Mark Thomas

12.2k citations

38 papers · 4.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 23

Impact in

Aging top 2%
Molecular Biology top 2%
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Papers in ⓘ

Molecular Biology 34
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders 21
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 6
- RNA Research and Splicing 4
Genetics 8
- Mesenchymal stem cell research 4
- Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research 4

Co-authors: Ravi Kambadur (17 shared papers)Mridula Sharma (16 shared papers)Brett Langley (5 shared papers)Seumas McCroskery (2 shared papers)Amy Bishop (2 shared papers)Linda Maxwell (1 shared paper)Vivek Iyer (4 shared papers)Alex Hennebry (7 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Cellular Physiology (5 papers)Experimental Cell Research (3 papers)PLoS Genetics (2 papers)Advanced Healthcare Materials (2 papers)American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology (2 papers)
Partner nations: New Zealand United Kingdom Singapore

In The Last Decade

Mark Thomas

35 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function 2011 · 1.2k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Nature
2003 The Journal of Cell Biology
2002 Journal of Biological Chemistry

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1	A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function Nature ·William C. Skarnes, Barry P. Rosen, Anthony P. West, Manousos Koutsourakis, Wendy Bushell, Vivek Iyer, Alejandro O. Mujica, Mark Thomas, Jennifer Harrow, Tony Cox, David K. Jackson, Jessica Severin, Patrick J. Biggs, Jun Fu, Michael Nefedov, Pieter J. de Jong, A. Francis Stewart, Allan Bradley Hit paper breakdown →	2011	1208
2	Myostatin Inhibits Myoblast Differentiation by Down-regulating MyoD Expression Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Brett Langley, Mark Thomas, Amy Bishop, Mridula Sharma, Stewart Gilmour, Ravi Kambadur Hit paper breakdown →	2002	726
3	Myostatin negatively regulates satellite cell activation and self-renewal The Journal of Cell Biology ·Seumas McCroskery, Mark Thomas, Linda Maxwell, Mridula Sharma, Ravi Kambadur Hit paper breakdown →	2003	617
4	Myostatin induces cachexia by activating the ubiquitin proteolytic system through an NF‐κB‐independent, FoxO1‐dependent mechanism Journal of Cellular Physiology ·Craig McFarlane, Erin Plummer, Mark Thomas, Alex Hennebry, M. G. Ashby, Nicholas Ling, Heather Smith, Mridula Sharma, Ravi Kambadur	2006	370
5	Improved muscle healing through enhanced regeneration and reduced fibrosis in myostatin-null mice Journal of Cell Science ·Seumas McCroskery, Mark Thomas, Leanne Platt, Alex Hennebry, Takanori Nishimura, Lance McLeay, Mridula Sharma, Ravi Kambadur	2005	161
6	The Myostatin Gene Is a Downstream Target Gene of Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor MyoD Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Michael P. Spiller, Ravi Kambadur, Ferenc Jeanplong, Mark Thomas, Julie Martyn, John J. Bass, Mridula Sharma	2002	136
7	Myostatin signals through Pax7 to regulate satellite cell self-renewal Experimental Cell Research ·Craig McFarlane, Alex Hennebry, Mark Thomas, Erin Plummer, Nicholas Ling, Mridula Sharma, Ravi Kambadur	2007	118
8	Decorin enhances the proliferation and differentiation of myogenic cells through suppressing myostatin activity Journal of Cellular Physiology ·Yasuhiro Kishioka, Mark Thomas, Jun‐ichi Wakamatsu, Akihito Hattori, Mridula Sharma, Ravi Kambadur, Takanori Nishimura	2007	98
9	No unexpected CRISPR-Cas9 off-target activity revealed by trio sequencing of gene-edited mice PLoS Genetics ·Vivek Iyer, Katharina Boroviak, Mark Thomas, Brendan Doe, Laura Riva, Edward J. Ryder, David J. Adams	2018	87
10	Titin‐cap associates with, and regulates secretion of, Myostatin Journal of Cellular Physiology ·G. Nicholas, Mark Thomas, Brett Langley, W. Gregory Somers, Ketan Patel, C. Fred Kemp, Mridula Sharma, Ravi Kambadur	2002	86
11	Myostatin auto‐regulates its expression by feedback loop through Smad7 dependent mechanism Journal of Cellular Physiology ·Davanea Forbes, Mark Jackman, Amy Bishop, Mark Thomas, Ravi Kambadur, Mridula Sharma	2005	85
12	Mighty is a novel promyogenic factor in skeletal myogenesis Experimental Cell Research ·Amy D. Marshall, Mônica Senna Salerno, Mark Thomas, Todd John Davies, Carole Berry, Kelly A. Dyer, Jeremy Bracegirdle, Trevor Watson, Marie Dziadek, Ravi Kambadur, Rob Bower, Mridula Sharma	2008	70
13	Molecular analysis of fiber type-specific expression of murine myostatin promoter American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology ·Mônica Senna Salerno, Mark Thomas, Davanea Forbes, Trevor Watson, Ravi Kambadur, Mridula Sharma	2004	57
14	Single cysteine to tyrosine transition inactivates the growth inhibitory function of Piedmontese myostatin American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology ·Carole Berry, Mark Thomas, Brett Langley, Mridula Sharma, Ravi Kambadur	2002	51
15	Proteolytic processing of myostatin is auto-regulated during myogenesis Developmental Biology ·Craig McFarlane, Brett Langley, Mark Thomas, Alex Hennebry, Erin Plummer, G. Nicholas, Chris McMahon, Mridula Sharma, Ravi Kambadur	2005	46
16	Minimal genome-wide human CRISPR-Cas9 library Genome biology ·Emanuel Gonçalves, Mark Thomas, Fiona M. Behan, Gabriele Picco, Clare Pacini, Felicity Allen, Alessandro Vinceti, Mamta Sharma, David A. Jackson, Stacey Price, Charlotte Beaver, Oliver M. Dovey, David Parry-Smith, Francesco Iorio, Leopold Parts, Kosuke Yusa, Mathew J. Garnett	2021	45
17	Cyclic glycine-proline regulates IGF-1 homeostasis by altering the binding of IGFBP-3 to IGF-1 Scientific Reports ·Jian Guan, Peter D. Gluckman, Panzao Yang, Geoff Krissansen, Xueying Sun, Yongzhi Zhou, Jingyuan Wen, Gemma M.A. Phillips, Paul R. Shorten, Chris D. McMahon, G.C. Wake, Wendy H. K. Chan, Mark Thomas, April Ren, Steve Moon, Dongxu Liu	2014	41
18	Akirin1 (Mighty), a novel promyogenic factor regulates muscle regeneration and cell chemotaxis Experimental Cell Research ·Mônica Senna Salerno, Kelly A. Dyer, Jeremy Bracegirdle, Leanne Platt, Mark Thomas, Victoria Siriett, Ravi Kambadur, Mridula Sharma	2009	40
19	Myostatin inhibits rhabdomyosarcoma cell proliferation through an Rb-independent pathway Oncogene ·Brett Langley, Mark Thomas, Craig McFarlane, Stewart Gilmour, Mridula Sharma, Ravi Kambadur	2004	39
20	A Genome-Wide Knockout Screen in Human Macrophages Identified Host Factors Modulating Salmonella Infection mBio ·Amy Yeung, Yoon Ha Choi, Amy Huei‐Yi Lee, Christine Hale, Hannes Ponstingl, Derek Pickard, David Goulding, Mark Thomas, Erin E. Gill, Jong Kim, Allan Bradley, Robert E. W. Hancock, Gordon Dougan	2019	38

About Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, having authored 38 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (21 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (5 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (4 papers) and GDF15 and Related Biomarkers (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (140 citations), Molecular Biology (3.5k citations), Cell Biology (806 citations), Physiology (962 citations) and Genetics (380 citations). Mark Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Singapore. Frequent co-authors include Ravi Kambadur, Mridula Sharma, Brett Langley, Seumas McCroskery, Amy Bishop, Linda Maxwell, Vivek Iyer, Alex Hennebry, Jennifer Harrow and Craig McFarlane. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Cellular Physiology, Experimental Cell Research, PLoS Genetics, Advanced Healthcare Materials and American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology.

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