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2023

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
160
Citations
129836
World Ranking
62
National Ranking
41

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Darwin J. Prockop was affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. During their career, they received several awards recognizing their contributions to science and medicine. These honors included being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1985, membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1991, membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1992, and designation as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2014.

Throughout their professional life, Darwin J. Prockop contributed to the academic research community in ways reflected by these distinctions, which highlight engagement with both scientific innovation and the medical field.

Best Publications

  • Minimal criteria for defining multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells. The International Society for Cellular Therapy position statement

    M. Dominici;K. Le Blanc;I. Mueller;I. Slaper-Cortenbach

  • Marrow Stromal Cells as Stem Cells for Nonhematopoietic Tissues

    Darwin J. Prockop

  • Adult rat and human bone marrow stromal cells differentiate into neurons

    Dale Woodbury;Emily J. Schwarz;Darwin J. Prockop;Ira B. Black

  • Marrow stromal cells migrate throughout forebrain and cerebellum, and they differentiate into astrocytes after injection into neonatal mouse brains

    Gene C. Kopen;Darwin J. Prockop;Donald G. Phinney

  • Transplantability and therapeutic effects of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal cells in children with osteogenesis imperfecta

    Edwin M. Horwitz;Darwin J. Prockop;Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick;Winston W. K. Koo

  • Concise review: mesenchymal stem/multipotent stromal cells: the state of transdifferentiation and modes of tissue repair--current views.

    Donald G. Phinney;Darwin J. Prockop

  • Intravenous hMSCs Improve Myocardial Infarction in Mice because Cells Embolized in Lung Are Activated to Secrete the Anti-inflammatory Protein TSG-6

    Ryang Hwa Lee;Andrey A Pulin;Min Jeong Seo;Daniel J. Kota;Daniel J. Kota

  • COLLAGENS: Molecular Biology, Diseases, and Potentials for Therapy

    Darwin J. Prockop;Kari I. Kivirikko

  • An Alizarin red-based assay of mineralization by adherent cells in culture: comparison with cetylpyridinium chloride extraction.

    Carl A Gregory;W Grady Gunn;Alexandra Peister;Darwin J Prockop

  • Rapid expansion of recycling stem cells in cultures of plastic-adherent cells from human bone marrow.

    David C. Colter;Reiner Class;Carla M. DiGirolamo;Darwin J. Prockop

  • Engraftment and migration of human bone marrow stromal cells implanted in the brains of albino rats—similarities to astrocyte grafts

    Azizi Sa;Stokes D;Augelli Bj;DiGirolamo C

  • Marrow stromal cells form guiding strands in the injured spinal cord and promote recovery

    C. P. Hofstetter;E. J. Schwarz;D. Hess;J. Widenfalk

  • Adult stem cells from bone marrow (MSCs) isolated from different strains of inbred mice vary in surface epitopes, rates of proliferation, and differentiation potential

    Alexandra Peister;Jason A. Mellad;Jason A. Mellad;Benjamin L. Larson;Benjamin L. Larson;Brett M. Hall;Brett M. Hall

  • Modifications of a specific assay for hydroxyproline in urine

    Kari I. Kivirikko;Ossi Laitinen;Darwin J. Prockop

  • A specific method for the analysis of hydroxyproline in tissues and urine.

    Darwin J. Prockop;Sidney Udenfriend

  • Expansion of human adult stem cells from bone marrow stroma: conditions that maximize the yields of early progenitors and evaluate their quality

    Ichiro Sekiya;Benjamin L. Larson;Jason R. Smith;Radhika Pochampally

  • Cultured adherent cells from marrow can serve as long-lasting precursor cells for bone, cartilage, and lung in irradiated mice

    R F Pereira;K W Halford;M D O'Hara;D B Leeper

  • Identification of a subpopulation of rapidly self-renewing and multipotential adult stem cells in colonies of human marrow stromal cells.

    David C. Colter;Ichiro Sekiya;Darwin J. Prockop

  • Propagation and senescence of human marrow stromal cells in culture: a simple colony-forming assay identifies samples with the greatest potential to propagate and differentiate.

    Carla M. DiGirolamo;David Stokes;David Colter;Donald G. Phinney

  • Mitochondrial transfer between cells can rescue aerobic respiration

    Jeffrey L. Spees;Scott D. Olson;Mandolin J. Whitney;Darwin J. Prockop

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard Tromp
Gerard Tromp Stellenbosch University
Helena Kuivaniemi
Helena Kuivaniemi Stellenbosch University
Donald G. Phinney
Donald G. Phinney Scripps Research Institute
Karl E. Kadler
Karl E. Kadler University of Manchester
Kari I. Kivirikko
Kari I. Kivirikko University of Oulu
Leena Ala-Kokko
Leena Ala-Kokko University of Oulu
Ichiro Sekiya
Ichiro Sekiya Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Clinton T. Baldwin
Clinton T. Baldwin Boston University
Francesco Ramirez
Francesco Ramirez Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jürgen Engel
Jürgen Engel University of Basel

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