Leigh Zawel

11.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Leigh Zawel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Leigh Zawel has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Leigh Zawel's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (10 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers). Leigh Zawel is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (10 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers). Leigh Zawel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Leigh Zawel's co-authors include Danny Reinberg, Shibin Zhou, Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Scott E. Kern, Phillip Buckhaults, Jia Le Dai, K. Praveen Kumar, Hua Lu and Jean‐Marc Egly and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Leigh Zawel

38 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Human Smad3 and Smad4 Are Sequence-Specific Transcription Activators

1998 849 citations Leigh Zawel, Jia Le Dai et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Dual role of TFIIH in DNA excision repair and in transcription by RNA polymerase II

1994 395 citations Ronny Drapkin, Joyce T. Reardon et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leigh Zawel United States	26	3.9k	852	502	466	436	39	4.5k
Misao Ohki Japan	37	3.1k 0.8×	606 0.7×	614 1.2×	527 1.1×	337 0.8×	79	4.3k
Theodore G. Krontiris United States	26	2.2k 0.6×	851 1.0×	750 1.5×	515 1.1×	418 1.0×	54	3.2k
Antony R. Parker United States	20	2.8k 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	357 0.7×	733 1.6×	284 0.7×	46	3.6k
Sharon Brookes United Kingdom	29	2.4k 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	688 1.4×	513 1.1×	457 1.0×	44	3.4k
Arito Yamane Japan	22	3.4k 0.9×	817 1.0×	318 0.6×	648 1.4×	1.2k 2.7×	50	4.5k
Ho Man Chan United States	14	2.3k 0.6×	737 0.9×	333 0.7×	289 0.6×	300 0.7×	24	2.7k
Kunxin Luo United States	38	5.0k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	386 0.8×	739 1.6×	461 1.1×	57	6.2k
Daniel P. Silver United States	24	2.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.8×	942 1.9×	656 1.4×	638 1.5×	36	3.9k
Eric H. Westin United States	28	2.2k 0.6×	819 1.0×	631 1.3×	397 0.9×	759 1.7×	66	3.6k
Roderick A.F. MacLeod Germany	34	2.3k 0.6×	843 1.0×	337 0.7×	796 1.7×	799 1.8×	128	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Leigh Zawel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leigh Zawel

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Piotrowska, Zofia, Danny Nguyen, Marianna Koczywas, et al.. (2020). 1345P Preliminary safety and activity of CLN-081 in NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations (Ins20). Annals of Oncology. 31. S862–S863. 9 indexed citations

Piotrowska, Zofia, et al.. (2019). P1.01-89 A Multicenter Phase 1/2a Trial of CLN-081 in NSCLC with EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 14(10). S395–S395. 2 indexed citations

Jha, Sharda, Erick J. Morris, Alan Hruza, et al.. (2016). Dissecting Therapeutic Resistance to ERK Inhibition. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 15(4). 548–559. 39 indexed citations

Guertin, Amy D., Jing Li, Yaping Liu, et al.. (2013). Preclinical Evaluation of the WEE1 Inhibitor MK-1775 as Single-Agent Anticancer Therapy. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 12(8). 1442–1452. 143 indexed citations

Haines, Brian B., Michael J. Wick, Kyriakos P. Papadopoulos, et al.. (2012). Abstract 1868: Response biomarkers to IGF1R and mTOR inhibitor combination therapy in ovarian carcinoma. Cancer Research. 72(8_Supplement). 1868–1868. 1 indexed citations

Ziegler, David S., Santosh Kesari, Eva M. Fast, et al.. (2011). A small-molecule IAP inhibitor overcomes resistance to cytotoxic therapies in malignant gliomas in vitro and in vivo. Neuro-Oncology. 13(8). 820–829. 26 indexed citations

Weisberg, Ellen, Arghya Ray, Rosemary Barrett, et al.. (2010). Smac mimetics: implications for enhancement of targeted therapies in leukemia. Leukemia. 24(12). 2100–2109. 76 indexed citations

Symanowski, James T., Nicholas J. Vogelzang, Leigh Zawel, et al.. (2009). A Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor LBH589 Downregulates XIAP in Mesothelioma Cell Lines Which is Likely Responsible for Increased Apoptosis With TRAIL. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 4(2). 149–160. 25 indexed citations

Ziegler, David S., Renee D. Wright, Santosh Kesari, et al.. (2008). Resistance of human glioblastoma multiforme cells to growth factor inhibitors is overcome by blockade of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118(9). 3109–3122. 80 indexed citations

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Gaither, Alex, Dale Porter, Yao Yao, et al.. (2007). A Smac Mimetic Rescue Screen Reveals Roles for Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins in Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Signaling. Cancer Research. 67(24). 11493–11498. 178 indexed citations

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Weisberg, Ellen, Andrew L. Kung, Renee D. Wright, et al.. (2007). Potentiation of antileukemic therapies by Smac mimetic, LBW242: effects on mutant FLT3-expressing cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 6(7). 1951–1961. 66 indexed citations

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Zawel, Leigh, Jian Yu, C Torrance, et al.. (2002). DEC1 is a downstream target of TGF-β with sequence-specific transcriptional repressor activities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(5). 2848–2853. 81 indexed citations

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Zhou, Shibin, Leigh Zawel, Christoph Lengauer, K. W. Kinzler, & Bert Vogelstein. (1998). Characterization of Human FAST-1, a TGFβ and Activin Signal Transducer. Molecular Cell. 2(1). 121–127. 208 indexed citations

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Zawel, Leigh, Jia Le Dai, Phillip Buckhaults, et al.. (1998). Human Smad3 and Smad4 Are Sequence-Specific Transcription Activators. Molecular Cell. 1(4). 611–617. 849 indexed citations breakdown →

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Drapkin, Ronny, Joyce T. Reardon, Athar Ansari, et al.. (1994). Dual role of TFIIH in DNA excision repair and in transcription by RNA polymerase II. Nature. 368(6473). 769–772. 395 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tyree, Curtis M., et al.. (1993). Identification of a minimal set of proteins that is sufficient for accurate initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II.. Genes & Development. 7(7a). 1254–1265. 137 indexed citations

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Zawel, Leigh, Hua Lu, L J Cisek, J L Corden, & Danny Reinberg. (1993). The Cycling of RNA Polymerase II during Transcription. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 58(0). 187–198. 27 indexed citations

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Zawel, Leigh & Danny Reinberg. (1993). Initiation of Transcription by RNA Polymerase II: A Multi-step Process. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 44. 67–108. 321 indexed citations

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Zawel, Leigh & Danny Reinberg. (1992). Advances in RNA polymerase II transcription. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 4(3). 488–495. 134 indexed citations

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Zawel, Leigh & Danny Reinberg. (1992). Advances in RNA polymerase II transcription. Current Biology. 2(7). 350–350. 135 indexed citations

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