Ramin Shiekhattar

36.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
129 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

About

Ramin Shiekhattar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ramin Shiekhattar has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Cancer Research and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ramin Shiekhattar's work include RNA Research and Splicing (45 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (42 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (32 papers). Ramin Shiekhattar is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (45 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (42 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (32 papers). Ramin Shiekhattar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Canada. Ramin Shiekhattar's co-authors include Richard I. Gregory, Neil Cooch, Thimmaiah P. Chendrimada, Ali Shilatifard, Min Gyu Lee, Shelley L. Berger, Ulf Andersson Ørom, Kazuko Nishikura, Jessica Norman and Fan Lai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ramin Shiekhattar

126 papers receiving 22.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Microprocessor complex mediates the genesis of microRNAs 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2005 2010 2009 2005 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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. The Microprocessor complex mediates the genesis of microRNAs
    2004 2.1k citations Neil Cooch, Ramin Shiekhattar et al. Nature profile →
  2. TRBP recruits the Dicer complex to Ago2 for microRNA processing and gene silencing
    2005 1.6k citations Neil Cooch, Ramin Shiekhattar et al. Nature profile →
  3. Long Noncoding RNAs with Enhancer-like Function in Human Cells
    2010 1.5k citations Fan Lai, Ramin Shiekhattar et al. profile →
  4. An operational definition of epigenetics: Figure 1.
    2009 1.3k citations Shelley L. Berger, Ramin Shiekhattar et al. Genes & Development profile →
  5. Human RISC Couples MicroRNA Biogenesis and Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing
    2005 1.2k citations Neil Cooch, Ramin Shiekhattar et al. profile →
  6. Activating RNAs associate with Mediator to enhance chromatin architecture and transcription
    2013 665 citations Fan Lai, Ramin Shiekhattar et al. Nature profile →
  7. p53 is regulated by the lysine demethylase LSD1
    2007 655 citations Ramin Shiekhattar, Shelley L. Berger et al. Nature profile →
  8. An essential role for CoREST in nucleosomal histone 3 lysine 4 demethylation
    2005 630 citations Neil Cooch, Ramin Shiekhattar et al. Nature profile →
  9. Modulation of microRNA processing and expression through RNA editing by ADAR deaminases
    2005 627 citations Ramin Shiekhattar et al. profile →
  10. Demethylation of H3K27 Regulates Polycomb Recruitment and H2A Ubiquitination
    2007 599 citations Danny Reinberg, Ramin Shiekhattar et al. Science profile →
  11. MicroRNA Biogenesis and Cancer
    2005 514 citations Ramin Shiekhattar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ramin Shiekhattar United States 64 19.7k 8.3k 2.3k 1.6k 1.2k 129 22.9k
G Yeo United States 81 20.6k 1.0× 4.3k 0.5× 2.5k 1.1× 754 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 239 25.2k
Xiang‐Dong Fu United States 84 19.8k 1.0× 3.7k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 955 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 207 23.1k
Edwin Cuppen Netherlands 70 11.8k 0.6× 5.6k 0.7× 3.7k 1.6× 3.9k 2.4× 1.1k 0.9× 278 19.9k
Peggy Farnham United States 77 17.5k 0.9× 4.7k 0.6× 3.7k 1.6× 3.6k 2.3× 1.8k 1.5× 184 21.1k
Jiannis Ragoussis United Kingdom 60 9.3k 0.5× 5.3k 0.6× 3.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.6× 227 14.5k
George W. Bell United States 47 18.4k 0.9× 8.2k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 5.2k 3.3× 1.9k 1.5× 75 25.0k
Yang Shi United States 94 30.9k 1.6× 7.1k 0.9× 4.8k 2.1× 3.1k 1.9× 2.9k 2.4× 205 36.6k
Robert B. Darnell United States 82 19.7k 1.0× 5.1k 0.6× 4.6k 2.0× 1.3k 0.8× 2.0k 1.6× 173 26.1k
Andrew J. Bannister United Kingdom 52 20.1k 1.0× 2.3k 0.3× 2.8k 1.2× 2.6k 1.7× 1.8k 1.4× 84 23.5k
Emily Bernstein United States 39 14.7k 0.7× 4.8k 0.6× 2.2k 1.0× 955 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 65 17.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ramin Shiekhattar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Fan, Jingyin Yue, Francesco Tamiro, et al.. (2025). TAF1 is required for fetal but not adult hematopoiesis in mice. Developmental Cell. 60(21). 2946–2961.e8.
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Štefl, Richard, Sadat Dokaneheifard, Felipe Beckedorff, et al.. (2024). Tetrameric INTS6-SOSS1 complex facilitates DNA:RNA hybrid autoregulation at double-strand breaks. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(21). 13036–13056. 4 indexed citations
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Dokaneheifard, Sadat, Felipe Beckedorff, Helena G. Dos Santos, et al.. (2023). The Integrator complex regulates microRNA abundance through RISC loading. Science Advances. 9(6). eadf0597–eadf0597. 14 indexed citations
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Kurtenbach, Stefan, Margaret I. Sanchez, Daniel A. Rodriguez, et al.. (2023). PRAME induces genomic instability in uveal melanoma. Oncogene. 43(8). 555–565. 13 indexed citations
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Leclerc, Guy J., et al.. (2021). Protein Kinase D–Dependent Downregulation of Immediate Early Genes through Class IIA Histone Deacetylases in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Molecular Cancer Research. 19(8). 1296–1307. 3 indexed citations
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Santos, Helena G. Dos, Deukwoo Kwon, Terrence Bradley, et al.. (2021). Clinical Responsiveness to All-trans Retinoic Acid Is Potentiated by LSD1 Inhibition and Associated with a Quiescent Transcriptome in Myeloid Malignancies. Clinical Cancer Research. 27(7). 1893–1903. 32 indexed citations
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daSilva, Lucas F., Ezra Blumenthal, Felipe Beckedorff, et al.. (2021). Integrator enforces the fidelity of transcriptional termination at protein-coding genes. Science Advances. 7(45). eabe3393–eabe3393. 27 indexed citations
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Sun, Jun, Gabriel Gaidosh, Ye Xu, et al.. (2021). RAC1 plays an essential role in estrogen receptor alpha function in breast cancer cells. Oncogene. 40(40). 5950–5962. 11 indexed citations
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Pascual, Gloria, Diana Domínguez, Felipe Beckedorff, et al.. (2021). Dietary palmitic acid promotes a prometastatic memory via Schwann cells. Nature. 599(7885). 485–490. 186 indexed citations
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Santos, Helena G. Dos, et al.. (2020). The Integrator complex at the crossroad of coding and noncoding RNA. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 70. 37–43. 36 indexed citations
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Barra, Jasmine, Gabriel Gaidosh, Ezra Blumenthal, et al.. (2020). Integrator restrains paraspeckles assembly by promoting isoform switching of the lncRNA NEAT1. Science Advances. 6(27). eaaz9072–eaaz9072. 38 indexed citations
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Beckedorff, Felipe, Ezra Blumenthal, Lucas F. daSilva, et al.. (2020). The Human Integrator Complex Facilitates Transcriptional Elongation by Endonucleolytic Cleavage of Nascent Transcripts. Cell Reports. 32(3). 107917–107917. 82 indexed citations
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Ge, Cheng, Takashi Asai, Fan Lai, et al.. (2016). Loss of p300 accelerates MDS-associated leukemogenesis. Leukemia. 31(6). 1382–1390. 28 indexed citations
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Zuccolo, Michela, Annabelle Alves, Vincent Galy, et al.. (2007). The human Nup107–160 nuclear pore subcomplex contributes to proper kinetochore functions. The EMBO Journal. 26(7). 1853–1864. 161 indexed citations
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Zhao, Kehao, et al.. (2006). Structure and function of the SWIRM domain, a conserved protein module found in chromatin regulatory complexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(7). 2057–2062. 80 indexed citations
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Ross, David A., Sridhar Hannenhalli, John W. Tobias, et al.. (2005). Functional Analysis of Hes-1 in Preadipocytes. Molecular Endocrinology. 20(3). 698–705. 45 indexed citations
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Lo, Wan‐Sheng, Laura J. Duggan, N. C. Tolga Emre, et al.. (2001). Snf1--a Histone Kinase That Works in Concert with the Histone Acetyltransferase Gcn5 to Regulate Transcription. Science. 293(5532). 1142–1146. 281 indexed citations
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Guenther, Matthew G., William S. Lane, Wolfgang Fischle, et al.. (2000). A core SMRT corepressor complex containing HDAC3 and TBL1, a WD40-repeat protein linked to deafness. Genes & Development. 14(9). 1048–1057. 404 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Edio, Ramin Shiekhattar, Michael Sheldon, et al.. (1996). A Human RNA-Polymerase-II Complex-Associated with SRB and DNA-Repair Proteins (Vol 381, Pg 86, 1996). Nature. 384(6607). 384–384. 2 indexed citations
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Aston‐Jones, Gary, MT Shipley, Guy Chouvet, et al.. (1991). Afferent regulation of locus coeruleus neurons: anatomy, physiology and pharmacology. Progress in brain research. 88. 47–75. 440 indexed citations

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