J. Thomas LaMont

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

J. Thomas LaMont is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Thomas LaMont has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Infectious Diseases, 27 papers in Surgery and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in J. Thomas LaMont's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (49 papers), Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (24 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (17 papers). J. Thomas LaMont is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (49 papers), Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (24 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (17 papers). J. Thomas LaMont collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Austria. J. Thomas LaMont's co-authors include Daniel A. Leffler, Charalabos Pothoulakis, Bernard F. Smith, Ignazio Castagliuolo, Martin C. Carey, Rama Bansil, Ciarán P. Kelly, Sum P. Lee, C Pothoulakis and Steven H. Zeisel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. Thomas LaMont

100 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.

Clostridium difficileInfection

2015 993 citations Daniel A. Leffler, J. Thomas LaMont profile →
Choline, an essential nutrient for humans

1991 487 citations Steven H. Zeisel, J. Thomas LaMont et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Thomas LaMont United States	40	3.0k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	875	103	6.5k
J. Thomas LaMont United States	40	4.9k 1.6×	2.8k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	74	7.7k
Andreas Stallmach Germany	48	1.1k 0.4×	3.0k 1.7×	2.0k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	948 1.1×	418	10.3k
Germain Trugnan France	44	1.8k 0.6×	889 0.5×	5.5k 3.5×	982 0.6×	630 0.7×	126	8.8k
Ying Taur United States	35	3.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	4.6k 2.9×	525 0.3×	541 0.6×	93	7.8k
Lorenza Putignani Italy	49	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	4.5k 2.8×	553 0.4×	521 0.6×	211	8.6k
Jonas Halfvarson Sweden	42	1.2k 0.4×	2.9k 1.7×	4.1k 2.6×	1.9k 1.2×	951 1.1×	194	8.9k
Jonathan M. Rhodes United Kingdom	54	1.3k 0.4×	1.9k 1.1×	5.4k 3.5×	2.2k 1.4×	622 0.7×	182	10.9k
Robert R. Jenq United States	36	2.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	4.0k 2.5×	527 0.3×	486 0.6×	116	6.8k
Timothy H. Florin Australia	39	826 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	3.8k 2.4×	1.4k 0.9×	550 0.6×	99	7.8k
Matthew A. Ciorba United States	39	920 0.3×	817 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	656 0.4×	372 0.4×	144	5.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

LaMont, J. Thomas, et al.. (2013). Overview of Clostridium difficile infection: implications for China. Gastroenterology report. 1(3). 153–158. 12 indexed citations

Berzin, Tyler M., Paola G. Blanco, J. Thomas LaMont, & Mandeep Sawhney. (2010). Persistent Psychological or Physical Symptoms Following Endoscopic Procedures: An Unrecognized Post-Endoscopy Adverse Event. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 55(10). 2869–2873. 10 indexed citations

Leffler, Daniel A. & J. Thomas LaMont. (2009). Treatment of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease. Gastroenterology. 136(6). 1899–1912. 98 indexed citations

Kim, Ho, Sang Hoon Rhee, Efi Kokkotou, et al.. (2005). Clostridium difficile Toxin A Regulates Inducible Cyclooxygenase-2 and Prostaglandin E2 Synthesis in Colonocytes via Reactive Oxygen Species and Activation of p38 MAPK. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(22). 21237–21245. 72 indexed citations

Riegler, Martin, Cynthia L. Sears, C Pothoulakis, et al.. (1999). Bacteroides fragilis toxin 2 damages human colonic mucosa in vitro. Gut. 44(4). 504–510. 29 indexed citations

Sheth, Sunil G. & J. Thomas LaMont. (1998). Toxic megacolon. The Lancet. 351(9101). 509–513. 90 indexed citations

Pothoulakis, C, Uri Galili, Ignazio Castagliuolo, et al.. (1996). A human antibody binds to alpha-galactose receptors and mimics the effects of Clostridium difficile toxin A in rat colon. Gastroenterology. 110(6). 1704–1712. 18 indexed citations

Qiu, Bosheng, et al.. (1996). Nitric oxide inhibits rat intestinal secretion by Clostridium difficile toxin A but not Vibrio cholerae enterotoxin. Gastroenterology. 111(2). 409–418. 39 indexed citations

Castagliuolo, Ignazio, et al.. (1996). A receptor decoy inhibits the enterotoxic effects of Clostridium difficile toxin A in rat ileum. Gastroenterology. 111(2). 433–438. 31 indexed citations

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Bansil, Rama, et al.. (1995). Mucin Biophysics. Annual Review of Physiology. 57(1). 635–657. 288 indexed citations

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Castagliuolo, Ignazio, J. Thomas LaMont, Richard Létourneau, et al.. (1994). Neuronal involvement in the intestinal effects of Clostridium difficile toxin A and Vibrio cholerae enterotoxin in rat ileum. Gastroenterology. 107(3). 657–665. 133 indexed citations

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Kelly, Ciarán P., Sarah Becker, J Linevsky, et al.. (1994). Neutrophil recruitment in Clostridium difficile toxin A enteritis in the rabbit.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 93(3). 1257–1265. 166 indexed citations

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Toskes, Phillip P., Alfred L. Baker, John P. Cello, et al.. (1993). Recertification in gastroenterology. Gastroenterology. 104(4). 1220–1221.

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Beubler, Eckhard, et al.. (1993). Effects of purified Clostridium difficile toxin A in the small intestine of the rat in vivo. Natural Toxins. 1(6). 369–375. 8 indexed citations

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Pothoulakis, C, J. Thomas LaMont, Ning Gao, et al.. (1991). Characterization of rabbit ileal receptors for Clostridium difficile toxin A. Evidence for a receptor-coupled G protein.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 88(1). 119–125. 65 indexed citations

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Leung, Donald Y.M., et al.. (1991). Treatment with intravenously administered gamma globulin of chronic relapsing colitis induced by Clostridium difficile toxin. The Journal of Pediatrics. 118(4). 633–637. 206 indexed citations

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Smith, Bernard F., Joyce Peetermans, Toyoichi Tanaka, & J. Thomas LaMont. (1989). Subunit interactions and physical properties of bovine gallbladder mucin. Gastroenterology. 97(1). 179–187. 30 indexed citations

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Zeisel, Steven H., et al.. (1988). Mono-, di- and trimethylamine in human gastric fluid: potential substrates for nitrosodimethylamine formation. Carcinogenesis. 9(1). 179–181. 34 indexed citations

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Pothoulakis, C, R Sullivan, David Melnick, et al.. (1988). Clostridium difficile toxin A stimulates intracellular calcium release and chemotactic response in human granulocytes.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 81(6). 1741–1745. 98 indexed citations

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Powell, L. W., J. Thomas LaMont, & Kurt J. Isselbacher. (1974). Haemolysis in experimental cholestasis: Possible role of erythrocyte sialic acid. Gut. 15(10). 794–798. 9 indexed citations

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