Thomas R. Polte

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
18 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas R. Polte is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Immunology and Allergy and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas R. Polte has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cell Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and Allergy and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas R. Polte's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (13 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (10 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (3 papers). Thomas R. Polte is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (13 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (10 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (3 papers). Thomas R. Polte collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Thomas R. Polte's co-authors include Steven K. Hanks, Mihail CALALB, Donald E. Ingber, Ning Wang, Leslie A. Cary, Jun‐Lin Guan, Tanmay P. Lele, Sanjay Kumar, Eric Mazur and Alexander Heisterkamp and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Thomas R. Polte

18 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase at Sites in the Catalytic Domain Regulates Kinase Activity: a Role for Src Family Kinases

1995 840 citations Mihail CALALB, Thomas R. Polte et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
Mechanical behavior in living cells consistent with the tensegrity model

2001 556 citations Ning Wang, Keiji Naruse et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Viscoelastic Retraction of Single Living Stress Fibers and Its Impact on Cell Shape, Cytoskeletal Organization, and Extracellular Matrix Mechanics

2006 514 citations Sanjay Kumar, Iva Maxwell et al. Biophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas R. Polte United States	17	2.5k	2.0k	1.9k	795	404	18	4.4k
Eli Zamir Germany	20	3.1k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	965 1.2×	463 1.1×	35	4.8k
Corinne Albigès‐Rizo France	37	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	673 0.8×	497 1.2×	91	4.6k
Alan F. Horwitz United States	8	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	774 1.0×	376 0.9×	9	4.0k
Jonathan D. Humphries United Kingdom	34	2.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	705 0.9×	571 1.4×	54	5.3k
Bernhard Wehrle‐Haller Switzerland	38	3.0k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	797 1.0×	463 1.1×	85	5.7k
Magdalena Chrzanowska‐Wodnicka United States	33	3.0k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	3.2k 1.7×	576 0.7×	519 1.3×	62	6.3k
Kazue Matsumoto United States	24	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	996 1.3×	766 1.9×	32	5.2k
Carol Otey United States	44	3.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.3×	3.2k 1.7×	480 0.6×	716 1.8×	76	6.5k
Fredrick M. Pavalko United States	29	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	405 0.5×	318 0.8×	60	4.1k
Christoph Ballestrem United Kingdom	38	4.2k 1.7×	2.1k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.7×	422 1.0×	67	6.7k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Fredenburgh, Laura E., Olin D. Liang, Alvaro A. Macias, et al.. (2008). Absence of Cyclooxygenase-2 Exacerbates Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension and Enhances Contractility of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Circulation. 117(16). 2114–2122. 67 indexed citations

Lele, Tanmay P., Julia Sero, Benjamin D. Matthews, et al.. (2007). Tools to Study Cell Mechanics and Mechanotransduction. Methods in cell biology. 83. 441–472. 46 indexed citations

Polte, Thomas R., Mengyan Shen, John Karavitis, et al.. (2007). Nanostructured magnetizable materials that switch cells between life and death. Biomaterials. 28(17). 2783–2790. 36 indexed citations

Kumar, Sanjay, Iva Maxwell, Alexander Heisterkamp, et al.. (2006). Viscoelastic Retraction of Single Living Stress Fibers and Its Impact on Cell Shape, Cytoskeletal Organization, and Extracellular Matrix Mechanics. Biophysical Journal. 90(10). 3762–3773. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

Kong, Hyun Joon, Thomas R. Polte, Eben Alsberg, & David Mooney. (2005). FRET measurements of cell-traction forces and nano-scale clustering of adhesion ligands varied by substrate stiffness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(12). 4300–4305. 238 indexed citations

Polte, Thomas R., Gabriel S. Eichler, Ning Wang, & Donald E. Ingber. (2004). Extracellular matrix controls myosin light chain phosphorylation and cell contractility through modulation of cell shape and cytoskeletal prestress. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 286(3). C518–C528. 164 indexed citations

Numaguchi, Yasushi, Sui Huang, Thomas R. Polte, et al.. (2003). Caldesmon-dependent switching between capillary endothelial cell growth and apoptosis through modulation of cell shape and contractility. Angiogenesis. 6(1). 55–64. 50 indexed citations

Shin, Nah-Young, et al.. (2001). Mechanisms of CAS Substrate Domain Tyrosine Phosphorylation by FAK and Src. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(22). 7641–7652. 134 indexed citations

Wang, Ning, Keiji Naruse, Dimitrije Stamenović, et al.. (2001). Mechanical behavior in living cells consistent with the tensegrity model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(14). 7765–7770. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cary, Leslie A., et al.. (1998). Identification of p130Cas as a Mediator of Focal Adhesion Kinase–promoted Cell Migration. The Journal of Cell Biology. 140(1). 211–221. 425 indexed citations

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Hanks, Steven K. & Thomas R. Polte. (1997). Signaling through focal adhesion kinase. BioEssays. 19(2). 137–145. 433 indexed citations

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Polte, Thomas R. & Steven K. Hanks. (1997). Complexes of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) and Crk-associated Substrate (p130Cas) Are Elevated in Cytoskeleton-associated Fractions following Adhesion and Src Transformation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(9). 5501–5509. 153 indexed citations

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CALALB, Mihail, et al.. (1996). Focal Adhesion Kinase Tyrosine-861 Is a Major Site of Phosphorylation by Src. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 228(3). 662–668. 195 indexed citations

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Polte, Thomas R. & Steven K. Hanks. (1995). Interaction between focal adhesion kinase and Crk-associated tyrosine kinase substrate p130Cas.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(23). 10678–10682. 367 indexed citations

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CALALB, Mihail, Thomas R. Polte, & Steven K. Hanks. (1995). Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase at Sites in the Catalytic Domain Regulates Kinase Activity: a Role for Src Family Kinases. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(2). 954–963. 840 indexed citations breakdown →

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Polte, Thomas R., Steven K. Hanks, & Allen J. Naftilan. (1994). Focal adhesion kinase is abundant in developing blood vessels and elevation of its phosphotyrosine content in vascular smooth muscle cells is a rapid response to angiotensin II. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 55(1). 106–119. 112 indexed citations

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Patel, Sheetal, et al.. (1993). Chicken and Mouse Focal Adhesion Kinases Are Similar in Structure at Their Amino Termini. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 190(3). 1084–1089. 16 indexed citations

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Krishnamurthy, Girija, Thomas R. Polte, Thomas Rooney, & Michael E. Hogan. (1990). A photochemical method to map ethidium bromide binding sites on DNA: application to a bent DNA fragment. Biochemistry. 29(4). 981–988. 21 indexed citations

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