Thomas Iskratsch

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Iskratsch is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Immunology and Allergy. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Iskratsch has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Cell Biology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Immunology and Allergy. Recurrent topics in Thomas Iskratsch's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (25 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (13 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (11 papers). Thomas Iskratsch is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (25 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (13 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (11 papers). Thomas Iskratsch collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Singapore. Thomas Iskratsch's co-authors include Michael P. Sheetz, Haguy Wolfenson, Pere Roca‐Cusachs, Elisabeth Ehler, Johanna Dwyer, James Hone, Iain B. H. Wilson, Shuaimin Liu, Katharina Paschinger and Matthew J. Ward and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Iskratsch

42 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Appreciating force and shape — the rise of mechanotransduction in cell biology

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Iskratsch United Kingdom	23	1.2k	836	490	362	288	44	2.2k
Brian P. Helmke United States	22	941 0.8×	743 0.9×	593 1.2×	246 0.7×	237 0.8×	47	2.3k
Yvonne Aratyn-Schaus United States	14	1.1k 0.9×	541 0.6×	611 1.2×	271 0.7×	135 0.5×	15	1.7k
Matthew Raab United States	11	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	850 1.7×	191 0.5×	147 0.5×	11	2.5k
Haguy Wolfenson Israel	18	1.4k 1.2×	624 0.7×	598 1.2×	436 1.2×	78 0.3×	37	2.1k
Karen A. Beningo United States	23	1.8k 1.5×	731 0.9×	989 2.0×	468 1.3×	102 0.4×	28	2.8k
Diana E. Jaalouk United States	17	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 2.1×	458 0.9×	142 0.4×	153 0.5×	25	2.8k
Zhiqi Sun China	14	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	293 0.6×	661 1.8×	104 0.4×	29	2.5k
Joseph P. Califano United States	15	1.2k 1.0×	538 0.6×	830 1.7×	297 0.8×	83 0.3×	20	2.1k
Roger Oria Spain	10	1.8k 1.5×	920 1.1×	807 1.6×	390 1.1×	63 0.2×	12	2.7k
Colin K. Choi United States	18	1.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 2.6×	712 2.0×	129 0.4×	21	3.2k

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Pavlović, Davor, Katja Gehmlich, Giuseppe Faggian, et al.. (2025). Mechanosensitive biochemical imprinting of the talin interaction with DLC1 regulates RhoA activity and cardiomyocyte remodeling. Science Advances. 11(36). eadt6083–eadt6083.

Cambedouzou, Julien, et al.. (2024). Tunable electrospun scaffolds of polyacrylonitrile loaded with carbon nanotubes: from synthesis to biological applications. ChemBioChem. 25(7). e202300768–e202300768.

Swiatlowska, Pamela, William J. Tipping, Paolo Severi, et al.. (2023). Hypertensive Pressure Mechanosensing Alone Triggers Lipid Droplet Accumulation and Transdifferentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells to Foam Cells. Advanced Science. 11(9). e2308686–e2308686. 29 indexed citations

Swiatlowska, Pamela & Thomas Iskratsch. (2023). Cardiovascular Mechano-Epigenetics: Force-Dependent Regulation of Histone Modifications and Gene Regulation. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 38(2). 215–222. 4 indexed citations

Hawkes, William, P. Reynolds, Mark Freeley, et al.. (2022). Regulation of cardiomyocyte adhesion and mechanosignalling through distinct nanoscale behaviour of integrin ligands mimicking healthy or fibrotic extracellular matrix. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1864). 20220021–20220021. 15 indexed citations

Zhou, Bo, et al.. (2022). Photoelectrochemical imaging of single cardiomyocytes and monitoring of their action potentials through contact force manipulation of organoids. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 223. 115024–115024. 10 indexed citations

Olson, Wilma K., et al.. (2022). Editors’ roundup: October 2022. Biophysical Reviews. 14(5). 1085–1091. 1 indexed citations

Tinker, Andrew, et al.. (2022). The role of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex in muscle cell mechanotransduction. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1022–1022. 42 indexed citations

Swiatlowska, Pamela & Thomas Iskratsch. (2021). Announcing the call for the Special Issue on “Cardiovascular mechanobiology—a special issue to look at the state of the art and the newest insights into the role of mechanical forces in cardiovascular development, physiology, and disease”. Biophysical Reviews. 13(3). 307–308. 1 indexed citations

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Swiatlowska, Pamela & Thomas Iskratsch. (2021). Tools for studying and modulating (cardiac muscle) cell mechanics and mechanosensing across the scales. Biophysical Reviews. 13(5). 611–623. 11 indexed citations

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Pedrosa, Ana‐Rita, Natalia Bodrug, Jesús Gómez-Escudero, et al.. (2019). Tumor Angiogenesis Is Differentially Regulated by Phosphorylation of Endothelial Cell Focal Adhesion Kinase Tyrosines-397 and -861. Cancer Research. 79(17). 4371–4386. 48 indexed citations

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Hawkes, William, P. Reynolds, L Hammond, et al.. (2019). Probing the nanoscale organisation and multivalency of cell surface receptors: DNA origami nanoarrays for cellular studies with single-molecule control. Faraday Discussions. 219(0). 203–219. 39 indexed citations

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Hawkes, William, Sari Tojkander, Konstantin Kogan, et al.. (2018). Calponin-3 is critical for coordinated contractility of actin stress fibers. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17670–17670. 19 indexed citations

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Meacci, Giovanni, Haguy Wolfenson, Shuaimin Liu, et al.. (2016). α-Actinin links extracellular matrix rigidity-sensing contractile units with periodic cell-edge retractions. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(22). 3471–3479. 57 indexed citations

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Wolfenson, Haguy, Giovanni Meacci, Shuaimin Liu, et al.. (2015). Tropomyosin controls sarcomere-like contractions for rigidity sensing and suppressing growth on soft matrices. Nature Cell Biology. 18(1). 33–42. 145 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xian, Simon W. Moore, Thomas Iskratsch, & Michael P. Sheetz. (2014). N-WASP-directed actin polymerization activates p130Cas phosphorylation and lamellipodium spreading. Journal of Cell Science. 127(Pt 7). 1394–405. 28 indexed citations

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Wolfenson, Haguy, Thomas Iskratsch, & Michael P. Sheetz. (2014). Early Events in Cell Spreading as a Model for Quantitative Analysis of Biomechanical Events. Biophysical Journal. 107(11). 2508–2514. 45 indexed citations

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Iskratsch, Thomas, Cheng‐han Yu, Anurag Mathur, et al.. (2013). FHOD1 Is Needed for Directed Forces and Adhesion Maturation during Cell Spreading and Migration. Developmental Cell. 27(5). 545–559. 89 indexed citations

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Meacci, Giovanni, Matthew R. Stachowiak, Shuaimin Liu, et al.. (2013). Sarcomere-Like Units Contract Cell Edges. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 477a–478a. 1 indexed citations

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Iskratsch, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Endoplasmic spreading requires coalescence of vimentin intermediate filaments at force-bearing adhesions. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(1). 21–30. 36 indexed citations

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