Rachid Safi

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Rachid Safi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachid Safi has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Rachid Safi's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (11 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (6 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (4 papers). Rachid Safi is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (11 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (6 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (4 papers). Rachid Safi collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Rachid Safi's co-authors include Donald P. McDonnell, Vincent Laudet, Ching‐yi Chang, Nelson J. Chao, Garrett G. Muramoto, John P. Chute, Michael Colvin, Héctor Escrivá, Wen Liu and Catherine Hänni and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rachid Safi

31 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Dysregulated cholesterol homeostasis results in resistance to ferroptosis increasing tumorigenicity and metastasis in cancer

2021 231 citations Wen Liu, Binita Chakraborty et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachid Safi United States	23	1.2k	576	567	567	329	31	2.6k
Jean Charron Canada	30	2.1k 1.7×	508 0.9×	481 0.8×	341 0.6×	275 0.8×	63	3.3k
Susan K. Logan United States	28	1.8k 1.4×	486 0.8×	492 0.9×	504 0.9×	538 1.6×	64	3.0k
Gabriel E. DiMattia Canada	34	1.5k 1.2×	513 0.9×	795 1.4×	439 0.8×	145 0.4×	69	3.5k
Paolo Martini Italy	24	1.3k 1.0×	320 0.6×	937 1.7×	295 0.5×	187 0.6×	62	2.4k
Victoria V. Lunyak United States	23	3.4k 2.7×	497 0.9×	987 1.7×	481 0.8×	162 0.5×	37	4.3k
Maria Bondesson United States	26	1.3k 1.0×	402 0.7×	530 0.9×	575 1.0×	93 0.3×	56	2.7k
Paolo Chieffi Italy	38	1.6k 1.3×	651 1.1×	601 1.1×	394 0.7×	491 1.5×	110	3.3k
Michael A. Cahill Germany	29	1.6k 1.3×	352 0.6×	597 1.1×	315 0.6×	148 0.4×	62	2.6k
Stephen R. Hammes United States	38	1.5k 1.2×	469 0.8×	1.4k 2.4×	412 0.7×	349 1.1×	98	4.7k
Daniel Djakiew United States	39	1.5k 1.2×	750 1.3×	511 0.9×	454 0.8×	647 2.0×	74	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachid Safi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rachid Safi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rachid Safi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rachid Safi. Rachid Safi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Wen, Binita Chakraborty, Rachid Safi, et al.. (2021). Dysregulated cholesterol homeostasis results in resistance to ferroptosis increasing tumorigenicity and metastasis in cancer. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5103–5103. 231 indexed citations breakdown →

Park, Sunghee, Rachid Safi, Sandeep Artham, et al.. (2020). The Dysregulated Pharmacology of Clinically Relevant ESR1 Mutants is Normalized by Ligand-activated WT Receptor. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 19(7). 1395–1405. 27 indexed citations

Park, Sung Hee, Rachid Safi, Xiaojing Liu, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of ERRα Prevents Mitochondrial Pyruvate Uptake Exposing NADPH-Generating Pathways as Targetable Vulnerabilities in Breast Cancer. Cell Reports. 27(12). 3587–3601.e4. 41 indexed citations

Alfaqih, Mahmoud A., Erik R. Nelson, Wen Liu, et al.. (2017). CYP27A1 Loss Dysregulates Cholesterol Homeostasis in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 77(7). 1662–1673. 89 indexed citations

Stice, James P., Suzanne E. Wardell, John D. Norris, et al.. (2017). CDK4/6 Therapeutic Intervention and Viable Alternative to Taxanes in CRPC. Molecular Cancer Research. 15(6). 660–669. 22 indexed citations

Allensworth, Jennifer L., Myron K. Evans, François Bertucci, et al.. (2015). Disulfiram (DSF) acts as a copper ionophore to induce copper‐dependent oxidative stress and mediate anti‐tumor efficacy in inflammatory breast cancer. Molecular Oncology. 9(6). 1155–1168. 193 indexed citations

Lontay, Beáta, Khaldon Bodoor, Adrienn Sipos, et al.. (2015). Pregnancy and Smoothelin-like Protein 1 (SMTNL1) Deletion Promote the Switching of Skeletal Muscle to a Glycolytic Phenotype in Human and Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(29). 17985–17998. 20 indexed citations

Wright, Tricia M., Suzanne E. Wardell, Jeff S. Jasper, et al.. (2014). Delineation of a FOXA1/ERα/AGR2 Regulatory Loop That Is Dysregulated in Endocrine Therapy–Resistant Breast Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 12(12). 1829–1839. 33 indexed citations

Bodoor, Khaldon, Beáta Lontay, Rachid Safi, et al.. (2011). Smoothelin-like 1 Protein Is a Bifunctional Regulator of the Progesterone Receptor during Pregnancy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(36). 31839–31851. 18 indexed citations

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Safi, Rachid, Garrett G. Muramoto, Alice B. Salter, et al.. (2008). Pharmacological Manipulation of the RAR/RXR Signaling Pathway Maintains the Repopulating Capacity of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Culture. Molecular Endocrinology. 23(2). 188–201. 23 indexed citations

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Clyne, Colin D., Ching‐yi Chang, Rachid Safi, et al.. (2008). Purification and characterization of recombinant human mineralocorticoid receptor. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 302(1). 81–85. 18 indexed citations

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Vlaeminck‐Guillem, Virginie, Rachid Safi, Philippe Guillem, et al.. (2006). Thyroid hormone receptor expression in the obligatory paedomorphic salamander Necturus maculosus. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 50(Next). 553–60. 12 indexed citations

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Safi, Rachid, Virginie Vlaeminck‐Guillem, Marilyne Duffraisse, et al.. (2006). Pedomorphosis revisited: thyroid hormone receptors are functional in Necturus maculosus. Evolution & Development. 8(3). 284–292. 25 indexed citations

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Ortlund, Eric A., Yoon‐Kwang Lee, Isaac H. Solomon, et al.. (2005). Modulation of human nuclear receptor LRH-1 activity by phospholipids and SHP. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 12(4). 357–363. 169 indexed citations

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Triqueneaux, Gérard, Sandrine Thénot, Tomoko Kakizawa, et al.. (2004). The orphan receptor Rev-erbα gene is a target of the circadian clock pacemaker. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 33(3). 585–608. 133 indexed citations

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Safi, Rachid, Stéphanie Bertrand, Oriane Marchand, et al.. (2003). The Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), a Neotenic Amphibian, Expresses Functional Thyroid Hormone Receptors. Endocrinology. 145(2). 760–772. 40 indexed citations

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Marchand, Oriane, Marilyne Duffraisse, Gérard Triqueneaux, Rachid Safi, & Vincent Laudet. (2003). Molecular cloning and developmental expression patterns of thyroid hormone receptors and T3 target genes in the turbot (Scophtalmus maximus) during post-embryonic development. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 135(3). 345–357. 56 indexed citations

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Voss, S. Randal, et al.. (2000). Candidate gene analysis of thyroid hormone receptors in metamorphosing vs. nonmetamorphosing salamanders. Heredity. 85(2). 107–114. 18 indexed citations

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Safi, Rachid, et al.. (1997). Thyroid Hormone Receptor Genes of Neotenic Amphibians. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 44(6). 595–604. 27 indexed citations

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Escrivá, Héctor, Rachid Safi, Catherine Hänni, et al.. (1997). Ligand binding was acquired during evolution of nuclear receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(13). 6803–6808. 316 indexed citations

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