Calvin B. Harley

42.2k total citations · 14 hit papers
112 papers, 33.5k citations indexed

About

Calvin B. Harley is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Calvin B. Harley has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 33.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Physiology, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Calvin B. Harley's work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (71 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (17 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (15 papers). Calvin B. Harley is often cited by papers focused on Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (71 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (17 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (15 papers). Calvin B. Harley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Calvin B. Harley's co-authors include Carol W. Greider, A. B. Futcher, Woodring E. Wright, Jerry W. Shay, Scott L. Weinrich, Richard Allsopp, Michael D. West, Gregg B. Morin, Nam W. Kim and Mieczyslaw A. Piatyszek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Calvin B. Harley

109 papers receiving 32.6k 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.

  1. Specific Association of Human Telomerase Activity with Immortal Cells and Cancer
    1994 6.0k citations Nam W. Kim, Mieczyslaw A. Piatyszek et al. Science profile →
  2. Telomeres shorten during ageing of human fibroblasts
    1990 4.5k citations Calvin B. Harley, Carol W. Greider et al. Nature profile →
  3. Extension of Life-Span by Introduction of Telomerase into Normal Human Cells
    1998 3.9k citations Calvin B. Harley, Jerry W. Shay et al. Science profile →
  4. Telomerase Catalytic Subunit Homologs from Fission Yeast and Human
    1997 1.9k citations Scott L. Weinrich, William H. Andrews et al. Science profile →
  5. The RNA Component of Human Telomerase
    1995 1.9k citations Scott L. Weinrich, Richard Allsopp et al. Science profile →
  6. Telomere length predicts replicative capacity of human fibroblasts.
    1992 1.8k citations Richard Allsopp, Carol W. Greider et al. profile →
  7. Telomere shortening associated with chromosome instability is arrested in immortal cells which express telomerase activity.
    1992 1.8k citations Christopher M. Counter, Carol W. Greider et al. profile →
  8. Evidence for a mitotic clock in human hematopoietic stem cells: loss of telomeric DNA with age.
    1994 915 citations Richard Allsopp, Calvin B. Harley et al. profile →
  9. Analysis of E.Coli Pormoter sequences
    1987 905 citations Calvin B. Harley et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  10. Telomere end-replication problem and cell aging
    1992 834 citations Richard Allsopp, Carol W. Greider et al. profile →
  11. Reconstitution of human telomerase with the template RNA component hTR and the catalytic protein subunit hTRT
    1997 812 citations Scott L. Weinrich, Nam W. Kim et al. profile →
  12. Telomerase and cancer therapeutics
    2008 571 citations Calvin B. Harley profile →
  13. Telomere length and replicative aging in human vascular tissues.
    1995 515 citations Calvin B. Harley et al. profile →
  14. Telomerase, Cell Immortality, and Cancer
    1994 342 citations Calvin B. Harley, Karen R. Prowse et al. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology profile →

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Calvin B. Harley 22.4k 18.7k 3.9k 3.4k 3.4k 112 33.5k
Carol W. Greider 26.3k 1.2× 20.3k 1.1× 5.2k 1.3× 2.2k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 116 34.5k
Woodring E. Wright 24.4k 1.1× 28.4k 1.5× 4.4k 1.1× 2.9k 0.8× 4.1k 1.2× 294 43.5k
Jerry W. Shay 32.2k 1.4× 35.3k 1.9× 5.1k 1.3× 4.3k 1.3× 5.2k 1.5× 522 58.0k
Peter M. Lansdorp 13.5k 0.6× 15.0k 0.8× 2.5k 0.6× 5.4k 1.6× 3.1k 0.9× 272 30.8k
Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers 5.2k 0.2× 38.1k 2.0× 2.6k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 5.8k 1.7× 399 48.0k
Michael N. Hall 3.9k 0.2× 34.3k 1.8× 1.9k 0.5× 3.7k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 246 44.9k
Scott W. Lowe 6.6k 0.3× 50.1k 2.7× 1.1k 0.3× 8.5k 2.5× 4.2k 1.3× 325 69.6k
Michael D. West 6.8k 0.3× 8.2k 0.4× 803 0.2× 976 0.3× 1.6k 0.5× 120 14.1k
Shelley L. Berger 3.0k 0.1× 26.7k 1.4× 1.5k 0.4× 3.1k 0.9× 4.6k 1.4× 233 35.9k
David Beach 3.4k 0.2× 34.4k 1.8× 817 0.2× 3.7k 1.1× 3.5k 1.0× 247 47.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Calvin B. Harley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saux, Claude Jourdan Le, Philip Davy, Christopher Brampton, et al.. (2013). A Novel Telomerase Activator Suppresses Lung Damage in a Murine Model of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58423–e58423. 60 indexed citations
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Castelo‐Branco, Pedro, Cindy Zhang, Tatiana Lipman, et al.. (2011). Neural Tumor-Initiating Cells Have Distinct Telomere Maintenance and Can be Safely Targeted for Telomerase Inhibition. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(1). 111–121. 35 indexed citations
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Tressler, Robert, Ekaterina Bassett, Calvin B. Harley, et al.. (2010). The Telomerase Inhibitor Imetelstat Depletes Cancer Stem Cells in Breast and Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines. Cancer Research. 70(22). 9494–9504. 107 indexed citations
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Harley, Calvin B., Wei‐Min Liu, Marı́a A. Blasco, et al.. (2010). A Natural Product Telomerase Activator As Part of a Health Maintenance Program. Rejuvenation Research. 14(1). 45–56. 138 indexed citations
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Jamieson, Beth D., Allison C. Chin, Ronald T. Mitsuyasu, et al.. (2008). Telomerase-Based Pharmacologic Enhancement of Antiviral Function of Human CD8+ T Lymphocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 181(10). 7400–7406. 135 indexed citations
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Harley, Calvin B.. (2007). Human Ageing and Telomeres. Novartis Foundation symposium. 211. 129–147. 30 indexed citations
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Matsui, William, Qiuju Wang, Sarah Brennan, et al.. (2007). The novel telomerase inhibitor GRN163L targets drug-resistant cancer stem cells in multiple myeloma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 6. 1 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, Jacintha, Jennifer C. Finley, Katherine A. Gollahon, et al.. (2004). Telomere length assessment in tissue sections by quantitative FISH: Image analysis algorithms. Cytometry Part A. 58A(2). 120–131. 71 indexed citations
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Sidorov, Igor A., et al.. (2003). Cancer treatment by telomerase inhibitors: predictions by a kinetic model. Mathematical Biosciences. 181(2). 209–221. 11 indexed citations
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Craig, Karen & Calvin B. Harley. (1996). Phosphorylation of human pleckstrin on Ser-113 and Ser-117 by protein kinase C. Biochemical Journal. 314(3). 937–942. 24 indexed citations
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Harley, Calvin B.. (1995). 9 Telomeres and Aging. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 29. 247–263. 66 indexed citations
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Kim, Nam W., Mieczyslaw A. Piatyszek, Karen R. Prowse, et al.. (1994). Specific Association of Human Telomerase Activity with Immortal Cells and Cancer. Science. 266(5193). 2011–2015. 5978 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harley, Calvin B., Karen R. Prowse, Scott L. Weinrich, et al.. (1994). Telomerase, Cell Immortality, and Cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 59(0). 307–315. 342 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harley, Calvin B., et al.. (1990). Reiterative copying byE.coliRNA polymerase during transcription initiation of mutant pBR322 tet promoters. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(3). 547–552. 19 indexed citations
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Tyers, Michael, Richard J. Haslam, Richard A. Rachubinski, & Calvin B. Harley. (1989). Molecular analysis of pleckstrin: The major protein kinase c substrate of platelets. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 40(2). 133–145. 60 indexed citations
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Tyers, Michael, Richard A. Rachubinski, Angela Varrichio, et al.. (1988). Molecular cloning and expression of the major protein kinase C substrate of platelets. Nature. 333(6172). 470–473. 210 indexed citations
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Sauder, Daniel N., et al.. (1988). Biology and Molecular Biology of Epidermal Cell‐Derived Thymocyte Activating Factora. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 548(1). 241–252. 6 indexed citations
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Harley, Calvin B., et al.. (1988). Transcription initiation at thetetpromoter and effect of mutations. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(15). 7269–7285. 9 indexed citations
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Tron, Victor A., Calvin B. Harley, Deoraj Caussy, & Daniel N. Sauder. (1988). In situ detection of interleukin-1 mRNA in human monocytes. Molecular Immunology. 25(5). 439–445. 10 indexed citations
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Harley, Calvin B.. (1987). Hybridization of Oligo(dT) to RNA on nitrocellulose. PubMed. 4(2). 17–22. 181 indexed citations

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