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62
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9942
World Ranking
11061
National Ranking
4779

Overview

George L. Gerton is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of medicine, with particular focus on gender studies, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, molecular biology, and public health including environmental and occupational health.

The researcher's recent scholarly contributions include studies published between 2020 and 2022. These papers cover a range of topics within reproductive biology and related fields. Notable publications include:

  • The aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediates sex ratio distortion in the embryos sired by TCDD-exposed male mice (2020) in Reproductive Toxicology
  • In Memoriam: Stuart B. Moss, PhD, April 1, 1950-November 13, 2021 (2021) in Andrology
  • In memoriam: Clarke F. Millette, PhD 1947-2021 (2022) in Molecular Reproduction and Development

The main research topics explored by Gerton include demographic trends and gender preferences, birth, development and health, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and reproductive biology and fertility. These themes reflect an interdisciplinary approach spanning molecular mechanisms and broader population health concerns.

Frequent collaboration is evident in their work, with co-authors including Kristin M. Bircsak, Latresa T. Copes, Sara King, Andrew M. Prantner, and Wei-Ting Hwang. This network supports multidisciplinary research outputs and involvement across related specialties.

Publications have appeared in several peer-reviewed venues reflecting their areas of expertise. These venues include:

  • Reproductive Toxicology
  • Andrology
  • Molecular Reproduction and Development

George L. Gerton's work contributes to understanding molecular and environmental influences on reproductive health and developmental biology as well as the demographic implications of these processes.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in human sperm by a calcium/calmodulin-dependent mechanism: identification of A kinase anchor proteins as major substrates for tyrosine phosphorylation

    Alfonso Carrera;Jiri Moos;Xiao Ping Ning;George L. Gerton

  • L1 retrotransposition occurs mainly in embryogenesis and creates somatic mosaicism

    Hiroki Kano;Irene Godoy;Christine Courtney;Melissa R. Vetter

  • Male infertility, impaired sperm motility, and hydrocephalus in mice deficient in sperm-associated antigen 6.

    Rossana Sapiro;Igor Kostetskii;Patricia Olds-Clarke;George L. Gerton

  • MLN64 contains a domain with homology to the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) that stimulates steroidogenesis

    Hidemichi Watari;Futoshi Arakane;Christel Moog-Lutz;Caleb B. Kallen

  • The major fibrous sheath polypeptide of mouse sperm: structural and functional similarities to the A-kinase anchoring proteins

    Alfonso Carrera;George L. Gerton;Stuart B. Moss

  • Regulation, localization, and anchoring of protein kinase A subunits during mouse sperm capacitation.

    Pablo E. Visconti;Linda R. Johnson;Maria Oyaski;Miguel Fornés

  • A mouse model of human L1 retrotransposition

    Eric M. Ostertag;Ralph J. DeBerardinis;John L. Goodier;Yue Zhang

  • The mechanism of action of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). StAR acts on the outside of mitochondria to stimulate steroidogenesis

    Futoshi Arakane;Caleb B. Kallen;Hidemichi Watari;James A. Foster

  • Acrogranin, an acrosomal cysteine-rich glycoprotein, is the precursor of the growth-modulating peptides, granulins, and epithelins, and is expressed in somatic as well as male germ cells

    Tadashi Baba;Henry B. Hoff;Hiromi Nemoto;Hang Lee

  • Acrosome biogenesis begins during meiosis: evidence from the synthesis and distribution of an acrosomal glycoprotein, acrogranin, during guinea pig spermatogenesis.

    Onyeama . Anakwe;George L. Gerton

  • Evidence for a Guanine Nucleotide-binding Regulatory Protein in Invertebrate and Mammalian Sperm IDENTIFICATION BY ISLET-ACTIVATING PROTEIN-CATALYZED ADP-RIBOSYLATION AND IMMUNOCHEMICAL METHODS*

    G S Kopf;M J Woolkalis;G L Gerton

  • Proteomic Profiling of Accessory Structures from the Mouse Sperm Flagellum

    Wenlei Cao;George L. Gerton;Stuart B. Moss

  • An acrosomal protein, sp32, in mammalian sperm is a binding protein specific for two proacrosins and an acrosin intermediate

    T. Baba;Y. Niida;Y. Michikawa;S.-I. Kashiwabara

  • AM67, a Secretory Component of the Guinea Pig Sperm Acrosomal Matrix, Is Related to Mouse Sperm Protein sp56 and the Complement Component 4-binding Proteins

    James A. Foster;Bret B. Friday;Maristelle T. Maulit;Carl Blobel

  • Mouse Sperm Protein sp56 Is a Component of the Acrosomal Matrix

    Kye-Seong Kim;Moon C. Cha;George L. Gerton

  • The role of the acrosomal matrix in fertilization.

    Mariano G. Buffone;James A. Foster;George L. Gerton

  • Deficiency of SPAG16L Causes Male Infertility Associated with Impaired Sperm Motility

    Zhibing Zhang;Igor Kostetskii;Waixing Tang;Lisa Haig-Ladewig

  • Targeting of a Germ Cell-specific Type 1 Hexokinase Lacking a Porin-binding Domain to the Mitochondria as Well as to the Head and Fibrous Sheath of Murine Spermatozoa

    Alexander J. Travis;James A. Foster;Nancy A. Rosenbaum;Pablo E. Visconti

  • Modulation of mouse preimplantation embryo development by acrogranin (epithelin/granulin precursor).

    Laura Díaz-Cueto;Paula Stein;Amy Jacobs;Richard M. Schultz

  • Panel of markers can accurately predict endometriosis in a subset of patients

    Beata Seeber;Mary D. Sammel;Xuejun Fan;George L. Gerton

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary D. Sammel
Mary D. Sammel University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Gregory S. Kopf
Gregory S. Kopf University of Pennsylvania
Jerome F. Strauss
Jerome F. Strauss University of Pennsylvania
Jerry L. Hedrick
Jerry L. Hedrick University of California, Davis
Tadashi Baba
Tadashi Baba University of Tsukuba
Pablo E. Visconti
Pablo E. Visconti University of Massachusetts Amherst
Glenn L. Radice
Glenn L. Radice Brown University
Deborah A. O'Brien
Deborah A. O'Brien University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steven N. Chillrud
Steven N. Chillrud Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Haig H. Kazazian
Haig H. Kazazian Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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