Shay Tzur

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Shay Tzur is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shay Tzur has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Shay Tzur's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (8 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers). Shay Tzur is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (8 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers). Shay Tzur collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Estonia. Shay Tzur's co-authors include Saharon Rosset, Karl Skorecki, Walter G. Wasser, Doron M. Behar, Doron M. Behar, Guennady Yudkovsky, Revital Shemer, Sara Selig, Ayele Tarekegn and Neil Bradman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Shay Tzur

44 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Missense mutations in the APOL1 gene are highly associated with end stage kidney disease risk previously attributed to the MYH9 gene

2010 451 citations Shay Tzur, Saharon Rosset et al. Human Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shay Tzur Israel	23	812	738	715	337	178	44	2.2k
Doron M. Behar Israel	16	848 1.0×	343 0.5×	445 0.6×	203 0.6×	218 1.2×	23	1.6k
Neil Bradman United Kingdom	26	2.0k 2.5×	565 0.8×	393 0.5×	205 0.6×	297 1.7×	50	3.0k
Ayele Tarekegn United Kingdom	13	860 1.1×	261 0.4×	362 0.5×	180 0.5×	88 0.5×	15	1.5k
Doron M. Behar Israel	25	1.9k 2.3×	1.0k 1.4×	416 0.6×	67 0.2×	723 4.1×	62	3.2k
Marie Lin Taiwan	31	1.0k 1.3×	838 1.1×	191 0.3×	242 0.7×	172 1.0×	137	4.1k
Suraksha Agrawal India	25	642 0.8×	593 0.8×	96 0.1×	55 0.2×	171 1.0×	136	2.5k
Mario Pirastu Italy	36	801 1.0×	878 1.2×	67 0.1×	1.4k 4.3×	35 0.2×	135	3.5k
Konstantinos Voskarides Cyprus	21	254 0.3×	528 0.7×	717 1.0×	219 0.6×	13 0.1×	56	1.5k
Dominique Joly France	32	819 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	491 0.7×	66 0.2×	15 0.1×	106	2.9k
John A. Sayer United Kingdom	36	1.7k 2.1×	2.3k 3.2×	859 1.2×	83 0.2×	16 0.1×	213	4.0k

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Grigelioniené, Giedré, Hiroshi Suzuki, Fulya Taylan, et al.. (2019). Gain-of-function mutation of microRNA-140 in human skeletal dysplasia. Nature Medicine. 25(4). 583–590. 70 indexed citations

Cohen, Lior, et al.. (2018). Variant in SCYL1 gene causes aberrant splicing in a family with cerebellar ataxia, recurrent episodes of liver failure, and growth retardation. European Journal of Human Genetics. 27(2). 263–268. 19 indexed citations

Orenstein, Naama, Hadassa Goldberg‐Stern, Rachel Straussberg, et al.. (2017). A de novo GABRA2 missense mutation in severe early-onset epileptic encephalopathy with a choreiform movement disorder. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 22(3). 516–524. 23 indexed citations

Demir, Korcan, Melek Yıldız, Hilla Sarig Bahat, et al.. (2017). Clinical Heterogeneity and Phenotypic Expansion of NaPi-IIa–Associated Disease. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 102(12). 4604–4614. 22 indexed citations

Reinstein, Eyal, Shay Tzur, Rony Cohen, Concetta Bormans, & Doron M. Behar. (2016). Intellectual disability and non-compaction cardiomyopathy with a de novo NONO mutation identified by exome sequencing. European Journal of Human Genetics. 24(11). 1635–1638. 21 indexed citations

Reinstein, Eyal, Ana Gutiérrez‐Fernández, Shay Tzur, et al.. (2016). Congenital dilated cardiomyopathy caused by biallelic mutations in Filamin C. European Journal of Human Genetics. 24(12). 1792–1796. 33 indexed citations

Vries, Liat de, Doron M. Behar, Pola Smirin‐Yosef, et al.. (2014). Exome Sequencing Reveals SYCE1 Mutation Associated With Autosomal Recessive Primary Ovarian Insufficiency. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 99(10). E2129–E2132. 116 indexed citations

Straussberg, Rachel, Esther Ganelin‐Cohen, Hadassah Goldberg‐Stern, et al.. (2014). Lethal neonatal rigidity and multifocal seizure syndrome – Report of another family with a BRAT1 mutation. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 19(2). 240–242. 23 indexed citations

Behar, Doron M., Lina Basel‐Vanagaite, Fabian Glaser, et al.. (2013). Identification of a novel mutation in the PNLIP gene in two brothers with congenital pancreatic lipase deficiency. Journal of Lipid Research. 55(2). 307–312. 24 indexed citations

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Tzur, Shay, Walter G. Wasser, Saharon Rosset, & Karl Skorecki. (2012). Linkage disequilibrium analysis reveals an albuminuria risk haplotype containing three missense mutations in the cubilin gene with striking differences among European and African ancestry populations. BMC Nephrology. 13(1). 142–142. 5 indexed citations

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Tzur, Shay, Saharon Rosset, Karl Skorecki, & Walter G. Wasser. (2012). APOL1 allelic variants are associated with lower age of dialysis initiation and thereby increased dialysis vintage in African and Hispanic Americans with non-diabetic end-stage kidney disease. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 27(4). 1498–1505. 69 indexed citations

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Behar, Doron M., Saharon Rosset, Shay Tzur, et al.. (2011). Absence of APOL1 Risk Variants Protects against HIV-Associated Nephropathy in the Ethiopian Population. American Journal of Nephrology. 34(5). 452–459. 56 indexed citations

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Rosset, Saharon, Shay Tzur, Doron M. Behar, Walter G. Wasser, & Karl Skorecki. (2011). The population genetics of chronic kidney disease: insights from the MYH9–APOL1 locus. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 7(6). 313–326. 56 indexed citations

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Fine, Derek M., Walter G. Wasser, Michelle M. Estrella, et al.. (2011). APOL1 Risk Variants Predict Histopathology and Progression to ESRD in HIV-Related Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 23(2). 343–350. 84 indexed citations

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Tzur, Shay, Saharon Rosset, Revital Shemer, et al.. (2010). Missense mutations in the APOL1 gene are highly associated with end stage kidney disease risk previously attributed to the MYH9 gene. Human Genetics. 128(3). 345–350. 451 indexed citations breakdown →

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Behar, Doron M., Saharon Rosset, Shay Tzur, et al.. (2010). African ancestry allelic variation at the MYH9 gene contributes to increased susceptibility to non-diabetic end-stage kidney disease in Hispanic Americans. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(9). 1816–1827. 64 indexed citations

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Behar, Doron M., Ene Metspalu, Toomas Kivisild, et al.. (2008). Counting the Founders: The Matrilineal Genetic Ancestry of the Jewish Diaspora. PLoS ONE. 3(4). e2062–e2062. 88 indexed citations

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Behar, Doron M., Richard Villems, Himla Soodyall, et al.. (2008). The Dawn of Human Matrilineal Diversity. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 82(5). 1130–1140. 295 indexed citations

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Behar, Doron M., Saharon Rosset, Jason Blue-Smith, et al.. (2007). Correction: The Genographic Project Public Participation Mitochondrial DNA Database. PLoS Genetics. 3(9). e169–e169. 4 indexed citations

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Behar, Doron M., Saharon Rosset, Jason Blue-Smith, et al.. (2007). The Genographic Project Public Participation Mitochondrial DNA Database. PLoS Genetics. 3(6). e104–e104. 98 indexed citations

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