Dori A. Thomas

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Dori A. Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dori A. Thomas has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Dori A. Thomas's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (4 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (2 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (2 papers). Dori A. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (4 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (2 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (2 papers). Dori A. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States. Dori A. Thomas's co-authors include Joan Massagué, Timothy J. Ley, Sujan Shresta, Timothy A. Graubert, Christine T. N. Pham, Chunying Du, Ming Xu, Xiaodong Wang, Sofia Z. Raptis and Luca Scorrano and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Dori A. Thomas

9 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

TGF-β directly targets cytotoxic T cell functions during tumor evasion of immune surveillance

2005 1.0k citations Dori A. Thomas, Joan Massagué Cancer Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dori A. Thomas United States	9	1.2k	885	787	214	192	9	2.0k
Jean‐Pierre Lenaerts Belgium	24	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	582 0.7×	153 0.7×	203 1.1×	29	2.3k
Ralph Mocikat Germany	21	1.5k 1.3×	825 0.9×	788 1.0×	107 0.5×	172 0.9×	65	2.3k
Annick Mühlethaler‐Mottet Switzerland	24	1.9k 1.6×	822 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	258 1.2×	333 1.7×	38	3.0k
Alla Berezovskaya United States	20	1.3k 1.1×	728 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	236 1.1×	221 1.2×	38	2.6k
John Simard United States	17	1.9k 1.6×	548 0.6×	684 0.9×	229 1.1×	141 0.7×	24	3.0k
Renée Hackenmiller United States	7	920 0.8×	857 1.0×	571 0.7×	177 0.8×	169 0.9×	7	1.6k
Judy A. Mietz United States	14	741 0.6×	869 1.0×	678 0.9×	216 1.0×	168 0.9×	19	1.8k
René Conings Belgium	21	890 0.8×	861 1.0×	433 0.6×	117 0.5×	176 0.9×	26	1.7k
Terri Davis‐Smith Canada	9	2.3k 1.9×	521 0.6×	914 1.2×	217 1.0×	303 1.6×	9	2.9k
Stefan Jordan Germany	17	672 0.6×	902 1.0×	751 1.0×	357 1.7×	289 1.5×	25	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dori A. Thomas

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All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Revell, Paula A., William J. Grossman, Dori A. Thomas, et al.. (2005). Granzyme B and the Downstream Granzymes C and/or F Are Important for Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Functions. The Journal of Immunology. 174(4). 2124–2131. 94 indexed citations

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Thomas, Dori A. & Joan Massagué. (2005). TGF-β directly targets cytotoxic T cell functions during tumor evasion of immune surveillance. Cancer Cell. 8(5). 369–380. 1018 indexed citations breakdown →

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Loh, Joy, Dori A. Thomas, Paula A. Revell, Timothy J. Ley, & Herbert W. Virgin. (2004). Granzymes and Caspase 3 Play Important Roles in Control of Gammaherpesvirus Latency. Journal of Virology. 78(22). 12519–12528. 21 indexed citations

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Thomas, Dori A., Luca Scorrano, Girish Putcha, Stanley J. Korsmeyer, & Timothy J. Ley. (2001). Granzyme B can cause mitochondrial depolarization and cell death in the absence of BID, BAX, and BAK. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(26). 14985–14990. 99 indexed citations

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Thomas, Dori A., Chunying Du, Ming Xu, Xiaodong Wang, & Timothy J. Ley. (2000). DFF45/ICAD Can Be Directly Processed by Granzyme B during the Induction of Apoptosis. Immunity. 12(6). 621–632. 178 indexed citations

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Shresta, Sujan, Timothy A. Graubert, Dori A. Thomas, Sofia Z. Raptis, & Timothy J. Ley. (1999). Granzyme A Initiates an Alternative Pathway for Granule-Mediated Apoptosis. Immunity. 10(5). 595–605. 137 indexed citations

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Shresta, Sujan, Christine T. N. Pham, Dori A. Thomas, Timothy A. Graubert, & Timothy J. Ley. (1998). How do cytotoxic lymphocytes kill their targets?. Current Opinion in Immunology. 10(5). 581–587. 316 indexed citations

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Pham, Christine T. N., et al.. (1998). Production of Fully Active Recombinant Murine Granzyme B in Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(3). 1629–1633. 51 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Mitsuru, Yang‐Xin Fu, Hector Molina, et al.. (1997). Distinct Roles of Lymphotoxin α and the Type I Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Receptor in the Establishment of Follicular Dendritic Cells from Non–Bone Marrow–derived Cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 186(12). 1997–2004. 99 indexed citations

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