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Biology and Biochemistry

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111
Citations
38808
World Ranking
950
National Ranking
590

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Adele L. Boskey was affiliated with the Hospital for Special Surgery in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work contributed to areas within molecular biology, rheumatology, biomaterials, immunology and allergy, and cell biology. Their research topics notably covered bone and dental protein studies, collagen extraction and characterization, cell adhesion molecules research, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, alkaline phosphatase research studies, bone metabolism and diseases, and dental development and anomalies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Adele L. Boskey included the following:

  • Decorin modulates collagen matrix assembly and mineralization, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Changes in matrix phosphorylation during bovine dentin development, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Reduced Tissue-Level Stiffness and Mineralization in Osteoporotic Cancellous Bone, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Effect of HIP/ribosomal protein L29 deficiency on mineral properties of murine bones and teeth, 2020, UNC Libraries

The primary publication venue for these works was UNC Libraries, where four publications were recorded.

Frequent collaborators of the scientist included Phimon Atsawasuwan, Mitsuo Yamauchi, Sergey Leikin, Francisco José Albuquerque de Paula, and Kostas Verdelis, each contributing to multiple joint works.

Adele L. Boskey was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004, reflecting a designation within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Dentin: structure, composition and mineralization.

    Michel Goldberg;Askok B Kulkarni;Marian Young;Adele Boskey

  • Extracellular matrix mineralization and osteoblast gene expression by human adipose tissue-derived stromal cells.

    Yuan-Di C. Halvorsen;Dawn Franklin;Arden L. Bond;Daron C. Hitt

  • Targeted disruption of the biglycan gene leads to an osteoporosis-like phenotype in mice

    Tianshun Xu;Paolo Bianco;Paolo Bianco;Larry W. Fisher;Glenn Longenecker

  • FTIR Microspectroscopic Analysis of Human Osteonal Bone

    E. P. Paschalis;E. DiCarlo;F. Betts;P. Sherman

  • FT-IR imaging of native and tissue-engineered bone and cartilage.

    Adele Boskey;Nancy Pleshko Camacho

  • Aging and Bone

    Adele L. Boskey;Rhima Coleman

  • Spectroscopic characterization of collagen cross-links in bone.

    E. P. Paschalis;K. Verdelis;S. B. Doty;A. L. Boskey

  • Adhesion to Vitronectin and Collagen I Promotes Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    Roman M. Salasznyk;William A. Williams;Adele Boskey;Anna Batorsky

  • Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopic analysis of bones of osteocalcin-deficient mice provides insight into the function of osteocalcin

    A.L Boskey;S Gadaleta;C Gundberg;S.B Doty

  • Osteopontin-hydroxyapatite interactions in vitro: inhibition of hydroxyapatite formation and growth in a gelatin-gel.

    A.L. Boskey;M. Maresca;W. Ullrich;S.B. Doty

  • Conversion of amorphous calcium phosphate to microcrystalline hydroxyapatite. A pH-dependent, solution-mediated, solid-solid conversion

    Adele L. Boskey;Aaron S. Posner

  • Novel infrared spectroscopic method for the determination of crystallinity of hydroxyapatite minerals.

    N. Pleshko;A. Boskey;R. Mendelsohn

  • Bone composition: relationship to bone fragility and antiosteoporotic drug effects

    Adele L Boskey

  • Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of the solution-mediated conversion of amorphous calcium phosphate to hydroxyapatite: New correlations between X-ray diffraction and infrared data

    S. J. Gadaleta;E. P. Paschalis;F. Betts;R. Mendelsohn

  • Current concepts of the physiology and biochemistry of calcification.

    Adele L. Boskey

  • Bone loss caused by iron overload in a murine model: importance of oxidative stress.

    Jaime Tsay;Zheiwei Yang;F. Patrick Ross;Susanna Cunningham-Rundles

  • Von Kossa Staining Alone Is Not Sufficient to Confirm that Mineralization In Vitro Represents Bone Formation

    L. F. Bonewald;S. E. Harris;J. Rosser;M. R. Dallas

  • Focal adhesion kinase signaling pathways regulate the osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells

    Roman M. Salasznyk;Robert F. Klees;William A. Williams;Adele Boskey

  • Importance of Phosphorylation for Osteopontin Regulation of Biomineralization

    A. Gericke;C. Qin;L. Spevak;Y. Fujimoto

  • Osteopontin deficiency increases mineral content and mineral crystallinity in mouse bone.

    A.L. Boskey;L. Spevak;E. Paschalis;S.B. Doty

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Mendelsohn
Richard Mendelsohn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Barbara D. Boyan
Barbara D. Boyan Virginia Commonwealth University
Joseph M. Lane
Joseph M. Lane Hospital for Special Surgery
Ashok B. Kulkarni
Ashok B. Kulkarni National Institutes of Health
Zvi Schwartz
Zvi Schwartz Virginia Commonwealth University
Michel E. Goldberg
Michel E. Goldberg Université Paris Cité
Chunlin Qin
Chunlin Qin Texas A&M University
Jian Q. Feng
Jian Q. Feng Texas A&M University
Pamela Gehron Robey
Pamela Gehron Robey National Institutes of Health
Peter Fratzl
Peter Fratzl Max Planck Society

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