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139
Citations
87184
World Ranking
1735
National Ranking
993

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1978 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1978 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1977 - Nobel Prize for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain
  • 1975 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation
  • 1974 - Canada Gairdner International Award

Overview

Andrew V. Schally is affiliated with the Veterans Health Administration in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Schally's work has significant intersections with several subfields, including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism; molecular biology; cardiology and cardiovascular medicine; pulmonary and respiratory medicine; and oncology.

The main topics addressed in Schally's publications include growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors, cardiovascular function and risk factors, neuroblastoma research and treatments, pituitary gland disorders and treatments, acute myeloid leukemia research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, and retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes.

Frequent collaborators in Schally's work reflect consistent engagement with other researchers in related fields. These co-authors include Renzhi Cai, Wei Sha, Riccarda Granata, Iacopo Gesmundo, and Joshua M. Hare.

Schally's research is published in several venues, with notable frequency in the following journals:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Schally include:

  • Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL): a review of the literature, 2020, Oncotarget
  • Antinflammatory, antioxidant, and behavioral effects induced by administration of growth hormone-releasing hormone analogs in mice, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Splice variant of growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor drives esophageal squamous cell carcinoma conferring a therapeutic target, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Signaling mechanisms of growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor in LPS-induced acute ocular inflammation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Agonistic analog of growth hormone-releasing hormone promotes neurofunctional recovery and neural regeneration in ischemic stroke, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Throughout their career, Schally has received several awards and honors. These include the Nobel Prize in 1977 for discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain, the Canada Gairdner International Award in 1974, the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1975, election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1978, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978, and Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Structure of the porcine LH- and FSH-releasing hormone. I. The proposed amino acid sequence

    H. Matsuo;Y. Baba;R.M.G. Nair;A. Arimura

  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone: one polypeptide regulates secretion of luteinizing and follicle-stimulating hormones.

    A. V. Schally;A. Arimura;A. J. Kastin;H. Matsuo

  • Isolation and properties of the FSH and LH-releasing hormone.

    A.V. Schally;A. Arimura;Y. Baba;R.M.G. Nair

  • Hypothalamic Regulatory Hormones

    Andrew V. Schally;Akira Arimura;Abba J. Kastin

  • INHIBITION OF GASTRIN AND GASTRIC-ACID SECRETION BY GROWTH-HORMONE RELEASE-INHIBITING HORMONE

    S.R Bloom;C.H Mortimer;M.O Thorner;G.M Besser

  • The Regional Distribution of Somatostatin in the Rat Brain

    M. Brownstein;A. Arimura;H. Sato;A. V. Schally

  • The identity of chemical and hormonal properties of the thyrotropin releasing hormone and pyroglutamyl-histidyl-proline amide.

    Jan Bøler;Franz Enzmann;K. Folkers;C.Y. Bowers

  • Oncological applications of somatostatin analogues.

    Andrew V. Schally

  • Somatostatin: Abundance of Immunoreactive Hormone in Rat Stomach and Pancreas

    Akira Arimura;Haruko Sato;Andre Dupont;Nozomu Nishi

  • Immunocytochemical localization of corticotropin‐releasing factor (CRF) in the rat brain

    I. Merchenthaler;S. Vigh;S. Vigh;P. Petrusz;Andrew V Schally;Andrew V Schally

  • Tumor growth inhibition in patients with prostatic carcinoma treated with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists

    G. Tolis;D. Ackman;A. Stellos;A. Mehta

  • Liver-Specific igf-1 Gene Deletion Leads to Muscle Insulin Insensitivity

    Shoshana Yakar;Jun Li Liu;Ana M. Fernandez;Yiping Wu

  • Radioimmunoassay for GH-release inhibiting hormone.

    Akira Arimura;Haruko Sato;David H. Coy;Andrew V. Schally

  • Aspects of hypothalamic regulation of the pituitary gland

    Andrew V. Schally

  • Stimulation of tyrosine phosphatase and inhibition of cell proliferation by somatostatin analogues: mediation by human somatostatin receptor subtypes SSTR1 and SSTR2

    L Buscail;N Delesque;J P Estève;N Saint-Laurent

  • Cancer chemotherapy based on targeting of cytotoxic peptide conjugates to their receptors on tumors.

    Andrew V. Schally;Attila Nagy

  • CNS effects of peripherally administered brain peptides.

    Abba J. Kastin;Abba J. Kastin;Richard D. Olson;Richard D. Olson;Andrew V. Schally;Andrew V. Schally;David H. Coy;David H. Coy

  • ACTION OF GROWTH-HORMONE-RELEASE INHIBITORY HORMONE IN HEALTHY MEN AND IN ACROMEGALY

    R Hall;A.V Schally;D Evered;A.J Kastin

  • Hypothalamic Hormones and Cancer

    Andrew V. Schally;Andrew V. Schally;Ana Maria Comaru-Schally;Ana Maria Comaru-Schally;Attila Nagy;Attila Nagy;Magdolna Kovacs;Magdolna Kovacs

  • Inhibition of cell proliferation by the somatostatin analogue RC-160 is mediated by somatostatin receptor subtypes SSTR2 and SSTR5 through different mechanisms.

    Louis Buscail;Jean Pierre Estève;Nathalie Saint-Laurent;Viviane Bertrand

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabor Halmos
Gabor Halmos University of Debrecen
Akira Arimura
Akira Arimura Tulane University
David H. Coy
David H. Coy Tulane University
Abba J. Kastin
Abba J. Kastin Louisiana State University
Cyril Y. Bowers
Cyril Y. Bowers Tulane University
Gyula Telegdy
Gyula Telegdy University of Szeged
Ignacio Torres-Aleman
Ignacio Torres-Aleman Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience
László Vécsei
László Vécsei University of Szeged
Fernand Labrie
Fernand Labrie Université Laval
Istvan Merchenthaler
Istvan Merchenthaler University of Maryland, Baltimore

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