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Ronald G. Tompkins

Ronald G. Tompkins

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
113
Citations
57833
World Ranking
4873
National Ranking
2640

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Ronald G. Tompkins is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and focuses research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Immunology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Emergency Medicine.

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins

Ronald G. Tompkins has contributed to various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Burn Care & Research
  • iScience
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The FASEB Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tompkins include:

  • "Megakaryocytes contain extranuclear histones and may be a source of platelet-associated histones during sepsis" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Megakaryocytes respond during sepsis and display innate immune cell behaviors" (2023, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Physical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Care After Burn Injury: A Multinational Study" (2021, Journal of Burn Care & Research)
  • "Transcriptomic responses from improved murine sepsis models can better mimic human surgical sepsis" (2020, The FASEB Journal)
  • "A PREVENTIVE TOOL FOR PREDICTING BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH BURNS" (2023, Shock)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tompkins include:

  • Lewis E. Kazis
  • Galit H. Frydman
  • Hannah M. Bailey
  • Ananya Vasudevan
  • Amy Tsurumi

In 1998, Ronald G. Tompkins was recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • Isolation of rare circulating tumour cells in cancer patients by microchip technology.

    Sunitha Nagrath;Lecia V. Sequist;Shyamala Maheswaran;Daphne W. Bell;Daphne W. Bell

  • Genomic responses in mouse models poorly mimic human inflammatory diseases

    Seok Junhee Seok;Shaw Warren H. Shaw Warren;G. Cuenca Alex;N. Mindrinos Michael

  • Detection of Mutations in EGFR in Circulating Lung-Cancer Cells

    Shyamala Maheswaran;Lecia V. Sequist;Sunitha Nagrath;Lindsey Ulkus

  • A network-based analysis of systemic inflammation in humans

    Steve E. Calvano;Wenzhong Xiao;Daniel R. Richards;Ramon M. Felciano

  • Common virulence factors for bacterial pathogenicity in plants and animals

    Laurence G. Rahme;Emily J. Stevens;Sean F. Wolfort;Jing Shao

  • A genomic storm in critically injured humans

    Wenzhong Xiao;Wenzhong Xiao;Michael N. Mindrinos;Junhee Seok;Joseph Cuschieri

  • Circulating Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor in Septic Shock and Experimental Endotoxin Fever

    J.G. Cannon;R.G. Tompkins;J.A. Gelfand;H.R. Michie

  • Objective Estimates of the Probability of Death from Burn Injuries

    Colleen M. Ryan;David A. Schoenfeld;William P. Thorpe;Robert L. Sheridan

  • Hepatocyte function and extracellular matrix geometry: long-term culture in a sandwich configuration.

    James C. Y. Dunn;Martin L. Yarmush;Hans G. Koebe;Ronald G. Tompkins

  • Long-term in vitro function of adult hepatocytes in a collagen sandwich configuration.

    James C. Y. Dunn;Ronald G. Tompkins;Martin L. Yarmush;Martin L. Yarmush

  • Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinolines (HAQs) reveals a role for 4-hydroxy-2-heptylquinoline in cell-to-cell communication.

    Eric Déziel;François Lépine;Sylvain Milot;Jianxin He

  • Mesenchymal stem cells: Mechanisms of immunomodulation and homing.

    Hiroshi Yagi;Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez;Biju Parekkadan;Yuko Kitagawa

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa killing of Caenorhabditis elegans used to identify P. aeruginosa virulence factors

    Man-Wah Tan;Laurence G. Rahme;Jeffrey A. Sternberg;Ronald G. Tompkins

  • American Burn Association consensus conference to define sepsis and infection in burns

    David G. Greenhalgh;Jeffrey R. Saffle;James H. Holmes;Richard L. Gamelli

  • Significance analysis of time course microarray experiments

    John D. Storey;Wenzhong Xiao;Jeffrey T. Leek;Ronald G. Tompkins

  • Isolation and Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells from Patients with Localized and Metastatic Prostate Cancer

    Shannon L. Stott;Richard J. Lee;Sunitha Nagrath;Min Yu

  • Support of the metabolic response to burn injury

    David N Herndon;Ronald G Tompkins

  • Plants and animals share functionally common bacterial virulence factors.

    Laurence G. Rahme;Frederick M. Ausubel;Hui Cao;Eliana Drenkard

  • Release factors differing in specificity for terminator codons.

    E Scolnick;R Tompkins;T Caskey;M Nirenberg

  • A microfluidic device for practical label-free CD4+ T cell counting of HIV-infected subjects

    Xuanhong Cheng;Daniel Irimia;Meredith Dixon;Kazuhiko Sekine

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin L. Yarmush
Martin L. Yarmush Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert L. Sheridan
Robert L. Sheridan Harvard University
Mehmet Toner
Mehmet Toner Harvard University
Alan J. Fischman
Alan J. Fischman Harvard University
David N. Herndon
David N. Herndon The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Laurence G. Rahme
Laurence G. Rahme Harvard University
Wenzhong Xiao
Wenzhong Xiao Harvard University
Michael N. Mindrinos
Michael N. Mindrinos Stanford University
Lyle L. Moldawer
Lyle L. Moldawer University of Florida
Ronald W. Davis
Ronald W. Davis Stanford University

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