Allan Balmain

24.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
204 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Allan Balmain is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan Balmain has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Molecular Biology, 99 papers in Oncology and 48 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Allan Balmain's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (63 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (25 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (21 papers). Allan Balmain is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (63 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (25 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (21 papers). Allan Balmain collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Allan Balmain's co-authors include Rosemary J. Akhurst, Rik Derynck, Ken Brown, Jian‐Hua Mao, Christopher J. Kemp, Martin Ramsden, Miguel Quintanilla, Jesús Pérez‐Losada, Hiroki Nagase and Ian B. Pragnell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Allan Balmain

204 papers receiving 17.9k 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.

TGF-β signaling in tumor suppression and cancer progression

2001 1.9k citations Allan Balmain et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Guidelines for the welfare and use of animals in cancer research

2010 1.1k citations Allan Balmain et al. profile →
Carcinogen-specific mutation and amplification of Ha-ras during mouse skin carcinogenesis

1986 736 citations Miguel Quintanilla, Ken Brown et al. profile →
A Mutant-p53/Smad Complex Opposes p63 to Empower TGFβ-Induced Metastasis

2009 650 citations Allan Balmain et al. Cell profile →
TGFβ1 Inhibits the Formation of Benign Skin Tumors, but Enhances Progression to Invasive Spindle Carcinomas in Transgenic Mice

1996 505 citations Allan Balmain et al. Cell profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allan Balmain

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Allan Balmain. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Allan Balmain based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Allan Balmain. Allan Balmain is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Long-Term Latency of Highly Mutated Cells in Normal Mouse Skin Is Reversed by Exposure to Tumor Promoters and Chronic Tissue Damage 2025 ·Cancer Discovery ·(unknown), Eve Kandyba, Kyle Halliwill, Reyno Delrosario, Quân Tran, Nora Bayani, Di Wu, Olga K. Mirzoeva, (unknown), S. M. Ashiqul Islam, Laura Riva, Erik N. Bergstrom, (unknown), John DiGiovanni, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Allan Balmain	2
2	Implementing Mutational Epidemiology on a Global Scale: Lessons from Mutographs 2025 ·Cancer Discovery ·Michael R. Stratton, Laura Humphreys, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Allan Balmain, Paul Brennan, Peter J. Campbell, David H. Phillips	5
3	A susceptibility gene signature for ERBB2-driven mammary tumour development and metastasis in collaborative cross mice 2024 ·EBioMedicine ·Hui Yang, Xinzhi Wang, Adrián Blanco‐Gómez, He Li, Natalia García‐Sancha, Roberto Corchado‐Cobos, (unknown), (unknown), Pin Wang, Jamie L. Inman, Antoine M. Snijders, David W. Threadgill, Allan Balmain, Hang Chang, Jesús Pérez‐Losada, Jian‐Hua Mao	2
4	Circadian PERformance in breast cancer: a germline and somatic genetic study of PER3VNTR polymorphisms and gene co-expression 2021 ·npj Breast Cancer ·Jaume Forés-Martos, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vita Fedele, Sten Cornelissen, (unknown), Irene Tadeo, Pîlar Eroles, Aňa Lluch, (unknown), Antonio Falcó, Laura J. van’t Veer, Marjanka K. Schmidt, David A. Quigley, Anne‐Lise Børresen‐Dale, Vessela N. Kristensen, Allan Balmain, Joan Climent	6
5	Integration of multiple biological contexts reveals principles of synthetic lethality that affect reproducibility 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Angel A. Ku, (unknown), Xin Zhao, Khyati N. Shah, Sameera Kongara, Di Wu, Frank McCormick, Allan Balmain, Sourav Bandyopadhyay	27
6	The mutational signature profile of known and suspected human carcinogens in mice 2020 ·Nature Genetics ·Laura Riva, Arun R. Pandiri, (unknown), Alastair Droop, James Hewinson, Michael A. Quail, Vivek Iyer, Rebecca Shepherd, Ronald A. Herbert, Peter J. Campbell, Robert C. Sills, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Allan Balmain, David J. Adams	84
7	The Genetics of Splicing in Neuroblastoma 2015 ·Cancer Discovery ·Justin Chen, Christopher S. Hackett, Shile Zhang, Young Song, Robert J.A. Bell, Annette M. Molinaro, David A. Quigley, Allan Balmain, Jun S. Song, J Costello, W. Clay Gustafson, Terry Van Dyke, Pui–Yan Kwok, Javed Khan, William A. Weiss	13
8	Lymphocyte Invasion in IC10/Basal-Like Breast Tumors Is Associated with Wild-Type TP53 2014 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·David A. Quigley, Laxmi Silwal‐Pandit, Ruth Dannenfelser, Anita Langerød, Hans Kristian Moen Vollan, Charles Vaske, (unknown), Olga G. Troyanskaya, Suet‐Feung Chin, Carlos Caldas, Allan Balmain, Anne‐Lise Børresen‐Dale, Vessela N. Kristensen	47
9	Murine Microenvironment Metaprofiles Associate with Human Cancer Etiology and Intrinsic Subtypes 2013 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·David H. Nguyen, Erik Fredlund, Wei Zhao, Charles M. Perou, Allan Balmain, Jian‐Hua Mao, Mary Helen Barcellos‐Hoff	25
10	Pten Regulates Aurora-A and Cooperates with Fbxw7 in Modulating Radiation-Induced Tumor Development 2012 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·(unknown), Il-Jin Kim, Di Wu, Jing Lü, William A. Stock, Yueyong Liu, Yurong Huang, Hio Chung Kang, Reyno Delrosario, Kuang‐Yu Jen, Jesús Pérez‐Losada, Guangwei Wei, Allan Balmain, Jian‐Hua Mao	57
11	Polymorphic genetic control of tumor invasion in a mouse model of pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinogenesis 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Matthew G. H. Chun, Jian‐Hua Mao, Christopher Chiu, Allan Balmain, Douglas Hanahan	18
12	FBXW7 Targets mTOR for Degradation and Cooperates with PTEN in Tumor Suppression 2008 ·Science ·Jian‐Hua Mao, Il-Jin Kim, Di Wu, Joan Climent, Hio Chung Kang, Reyno Delrosario, Allan Balmain	351
13	Genomic instability in radiation-induced mouse lymphoma from p53 heterozygous mice 2005 ·Oncogene ·Jian‐Hua Mao, Jiangzhen Li, Tao Jiang, Qian Li, Di Wu, Jesús Pérez‐Losada, Reyno Delrosario, L. E. Peterson, Allan Balmain, Wei-Wen Cai	24
14	Mutually exclusive mutations of the Pten and ras pathways in skin tumor progression 2004 ·Genes & Development ·Jian‐Hua Mao, Minh D. To, Jesús Pérez‐Losada, Di Wu, Reyno Del Rosario, Allan Balmain	55
15	Cancer as a Complex Genetic Trait 2002 ·Cell ·Allan Balmain	114
16	High levels of phosphorylated c-Jun, Fra-1, Fra-2 and ATF-2 proteins correlate with malignant phenotypes in the multistage mouse skin carcinogenesis model 2000 ·Oncogene ·Vassilis Zoumpourlis, (unknown), Spiros Linardopoulos, David A. Gillespie, Allan Balmain, (unknown)	79
17	Expression of simple epithelial cytokeratins in mouse epidermal keratinocytes harboring Harvey ras gene alterations. 1992 ·PubMed ·Margarita Díaz‐Guerra, (unknown), (unknown), José L. Jorcano, Amparo Cano, Allan Balmain, Miguel Quintanilla	71
18	Comparison of ras activation during epidermal carcinogenesis in vitro and in vivo 1991 ·Carcinogenesis ·Miguel Quintanilla, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), G. Tim Bowden, Allan Balmain	70
19	Oncogene Activation in Chemical Carcinogenesis 1988 ·Advances in cancer research ·Allan Balmain, Ken Brown	331
20	Histone phosphorylation and synthesis of DNA and RNA during phases of proliferation and differentiation induced in mouse epidermis by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate. 1977 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Allan Balmain, Ángel Alonso, Jürgen R. Fischer	17

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