Pinar Ayata

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Pinar Ayata is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pinar Ayata has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Neurology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Pinar Ayata's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (5 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (5 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Pinar Ayata is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (5 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (5 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Pinar Ayata collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Pinar Ayata's co-authors include Nathaniel Heintz, Marian Mellén, Skirmantas Kriaučionis, Scott Dewell, Anne Schaefer, Ana Badimon, Yong‐Hwee Eddie Loh, Anna A. Pimenova, Brianna R. Ramirez and Alison Goate and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Pinar Ayata

10 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

MeCP2 Binds to 5hmC Enriched within Active Genes and Accessible Chromatin in the Nervous System

2012 715 citations Marian Mellén, Pinar Ayata et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pinar Ayata United States	9	1.2k	515	476	259	189	11	1.8k
Dmitry Velmeshev United States	19	1.4k 1.2×	374 0.7×	354 0.7×	125 0.5×	215 1.1×	33	2.1k
José P. López‐Atalaya Spain	27	1.2k 0.9×	399 0.8×	365 0.8×	104 0.4×	427 2.3×	46	2.0k
Samuel A. Rose United States	4	602 0.5×	387 0.8×	463 1.0×	393 1.5×	261 1.4×	5	1.8k
Katherine Tooley United States	5	493 0.4×	382 0.7×	465 1.0×	408 1.6×	262 1.4×	7	1.8k
Jishu Xu United States	17	1.1k 0.9×	560 1.1×	455 1.0×	172 0.7×	183 1.0×	27	2.0k
Sara B. Linker United States	14	854 0.7×	213 0.4×	219 0.5×	107 0.4×	253 1.3×	26	1.5k
Siniša Hrvatin United States	19	1.4k 1.1×	520 1.0×	199 0.4×	118 0.5×	269 1.4×	23	2.2k
Lukasz Swiech Poland	14	1.3k 1.1×	319 0.6×	184 0.4×	171 0.7×	389 2.1×	17	1.9k
Susan L. Semple‐Rowland United States	25	1.1k 0.9×	532 1.0×	269 0.6×	131 0.5×	758 4.0×	55	2.2k
Shinichiro Taya Japan	25	1.5k 1.2×	343 0.7×	213 0.4×	68 0.3×	391 2.1×	36	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pinar Ayata

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Faust, Travis E., M BOYLE, Georgia Gunner, et al.. (2025). Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling. Cell. 188(19). 5212–5230.e21. 1 indexed citations

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Ayata, Pinar. (2025). Decoding 5HMC as an Active Chromatin Mark in the Brain and its Link to Rett Syndrome. Digital Commons - RU (Rockefeller University).

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Shrestha, Prerana, Pinar Ayata, Francesco Longo, et al.. (2020). Cell-type-specific drug-inducible protein synthesis inhibition demonstrates that memory consolidation requires rapid neuronal translation. Nature Neuroscience. 23(2). 281–292. 42 indexed citations

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Ayata, Pinar & Anne Schaefer. (2020). Innate sensing of mechanical properties of brain tissue by microglia. Current Opinion in Immunology. 62. 123–130. 32 indexed citations

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Lim, Sharon, Carlos J. Rodríguez‐Ortiz, Heng-Wei Hsu, et al.. (2020). Chronic copper exposure directs microglia towards degenerative expression signatures in wild-type and J20 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 62. 126578–126578. 27 indexed citations

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Gunner, Georgia, Lucas Cheadle, Kasey M. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Sensory lesioning induces microglial synapse elimination via ADAM10 and fractalkine signaling. Nature Neuroscience. 22(7). 1075–1088. 216 indexed citations

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Ayata, Pinar, Ana Badimon, Sarah Montgomery, et al.. (2018). Epigenetic regulation of brain region-specific microglia clearance activity. Nature Neuroscience. 21(8). 1049–1060. 324 indexed citations

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Mellén, Marian, Pinar Ayata, & Nathaniel Heintz. (2017). 5-hydroxymethylcytosine accumulation in postmitotic neurons results in functional demethylation of expressed genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(37). E7812–E7821. 107 indexed citations

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Badimon, Ana, Uwe Schaefer, Pinar Ayata, et al.. (2015). Autism-like syndrome is induced by pharmacological suppression of BET proteins in young mice. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 212(11). 1771–1781. 49 indexed citations

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Mellén, Marian, Pinar Ayata, Scott Dewell, Skirmantas Kriaučionis, & Nathaniel Heintz. (2013). MeCP2 binds to 5hmc enriched within active genes and accessible chromatin in the nervous system. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 6(S1). 324 indexed citations

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Mellén, Marian, Pinar Ayata, Scott Dewell, Skirmantas Kriaučionis, & Nathaniel Heintz. (2012). MeCP2 Binds to 5hmC Enriched within Active Genes and Accessible Chromatin in the Nervous System. Cell. 151(7). 1417–1430. 715 indexed citations breakdown →

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