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45
Citations
20463
World Ranking
4190
National Ranking
20

Overview

Brendan J. Loftus is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Medicine, with notable work also in Immunology and Microbiology. The subfields of study that they contribute to include Immunology, Reproductive Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research explores topics concerning the Reproductive System and Pregnancy, Endometriosis Research and Treatment, and the impact of Pregnancy and Medication. These topics are reflected in the body of their academic work and publications.

Their recent published paper is titled Dysregulation of the interleukin-17A pathway in endometrial tissue from women with unexplained infertility affects pregnancy outcome following assisted reproductive treatment, published in 2020 in the journal Human Reproduction. This work has received citations in the scientific community, indicating engagement with their research findings.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • David A. Crosby
  • Louise Glover
  • Eoin Brennan
  • Paul Kelly
  • Paul Cormican

Their publications are primarily disseminated through the venue Human Reproduction, where they have published at least one article. This reflects specialized focus within reproductive health and related biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • The complete genome sequence of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

    Jean-F. Tomb;Owen White;Anthony R. Kerlavage;Rebecca A. Clayton

  • The Genome Sequence of the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae

    Robert A. Holt;G. Mani Subramanian;Aaron Halpern;Granger G. Sutton

  • The complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic, sulphate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

    Hans-Peter Klenk;Rebecca A. Clayton;Jean-Francois Tomb;Owen White

  • Complete Genome Sequence of a Virulent Isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    H. Tettelin;K. E. Nelson;I. T. Paulsen;Jonathan A Eisen

  • Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector

    Vishvanath Nene;Jennifer R. Wortman;Daniel Lawson;Brian Haas

  • The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica

    Brendan Loftus;Iain Anderson;Rob Davies;U. Cecilia M. Alsmark

  • The Genome of the Basidiomycetous Yeast and Human Pathogen Cryptococcus Neoformans

    Brendan J. Loftus;Eula Fung;Paola Roncaglia;Don Rowley

  • TIGRFAMS: A PROTEIN FAMILY RESOURCE FOR THE FUNCTIONAL IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEINS

    Daniel H. Haft;Brendan J. Loftus;Delwood L. Richardson;Fan Yang

  • The transcriptional landscape and small RNAs of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

    Carsten Kröger;Shane C. Dillon;Andrew D. S. Cameron;Kai Papenfort

  • Genome of Acanthamoeba castellanii highlights extensive lateral gene transfer and early evolution of tyrosine kinase signaling

    Michael John Clarke;Amanda J Lohan;Bernard Liu;Ilias Lagkouvardos

  • Methicillin Resistance Alters the Biofilm Phenotype and Attenuates Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Device-Associated Infections

    Clarissa Pozzi;Elaine M. Waters;Justine K. Rudkin;Carolyn R. Schaeffer

  • Mycobacterial Lineages Causing Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Ethiopia

    Rebuma Firdessa;Stefan Berg;Elena Hailu;Esther Schelling

  • Polycomb PHF19 binds H3K36me3 and recruits PRC2 and demethylase NO66 to embryonic stem cell genes during differentiation

    Gerard L Brien;Guillermo Gambero;David J O'Connell;Emilia Jerman

  • Molecular basis for the specification of floral organs by APETALA3 and PISTILLATA

    Samuel E. Wuest;Diarmuid S. O’Maoileidigh;Liina Rae;Kamila Kwasniewska

  • Identification and characterization of the genetic changes responsible for the characteristic smooth-to-rough morphotype alterations of clinically persistent Mycobacterium abscessus.

    Alexandre Pawlik;Guillaume Garnier;Mickael Orgeur;Pin Tong

  • The Intestinal Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica Contains 20 Cysteine Protease Genes, of Which Only a Small Subset Is Expressed during In Vitro Cultivation

    Iris Bruchhaus;Brendan J. Loftus;Neil Hall;Egbert Tannich

  • Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle.

    Stephen D E Park;David A. Magee;David A. Magee;Paul A. McGettigan;Matthew D. Teasdale

  • Erratum: The complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic, sulphate-reducing archaeon archaeoglobus fulgidus (Nature (1997) 390 (364- 370))

    H. P. Klenk;R. A. Clayton;J. F. Tomb;O. White

  • Genome duplications and other features in 12 Mb of DNA sequence from human chromosome 16p and 16q.

    Brendan J. Loftus;Ung Jin Kim;Victoria P. Sneddon;Francis Kalush

  • A spliceosomal intron in Giardia lamblia.

    Julie E. J. Nixon;Amy Wang;Hilary G. Morrison;Andrew G. McArthur

Frequent Co-Authors

John Samuelson
John Samuelson Boston University
Claire M. Fraser
Claire M. Fraser University of Maryland, Baltimore
Neil Hall
Neil Hall Norwich Research Park
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University
Stephen V. Gordon
Stephen V. Gordon University College Dublin
Norman H. Lee
Norman H. Lee George Washington University
Hamilton O. Smith
Hamilton O. Smith J. Craig Venter Institute
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
J. Craig Venter
J. Craig Venter J. Craig Venter Institute
Frank H. Collins
Frank H. Collins University of Notre Dame

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