikram Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. Litt

141 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Episodic ataxia/myokymia syndrome is associated with poin... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Episodic ataxia/myokymia syndrome is associated with point mutations in the human potassium channel gene, KCNA1
    1994 561 citations D.L. Browne, E. R. Brunt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Litt United States 45 4.6k 1.7k 1.4k 800 526 144 7.1k
Teresa L. Yang‐Feng United States 45 8.0k 1.7× 2.2k 1.3× 1.8k 1.2× 267 0.3× 409 0.8× 104 13.6k
Vincent Procaccio France 52 6.7k 1.5× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 513 0.6× 495 0.9× 177 10.3k
Mark F. Mehler United States 59 8.4k 1.8× 1.3k 0.8× 2.5k 1.7× 380 0.5× 913 1.7× 143 16.6k
Hreinn Stefánsson Iceland 39 2.7k 0.6× 2.9k 1.7× 976 0.7× 180 0.2× 968 1.8× 98 7.5k
T. Conrad Gilliam United States 53 5.4k 1.2× 4.8k 2.8× 1.4k 1.0× 232 0.3× 601 1.1× 122 11.3k
F. Hanefeld Germany 52 3.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 767 0.5× 437 0.5× 871 1.7× 211 8.5k
Giorgio Casari Italy 55 5.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 2.3k 1.6× 815 1.0× 1.4k 2.6× 144 10.5k
Masatoshi Hagiwara Japan 62 11.6k 2.5× 1.5k 0.9× 2.3k 1.6× 721 0.9× 270 0.5× 301 16.4k
Bernhard Radlwimmer Germany 52 4.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 639 0.4× 158 0.2× 353 0.7× 97 8.7k
Richard Reynolds United Kingdom 69 5.7k 1.2× 998 0.6× 2.9k 2.0× 242 0.3× 2.4k 4.5× 227 17.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Litt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Litt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. Litt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. Litt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with M. Litt. M. Litt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Litt, M., Tarek Zghaib, Timothy M. Markman, et al.. (2025). Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing in Patients With Cardiac Sarcoidosis. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 12(3). 517–524.
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Çakır, Işın, Rushita A. Bagchi, Masoud Ghamari‐Langroudi, et al.. (2022). Histone deacetylase 6 inhibition restores leptin sensitivity and reduces obesity. Nature Metabolism. 4(1). 44–59. 46 indexed citations
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Puder, Lia, Sophie Roth, Susanna Wiegand, et al.. (2021). Cardiac Phenotype and Tissue Sodium Content in Adolescents With Defects in the Melanocortin System. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(9). 2606–2616. 2 indexed citations
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Ghamari‐Langroudi, Masoud, Işın Çakır, M. Litt, et al.. (2018). Late onset obesity in mice with targeted deletion of potassium inward rectifier Kir7.1 from cells expressing the melanocortin‐4 receptor. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 31(1). e12670–e12670. 17 indexed citations
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Litt, M., Daniel S. Lark, Işın Çakır, et al.. (2017). Loss of the melanocortin-4 receptor in mice causes dilated cardiomyopathy. eLife. 6. 12 indexed citations
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Litt, M., Roger D. Cone, & Masoud Ghamari‐Langroudi. (2017). Characterization of MC4R Regulation of the Kir7.1 Channel Using the Tl+ Flux Assay. Methods in molecular biology. 1684. 211–222. 7 indexed citations
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Litt, M.. (2014). How online video is changing the way B2B marketers engage and convert prospects. Journal of brand strategy. 3(2). 129–129. 3 indexed citations
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Hershberger, Ray E., et al.. (2002). A novel lamin A/C mutation in a family with dilated cardiomyopathy, prominent conduction system disease, and need for permanent pacemaker implantation. American Heart Journal. 144(6). 1081–1086. 52 indexed citations
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Hanson, Emily, et al.. (2002). Cardiac troponin T lysine 210 deletion in a family with dilated cardiomyopathy. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 8(1). 28–32. 53 indexed citations
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Jakobs, Petra, John F. Hess, Paul G. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2000). Autosomal-Dominant Congenital Cataract Associated with a Deletion Mutation in the Human Beaded Filament Protein Gene BFSP2. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 66(4). 1432–1436. 137 indexed citations
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Litt, M., et al.. (1994). EPISODIC ATAXIA MYOKYMIA SYNDROME IS ASSOCIATED WITH POINT MUTATIONS IN THE HUMAN POTASSIUM CHANNEL GENE KCNA1 (KV1.1). The Journal of General Physiology. 104(6). 3 indexed citations
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Browne, D.L., J. Zonana, & M. Litt. (1992). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the PGK1P1 locus. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(5). 1169–1169. 12 indexed citations
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Litt, M., Muhsen Al-Dhalimy, Qun Zhou, David K. Grandy, & Olivier Civelli. (1991). A Taql RFLP at the DRD1 locus. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(11). 3161–3161. 10 indexed citations
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Hauge, X.Y., Glen A. Evans, & M. Litt. (1991). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the D11S528 locus. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(8). 1964–1964. 8 indexed citations
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Sharma, Vikram, et al.. (1991). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the D14S43 locus. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(7). 1722–1722. 20 indexed citations
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Evans, Glen A., et al.. (1990). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the D11S490 locus. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(24). 7470–7470. 16 indexed citations
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Guo, Zheng, Vikram Sharma, & M. Litt. (1990). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the D21S13E locus. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(24). 7470–7470. 10 indexed citations
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Lucas, J. N., T. Straume, Daniel Pinkel, et al.. (1989). Rapid Human Chromosome Aberration Analysis Using Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 56(1). 35–44. 167 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Yusuke, G.M. Lathrop, P. O’Connell, et al.. (1988). A mapped set of DNA markers for human chromosome 17. Genomics. 2(4). 302–309. 127 indexed citations
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Tuinen, Peter van, et al.. (1988). . Nucleic Acids Research. 16(13). 6250–6250. 2 indexed citations

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