William J. Thompson

3.8k total citations
93 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

William J. Thompson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Thompson has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Physiology and 16 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in William J. Thompson's work include Phosphodiesterase function and regulation (37 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (16 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (12 papers). William J. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Phosphodiesterase function and regulation (37 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (16 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (12 papers). William J. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. William J. Thompson's co-authors include Rifat Pamukcu, Samuel J. Strada, I. Bernard Weinstein, Gary A. Piazza, Bing Zhu, John Fetter, Gerhard Sperl, Atsuko Deguchi, Doris Koesling and Andreas Friebe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

William J. Thompson

90 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Thompson United States	33	1.9k	627	554	378	342	93	3.1k
Mukut Sharma United States	35	1.1k 0.6×	344 0.5×	311 0.6×	254 0.7×	135 0.4×	114	3.9k
Sebastian Bachmann Germany	39	2.2k 1.2×	844 1.3×	240 0.4×	1000 2.6×	229 0.7×	112	5.1k
Elke Butt Germany	41	2.9k 1.5×	1.2k 1.9×	170 0.3×	1.2k 3.3×	170 0.5×	82	5.0k
Faith B. Davis United States	52	3.5k 1.9×	636 1.0×	226 0.4×	364 1.0×	77 0.2×	140	7.8k
Annie Michaud France	32	1.3k 0.7×	376 0.6×	196 0.4×	942 2.5×	193 0.6×	74	3.3k
Michelle S. Johnson United States	32	2.0k 1.1×	616 1.0×	172 0.3×	235 0.6×	154 0.5×	59	3.7k
Michael E. Burczynski United States	30	2.1k 1.1×	365 0.6×	230 0.4×	72 0.2×	208 0.6×	50	4.3k
Raphael A. Nemenoff United States	51	4.6k 2.4×	769 1.2×	422 0.8×	414 1.1×	84 0.2×	118	7.1k
Stepan Gambaryan Germany	42	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 2.0×	326 0.6×	1.5k 4.0×	114 0.3×	159	6.2k
Mark A. Polokoff United States	27	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	132 0.2×	577 1.5×	166 0.5×	44	4.1k

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Carodenuto, Sophia, et al.. (2025). Formalization through contracts: Implications for power in smallholder cocoa supply chains. Geoforum. 164. 104323–104323.

Mundt, Kenneth A., William J. Thompson, Gaurav Dhawan, Harvey Checkoway, & Paolo Boffetta. (2025). Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence of associations between quantified occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and the risk of silicosis and lung cancer. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1554006–1554006. 4 indexed citations

Cox, Louis Anthony, William J. Thompson, & Kenneth A. Mundt. (2024). Interventional probability of causation (IPoC) with epidemiological and partial mechanistic evidence: benzene vs. formaldehyde and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 54(4). 252–289. 6 indexed citations

Lynch, Heather N., Justin Collins, Kathleen Chen, et al.. (2023). Systematic review of the association between talc and female reproductive tract cancers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 1157761–1157761. 7 indexed citations

Lynch, Heather N., et al.. (2022). Systematic review of the scientific evidence on ethylene oxide as a human carcinogen. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 364. 110031–110031. 29 indexed citations

Lynch, Heather N., William J. Thompson, Justin Collins, et al.. (2022). Systematic review of the scientific evidence of the pulmonary carcinogenicity of talc. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 989111–989111. 8 indexed citations

Boffetta, Paolo, Kenneth A. Mundt, & William J. Thompson. (2018). The epidemiologic evidence for elongate mineral particle (EMP)-related human cancer risk. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 361. 100–106. 10 indexed citations

Zhu, Bing, et al.. (2004). Suppression of cyclic GMP-specific phosphodiesterase 5 promotes apoptosis and inhibits growth in HT29 cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 94(2). 336–350. 87 indexed citations

Joe, Andrew K., Hui Liu, Danhua Xiao, et al.. (2003). Exisulind and CP248 induce growth inhibition and apoptosis in human esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous carcinoma cells. PubMed. 3(2). 83–94. 13 indexed citations

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Lim, Jin T. E., Gary A. Piazza, Rifat Pamukcu, William J. Thompson, & I. Bernard Weinstein. (2003). Exisulind and related compounds inhibit expression and function of the androgen receptor in human prostate cancer cells.. PubMed. 9(13). 4972–82. 26 indexed citations

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Bunn, Paul A., Daniel C. Chan, Barbara A. Helfrich, et al.. (2002). Preclinical and clinical studies of docetaxel and exisulind in the treatment of human lung cancer. Seminars in Oncology. 29(1). 87–94. 17 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ling, William J. Thompson, & David E. Potter. (2000). Functional Identification of Phosphodiesterase Activity in Human Trabecular Meshwork Cells. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 16(4). 317–322. 3 indexed citations

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Stevens, Troy & William J. Thompson. (1999). Regulation of Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cell Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate by Adenylyl Cyclase. CHEST Journal. 116(1 Suppl). 32S–33S. 6 indexed citations

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Geng, Yu, et al.. (1998). Cyclic GMP and cGMP-binding Phosphodiesterase Are Required for Interleukin-1-induced Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Human Articular Chondrocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(42). 27484–27491. 22 indexed citations

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Ashikaga, Takashi, Samuel J. Strada, & William J. Thompson. (1997). Altered Expression of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase Isozymes during Culture of Aortic Endothelial Cells. Biochemical Pharmacology. 54(10). 1071–1079. 28 indexed citations

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Diwan, A. Hafeez, Richard E. Honkanen, Richard C. Schaeffer, Samuel J. Strada, & William J. Thompson. (1997). Inhibition of serine-threonine protein phosphatases decreases barrier function of rat pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 171(3). 259–270. 33 indexed citations

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Ashikaga, Takashi, et al.. (1996). Comparison of Indolidan Analog Binding Sites of Drug Antibody and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum with Inhibition of Cyclic AMP Phosphodiesterase. Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction. 16(5-6). 315–337.

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Thompson, Marilyn E., Warren E. Zimmer, William J. Thompson, et al.. (1992). Differential regulation of chromogranin B/secretogranin I and secretogranin II by forskolin in PC12 cells. Molecular Brain Research. 12(1-3). 195–202. 35 indexed citations

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Thompson, William J.. (1991). Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases: Pharmacology, biochemistry and function. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 51(1). 13–33. 221 indexed citations

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Nickerson, S.C., et al.. (1987). Histological Response of Bovine Mammary Tissue to an Intracisternal Bead Device. Journal of Dairy Science. 70(3). 687–695. 6 indexed citations

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