Thomas A. Rando

46.8k total citations · 17 hit papers
197 papers, 30.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas A. Rando is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. Rando has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 30.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Physiology and 33 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. Rando's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (104 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (28 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (25 papers). Thomas A. Rando is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (104 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (28 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (25 papers). Thomas A. Rando collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Thomas A. Rando's co-authors include Irina M. Conboy, Michael J. Conboy, Tom H. Cheung, Helen M. Blau, Andrew S. Brack, Ling Liu, Anne Brunet, Irving L. Weissman, Amy J. Wagers and Gregory W. Charville and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. Rando

197 papers receiving 29.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Chronic inflammation in the etiology of disease across the life span

2019 3.0k citations David Furman, Judith Campisi et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Geroscience: Linking Aging to Chronic Disease

2014 1.7k citations Anne Brunet, Judith Campisi et al. profile →
Rejuvenation of aged progenitor cells by exposure to a young systemic environment

2005 1.7k citations Thomas A. Rando et al. profile →
Increased Wnt Signaling During Aging Alters Muscle Stem Cell Fate and Increases Fibrosis

2007 1.2k citations Thomas A. Rando et al. Science profile →
Notch-Mediated Restoration of Regenerative Potential to Aged Muscle

2003 832 citations Thomas A. Rando et al. Science profile →
Molecular regulation of stem cell quiescence

2013 810 citations Tom H. Cheung, Thomas A. Rando profile →
Primary mouse myoblast purification, characterization, and transplantation for cell-mediated gene therapy.

1994 808 citations Thomas A. Rando et al. profile →
The Regulation of Notch Signaling Controls Satellite Cell Activation and Cell Fate Determination in Postnatal Myogenesis

2002 675 citations Thomas A. Rando et al. profile →
Type 2 Innate Signals Stimulate Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitors to Facilitate Muscle Regeneration

2013 601 citations Thomas A. Rando et al. profile →
mTORC1 controls the adaptive transition of quiescent stem cells from G0 to GAlert

2014 551 citations Jamie O. Brett, Gregory W. Charville et al. profile →
Stem cells, ageing and the quest for immortality

2006 524 citations Thomas A. Rando profile →
Lysosome activation clears aggregates and enhances quiescent neural stem cell activation during aging

2018 382 citations Dena S. Leeman, Katja Hebestreit et al. Science profile →
Collagen VI regulates satellite cell self-renewal and muscle regeneration

2013 370 citations Marco Quarta, Thomas A. Rando et al. Nature Communications profile →
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are Required for Regeneration and Homeostatic Maintenance of Skeletal Muscle

2019 277 citations Qiang Gan, Thomas A. Rando et al. Cell Reports profile →
Ageing and rejuvenation of tissue stem cells and their niches

2022 211 citations Anne Brunet, Thomas A. Rando et al. profile →
Regulation of adult stem cell quiescence and its functions in the maintenance of tissue integrity

2023 113 citations Antoine de Morrée, Thomas A. Rando profile →
From geroscience to precision geromedicine: Understanding and managing aging

2025 61 citations Luigi Ferrucci, Thomas A. Rando et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	In vivo self-renewal and expansion of quiescent stem cells from a non-human primate 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Jengmin Kang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jean Farup, Andoni Urtasun, Shixuan Liu, (unknown), Heather D. Ishak, (unknown), Soochi Kim, Camille Ezran, Olga Botvinnik, Ermelinda Porpiglia, Mark A. Krasnow, Antoine de Morrée, Thomas A. Rando	1
2	Skeletal muscle-on-a-chip in microgravity as a platform for regeneration modeling and drug screening 2024 ·Stem Cell Reports ·Soochi Kim, Bugra Ayan, Mahdis Shayan, Thomas A. Rando, Ngan F. Huang	12
3	Depletion of SAM leading to loss of heterochromatin drives muscle stem cell ageing 2024 ·Nature Metabolism ·Jengmin Kang, Daniel I. Benjamin, Soochi Kim, Jayesh S. Salvi, G. K. Dhaliwal, Richard Y. Lam, (unknown), Jamie O. Brett, Ling Liu, Thomas A. Rando	31
4	Identification of an adipose tissue-resident pro-preadipocyte population 2023 ·Cell Reports ·Min Chen, Soochi Kim, Liang Li, (unknown), Thomas A. Rando, Brian J. Feldman	15
5	Multiomics reveals glutathione metabolism as a driver of bimodality during stem cell aging 2023 ·Cell Metabolism ·Daniel I. Benjamin, Jamie O. Brett, (unknown), Joel S. Benjamin, (unknown), Jengmin Kang, Soochi Kim, Mingyu Chung, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sharon M. Louie, Antoine de Morrée, Daniel K. Nomura, Thomas A. Rando	34
6	Combinatorial activation of the WNT ‐dependent fibrogenic program by distinct complement subunits in dystrophic muscle 2023 ·EMBO Molecular Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Filomena Tiziana Papa, (unknown), (unknown), Imen Ghzaiel, Thomas A. Rando, Yvan Torrente, Stefano Biressi	6
7	RNA-binding proteins direct myogenic cell fate decisions 2022 ·eLife ·Joshua Wheeler, Oscar N. Whitney, Thomas O. Vogler, Éric Nguyen, Bradley Pawlikowski, Evan Lester, Alicia A. Cutler, (unknown), Nicole Dalla Betta, Kevin R. Parker, Kathryn E. Yost, Hannes Vogel, Thomas A. Rando, Howard Y. Chang, Aaron M. Johnson, Roy Parker, Bradley B. Olwin	15
8	ATR activity controls stem cell quiescence via the cyclin F–SCF complex 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jayesh S. Salvi, Jengmin Kang, Soochi Kim, Alex Colville, Antoine de Morrée, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cindy T. J. van Velthoven, Karlene A. Cimprich, Thomas A. Rando	9
9	Comparative Effects of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Delivery or Voluntary Exercise on Muscle Regeneration after Volumetric Muscle Loss 2022 ·Bioengineering ·Caroline Hu, Bugra Ayan, (unknown), Alex Chan, Thomas A. Rando, Ngan F. Huang	14
10	Electrical stimulation of human neural stem cells via conductive polymer nerve guides enhances peripheral nerve recovery 2021 ·Biomaterials ·Shang Song, Kelly W. McConnell, (unknown), (unknown), Hannes Vogel, Marco Quarta, Thomas A. Rando, Paul George	62
11	Hairless regulates heterochromatin maintenance and muscle stem cell function as a histone demethylase antagonist 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ling Liu, Cristina Rodríguez-Mateo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mingyu Chung, (unknown), (unknown), Gregory W. Charville, Qiang Gan, Thomas A. Rando	11
12	Exercise rejuvenates quiescent skeletal muscle stem cells in old mice through restoration of Cyclin D1 2020 ·Nature Metabolism ·Jamie O. Brett, (unknown), Mika Ikeda, Marco Quarta, Antoine de Morrée, Ingrid M. Egner, Luiz Augusto Perandini, Heather D. Ishak, (unknown), Daniel I. Benjamin, (unknown), Cristina Rodríguez-Mateo, (unknown), Tony Wyss‐Coray, Thomas A. Rando	115
13	Functional redundancy of type I and type II receptors in the regulation of skeletal muscle growth by myostatin and activin A 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Se‐Jin Lee, (unknown), Yewei Liu, Chi Ly, Quynh-Mai Pham, Michael Michaud, (unknown), Daniel W. Youngstrom, Michael M. Shen, Vesa Kaartinen, Emily L. Germain‐Lee, Thomas A. Rando	39
14	Angiotensin receptor blockade mimics the effect of exercise on recovery after orthopaedic trauma by decreasing pain and improving muscle regeneration 2019 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Vivianne L. Tawfik, Marco Quarta, Patrick Paine, Thomas E. Forman, Jukka Pajarinen, Y Takemura, Stuart B. Goodman, Thomas A. Rando, J. David Clark	17
15	Alternative polyadenylation of Pax3 controls muscle stem cell fate and muscle function 2019 ·Science ·Antoine de Morrée, (unknown), Qiang Gan, Jean Farup, (unknown), (unknown), Biter Bilen, Cindy T. J. van Velthoven, Marco Quarta, Thomas A. Rando	53
16	Treatment of volumetric muscle loss in mice using nanofibrillar scaffolds enhances vascular organization and integration 2019 ·Communications Biology ·Karina H. Nakayama, Marco Quarta, Patrick Paine, Cynthia Alcazar, Ioannis Karakikes, Víctor García, Oscar J. Abilez, (unknown), Chelsey S. Simmons, Thomas A. Rando, Ngan F. Huang	76
17	Chronic inflammation in the etiology of disease across the life span breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Medicine ·David Furman, Judith Campisi, Eric Verdin, Pedro Carrera‐Bastos, Sasha Targ, Claudio Franceschi, Luigi Ferrucci, Derek W. Gilroy, Alessio Fasano, Gary W. Miller, Andrew H. Miller, Alberto Mantovani, Cornelia M. Weyand, Nir Barzilai, Jörg J. Goronzy, Thomas A. Rando, Rita B. Effros, Alejandro Lucía, Nicole Kleinstreuer, George M. Slavich	3020
18	Lysosome activation clears aggregates and enhances quiescent neural stem cell activation during aging breakdown → 2018 ·Science ·Dena S. Leeman, Katja Hebestreit, (unknown), Ashley E. Webb, Andrew McKay, Elizabeth A. Pollina, Ben W. Dulken, Xiaoai Zhao, Robin W. Yeo, Theodore Ho, Salah Mahmoudi, Keerthana Devarajan, Emmanuelle Passegué, Thomas A. Rando, Judith Frydman, Anne Brunet	382
19	Ex Vivo Expansion and In Vivo Self-Renewal of Human Muscle Stem Cells 2015 ·Stem Cell Reports ·Gregory W. Charville, Tom H. Cheung, Bryan Yoo, Pauline Joy F. Santos, Gordon K. Lee, Joseph B. Shrager, Thomas A. Rando	156
20	Enhancement of plasmid-mediated gene therapy for muscular dystrophy by directed plasmid integration 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Carmen Bertoni, (unknown), Thurman M. Wheeler, Yining Li, Eric C. Olivares, Michèle P. Calos, Thomas A. Rando	75

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