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John J. Rossi publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John J. Rossi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 625 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

John J. Rossi D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John J. Rossi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

John J. Rossi is affiliated with the City Of Hope National Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, and extends into medicine. The scientist has a significant focus on molecular biology, immunology, oncology, cancer research, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main areas of study in Rossi's work include RNA interference and gene delivery, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and RNA modifications related to cancer.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "MTL-CEBPA, a Small Activating RNA Therapeutic Upregulating C/EBP-α, in Patients with Advanced Liver Cancer: A First-in-Human, Multicenter, Open-Label, Phase I Trial" (2020) published in Clinical Cancer Research
  • "Upregulation of C/EBPα Inhibits Suppressive Activity of Myeloid Cells and Potentiates Antitumor Response in Mice and Patients with Cancer" (2021) published in Clinical Cancer Research
  • "siRNA Drugs: Here to Stay" (2021) published in Molecular Therapy
  • "Synthesis and use of an amphiphilic dendrimer for siRNA delivery into primary immune cells" (2020) published in Nature Protocols
  • "Uncovering Differently Expressed Markers and Heterogeneity on Human Pancreatic Cancer" (2020) published in Translational Oncology

Rossi has collaborated frequently with researchers including Nagy Habib, Vikash Reebye, Min-Sun Song, Mikael H. Sodergren, and Kai-Wen Huang.

The scientist's publications have appeared most commonly in the following venues:

  • Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • Molecular Therapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Best Publications

  • Axicabtagene Ciloleucel CAR T-Cell Therapy in Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma

    Sattva S. Neelapu;Frederick L. Locke;Nancy L. Bartlett;Lazaros J. Lekakis

  • Aptamers as targeted therapeutics: current potential and challenges

    Jiehua Zhou;John Rossi

  • Expression of small interfering RNAs targeted against HIV-1 rev transcripts in human cells

    Nan Sook Lee;Taikoh Dohjima;Gerhard Bauer;Haitang Li

  • Unlocking the potential of the human genome with RNA interference

    Gregory J. Hannon;John J. Rossi

  • The promises and pitfalls of RNA-interference-based therapeutics

    Daniela Castanotto;John J. Rossi

  • Strategies for silencing human disease using RNA interference.

    Daniel H. Kim;John J. Rossi

  • Synthetic dsRNA Dicer substrates enhance RNAi potency and efficacy.

    Dong-Ho Kim;Mark A Behlke;Scott D Rose;Mi-Sook Chang

  • The current state and future directions of RNAi-based therapeutics.

    Ryan L. Setten;Ryan L. Setten;John J. Rossi;John J. Rossi;Si-ping Han;Si-ping Han

  • RNAi Therapeutics: Principles, Prospects and Challenges

    Lars Aagaard;John J. Rossi

  • RNA-based therapeutics: current progress and future prospects.

    John C. Burnett;John J. Rossi

  • Ribozymes as potential anti-HIV-1 therapeutic agents.

    Nava Sarver;Edouard M. Cantin;Pairoj S. Chang;Pairoj S. Chang;John A. Zaia

  • MicroRNA-directed transcriptional gene silencing in mammalian cells.

    Daniel H. Kim;Pål Sætrom;Ola Snøve;John J. Rossi

  • MicroRNA-192 in diabetic kidney glomeruli and its function in TGF-beta-induced collagen expression via inhibition of E-box repressors.

    Mitsuo Kato;Jane Zhang;Mei Wang;Linda Lanting

  • TGF-beta activates Akt kinase through a microRNA-dependent amplifying circuit targeting PTEN.

    Mitsuo Kato;Sumanth Putta;Mei Wang;Hang Yuan

  • Approaches for the sequence-specific knockdown of mRNA.

    Lisa J Scherer;John J Rossi

  • Lymphoma Remissions Caused by Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Are Associated With High Serum Interleukin-15 Levels

    James N. Kochenderfer;Robert P.T. Somerville;Tangying Lu;Victoria Shi

  • Current progress of siRNA/shRNA therapeutics in clinical trials

    John C. Burnett;John J. Rossi;John J. Rossi;Katrin Tiemann

  • Interferon induction by siRNAs and ssRNAs synthesized by phage polymerase.

    Dong-Ho Kim;Michael Longo;Young Han;Patric Lundberg

  • Argonaute-1 directs siRNA-mediated transcriptional gene silencing in human cells

    Daniel H Kim;Louisa M Villeneuve;Kevin V Morris;John J Rossi

  • MicroRNAs in Disease and Potential Therapeutic Applications

    Harris S Soifer;John J Rossi;Pål Sætrom

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Zaia
John A. Zaia City Of Hope National Medical Center
Adrian Bot
Adrian Bot MannKind Corporation (United States)
Kevin V. Morris
Kevin V. Morris City of Hope
Ramesh Akkina
Ramesh Akkina Colorado State University
Stephen J. Forman
Stephen J. Forman City Of Hope National Medical Center
Xiwei Wu
Xiwei Wu City Of Hope National Medical Center
Ling Peng
Ling Peng Aix-Marseille University
Rama Natarajan
Rama Natarajan City Of Hope National Medical Center
Arthur D. Riggs
Arthur D. Riggs City Of Hope National Medical Center
Hans Peter Kiem
Hans Peter Kiem Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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