Gerald M. Cohen

34.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
238 papers, 23.0k citations indexed

About

Gerald M. Cohen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald M. Cohen has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 23.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Oncology and 31 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Gerald M. Cohen's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (93 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (24 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (21 papers). Gerald M. Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (93 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (24 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (21 papers). Gerald M. Cohen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Gerald M. Cohen's co-authors include Marion MacFarlane, Henryk Eisenberg, Kelvin Cain, Xiaoming Sun, David Dinsdale, Shawn B. Bratton, Martin J.S. Dyer, Roger T. Snowden, David G. Brown and Michael Butterworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gerald M. Cohen

237 papers receiving 22.4k 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.

Caspases: the executioners of apoptosis

1997 4.1k citations Gerald M. Cohen profile →
Heat-shock protein 70 inhibits apoptosis by preventing recruitment of procaspase-9 to the Apaf-1 apoptosome

2000 1.3k citations Kelvin Cain, Tomomi Kuwana et al. profile →
Viscosity and sedimentation study of sonicated DNA–proflavine complexes

1969 918 citations Gerald M. Cohen et al. profile →
Distinct Caspase Cascades Are Initiated in Receptor-mediated and Chemical-induced Apoptosis

1999 748 citations Xiaoming Sun, Marion MacFarlane et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Quinone chemistry and toxicity

1992 644 citations Gerald M. Cohen et al. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology profile →
Key morphological features of apoptosis may occur in the absence of internucleosomal DNA fragmentation

1992 600 citations Gerald M. Cohen, Roger T. Snowden et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald M. Cohen United Kingdom	71	16.2k	4.0k	3.8k	2.6k	2.2k	238	23.0k
Nancy A. Thornberry United States	58	18.3k 1.1×	4.5k 1.1×	4.5k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	110	26.3k
Zbigniew Darżynkiewicz United States	96	22.5k 1.4×	7.0k 1.7×	4.6k 1.2×	4.6k 1.8×	1.5k 0.7×	651	37.0k
Naoufal Zamzami France	67	20.9k 1.3×	3.0k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.5×	92	28.2k
Santos A. Susín France	74	21.6k 1.3×	3.2k 0.8×	4.4k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	142	29.0k
Srinivasa M. Srinivasula United States	59	18.1k 1.1×	3.1k 0.8×	5.6k 1.5×	3.0k 1.1×	3.3k 1.5×	105	23.5k
Arthur B. Pardee United States	89	23.1k 1.4×	6.2k 1.5×	2.3k 0.6×	3.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	361	32.7k
Yuri Lazebnik United States	33	14.7k 0.9×	3.7k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	53	19.3k
Simone Fulda Germany	82	20.4k 1.3×	5.6k 1.4×	4.4k 1.2×	4.8k 1.8×	3.2k 1.4×	395	27.4k
Stanley T. Crooke United States	83	17.8k 1.1×	4.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.4×	2.4k 0.9×	970 0.4×	415	25.7k
Donald W. Nicholson Canada	68	20.3k 1.3×	3.6k 0.9×	5.4k 1.5×	2.1k 0.8×	3.1k 1.4×	140	27.3k

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Lucas, Claire, Michael Butterworth, Laura J. Scott, et al.. (2016). High CIP2A levels correlate with an antiapoptotic phenotype that can be overcome by targeting BCL-XL in chronic myeloid leukemia. Leukemia. 30(6). 1273–1281. 22 indexed citations

Vogler, Meike, David Dickens, Martin J.S. Dyer, et al.. (2011). The B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2)-inhibitors, ABT-737 and ABT-263, are substrates for P-glycoprotein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 408(2). 344–349. 19 indexed citations

Vogler, Meike, Silviya D. Furdas, Manfred Jung, et al.. (2010). Diminished Sensitivity of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells to ABT-737 and ABT-263 Due to Albumin Binding in Blood. Clinical Cancer Research. 16(16). 4217–4225. 42 indexed citations

Inoue, Satoshi, et al.. (2009). Enhanced Fas-associated death domain recruitment by histone deacetylase inhibitors is critical for the sensitization of chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 8(11). 3088–3097. 24 indexed citations

Choi, Young Eun, Michael Butterworth, Srinivas Malladi, et al.. (2009). The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase cIAP1 Binds and Ubiquitinates Caspase-3 and -7 via Unique Mechanisms at Distinct Steps in Their Processing. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(19). 12772–12782. 131 indexed citations

Vogler, Meike, Michael Butterworth, Aneela Majid, et al.. (2008). Concurrent up-regulation of BCL-XL and BCL2A1 induces approximately 1000-fold resistance to ABT-737 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood. 113(18). 4403–4413. 264 indexed citations

Faragher, Alison J., Xiaoming Sun, Michael Butterworth, et al.. (2007). Death Receptor-induced Apoptosis Reveals a Novel Interplay between the Chromosomal Passenger Complex and CENP-C during Interphase. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18(4). 1337–1347. 13 indexed citations

Inoue, Satoshi, Joan Riley, Timothy W. Gant, Martin J.S. Dyer, & Gerald M. Cohen. (2007). Apoptosis induced by histone deacetylase inhibitors in leukemic cells is mediated by Bim and Noxa. Leukemia. 21(8). 1773–1782. 104 indexed citations

MacFarlane, Marion, Satoshi Inoue, Susan Kohlhaas, et al.. (2005). Chronic lymphocytic leukemic cells exhibit apoptotic signaling via TRAIL-R1. Cell Death and Differentiation. 12(7). 773–782. 119 indexed citations

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Cain, Kelvin, Shawn B. Bratton, & Gerald M. Cohen. (2002). The Apaf-1 apoptosome: a large caspase-activating complex. Biochimie. 84(2-3). 203–214. 352 indexed citations

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Chow, Sek C., Elizabeth A. Slee, Marion MacFarlane, & Gerald M. Cohen. (1999). Caspase-1 Is Not Involved in CD95/Fas-Induced Apoptosis in Jurkat T Cells. Experimental Cell Research. 246(2). 491–500. 17 indexed citations

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Déas, Olivier, Céline Dumont, Marion MacFarlane, et al.. (1998). Caspase-Independent Cell Death Induced by Anti-CD2 or Staurosporine in Activated Human Peripheral T Lymphocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 161(7). 3375–3383. 150 indexed citations

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Bicknell, G R & Gerald M. Cohen. (1995). Cleavage of DNA to Large Kilobase Pair Fragments Occurs in Some Forms of Necrosis as Well as Apoptosis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 207(1). 40–47. 85 indexed citations

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Cain, Kelvin, et al.. (1995). Multi‐step DNA cleavage in rat liver nuclei is inhibited by thiol reactive agents. FEBS Letters. 358(3). 255–261. 13 indexed citations

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Verschoyle, Richard D., P. Carthew, Jane L. Holley, Paul M. Cullis, & Gerald M. Cohen. (1994). The comparative toxicity of chlorambucil and chlorambucil-spermidine conjugate to BALBc mice. Cancer Letters. 85(2). 217–222. 15 indexed citations

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Raffray, Mark, D. McCarthy, Roger T. Snowden, & Gerald M. Cohen. (1993). Apoptosis as a Mechanism of Tributyltin Cytotoxicity to Thymocytes: Relationship of Apoptotic Markers to Biochemical and Cellular Effects. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 119(1). 122–130. 86 indexed citations

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Smith, Lewis L., et al.. (1990). The importance of epithelial uptake systems in lung toxicity.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 85. 25–30. 24 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Katherine, Lewis L. Smith, & Gerald M. Cohen. (1987). Inability of a human lung tumour cell line (A549) to detect chemically induced organ-specific toxicity to the lung. Toxicology in Vitro. 1(2). 85–90. 7 indexed citations

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Cohen, Gerald M. & Robert A. Greenwald. (1983). Oxy radicals and their scavenger systems : proceedings of the Third International Conference on Superoxide and Superoxide Dismutase, Ellenville, New York, October 3-8, 1982. Elsevier eBooks. 20 indexed citations

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Cohen, Gerald M. & Gilbert J. Mannering. (1974). SEX-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES IN DRUG METABOLISM IN THE RAT. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 2(3). 285–292. 3 indexed citations

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