Christopher J. Stefan

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Stefan is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Stefan has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Cell Biology, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Stefan's work include Cellular transport and secretion (42 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (20 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (17 papers). Christopher J. Stefan is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (42 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (20 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (17 papers). Christopher J. Stefan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Christopher J. Stefan's co-authors include Scott D. Emr, Andrew G. Manford, Jason A. MacGurn, Stefan Nobel, Sten Orrenius, Andrew F.G. Slater, Anjon Audhya, Kendall Blumer, David J. Katzmann and Markus Babst and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Stefan

59 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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ER-to-Plasma Membrane Tethering Proteins Regulate Cell Signaling and ER Morphology

2012 430 citations Andrew G. Manford, Christopher J. Stefan et al. Developmental Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher J. Stefan United States	35	3.7k	2.8k	543	470	374	59	5.0k
J. Bernd Helms Netherlands	43	3.9k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	657 1.2×	756 1.6×	333 0.9×	108	6.2k
Mitsuo Tagaya Japan	40	3.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	485 0.9×	544 1.2×	844 2.3×	123	4.8k
Todd R. Graham United States	43	4.3k 1.2×	2.9k 1.0×	412 0.8×	388 0.8×	117 0.3×	94	5.2k
Nica Borgese Italy	41	3.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	390 0.7×	479 1.0×	312 0.8×	91	4.7k
Joost C. M. Holthuis Netherlands	42	5.0k 1.4×	2.2k 0.8×	523 1.0×	1.0k 2.1×	315 0.8×	87	6.3k
Guangwei Du United States	36	3.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	281 0.5×	660 1.4×	343 0.9×	90	4.6k
Blanche Schwappach Germany	41	5.1k 1.4×	1.9k 0.7×	289 0.5×	370 0.8×	933 2.5×	83	6.5k
Scott Geromanos United States	26	5.3k 1.5×	3.0k 1.0×	320 0.6×	635 1.4×	732 2.0×	36	7.6k
Joëlle Bigay France	27	3.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	184 0.3×	458 1.0×	501 1.3×	42	4.1k
Kuang Shen United States	23	3.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	632 1.2×	481 1.0×	127 0.3×	40	4.4k

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Castro, Inês Gomes, Michael Davey, Emma J. Fenech, et al.. (2022). Systematic analysis of membrane contact sites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae uncovers modulators of cellular lipid distribution. eLife. 11. 31 indexed citations

Talaia, Gabriel, Pieter De Beule, Margarida Casal, et al.. (2022). Interactions of cytosolic tails in the Jen1 carboxylate transporter are critical for trafficking and transport activity. Journal of Cell Science. 135(10). 2 indexed citations

Chung, Gary H. C., Maëlle Lorvellec, Paul Gissen, et al.. (2022). The ultrastructural organization of endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contacts is conserved in epithelial cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 33(12). ar113–ar113. 9 indexed citations

Schmidt, Oliver, Verena Baumann, Mihaela Angelova, et al.. (2020). TOR complex 2 (TORC2) signaling and the ESCRT machinery cooperate in the protection of plasma membrane integrity in yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(34). 12028–12044. 9 indexed citations

Shin, John J. H., Peter Liu, Azmat Ullah, et al.. (2020). pH Biosensing by PI4P Regulates Cargo Sorting at the TGN. Developmental Cell. 52(4). 461–476.e4. 35 indexed citations

Collado, Javier, Maria Kalemanov, Felix Campelo, et al.. (2019). Tricalbin-Mediated Contact Sites Control ER Curvature to Maintain Plasma Membrane Integrity. Developmental Cell. 51(4). 476–487.e7. 82 indexed citations

Stefan, Christopher J., William S. Trimble, Sergio Grinstein, et al.. (2017). Membrane dynamics and organelle biogenesis—lipid pipelines and vesicular carriers. BMC Biology. 15(1). 102–102. 65 indexed citations

Stefan, Christopher J., et al.. (2012). The dual PH domain protein Opy1 functions as a sensor and modulator of PtdIns(4,5)P2 synthesis. The EMBO Journal. 31(13). 2882–2894. 18 indexed citations

Shi, Yufeng, Christopher J. Stefan, Sarah Rue, David Teis, & Scott D. Emr. (2011). Two novel WD40 domain–containing proteins, Ere1 and Ere2, function in the retromer-mediated endosomal recycling pathway. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(21). 4093–4107. 38 indexed citations

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Stefan, Christopher J., et al.. (2011). Osh Proteins Regulate Phosphoinositide Metabolism at ER-Plasma Membrane Contact Sites. Cell. 144(3). 389–401. 390 indexed citations

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Durán, Juan M., Christophe Anjard, Christopher J. Stefan, William F. Loomis, & Vivek Malhotra. (2010). Unconventional secretion of Acb1 is mediated by autophagosomes. The Journal of Cell Biology. 188(4). 527–536. 336 indexed citations

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Garrenton, Lindsay S., Christopher J. Stefan, Michael A. McMurray, Scott D. Emr, & Jeremy Thorner. (2010). Pheromone-induced anisotropy in yeast plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol-4,5- bis phosphate distribution is required for MAPK signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(26). 11805–11810. 75 indexed citations

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Jesch, Stephen A., María L. Gaspar, Christopher J. Stefan, Manuel Aregullín, & Susan A. Henry. (2010). Interruption of Inositol Sphingolipid Synthesis Triggers Stt4p-dependent Protein Kinase C Signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(53). 41947–41960. 38 indexed citations

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Manford, Andrew G., Tian Xia, Ajay K. Saxena, et al.. (2010). Crystal structure of the yeast Sac1: implications for its phosphoinositide phosphatase function. The EMBO Journal. 29(9). 1489–1498. 90 indexed citations

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Lin, Charles, et al.. (2008). Arrestin-Related Ubiquitin-Ligase Adaptors Regulate Endocytosis and Protein Turnover at the Cell Surface. Cell. 135(4). 714–725. 395 indexed citations

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Stefan, Christopher J., et al.. (2005). The Phosphoinositide Phosphatase Sjl2 Is Recruited to Cortical Actin Patches in the Control of Vesicle Formation and Fission during Endocytosis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(8). 2910–2923. 65 indexed citations

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Parrish, William R., Christopher J. Stefan, & Scott D. Emr. (2004). Essential Role for the Myotubularin-related Phosphatase Ymr1p and the Synaptojanin-like Phosphatases Sjl2p and Sjl3p in Regulation of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Phosphate in Yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(8). 3567–3579. 64 indexed citations

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Gary, Jonathan D., et al.. (2002). Regulation of Fab1 Phosphatidylinositol 3-Phosphate 5-Kinase Pathway by Vac7 Protein and Fig4, a Polyphosphoinositide Phosphatase Family Member. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13(4). 1238–1251. 135 indexed citations

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Costaguta, Giancarlo, Christopher J. Stefan, Eric S. Bensen, Scott D. Emr, & Gregory S. Payne. (2001). Yeast Gga Coat Proteins Function with Clathrin in Golgi to Endosome Transport. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12(6). 1885–1896. 120 indexed citations

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Stefan, Christopher J., Mark C. Overton, & Kendall Blumer. (1998). Mechanisms Governing the Activation and Trafficking of Yeast G Protein-coupled Receptors. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 9(4). 885–899. 46 indexed citations

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