Howard J. Worman

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Howard J. Worman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard J. Worman has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Howard J. Worman's work include Nuclear Structure and Function (85 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (77 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (26 papers). Howard J. Worman is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Structure and Function (85 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (77 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (26 papers). Howard J. Worman collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Howard J. Worman's co-authors include Gisèle Bonne, Gregg G. Gundersen, Antoine Muchir, Cecilia Östlund, Jean‐Claude Courvalin, Wei Wu, Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz, Jan Ellenberg, Wakam Chang and Lars E. Holmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Howard J. Worman

86 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Nuclear Membrane Dynamics and Reassembly in Living Cells:... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Nuclear Membrane Dynamics and Reassembly in Living Cells: Targeting of an Inner Nuclear Membrane Protein in Interphase and Mitosis
    1997 630 citations Howard J. Worman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Howard J. Worman United States 47 6.6k 1.8k 561 345 235 86 7.3k
Patrick Vicart France 32 2.7k 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 680 1.2× 221 0.6× 266 1.1× 74 3.5k
Julien Fauré France 28 2.5k 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 326 0.6× 254 0.7× 263 1.1× 82 3.6k
Mario Gimona Austria 43 3.7k 0.6× 2.0k 1.2× 597 1.1× 209 0.6× 101 0.4× 88 5.7k
Françoise Fougerousse France 27 3.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 810 1.4× 833 2.4× 109 0.5× 55 4.4k
Jos L. V. Broers Netherlands 37 3.6k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 146 0.3× 270 0.8× 284 1.2× 80 4.7k
Kyle J. Roux United States 31 5.6k 0.8× 3.8k 2.2× 204 0.4× 387 1.1× 289 1.2× 65 7.6k
Michael Hesse Germany 28 1.8k 0.3× 980 0.6× 419 0.7× 232 0.7× 294 1.3× 61 3.0k
Patricia J. Gallagher United States 35 2.8k 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 496 0.9× 228 0.7× 214 0.9× 56 4.0k
Joseph Loureiro United States 22 2.5k 0.4× 1.8k 1.0× 224 0.4× 252 0.7× 136 0.6× 36 4.1k
Mary Anne Conti United States 33 2.9k 0.4× 2.4k 1.4× 1.2k 2.1× 299 0.9× 78 0.3× 50 5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Howard J. Worman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Wei, Mahendra D. Chordia, Barry Hart, et al.. (2016). Macrocyclic MEK1/2 inhibitor with efficacy in a mouse model of cardiomyopathy caused by lamin A/C gene mutation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 25(3). 1004–1013. 18 indexed citations
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Chatzifrangkeskou, Maria, Caroline Le Dour, Wei Wu, et al.. (2016). ERK1/2 directly acts on CTGF/CCN2 expression to mediate myocardial fibrosis in cardiomyopathy caused by mutations in the lamin A/C gene. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(11). 2220–2233. 80 indexed citations
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Chang, Wakam, Susumu Antoku, Cecilia Östlund, Howard J. Worman, & Gregg G. Gundersen. (2015). Linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex-mediated actin-dependent nuclear positioning orients centrosomes in migrating myoblasts. Nucleus. 6(1). 77–88. 71 indexed citations
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Muchir, Antoine, Wei Wu, Fusako Sera, Shunichi Homma, & Howard J. Worman. (2014). Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1/2 inhibition and angiotensin II converting inhibition in mice with cardiomyopathy caused by lamin A/C gene mutation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 452(4). 958–961. 22 indexed citations
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Shin, Ji‐Yeon, Iván Méndez-López, Yuexia Wang, et al.. (2013). Lamina-Associated Polypeptide-1 Interacts with the Muscular Dystrophy Protein Emerin and Is Essential for Skeletal Muscle Maintenance. Developmental Cell. 26(6). 591–603. 74 indexed citations
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Chang, Wakam, Eric S. Folker, Howard J. Worman, & Gregg G. Gundersen. (2013). Emerin organizes actin flow for nuclear movement and centrosome orientation in migrating fibroblasts. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(24). 3869–3880. 73 indexed citations
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Frock, Richard L., Steven C. Chen, Carmen Lau, et al.. (2012). Cardiomyocyte-Specific Expression of Lamin A Improves Cardiac Function in Lmna−/− Mice. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42918–e42918. 24 indexed citations
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Méndez-López, Iván & Howard J. Worman. (2012). Inner nuclear membrane proteins: impact on human disease. Chromosoma. 121(2). 153–167. 48 indexed citations
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Östlund, Cecilia, Tinglu Guan, Denise A. Figlewicz, et al.. (2009). Reduction of a 4q35-encoded nuclear envelope protein in muscle differentiation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 389(2). 279–283. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Yibin, Andrey A. Panteleyev, David M. Owens, et al.. (2008). Epidermal expression of the truncated prelamin A causing Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome: effects on keratinocytes, hair and skin. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(15). 2357–2369. 36 indexed citations
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Muchir, Antoine, Paul Pavlidis, V. Decostre, et al.. (2007). Activation of MAPK pathways links LMNA mutations to cardiomyopathy in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 117(5). 1282–1293. 243 indexed citations
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Stewart, Colin L., et al.. (2006). Nuclear lamin A inhibits adipocyte differentiation: implications for Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(4). 653–663. 113 indexed citations
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Worman, Howard J.. (2006). Inner nuclear membrane and regulation of Smad-mediated signaling. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1761(5-6). 626–631. 17 indexed citations
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Muchir, Antoine, Jacques Médioni, Catherine Massart, et al.. (2004). Nuclear envelope alterations in fibroblasts from patients with muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, and partial lipodystrophy carrying lamin A/C gene mutations. Muscle & Nerve. 30(4). 444–450. 139 indexed citations
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Holmer, Lars E. & Howard J. Worman. (2001). Inner nuclear membrane proteins: functions and targeting. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 58(12). 1741–1747. 131 indexed citations
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Östlund, Cecilia, Gisèle Bonne, Ketty Schwartz, & Howard J. Worman. (2001). Properties of lamin A mutants found in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy and Dunnigan-type partial lipodystrophy. Journal of Cell Science. 114(24). 4435–4445. 174 indexed citations
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Hytiroglou, Prodromos, Sang Wook Choi, Neil D. Theise, et al.. (1993). The expression of nuclear lamins in human liver: An immunohistochemical study. Human Pathology. 24(2). 169–172. 14 indexed citations

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