Melissa E. Pepling

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Melissa E. Pepling is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa E. Pepling has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Melissa E. Pepling's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (23 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (6 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers). Melissa E. Pepling is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (23 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (6 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers). Melissa E. Pepling collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Melissa E. Pepling's co-authors include Allan C. Spradling, Margaret de Cuevas, Elizabeth Padilla‐Banks, Retha R. Newbold, Wendy N. Jefferson, Ying Chen, J. Peter Gergen, Robin L. Jones, Peter J. Gergen and Hiroshi Kagoshima and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Melissa E. Pepling

34 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Mouse Ovarian Germ Cell Cysts Undergo Programmed Breakdown to Form Primordial Follicles

2001 555 citations Melissa E. Pepling, Allan C. Spradling Developmental Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa E. Pepling United States	25	1.9k	1.8k	802	772	385	37	3.4k
Shoji Oda Japan	27	997 0.5×	970 0.5×	413 0.5×	912 1.2×	143 0.4×	99	2.8k
Eimei Sato Japan	37	2.3k 1.2×	3.2k 1.8×	862 1.1×	1.9k 2.5×	91 0.2×	270	5.1k
Masamichi Kurohmaru Japan	28	2.1k 1.1×	561 0.3×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	423 1.1×	222	4.0k
Claude Robert Canada	37	1.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	50 0.1×	127	4.0k
Lynda K. McGinnis United States	28	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	530 0.7×	858 1.1×	51 0.1×	78	3.2k
Karim Nayernia Germany	30	2.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	1.5k 2.0×	66 0.2×	90	4.5k
Charlotte Lécureuil France	20	1.1k 0.6×	469 0.3×	831 1.0×	993 1.3×	352 0.9×	53	2.3k
Ans M. M. van Pelt Netherlands	40	2.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.7k 2.2×	3.1k 4.0×	137 0.4×	117	5.0k
Rosemary F. Bachvarova United States	36	2.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	38 0.1×	50	4.4k
Kentaro Yomogida Japan	30	1.7k 0.9×	801 0.4×	869 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	33 0.1×	56	3.0k

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Pepling, Melissa E., et al.. (2021). Primordial follicle formation – Some assembly required. Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research. 18. 118–127. 20 indexed citations

Dutta, Sudipta, et al.. (2019). Molecular analysis of the effects of steroid hormones on mouse meiotic prophase I progression. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 17(1). 105–105. 8 indexed citations

Dutta, Sudipta, et al.. (2016). Arrest at the diplotene stage of meiotic prophase I is delayed by progesterone but is not required for primordial follicle formation in mice. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 14(1). 82–82. 18 indexed citations

Sivakumar, Kirthiram K., Jone A. Stanley, Joe A. Arosh, et al.. (2014). Prenatal exposure to chromium induces early reproductive senescence by increasing germ cell apoptosis and advancing germ cell cyst breakdown in the F1 offspring. Developmental Biology. 388(1). 22–34. 42 indexed citations

Dutta, Sudipta, et al.. (2014). The Steroid Hormone Environment During Primordial Follicle Formation in Perinatal Mouse Ovaries1. Biology of Reproduction. 91(3). 68–68. 45 indexed citations

Jones, Robin L. & Melissa E. Pepling. (2013). KIT signaling regulates primordial follicle formation in the neonatal mouse ovary. Developmental Biology. 382(1). 186–197. 59 indexed citations

Pepling, Melissa E., et al.. (2012). Effects of estrogenic compounds on neonatal oocyte development. Reproductive Toxicology. 34(1). 51–56. 57 indexed citations

Jones, Robin L. & Melissa E. Pepling. (2012). Role of the Antiapoptotic Proteins BCL2 and MCL1 in the Neonatal Mouse Ovary1. Biology of Reproduction. 88(2). 46–46. 27 indexed citations

Pepling, Melissa E.. (2011). Follicular assembly: mechanisms of action. Reproduction. 143(2). 139–149. 178 indexed citations

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Chen, Ying, Kelsey Breen, & Melissa E. Pepling. (2009). Estrogen can signal through multiple pathways to regulate oocyte cyst breakdown and primordial follicle assembly in the neonatal mouse ovary. Journal of Endocrinology. 202(3). 407–417. 87 indexed citations

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Greenfeld, Chuck, Melissa E. Pepling, Janice K. Babus, Priscilla A. Furth, & Jodi A. Flaws. (2007). BAX regulates follicular endowment in mice. Reproduction. 133(5). 865–876. 72 indexed citations

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Chen, Ying, Wendy N. Jefferson, Retha R. Newbold, Elizabeth Padilla‐Banks, & Melissa E. Pepling. (2007). Estradiol, Progesterone, and Genistein Inhibit Oocyte Nest Breakdown and Primordial Follicle Assembly in the Neonatal Mouse Ovary in Vitro and in Vivo. Endocrinology. 148(8). 3580–3590. 208 indexed citations

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Pepling, Melissa E.. (2006). From primordial germ cell to primordial follicle: mammalian female germ cell development. genesis. 44(12). 622–632. 270 indexed citations

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Greenfeld, Chuck, Katherine F. Roby, Melissa E. Pepling, et al.. (2006). Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Receptor Type 2 Is an Important Mediator of TNF alpha Function in the Mouse Ovary1. Biology of Reproduction. 76(2). 224–231. 47 indexed citations

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Jefferson, Wendy N., Retha R. Newbold, Elizabeth Padilla‐Banks, & Melissa E. Pepling. (2005). Neonatal Genistein Treatment Alters Ovarian Differentiation in the Mouse: Inhibition of Oocyte Nest Breakdown and Increased Oocyte Survival1. Biology of Reproduction. 74(1). 161–168. 149 indexed citations

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Murphy, Katherine C., et al.. (2005). Expression of Stat3 in germ cells of developing and adult mouse ovaries and testes. Gene Expression Patterns. 5(4). 475–482. 50 indexed citations

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Pepling, Melissa E. & Allan C. Spradling. (2001). Mouse Ovarian Germ Cell Cysts Undergo Programmed Breakdown to Form Primordial Follicles. Developmental Biology. 234(2). 339–351. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pepling, Melissa E., Margaret de Cuevas, & Allan C. Spradling. (1999). Germline cysts: a conserved phase of germ cell development?. Trends in Cell Biology. 9(7). 257–262. 212 indexed citations

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Wolff, Christian M., Melissa E. Pepling, Peter J. Gergen, & Martin Klingler. (1999). Structure and evolution of a pair-rule interaction element: runt regulatory sequences in D. melanogaster and D. virilis. Mechanisms of Development. 80(1). 87–99. 17 indexed citations

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Pepling, Melissa E. & Stephen M. Mount. (1990). Sequence of a cDNA from theDrosophila melanogaster whitegene. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(6). 1633–1633. 55 indexed citations

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