Mekayla A. Storer

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Mekayla A. Storer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mekayla A. Storer has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mekayla A. Storer's work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (5 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (3 papers). Mekayla A. Storer is often cited by papers focused on Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (5 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (3 papers). Mekayla A. Storer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Spain. Mekayla A. Storer's co-authors include William M. Keyes, Alexandre Robert‐Moreno, Noam Pilpel, Valery Krizhanovsky, Valeria Di Giacomo, Matteo Pecoraro, James Sharpe, Reut Yosef, Freda D. Miller and David R. Kaplan and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Mekayla A. Storer

17 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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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.

Senescence Is a Developmental Mechanism that Contributes to Embryonic Growth and Patterning

2013 884 citations Mekayla A. Storer, Alexandre Robert‐Moreno et al. Cell profile →
The senescence-associated secretory phenotype induces cellular plasticity and tissue regeneration

2017 479 citations Mekayla A. Storer, Florian Heinzmann et al. Genes & Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mekayla A. Storer Canada	13	1.1k	999	431	203	203	18	2.1k
Massimiliano Cerletti United States	16	1.9k 1.8×	1.1k 1.1×	657 1.5×	273 1.3×	200 1.0×	20	3.4k
Jamie O. Brett United States	12	1.4k 1.3×	368 0.4×	73 0.2×	234 1.2×	371 1.8×	17	2.0k
Mercè Jardı́ Spain	17	1.9k 1.7×	888 0.9×	213 0.5×	242 1.2×	308 1.5×	24	2.8k
Millan S. Patel Canada	19	2.6k 2.4×	348 0.3×	210 0.5×	72 0.4×	208 1.0×	54	3.9k
Iain W. McKinnell United Kingdom	22	1.7k 1.6×	327 0.3×	116 0.3×	72 0.4×	132 0.7×	29	2.1k
Kin Ming Kwan Hong Kong	26	1.9k 1.8×	172 0.2×	197 0.5×	70 0.3×	183 0.9×	51	2.8k
Catalin G. Manole Romania	16	758 0.7×	356 0.4×	131 0.3×	66 0.3×	109 0.5×	26	1.5k
Sangyeul Han United States	14	901 0.8×	371 0.4×	149 0.3×	32 0.2×	154 0.8×	17	1.9k
Achia Urbach Israel	14	2.4k 2.3×	332 0.3×	165 0.4×	42 0.2×	492 2.4×	24	2.9k
Tara L. Huber United States	16	2.3k 2.2×	348 0.3×	467 1.1×	29 0.1×	213 1.0×	23	3.4k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Bayın, N. Sumru, Benjamin Steventon, & Mekayla A. Storer. (2025). Building and rebuilding complex tissues: strategic visions from a research-led workshop. Development. 152(20).

Fatt, Michael P., Lina Tran, Gisella Vetere, et al.. (2022). Restoration of hippocampal neural precursor function by ablation of senescent cells in the aging stem cell niche. Stem Cell Reports. 17(2). 259–275. 41 indexed citations

Mahmud, Neemat, et al.. (2022). Nail-associated mesenchymal cells contribute to and are essential for dorsal digit tip regeneration. Cell Reports. 41(12). 111853–111853. 9 indexed citations

Aztekin, Can & Mekayla A. Storer. (2022). To regenerate or not to regenerate: Vertebrate model organisms of regeneration‐competency and ‐incompetency. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 30(6). 623–635. 15 indexed citations

Storer, Mekayla A. & Freda D. Miller. (2021). A finger on the pulse of regeneration: insights into the cellular mechanisms of adult digit tip regeneration. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 70. 1–6. 7 indexed citations

Toma, Jeremy S., Konstantina Karamboulas, Matthew Carr, et al.. (2020). Peripheral Nerve Single-Cell Analysis Identifies Mesenchymal Ligands that Promote Axonal Growth. eNeuro. 7(3). ENEURO.0066–20.2020. 56 indexed citations

Storer, Mekayla A., Neemat Mahmud, Konstantina Karamboulas, et al.. (2020). Acquisition of a Unique Mesenchymal Precursor-like Blastema State Underlies Successful Adult Mammalian Digit Tip Regeneration. Developmental Cell. 52(4). 509–524.e9. 73 indexed citations

Innes, Brendan T., et al.. (2020). Single-Cell Profiling Shows Murine Forebrain Neural Stem Cells Reacquire a Developmental State when Activated for Adult Neurogenesis. Cell Reports. 32(6). 108022–108022. 47 indexed citations

Storer, Mekayla A. & Freda D. Miller. (2020). Cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate mammalian digit tip regeneration. Open Biology. 10(9). 200194–200194. 22 indexed citations

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Xie, Meng, Dmitrii Kamenev, Markéta Kaucká, et al.. (2019). Schwann cell precursors contribute to skeletal formation during embryonic development in mice and zebrafish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(30). 15068–15073. 53 indexed citations

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Storer, Mekayla A., et al.. (2018). Interleukin-6 Regulates Adult Neural Stem Cell Numbers during Normal and Abnormal Post-natal Development. Stem Cell Reports. 10(5). 1464–1480. 70 indexed citations

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Storer, Mekayla A., Florian Heinzmann, Jennifer P. Morton, et al.. (2017). The senescence-associated secretory phenotype induces cellular plasticity and tissue regeneration. Genes & Development. 31(2). 172–183. 479 indexed citations breakdown →

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Storer, Mekayla A. & William M. Keyes. (2016). Detection of Senescence Markers During Mammalian Embryonic Development. Methods in molecular biology. 1534. 199–210. 4 indexed citations

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Johnston, Adam P. W., Scott A. Yuzwa, Matthew Carr, et al.. (2016). Dedifferentiated Schwann Cell Precursors Secreting Paracrine Factors Are Required for Regeneration of the Mammalian Digit Tip. Cell stem cell. 19(4). 433–448. 159 indexed citations

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Storer, Mekayla A. & William M. Keyes. (2014). Developing senescence to remodel the embryo. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 7(5). e970969–e970969. 7 indexed citations

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Storer, Mekayla A., Alexandre Robert‐Moreno, Matteo Pecoraro, et al.. (2013). Senescence Is a Developmental Mechanism that Contributes to Embryonic Growth and Patterning. Cell. 155(5). 1119–1130. 884 indexed citations breakdown →

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Doles, Jason D., Mekayla A. Storer, Luca Cozzuto, Guglielmo Roma, & William M. Keyes. (2012). Age-associated inflammation inhibits epidermal stem cell function. Genes & Development. 26(19). 2144–2153. 125 indexed citations

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Nik‐Zainal, Serena, Reiner Strick, Mekayla A. Storer, et al.. (2011). High incidence of recurrent copy number variants in patients with isolated and syndromic Müllerian aplasia. Journal of Medical Genetics. 48(3). 197–204. 87 indexed citations

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