Manuel Ascano

9.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
38 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Manuel Ascano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel Ascano has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Manuel Ascano's work include RNA Research and Splicing (17 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Manuel Ascano is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (17 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Manuel Ascano collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Manuel Ascano's co-authors include Thomas Tuschl, Markus Hafner, Mathias Munschauer, Scott Dewell, Markus Landthaler, Mihaela Zavolan, Mohsen Khorshid, Lukas Burger, Greg Wardle and Jean Hausser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Manuel Ascano

38 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Transcriptome-wide Identification of RNA-Binding Protein ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2013 2019 2011 2012 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Transcriptome-wide Identification of RNA-Binding Protein and MicroRNA Target Sites by PAR-CLIP
    2010 2.2k citations Markus Hafner, Markus Landthaler et al. Cell profile →
  2. Cyclic [G(2′,5′)pA(3′,5′)p] Is the Metazoan Second Messenger Produced by DNA-Activated Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase
    2013 836 citations Pu Gao, Manuel Ascano et al. Cell profile →
  3. Endosomolytic polymersomes increase the activity of cyclic dinucleotide STING agonists to enhance cancer immunotherapy
    2019 540 citations Daniel Shae, Kyle W. Becker et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  4. Integrative Regulatory Mapping Indicates that the RNA-Binding Protein HuR Couples Pre-mRNA Processing and mRNA Stability
    2011 527 citations Neelanjan Mukherjee, David L. Corcoran et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  5. FMRP targets distinct mRNA sequence elements to regulate protein expression
    2012 521 citations Manuel Ascano, Neelanjan Mukherjee et al. Nature profile →
  6. Structure-Function Analysis of STING Activation by c[G(2′,5′)pA(3′,5′)p] and Targeting by Antiviral DMXAA
    2013 457 citations Pu Gao, Manuel Ascano et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manuel Ascano United States 27 5.5k 2.2k 1.7k 821 636 38 7.0k
Carl D. Novina United States 37 5.5k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 1.8k 1.1× 214 0.3× 858 1.3× 65 7.2k
Zhiyong Yang United States 36 3.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 301 0.2× 1.4k 1.7× 1.3k 2.0× 72 6.2k
David G. Meckes United States 28 2.7k 0.5× 632 0.3× 1.4k 0.8× 487 0.6× 186 0.3× 54 3.7k
Ryan A. Flynn United States 38 12.9k 2.3× 803 0.4× 5.0k 2.9× 220 0.3× 1.0k 1.6× 69 14.3k
Priti Kumar United States 26 2.5k 0.5× 648 0.3× 721 0.4× 369 0.4× 449 0.7× 73 3.6k
Jens Harborth Germany 16 8.7k 1.6× 855 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 237 0.3× 1.5k 2.3× 24 9.9k
Thomas R. Burkard Austria 26 2.4k 0.4× 582 0.3× 361 0.2× 133 0.2× 241 0.4× 42 3.5k
Gregory C. Ippolito United States 31 1.8k 0.3× 2.1k 1.0× 162 0.1× 360 0.4× 347 0.5× 69 4.4k
Alistair N. Hume United Kingdom 27 3.9k 0.7× 915 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 181 0.2× 211 0.3× 50 5.7k
Rasmus O. Bak Denmark 30 4.3k 0.8× 628 0.3× 535 0.3× 166 0.2× 1.4k 2.1× 66 5.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rothamel, Katherine, et al.. (2021). ELAVL1 primarily couples mRNA stability with the 3′ UTRs of interferon-stimulated genes. Cell Reports. 35(8). 109178–109178. 48 indexed citations
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Garland, Kyle M., Lihong Wang-Bishop, Ann Hanna, et al.. (2021). Pharmacological Activation of cGAS for Cancer Immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 753472–753472. 17 indexed citations
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Kim, Byungil, Katherine Rothamel, Kristie L. Rose, et al.. (2020). Discovery of Widespread Host Protein Interactions with the Pre-replicated Genome of CHIKV Using VIR-CLASP. Molecular Cell. 78(4). 624–640.e7. 77 indexed citations
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Kim, Byungil, et al.. (2020). Viral crosslinking and solid-phase purification enables discovery of ribonucleoprotein complexes on incoming RNA virus genomes. Nature Protocols. 16(1). 516–531. 12 indexed citations
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Barrows, Nicholas J., Yesseinia Angleró-Rodríguez, Byungil Kim, et al.. (2019). Dual roles for the ER membrane protein complex in flavivirus infection: viral entry and protein biogenesis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9711–9711. 35 indexed citations
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Shae, Daniel, Kyle W. Becker, Plamen P. Christov, et al.. (2019). Endosomolytic polymersomes increase the activity of cyclic dinucleotide STING agonists to enhance cancer immunotherapy. Nature Nanotechnology. 14(3). 269–278. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mok-Lin, Evelyn, Manuel Ascano, Artem A. Serganov, et al.. (2018). Premature recruitment of oocyte pool and increased mTOR activity in Fmr1 knockout mice and reversal of phenotype with rapamycin. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 588–588. 21 indexed citations
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Wittkowski, Knut M., Benedetta Bigio, Frederick Shic, et al.. (2014). A novel computational biostatistics approach implies impaired dephosphorylation of growth factor receptors as associated with severity of autism. Translational Psychiatry. 4(1). e354–e354. 19 indexed citations
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Gao, Pu, Manuel Ascano, Thomas Zillinger, et al.. (2013). Structure-Function Analysis of STING Activation by c[G(2′,5′)pA(3′,5′)p] and Targeting by Antiviral DMXAA. Cell. 154(4). 748–762. 457 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ascano, Manuel, Stefanie Gerstberger, & Thomas Tuschl. (2013). Multi-disciplinary methods to define RNA–protein interactions and regulatory networks. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 23(1). 20–28. 39 indexed citations
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Nakanishi, Kotaro, Manuel Ascano, Tasos Gogakos, et al.. (2013). Eukaryote-Specific Insertion Elements Control Human ARGONAUTE Slicer Activity. Cell Reports. 3(6). 1893–1900. 76 indexed citations
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Ascano, Manuel, Neelanjan Mukherjee, Pradeep Bandaru, et al.. (2012). FMRP targets distinct mRNA sequence elements to regulate protein expression. Nature. 492(7429). 382–386. 521 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mukherjee, Neelanjan, David L. Corcoran, Jeffrey D. Nusbaum, et al.. (2011). Integrative Regulatory Mapping Indicates that the RNA-Binding Protein HuR Couples Pre-mRNA Processing and mRNA Stability. Molecular Cell. 43(3). 327–339. 527 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ascano, Manuel, Markus Hafner, Pavol Čekan, Stefanie Gerstberger, & Thomas Tuschl. (2011). Identification of RNA–protein interaction networks using PAR‐CLIP. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA. 3(2). 159–177. 172 indexed citations
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Hafner, Markus, Markus Landthaler, Jean Hausser, et al.. (2010). PAR-CliP - A Method to Identify Transcriptome-wide the Binding Sites of RNA Binding Proteins. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 65 indexed citations
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Hafner, Markus, Markus Landthaler, Lukas Burger, et al.. (2010). PAR-CliP - A Method to Identify Transcriptome-wide the Binding Sites of RNA Binding Proteins. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 211 indexed citations
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Tokhunts, Robert, Samer Singh, T. Ming Chu, et al.. (2009). The Full-length Unprocessed Hedgehog Protein Is an Active Signaling Molecule. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(4). 2562–2568. 38 indexed citations
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Farzan, Shohreh F., Manuel Ascano, Stacey K. Ogden, et al.. (2008). Costal2 Functions as a Kinesin-like Protein in the Hedgehog Signal Transduction Pathway. Current Biology. 18(16). 1215–1220. 41 indexed citations
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Ogden, Stacey K., David Casso, Manuel Ascano, et al.. (2006). Smoothened Regulates Activator and Repressor Functions of Hedgehog Signaling via Two Distinct Mechanisms. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(11). 7237–7243. 16 indexed citations
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Ogden, Stacey K., Manuel Ascano, Melanie A. Stegman, & David J. Robbins. (2004). Regulation of Hedgehog signaling: a complex story. Biochemical Pharmacology. 67(5). 805–814. 84 indexed citations

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