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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
21521
World Ranking
3933
National Ranking
128

Dieter Brömme publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dieter Brömme sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 230 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Dieter Brömme D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dieter Brömme sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Dieter Brömme is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. The subfields of their work include molecular biology, physiology, pharmacology, oncology, and dermatology.

The main topics covered by Brömme's research encompass:

  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies

Brömme has published extensively, with works appearing in several scientific journals. Recent notable papers include:

  • Expression of elastolytic cathepsins in human skin and their involvement in age-dependent elastin degradation, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • Antibody-induced pain-like behavior and bone erosion: links to subclinical inflammation, osteoclast activity, and acid-sensing ion channel 3-dependent sensitization, 2021, Pain
  • Fructus Ligustri Lucidi aqueous extract promotes calcium balance and short-chain fatty acids production in ovariectomized rats, 2021, Journal of Ethnopharmacology
  • Lycopene Improves Bone Quality and Regulates AGE/RAGE/NF-кB Signaling Pathway in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice, 2022, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
  • The abnormal accumulation of heparan sulfate in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis prevents the elastolytic activity of cathepsin V, 2020, Carbohydrate Polymers

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Ethnopharmacology
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • Pain
  • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Brömme collaborates regularly with a number of researchers. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Preety Panwar
  • Ruyuan Zhu
  • Gao S
  • Dongwei Zhang
  • Xuan Dai

Best Publications

  • Lysosomal Protease Pathways to Apoptosis: CLEAVAGE OF Bid, NOT PRO-CASPASES, IS THE MOST LIKELY ROUTE *

    Veronika Stoka;Veronika Stoka;Boris Turk;Sharon L. Schendel;Tae Hyoung Kim

  • Vinyl sulfones as mechanism-based cysteine protease inhibitors.

    James T. Palmer;David Rasnick;Jeffrey L. Klaus;Dieter Bromme

  • Essential Role for Cathepsin S in MHC Class II–Associated Invariant Chain Processing and Peptide Loading

    Richard J Riese;Paula R Wolf;Dieter Brömme;Lisa R Natkin

  • Human and parasitic papain-like cysteine proteases: their role in physiology and pathology and recent developments in inhibitor design.

    Fabien Lecaille;Jadwiga Kaleta;Dieter Brömme

  • Human Cathepsin O2, a Matrix Protein-degrading Cysteine Protease Expressed in Osteoclasts FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF HUMAN CATHEPSIN O2 IN SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ENZYME

    Dieter Brömme;Kathleen Okamoto;Bruce B. Wang;Sandra Biroc

  • Molecular cloning, expression and potential functions of the human proteinase-activated receptor-2

    Stephan K. Böhm;Wuyi Kong;Dieter Brömme;Steven P. Smeekens

  • Substrate profiling of cysteine proteases using a combinatorial peptide library identifies functionally unique specificities.

    Youngchool Choe;Francesco Leonetti;Doron C. Greenbaum;Fabien Lecaille

  • Human cathepsin K cleaves native type I and II collagens at the N-terminal end of the triple helix

    W. Kafienah;D. Brömme;D.J. Buttle;L.J. Croucher

  • The role of cathepsins in osteoporosis and arthritis: rationale for the design of new therapeutics.

    Yoshiyuki Yasuda;Jadwiga Kaleta;Dieter Brömme

  • Human cathepsin O2, a novel cysteine protease highly expressed in osteoclastomas and ovary molecular cloning, sequencing and tissue distribution.

    Dieter Brömme;Kathleen Okamoto

  • Cross-Class Inhibition of the Cysteine Proteinases Cathepsins K, L, and S by the Serpin Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antigen 1: A Kinetic Analysis†

    Charles Schick;Philip A. Pemberton;Guo-Ping Shi;Yoshiro Kamachi

  • Role for Cathepsin F in Invariant Chain Processing and Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Peptide Loading by Macrophages

    Guo-Ping Shi;Rebecca A.R. Bryant;Richard Riese;Steven Verhelst

  • Cathepsin S from bovine spleen. Purification, distribution, intracellular localization and action on proteins.

    H Kirschke;B Wiederanders;D Brömme;A Rinne

  • Regulation of Collagenase Activities of Human Cathepsins by Glycosaminoglycans

    Zhenqiang Li;Yoshiyuki Yasuda;Weijie Li;Matthew Bogyo

  • Cathepsin K Activity-dependent Regulation of Osteoclast Actin Ring Formation and Bone Resorption

    Susan R. Wilson;Christoph Peters;Paul Saftig;Dieter Brömme

  • Human Cathepsin V Functional Expression, Tissue Distribution, Electrostatic Surface Potential, Enzymatic Characterization, and Chromosomal Localization‡

    Dieter Brömme;Zhenqiang Li;Michel Barnes;Ernest Mehler

  • Pivotal Role of Cathepsin K in Lung Fibrosis

    Frank Bühling;Christoph Röcken;Frank Brasch;Roland Hartig

  • Cathepsin K inhibitors for osteoporosis and potential off-target effects.

    Dieter Brömme;Fabien Lecaille

  • Cathepsin K Is a Critical Protease in Synovial Fibroblast-Mediated Collagen Degradation

    Wu-Shiun Hou;Zhenqiang Li;Ronald E. Gordon;Kyle Chan

  • Inhibition of papain-like cysteine proteases and legumain by caspase-specific inhibitors: when reaction mechanism is more important than specificity

    J Rozman-Pungercar;N Kopitar-Jerala;M Bogyo;M Bogyo;D Turk

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary A. Silverman
Gary A. Silverman Washington University in St. Louis
Jean-Marie Delaissé
Jean-Marie Delaissé University of Southern Denmark
Gary D. Brayer
Gary D. Brayer University of British Columbia
Paul Saftig
Paul Saftig Kiel University
Luiz Juliano
Luiz Juliano Federal University of Sao Paulo
Maria A. Juliano
Maria A. Juliano Federal University of Sao Paulo
Matthew Bogyo
Matthew Bogyo Stanford University
Siegfried Ansorge
Siegfried Ansorge Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Christoph Peters
Christoph Peters University of Freiburg
Bruce D. Gelb
Bruce D. Gelb Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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