Alan G. Porter

13.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Alan G. Porter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan G. Porter has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Immunology and 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alan G. Porter's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (22 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (18 papers). Alan G. Porter is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (22 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (18 papers). Alan G. Porter collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and United Kingdom. Alan G. Porter's co-authors include Reiner U. Jänicke, Michael L. Sprengart, Xiao Lin, Patrick Ng, Saravanakumar Dhakshinamoorthy, P.A. Walker, Thirumaran Thanabalu, N. H. Carey, Michael S.K. Choi and Louis E.-C. Leong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alan G. Porter

105 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Emerging roles of caspase-3 in apoptosis

1999 3.2k citations Alan G. Porter, Reiner U. Jänicke Cell Death and Differentiation profile →
Caspase-3 Is Required for DNA Fragmentation and Morphological Changes Associated with Apoptosis

1998 1.7k citations Reiner U. Jänicke, Michael L. Sprengart et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alan G. Porter	6.9k	1.6k	1.5k	1.1k	1.0k	105	10.9k
Robin Wait	5.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	778 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	198	11.7k
Hiroshi Maeda	4.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	229	11.1k
Jacques Piette	6.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	205	11.2k
Ulf Hellman	9.4k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	280	14.3k
Steffan N. Ho	9.6k 1.4×	2.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	899 0.8×	854 0.8×	51	14.6k
Philippe Marchetti	9.9k 1.4×	2.3k 1.5×	2.4k 1.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	177	16.1k
Luiz Juliano	5.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.9k 1.8×	389	11.2k
Angela Bachi	7.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	983 0.9×	663 0.6×	200	11.2k
Paul A. Watkins	7.7k 1.1×	665 0.4×	872 0.6×	898 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	181	10.7k
Hsiang‐Fu Kung	6.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	2.6k 2.5×	778 0.8×	218	10.1k

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Lim, Shuhui, Amos C. Hung, & Alan G. Porter. (2009). Focused PCR Screen Reveals p53 Dependence of Nitric Oxide-Induced Apoptosis and Up-Regulation of Maspin and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in Tumor Cells. Molecular Cancer Research. 7(1). 55–66. 11 indexed citations

Lakshmanan, Umayal & Alan G. Porter. (2007). Caspase-4 Interacts with TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6 and Mediates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced NF-κB-Dependent Production of IL-8 and CC Chemokine Ligand 4 (Macrophage-Inflammatory Protein-1β). The Journal of Immunology. 179(12). 8480–8490. 51 indexed citations

Urbano, Alexander, Umayal Lakshmanan, Poh Yong Ng, et al.. (2005). AIF suppresses chemical stress‐induced apoptosis and maintains the transformed state of tumor cells. The EMBO Journal. 24(15). 2815–2826. 118 indexed citations

Dhakshinamoorthy, Saravanakumar & Alan G. Porter. (2004). Nitric Oxide-induced Transcriptional Up-regulation of Protective Genes by Nrf2 via the Antioxidant Response Element Counteracts Apoptosis of Neuroblastoma Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(19). 20096–20107. 132 indexed citations

Hentze, Hannes, Xiao Lin, Michael S.K. Choi, & Alan G. Porter. (2003). Critical role for cathepsin B in mediating caspase-1-dependent interleukin-18 maturation and caspase-1-independent necrosis triggered by the microbial toxin nigericin. Cell Death and Differentiation. 10(9). 956–968. 155 indexed citations

Lin, Xiao, Michael S.K. Choi, & Alan G. Porter. (2000). Expression Analysis of the Human Caspase-1 Subfamily Reveals Specific Regulation of the CASP5 Gene by Lipopolysaccharide and Interferon-γ. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(51). 39920–39926. 171 indexed citations

Porter, Alan G., et al.. (1999). Protein translocation in apoptosis. Trends in Cell Biology. 9(10). 394–401. 83 indexed citations

Porter, Alan G. & Reiner U. Jänicke. (1999). Emerging roles of caspase-3 in apoptosis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 6(2). 99–104. 3198 indexed citations breakdown →

Jänicke, Reiner U., Alan G. Porter, & Anil Kush. (1998). A novel Arabidopsis thaliana protein protects tumor cells from tumor necrosis factor-induced apoptosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1402(1). 70–78. 13 indexed citations

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Sprengart, Michael L. & Alan G. Porter. (1997). Functional importance of RNA interactions in selection of translation initiation codons. Molecular Microbiology. 24(1). 19–28. 47 indexed citations

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Jänicke, Reiner U., et al.. (1996). Cyclin D3 Sensitizes Tumor Cells to Tumor Necrosis Factor-Induced, c-Myc-Dependent Apoptosis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(10). 5245–5253. 53 indexed citations

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Chan, Siew Wee, et al.. (1996). Unusual Amino Acid Determinants of Host Range in the Mtx2 Family of Mosquitocidal Toxins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(24). 14183–14187. 22 indexed citations

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Thanabalu, Thirumaran & Alan G. Porter. (1996). A Bacillus sphaericus gene encoding a novel type of mosquitocidal toxin of 31.8 kDa. Gene. 170(1). 85–89. 63 indexed citations

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Ni, Jian, Alan G. Porter, & Daniel Hollander. (1995). Integrins and Other Cell Adhesion Molecules Are Differentially Expressed and Modulated by TNFβ in Different Lymphocyte Populations. Cellular Immunology. 161(2). 166–172. 9 indexed citations

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Walker, P.A., Louis E.-C. Leong, Shyh‐Han Tan, et al.. (1994). Efficient and Rapid Affinity Purification of Proteins Using Recombinant Fusion Proteases. Nature Biotechnology. 12(6). 601–605. 133 indexed citations

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Stanley, John R., Dennis Linton, A Burnens, et al.. (1993). Helicobacter canis sp. nov., a new species from dogs: an integrated study of phenotype and genotype. Journal of General Microbiology. 139(10). 2495–2504. 128 indexed citations

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Porter, Alan G.. (1990). Human tumour necrosis factors-Î± and -Î²: Differences in their structure, expression and biological properties. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 64(4). 193–199. 16 indexed citations

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Sankar, Sabita, et al.. (1989). Antisense oligonucleotide inhibition of encephalomyocarditis virus RNA translation. European Journal of Biochemistry. 184(1). 39–45. 28 indexed citations

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Sankar, Sabita, et al.. (1988). Expression and processing of human rhinovirus type 14 polypeptide precursors in Escherichia coli maxicells. Gene. 69(2). 265–274. 9 indexed citations

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Stewart, Alastair G., John R. Adair, Graham Catlin, et al.. (1987). Chemical Mutagenesis of Human Interferon-β: Construction, Expression in E. coli , and Biological Activity of Sodium Bisulfite-Induced Mutations. DNA. 6(2). 119–128. 9 indexed citations

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