Janet Plescia

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Janet Plescia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hematology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Janet Plescia has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Hematology and 14 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Janet Plescia's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (14 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (12 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (12 papers). Janet Plescia is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (14 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (12 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (12 papers). Janet Plescia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Japan. Janet Plescia's co-authors include Dario C. Altieri, Pier Carlo Marchisio, Simona Tognin, Fengzhi Li, Takehiko Dohi, Grazia Ambrosini, Emily Chu, Nathan R. Wall, Lindsey A. Miles and EF Plow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Janet Plescia

52 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Control of apoptosis and mitotic spindle checkpoint by survivin

1998 1.6k citations Fengzhi Li, Grazia Ambrosini et al. Nature profile →
Regulation of apoptosis at cell division by p34 ^cdc2 phosphorylation of survivin

2000 552 citations Janet Plescia, Fengzhi Li et al. profile →
Pleiotropic cell-division defects and apoptosis induced by interference with survivin function

1999 526 citations Fengzhi Li, Janet Plescia et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Janet Plescia United States	38	6.1k	2.4k	1.6k	1.5k	1.1k	52	8.8k
Henry C. Krutzsch United States	48	6.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	111	9.7k
Menashe Bar‐Eli United States	68	6.9k 1.1×	4.2k 1.7×	2.6k 1.6×	2.9k 1.9×	940 0.9×	186	12.0k
Raffaella Giavazzi Italy	57	6.2k 1.0×	4.0k 1.6×	3.4k 2.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	232	11.4k
Lubor Borsig Switzerland	43	3.3k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	942 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	99	7.1k
Philip E. Thorpe United States	51	5.8k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	3.5k 2.3×	512 0.5×	134	10.6k
Masashi Adachi Japan	45	4.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	982 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	540 0.5×	83	8.1k
Yohei Miyagi Japan	47	3.4k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	554 0.5×	324	8.2k
Pier Giorgio Natali Italy	61	5.3k 0.9×	3.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	260	11.3k
Ermanno Gherardi United Kingdom	42	6.4k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	108	11.6k
Vito J. Palombella United States	28	6.9k 1.1×	2.9k 1.2×	2.4k 1.5×	2.4k 1.6×	827 0.8×	57	10.0k

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Hoel, Andrew W., Peng Yu, Khanh P. Nguyen, et al.. (2012). Mitochondrial Heat Shock Protein-90 Modulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Survival and the Vascular Injury Response in Vivo. American Journal Of Pathology. 181(4). 1151–1157. 10 indexed citations

Siegelin, Markus D., Janet Plescia, Christopher M. Raskett, et al.. (2010). Global Targeting of Subcellular Heat Shock Protein-90 Networks for Therapy of Glioblastoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(6). 1638–1646. 34 indexed citations

Leav, Irwin, Janet Plescia, Hira Lal Goel, et al.. (2009). Cytoprotective Mitochondrial Chaperone TRAP-1 As a Novel Molecular Target in Localized and Metastatic Prostate Cancer. American Journal Of Pathology. 176(1). 393–401. 104 indexed citations

Kang, Byoung Heon, Janet Plescia, Ho Young Song, et al.. (2009). Combinatorial drug design targeting multiple cancer signaling networks controlled by mitochondrial Hsp90. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(3). 454–464. 197 indexed citations

Kang, Byoung Heon, Janet Plescia, Takehiko Dohi, et al.. (2007). Regulation of Tumor Cell Mitochondrial Homeostasis by an Organelle-Specific Hsp90 Chaperone Network. Cell. 131(2). 257–270. 375 indexed citations

Salz, Whitney, Dan Eisenberg, Janet Plescia, et al.. (2005). A Survivin Gene Signature Predicts Aggressive Tumor Behavior. Cancer Research. 65(9). 3531–3534. 68 indexed citations

Plescia, Janet, Whitney Salz, Fang Xia, et al.. (2005). Rational design of shepherdin, a novel anticancer agent. Cancer Cell. 7(5). 457–468. 262 indexed citations

Kirkiles-Smith, Nancy C., Keyvan Mahboubi, Janet Plescia, et al.. (2004). IL-11 Protects Human Microvascular Endothelium from Alloinjury In Vivo by Induction of Survivin Expression. The Journal of Immunology. 172(3). 1391–1396. 40 indexed citations

Beltrami, Elena, Janet Plescia, John Wilkinson, Colin S. Duckett, & Dario C. Altieri. (2004). Acute Ablation of Survivin Uncovers p53-dependent Mitotic Checkpoint Functions and Control of Mitochondrial Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(3). 2077–2084. 110 indexed citations

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Dohi, Takehiko, Elena Beltrami, Nathan R. Wall, Janet Plescia, & Dario C. Altieri. (2004). Mitochondrial survivin inhibits apoptosis and promotes tumorigenesis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(8). 1117–1127. 303 indexed citations

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Kim, Paul, Janet Plescia, Hans Clevers, Eric R. Fearon, & Dario C. Altieri. (2003). Survivin and molecular pathogenesis of colorectal cancer. The Lancet. 362(9379). 205–209. 279 indexed citations

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Fornaro, Mara, Janet Plescia, Sophie Chheang, et al.. (2003). Fibronectin Protects Prostate Cancer Cells from Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-induced Apoptosis via the AKT/Survivin Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(50). 50402–50411. 118 indexed citations

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Mahboubi, Keyvan, Fengzhi Li, Janet Plescia, et al.. (2001). Interleukin-11 Up-Regulates Survivin Expression in Endothelial Cells through a Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription-3 Pathway. Laboratory Investigation. 81(3). 327–334. 99 indexed citations

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Plescia, Janet, Dario C. Altieri, Jun Chen, et al.. (2000). Survivin does not inhibit caspase-3 activity. Blood. 96(12). 4002–4003. 84 indexed citations

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Mesri, Mehdi, Janet Plescia, & Dario C. Altieri. (1998). Dual Regulation of Ligand Binding by CD11b I Domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(2). 744–748. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Fengzhi, Grazia Ambrosini, Emily Chu, et al.. (1998). Control of apoptosis and mitotic spindle checkpoint by survivin. Nature. 396(6711). 580–584. 1635 indexed citations breakdown →

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Plescia, Janet, et al.. (1998). Molecular Identification of the Cross-reacting Epitope on αMβ2 Integrin I Domain Recognized by Anti-αIIbβ3 Monoclonal Antibody 7E3 and Its Involvement in Leukocyte Adherence. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(32). 20372–20377. 25 indexed citations

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Duperray, Alain, Lucia R. Languino, Janet Plescia, et al.. (1997). Molecular Identification of a Novel Fibrinogen Binding Site on the First Domain of ICAM-1 Regulating Leukocyte-Endothelium Bridging. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(1). 435–441. 106 indexed citations

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Languino, Lucia R., Janet Plescia, Alain Duperray, et al.. (1993). Fibrinogen mediates leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium through an ICAM-1-dependent pathway. Cell. 73(7). 1423–1434. 296 indexed citations

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Miles, Lindsey A., et al.. (1991). Role of cell-surface lysines in plasminogen binding to cells: identification of .alpha.-enolase as a candidate plasminogen receptor. Biochemistry. 30(6). 1682–1691. 478 indexed citations

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