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7723
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Overview

Bruce A. Cunningham was affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. Their research focused primarily on the field of medicine with specific contributions across several subfields including genetics, surgery, nephrology, gastroenterology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their scholarly output included multiple papers published predominantly in the Journal of the Endocrine Society, alongside contributions to The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Notable recent publications were:

  • S100 Diagnostic Yield of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Retrospective Study, 2024, The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • MON-010 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Hypophysitis and Hormonal Deficiency, 2025, Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • SAT-759 Ectopic Mediastinal Intrathymic Parathyroid Adenoma, 2025, Journal of the Endocrine Society

Other recent works where Cunningham was involved included studies on endocrine-related conditions published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society during 2025. These papers reflected a research interest in hormonal deficiencies and rare endocrine disorders.

Frequent collaborators in Cunningham's work included:

  • Shawn Mathew
  • Madhav Acharya
  • Ilan Gabriely
  • Chheki Sherpa
  • Sandesh Parajuli

The core topics addressed in their research encompassed:

  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Diabetes and Associated Disorders
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux and Treatments
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

The scientist contributed knowledge particularly concerning parathyroid disease and endocrine system pathologies, as well as investigations relating to diabetes complications and surgical outcomes. Their work spanned clinical investigations and imaging-based diagnostic studies.

Best Publications

  • Neural cell adhesion molecule: structure, immunoglobulin-like domains, cell surface modulation, and alternative RNA splicing.

    Bruce A. Cunningham;John J. Hemperly;Ben A. Murray;Ellen A. Prediger

  • THE COVALENT STRUCTURE OF AN ENTIRE γG IMMUNOGLOBULIN MOLECULE

    Gerald M. Edelman;Bruce A. Cunningham;W. Einar Gall;Paul D. Gottlieb

  • Differential phosphorylation of the gap junction protein connexin43 in junctional communication-competent and -deficient cell lines.

    Linda S. Musil;Bruce A. Cunningham;Gerald M. Edelman;Daniel A. Goodenough

  • The Covalent and Three-Dimensional Structure of Concanavalin A

    Gerald M. Edelman;Bruce A. Cunningham;George N. Reeke;Joseph W. Becker

  • Concanavalin A Derivatives with Altered Biological Activities

    Gary R. Gunther;John L. Wang;Ichiro Yahara;Bruce A. Cunningham

  • Chemical characterization of a neural cell adhesion molecule purified from embryonic brain membranes.

    S Hoffman;B C Sorkin;P C White;R Brackenbury

  • 2 -Microglobulin--a free immunoglobulin domain

    Per A. Peterson;Bruce A. Cunningham;Ingemar Berggård;Gerald M. Edelman

  • The covalent and three-dimensional structure of concanavalin A. III. Structure of the monomer and its interactions with metals and saccharides.

    J W Becker;G N Reeke;J L Wang;B A Cunningham

  • Differences in the carbohydrate structures of neural cell-adhesion molecules from adult and embryonic chicken brains.

    J B Rothbard;R Brackenbury;B A Cunningham;G M Edelman

  • The complete amino acid sequence of beta 2-microglobulin.

    Bruce A. Cunningham;John L. Wang;Ingemar Berggard;Per A. Peterson

  • Characterization of L-CAM, a major cell adhesion molecule from embryonic liver cells

    Warren J. Gallin;Gerald M. Edelman;Bruce A. Cunningham

  • Construction of epithelioid sheets by transfection of mouse sarcoma cells with cDNAs for chicken cell adhesion molecules.

    Rene-Marc Mege;Fumio Matsuzaki;Warren J. Gallin;Jeff I. Goldberg

  • Unusual fragments in the subunit structure of concanavalin A.

    John L. Wang;Bruce A. Cunningham;Gerald M. Edelman

  • Cell sorting-out is modulated by both the specificity and amount of different cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) expressed on cell surfaces.

    David R. Friedlander;Rene-Marc Mege;Bruce A. Cunningham;Gerald M. Edelman

  • Early epochal maps of two different cell adhesion molecules.

    G M Edelman;W J Gallin;A Delouvée;B A Cunningham

  • Ontogenetic expression of cell adhesion molecules: L-CAM is found in epithelia derived from the three primary germ layers.

    Jean-Paul Thiery;Annie Delouvée;Warren J. Gallin;Bruce A. Cunningham

  • Structure of a new nervous system glycoprotein, Nr-CAM, and its relationship to subgroups of neural cell adhesion molecules.

    M Grumet;V Mauro;M P Burgoon;G M Edelman

  • Molecular topography of the neural cell adhesion molecule N-CAM: surface orientation and location of sialic acid-rich and binding regions

    Bruce A. Cunningham;Stanley Hoffman;Urs Rutishauser;John J. Hemperly

  • New evidence on the location of the saccharide-binding site of concanavalin A.

    J. W. Becker;G. N. Reeke;B. A. Cunningham;G. M. Edelman

  • A detailed structural model of cytotactin: Protein homologies, alternative RNA splicing, and binding regions

    Frederick S. Jones;Stanley Hoffman;Bruce A. Cunningham;Gerald M. Edelman

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald M. Edelman
Gerald M. Edelman Neurosciences Institute
Kathryn L. Crossin
Kathryn L. Crossin Scripps Research Institute
John L. Wang
John L. Wang Michigan State University
Urs Rutishauser
Urs Rutishauser Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
William H. Konigsberg
William H. Konigsberg Yale University
René-Marc Mège
René-Marc Mège Université Paris Cité
Jean Paul Thiery
Jean Paul Thiery National University of Singapore
Martin Grumet
Martin Grumet Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peter E. Wright
Peter E. Wright Scripps Research Institute
Per A. Peterson
Per A. Peterson Scripps Research Institute

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