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Overview

Thomas W. White is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with an emphasis on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work extensively covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Surgery, Epidemiology, Ophthalmology, and Emergency Medicine.

Their publication record includes numerous papers addressing a range of topics. Main themes of their research include Trauma Management and Diagnosis, Connexins and lens biology, Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Thermoregulation and physiological responses, and studies related to Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas W. White are:

  • Surgical stabilization of rib fractures in octogenarians and beyond-what are the outcomes? (2021), The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
  • Signaling Between TRPV1/TRPV4 and Intracellular Hydrostatic Pressure in the Mouse Lens (2020), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF): the WSES and CWIS position paper (2024), World Journal of Emergency Surgery
  • The Chest Wall Injury Society Recommendations for Reporting Studies of Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures (2021), Injury
  • Lens Connexin Channels Show Differential Permeability to Signaling Molecules (2020), International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their coauthors frequently include:

  • Fredric M. Pieracci
  • Andrew R. Doben
  • Caterina Sellitto
  • Paul J. Donaldson
  • Zachary M. Bauman

Thomas W. White has published in various journals, with the highest number of contributions in these venues:

  • The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Injury
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Best Publications

  • Connections with connexins: the molecular basis of direct intercellular signaling

    Roberto Bruzzone;Thomas W. White;David L. Paul

  • Gap Junctions: Basic Structure and Function

    Gülistan Meşe;Gabriele Richard;Thomas W. White

  • Genetic diseases and gene knockouts reveal diverse connexin functions.

    Thomas W. White;David L. Paul

  • Targeted Ablation of Connexin50 in Mice Results in Microphthalmia and Zonular Pulverulent Cataracts

    Thomas W. White;Daniel A. Goodenough;David L. Paul

  • Mouse Cx50, a functional member of the connexin family of gap junction proteins, is the lens fiber protein MP70.

    T W White;R Bruzzone;D A Goodenough;D L Paul

  • Functional defects of Cx26 resulting from a heterozygous missense mutation in a family with dominant deaf-mutism and palmoplantar keratoderma.

    Gabriela Richard;Thomas W. White;Lisa E. Smith;Regina A. Bailey

  • Selective interactions among the multiple connexin proteins expressed in the vertebrate lens: the second extracellular domain is a determinant of compatibility between connexins.

    T W White;R Bruzzone;S Wolfram;D L Paul

  • Functional analysis of selective interactions among rodent connexins.

    Thomas W. White;David L. Paul;Daniel A. Goodenough;Roberto Bruzzone

  • Unique and Redundant Connexin Contributions to Lens Development

    Thomas W. White

  • Lens gap junctions in growth, differentiation, and homeostasis.

    Richard T. Mathias;Thomas W. White;Xiaohua Gong

  • The cellular internet: On-line with connexins

    Roberto Bruzzone;Thomas W. White;Daniel A. Goodenough

  • Multiple connexin proteins in single intercellular channels: Connexin compatibility and functional consequences

    Thomas W. White;Roberto Bruzzone

  • Null mutations of connexin32 in patients with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

    Roberto Bruzzone;Thomas W. White;Steven S. Scherer;Kenneth H. Fischbeck

  • trans-dominant inhibition of connexin-43 by mutant connexin-26: implications for dominant connexin disorders affecting epidermal differentiation

    Fatima Rouan;Thomas W. White;Nkecha Brown;Aileen M. Taylor

  • Connexin disorders of the ear, skin, and lens.

    Dwan A. Gerido;Thomas W. White

  • Loss-of-function and residual channel activity of connexin26 mutations associated with non-syndromic deafness

    R. Bruzzone;V. Veronesi;D. Gomès;M. Bicego

  • Differentially altered Ca2+ regulation and Ca2+ permeability in Cx26 hemichannels formed by the A40V and G45E mutations that cause keratitis ichthyosis deafness syndrome.

    Helmuth A. Sánchez;Gülistan Meşe;Miduturu Srinivas;Thomas W. White

  • Gap junctions and cochlear homeostasis.

    H.-B. Zhao;T. Kikuchi;Anaclet Ngezahayo;T.W. White

  • Aberrant hemichannel properties of Cx26 mutations causing skin disease and deafness

    Dwan A. Gerido;Adam M. DeRosa;Gabriele Richard;Thomas W. White

  • Connections between connexins, calcium, and cataracts in the lens.

    Junyuan Gao;Xiurong Sun;Francisco J. Martinez-Wittinghan;Xiaohua Gong

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Bruzzone
Roberto Bruzzone University of Hong Kong
Peter R. Brink
Peter R. Brink Stony Brook University
David L. Paul
David L. Paul Harvard University
Daniel A. Goodenough
Daniel A. Goodenough Harvard University
Jean X. Jiang
Jean X. Jiang The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Harris Ripps
Harris Ripps University of Illinois at Chicago
Randy L. Gollub
Randy L. Gollub Harvard Medical School
Petra Fromme
Petra Fromme Arizona State University
Anton Barty
Anton Barty Universität Hamburg
Henry N. Chapman
Henry N. Chapman Universität Hamburg

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