Christopher C. DuFort

3.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Christopher C. DuFort is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher C. DuFort has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cell Biology, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher C. DuFort's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (7 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (4 papers) and Near-Field Optical Microscopy (3 papers). Christopher C. DuFort is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (7 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (4 papers) and Near-Field Optical Microscopy (3 papers). Christopher C. DuFort collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Macao. Christopher C. DuFort's co-authors include Valerie M. Weaver, Matthew J. Paszek, Sunil R. Hingorani, Michael W. Davidson, Matthew G. Rubashkin, Bogdan Dragnea, Kathleen E. DelGiorno, Markus A. Carlson, Luke Cassereau and Russell Bainer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Christopher C. DuFort

22 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Balancing forces: architectural control of mechanotransduction

2011 757 citations Christopher C. DuFort, Matthew J. Paszek et al. profile →
The cancer glycocalyx mechanically primes integrin-mediated growth and survival

2014 520 citations Matthew J. Paszek, Christopher C. DuFort et al. Nature profile →
Photostable Ratiometric Pdot Probe for in Vitro and in Vivo Imaging of Hypochlorous Acid

2017 321 citations Li Wu, I‐Che Wu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher C. DuFort United States	16	974	888	782	471	360	22	2.6k
Hisashi Haga Japan	28	1.1k 1.1×	740 0.8×	594 0.8×	284 0.6×	181 0.5×	114	2.3k
Alain Duperray France	40	764 0.8×	787 0.9×	855 1.1×	311 0.7×	1.1k 3.2×	91	4.0k
Bradley A. Webb United States	20	623 0.6×	1.9k 2.2×	675 0.9×	277 0.6×	493 1.4×	31	3.3k
Astrid Magenau Australia	23	464 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	481 0.6×	242 0.5×	205 0.6×	41	2.3k
Dražen Raucher United States	32	1.1k 1.1×	2.1k 2.4×	831 1.1×	288 0.6×	136 0.4×	72	4.3k
Alexeï Grichine France	32	404 0.4×	862 1.0×	631 0.8×	204 0.4×	1.3k 3.6×	75	3.0k
Susana Rocha Belgium	29	514 0.5×	1.8k 2.0×	632 0.8×	228 0.5×	347 1.0×	97	3.4k
Haiyan Gong United States	32	1.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	800 1.0×	332 0.7×	126 0.3×	113	4.4k
Peter J. Butler United States	27	598 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	101 0.2×	295 0.8×	51	2.7k

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Derry, Jonathan M.J., Jason P. Frazier, Marc Grenley, et al.. (2023). Trackable Intratumor Microdosing and Spatial Profiling Provide Early Insights into Activity of Investigational Agents in the Intact Tumor Microenvironment. Clinical Cancer Research. 29(18). 3813–3825. 17 indexed citations

Tang, Ming, Bo Tu, Zhi‐Yi Hu, et al.. (2023). SMYD2 inhibition–mediated hypomethylation of Ku70 contributes to impaired nonhomologous end joining repair and antitumor immunity. Science Advances. 9(24). eade6624–eade6624. 15 indexed citations

Yuan, Meng, Bo Tu, Huanhuan Pang, et al.. (2022). Cancer-associated fibroblasts employ NUFIP1-dependent autophagy to secrete nucleosides and support pancreatic tumor growth. Nature Cancer. 3(8). 945–960. 63 indexed citations

Maloney, Ezekiel, Christopher C. DuFort, Paolo P. Provenzano, et al.. (2019). Non-Invasive Monitoring of Stromal Biophysics with Targeted Depletion of Hyaluronan in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cancers. 11(6). 772–772. 18 indexed citations

Chen, Lei, Dandan Chen, Yifei Jiang, et al.. (2019). A BODIPY‐Based Donor/Donor–Acceptor System: Towards Highly Efficient Long‐Wavelength‐Excitable Near‐IR Polymer Dots with Narrow and Strong Absorption Features. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(21). 7008–7012. 55 indexed citations

Wu, Li, I‐Che Wu, Christopher C. DuFort, et al.. (2017). Photostable Ratiometric Pdot Probe for in Vitro and in Vivo Imaging of Hypochlorous Acid. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(20). 6911–6918. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

DuFort, Christopher C. & Sunil R. Hingorani. (2016). Tension and Transformation in Pancreas Cancer: Can Phenotype Break Free from the Chrysalis of Genotype?. Cancer Cell. 29(6). 780–782. 2 indexed citations

Gallina, Maria Elena, Fangmao Ye, Wei Sun, et al.. (2016). Optical painting and fluorescence activated sorting of single adherent cells labelled with photoswitchable Pdots. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11468–11468. 82 indexed citations

DuFort, Christopher C., Kathleen E. DelGiorno, Markus A. Carlson, et al.. (2016). Interstitial Pressure in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Is Dominated by a Gel-Fluid Phase. Biophysical Journal. 110(9). 2106–2119. 128 indexed citations

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DuFort, Christopher C., Kathleen E. DelGiorno, & Sunil R. Hingorani. (2016). Mounting Pressure in the Microenvironment: Fluids, Solids, and Cells in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Gastroenterology. 150(7). 1545–1557.e2. 109 indexed citations

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Ou, Guanqing, Dhruv Thakar, Jason C. Tung, et al.. (2016). Visualizing mechanical modulation of nanoscale organization of cell-matrix adhesions. Integrative Biology. 8(7). 795–804. 9 indexed citations

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DuFort, Christopher C., David A. Monteiro, Michelle A. Baird, et al.. (2015). Discrete spatial organization of TGFβ receptors couples receptor multimerization and signaling to cellular tension. eLife. 4. e09300–e09300. 33 indexed citations

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Rubashkin, Matthew G., Luke Cassereau, Russell Bainer, et al.. (2014). Force Engages Vinculin and Promotes Tumor Progression by Enhancing PI3K Activation of Phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-Triphosphate. Cancer Research. 74(17). 4597–4611. 163 indexed citations

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DuFort, Christopher C. & Matthew J. Paszek. (2014). Nanoscale cellular imaging with scanning angle interference microscopy. Methods in cell biology. 123. 235–252. 3 indexed citations

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Paszek, Matthew J., Christopher C. DuFort, Olivier Rossier, et al.. (2014). The cancer glycocalyx mechanically primes integrin-mediated growth and survival. Nature. 511(7509). 319–325. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paszek, Matthew J., Christopher C. DuFort, Matthew G. Rubashkin, et al.. (2012). Scanning angle interference microscopy reveals cell dynamics at the nanoscale. Nature Methods. 9(8). 825–827. 89 indexed citations

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Cassereau, Luke, Christopher C. DuFort, & Valerie M. Weaver. (2012). Laying down the tracks. Nature Materials. 11(6). 490–492. 4 indexed citations

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DuFort, Christopher C. & Bogdan Dragnea. (2010). Bio-Enabled Synthesis of Metamaterials. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 61(1). 323–344. 30 indexed citations

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DuFort, Christopher C., et al.. (2008). Self-assembly approaches to nanomaterial encapsulation in viral protein cages. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 18(32). 3763–3763. 93 indexed citations

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Waegele, Matthias M., et al.. (2007). Optical Field Enhancement at Cusps between Adjacent Nanoapertures. Nano Letters. 7(3). 557–564. 50 indexed citations

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