W E Mercer

13.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

W E Mercer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, W E Mercer has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Oncology and 13 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in W E Mercer's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (23 papers), Cancer Research and Treatments (11 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (9 papers). W E Mercer is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (23 papers), Cancer Research and Treatments (11 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (9 papers). W E Mercer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Italy. W E Mercer's co-authors include David Pei‐Cheng Lin, K W Kinzler, Takashi Tokino, J.M. Trent, Ramon Parsons, Bert Vogelstein, Daniel B. Levy, Wafik S. El‐Deiry, Victor E. Velculescu and Renato Baserga and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W E Mercer

53 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

WAF1, a potential mediato... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 1994 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. WAF1, a potential mediator of p53 tumor suppression
    1993 7.2k citations Wafik S. El‐Deiry, Takashi Tokino et al. Cell profile →
  2. Induction of WAF1/CIP1 by a p53-independent pathway.
    1994 699 citations David Pei‐Cheng Lin, W E Mercer et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
W E Mercer 8.6k 7.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.2k 53 12.0k
Donna L. George 8.4k 1.0× 7.0k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 80 11.7k
Stephen N. Jones 10.6k 1.2× 5.9k 0.7× 2.4k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 114 13.2k
Bert Vogelstein 7.1k 0.8× 6.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 905 0.7× 16 10.6k
Daniel B. Levy 6.2k 0.7× 5.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 882 0.7× 13 9.1k
Gerard P. Zambetti 10.6k 1.2× 8.0k 1.0× 3.2k 1.7× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 133 15.7k
Klas G. Wiman 9.3k 1.1× 7.0k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 179 14.1k
Samuel Benchimol 5.7k 0.7× 4.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 971 0.8× 94 8.8k
David Pei‐Cheng Lin 6.7k 0.8× 6.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 679 0.6× 59 9.5k
Takashi Tokino 6.0k 0.7× 5.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 565 0.5× 14 8.1k
Todd Waldman 8.0k 0.9× 5.7k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 946 0.5× 696 0.6× 66 10.9k

Countries citing papers authored by W E Mercer

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Fields of papers citing papers by W E Mercer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W E Mercer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W E Mercer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W E Mercer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with W E Mercer. W E Mercer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Rallapalli, Ravikumar, et al.. (1999). A Novel MDMX Transcript Expressed in a Variety of Transformed Cell Lines Encodes a Truncated Protein with Potent p53 Repressive Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(12). 8299–8308. 81 indexed citations
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Sevignani, Cinzia, et al.. (1998). Tumorigenic conversion of p53-deficient colon epithelial cells by an activated Ki-ras gene.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 101(8). 1572–1580. 32 indexed citations
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Sawaya, Bassel E., Kamel Khalili, W E Mercer, L. I. Denisova, & Shohreh Amini. (1998). Cooperative Actions of HIV-1 Vpr and p53 Modulate Viral Gene Transcription. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(32). 20052–20057. 83 indexed citations
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Grasso, Luigi & W E Mercer. (1997). Pathways of p53-Dependent Apoptosis. Vitamins and hormones. 53. 139–173. 7 indexed citations
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Palazzo, Juan, et al.. (1997). Immunohistochemical localization of p21WAF1/CIP1 in normal, hyperplastic, and neoplastic uterine tissues. Human Pathology. 28(1). 60–66. 46 indexed citations
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Palazzo, Juan, et al.. (1997). The role of p53, p21WAF1/C1P1, and bcl-2 in radioresistant colorectal carcinoma. Human Pathology. 28(10). 1189–1195. 33 indexed citations
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Fiscella, Michele, Hongliang Zhang, Saijun Fan, et al.. (1997). Wip1, a novel human protein phosphatase that is induced in response to ionizing radiation in a p53-dependent manner. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(12). 6048–6053. 454 indexed citations
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El‐Deiry, Wafik S., Takashi Tokino, Victor E. Velculescu, et al.. (1993). WAF1, a potential mediator of p53 tumor suppression. Cell. 75(4). 817–825. 7234 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mercer, W E, et al.. (1992). Cell Cycle Effects of Microinjected Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides to p34cdc2 Kinasea. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 660(1). 209–218. 10 indexed citations
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Noble, Jane R., Karen Willetts, W E Mercer, & Roger R. Reddel. (1992). Effects of exogenous wild-type p53 on a human lung carcinoma cell line with endogenous wild-type p53. Experimental Cell Research. 203(2). 297–304. 26 indexed citations
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Travali, Salvatore, Krzysztof Reiss, Andres Ferbér, et al.. (1991). Constitutively Expressed c- myb Abrogates the Requirement for Insulinlike Growth Factor 1 in 3T3 Fibroblasts. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(2). 731–736. 10 indexed citations
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Mercer, W E, et al.. (1989). Growth factor regulated expression of poly(A)+ binding protein messenger RNA. Experimental Cell Research. 181(2). 531–541. 9 indexed citations
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Marino, Thomas A., et al.. (1989). Effects of catecholamines on fetal rat cardiocytes in vitro. American Journal of Anatomy. 186(2). 127–132. 14 indexed citations
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Ullrich, Stephen J., Ettore Appella, & W E Mercer. (1988). Growth-Related expression of a 72,000 molecular weight poly(A)+ mRNA binding protein. Experimental Cell Research. 178(2). 273–286. 7 indexed citations
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Kaczmarek, Leszek, Bruno Calabretta, I. Bruce Elfenbein, & W E Mercer. (1987). Cell cycle analysis of human peripheral blood T lymphocytes in long-term culture. Experimental Cell Research. 173(1). 70–79. 6 indexed citations
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Petters, Robert M., B. H. Johnson, & W E Mercer. (1987). Production of transgenic mice following deoxyribonucleic acid microinjection and embryo freezing. Theriogenology. 27(3). 507–515. 2 indexed citations
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Cooper, George, et al.. (1986). Load regulation of the properties of adult feline cardiocytes. The role of substrate adhesion.. Circulation Research. 58(5). 692–705. 86 indexed citations
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Baserga, Renato, et al.. (1985). Adenovirus Type 2 Activates Cell Cycle-Dependent Genes That Are a Subset of Those Activated by Serum. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 5(11). 2936–2942. 26 indexed citations
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Mercer, W E & Robert Schlegel. (1980). Cell cycle re-entry of quiescent mammalian nuclei following heterokaryon formation. Experimental Cell Research. 128(2). 431–437. 13 indexed citations

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