Marilyn Torchia

8.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
30 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

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Marilyn Torchia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marilyn Torchia has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Neurology and 11 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Marilyn Torchia's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (29 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (15 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (11 papers). Marilyn Torchia is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (29 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (15 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (11 papers). Marilyn Torchia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Marilyn Torchia's co-authors include Stanley B. Prusiner, Darlene Groth, Stephen J. DeArmond, Michael Scott, Fred E. Cohen, S. J. DeArmond, Dallas Foster, Glenn C. Telling, Patrick Tremblay and David Westaway and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marilyn Torchia

30 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Eight prion strains have PrPSc molecules with different conformations

1998 1.0k citations Jiri Safar, Holger Wille et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Transgenetic studies implicate interactions between homologous PrP isoforms in scrapie prion replication

1990 700 citations Stanley B. Prusiner, Michael Scott et al. Cell profile →
Prion propagation in mice expressing human and chimeric PrP transgenes implicates the interaction of cellular PrP with another protein

1995 663 citations Glenn C. Telling, Michael Scott et al. Cell profile →
A Transmembrane Form of the Prion Protein in Neurodegenerative Disease

1998 572 citations James A. Mastrianni, Michael R. Scott et al. profile →
Transgenic mice expressing hamster prion protein produce species-specific scrapie infectivity and amyloid plaques

1989 557 citations Michael Scott, Dallas Foster et al. Cell profile →
Ablation of the prion protein (PrP) gene in mice prevents scrapie and facilitates production of anti-PrP antibodies.

1993 373 citations Stanley B. Prusiner, Darlene Groth et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marilyn Torchia United States	24	6.6k	4.0k	2.8k	546	352	30	6.7k
S. B. Prusiner United States	31	3.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	413 0.8×	137 0.4×	56	3.6k
M. E. Bruce United Kingdom	32	4.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	354 0.6×	83 0.2×	43	4.8k
Vincent Béringue France	31	3.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	357 0.7×	119 0.3×	113	4.0k
Katie Sidle United Kingdom	17	3.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	375 0.7×	125 0.4×	25	3.8k
Thierry Baron France	34	2.9k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	955 0.3×	301 0.6×	146 0.4×	102	3.6k
Richard J. Kascsak United States	29	2.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	911 0.3×	601 1.1×	133 0.4×	56	2.8k
Regina Kascsak United States	27	2.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	351 0.6×	104 0.3×	40	2.8k
R.H. Kimberlin United States	33	3.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	167 0.3×	133 0.4×	70	3.8k
P. A. Merz United States	23	2.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.3×	933 0.3×	573 1.0×	76 0.2×	40	2.8k
Kiyotoshi Kaneko Japan	24	2.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	970 0.3×	246 0.5×	77 0.2×	86	2.8k

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Kaneko, Kiyotoshi, Haydn L. Ball, Holger Wille, et al.. (2000). A synthetic peptide initiates Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) disease in transgenic mice. Journal of Molecular Biology. 295(4). 997–1007. 114 indexed citations

Prusiner, Stanley B., Patrick Tremblay, Jiri Safar, Marilyn Torchia, & Stephen J. DeArmond. (1999). 3 Bioassays of Prions. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 38. 113–145. 18 indexed citations

Supattapone, Surachai, Patrick J. Bosque, Tamaki Muramoto, et al.. (1999). Prion Protein of 106 Residues Creates an Artificial Transmission Barrier for Prion Replication in Transgenic Mice. Cell. 96(6). 869–878. 173 indexed citations

Tatzelt, Jörg, Darlene Groth, Marilyn Torchia, Stanley B. Prusiner, & Stephen J. DeArmond. (1999). Kinetics of Prion Protein Accumulation in the CNS of Mice with Experimental Scrapie. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 58(12). 1244–1249. 30 indexed citations

Safar, Jiri, Holger Wille, Vincenza Itri, et al.. (1998). Eight prion strains have PrPSc molecules with different conformations. Nature Medicine. 4(10). 1157–1165. 1010 indexed citations breakdown →

Telling, Glenn C., Patrick Tremblay, Marilyn Torchia, et al.. (1997). N‐terminally tagged prion protein supports prion propagation in transgenic mice. Protein Science. 6(4). 825–833. 14 indexed citations

Scott, Michael R., Darlene Groth, Jörg Tatzelt, et al.. (1997). Propagation of prion strains through specific conformers of the prion protein. Journal of Virology. 71(12). 9032–9044. 74 indexed citations

DeArmond, Stephen J., Henry Sánchez, Fruma Yehiely, et al.. (1997). Selective Neuronal Targeting in Prion Disease. Neuron. 19(6). 1337–1348. 171 indexed citations

Carlson, George A., Samantha A. Banks, Cheryl M. Reichert, et al.. (1997). Failure to transmit disease from gray tremor mutant mice. Journal of Virology. 71(3). 2342–2345. 1 indexed citations

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Telling, Glenn C., Michael Scott, James A. Mastrianni, et al.. (1995). Prion propagation in mice expressing human and chimeric PrP transgenes implicates the interaction of cellular PrP with another protein. Cell. 83(1). 79–90. 663 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carlson, George A., S. J. DeArmond, Marilyn Torchia, David Westaway, & S. B. Prusiner. (1994). Genetics of prion diseases and prion diversity in mice. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 343(1306). 363–369. 6 indexed citations

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Westaway, David, Stephen J. DeArmond, Darlene Groth, et al.. (1994). Degeneration of skeletal muscle, peripheral nerves, and the central nervous system in transgenic mice overexpressing wild-type prion proteins. Cell. 76(1). 117–129. 276 indexed citations

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Telling, Glenn C., Michael Scott, Karen Hsiao, et al.. (1994). Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from humans to transgenic mice expressing chimeric human-mouse prion protein.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(21). 9936–9940. 233 indexed citations

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Carlson, George A., et al.. (1993). Delimiting the location of the scrapie prion incubation time gene on chromosome 2 of the mouse.. Genetics. 133(4). 979–988. 30 indexed citations

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Scott, Michael, Darlene Groth, Dallas Foster, et al.. (1993). Propagation of prions with artificial properties in transgenic mice expressing chimeric PrP genes. Cell. 73(5). 979–988. 274 indexed citations

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Westaway, David, C. Mirenda, Dallas Foster, et al.. (1991). Paradoxical shortening of scrapie incubation times by expression of prion protein transgenes derived from long incubation period mice. Neuron. 7(1). 59–68. 104 indexed citations

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Prusiner, Stanley B., Michael Scott, Dallas Foster, et al.. (1990). Transgenetic studies implicate interactions between homologous PrP isoforms in scrapie prion replication. Cell. 63(4). 673–686. 700 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scott, Michael, Dallas Foster, C. Mirenda, et al.. (1990). TRANSGENIC MICE EXPRESSING HAMSTER PRION PROTEIN PRODUCE SPECIES -SPECIFIC SCRAPIE INFECTIVITY AND AMYLOID PLAQUES. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 49(3). 311–311. 11 indexed citations

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Scott, Michael, Dallas Foster, C. Mirenda, et al.. (1989). Transgenic mice expressing hamster prion protein produce species-specific scrapie infectivity and amyloid plaques. Cell. 59(5). 847–857. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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McKinley, Michael P., S. J. DeArmond, Marilyn Torchia, William C. Mobley, & S. B. Prusiner. (1989). Acceleration of scrapie in neonatal Syrian hamsters. Neurology. 39(10). 1319–1319. 20 indexed citations

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