Saskia Milton

9.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
34 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Saskia Milton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Saskia Milton has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Saskia Milton's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (9 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (7 papers). Saskia Milton is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (9 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (7 papers). Saskia Milton collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. Saskia Milton's co-authors include Charles Glabe, Rakez Kayed, Theresa M. McIntire, Elizabeth Head, Carl W. Cotman, Jennifer L. Thompson, Mihaela Necula, Angelo Demuro, Erene Mina and Ian Parker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Saskia Milton

34 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Common Structure of Soluble Amyloid Oligomers Implies Com... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2005 2004 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Common Structure of Soluble Amyloid Oligomers Implies Common Mechanism of Pathogenesis
    2003 3.4k citations Rakez Kayed, Elizabeth Head et al. profile →
  2. Calcium Dysregulation and Membrane Disruption as a Ubiquitous Neurotoxic Mechanism of Soluble Amyloid Oligomers*♦
    2005 852 citations Rakez Kayed, Saskia Milton et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  3. Permeabilization of Lipid Bilayers Is a Common Conformation-dependent Activity of Soluble Amyloid Oligomers in Protein Misfolding Diseases
    2004 754 citations Rakez Kayed, Theresa M. McIntire et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  4. Small Molecule Inhibitors of Aggregation Indicate That Amyloid β Oligomerization and Fibrillization Pathways Are Independent and Distinct
    2007 575 citations Rakez Kayed, Saskia Milton et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saskia Milton United States 21 5.5k 4.3k 1.0k 968 919 34 7.5k
Jan Näslund Sweden 30 5.4k 1.0× 3.4k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 1.0k 1.1× 51 7.0k
Katsuhiko Yanagisawa Japan 51 5.9k 1.1× 4.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 784 0.8× 515 0.6× 144 9.1k
Gal Bitan United States 49 6.3k 1.2× 5.6k 1.3× 818 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.9× 129 9.6k
Lars O. Tjernberg Sweden 34 4.3k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 722 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 759 0.8× 107 6.3k
Margaret M. Condron United States 29 5.9k 1.1× 4.4k 1.0× 610 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 1.5k 1.6× 42 7.6k
JoAnne McLaurin Canada 48 5.2k 1.0× 3.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 955 1.0× 143 9.2k
Daniel A. Kirschner United States 51 5.5k 1.0× 6.6k 1.5× 2.2k 2.2× 925 1.0× 842 0.9× 158 11.2k
Nobuhiro Suzuki Japan 49 6.7k 1.2× 5.1k 1.2× 1.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 830 0.9× 180 11.4k
Brett A. Chromy United States 28 4.1k 0.7× 3.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 759 0.8× 46 6.4k
Carmen Vigo‐Pelfrey United States 18 6.1k 1.1× 3.5k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.5× 1.1k 1.2× 18 7.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hatami, Asa, et al.. (2017). Familial Alzheimer’s Disease Mutations within the Amyloid Precursor Protein Alter the Aggregation and Conformation of the Amyloid-β Peptide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(8). 3172–3185. 115 indexed citations
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Breydo, Leonid, Dmitry Kurouski, Suhail Rasool, et al.. (2016). Structural differences between amyloid beta oligomers. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 477(4). 700–705. 61 indexed citations
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Pensalfini, Anna, Ricardo Albay, Suhail Rasool, et al.. (2014). Intracellular amyloid and the neuronal origin of Alzheimer neuritic plaques. Neurobiology of Disease. 71. 53–61. 86 indexed citations
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Rasool, Suhail, Ricardo Albay, Hilda Martínez‐Coria, et al.. (2012). Vaccination with a non-human random sequence amyloid oligomer mimic results in improved cognitive function and reduced plaque deposition and micro hemorrhage in Tg2576 mice. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 7(1). 37–37. 35 indexed citations
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Ozorowski, Gabriel, Saskia Milton, & Hartmut Luecke. (2012). Structure of a C-terminal AHNAK peptide in a 1:2:2 complex with S100A10 and an acetylated N-terminal peptide of annexin A2. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 69(1). 92–104. 23 indexed citations
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Alhoshani, Ali, Naoyoshi Maeda, Saskia Milton, et al.. (2012). The Oncogenic Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus Cytoplasmic Tail Adopts a Unique Conformation on a Phosphocholine Surface. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 267a–268a. 1 indexed citations
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Milton, Saskia, et al.. (2011). Improving the Fmoc Solid Phase Synthesis of the Cyclic Hexapeptide Complement C5a Antagonist, PMX205. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics. 17(4). 337–342. 5 indexed citations
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Vasilevko, Vitaly, Viorela Pop, Hyun Jin Kim, et al.. (2010). Linear and conformation specific antibodies in aged beagles after prolonged vaccination with aggregated Abeta. Neurobiology of Disease. 39(3). 301–310. 14 indexed citations
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Head, Elizabeth, Viorela Pop, Vitaly Vasilevko, et al.. (2008). A Two-Year Study with Fibrillar β-Amyloid (Aβ) Immunization in Aged Canines: Effects on Cognitive Function and Brain Aβ. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(14). 3555–3566. 77 indexed citations
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Yoshiike, Yuji, Rakez Kayed, Saskia Milton, Akihiko Takashima, & Charles Glabe. (2007). Pore-Forming Proteins Share Structural and Functional Homology with Amyloid Oligomers. NeuroMolecular Medicine. 9(3). 270–275. 63 indexed citations
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Török, Marianna, Saskia Milton, Rakez Kayed, et al.. (2002). Structural and Dynamic Features of Alzheimer's Aβ Peptide in Amyloid Fibrils Studied by Site-directed Spin Labeling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(43). 40810–40815. 333 indexed citations
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Glabe, Charles, et al.. (2002). The Influence of the Carboxyl Terminus of the Alzheimer Aβ Peptide on its Conformation, Aggregation, and Neurotoxic Properties. NeuroMolecular Medicine. 1(1). 81–94. 16 indexed citations
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Garzon-Rodriguez, William, et al.. (2000). A Conformation Change in the Carboxyl Terminus of Alzheimer's Aβ(1–40) Accompanies the Transition from Dimer to Fibril as Revealed by Fluorescence Quenching Analysis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(30). 22645–22649. 44 indexed citations
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Garzon-Rodriguez, William, et al.. (1997). Soluble Amyloid Aβ-(1–40) Exists as a Stable Dimer at Low Concentrations. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(34). 21037–21044. 180 indexed citations
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Kent, Stephen B. H., Manuel Baca, John H. Elder, et al.. (1995). Breaking the Shackles of the Genetic Code: Engineering Retroviral Proteases Through Total Chemical Synthesis. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 362. 425–438. 3 indexed citations
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Milton, Saskia, et al.. (1993). Conformational analysis and proteolytic processing of synthetic pre-pro-GnRH/GAP protein. Journal of Protein Chemistry. 12(2). 133–141. 3 indexed citations
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Milton, Saskia & Roy C. Milton. (1990). An improved solid‐phase synthesis of a difficult‐sequence peptide using hexafluoro‐2‐propanol. International journal of peptide & protein research. 36(2). 193–196. 35 indexed citations
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Yu, Wai Haung, Robert P. Millar, Saskia Milton, R. C. Milton, & Samuel M. McCann. (1990). Selective FSH-releasing activity of [D-Trp9]GAP1–13: Comparison with gonadotropin-releasing abilities of analogs of GAP and natural LHRHs. Brain Research Bulletin. 25(6). 867–873. 20 indexed citations
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Milton, Raymond C. de L., Saskia Milton, & Paul A. Adams. (1990). Prediction of difficult sequences in solid-phase peptide synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 112(16). 6039–6046. 93 indexed citations

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