Mary E. Ballestas

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Mary E. Ballestas is a scholar working on Oncology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary E. Ballestas has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Oncology, 15 papers in Epidemiology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mary E. Ballestas's work include Viral-associated cancers and disorders (12 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (11 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (7 papers). Mary E. Ballestas is often cited by papers focused on Viral-associated cancers and disorders (12 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (11 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (7 papers). Mary E. Ballestas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Philippines. Mary E. Ballestas's co-authors include Kenneth M. Kaye, P A Chatis, Etty Benveniste, Arindam Ghosh, Barbara J. Klocke, Kevin A. Roth, Andrew J. Barbera, Takashi Komatsu, Il Yup Chung and Protul Shrikant and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mary E. Ballestas

33 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Efficient Persistence of Extrachromosomal KSHV DNA Mediated by Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen

1999 582 citations Mary E. Ballestas, Kenneth M. Kaye et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mary E. Ballestas United States	27	1.4k	1.3k	716	345	323	33	2.5k
Xiang Qian United States	30	752 0.5×	436 0.3×	1.3k 1.8×	218 0.6×	182 0.6×	55	2.8k
Toshiaki Inoue Japan	25	467 0.3×	502 0.4×	1.6k 2.3×	134 0.4×	243 0.8×	62	2.7k
Nabil Djouder Spain	25	393 0.3×	472 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	122 0.4×	437 1.4×	47	2.2k
Zhixun Dou United States	23	360 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.9k 2.6×	81 0.2×	584 1.8×	32	3.2k
Heimo Strohmaier Austria	22	686 0.5×	318 0.3×	1.9k 2.6×	113 0.3×	211 0.7×	33	2.7k
Roy K. Cheung Canada	34	509 0.4×	195 0.2×	942 1.3×	277 0.8×	1.0k 3.1×	62	2.8k
J Wietzerbin France	21	360 0.3×	266 0.2×	522 0.7×	265 0.8×	687 2.1×	44	1.9k
Dietrich B. Conze United States	21	726 0.5×	384 0.3×	1.6k 2.2×	131 0.4×	1.5k 4.8×	29	3.2k
Friederike Berberich‐Siebelt Germany	32	621 0.5×	287 0.2×	1.4k 1.9×	165 0.5×	1.8k 5.5×	59	3.1k
Kenneth Wu United States	25	738 0.5×	653 0.5×	2.2k 3.0×	46 0.1×	240 0.7×	47	2.9k

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McCachren, Samuel S., Katherine E. Pendleton, Mary E. Ballestas, et al.. (2022). Abstract 580: MM3 CAR T: A novel tumor targeting and T cell redirection platform for multiple myeloma. Cancer Research. 82(12_Supplement). 580–580. 2 indexed citations

Smythies, Lesley E., Robert Grabski, Li Mao, et al.. (2018). Cytomegalovirus promotes intestinal macrophage-mediated mucosal inflammation through induction of Smad7. Mucosal Immunology. 11(6). 1694–1704. 29 indexed citations

Cohen, Joshua L., Nateka L. Jackson, Mary E. Ballestas, et al.. (2017). Amygdalar expression of the microRNA miR‐101a and its target Ezh2 contribute to rodent anxiety‐like behaviour. European Journal of Neuroscience. 46(7). 2241–2252. 32 indexed citations

Ballestas, Mary E., et al.. (2014). Development and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies to Detect Klotho. Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy. 33(6). 420–427. 12 indexed citations

Pal, Harish C., Samriti Sharma, Santosh K. Katiyar, et al.. (2014). Fisetin Inhibits Human Melanoma Cell Invasion through Promotion of Mesenchymal to Epithelial Transition and by Targeting MAPK and NFκB Signaling Pathways. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e86338–e86338. 85 indexed citations

Srivastava, Ritesh K., Changzhao Li, Sandeep Chaudhary, et al.. (2013). Unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling regulates arsenic trioxide-mediated macrophage innate immune function disruption. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 272(3). 879–887. 47 indexed citations

Scott, David W., et al.. (2013). Identification of a high-mannose ICAM-1 glycoform: effects of ICAM-1 hypoglycosylation on monocyte adhesion and outside in signaling. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 305(2). C228–C237. 51 indexed citations

Kurundkar, Deepali, Ritesh K. Srivastava, Sandeep Chaudhary, et al.. (2012). Vorinostat, an HDAC inhibitor attenuates epidermoid squamous cell carcinoma growth by dampening mTOR signaling pathway in a human xenograft murine model. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 266(2). 233–244. 43 indexed citations

Ghosh, Arindam, Barbara J. Klocke, Mary E. Ballestas, & Kevin A. Roth. (2012). CHOP Potentially Co-Operates with FOXO3a in Neuronal Cells to Regulate PUMA and BIM Expression in Response to ER Stress. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39586–e39586. 186 indexed citations

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Walls, Ken C., Arindam Ghosh, Barbara J. Klocke, et al.. (2010). Lysosome Dysfunction Triggers Atg7-dependent Neural Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(14). 10497–10507. 71 indexed citations

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Walls, Ken C., Arindam Ghosh, Mary E. Ballestas, Barbara J. Klocke, & Kevin A. Roth. (2009). bcl-2/Adenovirus E1B 19-kd Interacting Protein 3 (BNIP3) Regulates Hypoxia-Induced Neural Precursor Cell Death. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 68(12). 1326–1338. 34 indexed citations

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Alexiadis, Vassilios, Mary E. Ballestas, Cecilia G. Sánchez, et al.. (2006). RNAPol-ChIP analysis of transcription from FSHD-linked tandem repeats and satellite DNA. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1769(1). 29–40. 59 indexed citations

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Kelley-Clarke, Brenna, Mary E. Ballestas, Takashi Komatsu, & Kenneth M. Kaye. (2006). Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus C-terminal LANA concentrates at pericentromeric and peri-telomeric regions of a subset of mitotic chromosomes. Virology. 357(2). 149–157. 40 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Takashi, Mary E. Ballestas, Andrew J. Barbera, Brenna Kelley-Clarke, & Kenneth M. Kaye. (2004). KSHV LANA1 binds DNA as an oligomer and residues N-terminal to the oligomerization domain are essential for DNA binding, replication, and episome persistence. Virology. 319(2). 225–236. 58 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Takashi, Andrew J. Barbera, Mary E. Ballestas, & Kenneth M. Kaye. (2001). The Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen. Viral Immunology. 14(4). 311–317. 20 indexed citations

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Jones, Dan, Mary E. Ballestas, Kenneth M. Kaye, et al.. (1998). Primary-Effusion Lymphoma and Kaposi's Sarcoma in a Cardiac-Transplant Recipient. New England Journal of Medicine. 339(7). 444–449. 140 indexed citations

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Ballestas, Mary E. & Etty Benveniste. (1997). Elevation of Cyclic AMP Levels in Astrocytes Antagonizes Cytokine‐Induced Adhesion Molecule Expression. Journal of Neurochemistry. 69(4). 1438–1448. 40 indexed citations

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Ballestas, Mary E. & Etty Benveniste. (1995). Interleukin 1‐β‐ and tumor necrosis factor‐α‐mediated regulation of ICAM‐1 gene expression in astrocytes requires protein kinase C activity. Glia. 14(4). 267–278. 50 indexed citations

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Benveniste, Etty, Brandon S. Huneycutt, P. Shrikant, & Mary E. Ballestas. (1995). Second Messenger Systems in the Regulation of Cytokines and Adhesion Molecules in the Central Nervous System. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 9(4). 304–314. 31 indexed citations

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Shrikant, Protul, Il Yup Chung, Mary E. Ballestas, & Etty Benveniste. (1994). Regulation of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 gene expression by tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, and interferon-γ in astrocytes. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 51(2). 209–220. 117 indexed citations

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