Anna L. Means

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Anna L. Means is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna L. Means has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Surgery, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Anna L. Means's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (17 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (7 papers). Anna L. Means is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (17 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (7 papers). Anna L. Means collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Anna L. Means's co-authors include Lorraine J. Gudas, Peggy Farnham, Robert J. Coffey, Taka‐aki Matsuoka, M. Kay Washington, Isabella Artner, Kevin C. Ray, Steven D. Leach, Christopher V.E. Wright and Eva Henderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Anna L. Means

47 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Pan-ErbB Negative Regulator Lrig1 Is an Intestinal Stem Cell Marker that Functions as a Tumor Suppressor

2012 528 citations Anne E. Powell, Yang Wang et al. Cell profile →
Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote directional cancer cell migration by aligning fibronectin

2017 421 citations Begüm Erdoğan, Mingfang Ao et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna L. Means United States	28	1.9k	1.4k	1.4k	956	376	48	3.7k
Noreen Luetteke United States	22	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	593 0.4×	571 0.6×	961 2.6×	34	4.0k
Nanda R. Rodrigues United Kingdom	20	2.3k 1.2×	765 0.5×	754 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	534 1.4×	34	3.8k
Christophe E. Pierreux Belgium	32	1.9k 1.0×	440 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	676 0.7×	177 0.5×	83	3.5k
M.G. Byers United States	30	2.1k 1.1×	453 0.3×	624 0.5×	732 0.8×	448 1.2×	54	3.6k
Esther Danenberg Netherlands	9	3.4k 1.8×	2.0k 1.4×	642 0.5×	732 0.8×	349 0.9×	9	5.1k
Muhsen Al-Dhalimy United States	23	2.7k 1.4×	512 0.4×	3.0k 2.2×	778 0.8×	221 0.6×	28	6.2k
P. Sivaramakrishna Rachakonda Germany	25	1.9k 1.0×	931 0.7×	305 0.2×	305 0.3×	291 0.8×	45	3.4k
William C. Bowen United States	33	2.1k 1.1×	516 0.4×	2.5k 1.8×	241 0.3×	273 0.7×	66	5.2k
Wim de Lau Netherlands	15	3.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.1×	444 0.3×	837 0.9×	334 0.9×	20	4.5k
Pellegrino Rossi Italy	36	2.6k 1.4×	329 0.2×	452 0.3×	1.5k 1.5×	345 0.9×	81	4.7k

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Yang, Jing, James S. Lewis, Thomas Andl, et al.. (2024). Interaction of the tumor suppressor SMAD4 and WNT signaling in progression to oral squamous cell carcinoma. The Journal of Pathology. 264(1). 4–16. 3 indexed citations

McDonald, Oliver G., Anna L. Means, Richard M. Peek, et al.. (2021). Exposure to p40 in Early Life Prevents Intestinal Inflammation in Adulthood Through Inducing a Long-Lasting Epigenetic Imprint on TGFβ. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 11(5). 1327–1345. 13 indexed citations

Shi, Chanjuan, Fong Cheng Pan, M. Kay Washington, et al.. (2019). Differential Cell Susceptibilities to Kras in the Setting of Obstructive Chronic Pancreatitis. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 8(4). 579–594. 14 indexed citations

Choi, Eunyoung, Anna L. Means, Robert J. Coffey, & James R. Goldenring. (2018). Active Kras Expression in Gastric Isthmal Progenitor Cells Induces Foveolar Hyperplasia but Not Metaplasia. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 7(1). 251–253.e1. 13 indexed citations

Erdoğan, Begüm, Mingfang Ao, Lauren M. White, et al.. (2017). Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote directional cancer cell migration by aligning fibronectin. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(11). 3799–3816. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

Gaskill, Christa, Erica J. Carrier, Jonathan A. Kropski, et al.. (2017). Disruption of lineage specification in adult pulmonary mesenchymal progenitor cells promotes microvascular dysfunction. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(6). 2262–2276. 34 indexed citations

Shi, Chanjuan, M. Kay Washington, Rupesh Chaturvedi, et al.. (2014). Fibrogenesis in pancreatic cancer is a dynamic process regulated by macrophage–stellate cell interaction. Laboratory Investigation. 94(4). 409–421. 62 indexed citations

Pekala, Kelly R., Peter Kropp, Christine Petersen, et al.. (2014). Loss of HNF6 expression correlates with human pancreatic cancer progression. Laboratory Investigation. 94(5). 517–527. 19 indexed citations

Moss, M. Elizabeth, Jeffrey L. Franklin, James N. Higginbotham, et al.. (2013). Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor eliminates constraints on activated Kras to promote rapid onset of pancreatic neoplasia. Oncogene. 33(7). 823–831. 39 indexed citations

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Powell, Anne E., Yang Wang, Yina Li, et al.. (2012). The Pan-ErbB Negative Regulator Lrig1 Is an Intestinal Stem Cell Marker that Functions as a Tumor Suppressor. Cell. 149(1). 146–158. 528 indexed citations breakdown →

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Westmoreland, Joby J., Yiannis Drosos, Jianming Ye, et al.. (2012). Dynamic distribution of claudin proteins in pancreatic epithelia undergoing morphogenesis or neoplastic transformation. Developmental Dynamics. 241(3). 583–594. 20 indexed citations

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Vanderpool, Charles, Erin E. Sparks, Kari A. Huppert, et al.. (2011). Genetic Interactions Between Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor–6 and Notch Signaling Regulate Mouse Intrahepatic Bile Duct Development in Vivo. Hepatology. 55(1). 233–243. 32 indexed citations

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Means, Anna L., Yanwen Xu, Aizhen Zhao, Kevin C. Ray, & Guoqiang Gu. (2008). A CK19^CreERT knockin mouse line allows for conditional DNA recombination in epithelial cells in multiple endodermal organs. genesis. 46(6). 318–323. 153 indexed citations

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Means, Anna L., Ingrid M. Meszoely, Kazufumi Suzuki, et al.. (2005). Pancreatic epithelial plasticity mediated by acinar cell transdifferentiation and generation of nestin-positive intermediates. Development. 132(16). 3767–3776. 262 indexed citations

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Nomura, Sachiyo, Stephen H. Settle, Charles M. Leys, et al.. (2005). Evidence for Repatterning of the Gastric Fundic Epithelium Associated With Ménétrier’s Disease and TGFα Overexpression. Gastroenterology. 128(5). 1292–1305. 61 indexed citations

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Means, Anna L., Anna Chytil, Harold L. Moses, et al.. (2005). Keratin 19 gene drives Cre recombinase expression throughout the early postimplantation mouse embryo. genesis. 42(1). 23–27. 11 indexed citations

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Samaras, Susan, Li Zhao, Anna L. Means, et al.. (2003). The Islet Cell-enriched RIPE3b1/Maf Transcription Factor Regulates pdx-1 Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(14). 12263–12270. 53 indexed citations

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Means, Anna L. & Steven D. Leach. (2001). Lineage commitment and cellular differentiation in exocrine pancreas. Pancreatology. 1(6). 587–596. 11 indexed citations

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Means, Anna L. & Lorraine J. Gudas. (1995). THE ROLES OF RETINOIDS IN VERTEBRATE DEVELOPMENT. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 64(1). 201–233. 243 indexed citations

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Means, Anna L. & Peggy Farnham. (1990). Transcription Initiation from the Dihydrofolate Reductase Promoter Is Positioned by HIP1 Binding at the Initiation Site. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(2). 653–661. 72 indexed citations

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