Jan Potempa

30.6k citations

483 papers · 22.9k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 78

Impact in

Periodontics top 0.01%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
Pharmacy top 0.02%
- Oral and gingival health research

Papers in

Periodontics 208
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research 206
Pharmacy 97
- Oral and gingival health research 97

Co-authors: James Travis Robert N. Pike Takahisa Imamura Joanna Kozieł Ky‐Anh Nguyen Aneta Sroka Edward Korzus Piotr Mydel
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (49 papers)Biological Chemistry (31 papers)Infection and Immunity (24 papers)The Journal of Immunology (16 papers)Molecular Oral Microbiology (15 papers)
Partner nations: Poland United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Jan Potempa

474 papers receiving 22.4k citations

Hit Papers

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The Role of Gingival Fibroblasts in the Pathogenesis of Periodontitis 2023 · 67 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Journal of Dental Research
2017 Nature Reviews Rheumatology
2010 Arthritis & Rheumatism
1994 Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Jan Potempa, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Human tissue kallikrein 14 induces the expression of IL ‐6, IL ‐8, and CXCL1 in skin fibroblasts through protease‐activated receptor 1 signaling FEBS Journal ·Laura Sąsiadek, Ewa Bielecka, Katherine Falkowski, Magdalena Kulczycka, Grzegorz Bereta, Anna Maksylewicz, Natalia Zubrzycka, Ewelina Dobosz, Joanna Kozieł, Justyna Drukała, Maciej Lech, Natalia Horbach, Marcin Poręba, Klaudia Brix, Grzegorz Dubin, Jan Potempa, Tomasz Kantyka	2025	0
2	Synergistic induction of PGE2 by oral pathogens and TNF promotes gingival fibroblast-driven stromal-immune cross-talk in periodontitis mBio ·Elwira Nieboga, Aureliusz Schuster, Dorota Drapała, Mariia Melnykova, André Gut, Weronika Lipska, Mateusz Kwitniewski, Marcin Migaczewski, Marta Cześnikiewicz‐Guzik, Tomasz Kaczmarzyk, Jan Potempa, Aleksander M. Grabiec	2025	1
3	Unveiling the molecular mechanisms of the type IX secretion system's response regulator: Structural and functional insights PNAS Nexus ·Anshu Saran, Hey‐Min Kim, Ireland Manning, Mark A. Hancock, Claus Schmitz, Mariusz Madej, Jan Potempa, Marı́a Solà, Jean‐François Trempe, Yongtao Zhu, Mary E. Davey, Natalie Zeytuni	2024	2
4	Exhaled Nitric Oxide Reflects the Immune Reactions of the Airways in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Biomedicines ·Tomas Weitoft, Johan Rönnelid, Anders Lind, Charlotte de Vries, Anders Larsson, Barbara Potempa, Jan Potempa, Alf Kastbom, K. Martinsson, Karin Lundberg, Marieann Högman	2024	0
5	Structural and functional insights into the C-terminal signal domain of the Bacteroidetes type-IX secretion system Open Biology ·Danuta Mizgalska, Arturo Rodríguez-Banqueri, Florian Veillard, Mirosław Książęk, Theodoros Goulas, Tibisay Guevara, Ulrich Eckhard, Jan Potempa, F. Xavier Gomis‐Rüth	2024	7
6	Domain shuffling of a highly mutable ligand‐binding fold drives adhesin generation across the bacterial kingdom Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Rob Barringer, Alice E. Parnell, Aleix Lafita, Vivian Monzon, Catherine R. Back, Mariusz Madej, Jan Potempa, Angela H. Nobbs, Steven G. Burston, Alex Bateman, Paul R. Race	2023	2
7	Porphyromonas gingivalis Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase (PPAD) in the Context of the Feed-Forward Loop of Inflammation in Periodontitis International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Zsombor Prucsi, Agnieszka Zimny, Alicja Płonczyńska, Natalia Zubrzycka, Jan Potempa, Maja Sochalska	2023	9
8	A unique bacterial secretion machinery with multiple secretion centers Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Liqiang Song, John D. Perpich, Chenggang Wu, Thierry Doan, Zuzanna Nowakowska, Jan Potempa, Peter J. Christie, Eric Cascalès, Richard J. Lamont, Bo Hu	2022	25
9	Antibodies to Porphyromonas gingivalis Are Increased in Patients with Severe Periodontitis, and Associate with Presence of Specific Autoantibodies and Myocardial Infarction Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Charlotte de Vries, Guillermo Ruacho, Elin Kindstedt, Barbara Potempa, Jan Potempa, Björn Klinge, Pernilla Lundberg, Elisabet Svenungsson, Karin Lundberg	2022	7
10	Phosphorylation of major Porphyromonas gingivalis virulence factors is crucial for their processing and secretion Molecular Oral Microbiology ·Zuzanna Nowakowska, Mariusz Madej, Sylwia Grad, Tiansong Wang, Murray Hackett, Daniel P. Miller, Richard J. Lamont, Jan Potempa	2021	12
11	PorZ, an Essential Component of the Type IX Secretion System of Porphyromonas gingivalis , Delivers Anionic Lipopolysaccharide to the PorU Sortase for Transpeptidase Processing of T9SS Cargo Proteins mBio ·Mariusz Madej, Zuzanna Nowakowska, Mirosław Książęk, Anna M. Łasica, Danuta Mizgalska, Magdalena Nowak, Anna Jacuła, Monika Bzowska, Carsten Scavenius, Jan J. Enghild, Joseph Aduse‐Opoku, Michael A. Curtis, F. Xavier Gomis‐Rüth, Jan Potempa	2021	27
12	Mechanisms of vascular damage by systemic dissemination of the oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis FEBS Journal ·Cher Farrugia, Graham P. Stafford, Jan Potempa, Robert N. Wilkinson, Yan Chen, Craig Murdoch, Magdalena Widziołek	2020	55
13	Citrullination as a plausible link to periodontitis, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease Journal of Oral Microbiology ·Ingar Olsen, Sim K. Singhrao, Jan Potempa	2018	73
14	Unique Substrate Specificity of SplE Serine Protease from Staphylococcus aureus Structure ·Natalia Stach, Magdalena Kalińska, Michal Zdzalik, Radosław Kitel, A. Karim, Karol Serwin, Wioletta Rut, Katrine S. Larsen, Abeer Jabaiah, Magdalena Firlej, Benedykt Władyka, Patrick S. Daugherty, Henning R. Stennicke, Marcin Drąg, Jan Potempa, Grzegorz Dubin	2018	25
15	Proteolytic effects of gingipains on trefoil factor family peptides Clinical Oral Investigations ·Ponlatham Chaiyarit, Janthima Jaresitthikunchai, Narumon Phaonakrop, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Barbara Potempa, Jan Potempa	2017	6
16	Immunomodulatory Molecule IRAK-M Balances Macrophage Polarization and Determines Macrophage Responses during Renal Fibrosis The Journal of Immunology ·Stefanie Steiger, Santhosh V. Kumar, Mohsen Honarpisheh, Georg Lorenz, Roman Günthner, Simone Romoli, Regina Gröbmayr, Eka Susanti, Jan Potempa, Joanna Kozieł, Maciej Lech	2017	27
17	Structure of the catalytic domain of the Tannerella forsythia matrix metallopeptidase karilysin in complex with a tetrapeptidic inhibitor Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) ·Tibisay Guevara, Mirosław Książęk, Peter Durand Skottrup, Núria Cerdà‐Costa, Sergio Trillo‐Muyo, Iñaki de Diego, Erik Riise, Jan Potempa, F. Xavier Gomis‐Rüth	2013	1
18	Adsorption of Components of the Plasma Kinin-Forming System on the Surface of Porphyromonas gingivalis Involves Gingipains as the Major Docking Platforms Infection and Immunity ·Maria Rąpała‐Kozik, Grażyna Braś, Barbara Chruścicka, Justyna Karkowska‐Kuleta, Aneta Sroka, Heiko Herwald, Ky‐Anh Nguyen, Sigrun Eick, Jan Potempa, Andrzej Kozik	2010	38
19	The HA2 haemagglutinin domain of the lysine-specific gingipain (Kgp) of Porphyromonas gingivalis promotes μ-oxo bishaem formation from monomeric iron(III) protoporphyrin IX Microbiology ·John W. Smalley, Andrew J. Birss, Borys Szmigielski, Jan Potempa	2006	31
20	The Role of Proteolytic Enzymes in the Development of Pulmonary Emphysema and Periodontal Disease American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·James Travis, Robert N. Pike, Takahisa Imamura, Jan Potempa	1994	67

About Jan Potempa

Jan Potempa is a scholar working on Periodontics, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Biotechnology and Cancer Research, having authored 483 papers that have together received 22.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (206 papers), Oral and gingival health research (97 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (88 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (68 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (63 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (61 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (46 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (40 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Periodontics (9.7k citations), Pharmacy (2.4k citations), Microbiology (2.3k citations), Cancer Research (2.5k citations) and Immunology (3.4k citations). Jan Potempa has collaborated with scholars based in Poland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include James Travis, Robert N. Pike, Takahisa Imamura, Joanna Kozieł, Ky‐Anh Nguyen, Aneta Sroka, Edward Korzus, Piotr Mydel, Sigrun Eick and J. Travis. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Infection and Immunity, The Journal of Immunology and Molecular Oral Microbiology.

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