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Alex Y. Strongin publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Y. Strongin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 215 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alex Y. Strongin D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Y. Strongin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alex Y. Strongin is affiliated with the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including medicine and neuroscience with a notable focus on infectious diseases and physiology. Strongin's work intersects cellular and molecular neuroscience, as well as molecular biology and pharmacology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as pain mechanisms and treatments, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, bacterial research on Bacillus and Francisella species, viral infections and outbreaks, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, and hereditary neurological disorders.

Strongin's recent papers include the following:

  • A myelin basic protein fragment induces sexually dimorphic transcriptome signatures of neuropathic pain in mice, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Potential Therapeutic Targeting of Coronavirus Spike Glycoprotein Priming, 2020, Molecules
  • Sex-Specific B Cell and Anti-Myelin Autoantibody Response After Peripheral Nerve Injury, 2022, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • A Note on the Potential BCG Vaccination - COVID-19 Molecular Link, 2020, Coronaviruses
  • Cholesterol-dependent LXR transcription factor activity represses pronociceptive effects of estrogen in sensory neurons and pain induced by myelin basic protein fragments, 2024, Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Strongin include:

  • Swathi K. Hullugundi
  • Jennifer Dolkas
  • Andrei V. Chernov
  • Tony L. Yaksh
  • Veronica I. Shubayev

The scientist's publications have appeared mainly in journals such as Research Square (Research Square), Molecules, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. Strongin has published multiple works in Research Square and has contributed across various respected venues in the biomedical and molecular research landscape.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism Of Cell Surface Activation Of 72-kDa Type IV Collagenase ISOLATION OF THE ACTIVATED FORM OF THE MEMBRANE METALLOPROTEASE

    Alex Y. Strongin;Ivan Collier;Gregory Bannikov;Barry L. Marmer

  • Compensation mechanism in tumor cell migration: mesenchymal–amoeboid transition after blocking of pericellular proteolysis

    Katarina Wolf;Irina Mazo;Harry Leung;Katharina Engelke

  • S-nitrosylation of matrix metalloproteinases: signaling pathway to neuronal cell death.

    Zezong Gu;Marcus Kaul;Boxu Yan;Steven J. Kridel

  • Interaction of 92-kDa type IV collagenase with the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases prevents dimerization, complex formation with interstitial collagenase, and activation of the proenzyme with stromelysin.

    Gregory Goldberg;A. Strongin;I. E. Collier;L. T. Genrich

  • A Highly Specific Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Rescues Laminin from Proteolysis and Neurons from Apoptosis in Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia

    Zezong Gu;Jiankun Cui;Stephen Brown;Rafael Fridman

  • MT1-MMP initiates activation of pro-MMP-2 and integrin alphavbeta3 promotes maturation of MMP-2 in breast carcinoma cells.

    Elena I. Deryugina;Boris Ratnikov;Edward Monosov;Tanya I. Postnova

  • Plasma membrane-dependent activation of the 72-kDa type IV collagenase is prevented by complex formation with TIMP-2.

    A Y Strongin;B L Marmer;G A Grant;G I Goldberg

  • Matrix-dependent Proteolysis of Surface Transglutaminase by Membrane-type Metalloproteinase Regulates Cancer Cell Adhesion and Locomotion

    Alexey M. Belkin;Sergey S. Akimov;Liubov S. Zaritskaya;Boris I. Ratnikov

  • Processing of Integrin αv Subunit by Membrane Type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase Stimulates Migration of Breast Carcinoma Cells on Vitronectin and Enhances Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase

    Elena I. Deryugina;Boris I. Ratnikov;Tanya I. Postnova;Dmitri V. Rozanov

  • Insights Into RNA Unwinding and ATP Hydrolysis by the Flavivirus Ns3 Protein

    Dahai Luo;Ting Xu;Randall P Watson;Daniella Scherer-Becker

  • Structural evidence for regulation and specificity of flaviviral proteases and evolution of the Flaviviridae fold

    Alexander E. Aleshin;Sergey A. Shiryaev;Alex Y. Strongin;Robert C. Liddington

  • Remodeling of Collagen Matrix by Human Tumor Cells Requires Activation and Cell Surface Association of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2

    Elena I. Deryugina;Mario A. Bourdon;Ralph A. Reisfeld;Alex Strongin

  • Mutation Analysis of Membrane Type-1 Matrix Metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) THE ROLE OF THE CYTOPLASMIC TAIL CYS574, THE ACTIVE SITE GLU240, AND FURIN CLEAVAGE MOTIFS IN OLIGOMERIZATION, PROCESSING, AND SELF-PROTEOLYSIS OF MT1-MMP EXPRESSED IN BREAST CARCINOMA CELLS

    Dmitry V. Rozanov;Elena I. Deryugina;Boris I. Ratnikov;Edward Z. Monosov

  • Functional activation of integrin alpha V beta 3 in tumor cells expressing membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase.

    Elena I. Deryugina;Mario A. Bourdon;Karli Jungwirth;Jeffrey W. Smith

  • Up-Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor by Membrane-type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase Stimulates Human Glioma Xenograft Growth and Angiogenesis

    Elena I. Deryugina;Liliana Soroceanu;Alex Y. Strongin

  • Matrix metalloproteinase-2 activation modulates glioma cell migration

    Elena I. Deryugina;Mario A. Bourdon;Guang-Xiang Luo;Ralph A. Reisfeld

  • Characterization of matrix metalloproteinase-26, a novel metalloproteinase widely expressed in cancer cells of epithelial origin.

    George N. Marchenko;Boris I. Ratnikov;Dmitry V. Rozanov;Adam Godzik

  • MMP-28, a new human matrix metalloproteinase with an unusual cysteine-switch sequence is widely expressed in tumors.

    George N Marchenko;Alex Y Strongin

  • The Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-related Protein LRP Is Regulated by Membrane Type-1 Matrix Metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) Proteolysis in Malignant Cells

    Dmitri V. Rozanov;Elizabeth Hahn-Dantona;Dudley K. Strickland;Alex Y. Strongin

  • Alanine scanning mutagenesis and functional analysis of the fibronectin-like collagen-binding domain from human 92-kDa type IV collagenase.

    I. E. Collier;P. A. Krasnov;A. Y. Strongin;H. Birkedal-Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena I. Deryugina
Elena I. Deryugina Scripps Research Institute
Piotr Cieplak
Piotr Cieplak Discovery Institute
Jeffrey W. Smith
Jeffrey W. Smith Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Robert C. Liddington
Robert C. Liddington Discovery Institute
Maurizio Pellecchia
Maurizio Pellecchia University of California, Riverside
Adam Godzik
Adam Godzik University of California, Riverside
Robert Day
Robert Day Université de Sherbrooke
Tony L. Yaksh
Tony L. Yaksh University of California, San Diego
Manuel Perucho
Manuel Perucho Discovery Institute
Ralph A. Reisfeld
Ralph A. Reisfeld Scripps Research Institute

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