Peter Arthur‐Farraj

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Arthur‐Farraj is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Arthur‐Farraj has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Peter Arthur‐Farraj's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (12 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (5 papers). Peter Arthur‐Farraj is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (12 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (5 papers). Peter Arthur‐Farraj collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Peter Arthur‐Farraj's co-authors include Kristján R. Jessen, Rhona Mirsky, Ashwin Woodhoo, David B. Parkinson, Axel Behrens, Ambily Bhaskaran, Mark Turmaine, Richard Mitter, Susanne Quintes and Gennadij Raivich and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, The Journal of Cell Biology and Journal of Cell Science.

In The Last Decade

Peter Arthur‐Farraj

20 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

c-Jun Reprograms Schwann Cells of Injured Nerves to Generate a Repair Cell Essential for Regeneration

2012 632 citations Peter Arthur‐Farraj, Morwena Latouche et al. Neuron profile →
Repair Schwann cell update: Adaptive reprogramming, EMT, and stemness in regenerating nerves

2019 265 citations Kristján R. Jessen, Peter Arthur‐Farraj Glia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Arthur‐Farraj United Kingdom	13	1.4k	717	644	235	167	21	2.0k
Ashwin Woodhoo Spain	20	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	824 1.3×	265 1.1×	188 1.1×	25	2.7k
Ilaria Napoli United Kingdom	16	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	492 0.8×	206 0.9×	336 2.0×	19	2.6k
Haesun A. Kim United States	18	834 0.6×	604 0.8×	453 0.7×	353 1.5×	90 0.5×	25	1.6k
Ruth M. Stassart Germany	18	844 0.6×	549 0.8×	459 0.7×	253 1.1×	98 0.6×	28	1.6k
Laura H. Rosenberg United States	8	784 0.6×	540 0.8×	275 0.4×	125 0.5×	184 1.1×	10	1.4k
José Miguel Cosgaya Spain	18	1.1k 0.8×	758 1.1×	642 1.0×	125 0.5×	79 0.5×	30	1.8k
Jorge A. Pereira Switzerland	23	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	558 0.9×	177 0.8×	126 0.8×	33	2.2k
Ruben Eggers Netherlands	25	1.1k 0.8×	621 0.9×	384 0.6×	129 0.5×	286 1.7×	39	1.6k
Kevin P. Horn United States	17	1.3k 0.9×	588 0.8×	630 1.0×	102 0.4×	200 1.2×	28	2.3k
Anne-Laure Cattin United Kingdom	9	891 0.6×	433 0.6×	295 0.5×	120 0.5×	309 1.9×	12	1.4k

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Loreto, Andrea, Kaitlyn M. L. Cramb, Lucy McDermott, et al.. (2025). SARM1 activation induces reversible mitochondrial dysfunction and can be prevented in human neurons by antisense oligonucleotides. Neurobiology of Disease. 213. 106986–106986. 2 indexed citations

Arthur‐Farraj, Peter & Andrea Loreto. (2025). Targeting SARM1: from inhibition for neuroprotection to activation for neuroablation. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 46(11). 1105–1116.

Fazal, Shaline V., Mark Turmaine, Chiung-Ya Chen, et al.. (2023). SARM1 detection in myelinating glia: sarm1/Sarm1 is dispensable for PNS and CNS myelination in zebrafish and mice. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17. 1158388–1158388. 6 indexed citations

Fazal, Shaline V., et al.. (2023). Schwann cells are axo-protective after injury irrespective of myelination status in mouse Schwann cell–neuron cocultures. Journal of Cell Science. 136(18). 6 indexed citations

Arthur‐Farraj, Peter. (2022). Trick or treat? Does cancer fool Schwann cells by mimicking axons to promote metastasis into nerves?. Neural Regeneration Research. 18(8). 0–0. 3 indexed citations

Wagstaff, Laura, Jose A. Gomez‐Sanchez, Shaline V. Fazal, et al.. (2021). Failures of nerve regeneration caused by aging or chronic denervation are rescued by restoring Schwann cell c-Jun. eLife. 10. 84 indexed citations

Arthur‐Farraj, Peter & Michael P. Coleman. (2021). Lessons from Injury: How Nerve Injury Studies Reveal Basic Biological Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities for Peripheral Nerve Diseases. Neurotherapeutics. 18(4). 2200–2221. 40 indexed citations

Gallar, Juana, et al.. (2021). A genetic compensatory mechanism regulated by Jun and Mef2d modulates the expression of distinct class IIa Hdacs to ensure peripheral nerve myelination and repair. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 9 indexed citations

Arthur‐Farraj, Peter & Sarah Moyon. (2020). DNA methylation in Schwann cells and in oligodendrocytes. Glia. 68(8). 1568–1583. 12 indexed citations

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Jessen, Kristján R. & Peter Arthur‐Farraj. (2019). Repair Schwann cell update: Adaptive reprogramming, EMT, and stemness in regenerating nerves. Glia. 67(3). 421–437. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arthur‐Farraj, Peter, Claire C. Morgan, Martyna Adamowicz, et al.. (2017). Changes in the Coding and Non-coding Transcriptome and DNA Methylome that Define the Schwann Cell Repair Phenotype after Nerve Injury. Cell Reports. 20(11). 2719–2734. 153 indexed citations

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Jessen, Kristján R., Rhona Mirsky, & Peter Arthur‐Farraj. (2015). The Role of Cell Plasticity in Tissue Repair: Adaptive Cellular Reprogramming. Developmental Cell. 34(6). 613–620. 99 indexed citations

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Arthur‐Farraj, Peter, Morwena Latouche, Daniel K. Wilton, et al.. (2012). c-Jun Reprograms Schwann Cells of Injured Nerves to Generate a Repair Cell Essential for Regeneration. Neuron. 75(4). 633–647. 632 indexed citations breakdown →

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Forsythe, Elizabeth, et al.. (2012). Longevity and Patau syndrome: what determines survival?. BMJ Case Reports. 2012. bcr0620114381–bcr0620114381. 26 indexed citations

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Arthur‐Farraj, Peter, Janina Hantke, Catherine M. Davis, et al.. (2011). Mouse schwann cells need both NRG1 and cyclic AMP to myelinate. Glia. 59(5). 720–733. 92 indexed citations

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Mirsky, Rhona, Ashwin Woodhoo, David B. Parkinson, et al.. (2008). Novel signals controlling embryonic Schwann cell development, myelination and dedifferentiation. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. 13(2). 122–135. 170 indexed citations

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Parkinson, David B., Ambily Bhaskaran, Peter Arthur‐Farraj, et al.. (2008). c-Jun is a negative regulator of myelination. The Journal of Cell Biology. 181(4). 625–637. 316 indexed citations

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Parkinson, David B., Peter Arthur‐Farraj, Luke A. Noon, et al.. (2007). A central role for c-Jun in regulating the differentiation of Schwann cells. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Arthur‐Farraj, Peter, et al.. (2007). The transcription factor c-Jun, controls Schwann cell demyelination and dedifferentiation after peripheral nerve injury. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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Arthur‐Farraj, Peter, Rhona Mirsky, David B. Parkinson, & Kristján R. Jessen. (2006). A double point mutation in the DNA-binding region of Egr2 switches its function from inhibition to induction of proliferation: A potential contribution to the development of congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy. Neurobiology of Disease. 24(1). 159–169. 16 indexed citations

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