Mona Diab‐Assaf

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Mona Diab‐Assaf is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Mona Diab‐Assaf has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Mona Diab‐Assaf's work include T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (7 papers), Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (7 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (6 papers). Mona Diab‐Assaf is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (7 papers), Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (7 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (6 papers). Mona Diab‐Assaf collaborates with scholars based in Lebanon, France and Saudi Arabia. Mona Diab‐Assaf's co-authors include Laëtitia Delort, Florence Caldefie‐Chezet, Ola Habanjar, Albert Roessner, Hala Gali‐Muhtasib, Regine Schneider‐Stock, Roland Hartig, Carsten Boltze, Caroline Decombat and Steve Harakeh and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cancer Research and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Mona Diab‐Assaf

71 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

3D Cell Culture Systems: Tumor Application, Advantages, and Disadvantages

2021 337 citations Ola Habanjar, Mona Diab‐Assaf et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →
Crosstalk of Inflammatory Cytokines within the Breast Tumor Microenvironment

2023 140 citations Ola Habanjar, Caroline Decombat et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mona Diab‐Assaf Lebanon	24	663	462	411	325	255	73	2.1k
Hanchun Chen China	29	1.4k 2.1×	253 0.5×	398 1.0×	114 0.4×	165 0.6×	102	2.6k
Shireen Vali United States	23	1.2k 1.8×	174 0.4×	497 1.2×	198 0.6×	70 0.3×	67	2.1k
Bilal Bin Hafeez United States	36	1.9k 2.9×	194 0.4×	551 1.3×	340 1.0×	292 1.1×	82	3.7k
Lu Fan Singapore	23	1.2k 1.9×	122 0.3×	526 1.3×	93 0.3×	113 0.4×	39	2.4k
Sosmitha Girisa India	25	1.1k 1.6×	145 0.3×	271 0.7×	103 0.3×	82 0.3×	59	2.2k
Seung Ho Baek South Korea	22	738 1.1×	119 0.3×	318 0.8×	97 0.3×	97 0.4×	60	1.6k
Amareshwar T.K. Singh United States	17	1.2k 1.9×	139 0.3×	458 1.1×	75 0.2×	150 0.6×	32	2.3k
Xiaohua Gao United States	29	1.7k 2.5×	177 0.4×	223 0.5×	254 0.8×	49 0.2×	94	3.1k
Cheng‐Hao Jin China	29	1.1k 1.6×	125 0.3×	234 0.6×	137 0.4×	69 0.3×	112	2.3k
Tanya Das India	36	2.2k 3.3×	220 0.5×	876 2.1×	170 0.5×	163 0.6×	92	4.1k

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Decombat, Caroline, Ola Habanjar, Pierre Chalard, et al.. (2025). Selected Plant Extracts Regulating the Inflammatory Immune Response and Oxidative Stress: Focus on Quercus robur. Nutrients. 17(3). 510–510. 1 indexed citations

Pinon, Aline, et al.. (2024). Photodynamic Therapy against Colorectal Cancer Using Porphin-Loaded Arene Ruthenium Cages. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(19). 10847–10847. 2 indexed citations

Therrien, Bruno, et al.. (2024). Cellular Uptake and Phototoxicity Optimization of Arene Ruthenium Porphyrin Derivatives. Inorganics. 12(3). 86–86. 1 indexed citations

Roch, Benoît, Ekaterina Pisareva, Cynthia Sánchez, et al.. (2023). Impact of platelet activation on the release of cell-free mitochondria and circulating mitochondrial DNA. Clinica Chimica Acta. 553. 117711–117711. 3 indexed citations

Diab‐Assaf, Mona, et al.. (2023). Photodynamic therapy in colorectal cancer using photosensitizers functionalized by arene-ruthenium complexes. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 41. 103475–103475.

Diab‐Assaf, Mona, et al.. (2023). Emerging Therapeutic Approaches to Target the Dark Side of Senescent Cells: New Hopes to Treat Aging as a Disease and to Delay Age-Related Pathologies. Cells. 12(6). 915–915. 35 indexed citations

Hijazi, Akram, et al.. (2022). Anticancer effect of different rhizome extracts of the Lebanese Rheum ribes L. species on colorectal cancer cell lines. Phytomedicine Plus. 2(3). 100321–100321. 5 indexed citations

Baba, Ranim El, Sébastien Pasquereau, Sandy Haidar Ahmad, Mona Diab‐Assaf, & Georges Herbein. (2022). Oncogenic and Stemness Signatures of the High-Risk HCMV Strains in Breast Cancer Progression. Cancers. 14(17). 4271–4271. 20 indexed citations

Farges, Marie‐Chantal, Augustin Le Naour, Nicolas Gonçalves-Mendes, et al.. (2020). Vitamin D supplementation associated with physical exercise promotes a tolerogenic immune environment without effect on mammary tumour growth in C57BL/6 mice. European Journal of Nutrition. 60(5). 2521–2535. 4 indexed citations

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Carbonnelle, Delphine, et al.. (2019). 4-cholesten-3-one decreases breast cancer cell viability and alters membrane raft-localized EGFR expression by reducing lipogenesis and enhancing LXR-dependent cholesterol transporters. Lipids in Health and Disease. 18(1). 168–168. 19 indexed citations

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Léger, David Y., Soumaya Nasri, Frédérique Brégier, et al.. (2017). In vitro anticancer activity of new gold(III) porphyrin complexes in colon cancer cells. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 177. 27–38. 27 indexed citations

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Poulard, Coralie, et al.. (2016). LKB1, A New Biomarker in Breast Cancer. Journal of Cancer Therapy. 7(10). 690–699. 2 indexed citations

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Pinon, Aline, Lama Hassan, Youness Limami, et al.. (2016). Resistance to 3‐HTMC‐Induced Apoptosis Through Activation of PI3K/Akt, MEK/ERK, and p38/COX‐2/PGE₂ Pathways in Human HT‐29 and HCT116 Colorectal Cancer Cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 117(12). 2875–2885. 33 indexed citations

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Harakeh, Steve, Mona Diab‐Assaf, Rania Azar, et al.. (2014). Epigallocatechin-3-gallate Inhibits Tax-dependent Activation of Nuclear Factor Kappa B and of Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 in Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus-1 Positive Leukemia Cells. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 15(3). 1219–1225. 17 indexed citations

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Limami, Youness, Christelle Pouget, David Y. Léger, et al.. (2013). Novel methylsulfonyl chalcones as potential antiproliferative drugs for human prostate cancer: Involvement of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis. International Journal of Oncology. 43(4). 1160–1168. 15 indexed citations

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Safi, Sher Zaman, et al.. (2012). The ethanol fraction from the stem of Berberis libanotica inhibits the viability of adult T cell leukemia. Scopus. 8 indexed citations

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Mroueh, Mohamad, et al.. (2011). Chemopreventive effects of wild carrot oil against 7,12-dimethyl benz(a)anthracene-induced squamous cell carcinoma in mice. Pharmaceutical Biology. 49(9). 955–961. 24 indexed citations

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Gali‐Muhtasib, Hala, Doerthe Kuester, Christian Mawrin, et al.. (2008). Thymoquinone Triggers Inactivation of the Stress Response Pathway Sensor CHEK1 and Contributes to Apoptosis in Colorectal Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 68(14). 5609–5618. 129 indexed citations

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Diab‐Assaf, Mona, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of anti-cancer effect of Daucus carota on the human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 13. 5 indexed citations

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Harakeh, Steve, et al.. (2006). Mechanistic aspects of apoptosis induction by l-lysine in both HTLV-1-positive and -negative cell lines. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 164(1-2). 102–114. 10 indexed citations

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