Philomena Mburu

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Philomena Mburu is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology and Otorhinolaryngology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philomena Mburu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sensory Systems, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Otorhinolaryngology. Recurrent topics in Philomena Mburu's work include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (13 papers), Congenital heart defects research (3 papers) and Ear Surgery and Otitis Media (3 papers). Philomena Mburu is often cited by papers focused on Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (13 papers), Congenital heart defects research (3 papers) and Ear Surgery and Otitis Media (3 papers). Philomena Mburu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Philomena Mburu's co-authors include Steve D. M. Brown, James Walsh, Karen P. Steel, Anabel Varela, John Kendrick‐Jones, M. Cope, Faith Gibson, Kirk W. Beisel, Kathryn Brown and S. D. M. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Philomena Mburu

18 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Defective myosin VIIA gene responsible for Usher syndrome... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1995 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Defective myosin VIIA gene responsible for Usher syndrome type IB
    1995 819 citations Stéphane Blanchard, Josseline Kaplan et al. Nature profile →
  2. A type VII myosin encoded by the mouse deafness gene shaker-1
    1995 533 citations Faith Gibson, James Walsh et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philomena Mburu United Kingdom 12 1.5k 1.3k 395 356 224 19 2.2k
Stéphane Blanchard France 20 1.9k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 406 1.0× 449 1.3× 252 1.1× 32 2.9k
Karen P. Steel United Kingdom 17 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 293 0.7× 224 0.6× 214 1.0× 21 1.7k
Michael D. Weston United States 27 2.2k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 397 1.0× 432 1.2× 199 0.9× 45 3.2k
Michel Leibovici France 20 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 400 1.0× 174 0.5× 351 1.6× 25 2.9k
Martin Schwander United States 20 1.2k 0.8× 847 0.6× 243 0.6× 393 1.1× 212 0.9× 24 1.9k
Fabienne Lévi-Acobas France 15 1.3k 0.9× 762 0.6× 225 0.6× 239 0.7× 118 0.5× 30 1.7k
Anabel Varela United Kingdom 5 1.0k 0.7× 772 0.6× 205 0.5× 267 0.8× 110 0.5× 5 1.4k
Salvatore Melchionda Italy 22 1.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 478 1.2× 121 0.3× 350 1.6× 41 2.3k
Isabelle Perfettini France 14 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 346 0.9× 239 0.7× 283 1.3× 17 1.8k
Ronna Hertzano United States 27 739 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 290 0.7× 110 0.3× 418 1.9× 57 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philomena Mburu

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Kespohl, Meike, Kalimuthu Karuppanan, Philomena Mburu, et al.. (2025). Assessing customized multivalent chemokine-binding peptide treatment in a murine model of coxsackievirus B3 myocarditis. Basic Research in Cardiology. 120(2). 393–422.
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Payne, M.P., C. Clark, Philomena Mburu, et al.. (2023). Discovery and pharmacophoric characterization of chemokine network inhibitors using phage-display, saturation mutagenesis and computational modelling. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5763–5763. 9 indexed citations
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Parker, Andrew, Lauren Chessum, Philomena Mburu, Jeremy Sanderson, & Michael R. Bowl. (2016). Light and Electron Microscopy Methods for Examination of Cochlear Morphology in Mouse Models of Deafness. PubMed. 6(3). 272–306. 4 indexed citations
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Olt, Jennifer, Philomena Mburu, Stuart L. Johnson, et al.. (2014). The Actin-Binding Proteins Eps8 and Gelsolin Have Complementary Roles in Regulating the Growth and Stability of Mechanosensory Hair Bundles of Mammalian Cochlear Outer Hair Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e87331–e87331. 14 indexed citations
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Tateossian, Hilda, Susan Morse, Philomena Mburu, et al.. (2013). Otitis media in the Tgif knockout mouse implicates TGFβ signalling in chronic middle ear inflammatory disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(13). 2553–2565. 43 indexed citations
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Mburu, Philomena, Helen Hilton, Andrew Parker, et al.. (2010). Gelsolin Plays a Role in the Actin Polymerization Complex of Hair Cell Stereocilia. PLoS ONE. 5(7). e11627–e11627. 39 indexed citations
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Okumura, Kazuhiro, Michinari Yokohama, Hisashi Yamakawa, et al.. (2009). Protein 4.1 expression in the developing hair cells of the mouse inner ear. Brain Research. 1307. 53–62. 11 indexed citations
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Brown, Steve D. M., Rachel E. Hardisty-Hughes, & Philomena Mburu. (2008). Quiet as a mouse: dissecting the molecular and genetic basis of hearing. Nature Reviews Genetics. 9(4). 277–290. 106 indexed citations
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Mburu, Philomena, et al.. (2006). Whirlin complexes with p55 at the stereocilia tip during hair cell development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(29). 10973–10978. 59 indexed citations
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Whitfield, Tanya T., Philomena Mburu, Rachel E. Hardisty-Hughes, & Steve D. M. Brown. (2005). Models of congenital deafness: Mouse and zebrafish. Drug Discovery Today Disease Models. 2(2). 85–92. 11 indexed citations
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Kikkawa, Yoshiaki, et al.. (2004). Mutant analysis reveals whirlin as a dynamic organizer in the growing hair cell stereocilium. Human Molecular Genetics. 14(3). 391–400. 64 indexed citations
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Fleming, Jane, et al.. (1999). Genetic mapping of the whirler mutation. Mammalian Genome. 10(5). 513–519. 20 indexed citations
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Hardisty, Rachel, Philomena Mburu, & S.D.M. Brown. (1999). Enu Mutagenesis and the Search for Deafness Genes. British Journal of Audiology. 33(5). 279–283. 15 indexed citations
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Mburu, Philomena, Xue Zhong Liu, James Walsh, et al.. (1997). Mutation analysis of the mouse myosin VIIA deafness gene. PubMed. 1(3). 191–203. 92 indexed citations
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Mburu, Philomena, et al.. (1997). Mutations in the myosin VIIA gene cause non-syndromic recessive deafness. Nature Genetics. 16(2). 188–190. 359 indexed citations
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Steel, Karen P., Philomena Mburu, Faith Gibson, et al.. (1997). Unravelling the genetics of deafness.. PubMed. 168. 59–62. 10 indexed citations
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Gibson, Faith, James Walsh, Philomena Mburu, et al.. (1995). A type VII myosin encoded by the mouse deafness gene shaker-1. Nature. 374(6517). 62–64. 533 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blanchard, Stéphane, Josseline Kaplan, Parry Guilford, et al.. (1995). Defective myosin VIIA gene responsible for Usher syndrome type IB. Nature. 374(6517). 60–61. 819 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mburu, Philomena & Trevor J. C. Beebee. (1993). Preliminary characterisation and partial purification of ribosomal gene promoter-binding proteins from Trypanosoma brucei. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1172(1-2). 5–11. 3 indexed citations

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