Thomas Proft

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Proft is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Proft has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 49 papers in Infectious Diseases and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Proft's work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (71 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (43 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (37 papers). Thomas Proft is often cited by papers focused on Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (71 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (43 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (37 papers). Thomas Proft collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and Germany. Thomas Proft's co-authors include John D. Fraser, Edward N. Baker, Jacelyn M. S. Loh, Catherine Jia‐Yun Tsai, Fiona Clow, Hae Joo Kang, Richard Herrmann, Fasséli Coulibaly, Vickery L. Arcus and Ries J. Langley and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Proft

95 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Galleria mellonellainfection models for the study of bacterial diseases and for antimicrobial drug testing

2016 558 citations Catherine Jia‐Yun Tsai, Jacelyn M. S. Loh et al. Virulence profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas Proft	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.1k	638	99	4.7k
Eva Medina	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	2.7k 2.4×	571 0.9×	128	6.6k
Suzan H. M. Rooijakkers	2.4k 1.4×	687 0.4×	2.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.8×	941 1.5×	109	5.3k
Vijay Pancholi	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	445 0.4×	460 0.7×	49	3.6k
Jovanka M. Voyich	3.1k 1.9×	1.3k 0.8×	3.1k 1.9×	1.5k 1.3×	917 1.4×	79	6.1k
Peter Valentin‐Weigand	1.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.7×	855 0.5×	793 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	133	4.7k
Scott D. Kobayashi	2.0k 1.2×	706 0.4×	2.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	509 0.8×	76	5.4k
Michael Kehoe	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	601 0.5×	320 0.5×	77	3.6k
Jan‐Ingmar Flock	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	439 0.4×	584 0.9×	104	4.0k
John D. Fraser	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	362 0.6×	121	5.2k
Kelly S. Doran	876 0.5×	2.4k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	645 0.6×	1.2k 1.9×	97	5.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Proft

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Proft

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Vesty, Anna, Prachi Sharma, Natalie Lorenz, et al.. (2024). The Emergence and Impact of the M1UK Lineage on Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in Aotearoa New Zealand. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11(8). ofae457–ofae457. 6 indexed citations

Tsai, Catherine Jia‐Yun, et al.. (2024). Group A Streptococcus Pili—Roles in Pathogenesis and Potential for Vaccine Development. Microorganisms. 12(3). 555–555.

Tsai, Catherine Jia‐Yun, et al.. (2023). The Cell Wall Deacetylases Spy1094 and Spy1370 Contribute to Streptococcus pyogenes Virulence. Microorganisms. 11(2). 305–305. 1 indexed citations

Tsai, Catherine Jia‐Yun, et al.. (2023). Expanding strain coverage of a group A Streptococcus pilus–expressing Lactococcus lactis mucosal vaccine. Immunology and Cell Biology. 101(6). 545–555. 5 indexed citations

Young, Paul G., Natalie Lorenz, Jacelyn M. S. Loh, et al.. (2023). Identification of an immunodominant region on a group A Streptococcus T-antigen reveals temperature-dependent motion in pili. Virulence. 14(1). 2180228–2180228. 1 indexed citations

Loh, Jacelyn M. S., et al.. (2023). Different Group A Streptococcus pili lead to varying proinflammatory cytokine responses and virulence. Immunology and Cell Biology. 102(1). 21–33. 1 indexed citations

Ting, Yi Tian, et al.. (2022). Complement evasion factor (CEF), a novel immune evasion factor of Streptococcus pyogenes. Virulence. 13(1). 225–240. 7 indexed citations

Loh, Jacelyn M. S., et al.. (2022). Functional Characterisation of Two Novel Deacetylases from Streptococcus pyogenes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(2). 323–331. 1 indexed citations

Loh, Jacelyn M. S., et al.. (2017). Streptococcus pyogenes nuclease A (SpnA) mediated virulence does not exclusively depend on nuclease activity. Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection. 53(1). 42–48. 10 indexed citations

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Whitcombe, Alana L., Paul G. Young, Polly E. Atatoa Carr, et al.. (2017). The novel Group A Streptococcus antigen SpnA combined with bead-based immunoassay technology improves streptococcal serology for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever. Journal of Infection. 76(4). 361–368. 9 indexed citations

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Loh, Jacelyn M. S., Catherine Jia‐Yun Tsai, & Thomas Proft. (2017). The ability of Group A streptococcus to adhere to immortalized human skin versus throat cell lines does not reflect their predicted tissue tropism. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 23(9). 677.e1–677.e3. 7 indexed citations

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Proft, Thomas. (2013). Bacterial toxins : genetics, cellular biology and practical applications. 12 indexed citations

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Commons, Robert J., Pierre R. Smeesters, Thomas Proft, et al.. (2013). Streptococcal superantigens: categorization and clinical associations. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 20(1). 48–62. 88 indexed citations

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Proft, Thomas. (2009). Microbial toxins : current research and future trends. 16 indexed citations

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Kang, Hae Joo, Fasséli Coulibaly, Fiona Clow, Thomas Proft, & Edward N. Baker. (2007). Stabilizing Isopeptide Bonds Revealed in Gram-Positive Bacterial Pilus Structure. Science. 318(5856). 1625–1628. 278 indexed citations

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Proft, Thomas, et al.. (2007). The Cytokine Response to Streptococcal Superantigens Varies Between Individual Toxins and Between Individuals: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Group A Streptococcal Diseases. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 27(7). 553–558. 5 indexed citations

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Proft, Thomas. (2005). Microbial toxins: molecular and cellular biology.. Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni. 53(1). 106–113. 21 indexed citations

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Unnikrishnan, Meera, Daniel M. Altmann, Thomas Proft, et al.. (2002). The Bacterial Superantigen Streptococcal Mitogenic Exotoxin Z Is the Major Immunoactive Agent of Streptococcus pyogenes. The Journal of Immunology. 169(5). 2561–2569. 65 indexed citations

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Proft, Thomas, et al.. (1999). Identification and Characterization of Novel Superantigens from Streptococcus pyogenes . The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 189(1). 89–102. 145 indexed citations

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Proft, Thomas & John D. Fraser. (1998). Superantigens: Just Like Peptides Only Different. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 187(6). 819–821. 36 indexed citations

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