Michael Overholtzer

16.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
71 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Overholtzer is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Overholtzer has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Immunology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Overholtzer's work include Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (24 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (19 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers). Michael Overholtzer is often cited by papers focused on Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (24 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (19 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers). Michael Overholtzer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Michael Overholtzer's co-authors include Joan S. Brugge, Oliver Florey, Sung Eun Kim, Xuejun Jiang, Arnaud Mailleux, Gromoslaw A. Smolen, Daniel A. Haber, Jianmin Zhang, Edmund S. Cibas and Michelle S. Bradbury and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Michael Overholtzer

69 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Transforming properties of YAP , a candidate oncogene on the chromosome 11q22 amplicon

2006 748 citations Michael Overholtzer, Joan S. Brugge et al. profile →
A Nonapoptotic Cell Death Process, Entosis, that Occurs by Cell-in-Cell Invasion

2007 547 citations Michael Overholtzer, Arnaud Mailleux et al. Cell profile →
Ultrasmall nanoparticles induce ferroptosis in nutrient-deprived cancer cells and suppress tumour growth

2016 507 citations Sung Eun Kim, Kai Ma et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Ferroptosis occurs through an osmotic mechanism and propagates independently of cell rupture

2020 350 citations Tom Levin, Noah J. Steinberg et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Overholtzer United States	40	3.5k	2.0k	1.8k	1.3k	1.1k	71	7.0k
Rushika M. Perera United States	31	3.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	914 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	38	6.8k
Andrew E. Aplin United States	47	5.4k 1.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	422 0.3×	1.9k 1.7×	121	7.8k
Bharat Joshi United States	42	2.8k 0.8×	847 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	481 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	109	5.5k
Hamid Band United States	60	6.1k 1.7×	1.4k 0.7×	4.0k 2.2×	673 0.5×	3.0k 2.6×	199	11.4k
Kevin Fitzgerald United States	40	7.2k 2.1×	901 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	507 0.4×	83	10.6k
Christopher V. Carman United States	46	4.8k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.8×	299 0.2×	1.0k 0.9×	67	9.8k
Sara Sigismund Italy	27	3.9k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	693 0.4×	428 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	38	5.9k
Dwayne G. Stupack United States	46	4.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	995 0.6×	426 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	109	7.3k
Antonio Rosato Italy	45	5.6k 1.6×	2.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	448 0.3×	3.3k 2.9×	229	10.4k
Colin Nixon United Kingdom	38	3.0k 0.9×	673 0.3×	727 0.4×	837 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	94	5.1k

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Gadal, Sunyana, Jacob A. Boyer, Simon F. Roy, et al.. (2025). Tumorigenesis Driven by BRAFV600E Requires Secondary Mutations That Overcome Its Feedback Inhibition of RAC1 and Migration. Cancer Research. 85(9). 1611–1627.

Leon, Gabriel De, Feng Chen, Tuo Zhang, et al.. (2025). An ultrasmall core–shell silica nanoparticle improves antitumour immunity and survival by remodelling suppressive melanoma microenvironments. Nature Nanotechnology. 21(2). 311–322.

Conradt, Barbara, Edward A. Miao, Junying Yuan, et al.. (2024). The story behind the emergence of different forms of cell death. Developmental Cell. 59(19). 2519–2522. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Donghyuk, et al.. (2024). Entosis: the core mechanism and crosstalk with other cell death programs. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 56(4). 870–876. 19 indexed citations

Danielson, Laura S., María V. Guijarro, Sílvia Menéndez, et al.. (2023). MiR-130b modulates the invasive, migratory, and metastatic behavior of leiomyosarcoma. PLoS ONE. 18(1). e0278844–e0278844. 6 indexed citations

Aditya, Anusha, Feng Chen, Barney Yoo, et al.. (2022). Ultrasmall Nanoparticle Delivery of Doxorubicin Improves Therapeutic Index for High-Grade Glioma. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(13). 2938–2952. 14 indexed citations

Levin, Tom, Noah J. Steinberg, Scott J. Dixon, et al.. (2020). Ferroptosis occurs through an osmotic mechanism and propagates independently of cell rupture. Nature Cell Biology. 22(9). 1042–1048. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

Hayashi, Akimasa, Aslihan Yavas, Caitlin A. McIntyre, et al.. (2020). Genetic and clinical correlates of entosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Modern Pathology. 33(9). 1822–1831. 40 indexed citations

Juthani, Rupa, Brian Madajewski, Barney Yoo, et al.. (2019). Ultrasmall Core-Shell Silica Nanoparticles for Precision Drug Delivery in a High-Grade Malignant Brain Tumor Model. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(1). 147–158. 71 indexed citations

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Bradbury, Michelle S., et al.. (2019). Population Dynamics in Cell Death: Mechanisms of Propagation. Trends in cancer. 5(9). 558–568. 55 indexed citations

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Chen, Feng, Kai Ma, Brian Madajewski, et al.. (2018). Ultrasmall targeted nanoparticles with engineered antibody fragments for imaging detection of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4141–4141. 142 indexed citations

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Fagan, Patrick, Chan Lee, Sung Eun Kim, et al.. (2018). RIPK1-mediated induction of mitophagy compromises the viability of extracellular-matrix-detached cells. Nature Cell Biology. 20(3). 272–284. 74 indexed citations

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Fais, Stefano & Michael Overholtzer. (2018). Cell-in-cell phenomena in cancer. Nature reviews. Cancer. 18(12). 758–766. 131 indexed citations

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Krishna, Shefali, Wilhelm Palm, Yongchan Lee, et al.. (2016). PIKfyve Regulates Vacuole Maturation and Nutrient Recovery following Engulfment. Developmental Cell. 38(5). 536–547. 88 indexed citations

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Baccarini, Alessia, Navpreet Tung, Oliver Florey, et al.. (2014). TLR Signals Induce Phagosomal MHC-I Delivery from the Endosomal Recycling Compartment to Allow Cross-Presentation. Cell. 158(3). 506–521. 250 indexed citations

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Krajcovic, Matej, Shefali Krishna, Leila Akkari, Johanna A. Joyce, & Michael Overholtzer. (2013). mTOR regulates phagosome and entotic vacuole fission. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(23). 3736–3745. 100 indexed citations

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Gammoh, Noor, Oliver Florey, Michael Overholtzer, & Xuejun Jiang. (2012). Interaction between FIP200 and ATG16L1 distinguishes ULK1 complex–dependent and –independent autophagy. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(2). 144–149. 173 indexed citations

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Florey, Oliver, Sung Eun Kim, Cynthia P. Sandoval, Cole M. Haynes, & Michael Overholtzer. (2011). Autophagy machinery mediates macroendocytic processing and entotic cell death by targeting single membranes. Nature Cell Biology. 13(11). 1335–1343. 359 indexed citations

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Overholtzer, Michael, Arnaud Mailleux, Ghassan Mouneimne, et al.. (2008). A non-apoptotic cell death process, entosis, that occurs by cell-in-cell invasion.. Cancer Research. 68. 1560–1560. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenyong, Timothy K. Cooper, Cynthia A. Zahnow, et al.. (2004). Epigenetic and genetic loss of Hic1 function accentuates the role of p53 in tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell. 6(4). 387–398. 130 indexed citations

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