Sandra Blanco

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Sandra Blanco is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Blanco has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cancer Research and 13 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sandra Blanco's work include RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (13 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (11 papers). Sandra Blanco is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (13 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (11 papers). Sandra Blanco collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Sandra Blanco's co-authors include Michaela Frye, Shobbir Hussain, Sabine Dietmann, Pedro A. Lazo, Borja Miguel‐López, Paz Nombela, Ana Sevilla, Abdulrahim A. Sajini, Patrick Lombard and J. Aleksić and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Blanco

52 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

The role of m6A, m5C and Ψ RNA modifications in cancer: Novel therapeutic opportunities

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Blanco Spain	33	3.4k	1.5k	350	253	251	54	3.9k
Marcell Lederer Germany	22	2.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	214 0.6×	304 1.2×	126 0.5×	28	3.1k
Anna Polesskaya France	24	2.4k 0.7×	819 0.6×	236 0.7×	186 0.7×	228 0.9×	42	2.8k
Luciana Chessa Italy	28	2.1k 0.6×	722 0.5×	693 2.0×	199 0.8×	371 1.5×	75	2.7k
Stefan H. Stricker Germany	20	1.8k 0.5×	806 0.6×	411 1.2×	149 0.6×	372 1.5×	39	2.4k
Miller Huang United States	21	1.9k 0.6×	690 0.5×	483 1.4×	318 1.3×	467 1.9×	30	2.9k
Louis C. Doré United States	19	3.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	116 0.3×	122 0.5×	169 0.7×	26	3.5k
Yosef Buganim Israel	26	2.3k 0.7×	401 0.3×	417 1.2×	173 0.7×	275 1.1×	47	2.9k
Francesco Nicassio Italy	25	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	305 0.9×	108 0.4×	133 0.5×	47	2.4k
Jason A. West United States	15	4.3k 1.3×	967 0.7×	221 0.6×	133 0.5×	443 1.8×	19	4.7k
Ralf Jauch China	32	2.4k 0.7×	604 0.4×	190 0.5×	76 0.3×	320 1.3×	72	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Sandra Blanco

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Blanco

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Medina, Rebeca, Oguzhan Begik, Luca Cozzuto, et al.. (2024). Native RNA nanopore sequencing reveals antibiotic-induced loss of rRNA modifications in the A- and P-sites. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10054–10054. 12 indexed citations

Blanco, Sandra, et al.. (2024). Exploring the role of ribosomal RNA modifications in cancer. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 86. 102204–102204. 10 indexed citations

García-Vílchez, Raquel, Sabine Dietmann, Mercedes Tomé, et al.. (2023). N7-methylguanosine methylation of tRNAs regulates survival to stress in cancer. Oncogene. 42(43). 3169–3181. 14 indexed citations

Castro, Cecilia, Robert F. Harvey, Matthias Heiß, et al.. (2019). Cytosine-5 RNA methylation links protein synthesis to cell metabolism. PLoS Biology. 17(6). e3000297–e3000297. 98 indexed citations

García-Vílchez, Raquel, Ana Sevilla, & Sandra Blanco. (2018). Post-transcriptional regulation by cytosine-5 methylation of RNA. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1862(3). 240–252. 72 indexed citations

Cordero-Espinoza, Lucía, Feride Oeztuerk-Winder, Amanda Andersson-Rolf, et al.. (2016). Cytosine-5 RNA Methylation Regulates Neural Stem Cell Differentiation and Motility. Stem Cell Reports. 8(1). 112–124. 148 indexed citations

Blanco, Sandra & Michaela Frye. (2014). Role of RNA methyltransferases in tissue renewal and pathology. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 31. 1–7. 104 indexed citations

Monsalve, Diana M., et al.. (2013). Human VRK2 modulates apoptosis by interaction with Bcl-xL and regulation of BAX gene expression. Cell Death and Disease. 4(2). e513–e513. 43 indexed citations

Martínez, Fernando J., Jeong Ho Lee, Ji Eun Lee, et al.. (2012). Whole exome sequencing identifies a splicing mutation in NSUN2 as a cause of a Dubowitz-like syndrome. Journal of Medical Genetics. 49(6). 380–385. 183 indexed citations

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Perez‐Rivas, Luis Gustavo, et al.. (2012). VRK2 anchors KSR1-MEK1 to endoplasmic reticulum forming a macromolecular complex that compartmentalizes MAPK signaling. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 69(22). 3881–3893. 26 indexed citations

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Blanco, Sandra, Agata Kurowski, Jennifer Nichols, et al.. (2011). The RNA–Methyltransferase Misu (NSun2) Poises Epidermal Stem Cells to Differentiate. PLoS Genetics. 7(12). e1002403–e1002403. 163 indexed citations

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Nascimento, Elisabete, Claire Cox, Stewart MacArthur, et al.. (2011). The opposing transcriptional functions of Sin3a and c-Myc are required to maintain tissue homeostasis. Nature Cell Biology. 13(12). 1395–1405. 47 indexed citations

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Valbuena, Alberto, Sandra Blanco, Francisco M. De La Vega, & Pedro A. Lazo. (2008). The C/H3 Domain of p300 Is Required to Protect VRK1 and VRK2 from their Downregulation Induced by p53. PLoS ONE. 3(7). e2649–e2649. 23 indexed citations

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Blanco, Sandra, Marta Sanz-García, Cláudio R. Santos, & Pedro A. Lazo. (2008). Modulation of Interleukin-1 Transcriptional Response by the Interaction between VRK2 and the JIP1 Scaffold Protein. PLoS ONE. 3(2). e1660–e1660. 51 indexed citations

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Valbuena, Alberto, Ana Suárez‐Gauthier, Fernando López‐Ríos, et al.. (2007). Alteration of the VRK1-p53 autoregulatory loop in human lung carcinomas. Lung Cancer. 58(3). 303–309. 34 indexed citations

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Valbuena, Alberto, Inmaculada López-Sánchez, Francisco M. De La Vega, et al.. (2007). Identification of a dominant epitope in human vaccinia-related kinase 1 (VRK1) and detection of different intracellular subpopulations. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 465(1). 219–226. 43 indexed citations

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Santos, Cláudio R., Francisco M. De La Vega, Sandra Blanco, Ramiro Barcia, & Pedro A. Lazo. (2004). The vaccinia virus B1R kinase induces p53 downregulation by an Mdm2-dependent mechanism. Virology. 328(2). 254–265. 40 indexed citations

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Blanco, Sandra & Pedro A. Lazo. (2003). Human TSG101 does not replaceSaccharomyces cerevisiaeVPS23 role in the quality control of plasma membrane proteins. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 221(2). 151–154. 2 indexed citations

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Blanco, Sandra, et al.. (1999). Part One: Pursuing the Good Life: The Meaning of Development as It Relates to the World Bank and the IMF. II. The Functions of the IMF and the World Bank. Law and Contemporary Problems. 9. 67. 1 indexed citations

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Blanco, Sandra, et al.. (1998). Catamenial pneumothorax caused by diaphragmatic endometriosis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 116(1). 179–180. 44 indexed citations

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