2026 Neil D. Perkins: 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	63	1779	1601	142	126	145	20730

Overview

Neil D. Perkins is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Dermatology. The main topics addressed in their publications include NF-κB Signaling Pathways, DNA Repair Mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Cell Death Mechanisms and Regulation, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, and RNA Modifications and Cancer.

Neil D. Perkins has contributed to several frequent publication venues, notably:

Biochemical Journal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Cancer
Communications Biology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their recent papers include the following:

"Age-associated mitochondrial DNA mutations cause metabolic remodeling that contributes to accelerated intestinal tumorigenesis" (2020), published in Nature Cancer
"Centrosome dysfunction associated with somatic expression of the synaptonemal complex protein TEX12" (2021), published in Communications Biology
"Temporal modulation of the NF-κB RelA network in response to different types of DNA damage" (2021), published in Biochemical Journal
"A Cell-Based Optimised Approach for Rapid and Efficient Gene Editing of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells" (2023), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"A Thermally Reformable Protein Polymer" (2020), published in Chem

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

Jill V. Hunter
A. Campbell
Philip Brownridge
Claire E. Eyers
Saimir Luli

Best Publications

Integrating cell-signalling pathways with NF-kappaB and IKK function.

Neil D. Perkins

3009
Citations
The diverse and complex roles of NF-κB subunits in cancer

Neil D. Perkins

994
Citations
Regulation of NF-κB by Cyclin-Dependent Kinases Associated with the p300 Coactivator

Neil D. Perkins;Lisa K. Felzien;Jonathan C. Betts;Kwanyee Leung

949
Citations
Post-translational modifications regulating the activity and function of the nuclear factor kappa B pathway

N D Perkins

894
Citations
Transcriptional Cross Talk between NF-κB and p53

Gill A. Webster;Neil D. Perkins

781
Citations
Good cop, bad cop: the different faces of NF-κB

N D Perkins;T D Gilmore

659
Citations
A cooperative interaction between NF-kappa B and Sp1 is required for HIV-1 enhancer activation.

N.D. Perkins;N.L. Edwards;C.S. Duckett;A.B. Agranoff

604
Citations
P300 transcriptional repression is mediated by SUMO modification.

David Girdwood;Donna Bumpass;Owen A Vaughan;Alison Thain

551
Citations
Active Repression of Antiapoptotic Gene Expression by RelA(p65) NF-κB

Kirsteen J Campbell;Sonia Rocha;Neil D Perkins

532
Citations
Transcriptional profiling of the LPS induced NF-κB response in macrophages

Omar Sharif;Viacheslav N Bolshakov;Viacheslav N Bolshakov;Stephanie Raines;Peter Newham

523
Citations
The Rel/NF-κB family: friend and foe

Neil D Perkins

514
Citations
Cloning of an NF-κB subunit which stimulates HIV transcription in synergy with p65

Roland M. Schmid;Neil D. Perkins;Colin S. Duckett;Philip C. Andrews

470
Citations
SIRT1 deacetylation and repression of p300 involves lysine residues 1020/1024 within the cell cycle regulatory domain 1.

Toula Bouras;Maofu Fu;Anthony A. Sauve;Fang Wang

422
Citations
NF-κB: tumor promoter or suppressor?

Neil D. Perkins

367
Citations
p53 Represses Cyclin D1 Transcription through Down Regulation of Bcl-3 and Inducing Increased Association of the p52 NF-κB Subunit with Histone Deacetylase 1

Sonia Rocha;Anthea M. Martin;David W. Meek;Neil D. Perkins

322
Citations
Role of the p21 cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor in limiting intimal cell proliferation in response to arterial injury.

Zhi Yong Yang;Robert D. Simari;Neil D. Perkins;Hong San

317
Citations
NFKB1: a suppressor of inflammation, ageing and cancer.

Tyrell Cartwright;Neil D. Perkins;Caroline L. Wilson

312
Citations
An interaction between the DNA-binding domains of RelA(p65) and Sp1 mediates human immunodeficiency virus gene activation.

Neil D. Perkins;Adam B. Agranoff;Erica Pascal;Gary J. Nabel

307
Citations
Distinct combinations of NF-kappa B subunits determine the specificity of transcriptional activation.

Neil D. Perkins;Roland M. Schmid;Colin S. Duckett;Kwanyee Leung

304
Citations
The DEAD box protein p68: a novel transcriptional coactivator of the p53 tumour suppressor

Gaynor J Bates;Samantha M Nicol;Brian J Wilson;Anne-Marie F Jacobs

285
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary J. Nabel ModeX Therapeutics

Sonia Rocha University of Liverpool

Fiona Oakley Newcastle University

Colin S. Duckett Duke University School of Medicine

Jill Manthorpe King's College London

Derek A. Mann Newcastle University

Parmjit S. Jat University College London

Igor B. Roninson University of South Carolina

Jorge Caamano University of Birmingham

Zhi-Yong Yang ModeX Therapeutics LLC

External Links

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