Peter Tomašec

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Peter Tomašec is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Tomašec has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Epidemiology, 23 papers in Immunology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter Tomašec's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (29 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (15 papers). Peter Tomašec is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (29 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (15 papers). Peter Tomašec collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Czechia and France. Peter Tomašec's co-authors include Gavin W. G. Wilkinson, Brian P. McSharry, Richard J. Stanton, Eddie C. Y. Wang, Carole Rickards, Andrew J. Davison, Rebecca Aicheler, Véronique M. Braud, Leszek K. Borysiewicz and Isa Murrell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Tomašec

47 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Surface Expression of HLA-E, an Inhibitor of Natural Kill... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Surface Expression of HLA-E, an Inhibitor of Natural Killer Cells, Enhanced by Human Cytomegalovirus gpUL40
    2000 501 citations Peter Tomašec, Véronique M. Braud et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Tomašec United Kingdom 26 2.3k 1.8k 506 475 341 47 3.4k
Peter Tomlinson United Kingdom 16 1.9k 0.8× 974 0.5× 487 1.0× 471 1.0× 568 1.7× 25 2.9k
Matthew B. Reeves United Kingdom 30 3.1k 1.3× 963 0.5× 633 1.3× 791 1.7× 427 1.3× 66 3.7k
Dorothee Schmid United States 11 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 580 1.1× 250 0.5× 193 0.6× 14 2.3k
Emma Poole United Kingdom 31 1.9k 0.8× 873 0.5× 570 1.1× 435 0.9× 187 0.5× 63 2.5k
Detlef Michel Germany 33 1.8k 0.8× 393 0.2× 460 0.9× 306 0.6× 547 1.6× 65 2.6k
Rebecca I. Montgomery United States 13 2.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 572 1.1× 109 0.2× 291 0.9× 19 3.2k
Patricia P. Smith United States 27 1.7k 0.7× 493 0.3× 636 1.3× 316 0.7× 498 1.5× 45 2.6k
R M Stenberg United States 28 2.8k 1.2× 786 0.4× 1.2k 2.3× 715 1.5× 325 1.0× 38 3.2k
Felicia Goodrum United States 31 2.1k 0.9× 643 0.4× 707 1.4× 656 1.4× 509 1.5× 62 2.9k
Marco De Andrea Italy 35 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 2.4× 130 0.3× 576 1.7× 99 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Tomašec

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Tomašec

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fielding, Ceri A., Michael P. Weekes, Luís Nobre, et al.. (2017). Control of immune ligands by members of a cytomegalovirus gene expansion suppresses natural killer cell activation. eLife. 6. 56 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Gavin W. G., Andrew J. Davison, Peter Tomašec, et al.. (2015). Human cytomegalovirus: taking the strain. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 204(3). 273–284. 113 indexed citations
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Stanton, Richard J., Virginie Prod’homme, Marco A. Purbhoo, et al.. (2014). HCMV pUL135 Remodels the Actin Cytoskeleton to Impair Immune Recognition of Infected Cells. Cell Host & Microbe. 16(2). 201–214. 61 indexed citations
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Fielding, Ceri A., Rebecca Aicheler, Richard J. Stanton, et al.. (2014). Two Novel Human Cytomegalovirus NK Cell Evasion Functions Target MICA for Lysosomal Degradation. PLoS Pathogens. 10(5). e1004058–e1004058. 112 indexed citations
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Weekes, Michael P., Peter Tomašec, Edward L. Huttlin, et al.. (2014). Quantitative Temporal Viromics: An Approach to Investigate Host-Pathogen Interaction. Cell. 157(6). 1460–1472. 332 indexed citations
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Holčáková, Jitka, Petr Müller, Peter Tomašec, et al.. (2014). Inhibition of Post-Transcriptional RNA Processing by CDK Inhibitors and Its Implication in Anti-Viral Therapy. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89228–e89228. 11 indexed citations
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Stanton, Richard J., Katarina Baluchova, Derrick J. Dargan, et al.. (2010). Reconstruction of the complete human cytomegalovirus genome in a BAC reveals RL13 to be a potent inhibitor of replication. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(9). 3191–3208. 198 indexed citations
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Dargan, Derrick J., Charles Cunningham, F. Jamieson, et al.. (2010). Sequential mutations associated with adaptation of human cytomegalovirus to growth in cell culture. Journal of General Virology. 91(6). 1535–1546. 166 indexed citations
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Stanton, Richard J., et al.. (2008). Re-Engineering Adenovirus Vector Systems to Enable High-Throughput Analyses of Gene Function. BioTechniques. 45(6). 659–668. 95 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Gavin W. G., Peter Tomašec, Richard J. Stanton, et al.. (2008). Modulation of natural killer cells by human cytomegalovirus. Journal of Clinical Virology. 41(3). 206–212. 192 indexed citations
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Tomašec, Peter, Eddie C. Y. Wang, Andrew J. Davison, et al.. (2005). Downregulation of natural killer cell–activating ligand CD155 by human cytomegalovirus UL141. Nature Immunology. 6(2). 181–188. 215 indexed citations
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Braud, Véronique M., Peter Tomašec, & Gavin W. G. Wilkinson. (2002). Viral Evasion of Natural Killer Cells During Human Cytomegalovirus Infection. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 269. 117–129. 30 indexed citations
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Tomašec, Peter, et al.. (1998). Human Cytomegalovirus Infection Downregulates Expression of the Cellular Aminopeptidases CD10 and CD13. Virology. 250(2). 350–358. 24 indexed citations
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Morrison, Ewan E., Peter Tomašec, Elizabeth A. Linton, et al.. (1995). Expression of Biologically Active Procorticotrophin‐Releasing Hormone (proCRH) in Stably Transfected CHO‐K1 Cells: Characterization of Nuclear proCRH. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 7(4). 263–272. 14 indexed citations
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Tomašec, Peter, Ewan E. Morrison, Colin Murray, et al.. (1995). Mitogenic effects and nuclear localisation of procorticotrophin-releasing hormone expressed within stably transfected fibroblast cells (CHO-K1). Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 107(1). 17–27. 18 indexed citations
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Castro, María G., Joanna Rowe, Colin Murray, et al.. (1995). Generation and characterization of an antiserum reactive with a proteolytic processing site within rat procorticotrophin-releasing hormone. Neuropeptides. 29(4). 183–192. 3 indexed citations
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Castro, María G., Ewan E. Morrison, Peter Tomašec, Elizabeth A. Linton, & Pedro R. Löwenstein. (1995). Co-localisation of autoimmune antibodies specific for double stranded DNA with procorticotrophin-releasing hormone within the nucleus of stably transfected CHO-K1 cells. Cell and Tissue Research. 282(3). 367–376. 3 indexed citations
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Löwenstein, Pedro R., et al.. (1994). Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) helper co-infection affects the distribution of an amplicon encoded protein in glia. Neuroreport. 5(13). 1625–1630. 16 indexed citations

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