2026 Concepcion Rodriguez Esteban: 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	52	2415	2175	1191	1061	69	13927

Overview

Concepcion Rodriguez Esteban is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to biological aging and molecular mechanisms.

The scientist has contributed to several prominent recent publications, including the following:

Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of Primate Ovarian Aging, 2020, Cell
A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of Human Skin Aging, 2020, Developmental Cell
Caloric Restriction Reprograms the Single-Cell Transcriptional Landscape of Rattus Norvegicus Aging, 2020, Cell
Resurrection of endogenous retroviruses during aging reinforces senescence, 2023, Cell
In vivo partial reprogramming alters age-associated molecular changes during physiological aging in mice, 2022, Nature Aging

Their frequent co-authors include Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, Guang-Hui Liu, Jing Qu, Si Wang, and Weiqi Zhang, with co-authorship counts ranging from 16 to 40 collaborations.

Concepcion Rodriguez Esteban has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent outlets include:

Cell
Nature Communications
Cell Stem Cell
Science Translational Medicine
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their main fields of study are biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine. Within these domains, subfield specializations include molecular biology, physiology, immunology, genetics, and surgery.

The scientist's main research topics cover a diverse range, reflecting a focus on molecular and cellular aging processes and genetic engineering techniques. Key topics include:

CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Best Publications

In vivo genome editing via CRISPR/Cas9 mediated homology-independent targeted integration

Keiichiro Suzuki;Yuji Tsunekawa;Reyna Hernández-Benítez;Reyna Hernández-Benítez;Jun Wu;Jun Wu

1266
Citations
In Vivo Amelioration of Age-Associated Hallmarks by Partial Reprogramming

Alejandro Ocampo;Pradeep Reddy;Paloma Martinez-Redondo;Aida Platero-Luengo

789
Citations
A Werner syndrome stem cell model unveils heterochromatin alterations as a driver of human aging

Weiqi Zhang;Jingyi Li;Keiichiro Suzuki;Jing Qu

545
Citations
Interspecies Chimerism with Mammalian Pluripotent Stem Cells

Jun Wu;Aida Platero-Luengo;Masahiro Sakurai;Atsushi Sugawara

516
Citations
WNT Signals Control FGF-Dependent Limb Initiation and AER Induction in the Chick Embryo

Yasuhiko Kawakami;Javier Capdevila;Dirk Büscher;Tohru Itoh

436
Citations
Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of Primate Ovarian Aging

Si Wang;Yuxuan Zheng;Jingyi Li;Yang Yu

424
Citations
In Vivo Target Gene Activation via CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Trans-epigenetic Modulation.

Hsin-Kai Liao;Fumiyuki Hatanaka;Toshikazu Araoka;Toshikazu Araoka;Pradeep Reddy

424
Citations
Progressive degeneration of human neural stem cells caused by pathogenic LRRK2

Guang-Hui Liu;Guang-Hui Liu;Jing Qu;Jing Qu;Keiichiro Suzuki;Emmanuel Nivet

391
Citations
Use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system as an intracellular defense against HIV-1 infection in human cells

Hsin-Kai Liao;Ying Gu;Arturo Diaz;John Marlett

377
Citations
Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates vertebrate limb regeneration

Yasuhiko Kawakami;Concepción Rodriguez Esteban;Marina Raya;Hiroko Kawakami

363
Citations
Directed differentiation of human pluripotent cells to ureteric bud kidney progenitor-like cells.

Yun Xia;Emmanuel Nivet;Ignacio Sancho-Martinez;Thomas Gallegos

358
Citations
Control of vertebrate limb outgrowth by the proximal factor Meis2 and distal antagonism of BMPs by Gremlin.

Javier Capdevila;Tohru Tsukui;Concepción Rodríguez Esteban;Vincenzo Zappavigna

343
Citations
Selective elimination of mitochondrial mutations in the germline by genome editing

Pradeep Reddy;Alejandro Ocampo;Keiichiro Suzuki;Jinping Luo

302
Citations
MKP3 mediates the cellular response to FGF8 signalling in the vertebrate limb

Yasuhiko Kawakami;Joaquín Rodríguez-León;Christopher M. Koth;Dirk Büscher

299
Citations
Generation of Human PSC-Derived Kidney Organoids with Patterned Nephron Segments and a De Novo Vascular Network

Jian Hui Low;Pin Li;Elaine Guo Yan Chew;Elaine Guo Yan Chew;Bingrui Zhou

272
Citations
Caloric Restriction Reprograms the Single-Cell Transcriptional Landscape of Rattus Norvegicus Aging.

Shuai Ma;Shuhui Sun;Lingling Geng;Lingling Geng;Moshi Song

272
Citations
An alternative pluripotent state confers interspecies chimaeric competency

Jun Wu;Daiji Okamura;Mo Li;Keiichiro Suzuki

265
Citations
The novel Cer-like protein Caronte mediates the establishment of embryonic left–right asymmetry

Concepción Rodríguez Esteban;Javier Capdevila;Aris N. Economides;Jaime Pascual

249
Citations
The limb identity gene Tbx5 promotes limb initiation by interacting with Wnt2b and Fgf10.

Jennifer K. Ng;Yasuhiko Kawakami;Dirk Büscher;Ángel Raya

247
Citations
An alternative pluripotent state confers interspecies chimaeric competency.

Daiji Okamura;Jun Wu;Mo Li;Keiichiro Suzuki

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte Altos Labs

Guang-Hui Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jun Wu The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Josep M. Campistol University of Barcelona

Yasuhiko Kawakami University of Minnesota

Christopher Benner University of California, San Diego

Fuchou Tang Peking University

Qi Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences

Angel Raya Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

Kun Zhang University of California, San Diego

External Links

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