Henry F. Epstein

7.6k citations

100 papers · 6.4k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 38

Molecular Biology top 1%
Aging top 0.05%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 1%
Cell Biology top 1%

Co-authors: José M. Barral Irving Ortiz Mark Pearson Lubert Stryer Juan Yguerabide Patrick W. Dunne Tetsuo Ashizawa M. Benjamin Perryman
Topics: Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (47 papers)Muscle Physiology and Disorders (44 papers)Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (41 papers)
Cited by: Aging Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States Netherlands Germany

In The Last Decade

Henry F. Epstein

99 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

An Unstable Triplet Repeat in a Gene Related to Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy

1992 1.2k citations Patrick W. Dunne, J. Dubel et al. profile →
Caenorhabditis elegans : modern biological analysis of an organism

1995 637 citations Henry F. Epstein et al. profile →
Segmental flexibility in an antibody molecule

1970 383 citations Henry F. Epstein et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
A mutant affecting the heavy chain of myosin in Caenorhabditis elegans

1974 202 citations Henry F. Epstein et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Overexpression of Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chain Leads to Activation of the Unfolded Protein Response and Autophagic Turnover of Thick Filament-associated Proteins in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells 2014 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Callie Kwartler,Jiyuan Chen,Dhananjay Thakur,Shumin Li,Kedryn K. Baskin,Shanzhi Wang,Zhao V. Wang,Lori A. Walker,Joseph A. Hill,Henry F. Epstein,Heinrich Taegtmeyer,Dianna M. Milewicz	30
2	Tracking UNC-45 Chaperone-Myosin Interaction with a Titin Mechanical Reporter 2012 ·Biophysical Journal ·Christian Kaiser,(unknown),Liang Ma,John F. Anderson,Henry F. Epstein,Andrés F. Oberhauser	23
3	Differential Turnover of Myosin Chaperone UNC-45A Isoforms Increases in Metastatic Human Breast Cancer 2011 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Wei Guo,(unknown),Zhen Fan,Henry F. Epstein	20
4	Public-Academic Partnerships: Integrating State Psychiatric Hospital Treatment and Clinical Research 2008 ·Psychiatric Services ·Leslie Citrome,Henry F. Epstein,Karen A. Nolan,Fabien Trémeau,(unknown),Biman Kumar Saha Roy,Jerome Levine	2
5	The UNC-45 chaperone mediates sarcomere assembly through myosin degradation in Caenorhabditis elegans 2007 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Megan Landsverk,Shumin Li,Alex H. Hutagalung,Ayaz Najafov,Thorsten Hoppe,José M. Barral,Henry F. Epstein	81
6	Homodimerization through coiled‐coil regions enhances activity of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase 2003 ·FEBS Letters ·Rongxin Zhang,Henry F. Epstein	18
7	Myotonic dystrophy protein kinase phosphorylates the myosin phosphatase targeting subunit and inhibits myosin phosphatase activity 2001 ·FEBS Letters ·Andrea Murányi,Rongxin Zhang,(unknown),Katsuya Hirano,Masaaki Ito,Henry F. Epstein,David J. Hartshorne	80
8	STEM analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans muscle thick filaments: evidence for microdifferentiated substructures 2001 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Shirley A. Müller,Markus Häner,Irving Ortiz,Ueli Aebi,Henry F. Epstein	14
9	Myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK) induces actin cytoskeletal reorganization and apoptotic-like blebbing in lens cells 2000 ·Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton ·(unknown),Miho Shimizu,Ashok Balasubramanyam,Henry F. Epstein	26
10	Myotonic Protein Kinase Expression in Human and Bovine Lenses 1996 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Patrick W. Dunne,Lei Ma,(unknown),Henry F. Epstein	10
11	Bifunctional Glyoxylate Cycle Protein of Caenorhabditis elegans: A Developmentally Regulated Protein of Intestine and Muscle 1995 ·Developmental Biology ·(unknown),Jack D. Thatcher,José M. Barral,Henry F. Epstein	72
12	Evidence that apoB-100 of low-density lipoproteins is a novelsrc-related protein kinase 1995 ·Journal of Protein Chemistry ·Juan Guevara,E. Timothy Walch,Henry F. Epstein,(unknown),Antonio M. Gotto,(unknown)	7
13	Preliminary Three-Dimensional Model for Nematode Thick Filament Core 1995 ·Journal of Structural Biology ·Henry F. Epstein,(unknown),Philip R. Deitiker,Irving Ortiz,Michael F. Schmid	22
14	Phosphorylation Reactions of Recombinant Human Myotonic Dystrophy Protein Kinase and Their Inhibition 1994 ·Biochemistry ·Patrick W. Dunne,E. Timothy Walch,Henry F. Epstein	44
15	Assembly-dependent phosphorylation of myosin and paramyosin of native thick filaments in Caenorhabdiris elegans 1992 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Chinmoy Sankar Dey,Philip R. Deitiker,Henry F. Epstein	13
16	Genetic approaches to understanding muscle development 1992 ·Developmental Biology ·Henry F. Epstein,Sanford I. Bernstein	19
17	cDNA surveying of specific tissue expression of human chromosome 19 sequences 1992 ·Genomics ·Patrick W. Dunne,(unknown),Tetsuo Ashizawa,M. Benjamin Perryman,Henry F. Epstein	3
18	Phenotypic expression of the myotonic dystrophy gene in monozygotic twins 1992 ·Neurology ·J. Dubel,(unknown),M. Benjamin Perryman,Henry F. Epstein,Tetsuo Ashizawa	6
19	Is impaired skeletal muscle relaxation in myotonic dystrophy associated with alterations in diastolic cardiac properties? 1991 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·(unknown),Tetsuo Ashizawa,Antonio Pacifico,Henry F. Epstein,Richard Armstrong,M. Benjamin Perryman,William A. Zoghbi	2
20	Mutants altering coordinate synthesis of specific myosins during nematode muscle development. 1980 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Janice M. Zengel,Henry F. Epstein	15

About Henry F. Epstein

Henry F. Epstein is a scholar working on Aging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 100 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (47 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (44 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (41 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (2.2k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.9k citations) and Molecular Biology (4.9k citations). Henry F. Epstein has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Frequent co-authors include José M. Barral, Irving Ortiz, Mark Pearson, Lubert Stryer, Juan Yguerabide, Patrick W. Dunne, Tetsuo Ashizawa, M. Benjamin Perryman, Alex H. Hutagalung and R Waterston. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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