Pedro Cuatrecasas

43.9k total citations · 11 hit papers
362 papers, 35.6k citations indexed

About

Pedro Cuatrecasas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro Cuatrecasas has authored 362 papers receiving a total of 35.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 263 papers in Molecular Biology, 58 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 58 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Pedro Cuatrecasas's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (62 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (47 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (44 papers). Pedro Cuatrecasas is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (62 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (47 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (44 papers). Pedro Cuatrecasas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Pedro Cuatrecasas's co-authors include Indu Parikh, Kwen‐Jen Chang, Steven Jacobs, Eli Hazum, S. Cervera March, N Sahyoun, Morley D. Hollenberg, Christian B. Anfinsen, K J Chang and E G Lapetina and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Pedro Cuatrecasas

362 papers receiving 31.6k citations

Hit Papers

Protein Purification by Affinity Chromatography 1967 2026 1986 2006 1970 1974 1978 1979 1974 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Protein Purification by Affinity Chromatography
    1970 2.5k citations Pedro Cuatrecasas Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  2. A simplified method for cyanogen bromide activation of agarose for affinity chromatography
    1974 1.8k citations Pedro Cuatrecasas et al. profile →
  3. Immunohistochemical localization of enkephalin in rat brain and spinal cord
    1978 726 citations Kwen‐Jen Chang, Pedro Cuatrecasas et al. profile →
  4. Multiple opiate receptors. Enkephalins and morphine bind to receptors of different specificity.
    1979 596 citations Pedro Cuatrecasas et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  5. Membrane Receptors
    1974 462 citations Pedro Cuatrecasas profile →
  6. Interaction of Vibrio cholerae enterotoxin with cell membranes
    1973 441 citations Pedro Cuatrecasas Biochemistry profile →
  7. Gangliosides and membrane receptors for cholera toxin
    1973 426 citations Pedro Cuatrecasas Biochemistry profile →
  8. Affinity Chromatography
    1971 403 citations Pedro Cuatrecasas et al. profile →
  9. Adsorbents for affinity chromatography. Use of N-hydroxysuccinimide esters of agarose
    1972 399 citations Pedro Cuatrecasas et al. Biochemistry profile →
  10. Monoclonal antibodies to receptors for insulin and somatomedin-C.
    1983 383 citations Pedro Cuatrecasas et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  11. Catalytic Properties and Specificity of the Extracellular Nuclease of Staphylococcus aureus
    1967 311 citations Pedro Cuatrecasas et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pedro Cuatrecasas United States 104 23.0k 6.6k 4.8k 3.9k 3.8k 362 35.6k
Yasutomi Nishizuka Japan 95 42.1k 1.8× 9.7k 1.5× 6.8k 1.4× 8.8k 2.3× 3.4k 0.9× 255 57.7k
Alfred G. Gilman United States 121 41.2k 1.8× 13.0k 2.0× 5.1k 1.1× 9.4k 2.4× 3.1k 0.8× 240 54.7k
Sten Orrenius Sweden 122 28.6k 1.2× 4.6k 0.7× 4.8k 1.0× 4.3k 1.1× 2.6k 0.7× 455 51.5k
Enrique Rozengurt United Kingdom 99 22.2k 1.0× 5.2k 0.8× 2.5k 0.5× 5.2k 1.3× 3.3k 0.9× 504 32.9k
William J. Rutter United States 101 35.4k 1.5× 4.0k 0.6× 3.2k 0.7× 5.4k 1.4× 8.1k 2.1× 311 56.7k
Peter Böhlen United States 85 15.8k 0.7× 3.5k 0.5× 1.6k 0.3× 2.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 223 27.7k
Anthony R. Means United States 96 23.7k 1.0× 3.6k 0.5× 2.2k 0.5× 4.7k 1.2× 2.3k 0.6× 379 33.9k
Andrew P. Halestrap United Kingdom 97 22.5k 1.0× 4.1k 0.6× 6.7k 1.4× 2.7k 0.7× 3.2k 0.8× 228 35.3k
Hans Jörnvall Sweden 92 17.6k 0.8× 4.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 3.2k 0.8× 3.0k 0.8× 542 31.0k
Nabil G. Seidah Canada 104 17.2k 0.7× 6.6k 1.0× 3.2k 0.7× 7.5k 1.9× 11.3k 3.0× 706 41.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pedro Cuatrecasas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Cuatrecasas, Pedro. (1992). Industry‐University Alliances in Biomedical Research. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 32(2). 100–106. 2 indexed citations
2.
Saltiel, A R, David G. Osterman, Jennifer C. Darnell, et al.. (1988). The function of glycosyl phosphoinositides in hormone action. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 320(1199). 345–358. 18 indexed citations
3.
Argov, Shmuel, et al.. (1985). Phorbol ester-induced lymphocyte adherence: selective action on NK cells.. The Journal of Immunology. 134(4). 2215–2222. 14 indexed citations
4.
LeVine, Harry, N Sahyoun, & Pedro Cuatrecasas. (1985). Endogenous dephosphorylation of synaptosomal calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 131(3). 1212–1218. 9 indexed citations
5.
Jacobs, Steven & Pedro Cuatrecasas. (1982). Insulin Receptors and Insulin Receptor Antibodies: Structure‐Function Relationships. Novartis Foundation symposium. 82–90. 3 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Steven & Pedro Cuatrecasas. (1981). Membrane receptors : methods for purification and characterization. 20 indexed citations
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Niedel, J E & Pedro Cuatrecasas. (1980). Formyl Peptide Chemotactic Receptors of Leukocytes and Macrophages. Current topics in cellular regulation. 17. 137–170. 60 indexed citations
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Shechter, Yoram, et al.. (1978). Epidermal growth factor: Biological activity requires persistent occupation of high-affinity cell surface receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 75(12). 5788–5791. 142 indexed citations
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Linnoila, R. Ilona, Richard P. DiAugustine, R. J. Miller, Kwen‐Jen Chang, & Pedro Cuatrecasas. (1978). An immunohistochemical and radioimmunological study of the distribution of [Met5]- and [Leu5]-enkephalin in the gastrointestinal tract. Neuroscience. 3(12). 1187–1196. 105 indexed citations
10.
Jacobs, Steven, et al.. (1976). Kinetics of irreversible activation of adenylate cyclase of fat cell membranes by phosphonium and phosphoramidate analogs of gtp1.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 2(4). 205–23. 9 indexed citations
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Cuatrecasas, Pedro & Morley D. Hollenberg. (1976). Membrane Receptors and Hormone Action. Advances in protein chemistry. 30. 251–451. 402 indexed citations
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Sandoval, Ignacio V. & Pedro Cuatrecasas. (1976). Protein kinase associated with tubulin: affinity chromatography and properties. Biochemistry. 15(16). 3424–3432. 55 indexed citations
13.
Craig, Susan W. & Pedro Cuatrecasas. (1975). Mobility of cholera toxin receptors on rat lymphocyte membranes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 72(10). 3844–3848. 97 indexed citations
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Hollenberg, Morley D. & Pedro Cuatrecasas. (1973). Epidermal Growth Factor: Receptors in Human Fibroblasts and Modulation of Action by Cholera Toxin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 70(10). 2964–2968. 279 indexed citations
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Cuatrecasas, Pedro. (1973). Response : Biological Activity of Insulin-Sepharose?. Science. 179(4078). 1143–1144. 8 indexed citations
16.
Desbuquois, Bernard & Pedro Cuatrecasas. (1972). Independence of Glucagon Receptors and Glucagon Inactivation in Liver Cell Membranes. Nature New Biology. 237(76). 202–204. 39 indexed citations
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Cuatrecasas, Pedro. (1972). Affinity Chromatography and Purification of the Insulin Receptor of Liver Cell Membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 69(5). 1277–1281. 147 indexed citations
18.
Cuatrecasas, Pedro. (1972). Isolation of the Insulin Receptor of Liver and Fat-Cell Membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 69(2). 318–322. 325 indexed citations
19.
Cuatrecasas, Pedro. (1971). Properties of the Insulin Receptor of Isolated Fat Cell Membranes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 246(23). 7265–7274. 190 indexed citations
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Cuatrecasas, Pedro, et al.. (1965). LACTASE DEFICIENCY IN THE ADULT. The Lancet. 285(7375). 14–18. 229 indexed citations

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