Samantha A. Brugmann

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
61 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Samantha A. Brugmann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Samantha A. Brugmann has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Samantha A. Brugmann's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (25 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (23 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers). Samantha A. Brugmann is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (25 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (23 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers). Samantha A. Brugmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Samantha A. Brugmann's co-authors include Jill A. Helms, Ruchi Bajpai, L. Henry Goodnough, Howard Y. Chang, John L. Rinn, Jordon K. Wang, Tomek Swigut, Joanna Wysocka, Álvaro Rada-Iglesias and Michael A. Kertesz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Samantha A. Brugmann

59 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Functional Demarcation of Active and Silent Chromatin Domains in Human HOX Loci by Noncoding RNAs

2007 3.4k citations Samantha A. Brugmann, Jill A. Helms et al. profile →
A unique chromatin signature uncovers early developmental enhancers in humans

2010 1.6k citations Álvaro Rada-Iglesias, Ruchi Bajpai et al. Nature profile →
Engineered human pluripotent-stem-cell-derived intestinal tissues with a functional enteric nervous system

2016 480 citations Michael J. Workman, Maxime M. Mahé et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samantha A. Brugmann United States	28	6.7k	3.0k	1.7k	509	396	61	8.0k
Julie C. Baker United States	33	6.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 1.2×	846 1.7×	658 1.7×	65	9.8k
Silvia K. Nicolis Italy	36	5.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	453 0.9×	553 1.4×	65	7.1k
Elizabeth P. Murchison United Kingdom	27	5.8k 0.9×	4.0k 1.3×	925 0.6×	236 0.5×	270 0.7×	42	7.7k
Andrea Münsterberg United Kingdom	35	5.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	2.7k 1.6×	361 0.7×	155 0.4×	85	6.6k
Hannele Ruohola‐Baker United States	45	5.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	597 0.4×	687 1.3×	266 0.7×	90	6.8k
Anton Wutz Switzerland	43	9.4k 1.4×	2.1k 0.7×	3.6k 2.1×	268 0.5×	938 2.4×	103	10.8k
Frank L. Conlon United States	33	5.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	690 0.4×	515 1.0×	141 0.4×	87	6.2k
Marie‐Christine Chaboissier France	35	5.1k 0.8×	786 0.3×	3.6k 2.1×	445 0.9×	303 0.8×	65	7.1k
Robert Blelloch United States	48	9.4k 1.4×	5.7k 1.9×	881 0.5×	1.1k 2.2×	943 2.4×	99	11.7k
Aaron M. Wenger United States	21	4.2k 0.6×	818 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	217 0.4×	314 0.8×	33	5.7k

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Singh, Archana, Rajib Mukherjee, Christian Louis Bonatto Paese, et al.. (2025). The widely used Ucp1-Cre transgene elicits complex developmental and metabolic phenotypes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 770–770. 5 indexed citations

Morenilla‐Palao, Cruz, María T. Lopez-Cascales, Chiara Scopa, et al.. (2024). ARID1A-BAF coordinates ZIC2 genomic occupancy for epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in cranial neural crest specification. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(10). 2232–2252. 2 indexed citations

Paese, Christian Louis Bonatto, et al.. (2024). The ciliary protein C2cd3 is required for mandibular musculoskeletal tissue patterning. Differentiation. 138. 100782–100782. 1 indexed citations

Wilderman, Andrea, Machteld Baetens, Ellen Roets, et al.. (2024). A distant global control region is essential for normal expression of anterior HOXA genes during mouse and human craniofacial development. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3 indexed citations

Paese, Christian Louis Bonatto, et al.. (2021). Ciliopathic micrognathia is caused by aberrant skeletal differentiation and remodeling. Development. 148(4). 6 indexed citations

Paese, Christian Louis Bonatto, et al.. (2021). Mutation in the Ciliary Protein C2CD3 Reveals Organ-Specific Mechanisms of Hedgehog Signal Transduction in Avian Embryos. Journal of Developmental Biology. 9(2). 12–12. 3 indexed citations

Pagliaroli, Luca, Patrizia Porazzi, Chiara Scopa, et al.. (2021). Inability to switch from ARID1A-BAF to ARID1B-BAF impairs exit from pluripotency and commitment towards neural crest formation in ARID1B-related neurodevelopmental disorders. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6469–6469. 21 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaoting, Joseph Salomone, Praneet Chaturvedi, et al.. (2020). Gli3 utilizes Hand2 to synergistically regulate tissue-specific transcriptional networks. eLife. 9. 17 indexed citations

Brugmann, Samantha A., et al.. (2018). Sending mixed signals: Cilia-dependent signaling during development and disease. Developmental Biology. 447(1). 28–41. 52 indexed citations

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Schock, Elizabeth N., Jaime Struve, Ching‐Fang Chang, et al.. (2017). A tissue-specific role for intraflagellar transport genes during craniofacial development. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0174206–e0174206. 25 indexed citations

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Chang, Ya-Ting, et al.. (2017). Cilia-dependent GLI processing in neural crest cells is required for tongue development. Developmental Biology. 424(2). 124–137. 34 indexed citations

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Schock, Elizabeth N., et al.. (2017). Unique spatiotemporal requirements for intraflagellar transport genes during forebrain development. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0173258–e0173258. 22 indexed citations

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Workman, Michael J., Maxime M. Mahé, Stephen L. Trisno, et al.. (2016). Engineered human pluripotent-stem-cell-derived intestinal tissues with a functional enteric nervous system. Nature Medicine. 23(1). 49–59. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chaturvedi, Praneet, et al.. (2016). Understanding Mechanisms of GLI-Mediated Transcription during Craniofacial Development and Disease Using the Ciliopathic Mutant, talpid2. Frontiers in Physiology. 7. 468–468. 5 indexed citations

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Romick‐Rosendale, Lindsey E., Elizabeth E. Hoskins, Lisa M. Privette Vinnedge, et al.. (2015). Defects in the Fanconi Anemia Pathway in Head and Neck Cancer Cells Stimulate Tumor Cell Invasion through DNA-PK and Rac1 Signaling. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(8). 2062–2073. 25 indexed citations

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Schock, Elizabeth N., Ching‐Fang Chang, Ingrid Youngworth, et al.. (2015). Utilizing the chicken as an animal model for human craniofacial ciliopathies. Developmental Biology. 415(2). 326–337. 25 indexed citations

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Chang, Ching‐Fang, Elizabeth N. Schock, Elizabeth A. O’Hare, et al.. (2014). The cellular and molecular etiology of the craniofacial defects in the avian ciliopathic mutant talpid2. Development. 141(15). 3003–3012. 41 indexed citations

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Rada-Iglesias, Álvaro, Ruchi Bajpai, Tomek Swigut, et al.. (2010). A unique chromatin signature uncovers early developmental enhancers in humans. Nature. 470(7333). 279–283. 1645 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brugmann, Samantha A., Minal Tapadia, & Jill A. Helms. (2006). The Molecular Origins of Species‐Specific Facial Pattern. Current topics in developmental biology. 73. 1–42. 32 indexed citations

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Brugmann, Samantha A., Petra Pandur, Kristy L. Kenyon, Francesca Pignoni, & Sally A. Moody. (2004). Six1 promotes a placodal fate within the lateral neurogenic ectoderm by functioning as both a transcriptional activator and repressor. Development. 131(23). 5871–5881. 181 indexed citations

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