Helen E. Thomas

8.0k total citations
144 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Helen E. Thomas is a scholar working on Genetics, Surgery and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen E. Thomas has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Genetics, 96 papers in Surgery and 60 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Helen E. Thomas's work include Diabetes and associated disorders (94 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (93 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (42 papers). Helen E. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes and associated disorders (94 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (93 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (42 papers). Helen E. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Helen E. Thomas's co-authors include Thomas W. H. Kay, Hendrik G. Stunnenberg, Rima Darwiche, Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy, Mark McKenzie, Andrew M. Lew, Janette Allison, John A. Corbett, Pere Santamaría and Thomas Loudovaris 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

Helen E. Thomas

144 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helen E. Thomas Australia 43 2.9k 2.6k 2.0k 1.6k 1.3k 144 5.9k
Howard W. Davidson United States 39 2.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 86 5.5k
Xiaodong Yang China 33 1.5k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 1.9k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 533 0.4× 94 4.9k
Gérald J. Prud’homme Canada 44 1.1k 0.4× 950 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 2.0k 1.2× 613 0.5× 119 5.6k
Rita Bortell United States 35 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 781 0.4× 1.8k 1.1× 567 0.4× 88 4.1k
Masakazu Hattori Japan 38 951 0.3× 579 0.2× 1.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 528 0.4× 113 5.1k
Christine Perret France 48 1.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 654 0.3× 5.4k 3.4× 450 0.3× 158 8.7k
Masaaki Miyamoto Japan 31 525 0.2× 860 0.3× 2.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.3× 601 0.4× 101 5.4k
Carl A. Pinkert United States 41 2.3k 0.8× 565 0.2× 1.2k 0.6× 4.4k 2.7× 288 0.2× 115 8.1k
Minna Woo Canada 32 695 0.2× 709 0.3× 953 0.5× 3.5k 2.2× 303 0.2× 76 5.2k
Yifan Dai China 33 2.6k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 350 0.2× 3.2k 2.0× 198 0.1× 104 5.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helen E. Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen E. Thomas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Selck, Claudia, Gaurang Jhala, Evan G. Pappas, et al.. (2024). Extraislet expression of islet antigen boosts T cell exhaustion to partially prevent autoimmune diabetes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(6). e2315419121–e2315419121. 3 indexed citations
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Jhala, Gaurang, Claudia Selck, Prerak Trivedi, et al.. (2024). Altering β Cell Antigen Exposure to Exhausted CD8+ T Cells Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes in Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 212(11). 1658–1669. 2 indexed citations
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Ge, Tingting, et al.. (2023). Inflammation versus regulation: how interferon-gamma contributes to type 1 diabetes pathogenesis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1205590–1205590. 20 indexed citations
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Rojas-Canales, Darling, Mark DeNichilo, Emma J. Thompson, et al.. (2022). Desmoglein-2 is important for islet function and β-cell survival. Cell Death and Disease. 13(10). 911–911. 5 indexed citations
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Jhala, Gaurang, Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy, Thomas C. Brodnicki, et al.. (2022). Interferons limit autoantigen-specific CD8+ T-cell expansion in the non-obese diabetic mouse. Cell Reports. 39(4). 110747–110747. 5 indexed citations
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Akazawa, Satoru, Gaurang Jhala, Stacey Fynch, et al.. (2021). Deficiency of the innate immune adaptor STING promotes autoreactive T cell expansion in NOD mice. Diabetologia. 64(4). 878–889. 10 indexed citations
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Sutherland, Andrew P. R., Kate L. Graham, Gaurang Jhala, et al.. (2019). IL-21 regulates SOCS1 expression in autoreactive CD8+ T cells but is not required for acquisition of CTL activity in the islets of non-obese diabetic mice. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15302–15302. 4 indexed citations
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So, Michelle, Colleen M. Elso, Eleonora Tresoldi, et al.. (2018). Proinsulin C-peptide is an autoantigen in people with type 1 diabetes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(42). 10732–10737. 53 indexed citations
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Simeonovic, Charmaine J., Lora Starrs, Debra Brown, et al.. (2018). Loss of intra-islet heparan sulfate is a highly sensitive marker of type 1 diabetes progression in humans. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0191360–e0191360. 29 indexed citations
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Sweetman, Martin J., Frances J. Harding, Michaela Waibel, et al.. (2017). Non-invasive, in vitro analysis of islet insulin production enabled by an optical porous silicon biosensor. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 91. 515–522. 40 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Philip J., D. Jane Holmes–Walker, D.J. Goodman, et al.. (2013). Multicenter Australian Trial of Islet Transplantation: Improving Accessibility and Outcomes. American Journal of Transplantation. 13(7). 1850–1858. 72 indexed citations
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Thomas, Helen E., Konrad Beck, Pascale Aeschlimann, et al.. (2011). Transglutaminase 6: a protein associated with central nervous system development and motor function. Amino Acids. 44(1). 161–177. 70 indexed citations
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Mollah, Zia U.A., Jibran A. Wali, Mark McKenzie, et al.. (2011). The pro-apoptotic BH3-only protein Bid is dispensable for development of insulitis and diabetes in the non-obese diabetic mouse. APOPTOSIS. 16(8). 822–830. 6 indexed citations
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Thomas, Helen E., et al.. (2010). A method for extracting tissue proteins for use in lymphocyte function assays. Journal of Immunological Methods. 359(1-2). 56–60. 4 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, Brendan, Helen E. Thomas, Saparna Pai, et al.. (2006). IL-1β Breaks Tolerance through Expansion of CD25+ Effector T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 176(12). 7278–7287. 142 indexed citations
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Chong, Mark M. W., Ye Chen, Rima Darwiche, et al.. (2004). Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling-1 Overexpression Protects Pancreatic β Cells from CD8+ T Cell-Mediated Autoimmune Destruction. The Journal of Immunology. 172(9). 5714–5721. 88 indexed citations
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Darwiche, Rima, Mark M. W. Chong, Pere Santamaría, Helen E. Thomas, & Thomas W. H. Kay. (2003). Fas Is Detectable on β Cells in Accelerated, But Not Spontaneous, Diabetes in Nonobese Diabetic Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 170(12). 6292–6297. 43 indexed citations
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Allison, James P., Helen E. Thomas, Dan Beck, et al.. (2000). Transgenic overexpression of human Bcl-2 in islet β cells inhibits apoptosis but does not prevent autoimmune destruction. International Immunology. 12(1). 9–17. 52 indexed citations
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Naselli, Gaetano, Henry J. DeAizpurua, Helen E. Thomas, Anne Johnston, & Thomas W. H. Kay. (2000). Lack of Expression of Gp‐130 Makes Pancreatic Beta Cell Lines Unresponsive to the IL‐6 Family of Cytokines. Journal of Diabetes Research. 1(4). 239–248. 4 indexed citations
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Stephens, Leigh A., Helen E. Thomas, & Thomas W. H. Kay. (1997). Protection of NIT-1 Pancreatic β-Cells From Immune Attack by Inhibition of NF-κB. Journal of Autoimmunity. 10(3). 293–298. 19 indexed citations

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