Sean Oldham

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Sean Oldham is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Oldham has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Aging and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sean Oldham's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (8 papers), PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (6 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (6 papers). Sean Oldham is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (8 papers), PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (6 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (6 papers). Sean Oldham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Sean Oldham's co-authors include Ernst Hafen, Hugo Stocker, David J. Clancy, Lawrence G. Harshman, Sally J. Leevers, David Gems, Linda Partridge, Ruth Böhni, Kathy Beckingham and Bernard F. Andruss and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sean Oldham

23 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Extension of Life-Span by Loss of CHICO, a Drosophila Insulin Receptor Substrate Protein

2001 1.1k citations David J. Clancy, David Gems et al. Science profile →
Autonomous Control of Cell and Organ Size by CHICO, a Drosophila Homolog of Vertebrate IRS1–4

1999 691 citations Ruth Böhni, Juan R. Riesgo‐Escovar et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean Oldham United States	22	2.3k	1.6k	1.4k	809	461	23	4.5k
Robert S. Garofalo United States	22	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	971 0.7×	908 1.1×	323 0.7×	33	4.2k
Sebastian Grönke Germany	33	1.9k 0.8×	892 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	871 1.1×	522 1.1×	54	4.3k
Karen Ocorr United States	36	2.4k 1.1×	886 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	438 0.5×	412 0.9×	88	4.4k
Arthur J. Hilliker Canada	36	2.9k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	857 0.6×	411 0.5×	223 0.5×	98	4.8k
Jake Jacobson United Kingdom	17	1.3k 0.6×	964 0.6×	857 0.6×	578 0.7×	333 0.7×	24	3.0k
Ronald P. Kühnlein Germany	29	2.1k 0.9×	476 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	498 0.6×	486 1.1×	43	3.8k
Gabrielle L. Boulianne Canada	32	2.4k 1.1×	618 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	539 0.7×	451 1.0×	78	4.0k
Kweon Yu South Korea	36	1.7k 0.7×	440 0.3×	983 0.7×	536 0.7×	348 0.8×	87	3.4k
Aylin R. Rodan United States	21	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	657 0.5×	425 0.5×	226 0.5×	60	2.5k
Michael R. Koelle United States	27	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	205 0.3×	181 0.4×	44	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sean Oldham

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Oldham

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Diop, Soda, et al.. (2015). PGC-1/Spargel Counteracts High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity and Cardiac Lipotoxicity Downstream of TOR and Brummer ATGL Lipase. Cell Reports. 10(9). 1572–1584. 79 indexed citations

Teleman, Aurelio A., et al.. (2012). Drosophila: A Model for Understanding Obesity and Diabetic Complications. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 120(4). 184–185. 25 indexed citations

Oldham, Sean. (2011). Obesity and nutrient sensing TOR pathway in flies and vertebrates: Functional conservation of genetic mechanisms. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 22(2). 45–52. 59 indexed citations

Birse, Ryan T., Jessica Rodriguez, Suzanne Graham, et al.. (2010). High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity and Heart Dysfunction Are Regulated by the TOR Pathway in Drosophila. Cell Metabolism. 12(5). 533–544. 280 indexed citations

Wessells, Robert, Erin Fitzgerald, Nicole Piazza, et al.. (2009). d4eBP acts downstream of both dTOR and dFoxo to modulate cardiac functional aging in Drosophila. Aging Cell. 8(5). 542–552. 62 indexed citations

Oldham, Sean, Felix Rintelen, Corina Schütt, et al.. (2008). Bunched, the Drosophilahomolog of the mammalian tumor suppressor TSC-22, promotes cellular growth. BMC Developmental Biology. 8(1). 10–10. 21 indexed citations

Khurana, Vikram, Yiran Lu, Michelle Leigh Steinhilb, et al.. (2006). TOR-Mediated Cell-Cycle Activation Causes Neurodegeneration in a Drosophila Tauopathy Model. Current Biology. 16(3). 230–241. 216 indexed citations

Luong, Nancy, Claire Davies, Robert Wessells, et al.. (2006). Activated FOXO-mediated insulin resistance is blocked by reduction of TOR activity. Cell Metabolism. 4(2). 133–142. 131 indexed citations

Wang, Danling, Qian Li, Hui Xiong, et al.. (2006). Antioxidants protect PINK1 -dependent dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(36). 13520–13525. 155 indexed citations

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Oldham, Sean & Ernst Hafen. (2003). Insulin/IGF and target of rapamycin signaling: a TOR de force in growth control. Trends in Cell Biology. 13(2). 79–85. 438 indexed citations

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Stocker, Hugo, Mirjana Andjelković, Sean Oldham, et al.. (2002). Living with Lethal PIP3 Levels: Viability of Flies Lacking PTEN Restored by a PH Domain Mutation in Akt/PKB. Science. 295(5562). 2088–2091. 171 indexed citations

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Clancy, David J., David Gems, Lawrence G. Harshman, et al.. (2001). Extension of Life-Span by Loss of CHICO, a Drosophila Insulin Receptor Substrate Protein. Science. 292(5514). 104–106. 1136 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bulus, Nada, Hongmiao Sheng, Sean Oldham, et al.. (2000). Ras-Mediated Suppression of TGFβRII Expression in Intestinal Epithelial Cells Involves Raf-Independent Signaling. Neoplasia. 2(4). 357–364. 13 indexed citations

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Oldham, Sean, Jacques Montagne, Thomas Radimerski, George Thomas, & Ernst Hafen. (2000). Genetic and biochemical characterization of dTOR, the Drosophila homolog of the target of rapamycin. Genes & Development. 14(21). 2689–2694. 351 indexed citations

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Oldham, Sean, et al.. (2000). Genetic control of size inDrosophila. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 355(1399). 945–952. 90 indexed citations

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Sizemore, Nywana, Adrienne D. Cox, John Barnard, et al.. (1999). Pharmacological inhibition of Ras-transformed epithelial cell growth is linked to down-regulation of epidermal growth factor–related peptides. Gastroenterology. 117(3). 567–576. 35 indexed citations

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Böhni, Ruth, Juan R. Riesgo‐Escovar, Sean Oldham, et al.. (1999). Autonomous Control of Cell and Organ Size by CHICO, a Drosophila Homolog of Vertebrate IRS1–4. Cell. 97(7). 865–875. 691 indexed citations breakdown →

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Graham, Suzanne, Sean Oldham, Carol B. Martin, et al.. (1999). TC21 and Ras share indistinguishable transforming and differentiating activities. Oncogene. 18(12). 2107–2116. 57 indexed citations

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Oldham, Sean, et al.. (1998). Ras, but not Src, transformation of RIE-1 epithelial cells is dependent on activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade. Oncogene. 16(20). 2565–2573. 47 indexed citations

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Gangarosa, Lisa M., Nywana Sizemore, Ramona Graves‐Deal, et al.. (1997). A Raf-independent Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Autocrine Loop Is Necessary for Ras Transformation of Rat Intestinal Epithelial Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(30). 18926–18931. 97 indexed citations

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