Alan Wolfman

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Alan Wolfman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Wolfman has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cancer Research and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alan Wolfman's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (26 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (17 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (12 papers). Alan Wolfman is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (26 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (17 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (12 papers). Alan Wolfman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Denmark. Alan Wolfman's co-authors include Shonna A. Moodie, Michael J. Weber, Ian G. Macara, Berthe M. Willumsen, Tomáš Jelı́nek, Thomas W. Sturgill, Jie Wu, Paul Dent, Crystal M. Weyman and Jinhui Liao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alan Wolfman

49 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Complexes of Ras⋅GTP with Raf-1 and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase

1993 838 citations Shonna A. Moodie, Alan Wolfman et al. profile →
Inhibition of the EGF-Activated MAP Kinase Signaling Pathway by Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate

1993 824 citations Alan Wolfman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Wolfman United States	30	3.5k	880	659	377	345	49	4.4k
Yasuhisa Fukui Japan	35	3.4k 1.0×	801 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	310 0.8×	459 1.3×	85	4.5k
Serge Roche France	37	3.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	839 1.3×	371 1.0×	509 1.5×	92	4.5k
Michael D. Waterfield United Kingdom	8	2.6k 0.7×	630 0.7×	765 1.2×	201 0.5×	402 1.2×	8	3.3k
François-Xavier Claret United States	17	3.2k 0.9×	964 1.1×	606 0.9×	687 1.8×	542 1.6×	20	4.1k
Jonathan L. Blank United States	29	3.4k 1.0×	765 0.9×	558 0.8×	278 0.7×	306 0.9×	40	4.1k
Kevin Pumiglia United States	30	2.2k 0.6×	758 0.9×	689 1.0×	637 1.7×	335 1.0×	43	4.0k
Michiko Shirane Japan	20	2.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	815 1.2×	361 1.0×	302 0.9×	32	3.5k
Morten Frödin Denmark	28	3.9k 1.1×	632 0.7×	533 0.8×	312 0.8×	323 0.9×	42	4.8k
Esther Zwick Germany	11	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	297 0.5×	388 1.0×	350 1.0×	12	3.7k
Norbert Prenzel Germany	9	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	325 0.5×	424 1.1×	327 0.9×	9	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Wolfman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Wolfman

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Potla, Ramesh, Thomas Koeck, Joanna Węgrzyn, et al.. (2006). Tyk2 Tyrosine Kinase Expression Is Required for the Maintenance of Mitochondrial Respiration in Primary Pro-B Lymphocytes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(22). 8562–8571. 34 indexed citations

Planchon, Sarah M., et al.. (2006). Structural and functional consequences of c-N-Ras constitutively associated with intact mitochondria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1763(10). 1108–1124. 21 indexed citations

Liao, Jinhui, et al.. (2006). Growth Factor-dependent AKT Activation and Cell Migration Requires the Function of c-K(B)-Ras Versus Other Cellular Ras Isoforms. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(40). 29730–29738. 40 indexed citations

Patterson, Thomas E., Yoshitada Sakai, Mark D. Grabiner, et al.. (2006). Exposure of murine cells to pulsed electromagnetic fields rapidly activates the mTOR signaling pathway. Bioelectromagnetics. 27(7). 535–544. 36 indexed citations

Midura, Ronald J., Kimerly Powell, Yoshitada Sakai, et al.. (2005). Pulsed electromagnetic field treatments enhance the healing of fibular osteotomies. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 23(5). 1035–1046. 98 indexed citations

Powell, Kimerly, Mark D. Grabiner, Thomas E. Patterson, et al.. (2004). Bone mass is preserved in a critical‐sized osteotomy by low energy pulsed electromagnetic fields as quantitated by in vivo micro‐computed tomography. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 22(5). 1086–1093. 48 indexed citations

Liao, Jinhui, et al.. (2003). K-Ras Regulates the Steady-state Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 in Fibroblasts. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(34). 31871–31878. 56 indexed citations

Agarwal, Munna L., Chilakamarti V. Ramana, Mark Hamilton, et al.. (2001). Regulation of p53 expression by the RAS-MAP kinase pathway. Oncogene. 20(20). 2527–2536. 43 indexed citations

Karasarides, Maria, Bela Anand‐Apte, & Alan Wolfman. (2001). A Direct Interaction between Oncogenic Ha-Ras and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Is Not Required for Ha-Ras-dependent Transformation of Epithelial Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(43). 39755–39764. 12 indexed citations

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Wolfman, Alan, et al.. (2000). Endogenous c-N-Ras Provides a Steady-state Anti-apoptotic Signal. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(25). 19315–19323. 52 indexed citations

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Still, Ivan H., et al.. (1999). Cloning of TACC1, an embryonically expressed, potentially transforming coiled coil containing gene, from the 8p11 breast cancer amplicon. Oncogene. 18(27). 4032–4038. 105 indexed citations

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Rani, M.R. Sandhya, Douglas W. Leaman, Yulong Han, et al.. (1999). Catalytically Active TYK2 Is Essential for Interferon-β-mediated Phosphorylation of STAT3 and Interferon-α Receptor-1 (IFNAR-1) but Not for Activation of Phosphoinositol 3-Kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(45). 32507–32511. 59 indexed citations

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Weyman, Crystal M. & Alan Wolfman. (1998). Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase (MEK) Activity Is Required for Inhibition of Skeletal Muscle Differentiation by Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 or Fibroblast Growth Factor 2*. Endocrinology. 139(4). 1794–1800. 62 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Mark & Alan Wolfman. (1998). Ha-ras and N-ras regulate MAPK activity by distinct mechanisms in vivo. Oncogene. 16(11). 1417–1428. 66 indexed citations

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Wolfman, Alan, et al.. (1998). Oncogenic Ha-Ras-dependent Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activity Requires Signaling Through the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(43). 28155–28162. 43 indexed citations

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Weyman, Crystal M. & Alan Wolfman. (1997). Oncogenic Ras-induced secretion of a novel inhibitor of skeletal myoblast differentiation. Oncogene. 15(21). 2521–2528. 12 indexed citations

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Jiang, Hong, Zhimin Lu, Jing-Qing Luo, Alan Wolfman, & David A. Foster. (1995). Ras Mediates the Activation of Phospholipase D by v-Src. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(11). 6006–6009. 84 indexed citations

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Moodie, Shonna A. & Alan Wolfman. (1994). The 3Rs of life: Ras, Raf and growth regulation. Trends in Genetics. 10(2). 44–48. 135 indexed citations

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Panniers, R, et al.. (1991). Inhibition of protein synthesis by antagonists of calmodulin in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. European Journal of Biochemistry. 195(2). 313–319. 30 indexed citations

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Macara, Ian G. & Alan Wolfman. (1989). Signal transduction and the ras gene family: Molecular switches of unknown function. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 1(1). 26–30. 9 indexed citations

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