Leonidas Tsiokas

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Leonidas Tsiokas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonidas Tsiokas has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Leonidas Tsiokas's work include Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (23 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (15 papers) and Renal and related cancers (12 papers). Leonidas Tsiokas is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (23 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (15 papers) and Renal and related cancers (12 papers). Leonidas Tsiokas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Leonidas Tsiokas's co-authors include Vikas P. Sukhatme, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Gerd Walz, Emily Kim, Thierry Arnould, Sehyun Kim, Joan S. Brugge, David A. Foster, Feng Qian and Alessandra Boletta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Leonidas Tsiokas

48 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Co-assembly of polycystin-1 and -2 produces unique cation-permeable currents

2000 661 citations Feng Qian, Alessandra Boletta et al. Nature profile →
Hypoxic induction of human vascular endothelial growth factor expression through c-Src activation

1995 517 citations Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Leonidas Tsiokas et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leonidas Tsiokas United States	31	3.3k	2.3k	930	787	611	49	4.7k
Guanqing Wu United States	28	3.0k 0.9×	3.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	205 0.3×	478 0.8×	45	4.3k
Michael R. Bösl Germany	28	3.4k 1.0×	498 0.2×	240 0.3×	308 0.4×	722 1.2×	40	5.0k
Andrew D. Phillips United Kingdom	9	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	289 0.3×	100 0.1×	305 0.5×	10	4.8k
Alessandra Boletta Italy	33	3.2k 1.0×	3.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	129 0.2×	531 0.9×	73	4.5k
Ronald van Eijk Netherlands	34	2.0k 0.6×	901 0.4×	1.3k 1.4×	106 0.1×	159 0.3×	76	4.9k
Harry Hou United States	18	3.8k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	552 0.6×	66 0.1×	1.6k 2.6×	18	5.0k
Eric O. Williams United States	13	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	380 0.4×	156 0.2×	308 0.5×	16	2.7k
Paul S. Danielian United States	28	4.8k 1.4×	2.8k 1.2×	181 0.2×	62 0.1×	657 1.1×	38	6.6k
Muriel I. Kaiser‐Kupfer United States	41	2.0k 0.6×	566 0.2×	940 1.0×	222 0.3×	620 1.0×	103	4.9k
Christian C. Dibble United States	17	3.1k 1.0×	227 0.1×	218 0.2×	166 0.2×	627 1.0×	19	4.4k

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Zimmerman, Kurt A., et al.. (2025). SOX9-dependent fibrosis drives renal function in nephronophthisis. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 17(6). 1238–1258. 1 indexed citations

Lau, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Normotensive metabolic syndrome in Transient Receptor Potential Canonical Channel type 1 Trpc1−/− mice.. Biology Open. 13(7).

Elechalawar, Chandra Kumar, Geeta Rao, Ram Vinod Roy, et al.. (2023). Gold Nanoparticles Inhibit Macropinocytosis by Decreasing KRAS Activation. ACS Nano. 17(10). 9326–9337. 4 indexed citations

Tsiokas, Leonidas, et al.. (2020). Loss of polycystins suppresses deciliation via the activation of the centrosomal integrity pathway. Life Science Alliance. 3(9). e202000750–e202000750. 12 indexed citations

Eby, Bonnie, Vasyl Nesin, Megan R. Lerner, et al.. (2020). Control of PTH secretion by the TRPC1 ion channel. JCI Insight. 5(8). 9 indexed citations

Tsiokas, Leonidas, et al.. (2020). Polycystins as components of large multiprotein complexes of polycystin interactors. Cellular Signalling. 72. 109640–109640. 23 indexed citations

Gunnes, Gjermund, Asbjørn Holmgren, Janne E. Reseland, et al.. (2019). STIM1 R304W in mice causes subgingival hair growth and an increased fraction of trabecular bone. Cell Calcium. 85. 102110–102110. 10 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Prabir K., Soumyajit Banerjee Mustafi, Xunhao Xiong, et al.. (2017). MICU1 drives glycolysis and chemoresistance in ovarian cancer. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14634–14634. 137 indexed citations

Kim, Seokho, Vasyl Nesin, Uyen Tran, et al.. (2016). The polycystin complex mediates Wnt/Ca2+ signalling. Nature Cell Biology. 18(7). 752–764. 132 indexed citations

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Maskey, Dipak, M. Caleb Marlin, Seok‐Ho Kim, et al.. (2015). Cell cycle‐dependent ubiquitylation and destruction of NDE 1 by CDK 5‐ FBW 7 regulates ciliary length. The EMBO Journal. 34(19). 2424–2440. 64 indexed citations

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Nesin, Vasyl, Graham B. Wiley, Maria Kousi, et al.. (2014). Activating mutations in STIM1 and ORAI1 cause overlapping syndromes of tubular myopathy and congenital miosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(11). 4197–4202. 180 indexed citations

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Nesin, Vasyl & Leonidas Tsiokas. (2014). TRPC1. Handbook of experimental pharmacology. 222. 15–51. 39 indexed citations

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Chitalia, Vipul C., Mikhail V. Panchenko, Lirong Zeng, et al.. (2012). Polycystin-1 regulates the stability and ubiquitination of transcription factor Jade-1. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(26). 5456–5471. 15 indexed citations

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Kim, Sehyun & Leonidas Tsiokas. (2011). Cilia and cell cycle re-entry. Cell Cycle. 10(16). 2683–2690. 112 indexed citations

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Seth, Malini, Lan Mao, Victoria Graham, et al.. (2009). TRPC1 Channels Are Critical for Hypertrophic Signaling in the Heart. Circulation Research. 105(10). 1023–1030. 179 indexed citations

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Feng, Shuang, Andrew J. Streets, Linda J. Newby, et al.. (2008). Identification and Functional Characterization of an N-terminal Oligomerization Domain for Polycystin-2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(42). 28471–28479. 46 indexed citations

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Felekkis, Kyriacos, Evdokia Kastanos, Ralph Witzgall, et al.. (2008). Mutant polycystin-2 induces proliferation in primary rat tubular epithelial cells in a STAT-1/p21-independent fashion accompanied instead by alterations in expression of p57KIP2and Cdk2. BMC Nephrology. 9(1). 10–10. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Wei-Ping, Leonidas Tsiokas, Steven C. Sansom, & Rong Ma. (2004). Epidermal Growth Factor Activates Store-operated Ca2+ Channels through an Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate-independent Pathway in Human Glomerular Mesangial Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(6). 4570–4577. 32 indexed citations

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Gorbsky, Gary J., et al.. (2004). PKD2 Interacts and Co-localizes with mDia1 to Mitotic Spindles of Dividing Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(28). 29728–29739. 91 indexed citations

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Mukhopadhyay, Debabrata, et al.. (1995). Hypoxic induction of human vascular endothelial growth factor expression through c-Src activation. Nature. 375(6532). 577–581. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

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