Lawrence E. Hightower

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

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Lawrence E. Hightower is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence E. Hightower has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Epidemiology and 14 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lawrence E. Hightower's work include Heat shock proteins research (64 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (14 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (14 papers). Lawrence E. Hightower is often cited by papers focused on Heat shock proteins research (64 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (14 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (14 papers). Lawrence E. Hightower collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Lawrence E. Hightower's co-authors include Peter T. Guidon, Robert M. Tanguay, Peter L. Collins, J. Larry Renfro, J. A. Ryan, Harm H. Kampinga, Elspeth A. Bruford, Michael E. Cheetham, Hiroshi Kubota and Jurre Hageman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence E. Hightower

100 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Guidelines for the nomenclature of the human heat shock proteins

2008 1.0k citations Lawrence E. Hightower et al. Cell Stress and Chaperones profile →
Heat shock, stress proteins, chaperones, and proteotoxicity

1991 908 citations Lawrence E. Hightower Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lawrence E. Hightower United States	41	4.9k	1.2k	823	786	729	102	6.7k
Dick D. Mosser Canada	38	6.4k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	899 1.1×	752 1.0×	579 0.8×	64	8.1k
André‐Patrick Arrigo France	51	6.9k 1.4×	1.8k 1.4×	747 0.9×	706 0.9×	452 0.6×	102	8.4k
Robert M. Tanguay Canada	52	6.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	745 0.9×	477 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	212	9.5k
Richard Voellmy United States	45	7.2k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 2.0×	605 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	108	8.4k
Lea Sistonen Finland	58	9.5k 2.0×	2.6k 2.1×	1.3k 1.6×	833 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	137	11.8k
E A Craig United States	7	4.3k 0.9×	721 0.6×	916 1.1×	537 0.7×	595 0.8×	9	5.2k
S Lindquist United States	31	9.1k 1.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.8k 2.2×	1.1k 1.4×	1.6k 2.2×	41	11.0k
Jacques Landry Canada	57	9.7k 2.0×	2.6k 2.1×	1.1k 1.3×	766 1.0×	549 0.8×	146	12.7k
Milton J. Schlesinger United States	54	8.7k 1.8×	2.0k 1.6×	1.4k 1.7×	933 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	138	12.7k
Matthias P. Mayer Germany	61	11.7k 2.4×	2.9k 2.3×	1.2k 1.5×	1.6k 2.0×	639 0.9×	137	13.8k

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Maio, Antonio De & Lawrence E. Hightower. (2020). Heat shock proteins and the biogenesis of cellular membranes. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 26(1). 15–18. 22 indexed citations

Verma, Rajeev, Avijeet Chopra, Charles Giardina, et al.. (2015). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) suppresses biomarkers of cell stress and kidney injury in diabetic mice. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 20(3). 495–505. 13 indexed citations

Santoro, Massimo, et al.. (2014). The life and times of Ferruccio Ritossa. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 19(5). 599–604. 2 indexed citations

Hooper, Philip L., Lawrence E. Hightower, & Paul L. Hooper. (2012). Loss of stress response as a consequence of viral infection: implications for disease and therapy. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 17(6). 647–655. 20 indexed citations

Godman, Cassandra A., Rashmi Joshi, Charles Giardina, George A. Perdrizet, & Lawrence E. Hightower. (2010). Hyperbaric oxygen treatment induces antioxidant gene expression. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1197(1). 178–183. 72 indexed citations

Hightower, Lawrence E., et al.. (2010). HSPB1, actin filament dynamics, and aging cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1197(1). 76–84. 41 indexed citations

Multhoff, Gabriele & Lawrence E. Hightower. (2010). Distinguishing integral and receptor-bound heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) on the cell surface by Hsp70-specific antibodies. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 16(3). 251–255. 62 indexed citations

Noonan, Emily J., Gregory P. Fournier, & Lawrence E. Hightower. (2008). Surface expression of Hsp70B’ in response to proteasome inhibition in human colon cells. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 13(1). 105–110. 26 indexed citations

Kumar, Rajesh, et al.. (2004). Stress proteins are proinflammatory in vivo. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 23(3). 80–84. 1 indexed citations

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Bergeron, Jean, E A Craig, Arthur L. Horwich, et al.. (1997). Molecular chaperones in biology and medicine at Obernai. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 2(4). 220–220.

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Bornman, Liza, et al.. (1997). Variation in hsp gene expression and Hsp polymorphism: do they contribute to differential disease susceptibility and stress tolerance?. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 2(3). 141–141. 110 indexed citations

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Norris, Carol, Melissa A. Brown, Eileen Hickey, L A Weber, & Lawrence E. Hightower. (1997). Low-molecular-weight heat shock proteins in a desert fish (Poeciliopsis lucida): homologs of human Hsp27 and Xenopus Hsp30. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14(10). 1050–1061. 47 indexed citations

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Hightower, Lawrence E. & Linda M. Hendershot. (1997). Molecular chaperones and the heat shock response at Cold Spring Harbor. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 2(1). 1–1. 32 indexed citations

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Holsinger, Kent E., et al.. (1996). Quantitative evidence that both Hsc70 and Hsp70 contribute to thermal adaptation in hybrids of the livebearing fishes Poeciliopsis. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 1(2). 139–139. 44 indexed citations

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Multhoff, Gabriele & Lawrence E. Hightower. (1996). Cell surface expression of heat shock proteins and the immune response. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 1(3). 167–167. 135 indexed citations

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Li, Ting & Lawrence E. Hightower. (1995). Effects of dexamethasone, heat shock, and serum responses on the inhibition of hsc70 synthesis by antisense RNA in NIH 3T3 cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 164(2). 344–355. 5 indexed citations

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Hightower, Lawrence E., et al.. (1994). Variation in heat-shock proteins among species of desert fishes (Poeciliidae, Poeciliopsis).. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 11(1). 106–19. 56 indexed citations

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Hightower, Lawrence E., Seth Sadis, & Ivone M. Takenaka. (1994). 8 Interactions of Vertebrate hsc70 and hsp70 with Unfolded Proteins and Peptides. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 26. 179–207. 12 indexed citations

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Takenaka, Ivone M., Seth Sadis, & Lawrence E. Hightower. (1991). Transforming Growth Factor-ß Regulates Basal Expression of the hsp70 Gene Family in Cultured Chicken Embryo Cells. Results and problems in cell differentiation. 17. 188–209. 7 indexed citations

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Hightower, Lawrence E.. (1991). Heat shock, stress proteins, chaperones, and proteotoxicity. Cell. 66(2). 191–197. 908 indexed citations breakdown →

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