David B. Frank

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

David B. Frank is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Frank has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in David B. Frank's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (29 papers), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (18 papers) and Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (13 papers). David B. Frank is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (29 papers), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (18 papers) and Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (13 papers). David B. Frank collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. David B. Frank's co-authors include Edward E. Morrisey, Michael P. Morley, Su Zhou, Jarod A. Zepp, William J. Zacharias, Edward Cantu, Jun Kong, Min Lü, Tien Peng and Mark P. de Caestecker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

David B. Frank

52 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Regeneration of the lung alveolus by an evolutionarily conserved epithelial progenitor

2018 465 citations William J. Zacharias, David B. Frank et al. Nature profile →
Distinct Mesenchymal Lineages and Niches Promote Epithelial Self-Renewal and Myofibrogenesis in the Lung

2017 386 citations Jarod A. Zepp, William J. Zacharias et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David B. Frank United States	22	1.6k	1.1k	914	199	186	57	2.6k
Alexis N. Brumwell United States	11	1.6k 1.0×	882 0.8×	541 0.6×	177 0.9×	144 0.8×	11	2.5k
Changfu Yao United States	22	1.3k 0.8×	803 0.7×	350 0.4×	193 1.0×	177 1.0×	47	2.2k
Stijn De Langhe United States	35	2.4k 1.5×	2.0k 1.9×	1.9k 2.1×	263 1.3×	149 0.8×	60	4.2k
Yupu Deng Canada	20	1.4k 0.9×	693 0.6×	521 0.6×	68 0.3×	171 0.9×	37	2.3k
William J. Zacharias United States	18	1.0k 0.6×	974 0.9×	649 0.7×	85 0.4×	120 0.6×	37	2.1k
Jelena Martinović France	27	630 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	848 0.9×	103 0.5×	199 1.1×	107	2.7k
Benjamin Dekel Israel	31	823 0.5×	2.2k 2.1×	779 0.9×	175 0.9×	108 0.6×	123	3.3k
Kathleen M. Loomes United States	36	894 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	98 0.5×	423 2.3×	103	3.1k
Chrystelle Garat United States	19	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	297 0.3×	208 1.0×	152 0.8×	27	2.9k
Donna Y. Deng United States	18	464 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	622 0.7×	193 1.0×	134 0.7×	36	2.6k

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Chandrasekaran, Prashant, Derek C. Liberti, Jarod A. Zepp, et al.. (2025). A spatiotemporal cell atlas of cardiopulmonary progenitor cell allocation during development. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115513–115513.

Vega, Tomás, Erik A. Jensen, Catherine M. Avitabile, et al.. (2025). Pulmonary vasodilator use in very preterm infants in United States children’s hospitals. Journal of Perinatology. 45(10). 1382–1388. 1 indexed citations

Niethamer, Terren K., Joseph D. Planer, Michael P. Morley, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal single-cell profiles of lung regeneration after viral infection reveal persistent injury-associated cell states. Cell stem cell. 32(2). 302–321.e6. 6 indexed citations

McGrath‐Morrow, Sharon A., et al.. (2024). Dynamic Hippo pathway activity underlies mesenchymal differentiation during lung alveolar morphogenesis. Development. 151(8). 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Gan, Prashant Chandrasekaran, Xinyuan Li, et al.. (2024). Dynamic behavior and lineage plasticity of the pulmonary venous endothelium. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 3(12). 1584–1600. 3 indexed citations

Chandrasekaran, Prashant, Abdulaziz Alanazi, Qing Li, et al.. (2024). Type V collagen exhibits distinct regulatory activities in TMJ articular disc versus condylar cartilage during postnatal growth and remodeling. Acta Biomaterialia. 189. 192–207. 2 indexed citations

Naik, Amruta, Utham K. Valekunja, Soon Yew Tang, et al.. (2023). Circadian regulation of lung repair and regeneration. JCI Insight. 8(16). 7 indexed citations

Guo, Minzhe, Kathryn A. Wikenheiser‐Brokamp, Joseph A. Kitzmiller, et al.. (2023). Single Cell Multiomics Identifies Cells and Genetic Networks Underlying Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 208(6). 709–725. 14 indexed citations

Alferiev, Ivan S., George Bratinov, David B. Frank, Ilia Fishbein, & Michael Chorny. (2023). Abstract 13842: A Macromolecule-Linked Prodrug of Rapamycin Shows Potent Growth Inhibitory Effects Against Activated Fibroblasts Mimicking Fibroproliferative Transformation in Pulmonary Hypertension. Circulation. 148(Suppl_1).

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Pan, Pedro Mário, et al.. (2023). Fibroblasts From Hermansky-pudlak Syndrome Mice Contribute to Altered Growth in Alveolar Organoids. A4693–A4693. 1 indexed citations

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Penkala, Ian J., Derek C. Liberti, Aravind Sivakumar, et al.. (2021). Age-dependent alveolar epithelial plasticity orchestrates lung homeostasis and regeneration. Cell stem cell. 28(10). 1775–1789.e5. 87 indexed citations

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Bose, Sourav K., Brandon M. White, Meghana V. Kashyap, et al.. (2021). In utero adenine base editing corrects multi-organ pathology in a lethal lysosomal storage disease. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4291–4291. 44 indexed citations

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Frank, David B., Philip T. Levy, Brian A. Boe, et al.. (2021). Primary pulmonary vein stenosis during infancy: state of the art review. Journal of Perinatology. 41(7). 1528–1539. 19 indexed citations

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Zepp, Jarod A., Michael P. Morley, Claudia Loebel, et al.. (2021). Genomic, epigenomic, and biophysical cues controlling the emergence of the lung alveolus. Science. 371(6534). 99 indexed citations

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Ikonomou, Laertis, Michael J. Herriges, Robert Marsland, et al.. (2020). The in vivo genetic program of murine primordial lung epithelial progenitors. Nature Communications. 11(1). 40 indexed citations

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Adang, Laura, David B. Frank, Ahmed Gilani, et al.. (2018). Aicardi goutières syndrome is associated with pulmonary hypertension. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 125(4). 351–358. 32 indexed citations

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Swarr, Daniel T., William H. Peranteau, Jennifer Pogoriler, et al.. (2018). Novel Molecular and Phenotypic Insights into Congenital Lung Malformations. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 197(10). 1328–1339. 32 indexed citations

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Peng, Tien, David B. Frank, Rachel S. Kadzik, et al.. (2015). Hedgehog actively maintains adult lung quiescence and regulates repair and regeneration. Nature. 526(7574). 578–582. 157 indexed citations

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Frank, David B., et al.. (2005). Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 Promotes Vascular Remodeling in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension. CHEST Journal. 128(6). 590S–591S. 10 indexed citations

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Parks, W. Tony, David B. Frank, Carol Renfrew Haft, et al.. (2001). Sorting Nexin 6, a Novel SNX, Interacts with the Transforming Growth Factor-β Family of Receptor Serine-Threonine Kinases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(22). 19332–19339. 114 indexed citations

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