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Ernst J. Schaefer

Ernst J. Schaefer

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D-Index
159
Citations
132671
World Ranking
801
National Ranking
452

Overview

Ernst J. Schaefer is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Surgery, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Immunology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics related to cholesterol and lipid metabolism, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors. Additional areas covered in their body of work include drug transport and resistance mechanisms, diabetes and cardiovascular risks related to lipoproteins, cancer associated with lipids and metabolism, and immune responses involving interferon.

Ernst J. Schaefer has published in several notable journals, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Clinical Lipidology. Other publication venues include Atherosclerosis, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and JACC Case Reports.

  • The role of HDL- and non-HDL-related parameters in cell-cholesterol efflux capacity (2022), Atherosclerosis
  • Genetically and clinically confirmed atypical cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis with normal cholestanol and marked elevations of bile acid precursors and bile alcohols (2024), Journal of Clinical Lipidology
  • Coronary Atheroma Regression From Infusions of Autologous Selectively Delipidated Preβ-HDL-Enriched Plasma in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (2020), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • High-density lipoprotein infusion therapy: A review (2024), Journal of Clinical Lipidology
  • Substitution of dietary monounsaturated fatty acids from olive oil for saturated fatty acids from lard increases low-density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B-100 fractional catabolic rate in subjects with dyslipidemia associated with insulin resistance: a randomized controlled trial (2024), American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including P. Barton Duell, Brian Ghoshhajra, Borek Foldyna, H Bryan Brewer, and Bela F. Asztalos.

Best Publications

  • Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

    Scott M. Grundy;David Bilheimer;Alan Chait;Luther T. Clark

  • Gemfibrozil for the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Men with Low Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

    Hanna Bloomfield Rubins;Sander J Robins;Dorothea Collins;Carol L Fye

  • Comparison of the Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers, and Zone diets for weight loss and heart disease risk reduction: a randomized trial.

    Michael L. Dansinger;Joi Augustin Gleason;John L. Griffith;Harry P. Selker

  • Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened, beverages increases visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases insulin sensitivity in overweight/obese humans

    Kimber L. Stanhope;Jean Marc Schwarz;Jean Marc Schwarz;Nancy L. Keim;Steven C. Griffen

  • Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults

    DeWitt S. Goodman;Stephen B. Hulley;Luther T. Clark;C. E. Davis

  • Association between Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations and Extracranial Carotid-Artery Stenosis

    Jacob Selhub;Paul F. Jacques;Andrew G. Bostom;Ralph B. D'Agostino

  • Relation of gemfibrozil treatment and lipid levels with major coronary events: VA-HIT: a randomized controlled trial.

    Sander J. Robins;Dorothea Collins;Janet T. Wittes;Vasilios Papademetriou

  • Effects of an Inhibitor of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein on HDL Cholesterol

    Margaret E. Brousseau;Ernst J. Schaefer;Megan L. Wolfe;LeAnne T. Bloedon

  • Plasma phosphatidylcholine docosahexaenoic acid content and risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease: the Framingham Heart Study.

    Ernst J. Schaefer;Vanina Bongard;Alexa S. Beiser;Stefania Lamon-Fava

  • Familial lipoprotein disorders in patients with premature coronary artery disease.

    J. J. Genest;S. S. Martin-Munley;J. R. Mcnamara;J. M. Ordovas

  • Omega-3 fatty acids and coronary heart disease risk: clinical and mechanistic perspectives.

    William S. Harris;Michael Miller;Ann P. Tighe;Michael H. Davidson

  • Diabetes, Plasma Insulin, and Cardiovascular Disease Subgroup Analysis From the Department of Veterans Affairs High-Density Lipoprotein Intervention Trial (VA-HIT)

    Hanna Bloomfield Rubins;Sander J. Robins;Dorothea Collins;David B. Nelson

  • Low-Density Lipoprotein and High-Density Lipoprotein Particle Subclasses Predict Coronary Events and Are Favorably Changed by Gemfibrozil Therapy in the Veterans Affairs High-Density Lipoprotein Intervention Trial

    James D. Otvos;Dorothea Collins;David S. Freedman;Irina Shalaurova

  • Automated enzymatic standardized lipid analyses for plasma and lipoprotein fractions.

    Judith R. McNamara;Ernst J. Schaefer

  • Evidence for Association and Genetic Linkage of the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Locus With Hypertension and Blood Pressure in Men but Not Women in the Framingham Heart Study

    Christopher J. O’Donnell;Klaus Lindpaintner;Martin G. Larson;Valluri S. Rao

  • Unique Lipoprotein Phenotype and Genotype Associated With Exceptional Longevity

    Nir Barzilai;Gil Atzmon;Clyde Schechter;Ernst J. Schaefer

  • Apolipoprotein E alleles and risk of coronary disease. A meta-analysis.

    Peter W.F. Wilson;Ernst J. Schaefer;Martin G. Larson;Jose M. Ordovas

  • Association between C reactive protein and coronary heart disease: mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    G. Eiriksdottir;T. B. Harris;L. J. Launer;V. Gudnason

  • Clinical utility of different lipid measures for prediction of coronary heart disease in men and women.

    Erik Ingelsson;Ernst J. Schaefer;John H. Contois;Judith R. McNamara

  • Low density lipoprotein particle size and coronary artery disease.

    H Campos;J J Genest;E Blijlevens;J R McNamara

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose M. Ordovas
Jose M. Ordovas Tufts University
Alice H. Lichtenstein
Alice H. Lichtenstein Tufts University
Peter W.F. Wilson
Peter W.F. Wilson Emory University
L. Adrienne Cupples
L. Adrienne Cupples Boston University
H. Bryan Brewer
H. Bryan Brewer MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Jun Hayashi
Jun Hayashi Haradoi Hospital
Paul F. Jacques
Paul F. Jacques Tufts University
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
Ching-Ti Liu
Ching-Ti Liu Boston University
Katherine L. Tucker
Katherine L. Tucker University of Massachusetts Lowell

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