Serdar E. Bulun

25.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
253 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Serdar E. Bulun is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Genetics and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Serdar E. Bulun has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 124 papers in Genetics and 112 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Serdar E. Bulun's work include Endometriosis Research and Treatment (122 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (115 papers) and Uterine Myomas and Treatments (83 papers). Serdar E. Bulun is often cited by papers focused on Endometriosis Research and Treatment (122 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (115 papers) and Uterine Myomas and Treatments (83 papers). Serdar E. Bulun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Serdar E. Bulun's co-authors include Ping Yin, Evan R. Simpson, Bilgin Gürateş, Siby Sebastian, E R Simpson, Erkut Attar, Julie Kim, Khaled Zeitoun, Kazuto Takayama and Zhihong Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Serdar E. Bulun

249 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Endometriosis

2009 1.4k citations Serdar E. Bulun profile →
Aromatase Cytochrome P450, The Enzyme Responsible for Estrogen Biosynthesis*

1994 1.2k citations Margaret M. Hinshelwood, Serdar E. Bulun et al. profile →
Endometriosis

2019 550 citations Serdar E. Bulun, Shimeng Liu et al. profile →
Uterine Fibroids

2013 489 citations Serdar E. Bulun profile →
Progesterone Action in Endometrial Cancer, Endometriosis, Uterine Fibroids, and Breast Cancer

2013 383 citations Julie Kim, Takeshi Kurita et al. profile →
Endometriosis and adenomyosis: shared pathophysiology

2023 88 citations Serdar E. Bulun, Debabrata Chakravarti et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Serdar E. Bulun United States	76	11.7k	8.8k	6.7k	5.8k	3.4k	253	19.5k
Carole R. Mendelson United States	66	2.2k 0.2×	1.4k 0.2×	5.6k 0.8×	2.6k 0.4×	4.3k 1.3×	188	14.1k
Bibhash C. Paria United States	53	4.3k 0.4×	2.0k 0.2×	2.4k 0.4×	6.7k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	116	11.8k
Nigel P. Groome United Kingdom	65	5.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.2×	2.4k 0.4×	1.2k 0.2×	6.0k 1.8×	226	13.8k
E R Simpson United States	61	2.3k 0.2×	916 0.1×	6.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.2×	4.2k 1.2×	137	12.2k
Tetsu Yano Japan	47	2.6k 0.2×	1.9k 0.2×	711 0.1×	1.7k 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	180	6.3k
Jonathan L. Tilly United States	65	5.4k 0.5×	377 0.0×	2.1k 0.3×	2.1k 0.4×	7.7k 2.3×	161	15.8k
John F. Couse United States	40	3.1k 0.3×	253 0.0×	8.1k 1.2×	2.1k 0.4×	3.4k 1.0×	53	11.7k
Håkan Billig Sweden	52	3.7k 0.3×	502 0.1×	1.3k 0.2×	1.5k 0.3×	2.6k 0.8×	149	8.9k
Rebecca L. Robker Australia	50	3.1k 0.3×	577 0.1×	1.3k 0.2×	1.5k 0.3×	2.5k 0.7×	115	8.6k
Eva Enmark Sweden	24	2.1k 0.2×	302 0.0×	10.7k 1.6×	1.5k 0.3×	5.1k 1.5×	29	14.9k

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Potluri, Tanvi, Ping Yin, John S. Coon, et al.. (2025). Estrogen receptor-α ablation reverses muscle fibrosis and inguinal hernias. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(6). 1 indexed citations

Coon, John S., Shimeng Liu, Takashi Iizuka, et al.. (2023). MED12 mutation activates the tryptophan/kynurenine/AHR pathway to promote growth of uterine leiomyomas. JCI Insight. 8(18). 6 indexed citations

Gao, Tingting, Chunfang Ha, Ping Yin, et al.. (2021). Leiomyoma with Bizarre Nuclei: A Stagnant Precursor to Leiomyosarcoma?. Biomarkers. 7(4). 1 indexed citations

Chadchan, Sangappa B., Pooja Popli, Eric Tycksen, et al.. (2021). Gut microbiota–derived short-chain fatty acids protect against the progression of endometriosis. Life Science Alliance. 4(12). e202101224–e202101224. 72 indexed citations

Liu, Shimeng, Ping Yin, John S. Coon, et al.. (2020). Targeting DNA Methylation Depletes Uterine Leiomyoma Stem Cell–enriched Population by Stimulating Their Differentiation. Endocrinology. 161(10). 18 indexed citations

Leppert, Phyllis C., Ayman Al‐Hendy, Donna D. Baird, et al.. (2020). Summary of the proceedings of the Basic Science of Uterine Fibroids meeting: new developments (February 28, 2020). PubMed. 2(1). 88–100. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Shimeng, et al.. (2018). MeDEStrand: an improved method to infer genome-wide absolute methylation levels from DNA enrichment data. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(1). 540–540. 5 indexed citations

Pavone, Mary Ellen, Scott Reierstad, Hui Sun, et al.. (2010). Altered Retinoid Uptake and Action Contributes to Cell Survival in Endometriosis. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 95(11). E300–E309. 64 indexed citations

Yin, Ping, Zhihong Lin, Scott Reierstad, et al.. (2010). Transcription Factor KLF11 Integrates Progesterone Receptor Signaling and Proliferation in Uterine Leiomyoma Cells. Cancer Research. 70(4). 1722–1730. 71 indexed citations

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Ishikawa, Hiroshi, et al.. (2010). Progesterone Is Essential for Maintenance and Growth of Uterine Leiomyoma. Endocrinology. 151(6). 2433–2442. 292 indexed citations

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Lin, Benjamin C., Miyuki Suzawa, Raymond D. Blind, et al.. (2009). Stimulating the GPR30 Estrogen Receptor with a Novel Tamoxifen Analogue Activates SF-1 and Promotes Endometrial Cell Proliferation. Cancer Research. 69(13). 5415–5423. 135 indexed citations

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Chakravarti, Debabrata & Serdar E. Bulun. (2009). Regulatory mechanisms in transcriptional signaling. Elsevier eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Attar, Erkut, Hideki Tokunaga, Gonca İmir, et al.. (2008). Prostaglandin E2 Via Steroidogenic Factor-1 Coordinately Regulates Transcription of Steroidogenic Genes Necessary for Estrogen Synthesis in Endometriosis. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 94(2). 623–631. 165 indexed citations

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Trukhacheva, Elena, Zhihong Lin, Scott Reierstad, et al.. (2008). Estrogen Receptor (ER) β Regulates ERα Expression in Stromal Cells Derived from Ovarian Endometriosis. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 94(2). 615–622. 110 indexed citations

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Utsunomiya, Hiroki, You-Hong Cheng, Zhihong Lin, et al.. (2007). Upstream Stimulatory Factor-2 Regulates Steroidogenic Factor-1 Expression in Endometriosis. Molecular Endocrinology. 22(4). 904–914. 62 indexed citations

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Lin, Zhihong, Scott Reierstad, Chiang‐Ching Huang, & Serdar E. Bulun. (2007). Novel Estrogen Receptor-α Binding Sites and Estradiol Target Genes Identified by Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Cloning in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 67(10). 5017–5024. 72 indexed citations

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Chen, Dong, Scott Reierstad, Zhihong Lin, et al.. (2007). Prostaglandin E2 Induces Breast Cancer–Related Aromatase Promoters via Activation of p38 and c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase in Adipose Fibroblasts. Cancer Research. 67(18). 8914–8922. 64 indexed citations

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Cheng, You-Hong, Takashi Suzuki, Veysel Fenkçi, et al.. (2006). SP1 and SP3 Mediate Progesterone-Dependent Induction of the 17beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 Gene in Human Endometrium1. Biology of Reproduction. 75(4). 605–614. 39 indexed citations

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Tamura, Mitsutoshi, Siby Sebastian, Bilgin Gürateş, et al.. (2002). Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Up-Regulates Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression in Human Endothelial Cells. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 87(7). 3504–3507. 74 indexed citations

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Simpson, Evan R., et al.. (1997). Expression of the CYP19 (aromatase) gene: an unusual case of alternative promoter usage. The FASEB Journal. 11(1). 29–36. 174 indexed citations

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