2026 Christopher K. Glass: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	179	624	574	390	352	484	161421
Biology and Biochemistry	181	66	59	55	48	541	163776
Medicine	179	375	339	237	211	520	161620

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2015 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Christopher K. Glass is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with extensive work in medicine. The scientist's key areas of study include molecular biology, immunology, neurology, physiology, and cancer research.

Their research topics focus on multiple complex biological and medical issues: neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, immune cells in cancer, epigenetics and DNA methylation, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, genomics and chromatin dynamics, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Recent published papers demonstrate engagement with cutting-edge molecular and cellular research. These include:

"Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads," 2022, published in Neuron
"Microanatomy of the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque by Single-Cell Transcriptomics," 2020, published in Circulation Research
"Niche-Specific Reprogramming of Epigenetic Landscapes Drives Myeloid Cell Diversity in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis," 2020, published in Immunity
"APOE4/4 is linked to damaging lipid droplets in Alzheimer's disease microglia," 2024, published in Nature
"Age-dependent instability of mature neuronal fate in induced neurons from Alzheimer's patients," 2021, published in Cell stem cell

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christopher K. Glass comprise Johannes C. M. Schlachetzki, Nathanael J. Spann, Claudia Z. Han, Ty D. Troutman, and Mashito Sakai, reflecting a network of sustained research partnerships.

Publication venues regularly selected for disseminating research findings include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Immunology, Immunity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Cell Reports.

Christopher K. Glass has been recognized through professional memberships and honors including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2017)
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2015)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014)
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

Simple Combinations of Lineage-Determining Transcription Factors Prime cis-Regulatory Elements Required for Macrophage and B Cell Identities

Sven Heinz;Christopher Benner;Nathanael Spann;Eric Bertolino

14478
Citations
Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

6099
Citations
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma is a negative regulator of macrophage activation

Mercedes Ricote;Andrew C. Li;Andrew C. Li;Timothy M. Willson;Carolyn J. Kelly

4537
Citations
Atherosclerosis: The Road Ahead

Christopher K. Glass;Joseph L. Witztum

4292
Citations
Mechanisms underlying inflammation in neurodegeneration.

Christopher K. Glass;Kaoru Saijo;Beate Winner;Maria Carolina Marchetto

4044
Citations
A comprehensive classification system for lipids

Eoin Fahy;Shankar Subramaniam;H. Alex Brown;Christopher K. Glass

4033
Citations
The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

3299
Citations
Macrophages, Inflammation, and Insulin Resistance

Jerrold M. Olefsky;Christopher K. Glass

3152
Citations
The coregulator exchange in transcriptional functions of nuclear receptors

Christopher K. Glass;Michael G. Rosenfeld

2879
Citations
A CBP Integrator Complex Mediates Transcriptional Activation and AP-1 Inhibition by Nuclear Receptors

Yasutomi Kamei;Lan Xu;Thorsten Heinzel;Joseph Torchia

2724
Citations
Ligand-independent repression by the thyroid hormone receptor mediated by a nuclear receptor co-repressor

Andreas J. Hörlein;Anders M. Näär;Thorsten Heinzel;Joseph Torchia

2575
Citations
Ligand binding and co-activator assembly of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma.

R T Nolte;G B Wisely;S Westin;J E Cobb

2443
Citations
The transcriptional co-activator p/CIP binds CBP and mediates nuclear-receptor function

Joseph Torchia;David W. Rose;Juan Inostroza;Yasutomi Kamei

1653
Citations
A complex containing N-CoR, mSin3 and histone deacetylase mediates transcriptional repression.

Thorsten Heinzel;Robert M. Lavinsky;Tina-Marie Mullen;Mats Söderström

1608
Citations
15-deoxy-delta 12,14-prostaglandin J2 inhibits multiple steps in the NF-kappa B signaling pathway.

Daniel S. Straus;Gabriel Pascual;Mei Li;John S. Welch

1584
Citations
A SUMOylation-dependent pathway mediates transrepression of inflammatory response genes by PPAR-gamma.

Gabriel Pascual;Amy L. Fong;Sumito Ogawa;Amir Gamliel

1503
Citations
LMSD: LIPID MAPS structure database.

Manish Sud;Eoin Fahy;Dawn Cotter;Alex Brown

1497
Citations
Environment Drives Selection and Function of Enhancers Controlling Tissue-Specific Macrophage Identities

David Gosselin;Verena M. Link;Casey E. Romanoski;Gregory J. Fonseca

1415
Citations
RXRβ: A coregulator that enhances binding of retinoic acid, thyroid hormone, and vitamin D receptors to their cognate response elements

Victor C. Yu;Claude Delsert;Bogi Andersen;Jeffrey M. Holloway

1396
Citations
Microglial cell origin and phenotypes in health and disease.

Kaoru Saijo;Christopher K. Glass

1342
Citations