Anthony Tighe

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Anthony Tighe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony Tighe has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cell Biology and 12 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Anthony Tighe's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (17 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers). Anthony Tighe is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (17 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers). Anthony Tighe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Anthony Tighe's co-authors include Stephen S. Taylor, Victoria Johnson, Stefano Santaguida, Nicholas Keen, Andrew Mortlock, Trevor Johnson, Rebecca Ellston, Anna Morena D’Alise, Oliver Staples and Mark R. Albertella and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Cell Biology and Cancer Cell.

In The Last Decade

Anthony Tighe

26 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Aurora B couples chromosome alignment with anaphase by targeting BubR1, Mad2, and Cenp-E to kinetochores

2003 980 citations Victoria Johnson, Anthony Tighe et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anthony Tighe United Kingdom	19	2.5k	2.2k	934	381	197	27	3.0k
Libor Macůrek Czechia	29	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	885 0.9×	189 0.5×	286 1.5×	54	2.8k
Gerben Vader Netherlands	17	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	529 0.6×	389 1.0×	108 0.5×	26	2.2k
Kirsten Mundt United Kingdom	16	1.3k 0.5×	842 0.4×	700 0.7×	161 0.4×	126 0.6×	28	1.8k
Karen E. Gascoigne United States	17	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	664 0.7×	422 1.1×	202 1.0×	21	2.5k
Patrick Meraldi Switzerland	35	4.2k 1.7×	4.0k 1.8×	1.2k 1.2×	850 2.2×	246 1.2×	65	5.0k
Irene C. Waizenegger Austria	20	2.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	417 0.4×	924 2.4×	125 0.6×	31	3.4k
Giulia Guarguaglini Italy	24	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	467 0.5×	248 0.7×	106 0.5×	47	2.5k
Amity L. Manning United States	19	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	521 0.6×	246 0.6×	324 1.6×	30	2.4k
Viji M. Draviam United Kingdom	22	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	437 0.5×	265 0.7×	135 0.7×	34	2.3k
Floris Foijer Netherlands	31	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	920 1.0×	233 0.6×	802 4.1×	87	2.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Littler, Samantha, Louisa Nelson, Anthony Tighe, et al.. (2025). Targeting SUMOylation in ovarian cancer: Sensitivity, resistance, and the role of MYC. iScience. 28(6). 112555–112555. 1 indexed citations

Littler, Samantha, Louisa Nelson, Anthony Tighe, et al.. (2024). Intrinsic PARG inhibitor sensitivity is mimicked by TIMELESS haploinsufficiency and rescued by nucleoside supplementation. NAR Cancer. 6(3). zcae030–zcae030. 4 indexed citations

Nelson, Louisa, Anthony Tighe, Samantha Littler, et al.. (2023). Exploiting a living biobank to delineate mechanisms underlying disease-specific chromosome instability. Chromosome Research. 31(3). 21–21. 5 indexed citations

Nelson, Louisa, et al.. (2022). Multiple-low-dose therapy: effective killing of high-grade serous ovarian cancer cells with ATR and CHK1 inhibitors. NAR Cancer. 4(4). zcac036–zcac036. 7 indexed citations

Whalley, Helen J., David Perera, Joanne C. McGrail, et al.. (2021). Inhibitors of the Bub1 spindle assembly checkpoint kinase: synthesis of BAY-320 and comparison with 2OH-BNPP1. Royal Society Open Science. 8(12). 210854–210854. 4 indexed citations

Tighe, Anthony, Darawalee Wangsa, Dali Zong, et al.. (2021). TP53 loss initiates chromosomal instability in fallopian tube epithelial cells. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 14(11). 15 indexed citations

Morgan, Robert D., Louisa Nelson, Anthony Tighe, et al.. (2021). Replication catastrophe is responsible for intrinsic PAR glycohydrolase inhibitor-sensitivity in patient-derived ovarian cancer models. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 40(1). 323–323. 26 indexed citations

Nelson, Louisa, Anthony Tighe, George J. Burghel, et al.. (2021). Distinct transcriptional programs stratify ovarian cancer cell lines into the five major histological subtypes. Genome Medicine. 13(1). 140–140. 77 indexed citations

Tighe, Anthony, Louisa Nelson, Samantha Littler, et al.. (2019). DNA Replication Vulnerabilities Render Ovarian Cancer Cells Sensitive to Poly(ADP-Ribose) Glycohydrolase Inhibitors. Cancer Cell. 35(3). 519–533.e8. 100 indexed citations

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Simoes‐Sousa, Susana, Samantha Littler, Sarah L. Thompson, et al.. (2018). The p38α Stress Kinase Suppresses Aneuploidy Tolerance by Inhibiting Hif-1α. Cell Reports. 25(3). 749–760.e6. 30 indexed citations

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Topham, Caroline, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of Bcl-xL sensitizes cells to mitotic blockers, but not mitotic drivers. Open Biology. 6(8). 28 indexed citations

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Topham, Caroline, Anthony Tighe, Peter Ly, et al.. (2015). MYC Is a Major Determinant of Mitotic Cell Fate. Cancer Cell. 28(1). 129–140. 94 indexed citations

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Westhorpe, Frederick G., Anthony Tighe, Pablo Lara-González, & Stephen S. Taylor. (2011). p31comet-mediated extraction of Mad2 from the MCC promotes efficient mitotic exit. Journal of Cell Science. 124(22). 3905–3916. 110 indexed citations

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Westhorpe, Frederick G., et al.. (2010). Re-evaluating the role of Tao1 in the spindle checkpoint. Chromosoma. 119(4). 371–379. 31 indexed citations

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Gurden, Mark D., Andrew J. Holland, Wouter van Zon, et al.. (2010). Cdc20 is required for the post-anaphase, KEN-dependent degradation of centromere protein F. Journal of Cell Science. 123(3). 321–330. 47 indexed citations

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Santaguida, Stefano, et al.. (2010). Dissecting the role of MPS1 in chromosome biorientation and the spindle checkpoint through the small molecule inhibitor reversine. The Journal of Cell Biology. 190(1). 73–87. 394 indexed citations

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Brocardo, Mariana, Ying Lei, Anthony Tighe, et al.. (2007). Mitochondrial Targeting of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein Is Stimulated by Truncating Cancer Mutations. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(9). 5950–5959. 32 indexed citations

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Tighe, Anthony, et al.. (2007). GSK-3 inhibitors induce chromosome instability. BMC Cell Biology. 8(1). 34–34. 80 indexed citations

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Morrow, Christopher J., et al.. (2005). Bub1 and aurora B cooperate to maintain BubR1-mediated inhibition of APC/CCdc20. Journal of Cell Science. 118(16). 3639–3652. 145 indexed citations

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Tighe, Anthony, Victoria Johnson, Mark R. Albertella, & Stephen S. Taylor. (2001). Aneuploid colon cancer cells have a robust spindle checkpoint. EMBO Reports. 2(7). 609–614. 141 indexed citations

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