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Nilufer Ertekin-Taner

Nilufer Ertekin-Taner

Mayo Clinic
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
18129
World Ranking
8133
National Ranking
3680

Nilufer Ertekin-Taner publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nilufer Ertekin-Taner sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 396 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Nilufer Ertekin-Taner D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nilufer Ertekin-Taner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nilufer Ertekin-Taner is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research concentrates primarily on Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative conditions, contributing extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, the focus areas encompass several subfields:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Genetics

The main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Nilufer Ertekin-Taner has published extensively in several scientific venues, with the most frequent publication platforms being:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Neurology
  • Acta Neuropathologica

Examples of recent papers that feature their research include:

  • Large-scale proteomic analysis of Alzheimer's disease brain and cerebrospinal fluid reveals early changes in energy metabolism associated with microglia and astrocyte activation, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer's dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study, 2020, Nature Communications
  • APOE4 exacerbates synapse loss and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease patient iPSC-derived cerebral organoids, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Meta-Analysis of the Alzheimer's Disease Human Brain Transcriptome and Functional Dissection in Mouse Models, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Novel Alzheimer Disease Risk Loci and Pathways in African American Individuals Using the African Genome Resources Panel, 2020, JAMA Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nilufer Ertekin-Taner include:

  • Mariet Allen
  • Dennis W. Dickson
  • Minerva M. Carrasquillo
  • Joseph S. Reddy
  • Xue Wang

Best Publications

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Large-scale proteomic analysis of Alzheimer’s disease brain and cerebrospinal fluid reveals early changes in energy metabolism associated with microglia and astrocyte activation

    Erik C.B. Johnson;Eric B. Dammer;Duc M. Duong;Lingyan Ping

  • Alzheimer's disease: early alterations in brain DNA methylation at ANK1, BIN1, RHBDF2 and other loci.

    Philip Lawrence De Jager;Gyan Srivastava;Katie Lunnon;Jeremy Burgess

  • Variants in the ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter (ABCA7), Apolipoprotein E ε4, and the Risk of Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease in African Americans

    Christiane Reitz;Gyungah Jun;Adam Naj;Ruchita Rajbhandary

  • Linkage of Plasma Aβ42 to a Quantitative Locus on Chromosome 10 in Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Pedigrees

    Nilufer Ertekin-Taner;Neill Graff-Radford;Linda H. Younkin;Christopher Eckman

  • Human whole genome genotype and transcriptome data for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases

    Mariet Allen;Minerva M. Carrasquillo;Cory Funk;Benjamin D. Heavner

  • Meta-analysis confirms CR1, CLU, and PICALM as Alzheimer disease risk loci and reveals interactions with APOE genotypes.

    Gyungah Jun;Adam C. Naj;Gary W. Beecham;Li San Wang

  • Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer’s dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study

    Eric M Reiman;Joseph F Arboleda-Velasquez;Yakeel T Quiroz;Matthew J Huentelman

  • TREM2 in neurodegeneration: evidence for association of the p.R47H variant with frontotemporal dementia and Parkinson’s disease

    Sruti Rayaprolu;Bianca Mullen;Matt Baker;Timothy Lynch

  • Common genetic variants in the CLDN2 and PRSS1-PRSS2 loci alter risk for alcohol-related and sporadic pancreatitis

    David C. Whitcomb;Jessica LaRusch;Alyssa M. Krasinskas;Lambertus Klei

  • APOE4 exacerbates synapse loss and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease patient iPSC-derived cerebral organoids

    Jing Zhao;Yuan Fu;Yu Yamazaki;Yingxue Ren

  • Large eQTL meta-analysis reveals differing patterns between cerebral cortical and cerebellar brain regions.

    S K Sieberts;T M Perumal;M M Carrasquillo;M Allen

  • A novel Alzheimer disease locus located near the gene encoding tau protein

    G. Jun;C. A. Ibrahim-Verbaas;M. Vronskaya;J-C Lambert;J-C Lambert;J-C Lambert

  • Meta-Analysis of the Alzheimer's Disease Human Brain Transcriptome and Functional Dissection in Mouse Models.

    Ying-Wooi Wan;Ying-Wooi Wan;Rami Al-Ouran;Rami Al-Ouran;Carl G. Mangleburg;Carl G. Mangleburg;Thanneer M. Perumal

  • Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease: A Centennial Review

    Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner

  • Evidence for a role of the rare p.A152T variant in MAPT in increasing the risk for FTD-spectrum and Alzheimer's diseases

    Giovanni Coppola;Subashchandrabose Chinnathambi;Jason Ji Yong Lee;Beth A. Dombroski

  • Brain Expression Genome-Wide Association Study (eGWAS) Identifies Human Disease-Associated Variants

    Fanggeng Zou;High Seng Chai;Curtis S. Younkin;Mariet Allen

  • Genome-wide association study of corticobasal degeneration identifies risk variants shared with progressive supranuclear palsy

    Naomi Kouri;Owen A. Ross;Beth Dombroski;Curtis S. Younkin

  • Alzheimer's disease: early alterations in brain DNA methylation at ANK1, BIN1, RHBDF2 and other loci

    Gyan Srivastava;Katie Lunnon;Jeremy Burgess;Lei Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis W. Dickson
Dennis W. Dickson Mayo Clinic
Minerva M. Carrasquillo
Minerva M. Carrasquillo Mayo Clinic
Steven G. Younkin
Steven G. Younkin Mayo Clinic
Neill R. Graff-Radford
Neill R. Graff-Radford Mayo Clinic
Ronald C. Petersen
Ronald C. Petersen University of Pennsylvania
Sarah Lincoln
Sarah Lincoln Mayo Clinic
Yan W. Asmann
Yan W. Asmann Mayo Clinic
David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
Melissa E. Murray
Melissa E. Murray Mayo Clinic
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University

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