Kathryn Calame

19.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
144 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Kathryn Calame is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn Calame has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Immunology, 75 papers in Molecular Biology and 30 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Kathryn Calame's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (50 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (48 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (30 papers). Kathryn Calame is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (50 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (48 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (30 papers). Kathryn Calame collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Kathryn Calame's co-authors include Miriam A. Shelef, Kuo‐I Lin, Cristina Angelin‐Duclos, Gislâine A. Martins, Andrew J. Henderson, Jerry Liao, Mark M. Davis, Tracy C. Kuo, Chainarong Tunyaplin and Ajay Shrivastava and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn Calame

143 papers receiving 15.4k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Blimp-1 Orchestrates Plasma Cell Differentiation by Extinguishing the Mature B Cell Gene Expression Program
    2002 799 citations Arthur L. Shaffer, Kuo‐I Lin et al. Immunity profile →
  2. XBP1, Downstream of Blimp-1, Expands the Secretory Apparatus and Other Organelles, and Increases Protein Synthesis in Plasma Cell Differentiation
    2004 793 citations Arthur L. Shaffer, Miriam A. Shelef et al. Immunity profile →
  3. An immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region gene is generated from three segments of DNA: VH, D and JH
    1980 704 citations P. Early, Kathryn Calame et al. profile →
  4. Blimp-1 Is Required for the Formation of Immunoglobulin Secreting Plasma Cells and Pre-Plasma Memory B Cells
    2003 653 citations Miriam A. Shelef, Kuo‐I Lin et al. Immunity profile →
  5. Regulation of plasma-cell development
    2005 630 citations Miriam A. Shelef, Kathryn Calame profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kathryn Calame United States 66 8.7k 7.0k 2.3k 1.6k 1.5k 144 15.8k
Michael Reth Germany 73 10.9k 1.3× 7.5k 1.1× 1.8k 0.8× 4.1k 2.5× 1.0k 0.7× 219 18.1k
Lynn M. Corcoran Australia 59 8.5k 1.0× 5.3k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 727 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 121 15.0k
Yutaka Kawakami Japan 62 9.0k 1.0× 6.0k 0.8× 5.5k 2.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 263 15.1k
David M. Tarlinton Australia 68 12.3k 1.4× 4.8k 0.7× 2.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 842 0.6× 183 17.0k
Stephen Μ. Hedrick United States 66 10.6k 1.2× 7.3k 1.0× 2.9k 1.3× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 166 17.0k
André Veillette Canada 67 9.9k 1.1× 5.7k 0.8× 3.5k 1.5× 1.8k 1.1× 803 0.5× 182 14.7k
Christopher J. Paige Canada 53 7.9k 0.9× 3.9k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 159 12.2k
Roger M. Perlmutter United States 62 7.5k 0.9× 5.9k 0.8× 3.4k 1.5× 2.3k 1.4× 760 0.5× 125 13.2k
Mark I. Greene United States 63 5.8k 0.7× 5.7k 0.8× 3.5k 1.5× 2.2k 1.3× 999 0.7× 247 13.1k
Martin Turner United Kingdom 67 8.6k 1.0× 7.8k 1.1× 2.7k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 208 17.6k

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All Works

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Muto, Akihiko, Kyoko Ochiai, Yoshitaka Kimura, et al.. (2010). Bach2 represses plasma cell gene regulatory network in B cells to promote antibody class switch. The EMBO Journal. 29(23). 4048–4061. 163 indexed citations
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Lord, Christopher A., David A. Savitsky, Raquel Sitcheran, et al.. (2009). Blimp-1/PRDM1 Mediates Transcriptional Suppression of the NLR Gene NLRP12/Monarch-1. The Journal of Immunology. 182(5). 2948–2958. 26 indexed citations
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Rutishauser, Rachel L., Gislâine A. Martins, Sergey Kalachikov, et al.. (2009). Transcriptional Repressor Blimp-1 Promotes CD8+ T Cell Terminal Differentiation and Represses the Acquisition of Central Memory T Cell Properties. Immunity. 31(2). 296–308. 456 indexed citations
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Cimmino, Luisa, Gislâine A. Martins, Jerry Liao, et al.. (2008). Blimp-1 Attenuates Th1 Differentiation by Repression of ifng , tbx21 , and bcl6 Gene Expression. The Journal of Immunology. 181(4). 2338–2347. 116 indexed citations
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Calame, Kathryn & Michael L. Atchison. (2007). YY1 helps to bring loose ends together: Figure 1.. Genes & Development. 21(10). 1145–1152. 31 indexed citations
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Shelef, Miriam A., Kuo‐I Lin, David A. Savitsky, Jerry Liao, & Kathryn Calame. (2005). Blimp-1 is required for maintenance of long-lived plasma cells in the bone marrow. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 202(11). 1471–1476. 178 indexed citations
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Tunyaplin, Chainarong, Arthur L. Shaffer, Cristina Angelin‐Duclos, et al.. (2004). Direct Repression of prdm1 by Bcl-6 Inhibits Plasmacytic Differentiation. The Journal of Immunology. 173(2). 1158–1165. 292 indexed citations
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Early, P., et al.. (2004). An immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region gene is generated from three segments of DNA: VH, D and JH. 1980.. PubMed. 173(11). 6503–14. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Kuo‐I, Chainarong Tunyaplin, & Kathryn Calame. (2003). Transcriptional regulatory cascades controlling plasma cell differentiation. Immunological Reviews. 194(1). 19–28. 75 indexed citations
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Lin, Kuo‐I, Cristina Angelin‐Duclos, Tracy C. Kuo, & Kathryn Calame. (2002). Blimp-1-Dependent Repression of Pax-5 Is Required for Differentiation of B Cells to Immunoglobulin M-Secreting Plasma Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(13). 4771–4780. 353 indexed citations
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Angelin‐Duclos, Cristina, Giorgio Cattoretti, Kuo‐I Lin, & Kathryn Calame. (2000). Commitment of B Lymphocytes to a Plasma Cell Fate Is Associated with Blimp-1 Expression In Vivo. The Journal of Immunology. 165(10). 5462–5471. 262 indexed citations
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Chang, D., Cristina Angelin‐Duclos, & Kathryn Calame. (2000). BLIMP-1: trigger for differentiation of myeloid lineage. Nature Immunology. 1(2). 169–176. 130 indexed citations
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Merrell, Kevin T., Andrew J. Henderson, James Gorman, et al.. (1997). The Absence of the Transcription Activator TFE3 Impairs Activation of B Cells In Vivo. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(6). 3335–3344. 30 indexed citations
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Wong, Kwok‐Kin, Xiaoming Zou, Kevin T. Merrell, et al.. (1995). v-Abl Activates c- myc Transcription through the E2F Site. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(12). 6535–6544. 51 indexed citations
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Saleque, Shireen, Kwok‐Kin Wong, Kevin T. Merrell, et al.. (1993). Yin-Yang 1 Activates the c-myc Promoter. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(12). 7487–7495. 57 indexed citations
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Merrell, Kevin T., et al.. (1991). Common Factor 1 Is a Transcriptional Activator Which Binds in the c- myc Promoter, the Skeletal α-Actin Promoter, and the Immunoglobulin Heavy-Chain Enhancer. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(3). 1765–1769. 29 indexed citations
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Tsao, Betty P., et al.. (1990). Structural characteristics of the variable regions of immunoglobulin genes encoding a pathogenic autoantibody in murine lupus.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 85(2). 530–540. 98 indexed citations
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Calame, Kathryn & Suzanne Eaton. (1988). Transcriptional Controlling Elements in the Immunoglobulin and T Cell Receptor Loci. Advances in immunology. 43. 235–275. 46 indexed citations
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Calame, Kathryn, et al.. (1986). Alternative Inducers of the Rat Metallothionein I Gene Cause Distinct Changes in Chromatin Structure in the 5′ Region of the Gene. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(7). 2576–2581. 5 indexed citations

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