Francis X. McCormack

19.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
201 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Francis X. McCormack is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis X. McCormack has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 76 papers in Physiology and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Francis X. McCormack's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (75 papers), Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research (66 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (37 papers). Francis X. McCormack is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (75 papers), Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research (66 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (37 papers). Francis X. McCormack collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Francis X. McCormack's co-authors include Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Dennis R. Voelker, Elizabeth P. Henske, Lisa R. Young, Nishant Gupta, David Neal Franz, John J. Bissler, Huixing Wu, Larry S. Schlesinger and Kathryn A. Wikenheiser‐Brokamp and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Francis X. McCormack

191 papers receiving 9.7k citations

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Sirolimus for Angiomyolipoma in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex or Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francis X. McCormack United States	54	5.3k	3.9k	1.8k	1.5k	1.4k	201	9.9k
Darryl A. Knight Australia	61	4.4k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	2.8k 1.5×	2.6k 1.7×	793 0.6×	191	10.5k
Joachim Müller‐Quernheim Germany	49	6.4k 1.2×	5.4k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	583 0.4×	233	9.4k
Annie Pardo Mexico	70	14.0k 2.7×	2.7k 0.7×	4.2k 2.3×	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	193	18.7k
Tomoko Betsuyaku Japan	46	3.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	254	8.1k
Trevor T. Hansel United Kingdom	40	3.2k 0.6×	5.1k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	2.7k 1.8×	485 0.4×	105	8.4k
James E. Gadek United States	43	4.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.4×	900 0.5×	922 0.6×	756 0.5×	98	7.8k
Peter B. Bitterman United States	57	5.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.3×	3.8k 2.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	151	11.1k
Ken Ohta Japan	42	2.7k 0.5×	4.0k 1.0×	557 0.3×	2.2k 1.5×	391 0.3×	286	7.0k
Shosaku Abe Japan	39	3.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	956 0.5×	829 0.6×	613 0.4×	205	5.7k
Akihito Yokoyama Japan	40	3.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	928 0.7×	239	6.5k

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Gibbons, Erin, Huixing Wu, Samia Lopa, et al.. (2024). Glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein B promotes tumor growth and is a biomarker for lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Endocrine Related Cancer. 31(6). 6 indexed citations

Jose, Arun, Alexander R. Opotowsky, Thomas J. Glorioso, et al.. (2024). Association Between Cardiopulmonary Hemodynamics and Morality in Veterans With Liver Cirrhosis. A3135–A3135.

Wagner, Andrew, Aristotelis Astrinidis, Minzhe Guo, et al.. (2023). Single-cell multiomic analysis identifies a HOX-PBX gene network regulating the survival of lymphangioleiomyomatosis cells. Science Advances. 9(19). eadf8549–eadf8549. 6 indexed citations

Gajjala, Prathibha R., et al.. (2023). Wilms Tumor 1-Driven Fibroblast Activation and Subpleural Thickening in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2850–2850. 4 indexed citations

Leard, Lorriana E., Arun Nair, Cynthia Gries, et al.. (2022). A survey of use of mTOR inhibitors in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis listed for lung transplant. Respiratory Medicine. 195. 106779–106779. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Huan, Andrew R. Osterburg, Dennis W. McGraw, et al.. (2020). MAPK mutations and cigarette smoke promote the pathogenesis of pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis. JCI Insight. 5(4). 17 indexed citations

Kristof, Arnold S., Basil J. Petrof, Qutayba Hamid, et al.. (2017). An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Translational Research in Rare Respiratory Diseases. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 14(8). 1239–1247. 1 indexed citations

Gupta, Nishant, et al.. (2016). Chest Computed Tomographic Image Screening for Cystic Lung Diseases in Patients with Spontaneous Pneumothorax Is Cost Effective. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 14(1). 17–25. 35 indexed citations

Argula, Rahul, Maria Kokosi, Pechin Lo, et al.. (2016). A Novel Quantitative Computed Tomographic Analysis Suggests How Sirolimus Stabilizes Progressive Air Trapping in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 13(3). 342–349. 20 indexed citations

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Gupta, Nishant, Robert Vassallo, Kathryn A. Wikenheiser‐Brokamp, & Francis X. McCormack. (2015). Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease. Part I. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 191(12). 1354–1366. 129 indexed citations

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Gupta, Nishant, Robert Vassallo, Kathryn A. Wikenheiser‐Brokamp, & Francis X. McCormack. (2015). Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease. Part II. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 192(1). 17–29. 84 indexed citations

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McCormack, Francis X., et al.. (2013). An Atoll Variant that Mocks. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 188(1). 110–110.

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Henske, Elizabeth P. & Francis X. McCormack. (2012). Lymphangioleiomyomatosis — a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(11). 3807–3816. 193 indexed citations

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McCormack, Francis X., William D. Travis, Thomas V. Colby, Elizabeth P. Henske, & Joel Moss. (2012). Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Calling It What It Is: A Low-Grade, Destructive, Metastasizing Neoplasm. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 186(12). 1210–1212. 123 indexed citations

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Young, Lisa R., Peter M. Gulleman, James P. Bridges, et al.. (2012). The Alveolar Epithelium Determines Susceptibility to Lung Fibrosis in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 186(10). 1014–1024. 73 indexed citations

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Wu, Huixing, Takuji Suzuki, Brenna Carey, Bruce C. Trapnell, & Francis X. McCormack. (2011). Keratinocyte Growth Factor Augments Pulmonary Innate Immunity through Epithelium-driven, GM-CSF-dependent Paracrine Activation of Alveolar Macrophages. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(17). 14932–14940. 22 indexed citations

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Schauer, Daniel P., et al.. (2010). Screening for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis by High-Resolution Computed Tomography in Young, Nonsmoking Women Presenting with Spontaneous Pneumothorax Is Cost-Effective. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 181(12). 1376–1382. 25 indexed citations

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Kinder, Brent W. & Francis X. McCormack. (2010). Clinical Trials for Rare Lung Diseases: Lessons from Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Lymphatic Research and Biology. 8(1). 71–79. 9 indexed citations

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Ryu, Jay H., Joel Moss, Gerald J. Beck, et al.. (2005). The NHLBI Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Registry. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 173(1). 105–111. 305 indexed citations

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Yu, Shou-Hwa, Francis X. McCormack, Dennis R. Voelker, & Fred Possmayer. (1999). Interactions of pulmonary surfactant protein SP-A with monolayers of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and cholesterol: roles of SP-A domains. Journal of Lipid Research. 40(5). 920–929. 22 indexed citations

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