Sara J. McGowan

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sara J. McGowan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara J. McGowan has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Sara J. McGowan's work include NF-κB Signaling Pathways (5 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (3 papers). Sara J. McGowan is often cited by papers focused on NF-κB Signaling Pathways (5 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (3 papers). Sara J. McGowan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Italy. Sara J. McGowan's co-authors include Laura J. Niedernhofer, Paul D. Robbins, Jing Zhao, Xuesen Li, Lana Corbo, Yi Zhu, Priscilla Tang, Diego Grassi, Mauro Giacca and Nadja Ring and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Analytical Chemistry and PLoS Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sara J. McGowan

13 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of HSP90 inhibitors as a novel class of se... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Identification of HSP90 inhibitors as a novel class of senolytics
    2017 506 citations Heike Fuhrmann‐Stroissnigg, Yuan Yuan Ling et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara J. McGowan United States 11 526 449 259 170 109 14 1.1k
Jennifer L. Stripay United States 10 354 0.7× 385 0.9× 167 0.6× 109 0.6× 67 0.6× 12 922
Aditi U. Gurkar United States 15 335 0.6× 616 1.4× 125 0.5× 148 0.9× 115 1.1× 27 1.1k
Nadja Ring Italy 7 361 0.7× 279 0.6× 118 0.5× 121 0.7× 58 0.5× 11 652
Jingquan He China 14 140 0.3× 485 1.1× 119 0.5× 93 0.5× 102 0.9× 28 831
Dongling Li China 16 100 0.2× 485 1.1× 275 1.1× 56 0.3× 80 0.7× 34 994
Caiyue Xu China 6 213 0.4× 544 1.2× 98 0.4× 48 0.3× 88 0.8× 7 978
Xiaojian Liu China 18 95 0.2× 434 1.0× 78 0.3× 101 0.6× 135 1.2× 42 796
Covadonga Huidobro Spain 20 129 0.2× 468 1.0× 190 0.7× 32 0.2× 65 0.6× 30 992

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara J. McGowan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara J. McGowan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sara J. McGowan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sara J. McGowan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sara J. McGowan. Sara J. McGowan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Yousefzadeh, Matthew J., Ryan O’Kelly, Erin A. Wade, et al.. (2023). Failure to Repair Endogenous DNA Damage in β-Cells Causes Adult-Onset Diabetes in Mice. PubMed. 1(1). 20230015–20230015. 4 indexed citations
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McGowan, Sara J., Melissa Kazantzis, Tokio Sano, et al.. (2021). Increased insulin sensitivity and diminished pancreatic beta-cell function in DNA repair deficient Ercc1 mice. Metabolism. 117. 154711–154711. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lei, Jing Zhao, Xiaodong Mu, et al.. (2021). Novel small molecule inhibition of IKK/NF‐κB activation reduces markers of senescence and improves healthspan in mouse models of aging. Aging Cell. 20(12). e13486–e13486. 49 indexed citations
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Dou, Yan, Martin Darvas, Julie Mathieu, et al.. (2020). Development of an IGF1R longevity variant mouse line using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. PubMed. 3(1). 1 indexed citations
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Yousefzadeh, Matthew J., Jing Zhao, Erin A. Wade, et al.. (2020). Tissue specificity of senescent cell accumulation during physiologic and accelerated aging of mice. Aging Cell. 19(3). e13094–e13094. 227 indexed citations
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Han, Yingchao, Chaoming Zhou, Hongxing Shen, et al.. (2020). Attenuation of ataxia telangiectasia mutated signalling mitigates age‐associated intervertebral disc degeneration. Aging Cell. 19(7). e13162–e13162. 22 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jing, Lei Zhang, Xiaodong Mu, et al.. (2018). Development of novel NEMO-binding domain mimetics for inhibiting IKK/NF-κB activation. PLoS Biology. 16(6). e2004663–e2004663. 31 indexed citations
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Fuhrmann‐Stroissnigg, Heike, Yuan Yuan Ling, Jing Zhao, et al.. (2017). Identification of HSP90 inhibitors as a novel class of senolytics. Nature Communications. 8(1). 422–422. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ngo, Kevin, Prashanti Patil, Sara J. McGowan, et al.. (2017). Senescent intervertebral disc cells exhibit perturbed matrix homeostasis phenotype. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 166. 16–23. 35 indexed citations
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Flores, Rafael R., Cheryl L. Clauson, Joonseok Cho, et al.. (2017). Expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells with aging in the bone marrow of mice through a NF-κB-dependent mechanism. Aging Cell. 16(3). 480–487. 85 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jing, Xuesen Li, Sara J. McGowan, Laura J. Niedernhofer, & Paul D. Robbins. (2015). NF-κB Activation with Aging: Characterization and Therapeutic Inhibition. Methods in molecular biology. 1280. 543–557. 12 indexed citations
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