Rachel S. Edgar

2.0k citations

18 papers · 1.3k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 12

Co-authors: John S. O’Neill Akhilesh B. Reddy Utham K. Valekunja Martha Merrow María Olmedo Kevin A. Feeney Elizabeth S. Maywood Michael H. Hastings
Topics: Circadian rhythm and melatonin (14 papers)Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (5 papers)Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers)
Cited by: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Aging Physiology
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Communications
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Netherlands

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Rachel S. Edgar

17 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Peroxiredoxins are conserved markers of circadian rhythms

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18 of 18 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Development of compounds for targeted degradation of mammalian cryptochrome proteins. 2025 ·PubMed ·(unknown),Andrew D. Beale,Iacovos N. Michaelides,Sew‐Yeu Peak‐Chew,Andrei Mihut,Christine T. Styles,(unknown),Richard Storer,Rachel S. Edgar,Kévin Moreau,John S. O’Neill	2
2	Time to start taking time seriously: how to investigate unexpected biological rhythms within infectious disease research 2025 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Rachel S. Edgar,Aidan J. O’Donnell,Xiaodong Zhuang,Sarah E. Reece	0
3	Chronic CRYPTOCHROME deficiency enhances cell-intrinsic antiviral defences 2025 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Christine T. Styles,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),John S. O’Neill,Rachel S. Edgar	1
4	Mechanisms and physiological function of daily haemoglobin oxidation rhythms in red blood cells 2023 ·The EMBO Journal ·Andrew D. Beale,Edward A. Hayter,Priya Crosby,Utham K. Valekunja,Rachel S. Edgar,Johanna E. Chesham,Elizabeth S. Maywood,Fatima H. Labeed,Akhilesh B. Reddy,Kenneth P. Wright,Kathryn S. Lilley,David A. Bechtold,Michael H. Hastings,John S. O’Neill	12
5	Propylene glycol inactivates respiratory viruses and prevents airborne transmission 2023 ·EMBO Molecular Medicine ·Christine T. Styles,Jie Zhou,Katie E. Flight,Jonathan C. Brown,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Thomas P. Peacock,Ziyin Wang,(unknown),John S. O’Neill,Alexander Borodavka,Joe Grove,William Barclay,John S. Tregoning,Rachel S. Edgar	5
6	The role of circadian clock pathways in viral replication 2022 ·Seminars in Immunopathology ·Xiaodong Zhuang,Rachel S. Edgar,Jane A. McKeating	10
7	CRYPTOCHROMES confer robustness, not rhythmicity, to circadian timekeeping 2021 ·The EMBO Journal ·Marrit Putker,David Wong,Estere Seinkmane,Nina M. Rzechorzek,(unknown),Nathaniel P. Hoyle,Johanna E. Chesham,Mathew D. Edwards,Kevin A. Feeney,(unknown),Nicolai Peschel,Ko‐Fan Chen,(unknown),Rachel S. Edgar,Christopher P. Selby,Aziz Sancar,John S. O’Neill	29
8	CRYPTOCHROMES promote daily protein homeostasis 2021 ·The EMBO Journal ·David Wong,Estere Seinkmane,(unknown),Alessandra Stangherlin,Nina M. Rzechorzek,Andrew D. Beale,Jason Day,Martin Reed,Sew‐Yeu Peak‐Chew,Christine T. Styles,Rachel S. Edgar,Marrit Putker,John S. O’Neill	15
9	Eukaryotic cell biology is temporally coordinated to support the energetic demands of protein homeostasis 2020 ·Nature Communications ·John S. O’Neill,Nathaniel P. Hoyle,James B. Robertson,Rachel S. Edgar,Andrew D. Beale,Sew‐Yeu Peak‐Chew,Jason Day,Ana S.H. Costa,Christian Frezza,Helen C. Causton	19
10	Sleep during naturally occurring respiratory infections: A pilot study 2019 ·Brain Behavior and Immunity ·Julie Lasselin,Michael Ingre,Christina Regenbogen,Mats J. Olsson,(unknown),Mia Brytting,Rachel S. Edgar,Mats Lekander,John Axelsson	19
11	Rhythmic potassium transport regulates the circadian clock in human red blood cells 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Erin A. Henslee,Priya Crosby,(unknown),(unknown),Andrea Bernardini,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Rachel S. Edgar,Kai F. Hoettges,Akhilesh B. Reddy,Rita I. Jabr,Malcolm von Schantz,John S. O’Neill,Fatima H. Labeed	60
12	Cell autonomous regulation of herpes and influenza virus infection by the circadian clock 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rachel S. Edgar,Alessandra Stangherlin,András D. Nagy,Michael P. Nicoll,Stacey Efstathiou,John S. O’Neill,Akhilesh B. Reddy	158
13	Analysis of the Redox Oscillations in the Circadian Clockwork 2014 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·N Milev,Guillaume Rey,Utham K. Valekunja,Rachel S. Edgar,John S. O’Neill,Akhilesh B. Reddy	7
14	Histone methyltransferase MLL3 contributes to genome-scale circadian transcription 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Utham K. Valekunja,Rachel S. Edgar,Małgorzata Oklejewicz,Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst,John S. O’Neill,Filippo Tamanini,Daniel J. Turner,Akhilesh B. Reddy	101
15	Peroxiredoxins are conserved markers of circadian rhythmsbreakdown → 2012 ·Nature ·Rachel S. Edgar,Edward W. Green,Yuwei Zhao,Gerben van Ooijen,María Olmedo,Ximing Qin,Yao Xu,Min Pan,Utham K. Valekunja,Kevin A. Feeney,Elizabeth S. Maywood,Michael H. Hastings,Nitin S. Baliga,Martha Merrow,Andrew J. Millar,Carl Hirschie Johnson,Charalambos P. Kyriacou,John S. O’Neill,Akhilesh B. Reddy	682
16	Circadian regulation of olfaction and an evolutionarily conserved, nontranscriptional marker in Caenorhabditis elegans 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·María Olmedo,John S. O’Neill,Rachel S. Edgar,Utham K. Valekunja,Akhilesh B. Reddy,Martha Merrow	51
17	A Gamma-Herpesvirus Glycoprotein Complex Manipulates Actin to Promote Viral Spread 2008 ·PLoS ONE ·Michael B. Gill,Rachel S. Edgar,Janet S. May,Philip G. Stevenson	41
18	Killer Ig-like receptor (KIR) genotype and HLA ligand combinations in ulcerative colitis susceptibility 2006 ·Genes and Immunity ·Des C. Jones,Rachel S. Edgar,Tariq Ahmad,Fraser Cummings,D P Jewell,John Trowsdale,Neil T. Young	57

About Rachel S. Edgar

Rachel S. Edgar is a scholar working on Aging, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Biological Psychiatry, having authored 18 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (14 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (5 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (718 citations), Aging (181 citations) and Physiology (320 citations). Rachel S. Edgar has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include John S. O’Neill, Akhilesh B. Reddy, Utham K. Valekunja, Martha Merrow, María Olmedo, Kevin A. Feeney, Elizabeth S. Maywood, Michael H. Hastings, Yuwei Zhao and Carl Hirschie Johnson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

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