Paul A. Northcott

67.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
120 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Paul A. Northcott is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul A. Northcott has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Genetics and 30 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Paul A. Northcott's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (63 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (39 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (32 papers). Paul A. Northcott is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (63 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (39 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (32 papers). Paul A. Northcott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Paul A. Northcott's co-authors include Michael D. Taylor, Stefan M. Pfister, Andrey Korshunov, Steven C. Clifford, Charles G. Eberhart, James T. Rutka, Scott L. Pomeroy, Marcel Kool, Peter Lichter and Marc Remke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Paul A. Northcott

116 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma: the current consensus

2011 1.2k citations Michael D. Taylor, Paul A. Northcott et al. profile →
Medulloblastoma Comprises Four Distinct Molecular Variants

2010 886 citations Paul A. Northcott, Andrey Korshunov et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Medulloblastoma

2019 384 citations Paul A. Northcott, Giles Robinson et al. profile →

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Ken Aldape United States

Gene Hung United States

Marc Remke Germany

Katrin Lamszus Germany

Gaetano Finocchiaro Italy

Antonio Iavarone United States

Genglin Jin United States

Andrey Korshunov Germany

Do‐Hyun Nam South Korea

Annie‐Claire Diserens Switzerland

Ken Aldape United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul A. Northcott

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Schmidt, Christin, Sarah L. Cohen, Brian Gudenas, et al.. (2024). PRDM6 promotes medulloblastoma by repressing chromatin accessibility and altering gene expression. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 16074–16074. 5 indexed citations

Tao, Ran, et al.. (2024). Arrested development: the dysfunctional life history of medulloblastoma. Genes & Development. 39(1-2). 4–17. 1 indexed citations

Tran, Quynh T., Tong Lin, Ruth Tatevossian, et al.. (2024). Comparison of DNA methylation based classification models for precision diagnostics of central nervous system tumors. npj Precision Oncology. 8(1). 218–218. 4 indexed citations

Pribnow, Allison, Barbara Jonchère, Jingjing Liu, et al.. (2022). Combination of Ribociclib and Gemcitabine for the Treatment of Medulloblastoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 21(8). 1306–1317. 5 indexed citations

Inoue, Akira, Laura J. Janke, Brian Gudenas, et al.. (2021). A genetic mouse model with postnatal Nf1 and p53 loss recapitulates the histology and transcriptome of human malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 3(1). vdab129–vdab129. 5 indexed citations

Leary, Sarah, Lindsay Kilburn, J. Russell Geyer, et al.. (2021). Vorinostat and isotretinoin with chemotherapy in young children with embryonal brain tumors: A report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC-026). Neuro-Oncology. 24(7). 1178–1190. 21 indexed citations

Ramaswamy, Vijay, Marc Remke, David Shih, et al.. (2014). Duration of the pre‐diagnostic interval in medulloblastoma is subgroup dependent. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 61(7). 1190–1194. 33 indexed citations

Markant, Shirley L., Lourdes Adriana Esparza, Kelly L. Barton, et al.. (2013). Targeting Sonic Hedgehog-Associated Medulloblastoma through Inhibition of Aurora and Polo-like Kinases. Cancer Research. 73(20). 6310–6322. 46 indexed citations

Dey, Joyoti, Adrian M. Dubuc, Kyle D. Pedro, et al.. (2013). MyoD Is a Tumor Suppressor Gene in Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 73(22). 6828–6837. 23 indexed citations

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Mumert, Michael L., Adrian M. Dubuc, Xiaochong Wu, et al.. (2012). Functional Genomics Identifies Drivers of Medulloblastoma Dissemination. Cancer Research. 72(19). 4944–4953. 38 indexed citations

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Sengupta, Rajarshi, Adrian M. Dubuc, Stacey Ward, et al.. (2011). CXCR4 Activation Defines a New Subgroup of Sonic Hedgehog–Driven Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 72(1). 122–132. 48 indexed citations

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Remke, Marc, Thomas Hielscher, Paul A. Northcott, et al.. (2011). Adult Medulloblastoma Comprises Three Major Molecular Variants. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29(19). 2717–2723. 160 indexed citations

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Northcott, Paul A., Andrey Korshunov, Hendrik Witt, et al.. (2010). Medulloblastoma Comprises Four Distinct Molecular Variants. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29(11). 1408–1414. 886 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Limei, Daniel Picard, Young‐Shin Ra, et al.. (2010). Silencing of Thrombospondin-1 Is Critical for Myc-Induced Metastatic Phenotypes in Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 70(20). 8199–8210. 47 indexed citations

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Milde, Till, Ina Oehme, Andrey Korshunov, et al.. (2010). HDAC5 and HDAC9 in Medulloblastoma: Novel Markers for Risk Stratification and Role in Tumor Cell Growth. Clinical Cancer Research. 16(12). 3240–3252. 158 indexed citations

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Traenka, Christopher, Marc Remke, Andrey Korshunov, et al.. (2010). Role of LIM and SH3 Protein 1 (LASP1) in the Metastatic Dissemination of Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 70(20). 8003–8014. 55 indexed citations

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Bhatia, Bobby, Paul A. Northcott, Dolores Hambardzumyan, et al.. (2009). Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Suppression in Cerebellar Development and Medulloblastoma: Separate Regulation of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Activity and p27Kip1 Localization. Cancer Research. 69(18). 7224–7234. 34 indexed citations

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Northcott, Paul A., Africa Fernández-L, John P. Hagan, et al.. (2009). The miR-17/92 Polycistron Is Up-regulated in Sonic Hedgehog–Driven Medulloblastomas and Induced by N-myc in Sonic Hedgehog–Treated Cerebellar Neural Precursors. Cancer Research. 69(8). 3249–3255. 227 indexed citations

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Adamson, David Cory, Qun Shi, Matthew Wortham, et al.. (2009). OTX2 Is Critical for the Maintenance and Progression of Shh-Independent Medulloblastomas. Cancer Research. 70(1). 181–191. 80 indexed citations

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Kongkham, Paul, Paul A. Northcott, Young Seob Shin, et al.. (2008). An Epigenetic Genome-Wide Screen Identifies SPINT2 as a Novel Tumor Suppressor Gene in Pediatric Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 68(23). 9945–9953. 75 indexed citations

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