Tara L. Roberts

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Tara L. Roberts is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tara L. Roberts has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Oncology, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Tara L. Roberts's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (12 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (11 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (9 papers). Tara L. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (12 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (11 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (9 papers). Tara L. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Japan and Denmark. Tara L. Roberts's co-authors include Katryn J. Stacey, Matthew J. Sweet, David Hume, Adi Idris, Jasmyn A. Dunn, David P. Sester, Ian L. Ross, Samantha Hodgson, Greg Kelly and Valérie Garceau and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tara L. Roberts

66 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

HIN-200 Proteins Regulate Caspase Activation in Response to Foreign Cytoplasmic DNA

2009 683 citations Tara L. Roberts, Adi Idris et al. Science profile →
AIM2 and NLRP3 inflammasomes activate both apoptotic and pyroptotic death pathways via ASC

2013 416 citations David P. Sester, Adi Idris et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Tara L. Roberts	1.7k	1.3k	403	352	240	67	2.8k
Nien‐Jung Chen	896 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	309 0.8×	320 0.9×	132 0.6×	46	2.3k
Christopher D. Scharer	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	474 1.2×	316 0.9×	153 0.6×	91	2.7k
Shuhua Han	910 0.5×	2.2k 1.7×	522 1.3×	295 0.8×	164 0.7×	82	3.6k
Sonja C. Stadler	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	283 0.7×	312 0.9×	237 1.0×	27	2.9k
Elisabeth Naschberger	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	825 2.0×	300 0.9×	264 1.1×	90	3.2k
Miriam A. Shelef	1.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.7×	432 1.1×	222 0.6×	134 0.6×	44	3.8k
Raul M. Torres	1.5k 0.9×	3.2k 2.3×	492 1.2×	273 0.8×	123 0.5×	103	4.9k
Shinya Suzu	909 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	646 1.6×	186 0.5×	179 0.7×	96	2.7k
Frank Leithäuser	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	990 2.5×	410 1.2×	185 0.8×	79	4.0k
Nicolas Bidère	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	484 1.2×	798 2.3×	74 0.3×	59	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tara L. Roberts

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Chatterjee, Anjan, et al.. (2025). Exploring the effects of faecal microbiota transplantation on cognitive function: A review of clinical trials. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 48. 101049–101049. 3 indexed citations

Lin, Peter, et al.. (2024). Current state of theranostics in metastatic castrate‐resistant prostate cancer. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 68(4). 412–420. 1 indexed citations

Ho, Vincent, Liping Chung, Kate Wilkinson, et al.. (2024). Microsatellite Instability Testing and Prognostic Implications in Colorectal Cancer. Cancers. 16(11). 2005–2005. 5 indexed citations

Lock, John G., T. MANN, Zheng Ye, et al.. (2024). Abstract A031: Harnessing the potential of circulating tumour cells for precision diagnostics via multiplexed imaging of the levels and subcellular localizations of over 50 cell identity, state and signaling markers per cell. Clinical Cancer Research. 30(21_Supplement). A031–A031. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Xian, et al.. (2023). Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Potential Role of Nose-Picking in Pathogen Entry via the Olfactory System?. Biomolecules. 13(11). 1568–1568. 5 indexed citations

Ho, Vincent, Liping Chung, Kate Wilkinson, et al.. (2023). Prognostic Significance of MRE11 Overexpression in Colorectal Cancer Patients. Cancers. 15(9). 2438–2438. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Yafeng, et al.. (2023). The use of cell free DNA (cfDNA) for mutational screening of multiple myeloma. Leukemia Research Reports. 20. 100393–100393. 2 indexed citations

Wilkinson, Kate, Bin Wang, Xiaojuan Wu, et al.. (2023). KRAS and BRAF Mutation Rates and Survival Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer in an Ethnically Diverse Patient Cohort. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(24). 17509–17509. 5 indexed citations

Ma, Yafeng, Kevin J. Spring, Fatemeh Vafaee, et al.. (2022). Harnessing Liquid Biopsies to Guide Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy. Cancers. 14(7). 1669–1669. 11 indexed citations

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Cooper, Adam, Daniel Brungs, Joseph W. Po, et al.. (2021). Human TERT promoter mutations as a prognostic biomarker in glioma. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 147(4). 1007–1017. 43 indexed citations

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Garrett, Celine, David T. Lynch, Daniel Brungs, et al.. (2020). The Role of Liquid Biopsies in Detecting Molecular Tumor Biomarkers in Brain Cancer Patients. Cancers. 12(7). 1831–1831. 33 indexed citations

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Souza, Paul de, et al.. (2018). Role of MicroRNAs in Treatment Response in Prostate Cancer. Current Cancer Drug Targets. 18(10). 929–944. 21 indexed citations

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Lim, Yi Chieh, Tara L. Roberts, Bryan W. Day, et al.. (2014). Increased sensitivity to ionizing radiation by targeting the homologous recombination pathway in glioma initiating cells. Molecular Oncology. 8(8). 1603–1615. 51 indexed citations

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Lim, Yi Chieh, Tara L. Roberts, Bryan W. Day, et al.. (2012). A Role for Homologous Recombination and Abnormal Cell-Cycle Progression in Radioresistance of Glioma-Initiating Cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 11(9). 1863–1872. 75 indexed citations

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Brown, James A. L., Tara L. Roberts, Renée S. Richards, et al.. (2011). A Novel Role for hSMG-1 in Stress Granule Formation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 31(22). 4417–4429. 39 indexed citations

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Roberts, Tara L., Adi Idris, Jasmyn A. Dunn, et al.. (2009). HIN-200 Proteins Regulate Caspase Activation in Response to Foreign Cytoplasmic DNA. Science. 323(5917). 1057–1060. 683 indexed citations breakdown →

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Trieu, Angela, Nilesh J. Bokil, Jasmyn A. Dunn, et al.. (2008). TLR9‐independent effects of inhibitory oligonucleotides on macrophage responses to S. typhimurium. Immunology and Cell Biology. 87(3). 218–225. 12 indexed citations

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Sester, David P., Kristian Brion, Angela Trieu, et al.. (2006). CpG DNA Activates Survival in Murine Macrophages through TLR9 and the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Akt Pathway. The Journal of Immunology. 177(7). 4473–4480. 56 indexed citations

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Roberts, Tara L., Jasmyn A. Dunn, Tamsin D. Terry, et al.. (2005). Differences in Macrophage Activation by Bacterial DNA and CpG-Containing Oligonucleotides. The Journal of Immunology. 175(6). 3569–3576. 65 indexed citations

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Stacey, Katryn J., Francis Clark, David P. Sester, et al.. (2003). The Molecular Basis for the Lack of Immunostimulatory Activity of Vertebrate DNA. The Journal of Immunology. 170(7). 3614–3620. 158 indexed citations

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