Kornélia Polyák

77.6k total citations · 25 hit papers
202 papers, 49.8k citations indexed

About

Kornélia Polyák is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Kornélia Polyák has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 49.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Molecular Biology, 119 papers in Oncology and 69 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Kornélia Polyák's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (50 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (44 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (35 papers). Kornélia Polyák is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (50 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (44 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (35 papers). Kornélia Polyák collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Kornélia Polyák's co-authors include Robert A. Weinberg, Andriy Marusyk, Joan Massagué, Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Mary W. Brooks, Vanessa Almendro, Michail Shipitsin, Andrew Koff and Elinor Ng Eaton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kornélia Polyák

197 papers receiving 48.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Epithelial-Mesenchyma... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2008 2009 2007 1997 1994 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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.

  1. The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells
    2008 6.9k citations Michail Shipitsin, Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  2. Transitions between epithelial and mesenchymal states: acquisition of malignant and stem cell traits
    2009 2.7k citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  3. Mesenchymal stem cells within tumour stroma promote breast cancer metastasis
    2007 2.5k citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  4. A model for p53-induced apoptosis
    1997 2.1k citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  5. Cloning of p27Kip1, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor and a potential mediator of extracellular antimitogenic signals
    1994 1.9k citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  6. p27Kip1, a cyclin-Cdk inhibitor, links transforming growth factor-beta and contact inhibition to cell cycle arrest.
    1994 1.7k citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  7. Incidence and functional consequences of hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation in colorectal carcinoma
    1998 1.5k citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  8. Intra-tumour heterogeneity: a looking glass for cancer?
    2012 1.4k citations Andriy Marusyk, Vanessa Almendro et al. profile →
  9. A Syndrome of Multiorgan Hyperplasia with Features of Gigantism, Tumorigenesis, and Female Sterility in p27 -Deficient Mice
    1996 1.3k citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  10. Tumor heterogeneity: Causes and consequences
    2009 1.2k citations Andriy Marusyk, Kornélia Polyák profile →
  11. Mechanism of CDK activation revealed by the structure of a cyclinA-CDK2 complex
    1995 1.1k citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  12. Molecular characterization of the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer
    2004 1.0k citations Cameron Brennan, Stuart J. Schnitt et al. profile →
  13. Is a p53-Regulated Inhibitor of G2/M Progression
    1997 1.0k citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  14. Insights into Molecular Classifications of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Improving Patient Selection for Treatment
    2019 964 citations Ana C. Garrido-Castro, Kornélia Polyák et al. Cancer Discovery profile →
  15. Normal and neoplastic nonstem cells can spontaneously convert to a stem-like state
    2011 897 citations Ying Su, Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  16. Kip/Cip and Ink4 Cdk inhibitors cooperate to induce cell cycle arrest in response to TGF-beta.
    1995 833 citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  17. lnterleukin-2-mediated elimination of the p27Kipl cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor prevented by rapamycin
    1994 805 citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  18. Heterogeneity in breast cancer
    2011 769 citations Kornélia Polyák profile →
  19. Somatic mutations of the mitochondrial genome in human colorectal tumours
    1998 689 citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  20. Cyclic AMP-induced G1 phase arrest mediated by an inhibitor (p27Kip1) of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 activation
    1994 664 citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  21. Intratumor Heterogeneity: The Rosetta Stone of Therapy Resistance
    2020 581 citations Andriy Marusyk, Michalina Janiszewska et al. profile →
  22. Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast
    2004 529 citations Kornélia Polyák et al. profile →
  23. Glutamine Sensitivity Analysis Identifies the xCT Antiporter as a Common Triple-Negative Breast Tumor Therapeutic Target
    2013 471 citations Kornélia Polyák, Joe W. Gray et al. profile →
  24. Non-cell-autonomous driving of tumour growth supports sub-clonal heterogeneity
    2014 417 citations Andriy Marusyk, Doris P. Tabassum et al. profile →
  25. Tumorigenesis: it takes a village
    2015 407 citations Doris P. Tabassum, Kornélia Polyák profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kornélia Polyák 30.3k 26.6k 14.8k 5.0k 4.6k 202 49.8k
Scott W. Lowe 50.1k 1.7× 23.0k 0.9× 16.9k 1.1× 5.1k 1.0× 3.6k 0.8× 325 69.6k
David P. Lane 37.4k 1.2× 32.2k 1.2× 8.7k 0.6× 4.0k 0.8× 4.2k 0.9× 620 57.7k
Mien‐Chie Hung 43.4k 1.4× 28.0k 1.1× 13.8k 0.9× 5.1k 1.0× 7.7k 1.7× 745 67.2k
Wafik S. El‐Deiry 32.9k 1.1× 23.2k 0.9× 9.3k 0.6× 3.5k 0.7× 2.9k 0.6× 584 46.9k
Michael F. Clarke 25.7k 0.8× 27.0k 1.0× 12.1k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 3.4k 0.7× 129 44.1k
Richard G. Pestell 33.3k 1.1× 15.2k 0.6× 13.5k 0.9× 8.2k 1.6× 3.7k 0.8× 465 49.9k
Jiří Bártek 41.7k 1.4× 23.3k 0.9× 9.5k 0.6× 8.3k 1.6× 3.2k 0.7× 383 54.0k
Victor E. Velculescu 34.5k 1.1× 20.4k 0.8× 17.0k 1.1× 2.8k 0.6× 6.4k 1.4× 184 54.3k
René Bernards 30.7k 1.0× 16.4k 0.6× 9.8k 0.7× 3.1k 0.6× 3.9k 0.8× 322 44.6k
Karen H. Vousden 34.6k 1.1× 24.4k 0.9× 12.3k 0.8× 4.0k 0.8× 2.4k 0.5× 240 49.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kornélia Polyák

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Seehawer, Marco, Zheqi Li, Jun Nishida, et al.. (2024). Loss of Kmt2c or Kmt2d drives brain metastasis via KDM6A-dependent upregulation of MMP3. Nature Cell Biology. 26(7). 1165–1175. 21 indexed citations
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Stashko, Connor, Mary-Kate Hayward, Jason J. Northey, et al.. (2023). A convolutional neural network STIFMap reveals associations between stromal stiffness and EMT in breast cancer. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3561–3561. 36 indexed citations
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Alečković, Maša, Zheqi Li, Xintao Qiu, et al.. (2023). Combination Therapies to Improve the Efficacy of Immunotherapy in Triple-negative Breast Cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 22(11). 1304–1318. 6 indexed citations
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Trinh, Anne, Carlos R. Gil Del Alcazar, Sachet A. Shukla, et al.. (2020). Genomic Alterations during the In Situ to Invasive Ductal Breast Carcinoma Transition Shaped by the Immune System. Molecular Cancer Research. 19(4). 623–635. 24 indexed citations
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Peluffo, Guillermo, Ashim Subedee, Nicholas W. Harper, et al.. (2019). EN1 Is a Transcriptional Dependency in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Associated with Brain Metastasis. Cancer Research. 79(16). 4173–4183. 47 indexed citations
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Marusyk, Andriy, Doris P. Tabassum, Michalina Janiszewska, et al.. (2016). Spatial Proximity to Fibroblasts Impacts Molecular Features and Therapeutic Sensitivity of Breast Cancer Cells Influencing Clinical Outcomes. Cancer Research. 76(22). 6495–6506. 96 indexed citations
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Huh, Sung Jin, Hannah Oh, Michael Peterson, et al.. (2016). The Proliferative Activity of Mammary Epithelial Cells in Normal Tissue Predicts Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women. Cancer Research. 76(7). 1926–1934. 41 indexed citations
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Yoo, Byunghee, Amol Kavishwar, Alana Ross, et al.. (2015). Combining miR-10b–Targeted Nanotherapy with Low-Dose Doxorubicin Elicits Durable Regressions of Metastatic Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 75(20). 4407–4415. 65 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Taku, Jee Hyun Kim, Kristopher Carver, et al.. (2015). CLK2 Is an Oncogenic Kinase and Splicing Regulator in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 75(7). 1516–1526. 84 indexed citations
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Jin, Kideok, Sunju Park, Wei Wen Teo, et al.. (2015). HOXB7 Is an ERα Cofactor in the Activation of HER2 and Multiple ER Target Genes Leading to Endocrine Resistance. Cancer Discovery. 5(9). 944–959. 67 indexed citations
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Almendro, Vanessa, Hee Jung Kim, Yu-Kang Cheng, et al.. (2014). Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity in Breast Tumor Metastases. Cancer Research. 74(5). 1338–1348. 129 indexed citations
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Chin, Y. Rebecca, Taku Yoshida, Andriy Marusyk, et al.. (2013). Targeting Akt3 Signaling in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(3). 964–973. 127 indexed citations
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Martins, Filipe Correia, Subhajyoti De, Vanessa Almendro, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary Pathways in BRCA1-Associated Breast Tumors. Cancer Discovery. 2(6). 503–511. 95 indexed citations
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Bessarabova, Marina, Weiwei Shi, Kornélia Polyák, et al.. (2011). Functional Synergies yet Distinct Modulators Affected by Genetic Alterations in Common Human Cancers. Cancer Research. 71(10). 3471–3481. 8 indexed citations
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Park, So Yeon, Hee Eun Lee, Hailun Li, et al.. (2010). Heterogeneity for Stem Cell–Related Markers According to Tumor Subtype and Histologic Stage in Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 16(3). 876–887. 325 indexed citations
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Miron, Alexander, Mária Váradi, Daniel R. Carrasco, et al.. (2010). PIK3CA Mutations in In situ and Invasive Breast Carcinomas. Cancer Research. 70(14). 5674–5678. 107 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiangshan, Hui Ma, Hongyan Du, et al.. (2008). Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression during Immortalization and Breast Cancer Progression. Cancer Research. 68(2). 467–475. 36 indexed citations
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Nikolsky, Yuri, Jun Yao, Damir Dosymbekov, et al.. (2008). Genome-Wide Functional Synergy between Amplified and Mutated Genes in Human Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 68(22). 9532–9540. 69 indexed citations
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Kleer, Celina G., Noga Bloushtain-Qimron, Yu‐Hui Chen, et al.. (2008). Epithelial and Stromal Cathepsin K and CXCL14 Expression in Breast Tumor Progression. Clinical Cancer Research. 14(17). 5357–5367. 80 indexed citations
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Yao, Jun, Stanislawa Weremowicz, Bin Feng, et al.. (2006). Combined cDNA Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization and Serial Analysis of Gene Expression Analysis of Breast Tumor Progression. Cancer Research. 66(8). 4065–4078. 133 indexed citations

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