Peter C. Breen

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 783 citations indexed

About

Peter C. Breen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter C. Breen has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 783 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Aging and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Peter C. Breen's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (14 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Peter C. Breen is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (14 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Peter C. Breen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Peter C. Breen's co-authors include Gary Ruvkun, Buck S. Samuel, Ying Liu, Taiowa A. Montgomery, Carolyn M. Phillips, Nicolas J. Lehrbach, Kai Mao, Sylvia E. J. Fischer, Robert H. Dowen and Annie L. Conery and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter C. Breen

19 papers receiving 779 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.

Caenorhabditis elegans pathways that surveil and defend mitochondria

2014 245 citations Ying Liu, Buck S. Samuel et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter C. Breen United States	11	587	404	119	81	81	21	783
Christopher J. Murakami United States	11	808 1.4×	501 1.2×	138 1.2×	43 0.5×	87 1.1×	11	978
Daniel Carr United States	7	438 0.7×	313 0.8×	104 0.9×	65 0.8×	24 0.3×	8	627
Ara B. Hwang South Korea	9	570 1.0×	504 1.2×	69 0.6×	121 1.5×	21 0.3×	11	900
Phillip A. Frankino United States	11	268 0.5×	167 0.4×	159 1.3×	28 0.3×	62 0.8×	14	498
Lara S. Shamieh United States	5	325 0.6×	273 0.7×	42 0.4×	78 1.0×	37 0.5×	6	595
Antoine E. Roux Canada	9	488 0.8×	287 0.7×	57 0.5×	57 0.7×	41 0.5×	10	721
Larry Joe United States	9	337 0.6×	181 0.4×	170 1.4×	30 0.4×	159 2.0×	13	663
Xueying Wu China	7	433 0.7×	171 0.4×	87 0.7×	29 0.4×	352 4.3×	11	729
Scott Tsuchiyama United States	7	380 0.6×	224 0.6×	90 0.8×	29 0.4×	41 0.5×	7	486
Michael S. Wood United States	11	393 0.7×	213 0.5×	67 0.6×	152 1.9×	29 0.4×	16	870

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Newman, Martin A., et al.. (2025). Non-cell-autonomous regulation of mTORC2 by Hedgehog signaling maintains lipid homeostasis. Cell Reports. 44(1). 115191–115191.

Breen, Peter C., et al.. (2025). Hydrogen sulfide mediates the interaction between C. elegans and Actinobacteria from its natural microbial environment. Cell Reports. 44(1). 115170–115170. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Wenjing, Yifan Sun, Peter C. Breen, Gary Ruvkun, & Kai Mao. (2024). Caenorhabditis elegans inositol hexaphosphate pathways couple to RNA interference and pathogen defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(49). e2416982121–e2416982121. 2 indexed citations

Breen, Peter C., et al.. (2024). The F-box protein FBXL-5 governs vitellogenesis and lipid homeostasis in C. elegans. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1389077–1389077. 1 indexed citations

Breen, Peter C., et al.. (2024). Mutations in nucleotide metabolism genes bypass proteasome defects in png-1/NGLY1-deficient Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Biology. 22(7). e3002720–e3002720. 1 indexed citations

Cohen, Natalie R., et al.. (2024). A novel gain-of-function mutation in sgk-1 partially suppresses mTORC2 defects. PubMed. 2024.

Breen, Peter C., et al.. (2023). Opposing action of the FLR-2 glycoprotein hormone and DRL-1/FLR-4 MAP kinases balance p38-mediated growth and lipid homeostasis in C. elegans. PLoS Biology. 21(9). e3002320–e3002320. 7 indexed citations

Breen, Peter C., et al.. (2023). Hypoxia-inducible factor induces cysteine dioxygenase and promotes cysteine homeostasis in Caenorhabditis elegans. eLife. 12. 6 indexed citations

Mao, Kai, Peter C. Breen, & Gary Ruvkun. (2022). The Caenorhabditis elegans ARIP-4 DNA helicase couples mitochondrial surveillance to immune, detoxification, and antiviral pathways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(49). e2215966119–e2215966119. 11 indexed citations

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Mao, Kai, Peter C. Breen, & Gary Ruvkun. (2020). Mitochondrial dysfunction induces RNA interference in C. elegans through a pathway homologous to the mammalian RIG-I antiviral response. PLoS Biology. 18(12). e3000996–e3000996. 13 indexed citations

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Mao, Kai, Fei Ji, Peter C. Breen, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial Dysfunction in C. elegans Activates Mitochondrial Relocalization and Nuclear Hormone Receptor-Dependent Detoxification Genes. Cell Metabolism. 29(5). 1182–1191.e4. 51 indexed citations

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Lehrbach, Nicolas J., Peter C. Breen, & Gary Ruvkun. (2019). Protein Sequence Editing of SKN-1A/Nrf1 by Peptide:N-Glycanase Controls Proteasome Gene Expression. Cell. 177(3). 737–750.e15. 88 indexed citations

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Dowen, Robert H., et al.. (2016). A microRNA program in the C. elegans hypodermis couples to intestinal mTORC2/PQM-1 signaling to modulate fat transport. Genes & Development. 30(13). 1515–1528. 51 indexed citations

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Govindan, J. Amaranath, Elamparithi Jayamani, Peter C. Breen, et al.. (2015). Lipid signalling couples translational surveillance to systemic detoxification in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature Cell Biology. 17(10). 1294–1303. 18 indexed citations

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Phillips, Carolyn M., Brooke E. E. Montgomery, Peter C. Breen, et al.. (2014). MUT-14 and SMUT-1 DEAD Box RNA Helicases Have Overlapping Roles in Germline RNAi and Endogenous siRNA Formation. Current Biology. 24(8). 839–844. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Ying, Buck S. Samuel, Peter C. Breen, & Gary Ruvkun. (2014). Caenorhabditis elegans pathways that surveil and defend mitochondria. Nature. 508(7496). 406–410. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fischer, Sylvia E. J., Qi Pan, Peter C. Breen, et al.. (2013). Multiple small RNA pathways regulate the silencing of repeated and foreign genes in C. elegans. Genes & Development. 27(24). 2678–2695. 31 indexed citations

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Dussaud, Anne D., Peter C. Breen, & Kálmán Koczó. (2013). Characterization of the deposition of silicone copolymers on keratin fibers by streaming potential measurements. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 434. 102–109. 7 indexed citations

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Phillips, Carolyn M., Taiowa A. Montgomery, Peter C. Breen, & Gary Ruvkun. (2012). MUT-16 promotes formation of perinuclear Mutator foci required for RNA silencing in the C. elegans germline. Genes & Development. 26(13). 1433–1444. 138 indexed citations

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Fischer, Sylvia E. J., Taiowa A. Montgomery, Chi Zhang, et al.. (2011). The ERI-6/7 Helicase Acts at the First Stage of an siRNA Amplification Pathway That Targets Recent Gene Duplications. PLoS Genetics. 7(11). e1002369–e1002369. 67 indexed citations

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