Evan Krystofiak

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Evan Krystofiak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Evan Krystofiak has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Evan Krystofiak's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Evan Krystofiak is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Evan Krystofiak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and France. Evan Krystofiak's co-authors include Bechara Kachar, Alissa M. Weaver, Bong Hwan Sung, Suzanne M. Ponik, Ariana von Lersner, Andries Zijlstra, David R. Inman, Bryan A. Millis, Christina M. Van Itallie and James M. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Evan Krystofiak

43 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Fusobacterium nucleatum Secretes Outer Membrane Vesicles and Promotes Intestinal Inflammation

2021 191 citations Evan Krystofiak et al. mBio profile →
Blebbisomes are large, organelle-rich extracellular vesicles with cell-like properties

2025 20 citations Dennis K. Jeppesen, Jérôme Ambroise et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Evan Krystofiak United States	18	831	221	212	121	114	47	1.3k
Verônica Morandi Brazil	22	588 0.7×	159 0.7×	174 0.8×	102 0.8×	194 1.7×	46	1.4k
Jochen Seebach Germany	23	692 0.8×	408 1.8×	78 0.4×	114 0.9×	126 1.1×	34	1.8k
Inna Grosheva United States	19	751 0.9×	557 2.5×	101 0.5×	54 0.4×	215 1.9×	25	1.4k
Julius Müller United Kingdom	26	1.6k 1.9×	110 0.5×	164 0.8×	60 0.5×	272 2.4×	54	2.2k
Krizia Sagini Italy	18	1.5k 1.8×	164 0.7×	692 3.3×	51 0.4×	266 2.3×	40	2.0k
Isabel Porto-Carreiro Brazil	10	1.1k 1.3×	90 0.4×	472 2.2×	115 1.0×	193 1.7×	10	1.5k
Gioacchin Iannolo Italy	21	938 1.1×	288 1.3×	201 0.9×	30 0.2×	274 2.4×	53	1.7k
Alfonso Blanco Ireland	18	1.2k 1.4×	72 0.3×	430 2.0×	42 0.3×	197 1.7×	47	1.7k
Seiichiro Takahashi Japan	15	388 0.5×	238 1.1×	152 0.7×	27 0.2×	127 1.1×	41	1.0k

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Jeppesen, Dennis K., Jérôme Ambroise, Evan Krystofiak, et al.. (2025). Blebbisomes are large, organelle-rich extracellular vesicles with cell-like properties. Nature Cell Biology. 27(3). 438–448. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

Krystofiak, Evan, et al.. (2025). The interplay between Acinetobacter baumannii ZigA and SltB promotes zinc homeostasis and cell envelope integrity. Infection and Immunity. 93(2). e0042224–e0042224. 1 indexed citations

Krystofiak, Evan, Walter Chazin, Michael S. VanNieuwenhze, et al.. (2025). The zinc metalloprotein MigC impacts cell wall biogenesis through interactions with an essential Mur ligase in Acinetobacter baumannii. PLoS Pathogens. 21(6). e1013209–e1013209. 1 indexed citations

Bhattacharya, Sujoy, et al.. (2024). Prominin-1 Knockdown Causes RPE Degeneration in a Mouse Model. Cells. 13(21). 1761–1761.

Krystofiak, Evan, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Optic Nerve Expansion and Altered Ultrastructure of Elastic Fibers Induced by Lysyl Oxidase Inhibition in a Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome. American Journal Of Pathology. 194(7). 1317–1328. 2 indexed citations

Vinogradova, Maria, et al.. (2024). A Guide to Fixation and Staining of Biological Samples for Electron Microscopy. Microscopy Today. 32(2). 37–40. 2 indexed citations

Marshall, Andrea G., Kit Neikirk, Larry Vang, et al.. (2023). Serial Block Face‐Scanning Electron Microscopy as a Burgeoning Technology. Advanced Biology. 7(8). e2300139–e2300139. 12 indexed citations

Marshall, Andrea G., Evan Krystofiak, Steven M. Damo, & Antentor Hinton. (2023). Correlative light-electron microscopy: integrating dynamics to structure. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 48(9). 826–827. 12 indexed citations

Pi, Hualiang, Rong Sun, James R. McBride, et al.. (2023). Clostridioides difficile ferrosome organelles combat nutritional immunity. Nature. 623(7989). 1009–1016. 35 indexed citations

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Neikirk, Kit, Andrea G. Marshall, Ahmad F. Alghanem, et al.. (2023). Call to action to properly utilize electron microscopy to measure organelles to monitor disease. European Journal of Cell Biology. 102(4). 151365–151365. 22 indexed citations

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Wareham, Lauren K., John Kuchtey, Evan Krystofiak, et al.. (2022). Lysyl oxidase-like 1 deficiency alters ultrastructural and biomechanical properties of the peripapillary sclera in mice. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16. 100120–100120. 11 indexed citations

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Singha, Ujjal K., Taneisha Gillyard, Evan Krystofiak, et al.. (2021). Trypanosoma brucei Tim50 Possesses PAP Activity and Plays a Critical Role in Cell Cycle Regulation and Parasite Infectivity. mBio. 12(5). e0159221–e0159221. 2 indexed citations

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Singh, Bhuminder, Galina Bogatcheva, Evan Krystofiak, et al.. (2021). Induction of apically mistrafficked epiregulin disrupts epithelial polarity via aberrant EGFR signaling. Journal of Cell Science. 134(18). 1 indexed citations

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Marchelletta, Ronald R., Moorthy Krishnan, Marianne R. Spalinger, et al.. (2021). T cell protein tyrosine phosphatase protects intestinal barrier function by restricting epithelial tight junction remodeling. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(17). 29 indexed citations

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Sung, Bong Hwan, Ariana von Lersner, Evan Krystofiak, et al.. (2020). A live cell reporter of exosome secretion and uptake reveals pathfinding behavior of migrating cells. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2092–2092. 220 indexed citations

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Krystofiak, Evan, Alejandra Leo‐Macías, Runjia Cui, et al.. (2020). Nanoarchitecture and dynamics of the mouse enteric glycocalyx examined by freeze-etching electron tomography and intravital microscopy. Communications Biology. 3(1). 5–5. 26 indexed citations

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Meenderink, Leslie M., et al.. (2019). Actin Dynamics Drive Microvillar Motility and Clustering during Brush Border Assembly. Developmental Cell. 50(5). 545–556.e4. 46 indexed citations

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Millis, Bryan A., et al.. (2018). Brush border protocadherin CDHR2 promotes the elongation and maximized packing of microvilli in vivo. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(1). 108–118. 23 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jun, Evan Krystofiak, Ángela Ballesteros, et al.. (2018). Multiple claudin–claudin cis interfaces are required for tight junction strand formation and inherent flexibility. Communications Biology. 1(1). 50–50. 49 indexed citations

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Carvan, Michael J., Justin Teeguarden, Gen Watanabe, et al.. (2013). Low-dose gold nanoparticles exert subtle endocrine-modulating effects on the ovarian steroidogenic pathwayex vivoindependent of oxidative stress. Nanotoxicology. 8(8). 856–866. 11 indexed citations

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