Francis Ali‐Osman

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Francis Ali‐Osman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Ali‐Osman has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Oncology and 23 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Francis Ali‐Osman's work include Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (25 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (23 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers). Francis Ali‐Osman is often cited by papers focused on Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (25 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (23 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers). Francis Ali‐Osman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Francis Ali‐Osman's co-authors include Hui‐Wen Lo, Toshihisa Ishikawa, Kalkunte S. Srivenugopal, Gamil R. Antoun, Hu Zhu, John K. Buolamwini, Jia-Xi Mao, Raymond Sawaya, Henry S. Friedman and Xinyu Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Francis Ali‐Osman

137 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Expression in Escherichia coli of Full-length cDNAs of Three Human Glutathione S-Transferase Pi Gene Variants

1997 619 citations Francis Ali‐Osman, Gamil R. Antoun et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francis Ali‐Osman United States	43	4.2k	2.0k	1.3k	827	571	140	6.7k
Niramol Savaraj United States	47	3.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	444 0.5×	393 0.7×	211	6.9k
Jeanette M. Wood Switzerland	45	3.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	846 0.7×	597 0.7×	355 0.6×	103	7.5k
Lyuba Varticovski United States	46	3.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	476 0.6×	285 0.5×	94	6.7k
Murray D. Norris Australia	46	4.8k 1.2×	3.1k 1.5×	1.6k 1.2×	334 0.4×	308 0.5×	197	8.2k
Gerhard Fritz Germany	45	3.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	277 0.3×	427 0.7×	136	6.7k
Anderson J. Ryan United Kingdom	42	3.9k 0.9×	2.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	404 0.5×	489 0.9×	159	7.4k
Noboru Konishi Japan	45	3.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	391 0.5×	576 1.0×	239	6.3k
Franca Stivala Italy	28	3.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	868 0.7×	350 0.4×	653 1.1×	58	5.4k
Eliot M. Rosen United States	57	4.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	429 0.5×	654 1.1×	145	7.9k
Borhane Annabi Canada	41	2.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	675 0.8×	412 0.7×	151	4.8k

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Ali‐Osman, Francis, Tatsunori Okamura, Ryan S. Turley, et al.. (2011). Abstract B229: Novel ezatiostat analogues disrupt binding of GSTP1 to all three major MAP kinases (JNK, ERK and p38) and exhibit context-dependent antitumor activity.. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 10(11_Supplement). B229–B229. 3 indexed citations

Augustine, Christina K., Sin‐Ho Jung, Insuk Sohn, et al.. (2010). Gene Expression Signatures as a Guide to Treatment Strategies for In-Transit Metastatic Melanoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(4). 779–790. 19 indexed citations

Lo, Hui‐Wen, Xinyu Cao, Hu Zhu, & Francis Ali‐Osman. (2010). Cyclooxygenase-2 Is a Novel Transcriptional Target of the Nuclear EGFR-STAT3 and EGFRvIII-STAT3 Signaling Axes. Molecular Cancer Research. 8(2). 232–245. 157 indexed citations

Augustine, Christina K., Sin‐Ho Jung, Patricia A. Zipfel, et al.. (2010). Sorafenib, a Multikinase Inhibitor, Enhances the Response of Melanoma to Regional Chemotherapy. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(7). 2090–2101. 35 indexed citations

Advani, Anjali S., Mazyar Shadman, Francis Ali‐Osman, et al.. (2010). A Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine and Mitoxantrone for Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia in First Relapse. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. 10(6). 473–476. 16 indexed citations

Lo, Hui‐Wen, Hu Zhu, Xinyu Cao, Amy J. Aldrich, & Francis Ali‐Osman. (2009). A Novel Splice Variant of GLI1 That Promotes Glioblastoma Cell Migration and Invasion. Cancer Research. 69(17). 6790–6798. 125 indexed citations

Augustine, Christina K., Jin Soo Yoo, Anil Potti, et al.. (2009). Genomic and Molecular Profiling Predicts Response to Temozolomide in Melanoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(2). 502–510. 74 indexed citations

Koh, James & Francis Ali‐Osman. (2007). GSTP1 forms a stable, non-covalent complex with the tissue transglutaminase TGM2 in human glioblastoma cells. Cancer Research. 67. 4488–4488. 4 indexed citations

Holford, Theodore R., Shelia Hoar Zahm, Patricia H. Owens, et al.. (2003). Glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 genetic polymorphisms, alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk. British Journal of Cancer. 88(1). 58–62. 40 indexed citations

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Srivenugopal, Kalkunte S. & Francis Ali‐Osman. (2002). The DNA repair protein, O6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase is a proteolytic target for the E6 human papillomavirus oncoprotein. Oncogene. 21(38). 5940–5945. 69 indexed citations

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Maugard, Christine M., et al.. (2001). Genetic polymorphism at the glutathione S‐tranferase (GST) P1 locus is a breast cancer risk modifier. International Journal of Cancer. 91(3). 334–339. 42 indexed citations

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Ramachandran, Sudarshan, Paul R. Hoban, Francis Ali‐Osman, et al.. (2000). Glutathione S-transferase GSTP1 and cyclin D1 genotypes: association with numbers of basal cell carcinomas in a patient subgroup at high-risk of multiple tumours. Pharmacogenetics. 10(6). 545–556. 27 indexed citations

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Chandrasekar, Nirmala, Sushma L Jasti, Raymond Sawaya, et al.. (2000). Effects of radiation on the levels of MMP-2, MMP-9 and TIMP-1 during morphogenic glial-endothelial cell interactions. International Journal of Cancer. 88(5). 766–771. 38 indexed citations

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Srivenugopal, Kalkunte S. & Francis Ali‐Osman. (1997). Coordinate up-regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and its inhibitor p16(INK4) in human glioma cells following chloroethylnitrosourea-induced DNA damage. International Journal of Oncology. 11(6). 1251–6. 4 indexed citations

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Ali‐Osman, Francis, et al.. (1996). Buthionine sulfoximine induction of gamma-L-glutamyl-L-cysteine synthetase gene expression, kinetics of glutathione depletion and resynthesis, and modulation of carmustine-induced DNA-DNA cross-linking and cytotoxicity in human glioma cells.. Molecular Pharmacology. 49(6). 1012–1020. 26 indexed citations

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Aggarwal, Bharat B., Éva Pócsik, Klára Tótpál, & Francis Ali‐Osman. (1995). Suppression of antiproliferative effects of tumor necrosis factor by transfection of cells with human platelet‐derived growth factor B/c‐sis gene. FEBS Letters. 357(1). 1–6. 7 indexed citations

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Yoo, Hah Young, et al.. (1995). Identification of a Brain- and Reproductive-Organs-Specific Gene Responsive to DNA Damage and Retinoic Acid. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 206(2). 764–774. 34 indexed citations

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Spence, Alexander M., Janet S. Rasey, Zdenka Grünbaum, et al.. (1995). Toxicity, biodistribution and radioprotective capacity of l-homocysteine thiolactone in CNS tissues and tumors in rodents: comparison with prior results with phosphorothioates. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 35(3). 216–226. 10 indexed citations

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Silbergeld, Daniel L., Francis Ali‐Osman, & H. Richard Winn. (1991). Induction of transformational changes in normal endothelial cells by cultured human astrocytoma cells. Journal of neurosurgery. 75(4). 604–612. 7 indexed citations

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Ali‐Osman, Francis, et al.. (1982). Two different types of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor produced by bovine lung tissue. Annals of Hematology. 44(1). 21–27. 1 indexed citations

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