Michael A. Crackower

9.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
42 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Crackower is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Crackower has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Crackower's work include Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (7 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (5 papers). Michael A. Crackower is often cited by papers focused on Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (7 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (5 papers). Michael A. Crackower collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Austria. Michael A. Crackower's co-authors include Josef Penninger, Renu Sarao, Gavin Y. Oudit, Peter H. Backx, Teiji Wada, Chi-chung Hui, Stefan Uhlig, Xiaozhong Peng, Howard Leong‐Poi and Keiji Kuba and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Crackower

41 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 protects from severe acute lung failure

2005 1.8k citations Renu Sarao, Michael A. Crackower et al. Nature profile →
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is an essential regulator of heart function

2002 1.3k citations Michael A. Crackower, Renu Sarao et al. Nature profile →
Temporally Regulated and Tissue-Specific Gene Manipulations in the Adult and Embryonic Heart Using a Tamoxifen-Inducible Cre Protein

2001 526 citations Mai P. Nghiem, Michael A. Crackower et al. Circulation Research profile →
Specific and redundant functions of Gli2 and Gli3 zinc finger genes in skeletal patterning and development

1997 502 citations Michael A. Crackower, Henry H. Heng et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael A. Crackower United States	28	2.9k	1.9k	1.8k	900	689	42	6.9k
Renu Sarao Canada	17	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	774 0.9×	642 0.9×	20	5.8k
Michael J. Donovan United States	24	2.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	926 0.5×	870 1.0×	317 0.5×	52	5.5k
Roger E. Breitbart United States	32	3.1k 1.1×	2.6k 1.4×	938 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	309 0.4×	49	8.7k
Maria B. Grant United States	55	5.4k 1.9×	984 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	981 1.1×	713 1.0×	235	11.2k
Glenn I. Fishman United States	61	7.7k 2.7×	4.5k 2.3×	1.1k 0.6×	389 0.4×	699 1.0×	136	11.1k
Victoria Álvarez Spain	42	1.8k 0.6×	886 0.5×	322 0.2×	246 0.3×	724 1.1×	199	5.4k
Gerd Wallukat Germany	57	3.0k 1.1×	3.5k 1.8×	250 0.1×	621 0.7×	389 0.6×	237	11.3k
Uwe Lendeckel Germany	46	2.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	224 0.1×	661 0.7×	163 0.2×	186	6.4k
Marko Poglitsch Austria	28	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	711 0.4×	801 0.9×	253 0.4×	93	3.8k
Maria B. Grant United States	36	1.3k 0.5×	585 0.3×	580 0.3×	437 0.5×	267 0.4×	73	3.7k

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Elkayam, Elad, François G. Gervais, Hao Wu, Michael A. Crackower, & Judy Lieberman. (2025). New insights into the noncanonical inflammasome point to caspase-4 as a druggable target. Nature reviews. Immunology. 25(8). 558–568. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Li, Michael A. Crackower, & Hao Wu. (2021). Advances toward structure-based drug discovery for inflammasome targets. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 219(1). 3 indexed citations

Bai, Jianwu, Steven L. Smock, George R. Jackson, et al.. (2015). Phenotypic Responses of Differentiated Asthmatic Human Airway Epithelial Cultures to Rhinovirus. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0118286–e0118286. 50 indexed citations

Burton, Oliver T., Magali Noval Rivas, Joseph S. Zhou, et al.. (2014). Immunoglobulin E Signal Inhibition during Allergen Ingestion Leads to Reversal of Established Food Allergy and Induction of Regulatory T Cells. Immunity. 41(1). 141–151. 115 indexed citations

Stepaniants, S., I‐Ming Wang, Yves Boie, et al.. (2014). Genes related to emphysema are enriched for ubiquitination pathways. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 14(1). 187–187. 14 indexed citations

Crackower, Michael A., Lily Y. Moy, Yanlin Jia, et al.. (2012). Characterization of a Novel, Potent and Selective Small Molecule Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) Inhibitor in In Vitro and In Vivo Models of Asthma.. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 129(2). AB49–AB49. 1 indexed citations

Oudit, Gavin Y., Zamaneh Kassiri, Joyce Zhou, et al.. (2008). Loss of PTEN attenuates the development of pathological hypertrophy and heart failure in response to biomechanical stress. Cardiovascular Research. 78(3). 505–514. 94 indexed citations

Wang, I‐Ming, S. Stepaniants, Yves Boie, et al.. (2007). Gene Expression Profiling in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Lung Cancer. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 177(4). 402–411. 126 indexed citations

Kolas, Nadine K., Edyta Marcon, Michael A. Crackower, et al.. (2005). Mutant meiotic chromosome core components in mice can cause apparent sexual dimorphic endpoints at prophase or X–Y defective male-specific sterility. Chromosoma. 114(2). 92–102. 43 indexed citations

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Oudit, Gavin Y., Michael A. Crackower, Peter H. Backx, & Josef Penninger. (2003). The Role of ACE2 in Cardiovascular Physiology. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 13(3). 93–101. 211 indexed citations

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Danilczyk, Ursula, Urs Eriksson, Michael A. Crackower, & Josef Penninger. (2003). A story of two ACEs. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 81(4). 227–234. 62 indexed citations

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Crackower, Michael A., Renu Sarao, Gavin Y. Oudit, et al.. (2002). Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is an essential regulator of heart function. Nature. 417(6891). 822–828. 1340 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bony, Claire, Serge Roche, Shuichi Ueno, et al.. (2001). A Specific Role of Phosphatidylinositol 3–Kinase γ. The Journal of Cell Biology. 152(4). 717–728. 45 indexed citations

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Nghiem, Mai P., Michael A. Crackower, Sandra A. Witt, et al.. (2001). Temporally Regulated and Tissue-Specific Gene Manipulations in the Adult and Embryonic Heart Using a Tamoxifen-Inducible Cre Protein. Circulation Research. 89(1). 20–25. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Crackower, Michael A., David S. Sinasac, James Xia, et al.. (1999). Cloning and Characterization of Two Cytoplasmic Dynein Intermediate Chain Genes in Mouse and Human. Genomics. 55(3). 257–267. 30 indexed citations

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Sinasac, David S., Michael A. Crackower, Jeffrey R. Lee, et al.. (1999). Genomic Structure of the Adult-Onset Type II Citrullinemia Gene, SLC25A13, and Cloning and Expression of Its Mouse Homologue. Genomics. 62(2). 289–292. 33 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Keiko, David S. Sinasac, Mikio Iijima, et al.. (1999). The gene mutated in adult-onset type II citrullinaemia encodes a putative mitochondrial carrier protein. Nature Genetics. 22(2). 159–163. 326 indexed citations

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Motoyama, Jun, Henry H. Heng, Michael A. Crackower, et al.. (1998). Overlapping and non-overlapping Ptch2 expression with Shh during mouse embryogenesis. Mechanisms of Development. 78(1-2). 81–84. 60 indexed citations

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Crackower, Michael A., Jun Motoyama, & Lap‐Chee Tsui. (1998). Defect in the Maintenance of the Apical Ectodermal Ridge in theDactylaplasiaMouse. Developmental Biology. 201(1). 78–89. 36 indexed citations

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Crackower, Michael A., Stephen W. Scherer, Henry H. Heng, & L.-C. Tsui. (1997). Cloning of a DSS1 pseudogene (DSS1P1) and mapping to human Chromosome band 5ql4. Mammalian Genome. 8(2). 159–160.

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