Peter N. Devreotes

26.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
248 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

About

Peter N. Devreotes is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter N. Devreotes has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Cell Biology, 137 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter N. Devreotes's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (179 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (56 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (36 papers). Peter N. Devreotes is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (179 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (56 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (36 papers). Peter N. Devreotes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Peter N. Devreotes's co-authors include Carole A. Parent, Pablo A. Iglesias, Miho Iijima, Chris Janetopoulos, Peter J.M. Van Haastert, D M Fambrough, Sally H. Zigmond, Jane Borleis, Long Yu and Chuan‐Hsiang Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Peter N. Devreotes

245 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Electrical signals control wound healing through phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-γ and PTEN

2006 887 citations Peter N. Devreotes et al. profile →
A Cell's Sense of Direction

1999 723 citations Peter N. Devreotes et al. Science profile →
Tumor Suppressor PTEN Mediates Sensing of Chemoattractant Gradients

2002 563 citations Miho Iijima, Peter N. Devreotes profile →
Chemotaxis: signalling the way forward

2004 543 citations Peter N. Devreotes et al. profile →
Chemotaxis in Eukaryotic Cells: A Focus on Leukocytes and Dictyostelium

1988 537 citations Peter N. Devreotes et al. profile →
G Protein Signaling Events Are Activated at the Leading Edge of Chemotactic Cells

1998 522 citations Peter N. Devreotes et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter N. Devreotes	12.2k	11.8k	3.8k	3.0k	2.0k	248	21.0k
Richard Firtel	13.5k 1.1×	11.7k 1.0×	3.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	265	21.0k
Gaudenz Danuser	9.9k 0.8×	8.2k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	3.1k 1.5×	210	17.7k
Clare M. Waterman	13.7k 1.1×	8.0k 0.7×	3.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	2.6k 1.3×	149	20.3k
Thomas D. Pollard	27.6k 2.3×	20.0k 1.7×	3.7k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	5.3k 2.6×	349	41.7k
James A. Spudich	13.0k 1.1×	15.3k 1.3×	3.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	271	29.5k
Frank B. Gertler	7.9k 0.6×	9.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	3.4k 1.1×	788 0.4×	163	18.9k
J. Victor Small	10.0k 0.8×	6.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	171	15.6k
Tomas Kirchhausen	12.2k 1.0×	16.2k 1.4×	942 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	215	25.4k
Tatyana Svitkina	8.8k 0.7×	5.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	114	13.1k
David G. Drubin	15.3k 1.2×	17.4k 1.5×	1.0k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	225	23.6k

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Kuhn, Jonathan, et al.. (2025). Complementary cytoskeletal feedback loops control signal transduction excitability and cell polarity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7482–7482. 2 indexed citations

Banerjee, Tatsat, et al.. (2025). Signaling and actin waves at a glance. Journal of Cell Science. 138(16).

Yuan, Qinling, Guanghui Qin, Jane Borleis, et al.. (2025). Ras-mediated dynamic and biphasic regulation of cell migration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(30). e2503847122–e2503847122.

Zhan, Huiwang, Dhiman Sankar Pal, Jane Borleis, et al.. (2025). Self-organizing glycolytic waves tune cellular metabolic states and fuel cancer progression. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5563–5563. 5 indexed citations

Banerjee, Tatsat, Satomi Matsuoka, Debojyoti Biswas, et al.. (2024). A dynamic partitioning mechanism spatiotemporally polarizes membrane protein distributions during amoeboid migration and cortical patterning. Biophysical Journal. 123(3). 484a–484a. 1 indexed citations

Pal, Dhiman Sankar, Tatsat Banerjee, Guanghui Qin, et al.. (2024). Ras suppression potentiates rear actomyosin contractility-driven cell polarization and migration. Nature Cell Biology. 26(7). 1062–1076. 5 indexed citations

Miao, Yuchuan, Matt J. Hourwitz, Quan Qing, et al.. (2023). Nanotopography modulates intracellular excitable systems through cytoskeleton actuation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(19). e2218906120–e2218906120. 13 indexed citations

Banerjee, Tatsat, Satomi Matsuoka, Debojyoti Biswas, et al.. (2023). A dynamic partitioning mechanism polarizes membrane protein distribution. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7909–7909. 12 indexed citations

Banerjee, Tatsat, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman Sankar Pal, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal dynamics of membrane surface charge regulates cell polarity and migration. Nature Cell Biology. 24(10). 1499–1515. 51 indexed citations

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Biswas, Debojyoti, Peter N. Devreotes, & Pablo A. Iglesias. (2021). Three-dimensional stochastic simulation of chemoattractant-mediated excitability in cells. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(7). e1008803–e1008803. 9 indexed citations

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Cai, Huaqing, et al.. (2020). Statin-induced GGPP depletion blocks macropinocytosis and starves cells with oncogenic defects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 4158–4168. 40 indexed citations

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Bhattacharya, Sayak, Tatsat Banerjee, Yuchuan Miao, et al.. (2020). Traveling and standing waves mediate pattern formation in cellular protrusions. Science Advances. 6(32). eaay7682–eaay7682. 23 indexed citations

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Miao, Yuchuan, Sayak Bhattacharya, Tatsat Banerjee, et al.. (2019). Wave patterns organize cellular protrusions and control cortical dynamics. Molecular Systems Biology. 15(3). e8585–e8585. 62 indexed citations

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Miao, Yuchuan, Sayak Bhattacharya, Marc Edwards, et al.. (2017). Altering the threshold of an excitable signal transduction network changes cell migratory modes. Nature Cell Biology. 19(4). 329–340. 106 indexed citations

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Cai, Huaqing, Mariko Katoh‐Kurasawa, Tetsuya Muramoto, et al.. (2014). Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of a GATA Transcription Factor Functions as a Development Timer. Science. 343(6177). 1249531–1249531. 61 indexed citations

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Vázquez, Francisca, Satomi Matsuoka, William R. Sellers, et al.. (2006). Tumor suppressor PTEN acts through dynamic interaction with the plasma membrane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(10). 3633–3638. 155 indexed citations

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Matsuoka, Satomi, Miho Iijima, Tomonobu M. Watanabe, et al.. (2006). Single-molecule analysis of chemoattractant-stimulated membrane recruitment of a PH-domain-containing protein. Journal of Cell Science. 119(6). 1071–1079. 37 indexed citations

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Janetopoulos, Chris, Lan Ma, Peter N. Devreotes, & Pablo A. Iglesias. (2004). Chemoattractant-induced phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate accumulation is spatially amplified and adapts, independent of the actin cytoskeleton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(24). 8951–8956. 198 indexed citations

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Ueda, Mitsuharu, Yasushi Sako, Toshiki Tanaka, Peter N. Devreotes, & Toshio Yanagida. (2001). Single-Molecule Analysis of Chemotactic Signaling in Dictyostelium Cells. Science. 294(5543). 864–867. 251 indexed citations

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Janetopoulos, Chris, Tian Jin, & Peter N. Devreotes. (2001). Receptor-Mediated Activation of Heterotrimeric G-Proteins in Living Cells. Science. 291(5512). 2408–2411. 389 indexed citations

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