Marina Gertsenstein

22.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
130 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Marina Gertsenstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Marina Gertsenstein has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Marina Gertsenstein's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (43 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (31 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers). Marina Gertsenstein is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (43 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (31 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers). Marina Gertsenstein collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Marina Gertsenstein's co-authors include András Nagy, Janet Rossant, Martin L. Breitman, Guo‐Hua Fong, Richard R. Behringer, Fouad Shalaby, Terry P. Yamaguchi, Xiang‐Fu Wu, Andre C. Schuh and Kristina Vintersten Nagy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marina Gertsenstein

113 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

Abnormal blood vessel dev... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1996 1995 1995 2002 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Abnormal blood vessel development and lethality in embryos lacking a single VEGF allele
    1996 3.2k citations Marina Gertsenstein, András Nagy et al. Nature profile →
  2. Failure of blood-island formation and vasculogenesis in Flk-1-deficient mice
    1995 3.1k citations Janet Rossant, Marina Gertsenstein et al. Nature profile →
  3. Role of the Flt-1 receptor tyrosine kinase in regulating the assembly of vascular endothelium
    1995 2.0k citations Janet Rossant, Marina Gertsenstein et al. Nature profile →
  4. Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual
    2002 1.6k citations Richard R. Behringer, Marina Gertsenstein et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  5. piggyBac transposition reprograms fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells
    2009 1.3k citations Marina Gertsenstein, András Nagy et al. Nature profile →
  6. Dominant-negative and targeted null mutations in the endothelial receptor tyrosine kinase, tek, reveal a critical role in vasculogenesis of the embryo.
    1994 793 citations Mira C. Puri, Marina Gertsenstein 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
Marina Gertsenstein Canada 30 13.1k 2.3k 2.1k 2.0k 1.9k 130 16.3k
Jan Kitajewski United States 76 11.6k 0.9× 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 3.6k 1.9× 180 17.7k
Thomas Gridley United States 68 12.8k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 2.6k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 146 17.7k
Georg Breier Germany 58 12.0k 0.9× 5.2k 2.2× 1.0k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 2.9k 1.6× 114 17.6k
Jeffrey H. Miner United States 72 9.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 2.4k 1.1× 2.9k 1.4× 1.0k 0.5× 247 18.4k
Lieve Moons Belgium 62 9.9k 0.8× 5.5k 2.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 270 19.5k
Urban Deutsch Germany 50 10.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 103 14.0k
Terry P. Yamaguchi United States 44 9.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 80 11.5k
Raphael Kopan United States 77 17.5k 1.3× 1.9k 0.8× 2.8k 1.3× 3.7k 1.8× 2.7k 1.4× 163 25.2k
Liliana Attisano Canada 65 16.7k 1.3× 1.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 3.7k 1.9× 110 20.6k
Samuel Davis United States 25 10.1k 0.8× 2.8k 1.2× 632 0.3× 1.5k 0.8× 3.0k 1.6× 35 15.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elbaz, Judith, Mira C. Puri, Maryam Faiz, et al.. (2022). Highly efficient reprogrammable mouse lines with integrated reporters to track the route to pluripotency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(49). e2207824119–e2207824119. 4 indexed citations
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Gertsenstein, Marina, Joffrey Mianné, Lydia Teboul, & Lauryl M. J. Nutter. (2019). Targeted Mutations in the Mouse via Embryonic Stem Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 2066. 59–82. 5 indexed citations
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Bogutz, Aaron, et al.. (2018). Transcription factor ASCL2 is required for development of the glycogen trophoblast cell lineage. PLoS Genetics. 14(8). e1007587–e1007587. 21 indexed citations
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Behringer, Richard R., Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten Nagy, & András Nagy. (2016). Differentiating Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells into Embryoid Bodies by Hanging-Drop Cultures. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2016(12). pdb.prot092429–pdb.prot092429. 15 indexed citations
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Bulut-Karslıoğlu, Aydan, Steffen Biechele, Hu Jin, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of mTOR induces a paused pluripotent state. Nature. 540(7631). 119–123. 190 indexed citations
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Liu, Xinyu, Roxanne Fernandes, Marina Gertsenstein, et al.. (2011). Automated Microinjection of Recombinant BCL-X into Mouse Zygotes Enhances Embryo Development. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e21687–e21687. 31 indexed citations
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Tardif, Steve, Michael D. Wilson, Rebecca E. Wagner, et al.. (2010). Zonadhesin Is Essential for Species Specificity of Sperm Adhesion to the Egg Zona Pellucida. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(32). 24863–24870. 62 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Louis, Lynn Mar, Aaron Bogutz, et al.. (2009). The interval between Ins2 and Ascl2 is dispensable for imprinting centre function in the murine Beckwith–Wiedemann region. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(22). 4255–4267. 13 indexed citations
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Amano, Tomokazu, Marina Gertsenstein, András Nagy, Hiroki Kurihara, & Harumi Suzuki. (2006). Nuclear transfer reprogramming does not improve the low developmental potency of embryonic stem cells induced by long-term culture. Reproduction. 132(2). 257–263. 7 indexed citations
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Nagy, András, Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten, & Richard R. Behringer. (2006). Assembling Aggregates between Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells and Diploid Embryos. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2006(3). pdb.prot4424–pdb.prot4424. 3 indexed citations
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Nagy, András, Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten, & Richard R. Behringer. (2006). Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2006(1). pdb.prot4352–pdb.prot4352. 1 indexed citations
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Nagy, András, Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten, & Richard R. Behringer. (2006). Electroporating DNA into Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells and Selection Methods. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2006(2). pdb.prot4409–pdb.prot4409. 1 indexed citations
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Nagy, András, Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten, & Richard R. Behringer. (2006). Preparing Feeder Cell Layers from STO or Mouse Embryo Fibroblast (MEF) Cells: Treatment with γ-Irradiation. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2006(1). pdb.prot4400–pdb.prot4400. 9 indexed citations
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Slevin, John, Marina Gertsenstein, Dawei Qu, et al.. (2006). High resolution ultrasound-guided microinjection for interventional studies of early embryonic and placental development in vivoin mice. BMC Developmental Biology. 6(1). 10–10. 29 indexed citations
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Nagy, András, Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten, & Richard R. Behringer. (2006). Separating Postimplantation Germ Layers. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2006(1). pdb.prot4368–pdb.prot4368. 3 indexed citations
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Ding, Hao, Xiaoli Wu, Marina Gertsenstein, et al.. (2004). Regulation of Murine Telomere Length by Rtel. Cell. 117(7). 873–886. 251 indexed citations
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Maatman, R., et al.. (2003). Aggregation of Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells. Humana Press eBooks. 209. 201–230. 4 indexed citations
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Behringer, Richard R., Marina Gertsenstein, Kristina Vintersten Nagy, & András Nagy. (2002). Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1569 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tanaka, Mika, Marina Gertsenstein, Janet Rossant, & András Nagy. (1997). Mash2 Acts Cell Autonomously in Mouse Spongiotrophoblast Development. Developmental Biology. 190(1). 55–65. 179 indexed citations

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