Rili Ahmad

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Rili Ahmad is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rili Ahmad has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Neurology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rili Ahmad's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers), RNA regulation and disease (7 papers) and Nuclear Receptors and Signaling (3 papers). Rili Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers), RNA regulation and disease (7 papers) and Nuclear Receptors and Signaling (3 papers). Rili Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Rili Ahmad's co-authors include Mark Cookson, David W. Miller, Gregory A. Petsko, Melisa J. Baptista, Mark A. Wilson, Alexandra Beilina, Rosa Canet-Aviles, Chris McLendon, Jeff Blackinton and Sourav Bandyopadhyay and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rili Ahmad

13 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 is neuroprotective d... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2006 250 500 750
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 Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 is neuroprotective due to cysteine-sulfinic acid-driven mitochondrial localization
    2004 878 citations Rosa Canet-Aviles, Mark A. Wilson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Kinase activity is required for the toxic effects of mutant LRRK2/dardarin
    2006 591 citations Elisa Greggio, Shushant Jain et al. Neurobiology of Disease profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rili Ahmad United States 13 2.0k 1.4k 928 647 517 14 3.0k
Onno Schaap Netherlands 8 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 957 1.0× 516 0.8× 551 1.1× 10 2.8k
Takeshi Niki Japan 22 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 879 0.9× 474 0.7× 365 0.7× 35 2.8k
Pablo Ibáñez Spain 11 2.5k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.6× 765 1.2× 767 1.5× 19 3.5k
Chengsong Xie United States 31 1.7k 0.9× 1.8k 1.3× 1.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.9× 700 1.4× 44 4.0k
Melisa J. Baptista United States 9 1.6k 0.8× 994 0.7× 899 1.0× 495 0.8× 384 0.7× 10 2.4k
Annick Mouatt‐Prigent France 17 1.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 583 0.9× 632 1.2× 20 3.3k
Rina Bandopadhyay United Kingdom 32 2.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.9× 908 1.8× 66 3.9k
Hélène Plun‐Favreau United Kingdom 29 1.6k 0.8× 2.0k 1.5× 814 0.9× 798 1.2× 502 1.0× 44 3.9k
Jordi Magrané United States 27 1.4k 0.7× 2.2k 1.5× 781 0.8× 1.0k 1.6× 348 0.7× 36 3.9k
Amy Manning-Bog United States 19 1.9k 0.9× 837 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 947 1.5× 494 1.0× 29 3.2k

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Hossein‐Nezhad, Arash, Rili Ahmad, Elaine R. Peskind, et al.. (2016). Transcriptomic Profiling of Extracellular RNAs Present in Cerebrospinal Fluid Identifies Differentially Expressed Transcripts in Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 6(1). 109–117. 38 indexed citations
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Blackinton, Jeff, Ravindran Kumaran, Marcel P. van der Brug, et al.. (2009). Post-transcriptional regulation of mRNA associated with DJ-1 in sporadic Parkinson disease. Neuroscience Letters. 452(1). 8–11. 67 indexed citations
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Sandebring, Anna, Kelly Jean Thomas Craig, Alexandra Beilina, et al.. (2009). Mitochondrial Alterations in PINK1 Deficient Cells Are Influenced by Calcineurin-Dependent Dephosphorylation of Dynamin-Related Protein 1. PLoS ONE. 4(5). e5701–e5701. 148 indexed citations
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Blackinton, Jeff, Mahadevan Lakshminarasimhan, Kelly Jean Thomas Craig, et al.. (2009). Formation of a Stabilized Cysteine Sulfinic Acid Is Critical for the Mitochondrial Function of the Parkinsonism Protein DJ-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(10). 6476–6485. 243 indexed citations
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Brug, Marcel P. van der, Jeff Blackinton, Jayanth Chandran, et al.. (2008). RNA binding activity of the recessive parkinsonism protein DJ-1 supports involvement in multiple cellular pathways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(29). 10244–10249. 173 indexed citations
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Greggio, Elisa, Patrick A. Lewis, Marcel P. van der Brug, et al.. (2007). Mutations in LRRK2/dardarin associated with Parkinson disease are more toxic than equivalent mutations in the homologous kinase LRRK1. Journal of Neurochemistry. 102(1). 93–102. 72 indexed citations
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Greggio, Elisa, Shushant Jain, Ann E. Kingsbury, et al.. (2006). Kinase activity is required for the toxic effects of mutant LRRK2/dardarin. Neurobiology of Disease. 23(2). 329–341. 591 indexed citations breakdown →
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Greggio, Elisa, Elisabetta Bergantino, Rili Ahmad, et al.. (2005). Tyrosinase exacerbates dopamine toxicity but is not genetically associated with Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurochemistry. 93(1). 246–256. 101 indexed citations
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Beilina, Alexandra, Marcel van der Brug, Rili Ahmad, et al.. (2005). Mutations in PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 associated with recessive parkinsonism have differential effects on protein stability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(16). 5703–5708. 301 indexed citations
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Blackinton, Jeff, Rili Ahmad, David W. Miller, et al.. (2004). Effects of DJ-1 mutations and polymorphisms on protein stability and subcellular localization. Molecular Brain Research. 134(1). 76–83. 66 indexed citations
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Canet-Aviles, Rosa, Mark A. Wilson, David W. Miller, et al.. (2004). The Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 is neuroprotective due to cysteine-sulfinic acid-driven mitochondrial localization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(24). 9103–9108. 878 indexed citations breakdown →
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Miller, David W., Rili Ahmad, Stephen Hague, et al.. (2003). L166P Mutant DJ-1, Causative for Recessive Parkinson's Disease, Is Degraded through the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(38). 36588–36595. 195 indexed citations
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Baptista, Melisa J., Casey O’Farrell, Rili Ahmad, et al.. (2003). Co‐ordinate transcriptional regulation of dopamine synthesis genes by α‐synuclein in human neuroblastoma cell lines. Journal of Neurochemistry. 85(4). 957–968. 125 indexed citations

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