Shirley Rainier

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Shirley Rainier is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shirley Rainier has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Shirley Rainier's work include Hereditary Neurological Disorders (13 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (12 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (9 papers). Shirley Rainier is often cited by papers focused on Hereditary Neurological Disorders (13 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (12 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (9 papers). Shirley Rainier collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Türkiye. Shirley Rainier's co-authors include Andrew P. Feinberg, Craig J. Dobry, John K. Fink, Laura A. Johnson, Paul E. Grundy, Marja Steenman, Isabelle L. Horon, Paul Grundy, Peter Hedera and Debra A. Tokarz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Shirley Rainier

34 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Relaxation of imprinted genes in human cancer

1993 663 citations Shirley Rainier, Laura A. Johnson et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shirley Rainier United States	19	1.5k	960	677	457	405	34	2.5k
H.J.M. Smeets Netherlands	30	1.5k 1.0×	501 0.5×	290 0.4×	110 0.2×	89 0.2×	63	2.4k
Alessandra Bolino Italy	29	1.8k 1.2×	364 0.4×	1.3k 1.9×	76 0.2×	372 0.9×	55	3.5k
M. Sarfarazi United Kingdom	28	1.7k 1.2×	819 0.9×	435 0.6×	97 0.2×	40 0.1×	67	3.0k
Sarju Mehta United Kingdom	16	985 0.7×	333 0.3×	280 0.4×	91 0.2×	270 0.7×	27	1.9k
Ivo Kremensky Bulgaria	18	753 0.5×	295 0.3×	395 0.6×	84 0.2×	144 0.4×	75	1.4k
Annette Hammes Germany	19	1.2k 0.8×	445 0.5×	147 0.2×	120 0.3×	139 0.3×	33	2.1k
Alessandro Malandrini Italy	26	973 0.7×	217 0.2×	591 0.9×	48 0.1×	546 1.3×	95	2.2k
Dora Stauffer United States	12	1.2k 0.8×	479 0.5×	811 1.2×	106 0.2×	68 0.2×	15	2.2k
Jon Warner United Kingdom	21	770 0.5×	276 0.3×	533 0.8×	96 0.2×	61 0.2×	37	1.8k
E. Passage France	21	834 0.6×	444 0.5×	402 0.6×	53 0.1×	104 0.3×	34	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shirley Rainier

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rainier, Shirley, James W. Albers, P. James B. Dyck, et al.. (2010). Motor neuron disease due to neuropathy target esterase gene mutation: Clinical features of the index families. Muscle & Nerve. 43(1). 19–25. 19 indexed citations

Hein, Nichole D., Jeanne A. Stuckey, Shirley Rainier, John K. Fink, & Rudy J. Richardson. (2010). Constructs of human neuropathy target esterase catalytic domain containing mutations related to motor neuron disease have altered enzymatic properties. Toxicology Letters. 196(2). 67–73. 16 indexed citations

Hein, Nichole D., Shirley Rainier, Rudy J. Richardson, & John K. Fink. (2010). Motor neuron disease due to neuropathy target esterase mutation: Enzyme analysis of fibroblasts from human subjects yields insights into pathogenesis. Toxicology Letters. 199(1). 1–5. 15 indexed citations

Albin, Roger L., Robert A. Koeppe, Shirley Rainier, & John K. Fink. (2008). Normal Dopaminergic Nigrostriatal Innervation in SPG3A Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. Journal of Neurogenetics. 22(4). 289–294. 3 indexed citations

Lorincz, Matthew T., Shirley Rainier, Donald A. Thomas, & John K. Fink. (2005). Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis. Archives of Neurology. 62(9). 1459–1459. 80 indexed citations

Hedera, Peter, O. P. Eldevik, P. Maly, Shirley Rainier, & John K. Fink. (2005). Spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging in autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia. Neuroradiology. 47(10). 730–734. 58 indexed citations

Rainier, Shirley. (2004). Myofibrillogenesis Regulator 1 Gene Mutations Cause Paroxysmal Dystonic Choreoathetosis. Archives of Neurology. 61(7). 1025–1025. 105 indexed citations

Rainier, Shirley, et al.. (2003). NIPA1 Gene Mutations Cause Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (SPG6). The American Journal of Human Genetics. 73(4). 967–971. 146 indexed citations

Hedera, Peter, Shirley Rainier, Xueping Zhao, et al.. (2002). Spastic paraplegia, ataxia, mental retardation (SPAR). Neurology. 58(3). 411–416. 16 indexed citations

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Hedera, Peter, Shirley Rainier, David M. Alvarado, et al.. (2001). Prenatal diagnosis of hereditary spastic paraplegia. Prenatal Diagnosis. 21(3). 202–206. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xinping, David M. Alvarado, Shirley Rainier, et al.. (2001). Mutations in a newly identified GTPase gene cause autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia. Nature Genetics. 29(3). 326–331. 255 indexed citations

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Gründer, Stefan, et al.. (2001). Acid-sensing ion channel (ASIC) 4 gene: physical mapping, genomic organisation, and evaluation as a candidate for paroxysmal dystonia. European Journal of Human Genetics. 9(9). 672–676. 9 indexed citations

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Hedera, Peter, Shirley Rainier, David M. Alvarado, et al.. (1999). Novel Locus for Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, on Chromosome 8q. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 64(2). 563–569. 71 indexed citations

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Rainier, Shirley, et al.. (1997). Reversal of loss of imprinting in tumor cells by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine.. PubMed. 57(1). 48–50. 35 indexed citations

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Fink, John K., Shirley Rainier, Jodi Wilkowski, et al.. (1996). Paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis: tight linkage to chromosome 2q.. PubMed. 59(1). 140–5. 83 indexed citations

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Rainier, Shirley & Andrew P. Feinberg. (1994). Genomic Imprinting, DNA Methylation, and Cancer. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 86(10). 753–759. 45 indexed citations

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Steenman, Marja, Shirley Rainier, Craig J. Dobry, et al.. (1994). Loss of imprinting of IGF2 is linked to reduced expression and abnormal methylation of H19 in Wilms' tumour. Nature Genetics. 7(3). 433–439. 372 indexed citations

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Rainier, Shirley, et al.. (1993). Relaxation of imprinted genes in human cancer. Nature. 362(6422). 747–749. 663 indexed citations breakdown →

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Feinberg, Andrew P., Laura A. Johnson, David Law, et al.. (1992). Multiple Tumor Suppressor Genes in Multistep Carcinogenesis.. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 168(2). 149–152. 5 indexed citations

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Redmond, T. Michael, David J. Barrett, Diane E. Borst, et al.. (1989). Synthesis of an immunopathogenic fusion protein derived from a bovine interphotoreceptor retinoidbinding protein cDNA clone. Gene. 80(1). 109–118. 8 indexed citations

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