Michael DeRan

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Michael DeRan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael DeRan has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Michael DeRan's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (6 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (4 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (2 papers). Michael DeRan is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (6 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (4 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (2 papers). Michael DeRan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Michael DeRan's co-authors include Xu Wu, Baohui Zheng, PuiYee Chan, Jun Liu, Eric C. Peters, Jiayi Yang, Gopala K. Jarugumilli, Xuelian Luo, Eric J Miller and Ghislain M. C. Bonamy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Michael DeRan

13 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Global characterization of macrophage polarization mechan... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Global characterization of macrophage polarization mechanisms and identification of M2-type polarization inhibitors
    2021 207 citations Lizhi He, Jhih-Hua Jhong et al. Cell Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael DeRan United States 12 899 800 212 166 150 13 1.5k
Isabelle Lajoie‐Mazenc France 22 1.1k 1.2× 650 0.8× 295 1.4× 182 1.1× 187 1.2× 33 1.6k
Heidi Sankala United States 15 1.6k 1.7× 604 0.8× 167 0.8× 173 1.0× 176 1.2× 28 1.7k
Eunjin Koh South Korea 14 1.0k 1.1× 645 0.8× 123 0.6× 63 0.4× 185 1.2× 25 1.4k
Valeria Bertagnolo Italy 25 1.5k 1.7× 356 0.4× 345 1.6× 202 1.2× 256 1.7× 85 2.0k
Mona S. Spector United States 12 1.2k 1.4× 533 0.7× 273 1.3× 128 0.8× 260 1.7× 15 1.7k
John J. Upson United States 10 1.2k 1.3× 378 0.5× 335 1.6× 147 0.9× 190 1.3× 11 1.5k
Amine Sadok United Kingdom 17 694 0.8× 392 0.5× 275 1.3× 195 1.2× 125 0.8× 17 1.3k
Harihar Basnet United States 10 931 1.0× 345 0.4× 461 2.2× 241 1.5× 188 1.3× 12 1.5k
G B Mills United States 17 1.4k 1.6× 1.2k 1.5× 367 1.7× 599 3.6× 249 1.7× 19 2.5k
Matthew N. Hodgkin United Kingdom 16 1.2k 1.3× 419 0.5× 144 0.7× 198 1.2× 103 0.7× 32 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael DeRan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael DeRan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael DeRan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael DeRan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael DeRan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael DeRan. Michael DeRan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Fast, Eva M., Thomas W. Soare, Michael DeRan, et al.. (2022). Transplanted organoids empower human preclinical assessment of drug candidate for the clinic. Science Advances. 8(27). eabj5633–eabj5633. 17 indexed citations
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Shalhout, Sophia Z., Pengyu Yang, Edyta M. Grzelak, et al.. (2021). YAP-dependent proliferation by a small molecule targeting annexin A2. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(7). 767–775. 44 indexed citations
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He, Lizhi, Jhih-Hua Jhong, Qi Chen, et al.. (2021). Global characterization of macrophage polarization mechanisms and identification of M2-type polarization inhibitors. Cell Reports. 37(5). 109955–109955. 207 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Qi, Yang Sun, Gopala K. Jarugumilli, et al.. (2020). Lats1/2 Sustain Intestinal Stem Cells and Wnt Activation through TEAD-Dependent and Independent Transcription. Cell stem cell. 26(5). 675–692.e8. 120 indexed citations
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Chan, PuiYee, Xiao Han, Baohui Zheng, et al.. (2016). Autopalmitoylation of TEAD proteins regulates transcriptional output of the Hippo pathway. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(4). 282–289. 222 indexed citations
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Chen, Baoen, Baohui Zheng, Michael DeRan, et al.. (2016). ZDHHC7-mediated S-palmitoylation of Scribble regulates cell polarity. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(9). 686–693. 87 indexed citations
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DeRan, Michael, Jiayi Yang, Che‐Hung Shen, et al.. (2014). Energy Stress Regulates Hippo-YAP Signaling Involving AMPK-Mediated Regulation of Angiomotin-like 1 Protein. Cell Reports. 9(2). 495–503. 251 indexed citations
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Chen, Eleanor Y., Michael DeRan, Myron S. Ignatius, et al.. (2014). Glycogen synthase kinase 3 inhibitors induce the canonical WNT/β-catenin pathway to suppress growth and self-renewal in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(14). 5349–5354. 106 indexed citations
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Zheng, Baohui, et al.. (2013). 2-Bromopalmitate Analogues as Activity-Based Probes To Explore Palmitoyl Acyltransferases. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(19). 7082–7085. 82 indexed citations
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Miller, Eric J, Jiayi Yang, Michael DeRan, et al.. (2012). Identification of Serum-Derived Sphingosine-1-Phosphate as a Small Molecule Regulator of YAP. Chemistry & Biology. 19(8). 955–962. 216 indexed citations
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Pulvino, Mary J., Yuejin Liang, David Oleksyn, et al.. (2012). Inhibition of proliferation and survival of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cells by a small-molecule inhibitor of the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Ubc13-Uev1A. Blood. 120(8). 1668–1677. 122 indexed citations
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DeRan, Michael, Mary J. Pulvino, & Jiyong Zhao. (2011). Assessing G1-to-S-Phase Progression After Genotoxic Stress. Methods in molecular biology. 782. 221–230. 3 indexed citations
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