Todd S. Macfarlan

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Todd S. Macfarlan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Todd S. Macfarlan has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Todd S. Macfarlan's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (24 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (16 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Todd S. Macfarlan is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (24 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (16 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Todd S. Macfarlan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Todd S. Macfarlan's co-authors include Samuel L. Pfaff, Wesley D. Gifford, Debabrata Chakravarti, Shawn P. Driscoll, Didier Trono, Karen Lettieri, Helen M. Rowe, Dario Bonanomi, Oded Singer and Amy L. Firth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Todd S. Macfarlan

46 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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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.

Embryonic stem cell potency fluctuates with endogenous retrovirus activity

2012 807 citations Todd S. Macfarlan, Wesley D. Gifford et al. Nature profile →
Ten things you should know about transposable elements

2018 803 citations Todd S. Macfarlan et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Meiosis-specific distal cohesion site decoupled from the kinetochore 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Melania Bruno, Todd S. Macfarlan, Takashi Akera	2
2	Patterns of recombination in snakes reveal a tug-of-war between PRDM9 and promoter-like features 2024 ·Science ·(unknown), Marc de Manuel, Mohamed Mahgoub, (unknown), Zachary L. Fuller, Shreya M. Banerjee, (unknown), (unknown), Peter Andolfatto, Todd S. Macfarlan, Molly Schumer, Athanasia C. Tzika, Molly Przeworski	17
3	Regulation of endogenous retrovirus–derived regulatory elements by GATA2/3 and MSX2 in human trophoblast stem cells 2023 ·Genome Research ·Cui Du, Jing Jiang, Yuzhuo Li, Miao Yu, Jian Jin, Shuai Chen, (unknown), Todd S. Macfarlan, Bin Cao, Ming‐an Sun	14
4	AGO2 silences mobile transposons in the nucleus of quiescent cells 2023 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Manish Kumar, (unknown), (unknown), Rachel Cosby, Gaspare La Rocca, Todd S. Macfarlan, Parirokh Awasthi, Raj Chari, Michael J. Kruhlak, Joana A. Vidigal	11
5	Endogenous Retroviruses Drive Lineage-Specific Regulatory Evolution across Primate and Rodent Placentae 2021 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Ming‐an Sun, Gernot Wolf, Yejun Wang, Anna D. Senft, Sherry Ralls, Jinpu Jin, (unknown), Louis J. Muglia, Todd S. Macfarlan	30
6	Transposable elements shape the evolution of mammalian development 2021 ·Nature Reviews Genetics ·Anna D. Senft, Todd S. Macfarlan	147
7	HIRA, a DiGeorge Syndrome Candidate Gene, Confers Proper Chromatin Accessibility on HSCs and Supports All Stages of Hematopoiesis 2020 ·Cell Reports ·Chao Chen, Ming-an Sun, Claude C. Warzecha, Mahesh Bachu, Anup Dey, Tiyun Wu, Peter D. Adams, Todd S. Macfarlan, Paul E. Love, Keiko Ozato	13
8	Anthropoid primate–specific retroviral element THE1B controls expression of CRH in placenta and alters gestation length 2018 ·PLoS Biology ·(unknown), Lisa M. Muglia, Mihaela Pavličev, Gernot Wolf, Ming‐an Sun, Yueh‐Chiang Hu, Elizabeth M. Huffman, (unknown), (unknown), Amrita Mukherjee, Sandra Zoubovsky, Xuzhe Zhang, Kayleigh A. Swaggart, (unknown), Helen Jones, Todd S. Macfarlan, Louis J. Muglia	54
9	Deficiency of microRNA miR-34a expands cell fate potential in pluripotent stem cells 2017 ·Science ·Yong Jin Choi, Chao‐Po Lin, Davide Risso, Sean Chen, Thomas A. Kim, Meng How Tan, Jin Billy Li, Yalei Wu, Caifu Chen, Zhenyu Xuan, Todd S. Macfarlan, Weiqun Peng, K. C. Kent Lloyd, Sang Yong Kim, Terence P. Speed, Lin He	119
10	Enhancer priming by H3K4 methyltransferase MLL4 controls cell fate transition 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Chaochen Wang, Ji‐Eun Lee, Binbin Lai, Todd S. Macfarlan, (unknown), Lenan Zhuang, Chengyu Liu, Weiqun Peng, Kai Ge	166
11	LSD1n is an H4K20 demethylase regulating memory formation via transcriptional elongation control 2015 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Jianxun Wang, Francesca Telese, Yuliang Tan, Wenbo Li, Chunyu Jin, Xin He, Harihar Basnet, Qi Ma, Daria Merkurjev, Xiaoyan Zhu, Zhi‐Jie Liu, Jie Zhang, (unknown), Havilah Taylor, Ryan R. White, Cagdas Tazearslan, Yousin Suh, Todd S. Macfarlan, Samuel L. Pfaff, Michael G. Rosenfeld	120
12	Slit and Semaphorin signaling governed by Islet transcription factors positions motor neuron somata within the neural tube 2015 ·Experimental Neurology ·(unknown), Min Kyung Kim, Namhee Kim, Todd S. Macfarlan, Samuel L. Pfaff, Grant S. Mastick, Mi‐Ryoung Song	25
13	Transposable elements as genetic regulatory substrates in early development 2013 ·Trends in Cell Biology ·Wesley D. Gifford, Samuel L. Pfaff, Todd S. Macfarlan	102
14	Embryonic stem cell potency fluctuates with endogenous retrovirus activity breakdown → 2012 ·Nature ·Todd S. Macfarlan, Wesley D. Gifford, Shawn P. Driscoll, Karen Lettieri, Helen M. Rowe, Dario Bonanomi, Amy L. Firth, Oded Singer, Didier Trono, Samuel L. Pfaff	807
15	TRIM28 repression of retrotransposon-based enhancers is necessary to preserve transcriptional dynamics in embryonic stem cells 2012 ·Genome Research ·Helen M. Rowe, Adamandia Kapopoulou, Andrea Corsinotti, Liana Fasching, Todd S. Macfarlan, (unknown), Stéphane Viville, Johan Jakobsson, Samuel L. Pfaff, Didier Trono	121
16	Endogenous retroviruses and neighboring genes are coordinately repressed by LSD1/KDM1A 2011 ·Genes & Development ·Todd S. Macfarlan, Wesley D. Gifford, Saurabh Agarwal, Shawn P. Driscoll, Karen Lettieri, Jianxun Wang, Shane E. Andrews, (unknown), Michael G. Rosenfeld, Bing Ren, Samuel L. Pfaff	209
17	Chromatin Binding of SRp20 and ASF/SF2 and Dissociation from Mitotic Chromosomes Is Modulated by Histone H3 Serine 10 Phosphorylation 2009 ·Molecular Cell ·Rebecca J. Loomis, Yoshinori Naoe, J. Brandon Parker, Velibor Savic, (unknown), Todd S. Macfarlan, James L. Manley, Debabrata Chakravarti	147
18	A Signaling Role of Histone-binding Proteins and INHAT Subunits pp32 and Set/TAF-Iβ in Integrating Chromatin Hypoacetylation and Transcriptional Repression 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Rui Hong, Todd S. Macfarlan, Debabrata Chakravarti	82
19	Regulation of Histone Acetylation and Transcription by Nuclear Protein pp32, a Subunit of the INHAT Complex 2002 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sang‐Beom Seo, Todd S. Macfarlan, Peter McNamara, Rui Hong, (unknown), (unknown), Debabrata Chakravarti	120
20	Ataxin-3 Is a Histone-binding Protein with Two Independent Transcriptional Corepressor Activities 2002 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Fusheng Li, Todd S. Macfarlan, Randall N. Pittman, Debabrata Chakravarti	171

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