Thomas Gerken

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Gerken is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Gerken has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Organic Chemistry and 26 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Gerken's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (58 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (33 papers) and Galectins and Cancer Biology (23 papers). Thomas Gerken is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (58 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (33 papers) and Galectins and Cancer Biology (23 papers). Thomas Gerken collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Spain. Thomas Gerken's co-authors include Lawrence A. Tabak, Neil Jentoft, Timothy A. Fritz, Henrik Clausen, Eric Bennett, Randal L. Shogren, Ulla Mandel, Dorr G. Dearborn, C. Fred Brewer and Jayalakshmi Raman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Gerken

88 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Control of mucin-type O-glycosylation: A classification of the polypeptide GalNAc-transferase gene family

2011 650 citations Henrik Clausen, Thomas Gerken et al. Glycobiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Gerken United States	36	3.1k	1.2k	1.0k	450	398	91	4.1k
Sergey Y. Vakhrushev Denmark	38	3.7k 1.2×	919 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	619 1.4×	462 1.2×	89	4.6k
Sandra Diaz United States	35	3.5k 1.1×	858 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	788 1.8×	607 1.5×	65	5.2k
Sørge Kelm Germany	38	3.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	2.1k 2.0×	798 1.8×	677 1.7×	129	6.1k
Morten Thaysen‐Andersen Australia	38	3.3k 1.1×	913 0.8×	928 0.9×	544 1.2×	318 0.8×	108	4.1k
Takashi Angata Taiwan	40	4.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	2.5k 2.4×	487 1.1×	565 1.4×	86	5.6k
Michael Tiemeyer United States	36	4.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	431 1.0×	1.1k 2.7×	109	5.7k
Hildegard Geyer Germany	33	2.9k 0.9×	976 0.8×	926 0.9×	402 0.9×	447 1.1×	74	4.0k
Rudolf Geyer Germany	48	4.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	552 1.2×	722 1.8×	244	7.5k
Elizabeth F. Hounsell United Kingdom	34	2.2k 0.7×	960 0.8×	655 0.6×	461 1.0×	522 1.3×	92	3.3k
Reinhard Brossmer Germany	35	3.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	847 0.8×	521 1.2×	383 1.0×	209	4.2k

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Compañón, Ismael, Erandi Lira‐Navarrete, Serena Monaco, et al.. (2024). Rational Design of Dual-Domain Binding Inhibitors for N-Acetylgalactosamine Transferase 2 with Improved Selectivity over the T1 and T3 Isoforms. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(9). 3649–3656. 2 indexed citations

Tomita, Tadakimi, et al.. (2024). A Toxoplasma gondii O-glycosyltransferase that modulates bradyzoite cyst wall rigidity is distinct from host homologues. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3792–3792. 5 indexed citations

Rivas, Matilde de las, Yoshiki Narimatsu, Ismael Compañón, et al.. (2020). Molecular basis for fibroblast growth factor 23 O-glycosylation by GalNAc-T3. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(3). 351–360. 59 indexed citations

Salom, David, Hui Jin, Thomas Gerken, et al.. (2019). Human red and green cone opsins are O-glycosylated at an N-terminal Ser/Thr–rich domain conserved in vertebrates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(20). 8123–8133. 8 indexed citations

Rivas, Matilde de las, Erandi Lira‐Navarrete, Ismael Compañón, et al.. (2017). The interdomain flexible linker of the polypeptide GalNAc transferases dictates their long-range glycosylation preferences. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1959–1959. 41 indexed citations

Festari, María Florencia, Felipe Trajtenberg, Nora Berois, et al.. (2016). Revisiting the human polypeptide GalNAc-T1 and T13 paralogs. Glycobiology. 27(2). 140–153. 16 indexed citations

Raman, Jayalakshmi, et al.. (2011). UDP-N-acetyl-α-d-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases: Completion of the family tree. Glycobiology. 22(6). 768–777. 72 indexed citations

Wu, Peng, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Timothy A. Fritz, et al.. (2009). Glycopeptide-preferring Polypeptide GalNAc Transferase 10 (ppGalNAc T10), Involved in Mucin-type O-Glycosylation, Has a Unique GalNAc-O-Ser/Thr-binding Site in Its Catalytic Domain Not Found in ppGalNAc T1 or T2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(30). 20387–20397. 51 indexed citations

Church, Chris, Sheena Lee, Eleanor A. L. Bagg, et al.. (2009). A Mouse Model for the Metabolic Effects of the Human Fat Mass and Obesity Associated FTO Gene. PLoS Genetics. 5(8). e1000599–e1000599. 258 indexed citations

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Raman, Jayalakshmi, Timothy A. Fritz, Thomas Gerken, et al.. (2008). The Catalytic and Lectin Domains of UDP-GalNAc:Polypeptide α-N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase Function in Concert to Direct Glycosylation Site Selection. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(34). 22942–22951. 70 indexed citations

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Gerken, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Conserved sequence in the aggrecan interglobular domain modulates cleavage by ADAMTS-4 and ADAMTS-5. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1790(3). 161–172. 5 indexed citations

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Gerken, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Conservation of peptide acceptor preferences between Drosophila and mammalian polypeptide-GalNAc transferase ortholog pairs. Glycobiology. 18(11). 861–870. 48 indexed citations

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Gerken, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Effects of covalently attached chondroitin sulfate on aggrecan cleavage by ADAMTS-4 and MMP-13. Matrix Biology. 25(8). 534–545. 19 indexed citations

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Pratt, Matthew R., Howard C. Hang, Kelly G. Ten Hagen, et al.. (2004). Deconvoluting the Functions of Polypeptide N-α-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase Family Members by Glycopeptide Substrate Profiling. Chemistry & Biology. 11(7). 1009–1016. 76 indexed citations

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Gerken, Thomas, Jiexin Zhang, Jessica Levine, & Åke P. Elhammer. (2002). Mucin Core O-Glycosylation Is Modulated by Neighboring Residue Glycosylation Status. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(51). 49850–49862. 35 indexed citations

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Rogunova, M., John Blackwell, A. M. Jamieson, Murali K. Pasumarthy, & Thomas Gerken. (1997). Effect of lipids on the structure and rheology of gels formed by canine submaxillary mucin. Biorheology. 34(4-5). 295–308. 9 indexed citations

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Yike, Iwona, Jin Ye, Yan Zhang, et al.. (1996). A recombinant peptide model of the first nucleotide‐binding fold of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator: Comparison of wild‐type and ΔF508 mutant forms. Protein Science. 5(1). 89–97. 21 indexed citations

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Fuongfuchat, Asira, Alexander M. Jamieson, John Blackwell, & Thomas Gerken. (1996). Rheological studies of the interaction of mucins with alginate and polyacrylate. Carbohydrate Research. 284(1). 85–99. 35 indexed citations

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Marquart, Mary E., A. M. Jamieson, John Blackwell, & Thomas Gerken. (1995). Solvent effects on the viscoelastic behavior of porcine submaxillary mucin. Biorheology. 32(4). 431–446. 5 indexed citations

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Jacobstein, Mark D., Thomas Gerken, Abdul Bhat, & Pierre G. Carlier. (1989). Myocardial protection during ischemia by prior feeding with the creatine analog: Cyclocreatine. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 14(1). 246–251. 8 indexed citations

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