Renée M. McKay

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Renée M. McKay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Renée M. McKay has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 12 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Renée M. McKay's work include Renal cell carcinoma treatment (11 papers), Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases (10 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (7 papers). Renée M. McKay is often cited by papers focused on Renal cell carcinoma treatment (11 papers), Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases (10 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (7 papers). Renée M. McKay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Taiwan. Renée M. McKay's co-authors include Luis F. Parada, Jian Chen, Jonathan M. Graff, Dennis K. Burns, Yanjiao Li, Tzong‐Shiue Yu, Steven G. Kernie, John M. Peters, Leon Avery and Jae Myoung Suh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Renée M. McKay

44 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

A restricted cell population propagates glioblastoma growth after chemotherapy

2012 1.7k citations Jian Chen, Yanjiao Li et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Renée M. McKay United States	25	2.5k	1.2k	969	850	458	47	4.4k
Kyeung Min Joo South Korea	37	2.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	1.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	564 1.2×	135	5.3k
Silvia Marino United Kingdom	33	4.6k 1.8×	1.4k 1.2×	722 0.7×	826 1.0×	299 0.7×	131	6.3k
Andreas Waha Germany	38	2.4k 1.0×	783 0.7×	766 0.8×	1.8k 2.1×	514 1.1×	91	4.2k
Pilar Sánchez‐Gómez Spain	31	4.3k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	775 0.8×	865 1.0×	268 0.6×	79	5.9k
Stephen C. Mack United States	28	3.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	1.9k 2.2×	429 0.9×	71	5.2k
Svetlana Kotliarova United States	21	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	880 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	186 0.4×	26	3.6k
Steven M. Pollard United Kingdom	40	4.3k 1.7×	860 0.7×	988 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	186 0.4×	99	5.9k
Claudia Petritsch United States	24	2.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.9×	887 1.0×	347 0.8×	38	4.4k
Gerald C. Chu United States	26	3.7k 1.5×	2.2k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	373 0.4×	418 0.9×	30	5.7k

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Chen, Zhiguo, et al.. (2025). Disruption of Krox20-Notch1 signaling blocks meibomian gland development and homeostasis leading to dry eye disease. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11584–11584.

Shipman, Tracey, et al.. (2025). Hair follicle epithelial stem cells contribute to interfollicular epidermis during homeostasis. JCI Insight. 10(16). 1 indexed citations

Mo, Jiezhang, Matthew Tegtmeyer, Reine Nehmé, et al.. (2024). 735 Econazole selectively induces cell death in NF1-homozygous mutant tumor cells. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 144(8). S129–S129. 1 indexed citations

Somatilaka, Bandarigoda N., et al.. (2024). STING activation reprograms the microenvironment to sensitize NF1-related malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors for immunotherapy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(10). 6 indexed citations

Jiang, Chunhui, Renée M. McKay, & Lu Q. Le. (2021). Tumorigenesis in neurofibromatosis type 1: role of the microenvironment. Oncogene. 40(39). 5781–5787. 21 indexed citations

Jiang, Chunhui, et al.. (2021). Insights into the Pathogenesis of NF1-Associated Neoplasms. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 100044–100044. 5 indexed citations

Reig, Òscar, Akhilesh Mishra, Alana Christie, et al.. (2021). Molecular Genetic Determinants of Shorter Time on Active Surveillance in a Prospective Phase 2 Clinical Trial in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. European Urology. 81(6). 555–558. 9 indexed citations

Patel, Viral, Roy Elias, William Schwartzman, et al.. (2020). Acute interstitial nephritis, a potential predictor of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in renal cell carcinoma. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 8(2). e001198–e001198. 24 indexed citations

Mulgaonkar, Aditi, Layton Woolford, Kien Nham, et al.. (2019). PD-L1 detection using 89Zr-atezolizumab immuno-PET in renal cell carcinoma tumorgrafts from a patient with favorable nivolumab response. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 7(1). 144–144. 62 indexed citations

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Christie, Alana, Tiffani McKenzie, Nicholas C. Wolff, et al.. (2017). Modeling Renal Cell Carcinoma in Mice: Bap1 and Pbrm1 Inactivation Drive Tumor Grade. Cancer Discovery. 7(8). 900–917. 110 indexed citations

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Amiri, Anahita, Efrain Sanchez‐Ortiz, Woosung Cho, et al.. (2014). Analysis of Fmr1 Deletion in a Subpopulation of Post‐Mitotic Neurons in Mouse Cortex and Hippocampus. Autism Research. 7(1). 60–71. 12 indexed citations

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Mo, Wei, Jian Chen, Amish J. Patel, et al.. (2013). CXCR4/CXCL12 Mediate Autocrine Cell- Cycle Progression in NF1-Associated Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors. Cell. 152(5). 1077–1090. 130 indexed citations

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Chen, Jian, Renée M. McKay, & Luis F. Parada. (2012). Malignant Glioma: Lessons from Genomics, Mouse Models, and Stem Cells. Cell. 149(1). 36–47. 418 indexed citations

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Llaguno, Sheila R. Alcantara, Yuntao Chen, Renée M. McKay, & Luis F. Parada. (2011). Stem Cells in Brain Tumor Development. Current topics in developmental biology. 94. 15–44. 14 indexed citations

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Lim, Sang Kyun, Sheila R. Alcantara Llaguno, Renée M. McKay, & Luis F. Parada. (2011). Glioblastoma multiforme: a perspective on recent findings in human cancer and mouse models. BMB Reports. 44(3). 158–164. 50 indexed citations

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Suh, Jae Myoung, et al.. (2006). Hedgehog signaling plays a conserved role in inhibiting fat formation. Cell Metabolism. 3(1). 25–34. 222 indexed citations

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Leker, Ronen R. & Renée M. McKay. (2004). Using Endogenous Neural Stem Cells to Enhance Recovery from Ischemic Brain Injury. Current Neurovascular Research. 1(5). 421–427. 17 indexed citations

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McKay, Renée M., et al.. (2003). C. elegans. Developmental Cell. 4(1). 131–142. 254 indexed citations

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McKay, Renée M., John Peters, & Jonathan M. Graff. (2001). The Casein Kinase I Family in Wnt Signaling. Developmental Biology. 235(2). 388–396. 97 indexed citations

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McKay, Renée M., John M. Peters, & Jonathan M. Graff. (2001). The Casein Kinase I Family: Roles in Morphogenesis. Developmental Biology. 235(2). 378–387. 41 indexed citations

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