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Alexander Marks

Alexander Marks

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
8913
World Ranking
15778
National Ranking
548

Overview

Alexander Marks is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily addresses topics within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on physiological and occupational health aspects.

Marks has contributed extensively to the understanding of thermoregulation and physiological responses, muscle metabolism and nutrition, as well as occupational health and performance. Their research scope also covers exercise and physiological responses, high altitude and hypoxia, injury epidemiology and prevention, and sports performance and training.

Their frequent co-authors include Alejandro M. Rosales, Patrick S. Dodds, Brent C. Ruby, Joseph A. Sol, and Walter Hailes.

Marks has published research in several venues, notably:

  • Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Representative publications by Alexander Marks include:

  • Electrolyte Balance And Hydration Status During Wildland Fire Suppression, 2020, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Total Energy Intake and Self-Selected Macronutrient Distribution During Wildland Fire Suppression, 2020, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Their other associated works often feature collaboration with Alejandro M. Rosales and cover fluid delivery schedules and composition, as well as hydration status during occupational exertion in heat and wildfire suppression contexts.

Marks' research spans subfields such as physiology, cell biology, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, and genetics, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to health, performance, and biological function in demanding environments.

Best Publications

  • Monoclonal antibody D2-40, a new marker of lymphatic endothelium, reacts with Kaposi's sarcoma and a subset of angiosarcomas

    Harriette J Kahn;Denis Bailey;Alexander Marks;Alexander Marks

  • Role of Antibody to S100 Protein in Diagnostic Pathology

    Harriette J. Kahn;Alexander Marks;Heather Thom;Reuben Baumal

  • A new monoclonal antibody, D2-40, for detection of lymphatic invasion in primary tumors.

    Harriette J Kahn;Alexander Marks

  • Characterization and distribution of an oncofetal antigen (M2A antigen) expressed on testicular germ cell tumours.

    A Marks;D R Sutherland;D Bailey;J Iglesias

  • Gene encoding the beta subunit of S100 protein is on chromosome 21: implications for Down syndrome.

    R. Allore;D. O'Hanlon;R. Price;K. Neilson

  • Spatial and temporal expression of S100B in cells of oligodendrocyte lineage.

    S. Hachem;A. Aguirre;V. Vives;A. Marks

  • Nuclear expression of S100B in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells correlates with differentiation toward the oligodendroglial lineage and modulates oligodendrocytes maturation

    Jean Christophe Deloulme;Eric Raponi;Benoît Jean Gentil;Nathalie Bertacchi

  • Overexpression of a calcium-binding protein, S100 beta, in astrocytes alters synaptic plasticity and impairs spatial learning in transgenic mice.

    R Gerlai;J M Wojtowicz;A Marks;J Roder

  • Receptor for advanced glycation end products and age-related macular degeneration.

    Kimberly A. Howes;Yang Liu;Joshua L. Dunaief;Ann Milam

  • Ascitic Fluid from Human Ovarian Cancer Patients Contains Growth Factors Necessary for Intraperitoneal Growth of Human Ovarian Adenocarcinoma Cells

    Gordon B. Mills;Christopher May;Mary Hill;Susan Campbell

  • Fluorescent Proteins Expressed in Mouse Transgenic Lines Mark Subsets of Glia, Neurons, Macrophages, and Dendritic Cells for Vital Examination

    Yi Zuo;Jane L. Lubischer;Hyuno Kang;Le Tian

  • Enhanced calcium transients in glial cells in neonatal cerebellar cultures derived from S100B null mice.

    Zhi-gang Xiong;David O'Hanlon;Laurence E. Becker;John Roder

  • Enumeration of circulating tumor cells in the blood of breast cancer patients after filtration enrichment: correlation with disease stage.

    Harriette J. Kahn;Anthony Presta;Lu-Ying Yang;John Blondal

  • Significance of lymph vessel invasion identified by the endothelial lymphatic marker D2-40 in node negative breast cancer

    Angel Arnaout-Alkarain;Harriette J Kahn;Steven A Narod;Ping A Sun

  • Placental-like alkaline phosphatase as a marker of carcinoma-in-situ of the testis. Comparison with monoclonal antibodies M2A and 43-9F.

    Aleksander Giwercman;Lisbeth Cantell;Alexander Marks

  • S-100 protein in tumors of cartilage and bone. An immunohistochemical study.

    Yasuhiro Nakamura;Laurence E. Becker;Alexander Marks

  • Origin of the desmoplasia in desmoplastic malignant melanoma

    Lynn From;Wedad Hanna;Harriette J. Kahn;Joseph Gruss

  • Hobnail hemangiomas (targetoid hemosiderotic hemangiomas) are true lymphangiomas

    Folker E. Franke;Klaus Steger;Alexander Marks;Heinz Kutzner

  • Detection of lymphatic invasion in primary melanoma with monoclonal antibody D2-40 : A new selective immunohistochemical marker of lymphatic endothelium

    Firouzeh Niakosari;Harriette J. Kahn;Alexander Marks;Lynn From

  • Identity of M2A (D2-40) antigen and gp36 (Aggrus, T1A-2, podoplanin) in human developing testis, testicular carcinoma in situ and germ-cell tumours

    Si Brask Sonne;Amy S. Herlihy;Christina E. Hoei-Hansen;John E. Nielsen

Frequent Co-Authors

James B. Mahony
James B. Mahony McMaster University
Ian R. Brown
Ian R. Brown University of Toronto
Laurence E. Becker
Laurence E. Becker University of Toronto
Niels E. Skakkebæk
Niels E. Skakkebæk University of Copenhagen
Aleksander Giwercman
Aleksander Giwercman Lund University
Linda J. Van Eldik
Linda J. Van Eldik University of Kentucky
Gérard Labourdette
Gérard Labourdette Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Herman Yeger
Herman Yeger University of Toronto
Wolfgang Baehr
Wolfgang Baehr University of Utah
Kathleen I. Pritchard
Kathleen I. Pritchard University of Toronto

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