Paul W. Finch

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Paul W. Finch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul W. Finch has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Paul W. Finch's work include Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (24 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). Paul W. Finch is often cited by papers focused on Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (24 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). Paul W. Finch collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Paul W. Finch's co-authors include Jeffrey S. Rubin, Stuart A. Aaronson, Dina Ron, Toru Miki, W Taylor, Stuart Rudikoff, Donald P. Bottaro, Peter T. Emmerson, Hiroyuki Osada and Makoto Igarashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Paul W. Finch

48 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Human KGF is FGF-Related with Properties of a Paracrine Effector of Epithelial Cell Growth

1989 869 citations Paul W. Finch, Jeffrey S. Rubin et al. profile →
Purification and characterization of a newly identified growth factor specific for epithelial cells.

1989 739 citations Jeffrey S. Rubin, Paul W. Finch et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul W. Finch United States	34	3.9k	1.0k	810	798	735	49	5.8k
Gary D. Shipley United States	32	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	381 0.5×	476 0.6×	1.5k 2.0×	48	5.8k
John S. Munger United States	30	3.7k 1.0×	744 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	648 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	43	7.7k
Sela Cheifetz United States	34	5.0k 1.3×	850 0.8×	460 0.6×	579 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	48	6.7k
Joachim Sasse United States	36	3.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	466 0.6×	745 0.9×	499 0.7×	71	5.5k
Thomas Maciag United States	37	5.3k 1.4×	1.9k 1.9×	471 0.6×	699 0.9×	741 1.0×	63	7.3k
Adam B. Glick United States	47	4.6k 1.2×	903 0.9×	670 0.8×	734 0.9×	1.6k 2.2×	109	7.4k
Edward B. Leof United States	46	4.1k 1.1×	899 0.9×	1.3k 1.6×	420 0.5×	1.5k 2.0×	106	7.3k
David Moscatelli United States	41	6.5k 1.7×	3.2k 3.2×	971 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.8×	82	9.6k
William J. LaRochelle United States	43	2.8k 0.7×	636 0.6×	360 0.4×	318 0.4×	951 1.3×	81	4.9k
Olli Saksela Finland	37	5.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.4×	749 0.9×	598 0.7×	2.8k 3.9×	82	9.6k

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Finch, Paul W.. (2012). ABC of Birds. English Journal of the English Association. 62(236). 67–67. 1 indexed citations

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Finch, Paul W. & Jeffrey S. Rubin. (2006). Keratinocyte Growth Factor Expression and Activity in Cancer: Implications for Use in Patients With Solid Tumors. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 98(12). 812–824. 88 indexed citations

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Finch, Paul W. & Jeffrey S. Rubin. (2004). Keratinocyte Growth Factor⧸Fibroblast Growth Factor 7, a Homeostatic Factor with Therapeutic Potential for Epithelial Protection and Repair. Advances in cancer research. 91. 69–136. 198 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jie & Paul W. Finch. (1999). Identification of a novel transcriptional regulatory element within the promoter region of the keratinocyte growth factor gene that mediates inducibility to cyclic AMP. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1446(1-2). 71–81. 10 indexed citations

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Igarashi, Makoto, Paul W. Finch, & Stuart A. Aaronson. (1998). Characterization of Recombinant Human Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF)-10 Reveals Functional Similarities with Keratinocyte Growth Factor (FGF-7). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(21). 13230–13235. 261 indexed citations

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Fenton, Heather, Paul W. Finch, Jeffrey S. Rubin, et al.. (1998). Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF/SF) in Alzheimer's disease. Brain Research. 779(1-2). 262–270. 63 indexed citations

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Finch, Paul W., Lorrin Yee, Ming Chu, et al.. (1997). Inhibition of Growth Factor Mitogenicity and Growth of Tumor Cell Xenografts by a Sulfonated Distamycin A Derivative. Pharmacology. 55(6). 269–278. 10 indexed citations

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Sugimura, Yoshiki, Barbara A. Foster, Yun K. Hom, et al.. (1996). Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) can replace testosterone in the ductal branching morphogenesis of the rat ventral prostate. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 40(5). 941–951. 141 indexed citations

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Knuckey, N., Paul W. Finch, Donald E. Palm, et al.. (1996). Differential neuronal and astrocytic expression of transforming growth factor beta isoforms in rat hippocampus following transient forebrain ischemia. Molecular Brain Research. 40(1). 1–14. 111 indexed citations

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Rubin, Jeffrey S., Donald P. Bottaro, Márcio F. Chedid, et al.. (1995). Keratinocyte growth factor as a cytokine that mediates mesenchymal-epithelial interaction. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions. 74. 191–214. 74 indexed citations

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Finch, Paul W., Gerald R. Cunha, Jeffrey S. Rubin, Jane Wong, & Dina Ron. (1995). Pattern of keratinocyte growth factor and keratinocyte growth factor receptor expression during mouse fetal development suggests a role in mediating morphogenetic mesenchymal‐epithelial interactions. Developmental Dynamics. 203(2). 223–240. 248 indexed citations

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Sang, J. H., Yong Pyo Lim, M Panzica, Paul W. Finch, & N.L. Thompson. (1995). TA1, a highly conserved oncofetal complementary DNA from rat hepatoma, encodes an integral membrane protein associated with liver development, carcinogenesis, and cell activation.. PubMed. 55(5). 1152–9. 66 indexed citations

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Finkelstein, Sydney, Perry Black, Thomas Nowak, et al.. (1994). Histological Characteristics and Expression of Acidic and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Genes in Intracerebral Xenogeneic Transplants of Human Glioma Cells. Neurosurgery. 34(1). 136–143. 33 indexed citations

14.

Chozick, Bruce S., John C. Pezzullo, Mel H. Epstein, & Paul W. Finch. (1994). Prognostic Implications of p53 Overexpression in Supratentorial Astrocytic Tumors. Neurosurgery. 35(5). 831???838–831???838. 4 indexed citations

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Chozick, Bruce S., John C. Pezzullo, Cynthia L. Jackson, et al.. (1994). Pattern of mutant p53 expression in human astrocytomas suggests the existence of alternate pathways of tumorigenesis. Cancer. 73(2). 406–415. 55 indexed citations

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Chozick, Bruce S., John C. Pezzullo, Mel H. Epstein, & Paul W. Finch. (1994). Prognostic Implications of p53 Overexpression in Supratentorial Astrocytic Tumors. Neurosurgery. 35(5). 831–838. 62 indexed citations

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Aaronson, Stuart A., Donald P. Bottaro, Toru Miki, et al.. (1991). Keratinocyte Growth Factor: A Fibroblast Growth Factor Family Member with Unusual Target Cell Specificity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 638(1). 62–77. 137 indexed citations

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Rubin, Jeffrey S., Paul W. Finch, Jane Wong, et al.. (1990). Growth Factor-regulated Pathways in Epithelial Cell Proliferation. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 142(6_pt_2). S7–S10. 48 indexed citations

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Aaronson, Stuart A., Joseph Falco, William G. Taylor, et al.. (1989). Pathways in Which Growth Factors and Oncogenes Interact in Epithelial Cell Mitogenic Signal Transduction. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 567(1). 122–129. 5 indexed citations

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Finch, Paul W., Alan Storey, Karen E. Chapman, et al.. (1986). Complete nucleotide sequence of theEscherichia coli recBgene. Nucleic Acids Research. 14(21). 8573–8582. 71 indexed citations

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