Tomek Swigut

13.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
51 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Tomek Swigut is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomek Swigut has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Virology and 10 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Tomek Swigut's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (13 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers). Tomek Swigut is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (13 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers). Tomek Swigut collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Tomek Swigut's co-authors include Joanna Wysocka, Álvaro Rada-Iglesias, Ruchi Bajpai, Samantha A. Brugmann, Ryan A. Flynn, Thomas A. Milne, C. David Allis, M Bocek, Karlene A. Cimprich and Yingming Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tomek Swigut

51 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

A unique chromatin signature uncovers early developmental enhancers in humans

2010 1.6k citations Álvaro Rada-Iglesias, Ruchi Bajpai et al. Nature profile →
A PHD finger of NURF couples histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation with chromatin remodelling

2006 886 citations Joanna Wysocka, Tomek Swigut et al. Nature profile →
WDR5 Associates with Histone H3 Methylated at K4 and Is Essential for H3 K4 Methylation and Vertebrate Development

2005 640 citations Joanna Wysocka, Tomek Swigut et al. Cell profile →
CHD7 cooperates with PBAF to control multipotent neural crest formation

2010 467 citations Ruchi Bajpai, Álvaro Rada-Iglesias et al. Nature profile →
Transcription-Replication Conflict Orientation Modulates R-Loop Levels and Activates Distinct DNA Damage Responses

2017 434 citations Stephan Hamperl, M Bocek et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tomek Swigut United States	38	7.4k	1.2k	1.0k	832	720	51	9.1k
David L. Bentley United States	62	11.7k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	580 0.7×	804 1.1×	121	13.9k
Alexandre Reymond Switzerland	48	5.9k 0.8×	2.6k 2.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	987 1.4×	122	8.6k
Carl D. Novina United States	37	5.5k 0.7×	858 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	265 0.3×	1.8k 2.6×	65	7.2k
Robin Reed United States	65	13.5k 1.8×	845 0.7×	587 0.6×	544 0.7×	550 0.8×	98	14.6k
Anthony N. Imbalzano United States	56	9.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	504 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	139	10.8k
Gregory E. Crawford United States	56	13.8k 1.9×	3.4k 2.8×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	1.5k 2.1×	120	16.2k
Bruce Bowerman United States	50	7.0k 0.9×	907 0.7×	349 0.3×	810 1.0×	266 0.4×	99	9.7k
Juan Valcárcel Spain	53	10.0k 1.4×	702 0.6×	622 0.6×	372 0.4×	1.4k 1.9×	117	11.1k
Edward J. Rebar United States	40	11.7k 1.6×	3.6k 2.9×	547 0.5×	1.3k 1.5×	377 0.5×	77	13.3k
Fyodor D. Urnov United States	39	11.6k 1.6×	3.6k 2.9×	403 0.4×	1.4k 1.7×	304 0.4×	84	13.4k

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Mohammed, Jaaved, Harold Matthews, Susan Walsh, et al.. (2024). A common cis-regulatory variant impacts normal-range and disease-associated human facial shape through regulation of PKDCC during chondrogenesis. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Liangfu, Tomek Swigut, David Yao, et al.. (2024). Long-range regulation of transcription scales with genomic distance in a gene-specific manner. Molecular Cell. 85(2). 347–361.e7. 9 indexed citations

Kim, Seungsoo, Ekaterina Morgunova, Sahin Naqvi, et al.. (2024). DNA-guided transcription factor cooperativity shapes face and limb mesenchyme. Cell. 187(3). 692–711.e26. 29 indexed citations

Spencley, Andrew, Shiran Bar, Tomek Swigut, et al.. (2023). Co-transcriptional genome surveillance by HUSH is coupled to termination machinery. Molecular Cell. 83(10). 1623–1639.e8. 17 indexed citations

Zalc, Antoine, Rahul Sinha, Gunsagar S. Gulati, et al.. (2021). Reactivation of the pluripotency program precedes formation of the cranial neural crest. Science. 371(6529). 89 indexed citations

Srinivasan, Rajini, Nataliya Nady, Tomek Swigut, et al.. (2020). Zscan4 binds nucleosomal microsatellite DNA and protects mouse two-cell embryos from DNA damage. Science Advances. 6(12). eaaz9115–eaaz9115. 49 indexed citations

Greenberg, Rachel S., Hannah K. Long, Tomek Swigut, & Joanna Wysocka. (2019). Single Amino Acid Change Underlies Distinct Roles of H2A.Z Subtypes in Human Syndrome. Cell. 178(6). 1421–1436.e24. 68 indexed citations

Gu, Bo, Tomek Swigut, Andrew Spencley, et al.. (2018). Transcription-coupled changes in nuclear mobility of mammalian cis-regulatory elements. Science. 359(6379). 1050–1055. 242 indexed citations

Betancur, Paola, Brian J. Abraham, Ying Ying Yiu, et al.. (2017). A CD47-associated super-enhancer links pro-inflammatory signalling to CD47 upregulation in breast cancer. Nature. 1 indexed citations

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Nagaraja, Surya, Nicholas A. Vitanza, Pamelyn J. Woo, et al.. (2017). Transcriptional Dependencies in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. Cancer Cell. 31(5). 635–652.e6. 257 indexed citations

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Hamperl, Stephan, M Bocek, Joshua C. Saldivar, Tomek Swigut, & Karlene A. Cimprich. (2017). Transcription-Replication Conflict Orientation Modulates R-Loop Levels and Activates Distinct DNA Damage Responses. Cell. 170(4). 774–786.e19. 434 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prescott, Sara L., Rajini Srinivasan, Maria C. Marchetto, et al.. (2015). Enhancer Divergence and cis-Regulatory Evolution in the Human and Chimp Neural Crest. Cell. 163(1). 68–83. 223 indexed citations

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Rada-Iglesias, Álvaro, Ruchi Bajpai, Tomek Swigut, et al.. (2010). A unique chromatin signature uncovers early developmental enhancers in humans. Nature. 470(7333). 279–283. 1645 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lim, Daniel A., Yin-Cheng Huang, Tomek Swigut, et al.. (2009). Chromatin remodelling factor Mll1 is essential for neurogenesis from postnatal neural stem cells. Nature. 458(7237). 529–533. 293 indexed citations

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Peng, Jamy C., Anton Valouev, Tomek Swigut, et al.. (2009). Jarid2/Jumonji Coordinates Control of PRC2 Enzymatic Activity and Target Gene Occupancy in Pluripotent Cells. Cell. 139(7). 1290–1302. 426 indexed citations

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Janardhan, Ajit H., Tomek Swigut, Brian T. Hill, Michael P. Myers, & Jacek Skowroński. (2004). HIV-1 Nef Binds the DOCK2–ELMO1 Complex to Activate Rac and Inhibit Lymphocyte Chemotaxis. PLoS Biology. 2(1). e6–e6. 100 indexed citations

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Swigut, Tomek, Michael E. Greenberg, & Jacek Skowroński. (2003). Cooperative Interactions of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Nef, AP-2, and CD3-ζ Mediate the Selective Induction of T-Cell Receptor-CD3 Endocytosis. Journal of Virology. 77(14). 8116–8126. 38 indexed citations

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Swigut, Tomek. (2001). Mechanism for down-regulation of CD28 by Nef. The EMBO Journal. 20(7). 1593–1604. 161 indexed citations

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Iafrate, A. John, Silke Carl, Christiane Stahl‐Hennig, et al.. (2000). Disrupting Surfaces of Nef Required for Downregulation of CD4 and for Enhancement of Virion Infectivity Attenuates Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Replication In Vivo. Journal of Virology. 74(24). 12002–12002. 6 indexed citations

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Lock, Martin, Michael E. Greenberg, A. John Iafrate, et al.. (1999). Two elements target SIV Nef to the AP-2 clathrin adaptor complex, but only one is required for the induction of CD4 endocytosis. The EMBO Journal. 18(10). 2722–2733. 77 indexed citations

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