Michael G. Rosenfeld

98.6k total citations · 40 hit papers
389 papers, 79.1k citations indexed

About

Michael G. Rosenfeld is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael G. Rosenfeld has authored 389 papers receiving a total of 79.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 315 papers in Molecular Biology, 121 papers in Genetics and 72 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Michael G. Rosenfeld's work include RNA Research and Splicing (80 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (69 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (60 papers). Michael G. Rosenfeld is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (80 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (69 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (60 papers). Michael G. Rosenfeld collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Michael G. Rosenfeld's co-authors include Christopher K. Glass, Ronald M. Evans, David W. Rose, Larry W. Swanson, Susan Amara, Riki Kurokawa, Valentina Perissi, Kenneth A. Ohgi, Joseph Torchia and Donna M. Simmons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael G. Rosenfeld

387 papers receiving 77.4k citations

Hit Papers

Production of a novel neu... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1983 1996 2000 1982 2003 500 1000 1.5k
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  1. Production of a novel neuropeptide encoded by the calcitonin gene via tissue-specific RNA processing
    1983 2.0k citations Michael G. Rosenfeld, Susan Amara et al. profile →
  2. A CBP Integrator Complex Mediates Transcriptional Activation and AP-1 Inhibition by Nuclear Receptors
    1996 1.9k citations David W. Rose, Christopher K. Glass et al. profile →
  3. The coregulator exchange in transcriptional functions of nuclear receptors
    2000 1.8k citations Christopher K. Glass, Michael G. Rosenfeld Genes & Development profile →
  4. Alternative RNA processing in calcitonin gene expression generates mRNAs encoding different polypeptide products
    1982 1.8k citations Susan Amara, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  5. Molecular determinants of resistance to antiandrogen therapy
    2003 1.8k citations Derek S. Welsbie, Sung Hee Baek et al. profile →
  6. Ligand-independent repression by the thyroid hormone receptor mediated by a nuclear receptor co-repressor
    1995 1.7k citations Christopher K. Glass, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  7. Primary structure and expression of a functional human glucocorticoid receptor cDNA
    1985 1.5k citations Michael G. Rosenfeld, Ronald M. Evans et al. profile →
  8. RXRβ: A coregulator that enhances binding of retinoic acid, thyroid hormone, and vitamin D receptors to their cognate response elements
    1991 1.1k citations Christopher K. Glass, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  9. A complex containing N-CoR, mSln3 and histone deacetylase mediates transcriptional repression
    1997 1.1k citations Robert N. Eisenman, David W. Rose et al. profile →
  10. A SUMOylation-dependent pathway mediates transrepression of inflammatory response genes by PPAR-γ
    2005 1.0k citations Amir Gamliel, David W. Rose et al. profile →
  11. Dwarf locus mutants lacking three pituitary cell types result from mutations in the POU-domain gene pit-1
    1990 1000 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  12. Dramatic growth of mice that develop from eggs microinjected with metallothionein–growth hormone fusion genes
    1982 925 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld, Ronald M. Evans et al. profile →
  13. A tissue-specific transcription factor containing a homeodomain specifies a pituitary phenotype
    1988 870 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  14. Induced ncRNAs allosterically modify RNA-binding proteins in cis to inhibit transcription
    2008 805 citations Xiaoyuan Song, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  15. Coactivator and corepressor complexes in nuclear receptor function
    1999 784 citations Christopher K. Glass, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  16. Functional domains of the human glucocorticoid receptor
    1986 759 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld, Ronald M. Evans et al. profile →
  17. A Nurr1/CoREST Pathway in Microglia and Astrocytes Protects Dopaminergic Neurons from Inflammation-Induced Death
    2009 758 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld, Christopher K. Glass et al. profile →
  18. Functional roles of enhancer RNAs for oestrogen-dependent transcriptional activation
    2013 755 citations Qi Ma, Esperanza Núñez et al. profile →
  19. Sensors and signals: a coactivator/corepressor/epigenetic code for integrating signal-dependent programs of transcriptional response
    2006 734 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld, Victoria V. Lunyak et al. Genes & Development profile →
  20. Expression of a large family of POU-domain regulatory genes in mammalian brain development
    1989 732 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  21. A Topoisomerase IIß-Mediated dsDNA Break Required for Regulated Transcription
    2006 692 citations Victoria V. Lunyak, Ivan García-Bassets et al. Science profile →
  22. CBP Histone Acetyltransferase Activity Is a Critical Component of Memory Consolidation
    2004 659 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  23. The POU domain: a large conserved region in the mammalian pit-1, oct-1, oct-2, and Caenorhabditis elegans unc-86 gene products.
    1988 659 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. Genes & Development profile →
  24. Reprogramming transcription by distinct classes of enhancers functionally defined by eRNA
    2011 655 citations Dong Wang, Ivan García-Bassets et al. profile →
  25. Pituitary lineage determination by the Prophet of Pit-1 homeodomain factor defective in Ames dwarfism
    1996 615 citations Anatoli S. Gleiberman, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  26. Nuclear receptor coactivators
    1997 603 citations Christopher K. Glass, David W. Rose et al. profile →
  27. Diverse signaling pathways modulate nuclear receptor recruitment of N-CoR and SMRT complexes
    1998 550 citations Christopher K. Glass, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  28. Transcription Factor-Specific Requirements for Coactivators and Their Acetyltransferase Functions
    1998 546 citations David W. Rose, Christopher K. Glass et al. Science profile →
  29. Requirement for intrinsic protein tyrosine kinase in the immediate and late actions of the EGF receptor
    1987 542 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  30. Molecular Determinants of Crosstalk between Nuclear Receptors and Toll-like Receptors
    2005 533 citations Jean Lozach, Christopher Benner et al. profile →
  31. Pituitary cell phenotypes involve cell-specific Pit-1 mRNA translation and synergistic interactions with other classes of transcription factors.
    1990 527 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. Genes & Development profile →
  32. Expression in Brain of a Messenger RNA Encoding a Novel Neuropeptide Homologous to Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
    1985 520 citations Susan Amara, Ronald M. Evans et al. Science profile →
  33. lncRNA-dependent mechanisms of androgen-receptor-regulated gene activation programs
    2013 520 citations Kenneth A. Ohgi, Jie Zhang et al. profile →
  34. ncRNA- and Pc2 Methylation-Dependent Gene Relocation between Nuclear Structures Mediates Gene Activation Programs
    2011 514 citations Kenneth A. Ohgi, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  35. Retinoic acid and thyroid hormone induce gene expression through a common responsive element
    1988 509 citations Christopher K. Glass, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  36. Co-activators and co-repressors in the integration of transcriptional responses
    1998 508 citations Christopher K. Glass, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  37. Eya protein phosphatase activity regulates Six1–Dach–Eya transcriptional effects in mammalian organogenesis
    2003 506 citations Kenneth A. Ohgi, Jie Zhang et al. profile →
  38. Enhancers as non-coding RNA transcription units: recent insights and future perspectives
    2016 503 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. profile →
  39. Determinants of coactivator LXXLL motif specificity in nuclear receptor transcriptional activation
    1998 503 citations David W. Rose, Christopher K. Glass et al. Genes & Development profile →
  40. Activation of Cell-Specific Expression of Rat Growth Hormone and Prolactin Genes by a Common Transcription Factor
    1988 466 citations Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael G. Rosenfeld United States 155 54.8k 22.4k 12.9k 10.7k 9.4k 389 79.1k
Bert W. O’Malley United States 139 40.6k 0.7× 35.6k 1.6× 9.9k 0.8× 5.3k 0.5× 5.7k 0.6× 964 77.9k
Pierre Chambon France 183 80.6k 1.5× 45.3k 2.0× 8.8k 0.7× 9.0k 0.8× 7.7k 0.8× 702 117.0k
Robert E. Hammer United States 116 27.2k 0.5× 10.7k 0.5× 4.2k 0.3× 5.8k 0.5× 4.6k 0.5× 290 52.9k
William J. Rutter United States 101 35.4k 0.6× 9.8k 0.4× 6.1k 0.5× 4.0k 0.4× 3.6k 0.4× 311 56.7k
Michael E. Greenberg United States 125 58.5k 1.1× 10.0k 0.4× 2.0k 0.2× 26.4k 2.5× 8.2k 0.9× 251 88.7k
Günther Schütz Germany 92 19.6k 0.4× 10.4k 0.5× 5.5k 0.4× 7.9k 0.7× 2.5k 0.3× 261 38.9k
George D. Yancopoulos United States 161 55.1k 1.0× 6.1k 0.3× 2.8k 0.2× 18.5k 1.7× 11.9k 1.3× 430 103.1k
Richard D. Palmiter United States 143 30.6k 0.6× 13.7k 0.6× 3.5k 0.3× 14.2k 1.3× 1.9k 0.2× 471 69.2k
Eric N. Olson United States 199 109.1k 2.0× 15.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.1× 9.3k 0.9× 24.0k 2.6× 761 135.3k
Roderick T. Bronson United States 139 46.0k 0.8× 8.4k 0.4× 2.2k 0.2× 4.4k 0.4× 11.6k 1.2× 544 77.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yuan, Wei, Amir Gamliel, Wubin Ma, et al.. (2025). An eRNA transcription checkpoint for diverse signal-dependent enhancer activation programs. Nature Genetics. 57(4). 962–972. 2 indexed citations
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Abe, Yohei, Eric Kofman, Zhengyu Ouyang, et al.. (2024). A TLR4/TRAF6-dependent signaling pathway mediates NCoR coactivator complex formation for inflammatory gene activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(2). e2316104121–e2316104121. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Siqi, et al.. (2023). The 3D genome and its impacts on human health and disease. PubMed. 2(2). lnad012–lnad012. 11 indexed citations
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Nair, Sreejith J., Yang Lu, Dario Meluzzi, et al.. (2019). Phase separation of ligand-activated enhancers licenses cooperative chromosomal enhancer assembly. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(3). 193–203. 238 indexed citations
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Benaglio, Paola, Agnieszka D’Antonio‐Chronowska, Wubin Ma, et al.. (2019). Allele-specific NKX2-5 binding underlies multiple genetic associations with human electrocardiographic traits. Nature Genetics. 51(10). 1506–1517. 30 indexed citations
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Nechiporuk, Tamilla, Sophia Jeng, Shannon K. McWeeney, et al.. (2017). REST corepressors RCOR1 and RCOR2 and the repressor INSM1 regulate the proliferation–differentiation balance in the developing brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(3). E406–E415. 52 indexed citations
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Lee, June‐Yong, Cara Skon-Hegg, You Jeong Lee, et al.. (2015). The Transcription Factor KLF2 Restrains CD4 + T Follicular Helper Cell Differentiation. Immunity. 42(2). 252–264. 134 indexed citations
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Dias, José M., Shirin Ilkhanizadeh, Esra Karaca, et al.. (2014). CtBPs Sense Microenvironmental Oxygen Levels to Regulate Neural Stem Cell State. Cell Reports. 8(3). 665–670. 19 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye, Ian Teng, Michael G. Rosenfeld, et al.. (2012). Asymmetric requirement of surface epithelial β‐catenin during the upper and lower jaw development. Developmental Dynamics. 241(4). 663–674. 13 indexed citations
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Lee, Ji Min, Ik Soo Kim, Hyun-Kyung Kim, et al.. (2010). RORα Attenuates Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling by PKCα-Dependent Phosphorylation in Colon Cancer. Molecular Cell. 37(2). 183–195. 146 indexed citations
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Hu, Qidong, Young‐Soo Kwon, Esperanza Núñez, et al.. (2008). Enhancing nuclear receptor-induced transcription requires nuclear motor and LSD1-dependent gene networking in interchromatin granules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(49). 19199–19204. 231 indexed citations
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Gleiberman, Anatoli S., Tatyana V. Michurina, Juan Manuel Encinas, et al.. (2008). Genetic approaches identify adult pituitary stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(17). 6332–6337. 139 indexed citations
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Kwon, Young‐Soo, Ivan García-Bassets, Kasey R. Hutt, et al.. (2007). Sensitive ChIP-DSL technology reveals an extensive estrogen receptor α-binding program on human gene promoters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(12). 4852–4857. 101 indexed citations
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Toyo‐oka, Kazuhito, Shinji Hirotsune, Zirong Li, et al.. (2006). Mnt-Deficient Mammary Glands Exhibit Impaired Involution and Tumors with Characteristics of Myc Overexpression. Cancer Research. 66(11). 5565–5573. 28 indexed citations
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Baek, Sung Hee, Kenneth A. Ohgi, Charles A. Nelson, et al.. (2006). Ligand-specific allosteric regulation of coactivator functions of androgen receptor in prostate cancer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(9). 3100–3105. 62 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Michael G., Victoria V. Lunyak, & Christopher K. Glass. (2006). Sensors and signals: a coactivator/corepressor/epigenetic code for integrating signal-dependent programs of transcriptional response. Genes & Development. 20(11). 1405–1428. 734 indexed citations breakdown →
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McEvilly, Robert J., et al.. (2002). Transcriptional Regulation of Cortical Neuron Migration by POU Domain Factors. Science. 295(5559). 1528–1532. 208 indexed citations
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Bermingham, John R., et al.. (2001). Modification of representational difference analysis applied to the isolation of forskolin‐regulated genes from Schwann cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 63(6). 516–524. 19 indexed citations
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Evans, Ronald M., Susan Amara, & Michael G. Rosenfeld. (1982). RNA Processing Regulation of Neuroendorcrine Gene Expression. DNA. 1(4). 323–328. 5 indexed citations

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