Shawn M. Davidson

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Shawn M. Davidson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shawn M. Davidson has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cancer Research and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Shawn M. Davidson's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (21 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (7 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (6 papers). Shawn M. Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (21 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (7 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (6 papers). Shawn M. Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Shawn M. Davidson's co-authors include Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Seth J. Parker, Christian M. Metallo, Michel Nofal, Thales Papagiannakopoulos, Sean R. Hackett, Elda Grabocka, Jurre J. Kamphorst and Dafna Bar‐Sagi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Shawn M. Davidson

36 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Macropinocytosis of protein is an amino acid supply route in Ras-transformed cells

2013 1.3k citations Shawn M. Davidson, Seth J. Parker et al. profile →
Tissue of origin dictates branched-chain amino acid metabolism in mutantKras-driven cancers

2016 438 citations Jared R. Mayers, Thales Papagiannakopoulos et al. profile →
Circadian Rhythm Disruption Promotes Lung Tumorigenesis

2016 398 citations Thales Papagiannakopoulos, Shawn M. Davidson et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

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Walter W. Chen United States

Brian J. Altman United States

Nancy J. Philp United States

Sheue-yann Cheng United States

Peppi Koivunen Finland

Keziban Ünsal-Kaçmaz United States

Thales Papagiannakopoulos United States

Ioanna Papandreou United States

Bangyan L. Stiles United States

Santiago Ropero Spain

Walter W. Chen United States

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567 ×1.1

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339 ×0.8

Citations per year, relative to Shawn M. Davidson Shawn M. Davidson (= 1×) peers Walter W. Chen

Countries citing papers authored by Shawn M. Davidson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shawn M. Davidson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shawn M. Davidson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shawn M. Davidson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shawn M. Davidson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Shawn M. Davidson. Shawn M. Davidson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Grégoire, Alain, et al.. (2025). Integrated spatial and functional metabolic profiling identified the thick ascending limb as a mitochondrial vulnerability hub in acute kidney injury. Kidney International. 108(5). 866–882.

Davidson, Shawn M., et al.. (2024). Loss of mitochondrial enzyme GPT2 leads to reprogramming of synaptic glutamate metabolism. Molecular Brain. 17(1). 87–87.

Glastad, Karl M., Lihong Sheng, Janko Gospočić, et al.. (2023). Hormonal gatekeeping via the blood-brain barrier governs caste-specific behavior in ants. Cell. 186(20). 4289–4309.e23. 19 indexed citations

Wang, Lin, Xi Xing, Xianfeng Zeng, et al.. (2022). Spatially resolved isotope tracing reveals tissue metabolic activity. Nature Methods. 19(2). 223–230. 104 indexed citations

Yang, Lifeng, Tara TeSlaa, Serina Ng, et al.. (2022). Ketogenic diet and chemotherapy combine to disrupt pancreatic cancer metabolism and growth. Med. 3(2). 119–136.e8. 72 indexed citations

Yang, Yang, Maria Gomez-Jenkins, Timothy Marsh, et al.. (2022). Autophagy in PDGFRα+ mesenchymal cells is essential for intestinal stem cell survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(21). e2202016119–e2202016119. 11 indexed citations

Ali, Ahmed, Shawn M. Davidson, Ernest Fraenkel, et al.. (2022). Single cell metabolism: current and future trends. Metabolomics. 18(10). 77–77. 32 indexed citations

Li, Meng, Matthew Teater, Jun Young Hong, et al.. (2021). Translational Activation of ATF4 through Mitochondrial Anaplerotic Metabolic Pathways Is Required for DLBCL Growth and Survival. Blood Cancer Discovery. 3(1). 50–65. 18 indexed citations

Price, Colles, Stanley Gill, Zandra V. Ho, et al.. (2019). Genome-Wide Interrogation of Human Cancers Identifies EGLN1 Dependency in Clear Cell Ovarian Cancers. Cancer Research. 79(10). 2564–2579. 28 indexed citations

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Luengo, Alba, Keene L. Abbott, Shawn M. Davidson, et al.. (2019). Reactive metabolite production is a targetable liability of glycolytic metabolism in lung cancer. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5604–5604. 53 indexed citations

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LeBoeuf, Sarah E., Warren Wu, Triantafyllia Karakousi, et al.. (2019). Activation of Oxidative Stress Response in Cancer Generates a Druggable Dependency on Exogenous Non-essential Amino Acids. Cell Metabolism. 31(2). 339–350.e4. 105 indexed citations

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Sayin, Volkan I., Sarah E. LeBoeuf, Simranjit X. Singh, et al.. (2017). Activation of the NRF2 antioxidant program generates an imbalance in central carbon metabolism in cancer. eLife. 6. 175 indexed citations

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Olenchock, Benjamin A., Javid J. Moslehi, Alan H. Baik, et al.. (2016). EGLN1 Inhibition and Rerouting of α-Ketoglutarate Suffice for Remote Ischemic Protection. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Christen, Stefan, Doriane Lorendeau, Roberta Schmieder, et al.. (2016). Breast Cancer-Derived Lung Metastases Show Increased Pyruvate Carboxylase-Dependent Anaplerosis. Cell Reports. 17(3). 837–848. 185 indexed citations

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Olenchock, Benjamin A., Javid J. Moslehi, Alan H. Baik, et al.. (2016). EGLN1 Inhibition and Rerouting of α-Ketoglutarate Suffice for Remote Ischemic Protection. Cell. 164(5). 884–895. 107 indexed citations

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Mattaini, Katherine, Edward J. Brignole, Shawn M. Davidson, et al.. (2015). An epitope tag alters phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase structure and impairs ability to support cell proliferation. Cancer & Metabolism. 3(1). 5–5. 33 indexed citations

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Grassian, Alexandra, Seth J. Parker, Shawn M. Davidson, et al.. (2014). IDH1 Mutations Alter Citric Acid Cycle Metabolism and Increase Dependence on Oxidative Mitochondrial Metabolism. Cancer Research. 74(12). 3317–3331. 211 indexed citations

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Grassian, Alexandra, Seth J. Parker, Ajit S. Divakaruni, et al.. (2014). IDH1 Mutations Alter Citric Acid Cycle Metabolism and Increase Dependence on Oxidative Mitochondrial Metabolism. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 83 indexed citations

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Fendt, Sarah‐Maria, Eric L. Bell, Mark A. Keibler, et al.. (2013). Metformin Decreases Glucose Oxidation and Increases the Dependency of Prostate Cancer Cells on Reductive Glutamine Metabolism. Cancer Research. 73(14). 4429–4438. 7 indexed citations

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Wellbrock, Claudia, Imanol Arozarena, Shawn M. Davidson, et al.. (2006). FGF-2 protects small cell lung cancer cells from apoptosis through a complex involving PKC epsilon, B-Raf and S6K2. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 9 indexed citations

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