Hwei‐Ru Tsou

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Hwei‐Ru Tsou is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hwei‐Ru Tsou has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hwei‐Ru Tsou's work include HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (7 papers), Quinazolinone synthesis and applications (6 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers). Hwei‐Ru Tsou is often cited by papers focused on HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (7 papers), Quinazolinone synthesis and applications (6 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers). Hwei‐Ru Tsou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Hwei‐Ru Tsou's co-authors include Ramaswamy Nilakantan, Allan Wissner, Ru Shen, Marvin F. Reich, Bernard D. Johnson, M. Brawner Floyd, Sridhar K. Rabindran, Carolyn Discafani, Yu‐Fen Wang and William Hallett and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer Research, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hwei‐Ru Tsou

24 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Antitumor Activity of HKI-272, an Orally Active, Irrevers... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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  1. Antitumor Activity of HKI-272, an Orally Active, Irreversible Inhibitor of the HER-2 Tyrosine Kinase
    2004 503 citations Sridhar K. Rabindran, Carolyn Discafani et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hwei‐Ru Tsou United States 17 882 823 792 417 278 24 1.9k
Marvin F. Reich United States 14 841 1.0× 769 0.9× 750 0.9× 450 1.1× 271 1.0× 21 1.8k
Dennis J. McNamara United States 18 807 0.9× 646 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 450 1.1× 180 0.6× 28 2.0k
M. Brawner Floyd United States 20 921 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 926 1.2× 425 1.0× 278 1.0× 41 2.3k
Scott H. Dickerson United States 19 880 1.0× 778 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 330 0.8× 266 1.0× 29 2.2k
Karen Lackey United States 21 1.3k 1.5× 883 1.1× 1.3k 1.7× 516 1.2× 448 1.6× 32 2.8k
Ellen M. Dobrusin United States 16 608 0.7× 513 0.6× 893 1.1× 257 0.6× 157 0.6× 24 1.5k
H. D. Hollis Showalter United States 26 718 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 1.1k 1.4× 229 0.5× 180 0.6× 64 2.5k
Giorgio Caravatti Switzerland 26 713 0.8× 660 0.8× 1.5k 1.9× 213 0.5× 149 0.5× 45 2.3k
Eric Haaksma Austria 17 574 0.7× 355 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 455 1.1× 141 0.5× 33 1.8k
Lee D. Arnold United States 18 540 0.6× 493 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 287 0.7× 90 0.3× 37 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hwei‐Ru Tsou

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tsou, Hwei‐Ru, Gary H. Birnberg, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2010). 4-Substituted-7-azaindoles bearing a ureidobenzofuranone moiety as potent and selective, ATP-competitive inhibitors of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(7). 2259–2263. 19 indexed citations
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Tsou, Hwei‐Ru, Gary H. Birnberg, G Grosu, et al.. (2010). Discovery and optimization of 2-(4-substituted-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-3-yl)methylene-4-hydroxybenzofuran-3(2H)-ones as potent and selective ATP-competitive inhibitors of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(7). 2321–2325. 34 indexed citations
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Mayer, Scott C., Frank Boschelli, Li Di, et al.. (2008). Lead identification to generate isoquinolinedione inhibitors of insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R) for potential use in cancer treatment. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(12). 3641–3645. 60 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoxiang, et al.. (2007). Palladium-catalyzed arylation of N,N-dialkylhydrazines and the subsequent conversion to anilines. Tetrahedron Letters. 48(48). 8409–8412. 14 indexed citations
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Tsou, Hwei‐Ru, William Hallett, Marvin F. Reich, et al.. (2005). Optimization of 6,7-Disubstituted-4-(arylamino)quinoline-3-carbonitriles as Orally Active, Irreversible Inhibitors of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 Kinase Activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48(4). 1107–1131. 246 indexed citations
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Gopalsamy, Ariamala, Hui Yang, John W. Ellingboe, et al.. (2005). Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-yl phenyl amides as novel anti-proliferative agents: parallel synthesis for lead optimization of amide region. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(6). 1591–1594. 56 indexed citations
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Wissner, Allan, M. Brawner Floyd, Sridhar K. Rabindran, et al.. (2002). Syntheses and EGFR and HER-2 kinase inhibitory activities of 4-anilinoquinoline-3-carbonitriles: analogues of three important 4-anilinoquinazolines currently undergoing clinical evaluation as therapeutic antitumor agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 12(20). 2893–2897. 54 indexed citations
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Wissner, Allan, Dan M. Berger, Diane H. Boschelli, et al.. (2000). 4-Anilino-6,7-dialkoxyquinoline-3-carbonitrile Inhibitors of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Kinase and Their Bioisosteric Relationship to the 4-Anilino-6,7-dialkoxyquinazoline Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 43(17). 3244–3256. 183 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiangyi, Gohar Azhar, Lei Liu, Hwei‐Ru Tsou, & Jeanne Y. Wei. (1998). SRF Binding to SRE in the Rat Heart: Influence of Age. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 53A(1). B3–B10. 18 indexed citations
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Siegel, Marshall M., Hwei‐Ru Tsou, Baiwei Lin, et al.. (1993). Determination of the loading values for high levels of drugs and sugars conjugated to proteins by matrix-assisted ultraviolet laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 22(7). 369–376. 8 indexed citations
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Tsou, Hwei‐Ru, et al.. (1989). Biosynthetic origin of the carbon skeleton and oxygen atoms of the LL-F28249.ALPHA., apoent antiparasitic macrolide.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 42(3). 398–406. 21 indexed citations
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Tsou, Hwei‐Ru, Srinivasan Thirumalai Rajan, Patrick C. Mowery, et al.. (1984). Biosynthesis of the antibiotic maduramicin. Origin of the carbon and oxygen atoms as well as the 13C NMR assignments.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 37(12). 1651–1663. 19 indexed citations
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Rajan, Srinivasan Thirumalai, Hwei‐Ru Tsou, Patrick C. Mowery, Milon W. Bullock, & Gerald W. Stockton. (1984). Natural abundance two-dimensional double-quantum 13C nmr spectroscopy of maduramicin, a polyether ionophore antibiotic and coccidiostat.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 37(11). 1495–1500. 12 indexed citations
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Viceps‐Madore, Dace, Kuang Yu Chen, Hwei‐Ru Tsou, & E.S. Canellakis. (1982). Studies on the role of protein synthesis and of sodium on the regulation of ornithine decarboxylase activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 717(2). 305–315. 32 indexed citations
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Tsou, Hwei‐Ru. (1981). A novel synthesis of α‐N‐methyl‐14C‐DL‐asparagine by generation of methylamine‐14C insitu. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 18(6). 921–923. 1 indexed citations
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Mock, William L. & Hwei‐Ru Tsou. (1981). Procedure for diethoxymethylation of ketones. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 46(12). 2557–2561. 20 indexed citations

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