David A. Wassarman

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

David A. Wassarman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Wassarman has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David A. Wassarman's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (8 papers). David A. Wassarman is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (8 papers). David A. Wassarman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Pakistan. David A. Wassarman's co-authors include Gerald M. Rubin, Joan A. Steitz, Bruce A. Hay, Marc Therrien, Rebeccah J. Katzenberger, Felix Karim, Henry C. Chang, Noah M. Solomon, Andrew J. Petersen and Barry Ganetzky and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David A. Wassarman

65 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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.

Drosophila homologs of baculovirus inhibitor of apoptosis proteins function to block cell death

1995 640 citations David A. Wassarman, Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →

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David A. Wassarman

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Enrico Schmidt Germany

Joshua S. Kaminker United States

Cheng‐Ting Chien Taiwan

Tamás Lukácsovich United States

Dan Garza United States

Ming Guo United States

Marc Hild United States

Richard Binari United States

Shinya Yamamoto United States

Chao Tong China

Enrico Schmidt Germany

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Morgan, Philip G., et al.. (2024). Expansion of Electron Transport Chain Mutants That Cause Anesthetic-Induced Toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 108–116.

Johnson-Schlitz, Dena M., et al.. (2024). Genetic Differences Modify Anesthetic Preconditioning of Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila. Journal of Neurotrauma. 42(17-18). 1641–1653. 1 indexed citations

Wassarman, David A., et al.. (2023). Mutations in Complex I of the Mitochondrial Electron-Transport Chain Sensitize the Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster) to Ether and Non-Ether Volatile Anesthetics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 1843–1843. 6 indexed citations

Katzenberger, Rebeccah J., Barry Ganetzky, & David A. Wassarman. (2023). Lissencephaly-1 mutations enhance traumatic brain injury outcomes in Drosophila. Genetics. 223(3). 3 indexed citations

Johnson-Schlitz, Dena M., et al.. (2022). Anesthetic Preconditioning of Traumatic Brain Injury Is Ineffective in a Drosophila Model of Obesity. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 381(3). 229–235. 7 indexed citations

Katzenberger, Rebeccah J., et al.. (2021). Ketogenic diet reduces early mortality following traumatic brain injury in Drosophila via the PPARγ ortholog Eip75B. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0258873–e0258873. 5 indexed citations

Lasarev, Michael, et al.. (2020). Ageing and genetic background influence anaesthetic effects in a D. melanogaster model of blunt trauma with brain injury†. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 125(1). 77–86. 9 indexed citations

Fischer, Julie A., et al.. (2018). Anesthetics Influence Mortality in a Drosophila Model of Blunt Trauma With Traumatic Brain Injury. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 126(6). 1979–1986. 17 indexed citations

Loewen, Carin A., et al.. (2018). Genetic variability affects absolute and relative potencies and kinetics of the anesthetics isoflurane and sevoflurane in Drosophila melanogaster. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2348–2348. 32 indexed citations

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Petersen, Andrew J., Stacey A. Rimkus, & David A. Wassarman. (2012). ATM kinase inhibition in glial cells activates the innate immune response and causes neurodegeneration in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(11). E656–64. 111 indexed citations

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Petersen, Andrew J. & David A. Wassarman. (2012). Drosophila innate immune response pathways moonlight in neurodegeneration. Fly. 6(3). 169–172. 13 indexed citations

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Katzenberger, Rebeccah J., et al.. (2012). The Drosophila Translational Control Element (TCE) Is Required for High-Level Transcription of Many Genes That Are Specifically Expressed in Testes. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45009–e45009. 10 indexed citations

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Hanson, Keith A., Sang Hwa Kim, David A. Wassarman, & Randal S. Tibbetts. (2010). Ubiquilin Modifies TDP-43 Toxicity in a Drosophila Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(15). 11068–11072. 104 indexed citations

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Marengo, Matthew S. & David A. Wassarman. (2008). A DNA damage signal activates and derepresses exon inclusion in Drosophila TAF1 alternative splicing. RNA. 14(8). 1681–1695. 11 indexed citations

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Pile, Lori A., Paul T. Spellman, Rebeccah J. Katzenberger, & David A. Wassarman. (2003). The SIN3 Deacetylase Complex Represses Genes Encoding Mitochondrial Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(39). 37840–37848. 69 indexed citations

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Thomas, B J & David A. Wassarman. (1999). A fly's eye view of biology. Trends in Genetics. 15(5). 184–190. 45 indexed citations

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Sauer, Frank, David A. Wassarman, Gerald M. Rubin, & Robert Tjian. (1998). TAFIIs Mediate Activation of Transcription in theDrosophilaEmbryo. Cell. 95(4). 575–575. 46 indexed citations

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Karim, Felix, Henry C. Chang, Marc Therrien, et al.. (1996). A Screen for Genes That Function Downstream of Ras1 During Drosophila Eye Development. Genetics. 143(1). 315–329. 207 indexed citations

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Wassarman, David A., Noah M. Solomon, & Gerald M. Rubin. (1994). The Drosophila melanogaster ribosomal S6 kinase II-encoding sequence. Gene. 144(2). 309–310. 25 indexed citations

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Chang, Henry C., Felix Karim, Elizabeth O’Neill, et al.. (1994). Ras Signal Transduction Pathway in Drosophila Eye Development. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 59(0). 147–153. 17 indexed citations

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