Ramesh S. Pillai

10.1k citations

50 papers · 7.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Cancer Research top 0.2%
Plant Science top 1%
Genetics top 5%
Genetics top 2%

Co-authors: Witold Filipowicz Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya Radha Raman Pandey David Homolka Ravi Sachidanandam Shinichiro Chuma M. Reuter Édouard Bertrand
Topics: RNA modifications and cancer (23 papers)Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (22 papers)CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (19 papers)
Cited by: Cancer Research Molecular Biology Aging
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: Switzerland France United States

In The Last Decade

Ramesh S. Pillai

50 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

Inhibition of Translational Initiation by Let-7 MicroRNA in Human Cells

2005 1.1k citations Ramesh S. Pillai, Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya et al. Science profile →
Repression of protein synthesis by miRNAs: how many mechanisms?

2007 894 citations Ramesh S. Pillai, Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya et al. profile →
MicroRNA function: Multiple mechanisms for a tiny RNA?: FIGURE 1.

2005 574 citations Ramesh S. Pillai RNA profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Roles of N6-methyladenosine writers, readers and erasers in the mammalian germline 2024 ·Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·(unknown),Ramesh S. Pillai	2
2	Intermitochondrial cement (IMC) harbors piRNA biogenesis machinery and exonuclease domain‐containing proteins EXD1 and EXD2 in mouse spermatocytes 2023 ·Andrology ·(unknown),(unknown),David Homolka,Magdalena N. Wojtas,(unknown),(unknown),Matteo Da Ros,Ramesh S. Pillai,Noora Kotaja	9
3	The catalytic-dead Pcif1 regulates gene expression and fertility inDrosophila 2023 ·RNA ·(unknown),Emmanuel Taillebourg,(unknown),David Homolka,(unknown),Émilie Brasset,Radha Raman Pandey,Ramesh S. Pillai,Marie‐Odile Fauvarque	8
4	YTHDC2 is essential for pachytene progression and prevents aberrant microtubule-driven telomere clustering in male meiosis 2021 ·Cell Reports ·Rong Liu,Seth D. Kasowitz,David Homolka,N. Adrian Leu,(unknown),Gordon Ruthel,Devanshi Jain,(unknown),Scott Keeney,Mengcheng Luo,Ramesh S. Pillai,P. Jeremy Wang	31
5	Splice site m6A methylation prevents binding of U2AF35 to inhibit RNA splicing 2021 ·Cell ·Mateusz Mendel,Kamila Delaney,Radha Raman Pandey,Kuan‐Ming Chen,Joanna M. Wenda,Cathrine Broberg Vågbø,Florian Steiner,David Homolka,Ramesh S. Pillai	144
6	The Mammalian Cap-Specific m6Am RNA Methyltransferase PCIF1 Regulates Transcript Levels in Mouse Tissues 2020 ·Cell Reports ·Radha Raman Pandey,(unknown),David Homolka,(unknown),Kuan‐Ming Chen,Lingyun Li,(unknown),Cathrine Broberg Vågbø,Emmanuel Taillebourg,Marie‐Odile Fauvarque,Ramesh S. Pillai	58
7	Methylation of Structured RNA by the m6A Writer METTL16 Is Essential for Mouse Embryonic Development 2018 ·Molecular Cell ·Mateusz Mendel,Kuan‐Ming Chen,David Homolka,Pascal Gos,Radha Raman Pandey,Andrew A. McCarthy,Ramesh S. Pillai	285
8	Transposon silencing in the Drosophila female germline is essential for genome stability in progeny embryos 2018 ·Life Science Alliance ·Zeljko Durdevic,Ramesh S. Pillai,Anne Ephrussi	15
9	Characterization of the mammalian RNA exonuclease 5/NEF-sp as a testis-specific nuclear 3′ → 5′ exoribonuclease 2017 ·RNA ·Sara Silva,David Homolka,Ramesh S. Pillai	8
10	Metazoan Maelstrom is an RNA-binding protein that has evolved from an ancient nuclease active in protists 2015 ·RNA ·Kuan‐Ming Chen,(unknown),Radha Raman Pandey,Zhaolin Yang,Andrew A. McCarthy,Ramesh S. Pillai	23
11	PIWI Slicing and RNA Elements in Precursors Instruct Directional Primary piRNA Biogenesis 2015 ·Cell Reports ·David Homolka,Radha Raman Pandey,(unknown),Émilie Brasset,Chantal Vaury,Ravi Sachidanandam,Marie‐Odile Fauvarque,Ramesh S. Pillai	110
12	The MID-PIWI module of Piwi proteins specifies nucleotide- and strand-biases of piRNAs 2014 ·RNA ·(unknown),Radha Raman Pandey,Jordi Xiol,(unknown),Ravi Sachidanandam,Andrew A. McCarthy,Ramesh S. Pillai	71
13	The multiple Tudor domain-containing protein TDRD1 is a molecular scaffold for mouse Piwi proteins and piRNA biogenesis factors 2012 ·RNA ·(unknown),Andrés Palencia,Jan Kadlec,Adam Round,Konstantinos Tripsianes,Michael Sattler,Ramesh S. Pillai,S. Cusack	42
14	piRNAs and their involvement in male germline development in mice 2012 ·Development Growth & Differentiation ·Ramesh S. Pillai,Shinichiro Chuma	112
15	The TDRD9-MIWI2 Complex Is Essential for piRNA-Mediated Retrotransposon Silencing in the Mouse Male Germline 2009 ·Developmental Cell ·Masanobu Shoji,Takashi Tanaka,Mihoko Hosokawa,M. Reuter,Alexander Stark,Yuzuru Kato,Gen Kondoh,Katsuya Okawa,Takeshi Chujo,Tsutomu Suzuki,Kenichiro Hata,Sandra L. Martin,Toshiaki Noce,Satomi Kuramochi‐Miyagawa,Toru Nakano,Hiroyuki Sasaki,Ramesh S. Pillai,Norio Nakatsuji,Shinichiro Chuma	273
16	MicroRNA Inhibition of Translation Initiation in Vitro by Targeting the Cap-Binding Complex eIF4F 2007 ·Science ·Géraldine Mathonnet,Marc R. Fabian,Yuri V. Svitkin,Armen Parsyan,Laurent Huck,Takayuki Murata,Stefano Biffo,William C. Merrick,Edward Darżynkiewicz,Ramesh S. Pillai,Witold Filipowicz,Thomas F. Duchaîne,Nahum Sonenberg	403
17	Inhibition of Translational Initiation by Let-7 MicroRNA in Human Cellsbreakdown → 2005 ·Science ·Ramesh S. Pillai,Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya,(unknown),(unknown),Nicolas Cougot,Eugénia Basyuk,Édouard Bertrand,Witold Filipowicz	1077
18	MicroRNA function: Multiple mechanisms for a tiny RNA?: FIGURE 1.breakdown → 2005 ·RNA ·Ramesh S. Pillai	574
19	The special Sm core structure of the U7 snRNP: far-reaching significance of a small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 2004 ·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences ·(unknown),Ramesh S. Pillai	111
20	Tethering of human Ago proteins to mRNA mimics the miRNA-mediated repression of protein synthesis 2004 ·RNA ·Ramesh S. Pillai,(unknown),Witold Filipowicz	297

About Ramesh S. Pillai

Ramesh S. Pillai is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology and Plant Science, having authored 50 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA modifications and cancer (23 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (22 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (3.2k citations), Molecular Biology (6.9k citations) and Aging (87 citations). Ramesh S. Pillai has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Frequent co-authors include Witold Filipowicz, Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya, Radha Raman Pandey, David Homolka, Ravi Sachidanandam, Shinichiro Chuma, M. Reuter, Édouard Bertrand, Eugénia Basyuk and Nicolas Cougot. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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