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Barry I. Posner

Barry I. Posner

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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
24210
World Ranking
3331
National Ranking
101

Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
24413
World Ranking
15166
National Ranking
628

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 1991 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Barry I. Posner is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and works primarily in the field of Medicine.

Their research interests focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, with a notable emphasis on Health and Medical Research Impacts as well as Medical Education and Admissions.

Posner has contributed to scholarly publications, including a paper titled Does conventional early life academic excellence predict later life scientific discovery? An assessment of the lives of great medical innovators, published in 2020 in the journal QJM.

Frequent co-authors on their work include:

  • David J.A. Jenkins
  • Viranda H. Jayalath
  • Vivian L. Choo
  • Effie Viguiliouk
  • C.W.C. Kendall

The venues where Posner's works have appeared include:

  • QJM

Their research topics span:

  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Medical Education and Admissions

Barry I. Posner was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1991 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • A genome-wide association study identifies novel risk loci for type 2 diabetes

    Robert Sladek;Ghislain Rocheleau;Johan Rung;Christian Dina

  • Studies of insulin, growth hormone and prolactin binding: tissue distribution, species variation and characterization.

    Barry I. Posner;Paul A. Kelly;Robert P. C. Shiu;Henry G. Friesen

  • Peroxovanadium compounds. A new class of potent phosphotyrosine phosphatase inhibitors which are insulin mimetics.

    B I Posner;R Faure;J W Burgess;A P Bevan

  • Genetic variant near IRS1 is associated with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.

    Johan Rung;Stéphane Cauchi;Anders Albrechtsen;Lishuang Shen;Lishuang Shen

  • A protein-tyrosine phosphatase with sequence similarity to the SH2 domain of the protein-tyrosine kinases

    Shi-Hsiang Shen;Lison Bastien;Barry I. Posner;Pierre Chrétien

  • Compartmentalization of SHC, GRB2 and mSOS, and hyperphosphorylation of Raf-1 by EGF but not insulin in liver parenchyma.

    G. M. Di Guglielmo;P. C. Baass;Wei-Jia Ou;B. I. Posner

  • Insulin-like growth factors: a role in growth hormone negative feedback and body weight regulation via brain.

    Gloria Shaffer Tannenbaum;Harvey J. Guyda;Barry I. Posner

  • Insulin-binding sites in the rat brain: in vivo localization to the circumventricular organs by quantitative radioautography.

    Mark Van Houten;Barry I. Posner;Beatrix M. Kopriwa;James R. Brawer

  • Pervanadate [peroxide(s) of vanadate] mimics insulin action in rat adipocytes via activation of the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase.

    I G Fantus;S Kadota;G Deragon;B Foster

  • Regulation of Histone Deacetylase 4 by Binding of 14-3-3 Proteins

    Audrey H. Wang;Michael J. Kruhlak;Jiong Wu;Nicholas R. Bertos

  • Prolactin receptors in rat liver: possible induction by prolactin.

    Barry I. Posner;Paul A. Kelly;Henry G. Friesen

  • Binding and uptake of 125I-insulin into rat liver hepatocytes and endothelium. An in vivo radioautographic study.

    J J Bergeron;R Sikstrom;A R Hand;B I Posner

  • A receptor-mediated mechanism for the transport of prolactin from blood to cerebrospinal fluid.

    Raymond J. Walsh;Frank J. Slaby;Barry I. Posner

  • Studies of insulin, growth hormone and prolactin binding: ontogenesis, effects of sex and pregnancy.

    Paul A. Kelly;Barry I. Posner;Toshio Tsushima;Henry G. Friesen

  • Induction of a lactogenic receptor in rat liver: influence of estrogen and the pituitary.

    Barry I. Posner;Paul A. Kelly;Henry G. Friesen

  • Insulin binding sites localized to nerve terminals in rat median eminence and arcuate nucleus

    M van Houten;B I Posner;B M Kopriwa;J R Brawer

  • Intracellular polypeptide hormone receptors. The demonstration of specific binding sites for insulin and human growth hormone in Golgi fractions isolated from the liver of female rats.

    Bergeron Jj;Posner Bi;Josefsberg Z;Sikstrom R

  • Insulin binds to brain blood vessels in vivo

    Mark van Houten;Barry I. Posner

  • Acute Reversal of the Enhanced Insulin Action in Trained Athletes: Association with Insulin Receptor Changes

    R Burstein;C Polychronakos;C J Toews;J D MacDougall

  • Peroxide(s) of vanadium: a novel and potent insulin-mimetic agent which activates the insulin receptor kinase.

    Satoru Kadota;I. George Fantus;Guy Deragon;Harvey J. Guyda

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. M. Bergeron
John J. M. Bergeron McGill University
Constantin Polychronakos
Constantin Polychronakos McGill University Health Centre
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Martin Olivier
Martin Olivier McGill University
Richard A. Rachubinski
Richard A. Rachubinski University of Alberta
Paul A. Kelly
Paul A. Kelly Queen Mary University of London
Robert Sladek
Robert Sladek McGill University
Henry G. Friesen
Henry G. Friesen University of Manitoba
Alexey V. Pshezhetsky
Alexey V. Pshezhetsky University of Montreal
Ulf Smith
Ulf Smith University of Gothenburg

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