Serap Erkek

17.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Serap Erkek is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Serap Erkek has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Serap Erkek's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (15 papers), Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (8 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers). Serap Erkek is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (15 papers), Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (8 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers). Serap Erkek collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, Switzerland and United States. Serap Erkek's co-authors include Antoine H.F.M. Peters, Mizue Hisano, Michael Stadler, Dirk Schübeler, Liliana Ramos, Edward J. Oakeley, Urszula Brykczynska, Christian Beisel, Tim Roloff and Mark E. Gill and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Serap Erkek

22 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

  1. Repressive and active histone methylation mark distinct promoters in human and mouse spermatozoa
    2010 510 citations Urszula Brykczynska, Mizue Hisano et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
  2. In utero undernourishment perturbs the adult sperm methylome and intergenerational metabolism
    2014 457 citations Elizabeth J. Radford, Mitsuteru Ito et al. Science profile →
  3. Disruption of histone methylation in developing sperm impairs offspring health transgenerationally
    2015 356 citations Keith Siklenka, Serap Erkek et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Serap Erkek Türkiye 10 1.5k 552 484 346 330 22 1.9k
Romain Lambrot Canada 19 944 0.6× 437 0.8× 310 0.6× 305 0.9× 361 1.1× 31 1.6k
Jeremy M. Shea United States 9 1.6k 1.1× 632 1.1× 378 0.8× 244 0.7× 225 0.7× 13 2.4k
Lucas Fauquier France 6 1.5k 1.0× 550 1.0× 287 0.6× 214 0.6× 210 0.6× 7 2.0k
Stefanie Seisenberger United Kingdom 9 2.4k 1.6× 643 1.2× 762 1.6× 191 0.6× 129 0.4× 10 2.8k
Valérie Grandjean France 24 1.8k 1.2× 605 1.1× 603 1.2× 294 0.8× 296 0.9× 43 2.5k
Shun Sato Japan 23 1.4k 0.9× 525 1.0× 699 1.4× 469 1.4× 689 2.1× 60 2.4k
Yanchang Wei China 19 774 0.5× 438 0.8× 221 0.5× 418 1.2× 184 0.6× 32 1.3k
Courtney W. Hanna United Kingdom 21 935 0.6× 602 1.1× 436 0.9× 314 0.9× 119 0.4× 35 1.6k
Walfred W. C. Tang United Kingdom 20 2.2k 1.5× 229 0.4× 705 1.5× 502 1.5× 235 0.7× 20 2.5k
Serge McGraw Canada 19 1.0k 0.7× 348 0.6× 413 0.9× 509 1.5× 205 0.6× 40 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Serap Erkek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Serap Erkek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Serap Erkek

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All Works

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Süner, Aslı, et al.. (2024). Nucleocytoplasmic β‐catenin expression contributes to neuroendocrine differentiation in muscle invasive bladder cancer. Cancer Science. 115(9). 2985–2997. 2 indexed citations
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Şentürk, Şerif, et al.. (2023). Differential Occupancy and Regulatory Interactions of KDM6A in Bladder Cell Lines. Cells. 12(6). 836–836. 2 indexed citations
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Kısım, Aslı, et al.. (2023). FLI1 and FRA1 transcription factors drive the transcriptional regulatory networks characterizing muscle invasive bladder cancer. Communications Biology. 6(1). 199–199. 11 indexed citations
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Erkek, Serap, et al.. (2022). Identification of the gene expression changes and gene regulatory aspects in ELF3 mutant bladder cancer. Molecular Biology Reports. 49(4). 3135–3147. 7 indexed citations
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Erkek, Serap, et al.. (2021). Classification of bladder cancer cell lines according to regulon activity. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY. 45(6). 656–666. 3 indexed citations
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Karakülah, Gökhan, et al.. (2020). Analysis of open chromatin regions in bladder cancer links β-catenin mutations and Wnt signaling with neuronal subtype of bladder cancer. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18667–18667. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Catherine, Vasilisa A. Rudneva, Serap Erkek, et al.. (2019). Lsd1 as a therapeutic target in Gfi1-activated medulloblastoma. Nature Communications. 10(1). 332–332. 65 indexed citations
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Okonechnikov, Konstantin, Serap Erkek, Jan O. Korbel, Stefan M. Pfister, & Lukas Chávez. (2019). InTAD: chromosome conformation guided analysis of enhancer target genes. BMC Bioinformatics. 20(1). 60–60. 7 indexed citations
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Thiel, Katharina, Serap Erkek, Pascal D. Johann, et al.. (2018). Functional relevance of genes predicted to be affected by epigenetic alterations in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 141(1). 43–55. 7 indexed citations
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Teperek, Marta, Angela Simeone, Kei Miyamoto, et al.. (2016). Sperm is epigenetically programmed to regulate gene transcription in embryos. Genome Research. 26(8). 1034–1046. 92 indexed citations
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Siklenka, Keith, Serap Erkek, Maren Godmann, et al.. (2015). Disruption of histone methylation in developing sperm impairs offspring health transgenerationally. Science. 350(6261). aab2006–aab2006. 356 indexed citations breakdown →
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Radford, Elizabeth J., Mitsuteru Ito, Hui Shi, et al.. (2014). In utero undernourishment perturbs the adult sperm methylome and intergenerational metabolism. Science. 345(6198). 1255903–1255903. 457 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aktürk, Müjde, Ayla Sargın Oruç, Nuri Danışman, et al.. (2013). Na+/I− Symporter and Type 3 Iodothyronine Deiodinase Gene Expression in Amniotic Membrane and Placenta and Its Relationship to Maternal Thyroid Hormones. Biological Trace Element Research. 154(3). 338–344. 9 indexed citations
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Erkek, Serap, Mizue Hisano, Ching-Yeu Liang, et al.. (2013). Molecular determinants of nucleosome retention at CpG-rich sequences in mouse spermatozoa. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(7). 868–875. 269 indexed citations
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Hisano, Mizue, Serap Erkek, Sophie Dessus-Babus, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide chromatin analysis in mature mouse and human spermatozoa. Nature Protocols. 8(12). 2449–2470. 56 indexed citations
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Gill, Mark E., Serap Erkek, & Antoine H.F.M. Peters. (2012). Parental epigenetic control of embryogenesis: a balance between inheritance and reprogramming?. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 24(3). 387–396. 33 indexed citations
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Brykczynska, Urszula, Mizue Hisano, Serap Erkek, et al.. (2010). Repressive and active histone methylation mark distinct promoters in human and mouse spermatozoa. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(6). 679–687. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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