Martin R. Pollak

23.2k citations

189 papers · 14.6k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 61

Nephrology top 0.01%
Molecular Biology top 1%
Genetics top 0.5%
Genetics top 0.2%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.5%

Co-authors: David J. Friedman Edward M. Brown Steven Hébert Giulio Genovese Christine E. Seidman Jonathan G. Seidman Jeffrey B. Kopp Johannes Schlöndorff
Topics: Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (118 papers)Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (59 papers)Renal and related cancers (35 papers)
Cited by: Nephrology Genetics Transplantation
Journals: Nature Science New England Journal of Medicine
Partner nations: United States Canada China

In The Last Decade

Martin R. Pollak

185 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kidney Disease in African Americans

2010 1.3k citations Giulio Genovese, David J. Friedman et al. Science profile →
Mutations in ACTN4, encoding α-actinin-4, cause familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

2000 951 citations Martin R. Pollak et al. profile →
Mutations in the human Ca2+-sensing receptor gene cause familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia and neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism

1993 739 citations Martin R. Pollak, Edward M. Brown et al. profile →
TRPC6 is a glomerular slit diaphragm-associated channel required for normal renal function

2005 647 citations Hikaru Sugimoto, Raghu Kalluri et al. profile →
Stem cell engraftment at the endosteal niche is specified by the calcium-sensing receptor

2005 549 citations Claudine H. Kos, Martin R. Pollak et al. profile →
Inaxaplin for Proteinuric Kidney Disease in Persons with Two APOL1 Variants

2023 98 citations David J. Friedman, Martin R. Pollak et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	714 Association between change in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and clinical outcomes after elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor treatment: data from the European Cystic Fibrosis Society Patient Registry 2024 ·Journal of Cystic Fibrosis ·Martin R. Pollak,Simone Gambazza,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Dario Prais,Eitan Kerem,(unknown)	1
2	Nephrotic Syndrome Gene TBC1D8B Is Required for Endosomal Maturation and Nephrin Endocytosis in Drosophila 2022 ·Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·(unknown),(unknown),Konrad Lang,(unknown),(unknown),Claire Leroy,Mengmeng Chen,Lea Gerstner,(unknown),Minxian Wang,(unknown),(unknown),Martin Helmstädter,Gerd Walz,Martin R. Pollak,Tobias Hermle	12
3	APOL1 renal risk variants are associated with obesity and body composition in African ancestry adults: An observational genotype-phenotype association study. 2021 ·PubMed ·Girish N. Nadkarni,Kezhen Fei,Geneviève Galarneau,Yan Gao,James G. Wilson,(unknown),Ebony Madden,Joshua C. Denny,Lynne D. Richardson,Martin R. Pollak,Ruth J. F. Loos,Carol R. Horowitz	3
4	Opinions of African American adults about the use of apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1) genetic testing in living kidney donation and transplantation 2020 ·American Journal of Transplantation ·(unknown),(unknown),Aaron Fleishman,Kenneth P. Tercyak,Martin R. Pollak,Martha Pavlakis,(unknown),Prabhakar K. Baliga,Liise K. Kayler,Thomas Hugh Feeley,James R. Rodrigue	14
5	Phosphorylation of ACTN4 Leads to Podocyte Vulnerability and Proteinuric Glomerulosclerosis 2020 ·Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Di Feng,Mukesh Kumar,Jan Muntel,Susan B. Gurley,Gabriel Birrane,Isaac E. Stillman,Lai Ding,Minxian Wang,Saima Ahmed,Johannes Schlöndorff,Seth L. Alper,Tom Ferrante,(unknown),Carlos F. Ng,Richard Novák,Donald E. Ingber,Hanno Steen,Martin R. Pollak	22
6	Contributions of Rare Gene Variants to Familial and Sporadic FSGS 2019 ·Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Minxian Wang,Justin Chun,Giulio Genovese,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),David J. Friedman,Gerald B. Appel,Richard P. Lifton,Shrikant Mane,Martin R. Pollak	35
7	Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk variant toxicity depends on the haplotype background 2019 ·Kidney International ·(unknown),Shrijal S. Shah,(unknown),(unknown),Seth L. Alper,Martin R. Pollak,David J. Friedman	40
8	Interrelated role of Klotho and calcium-sensing receptor in parathyroid hormone synthesis and parathyroid hyperplasia 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yi Fan,Weiqing Liu,Ruiye Bi,Michael Densmore,Tadatoshi Sato,Michael Mannstadt,Quan Yuan,Xuedong Zhou,Hannes Olauson,Tobias E. Larsson,Hakan R. Toka,Martin R. Pollak,Edward M. Brown,Beate Lanske	41
9	Disease-causing mutation in α-actinin-4 promotes podocyte detachment through maladaptation to periodic stretch 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Di Feng,Jacob Notbohm,(unknown),Shijie He,Minxian Wang,Lay‐Hong Ang,(unknown),Mehdi Bouzid,Emanuela Del Gado,Ramaswamy Krishnan,Martin R. Pollak	43
10	Functional Validation of an Alpha-Actinin-4 Mutation as a Potential Cause of an Aggressive Presentation of Adolescent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: Implications for Genetic Testing 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Di Feng,Julia Steinke,Ramaswamy Krishnan,Gabriel Birrane,Martin R. Pollak	11
11	Increased Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Carriers of APOL1 Genetic Variants 2013 ·Circulation Research ·Kaoru Ito,Alexander G. Bick,Jason Flannick,David J. Friedman,Giulio Genovese,Michael Parfenov,Steven R. DePalma,Namrata Gupta,Stacey Gabriel,Herman A. Taylor,Ervin R. Fox,Christopher Newton‐Cheh,Sekar Kathiresan,Joel N. Hirschhorn,David Altshuler,Martin R. Pollak,James G. Wilson,Jonathan G. Seidman,Christine E. Seidman	110
12	Interactions between calcium and phosphorus in the regulation of the production of fibroblast growth factor 23 in vivo 2012 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Stephen Quinn,A. Thomsen,Jian Pang,Lakshmi Kantham,Hans Bräuner‐Osborne,Martin R. Pollak,David Goltzman,Edward M. Brown	84
13	Genetics of kidney failure and the evolving story of APOL1 2011 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·David J. Friedman,Martin R. Pollak	94
14	Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kidney Disease in African Americansbreakdown → 2010 ·Science ·Giulio Genovese,David J. Friedman,Michael D. Ross,Laurence Lecordier,Pierrick Uzureau,Barry I. Freedman,Donald W. Bowden,Carl D. Langefeld,Tarás K. Oleksyk,(unknown),Andrea J. Bernhardy,Andrew A. Hicks,George W. Nelson,Benoît Vanhollebeke,Cheryl A. Winkler,Jeffrey B. Kopp,Etienne Pays,Martin R. Pollak	1329
15	A SNP Streak Model for the Identification of Genetic Regions Identical-by-descent 2008 ·Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology ·(unknown),Daniel N. Rockmore,Martin R. Pollak	22
16	Disease-associated mutant α-actinin-4 reveals a mechanism for regulating its F-actin-binding affinity 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Astrid Weins,Johannes Schlöndorff,Fumihiko Nakamura,Bradley M. Denker,John H. Hartwig,Thomas P. Stossel,Martin R. Pollak	119
17	α-Actinin-4 Is Required for Normal Podocyte Adhesion 2006 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Savita Dandapani,Hikaru Sugimoto,Benjamin D. Matthews,Robert J. Kolb,Sumita Sinha,Robert E. Gerszten,Jing Zhou,Donald E. Ingber,Raghu Kalluri,Martin R. Pollak	104
18	The calcium-sensing receptor is required for normal calcium homeostasis independent of parathyroid hormone 2003 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Claudine H. Kos,Andrew C. Karaplis,Ji‐Bin Peng,Matthias A. Hediger,David Goltzman,Khalid S. Mohammad,Theresa A. Guise,Martin R. Pollak	159
19	NPHS2 mutations in late-onset focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: R229Q is a common disease-associated allele 2002 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Hiroyasu Tsukaguchi,Akulapalli Sudhakar,Tu C. Le,Nguyễn Thu Trang,Jun Yao,Joshua A. Schwimmer,Asher D. Schachter,Esteban Poch,Patrícia Ferreira Abreu,Gerald B. Appel,Aparecido B. Pereira,Raghu Kalluri,Martin R. Pollak	143
20	Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia and neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism. Effects of mutant gene dosage on phenotype. 1994 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Martin R. Pollak,Yah-Huei Chou,Stephen J. Marx,B Steinmann,David E.C. Cole,Maria Luisa Brandi,Socrates E. Papapoulos,Fred H. Menko,Geoffrey N. Hendy,Edward M. Brown	197

About Martin R. Pollak

Martin R. Pollak is a scholar working on Nephrology, Genetics and Gastroenterology, having authored 189 papers that have together received 14.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (118 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (59 papers) and Renal and related cancers (35 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nephrology (9.4k citations), Genetics (2.1k citations) and Transplantation (349 citations). Martin R. Pollak has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Frequent co-authors include David J. Friedman, Edward M. Brown, Steven Hébert, Giulio Genovese, Christine E. Seidman, Jonathan G. Seidman, Jeffrey B. Kopp, Johannes Schlöndorff, Claudine H. Kos and Olga Kifor. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

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