Rita Bortell

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

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Rita Bortell is a scholar working on Genetics, Surgery and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Bortell has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Genetics, 27 papers in Surgery and 26 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Rita Bortell's work include Diabetes and associated disorders (27 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (27 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers). Rita Bortell is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes and associated disorders (27 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (27 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers). Rita Bortell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Rita Bortell's co-authors include Dale L. Greiner, Aldo A. Rossini, Fumihiko Urano, Thomas A. Owen, Shinsuke Ishigaki, Gary S. Stein, Jane B. Lian, Janet L. Stein, John P. Mordes and Bryan O’Sullivan-Murphy 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

Rita Bortell

88 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein Mediates ER Stress-Induced β Cell Death through Initiation of the Inflammasome

2012 576 citations Christine M. Oslowski, Takashi Hara et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita Bortell United States	35	1.8k	1.1k	1.1k	806	781	88	4.1k
Esteban N. Gurzov Belgium	33	1.4k 0.8×	937 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	639 0.8×	692 0.9×	68	3.5k
Maria Vittoria Barone Italy	39	2.3k 1.3×	793 0.7×	711 0.7×	545 0.7×	594 0.8×	120	4.8k
Masakazu Hattori Japan	38	1.9k 1.1×	951 0.9×	579 0.5×	365 0.5×	1.8k 2.4×	113	5.1k
Minna Woo Canada	32	3.5k 2.0×	695 0.6×	709 0.7×	504 0.6×	953 1.2×	76	5.2k
Howard W. Davidson United States	39	1.9k 1.1×	2.0k 1.8×	2.1k 1.9×	1.5k 1.8×	1.3k 1.6×	86	5.5k
Jean‐Dominique Vassalli Switzerland	30	2.2k 1.2×	676 0.6×	440 0.4×	475 0.6×	373 0.5×	53	4.3k
Nathalie Rivard Canada	39	2.8k 1.6×	575 0.5×	635 0.6×	562 0.7×	499 0.6×	105	4.5k
Christiane Ferran United States	42	1.9k 1.1×	974 0.9×	2.0k 1.9×	221 0.3×	1.9k 2.4×	115	5.6k
Toshiyuki Fukao Japan	41	3.0k 1.7×	710 0.7×	876 0.8×	413 0.5×	448 0.6×	307	6.3k
Gérald J. Prud’homme Canada	44	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	950 0.9×	144 0.2×	1.8k 2.3×	119	5.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Walsh, Nicole C., Ken‐Edwin Aryee, Agata Jurczyk, et al.. (2017). Possible type 1 diabetes risk prediction: Using ultrasound imaging to assess pancreas inflammation in the inducible autoimmune diabetes BBDR model. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0178641–e0178641. 8 indexed citations

Ortiz‐Miranda, Sonia, Rui Ji, Agata Jurczyk, et al.. (2016). A novel transgenic mouse model of lysosomal storage disorder. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 311(5). G903–G919. 2 indexed citations

Derr, Alan, Chaoxing Yang, Rapolas Žilionis, et al.. (2016). End Sequence Analysis Toolkit (ESAT) expands the extractable information from single-cell RNA-seq data. Genome Research. 26(10). 1397–1410. 33 indexed citations

Jurczyk, Agata, Rita Bortell, & Laura Alonso. (2014). Human β-cell regeneration. Current Opinion in Endocrinology Diabetes and Obesity. 21(2). 102–108. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Chaoxing, Agata Jurczyk, Philip diIorio, et al.. (2013). Salicylate Prevents Virus-Induced Type 1 Diabetes in the BBDR Rat. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78050–e78050. 8 indexed citations

Oslowski, Christine M., Takashi Hara, Bryan O’Sullivan-Murphy, et al.. (2012). Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein Mediates ER Stress-Induced β Cell Death through Initiation of the Inflammasome. Cell Metabolism. 16(2). 265–273. 576 indexed citations breakdown →

Bortell, Rita & Chaoxing Yang. (2012). The BB Rat as a Model of Human Type 1 Diabetes. Methods in molecular biology. 933. 31–44. 27 indexed citations

O’Sullivan-Murphy, Bryan, Erich A. Lidstone, Chaoxing Yang, et al.. (2009). CHOP Mediates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Gimap5-Deficient T Cells. PLoS ONE. 4(5). e5468–e5468. 47 indexed citations

Bortell, Rita, et al.. (2008). Closing the Circle between the Bedside and the Bench. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1150(1). 112–122. 14 indexed citations

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Lipson, Kathryn L., Sonya G. Fonseca, Shinsuke Ishigaki, et al.. (2006). Regulation of insulin biosynthesis in pancreatic beta cells by an endoplasmic reticulum-resident protein kinase IRE1. Cell Metabolism. 4(3). 245–254. 354 indexed citations

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Todd, Derrick J., et al.. (2004). Deficiencies in Gut NK Cell Number and Function Precede Diabetes Onset in BB Rats. The Journal of Immunology. 172(9). 5356–5362. 32 indexed citations

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Todd, Derrick J., Dale L. Greiner, Aldo A. Rossini, John P. Mordes, & Rita Bortell. (2001). An Atypical Population of NK Cells That Spontaneously Secrete IFN-γ and IL-4 Is Present in the Intraepithelial Lymphoid Compartment of the Rat. The Journal of Immunology. 167(7). 3600–3609. 19 indexed citations

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Bortell, Rita, Joel Moss, Mark Rigby, et al.. (2001). Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD) and Its Metabolites Inhibit T Lymphocyte Proliferation: Role of Cell Surface NAD Glycohydrolase and Pyrophosphatase Activities. The Journal of Immunology. 167(4). 2049–2059. 31 indexed citations

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Shalhoub, Victoria, Fauzia Aslam, Ellen C. Breen, et al.. (1998). Multiple levels of steroid hormone-dependent control of osteocalcin during osteoblast differentiation: Glucocorticoid regulation of basal and vitamin D stimulated gene expression. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 69(2). 154–168. 26 indexed citations

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Moss, Joel, Linda A. Stevens, Ian J. Okazaki, et al.. (1997). Characterization of Mouse Rt6.1 NAD:Arginine ADP-ribosyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(7). 4342–4346. 18 indexed citations

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Greiner, Dale L., Samir Malkani, Rita Bortell, et al.. (1997). The T Cell Marker RT6 in a Rat Model of Autoimmune Diabetes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 419. 209–216. 13 indexed citations

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Ramsey-Ewing, Anna, Rita Bortell, Gary S. Stein, & Janet L. Stein. (1995). Histone H4 proximal promoter mediates a complex transcriptional response during differentiation of 3T3L1 adipocytes. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 163(2). 312–320. 6 indexed citations

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Bortell, Rita, Thomas A. Owen, Ronald A. Ignotz, Gary S. Stein, & Janet L. Stein. (1994). TGFβ₁ Prevents the down‐regulation of type I procollagen, fibronectin, and TGFβ₁ gene expression associated with 3T3‐L1 pre‐adipocyte differentiation. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 54(2). 256–263. 54 indexed citations

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Lian, Jane B., Gary S. Stein, Rita Bortell, & Thomas A. Owen. (1991). Phenotype suppression: A postulated molecular mechanism for mediating the relationship of proliferation and differentiation by Fos/Jun interactions at AP‐1 sites in steroid responsive promoter elements of tissue‐specific genes. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 45(1). 9–14. 70 indexed citations

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Asquith, R. L., et al.. (1980). Plasma Concentrations of Iditol Dehydrogenase (Sorbitol Dehydrogenase) in Ponies Treated with Aflatoxin B1. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 41(6). 925–927. 7 indexed citations

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