Mehdi Khaled

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Mehdi Khaled is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mehdi Khaled has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Mehdi Khaled's work include melanin and skin pigmentation (13 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers). Mehdi Khaled is often cited by papers focused on melanin and skin pigmentation (13 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers). Mehdi Khaled collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Israel. Mehdi Khaled's co-authors include Carmit Levy, David E. Fisher, Robert Ballotti, Corine Bertolotto, Karine Bille, Lionel Larribère, Satoru Yokoyama, Steffen Schubert, Maja M. Janas and Jun S. Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mehdi Khaled

28 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

MITF: master regulator of melanocyte development and melanoma oncogene

2006 873 citations Carmit Levy, Mehdi Khaled et al. Trends in Molecular Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mehdi Khaled France	19	1.4k	1.2k	535	479	385	29	2.4k
Karine Bille France	25	1.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	232 0.4×	786 1.6×	462 1.2×	29	2.8k
Patricia Abbe France	19	946 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	178 0.3×	502 1.0×	312 0.8×	23	2.0k
Timothy J. Hemesath United States	12	1.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	172 0.3×	736 1.5×	558 1.4×	13	2.6k
Marjan Askarian-Amiri New Zealand	21	2.1k 1.4×	682 0.6×	1.6k 2.9×	311 0.6×	167 0.4×	28	3.0k
Neil F. Box United States	25	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	167 0.3×	719 1.5×	257 0.7×	39	2.7k
Arlo J. Miller United States	8	1.1k 0.7×	548 0.5×	218 0.4×	155 0.3×	359 0.9×	8	1.8k
Laurence Denat France	11	1.3k 0.9×	834 0.7×	215 0.4×	121 0.3×	356 0.9×	12	1.8k
Sreenivasulu Chintala United States	20	871 0.6×	431 0.4×	275 0.5×	203 0.4×	409 1.1×	41	1.7k
Hidenori Watabe Japan	21	703 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	69 0.1×	420 0.9×	201 0.5×	35	1.7k
J Vachtenheim Czechia	18	552 0.4×	617 0.5×	68 0.1×	326 0.7×	140 0.4×	42	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mehdi Khaled

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mehdi Khaled. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mehdi Khaled 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 Mehdi Khaled. Mehdi Khaled is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Ohanna, Mickaël, Marie Irondelle, Stéphane Audebert, et al.. (2025). USP9X is a mechanosensitive deubiquitinase that controls tumor cell invasiveness and drug response through YAP stabilization. Cell Reports. 44(10). 116372–116372. 1 indexed citations

Parikh, Shivang, L. Thomas, Roma Parikh, et al.. (2024). Impairing hydrolase transport machinery prevents human melanoma metastasis. Communications Biology. 7(1). 574–574.

Golan, Tamar, Roma Parikh, Etai Jacob, et al.. (2019). Adipocytes sensitize melanoma cells to environmental TGF-β cues by repressing the expression of miR-211. Science Signaling. 12(591). 23 indexed citations

Dror, Shani, Abdel Elkahloun, Julia C. Cronin, et al.. (2018). Mutated MITF-E87R in Melanoma Enhances Tumor Progression via S100A4. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 138(10). 2216–2223. 6 indexed citations

Hasmim, Meriem, Bassam Janji, Mehdi Khaled, et al.. (2017). Cutting Edge: NANOG Activates Autophagy under Hypoxic Stress by Binding to BNIP3L Promoter. The Journal of Immunology. 198(4). 1423–1428. 31 indexed citations

Salma, Nunciada, Jun S. Song, Akinori Kawakami, et al.. (2017). Tfe3 and Tfeb Transcriptionally Regulate Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ2 Expression in Adipocytes and Mediate Adiponectin and Glucose Levels in Mice. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 37(15). 15 indexed citations

Ly, Nathalie, Nadia Elkhatib, Olivier Piétrement, et al.. (2016). αTAT1 controls longitudinal spreading of acetylation marks from open microtubules extremities. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35624–35624. 30 indexed citations

Golan, Tamar, Aya Amitai-Lange, Ze’ev Melamed, et al.. (2015). Interactions of Melanoma Cells with Distal Keratinocytes Trigger Metastasis via Notch Signaling Inhibition of MITF. Molecular Cell. 59(4). 664–676. 66 indexed citations

Bell, Rachel E., Mehdi Khaled, Dvir Netanely, et al.. (2013). Transcription Factor/microRNA Axis Blocks Melanoma Invasion Program by miR-211 Targeting NUAK1. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 134(2). 441–451. 90 indexed citations

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Janas, Maja M., Mehdi Khaled, Steffen Schubert, et al.. (2011). Feed-Forward Microprocessing and Splicing Activities at a MicroRNA–Containing Intron. PLoS Genetics. 7(10). e1002330–e1002330. 69 indexed citations

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Feige, Erez, Satoru Yokoyama, Carmit Levy, et al.. (2011). Hypoxia-induced transcriptional repression of the melanoma-associated oncogene MITF. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(43). E924–33. 97 indexed citations

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Levy, Carmit, Mehdi Khaled, Dimitrios Iliopoulos, et al.. (2010). Intronic miR-211 Assumes the Tumor Suppressive Function of Its Host Gene in Melanoma. Molecular Cell. 40(5). 841–849. 218 indexed citations

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Levy, Carmit, Mehdi Khaled, Kathleen C. Robinson, et al.. (2010). Lineage-Specific Transcriptional Regulation of DICER by MITF in Melanocytes. Cell. 141(6). 994–1005. 99 indexed citations

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Khaled, Mehdi, Carmit Levy, & David E. Fisher. (2010). Control of melanocyte differentiation by a MITF–PDE4D3 homeostatic circuit. Genes & Development. 24(20). 2276–2281. 56 indexed citations

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Chéli, Yann, Flavie Luciani, Mehdi Khaled, et al.. (2009). αMSH and Cyclic AMP Elevating Agents Control Melanosome pH through a Protein Kinase A-independent Mechanism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(28). 18699–18706. 61 indexed citations

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Levy, Carmit, Mehdi Khaled, & David E. Fisher. (2006). MITF: master regulator of melanocyte development and melanoma oncogene. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 12(9). 406–414. 873 indexed citations breakdown →

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Larribère, Lionel, Caroline Hilmi, Mehdi Khaled, et al.. (2005). The cleavage of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor, MITF, by caspases plays an essential role in melanocyte and melanoma cell apoptosis. Genes & Development. 19(17). 1980–1985. 57 indexed citations

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Khaled, Mehdi, Lionel Larribère, Karine Bille, et al.. (2003). Microphthalmia Associated Transcription Factor Is a Target of the Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase Pathway. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 121(4). 831–836. 80 indexed citations

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Khaled, Mehdi, Lionel Larribère, Karine Bille, et al.. (2002). Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Is Activated by cAMP and Plays an Active Role in the Regulation of Melanogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(37). 33690–33697. 147 indexed citations

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Khaled, Mehdi, et al.. (1969). Role, Significance and Association of microRNA-10a/b in Physiology of Cancer. MicroRNA. 9. 1–19. 2 indexed citations

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