🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Rex A. Hess

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

ORCID: 0000-0003-2649-3563

Also affiliated with Urbana University, University of Michigan

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

Papers

Driven by 13 papers. Top paper: “Leucine zipper transcription factor-like 1 (LZTFL1), an intraflagellar transporter protein 27 (IFT27) associated protein, is required for normal sperm function and male fertility”.

Leucine zipper transcription factor-like 1 (LZTFL1), an intraflagellar transporter protein 27 (IFT27) associated protein, is required for normal sperm function and male fertility

Developmental Biology(2021)10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.05.006
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0.434DataRank · unranked
17 citations

Wei Li, Qi Zhou, Parirokh Awasthi, Caroline Cazin, Yitian Yap +11 more

ARL13B controls male reproductive tract physiology through primary and Motile Cilia

Communications Biology(2024)10.1038/s42003-024-07030-7
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0.360DataRank · unranked
7 citations

Gabriel Henrique Campolina-Silva, Aaran Vijayakumaran, Odara Medagedara, Camille Lavoie‐Ouellet, Charles Joly Beauparlant +9 more

Murine germ cell-specific disruption of Ift172 causes defects in spermiogenesis and male fertility

Reproduction(2020)10.1530/rep-17-0789
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0DataRank · unranked
29 citations

Yunhao Liu, Qian Huang, Shuo Yuan, Hong Liu, Lin Shi +7 more

CEP164 is essential for efferent duct multiciliogenesis and male fertility

Reproduction(2021)10.1530/rep-21-0042
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0DataRank · unranked
28 citations

Danny Z. Chen, Rex A. Hess, Feng-Qian Li, Ken‐Ichi Takemaru, Mohammed Hoque

A single amino acid mutation in the mouse MEIG1 protein disrupts a cargo transport system necessary for sperm formation

Journal of Biological Chemistry(2021)10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101312
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0DataRank · unranked
11 citations

Qian Huang, Ling Zhang, Hong Liu, David Zhang, Shuo Yuan +7 more

MEIG1/PACRG associated and non-associated functions of axonemal dynein light intermediate polypeptide 1 (DNALI1) in mammalian spermatogenesis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.04.28.489920
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0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Wei Li, Qian Huang, Qi Zhou, David Zhang, Ljljiana Mladenovic-Lucas +6 more

SYPL1 defines a vesicular pathway essential for sperm cytoplasmic droplet formation and male fertility

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-40862-1
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0DataRank · unranked
15 citations

Louis Hermo, Deqiang Ding, Chao Wei, Jeffrey M. Mann, Xiaoyuan Yan +7 more

Disrupted intercellular bridges and spermatogenesis in fatty acyl‐CoA reductase 1 knockout mice: A new model of ether lipid deficiency

The FASEB Journal(2023)10.1096/fj.202201848r
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0DataRank · unranked
5 citations

Shuo Yuan, Linda Mayernik, Yi Tian Yap, Kamiar Moin, Charles S. Chung +6 more

Role for Nongenomic Estrogen Signaling in Male Fertility

Endocrinology(2023)10.1210/endocr/bqad180
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0DataRank · unranked
4 citations

Helena D. Zomer, Theresa I. Medrano, Rex A. Hess, Kenneth S. Korach, Paul S. Cooke +1 more

Role of intraflagellar transport protein IFT140 in the formation and function of motile cilia in mammals

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences(2025)10.1007/s00018-025-05710-z
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0DataRank · unranked
3 citations

Jiehong Pan, Jian Xu, Shuo Yuan, Changmin Niu, Cheng Zheng +12 more

Autophagy core protein ATG5 is required for elongating spermatid development, sperm individualization and normal fertility in male mice

Autophagy(2020)10.1080/15548627.2020.1783822
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
152 citations

Yunhao Liu, Shiyang Zhang, Yi Tian Yap, Wei Li, David Zhang +6 more

A hidden protamine PTM code in sperm generates heterogeneous chromatin states and finetunes reproductive fitness

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.11.18.688960
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0DataRank · unranked
1 citations

Christopher J. Woodilla, Ritvija Agrawal, Mashiat Rabbani, Samantha B. Schon, Wen Xie +10 more

Acrosomal marker SP-10 (gene name Acrv1) for staging of the cycle of seminiferous epithelium in the stallion

Theriogenology(2020)10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.06.046
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0DataRank · unranked
13 citations

Derek B. Sullivan, Karen Doty, Rex A. Hess, Igor F. Canisso, Prabhakara P. Reddi +1 more