Judah Folkman

137.0k total citations · 45 hit papers
395 papers, 105.2k citations indexed

About

Judah Folkman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Judah Folkman has authored 395 papers receiving a total of 105.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 232 papers in Molecular Biology, 130 papers in Cancer Research and 80 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Judah Folkman's work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (182 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (93 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (43 papers). Judah Folkman is often cited by papers focused on Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (182 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (93 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (43 papers). Judah Folkman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Judah Folkman's co-authors include Douglas Hanahan, Edith E. Parris, Louis M. Sherwood, Michael Klagsbrun, Yuen Shing, Noel Weidner, Joseph P. Semple, William R. Welch, Evelyn Flynn and Michael S. O’Reilly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Judah Folkman

393 papers receiving 101.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Tumor Angiogenesis: Therapeutic Implications

1971 7.9k citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Angiogenesis in cancer, vascular, rheumatoid and other disease

1995 6.5k citations Judah Folkman profile →
Patterns and Emerging Mechanisms of the Angiogenic Switch during Tumorigenesis

1996 5.6k citations Douglas Hanahan, Judah Folkman Cell profile →
Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis — Correlation in Invasive Breast Carcinoma

1991 4.9k citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Endostatin: An Endogenous Inhibitor of Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth

1997 3.7k citations Judah Folkman et al. Cell profile →
Angiogenic Factors

1987 3.2k citations Judah Folkman, Michael Klagsbrun profile →
Angiogenesis.

1992 2.4k citations Judah Folkman et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Transplacental Carcinogenesis by Stilbestrol

1971 2.1k citations Judah Folkman profile →
Role of cell shape in growth control

1978 2.0k citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Role of angiogenesis in tumor growth and metastasis

2002 2.0k citations Judah Folkman profile →
Thalidomide is an inhibitor of angiogenesis.

1994 2.0k citations Judah Folkman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Angiogenesis: an organizing principle for drug discovery?

2007 1.8k citations Judah Folkman profile →
Tumor angiogenesis correlates with metastasis in invasive prostate carcinoma.

1993 1.4k citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Antiangiogenic therapy of experimental cancer does not induce acquired drug resistance

1997 1.4k citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
ISOLATION OF A TUMOR FACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANGIOGENESIS

1971 1.2k citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Clinical translation of angiogenesis inhibitors

2002 1.2k citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Migration and proliferation of endothelial cells in preformed and newly formed blood vessels during tumor angiogenesis

1977 1.0k citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Angiogenesis

2006 992 citations Judah Folkman profile →
Angiostatin induces and sustains dormancy of human primary tumors in mice

1996 975 citations Lars Holmgren, Catherine Chen et al. profile →
Anti-Angiogenesis

1972 938 citations Judah Folkman profile →
Tumor Angiogenesis

1985 910 citations Judah Folkman profile →
Endothelial cell-derived basic fibroblast growth factor: synthesis and deposition into subendothelial extracellular matrix.

1987 884 citations Judah Folkman, Joachim Sasse et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Polymers for the sustained release of proteins and other macromolecules

1976 849 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Angiogenesis in vitro

1980 836 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Effects of Angiogenesis Inhibitors on Multistage Carcinogenesis in Mice

1999 811 citations Gabriele Bergers, Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Interferon Alfa-2a Therapy for Life-Threatening Hemangiomas of Infancy

1992 780 citations R. Alan B. Ezekowitz, John B. Mulliken et al. profile →
Heparin Affinity: Purification of a Tumor-Derived Capillary Endothelial Cell Growth Factor

1984 749 citations Judah Folkman, Catherine Butterfield et al. profile →
A heparin-binding angiogenic protein--basic fibroblast growth factor--is stored within basement membrane.

1988 738 citations Judah Folkman, Michael Klagsbrun et al. profile →
HUMAN VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IN CULTURE

1974 694 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Mechanochemical switching between growth and differentiation during fibroblast growth factor-stimulated angiogenesis in vitro: role of extracellular matrix.

1989 690 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
TUMOR DORMANCY IN VIVO BY PREVENTION OF NEOVASCULARIZATION

1972 685 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Angiogenesis is regulated by a novel mechanism: pro- and antiangiogenic proteins are organized into separate platelet α granules and differentially released

2007 649 citations A. Zaslavsky, Sandra Ryeom et al. profile →
Long-term culture of capillary endothelial cells.

1979 643 citations Judah Folkman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
How is blood vessel growth regulated in normal and neoplastic tissue? G.H.A. Clowes memorial Award lecture.

1986 619 citations Judah Folkman profile →
Inhibition of Angiogenesis In Vivo by Interleukin 12

1995 614 citations Judah Folkman et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →
Tumor Growth and Neovascularization: An Experimental Model Using the Rabbit Cornea 2

1974 590 citations Judah Folkman et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →
SELF-REGULATION OF GROWTH IN THREE DIMENSIONS

1973 590 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Angiogenesis Inhibitors Endostatin or TNP-470 Reduce Intimal Neovascularization and Plaque Growth in Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice

1999 558 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Inhibition of plaque neovascularization reduces macrophage accumulation and progression of advanced atherosclerosis

2003 538 citations David Zurakowski, Catherine Butterfield et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Angiogenesis Inhibition and Tumor Regression Caused by Heparin or a Heparin Fragment in the Presence of Cortisone

1983 520 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Cellular markers that distinguish the phases of hemangioma during infancy and childhood.

1994 518 citations Kenkichi Takahashi, John B. Mulliken et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Basic fibroblast growth factor binds to subendothelial extracellular matrix and is released by heparitinase and heparin-like molecules

1989 516 citations Michael Klagsbrun, Judah Folkman et al. profile →
Fundamental Concepts of the Angiogenic Process

2003 502 citations Judah Folkman profile →
Protamine is an inhibitor of angiogenesis

1982 457 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →
A simple procedure for the long-term cultivation of chicken embryos

1974 378 citations Judah Folkman et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spontaneous Reversion of the Angiogenic Phenotype to a Nonangiogenic and Dormant State in Human Tumors 2014 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·Michael S. Rogers, Katherine B. Novak, David Zurakowski, (unknown), Anna Blois, Eugene Lifshits, Trond Hellem Bø, Anne M. Øyan, Elise R. Bender, Michael Lampa, Soo-Young Kang, Kamila Naxerova, Karl‐Henning Kalland, Oddbjørn Straume, Lars A. Akslen, Randolph S. Watnick, Judah Folkman, George N. Naumov	11
2	Regional Control of Tumor Growth 2010 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·A. Zaslavsky, Catherine Chen, (unknown), Kwan‐Hyuck Baek, Lars Holmgren, Sam S. Yoon, Judah Folkman, Sandra Ryeom	18
3	Transcriptional Switch of Dormant Tumors to Fast-Growing Angiogenic Phenotype 2009 ·Cancer Research ·Nava Almog, Lili Ma, Raktima Raychowdhury, Christian Schwager, Ralf Erber, Sarah Short, Lynn Hlatky, Peter Vajkoczy, Peter E. Huber, Judah Folkman, Amir Abdollahi	192
4	Betacellulin Induces Increased Retinal Vascular Permeability in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy 2008 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Bela Anand‐Apte, Quteba Ebrahem, Alicia A. Cutler, Joe G. Hollyfield, Judah Folkman	1
5	Transcriptional network governing the angiogenic switch in human pancreatic cancer 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Amir Abdollahi, Christian Schwager, Jörg Kleeff, Iréne Esposito, Sophie Domhan, Peter Peschke, Kai Hauser, Philip Hahnfeldt, Lynn Hlatky, Jürgen Debus, Jeffrey M. Peters, Helmut Friess, Judah Folkman, Peter E. Huber	166
6	Malignant Progression and Blockade of Angiogenesis in a Murine Transgenic Model of Neuroblastoma 2007 ·Cancer Research ·Louis Chesler, David Goldenberg, (unknown), Ronit Satchi‐Fainaro, Matthew Grimmer, Rodney Collins, (unknown), Kim Nguyễn, Grace Kim, Tarık Tihan, Yun Bao, Rolf A. Brekken, Gabriele Bergers, Judah Folkman, William A. Weiss	54
7	The Placenta Theory and the Origin of Infantile Hemangioma 2007 ·Lymphatic Research and Biology ·Carmen M. Barnés, Emily Christison‐Lagay, Judah Folkman	36
8	Sustained regression of tumors upon MYC inactivation requires p53 or thrombospondin-1 to reverse the angiogenic switch 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sylvie Giuriato, Sandra Ryeom, Alice C. Fan, Pavan Bachireddy, Ryan C. Lynch, Matthew J. Rioth, Jan van Riggelen, (unknown), Emmanuelle Passegué, Flora Tang, Judah Folkman, Dean W. Felsher	115
9	The route of lipid administration affects parenteral nutrition–induced hepatic steatosis in a mouse model 2005 ·Journal of Pediatric Surgery ·Patrick J. Javid, Arin K. Greene, (unknown), Kathleen M. Gura, Ian P.J. Alwayn, Stephen G. Voss, Vânia Nosé, Ronit Satchi‐Fainaro, (unknown), Robert V. Mulkern, Tom Jaksic, Bruce R. Bistrian, Judah Folkman, Mark Puder	53
10	PPARγ ligands inhibit primary tumor growth and metastasis by inhibiting angiogenesis 2002 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Dipak Panigrahy, Samuel Singer, Lucy Q. Shen, Catherine Butterfield, Deborah A. Freedman, Emy J. Chen, Marsha A. Moses, Susan Kilroy, Stefan Duensing, Christopher D.�M. Fletcher, Jonathan A. Fletcher, Lynn Hlatky, Philip Hahnfeldt, Judah Folkman, Arja Kaipainen	240
11	Antitumor activity of endostatin against carcinogen-induced rat primary mammary tumors. 2000 ·IrInSubria (University of Insubria) ·Gianpaolo Perletti, (unknown), Roberto Giardini, Emanuela Marras, F Piccinini, Judah Folkman, Lina Chen	84
12	19 The Logic of Anti-angiogenic Gene Therapy 1999 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Judah Folkman, Philip Hahnfeldt, Lynn Hlatky	22
13	Patterns and Emerging Mechanisms of the Angiogenic Switch during Tumorigenesis breakdown → 1996 ·Cell ·Douglas Hanahan, Judah Folkman	5590
14	INHIBITION OF VEGF PREVENTS OCULAR NEOVASCULARIZATION IN A MONKEY MODEL 1995 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Miller Jw, DT SHIMA, Michael J. Tolentino, E. S. Gragoudas, (unknown), (unknown), Judah Folkman, Patrìcia A. D'Amore, (unknown)	5
15	Cellular markers that distinguish the phases of hemangioma during infancy and childhood. breakdown → 1994 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Kenkichi Takahashi, John B. Mulliken, Harry P. Kozakewich, Richard Rogers, Judah Folkman, R. Alan B. Ezekowitz	518
16	Elevated Levels of an Angiogenic Peptide, Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor, in the Urine of Patients With a Wide Spectrum of Cancers 1994 ·JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute ·Mai Nguyen, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Andrew E. Budson, John P. Richie, D. F. Hayes, Judah Folkman	399
17	Isolation, characterization, and localization of heparin-binding growth factors in the heart. 1990 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Ward Casscells, Edith Speir, Joachim Sasse, Michael Klagsbrun, Paul D. Allen, (unknown), Beatriz Sánchez-Calvo, M Chiba, L. Häggroth, Judah Folkman	140
18	Importance of Size, Sulfation, and Anticoagulant Activity in the Potentiation of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor by Heparin 1989 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Judith Sudhalter, Judah Folkman, C M Svahn, (unknown), Patrìcia A. D'Amore	69
19	Adenocarcinoma of colon at ureterosigmoidostomy site 14 years after conversion to ileal loop 1974 ·Urology ·Stephen R. Shapiro, (unknown), Arnold H. Colodny, Judah Folkman	19
20	The use of silicone rubber as a carrier for prolonged drug therapy 1964 ·Journal of Surgical Research ·Judah Folkman, David M. Long	241

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