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Biology and Biochemistry

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54
Citations
12229
World Ranking
15513
National Ranking
6474

Overview

Barbara Cordell is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical and biological sciences with an emphasis on gut microbiota, alcohol consumption, and related health effects.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a particular interest in the intersection of microbiome studies and metabolic health conditions. Featured papers include:

  • Factors in an Auto-Brewery Syndrome group compared to an American Gut Project group: a case-control study, 2021, F1000Research
  • Shifting microbiomes: pathobionts hiding in our guts, 2023, EBioMedicine
  • Auto-Brewery Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment of This Little-Known Condition, 2025, AJN American Journal of Nursing
  • From Bacillus Criminalis to the Legalome: Will Neuromicrobiology Impact 21st Century Criminal Justice?, 2025, Brain Sciences
  • 30: GUT MICROBIOTA IN AUTO-BREWERY SYNDROME: PATHOLOGIC MICROBIAL ETHANOL PRODUCTION AND TREATMENT WITH FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION, 2025, Gastroenterology

Cordell frequently collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Notable co-authors include:

  • Anup K. Kanodia
  • Gregory K. Miller
  • Alan C. Logan
  • Suresh D. Pillai
  • Jake M. Robinson

The venues in which Cordell's work is published reflect a focus on interdisciplinary intersections of medicine, nursing, and neuroscience. These frequent publication venues include:

  • F1000Research
  • AJN American Journal of Nursing
  • EBioMedicine
  • Brain Sciences
  • Gastroenterology

Their main fields of study span Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, suggesting a broad interest in human health and biological systems.

  • Medicine
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Food Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Plant Science

Several key research topics repeatedly addressed in Cordell's work emphasize the biochemical and microbial aspects of health and nutrition. These topics are:

  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
  • Wine Industry and Tourism
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods

Best Publications

  • Early Phenotypic Changes in Transgenic Mice That Overexpress Different Mutants of Amyloid Precursor Protein in Brain

    Dieder Moechars;Ilse Dewachter;Kristin Lorent;Delphine Reversé

  • Sequence of the human insulin gene

    Graeme I. Bell;Raymond L. Pictet;William J. Rutter;Barbara Cordell

  • Formation of beta-amyloid protein deposits in brains of transgenic mice.

    D Quon;Y Wang;R Catalano;J M Scardina

  • Isolation and characterization of the human pulmonary surfactant apoprotein gene

    R. Tyler White;Deborah Damm;Judith Miller;Kaye Spratt

  • Age-related learning deficits in transgenic mice expressing the 751-amino acid isoform of human beta-amyloid precursor protein

    Paula M. Moran;Linda S. Higgins;Barbara Cordell;Paul C. Moser

  • Presenilin-1 and -2 Are Molecular Targets for γ-Secretase Inhibitors *

    Dietmar Seiffert;Jodi D. Bradley;Cynthia M. Rominger;David H. Rominger

  • Presenilin 1 controls gamma-secretase processing of amyloid precursor protein in pre-golgi compartments of hippocampal neurons.

    Wim G. Annaert;Lyne Levesque;Kathleen Craessaerts;Inge Dierinck

  • Phosphorylation, Subcellular Localization, and Membrane Orientation of the Alzheimer's Disease-associated Presenilins

    Bart De Strooper;Monique Beullens;Bart Contreras;Lyne Levesque

  • Isolation and characterization of a cloned rat insulin gene

    Barbara Cordell;Graeme Bell;Edmund Tischer;Frances M. Denoto

  • Inhibition of β-amyloid formation identifies proteolytic precursors and subcellular site of catabolism

    Jeffrey Higaki;Diana Quon;Ziyang Zhong;Barbara Cordell

  • Association of heparan sulfate proteoglycan with the neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease

    G Perry;SL Siedlak;P Richey;M Kawai

  • Structure of canine pulmonary surfactant apoprotein: cDNA and complete amino acid sequence

    B Benson;S Hawgood;J Schilling;J Clements

  • Positive and negative regulation of APP amyloidogenesis by sumoylation

    Yonghong Li;Hui Wang;Su Wang;Diana Quon

  • Specific spatial learning deficits become severe with age in β-amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice that harbor diffuse β-amyloid deposits but do not form plaques

    Milla Koistinaho;Michael Ort;Jose M. Cimadevilla;Roman Vondrous

  • Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone encoding human preproinsulin

    Graeme I. Bell;William F. Swain;Raymond Pictet;Barbara Cordell

  • Macrophage colony-stimulating factor augments beta-amyloid-induced interleukin-1, interleukin-6, and nitric oxide production by microglial cells.

    Greer M. Murphy;Lan Yang;Barbara Cordell

  • Regulation of pulmonary surfactant apoprotein SP 28-36 gene in fetal human lung.

    P L Ballard;S Hawgood;H Liley;G Wellenstein

  • Structure and processing of yeast precursor tRNAs containing intervening sequences

    Patricia Z. O'Farrell;Barbara Cordell;Pablo Valenzuela;William J. Rutter

  • Selective reduction of mRNA for the β-amyloid precursor protein that lacks a Kunitz-type protease inhibitor motif in cortex from Alzheimer brains

    Steven A. Johnson;Giulio M. Pasinetti;Patrick C. May;Phyllis A. Ponte

  • β-Amyloid Precursor Protein LOCATION OF TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN AND SPECIFICITY OF γ-SECRETASE CLEAVAGE

    Edmund Tischer;Barbara Cordell

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Rutter
William J. Rutter University of California, San Francisco
Howard M. Goodman
Howard M. Goodman Harvard University
Raymond Pictet
Raymond Pictet Université Paris Cité
Samuel Hawgood
Samuel Hawgood University of California, San Francisco
Graeme I. Bell
Graeme I. Bell University of Chicago
Judith Miller
Judith Miller University of Pennsylvania
Peter St George-Hyslop
Peter St George-Hyslop Columbia University
Christine Van Broeckhoven
Christine Van Broeckhoven University of Antwerp

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