2026 Andrei Seluanov: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	72	1315	1172	674	588	169	19485

Overview

Andrei Seluanov is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Molecular Biology, Aging, Physiology, Cell Biology, and Immunology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various main topics within these fields, including:

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Proteoglycans and Glycosaminoglycans Research
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics

Frequent publication venues for Seluanov include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
The EMBO Journal
Nature
Cell

Seluanov has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably:

Vera Gorbunova
Vadim N. Gladyshev
Julia Ablaeva
Stephan Emmrich
Steve Horvath

Their recent significant publications include:

The role of retrotransposable elements in ageing and age-associated diseases (2021, Nature)
DNA damage and repair in age-related inflammation (2022, Nature reviews. Immunology)
The World Goes Bats: Living Longer and Tolerating Viruses (2020, Cell Metabolism)
The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current 'myths' in naked mole-rat biology (2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
Distinct longevity mechanisms across and within species and their association with aging (2023, Cell)

Best Publications

Ten things you should know about transposable elements

Guillaume Bourque;Kathleen H. Burns;Mary Gehring;Vera Gorbunova

1080
Citations
L1 drives IFN in senescent cells and promotes age-associated inflammation

Marco De Cecco;Takahiro Ito;Anna P. Petrashen;Amy E. Elias

913
Citations
SIRT6 promotes DNA repair under stress by activating PARP1.

Zhiyong Mao;Christopher Hine;Xiao Tian;Michael Van Meter

883
Citations
High-molecular-mass hyaluronan mediates the cancer resistance of the naked mole rat

Xiao Tian;Jorge Azpurua;Christopher Hine;Christopher Hine;Amita Vaidya

863
Citations
Comparison of nonhomologous end joining and homologous recombination in human cells.

Zhiyong Mao;Michael Bozzella;Andrei Seluanov;Vera Gorbunova

755
Citations
DNA repair by nonhomologous end joining and homologous recombination during cell cycle in human cells.

Zhiyong Mao;Michael Bozzella;Andrei Seluanov;Vera Gorbunova

753
Citations
Hypersensitivity to contact inhibition provides a clue to cancer resistance of naked mole-rat

Andrei Seluanov;Christopher Hine;Jorge Azpurua;Marina Feigenson

463
Citations
Changes in DNA repair during aging.

Vera Gorbunova;Andrei Seluanov;Zhiyong Mao;Christpher Hine

421
Citations
SIRT6 represses LINE1 retrotransposons by ribosylating KAP1 but this repression fails with stress and age

Michael Van Meter;Mehr Kashyap;Sarallah Rezazadeh;Anthony J. Geneva

397
Citations
LINE1 Derepression in Aged Wild-Type and SIRT6-Deficient Mice Drives Inflammation

Matthew Simon;Michael Van Meter;Julia Ablaeva;Zhonghe Ke

376
Citations
Expression of human telomerase (hTERT) does not prevent stress-induced senescence in normal human fibroblasts but protects the cells from stress-induced apoptosis and necrosis.

Vera Gorbunova;Andrei Seluanov;Olivia M. Pereira-Smith

326
Citations
Establishing Primary Adult Fibroblast Cultures From Rodents

Andrei Seluanov;Amita Vaidya;Vera Gorbunova

324
Citations
DNA end joining becomes less efficient and more error-prone during cellular senescence

Andrei Seluanov;David Mittelman;Olivia M. Pereira-Smith;John H. Wilson

316
Citations
Mechanisms of cancer resistance in long-lived mammals.

Andrei Seluanov;Vadim N. Gladyshev;Jan Vijg;Vera Gorbunova

303
Citations
The role of retrotransposable elements in ageing and age-associated diseases

Vera Gorbunova;Andrei Seluanov;Paolo Mita;Wilson McKerrow

268
Citations
SIRT6 is Responsible for More Efficient DNA Double-Strand Break Repair in Long-Lived Species

Xiao Tian;Denis Firsanov;Zhihui Zhang;Yang Cheng

267
Citations
Telomerase activity coevolves with body mass not lifespan.

Andrei Seluanov;Zhuoxun Chen;Christopher Hine;Tais H. C. Sasahara

257
Citations
Comparative genetics of longevity and cancer: insights from long-lived rodents.

Vera Gorbunova;Andrei Seluanov;Zhengdong Zhang;Vadim N. Gladyshev

226
Citations
Change of the death pathway in senescent human fibroblasts in response to DNA damage is caused by an inability to stabilize p53.

Andrei Seluanov;Vera Gorbunova;Ayellet Falcovitz;Alex Sigal

204
Citations
Corrigendum: Genome-wide adaptive complexes to underground stresses in blind mole rats Spalax.

Xiaodong Fang;Eviatar Nevo;Lijuan Han;Erez Y. Levanon

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Vera Gorbunova University of Rochester

Vadim N. Gladyshev Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jan Vijg Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Eviatar Nevo University of Haifa

Xiaodong Fang Beijing Genomics Institute

Andrei V. Gudkov Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Steve Horvath University of California, Los Angeles

Philipp Khaitovich Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

Brian K. Kennedy National University of Singapore

Eitan Bibi Weizmann Institute of Science

External Links

Personal website of Andrei Seluanov

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