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Gerry R. Boss is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these areas, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Emergency Medicine, Biochemistry, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, with significant attention to cassava research and cyanide, sulfur compounds in biology, and poisoning and overdose treatments. Other focus areas include pesticide exposure and toxicity, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, restraint-related deaths, and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Adriano Chan, Matthew Brenner, Sari Mahon, Renate B. Pilz, and Vikhyat S. Bebarta. These partnerships indicate continued multidisciplinary interaction within their scientific community.

Gerry R. Boss has published extensively in several key venues. The most frequent publication outlets include Clinical Toxicology, Scientific Reports, Toxicological Sciences, Journal of Medical Toxicology, and CHEST Journal.

Recent papers highlight the range and depth of their research interests:

  • "Sodium azide poisoning: a narrative review," 2021, Clinical Toxicology
  • "Remote Detection of HCN, HF, and Nerve Agent Vapors Based on Self-Referencing, Dye-Impregnated Porous Silicon Photonic Crystals," 2020, ACS Sensors
  • "Metabolic interaction between amino acid deprivation and cisplatin synergistically reduces phosphoribosyl-pyrophosphate and augments cisplatin cytotoxicity," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Regulation of mammalian cellular metabolism by endogenous cyanide production," 2025, Nature Metabolism
  • "Intramuscular aminotetrazole cobinamide as a treatment for inhaled hydrogen sulfide poisoning in a large swine model," 2020, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Age-Related Physiological Changes and Their Clinical Significance

    G R Boss;J E Seegmiller

  • Proliferation of human malignant astrocytomas is dependent on Ras activation.

    Abhijit Guha;Abhijit Guha;Matthias M Feldkamp;Nelson Lau;Gerry Boss

  • Critical Role of Glucose Metabolism in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes

    Ricard Garcia-Carbonell;Ajit S. Divakaruni;Alessia Lodi;Ildefonso Vicente-Suarez

  • Hydrogen Sulfide--Mechanisms of Toxicity and Development of an Antidote.

    Jingjing Jiang;Adriano Chan;Sameh Ali;Sameh Ali;Arindam Saha

  • Hyperuricemia and gout. Classification, complications and management.

    G R Boss;J E Seegmiller

  • Ras activation in human breast cancer

    F C von Lintig;A D Dreilinger;N M Varki;A M Wallace

  • Acquired C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency and angioedema: a review.

    J A Gelfand;G R Boss;C L Conley;R Reinhart

  • Nitric oxide and cGMP analogs activate transcription from AP-1-responsive promoters in mammalian cells.

    R B Pilz;M Suhasini;S Idriss;J L Meinkoth

  • Enhanced Tumorigenic Behavior of Glioblastoma Cells Expressing a Truncated Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Is Mediated through the Ras-Shc-Grb2 Pathway

    S. A. Prigent;M. Nagane;H. Lin;H. Lin;I. Huvar

  • RAS-GTP LEVELS ARE ELEVATED IN HUMAN NF1 PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMORS

    Guha A;Lau N;Huvar I;Gutmann D

  • A DNA Polymerase-α·Primase Cofactor with Homology to Replication Protein A-32 Regulates DNA Replication in Mammalian Cells

    Darren E. Casteel;Shunhui Zhuang;Ying Zeng;Fred W. Perrino

  • Regulation of Gene Expression by cGMP-dependent Protein Kinase TRANSACTIVATION OF THE c-fos PROMOTER

    Tanima Gudi;Ivana Huvar;Matthias Meinecke;Suzanne M. Lohmann

  • Rheb is in a high activation state and inhibits B-Raf kinase in mammalian cells.

    Edward Im;Friederike C von Lintig;Jeffrey Chen;Shunhui Zhuang

  • Inhibition of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Activity by Adenovirus-mediated Gene Transfer and Its Effect on Insulin Action

    Prem M. Sharma;Katsuya Egawa;Yi Huang;Jody L. Martin

  • Nongenomic thyroid hormone signaling occurs through a plasma membrane-localized receptor.

    Hema Kalyanaraman;Raphaela Schwappacher;Jisha Joshua;Shunhui Zhuang

  • Cyclic-GMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Inhibits the Ras/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway

    Modem Suhasini;Hien Li;Suzanne M. Lohmann;Gerry R. Boss

  • Type II cGMP-dependent Protein Kinase Mediates Osteoblast Mechanotransduction

    Hema Rangaswami;Nisha Marathe;Shunhui Zhuang;Yongchang Chen

  • Ecto-5′-Nucleotidase Activity in T and B Lymphocytes from Normal Subjects and Patients with Congenital X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia

    Linda F. Thompson;Gerry R. Boss;Hans L. Spiegelberg;Inga V. Jansen

  • Determination of absolute amounts of GDP and GTP bound to Ras in mammalian cells: comparison of parental and Ras-overproducing NIH 3T3 fibroblasts

    Jurgen S. Scheele;Jerry M. Rhee;Gerry R. Boss

  • Nitric Oxide Inhibits Methionine Synthase Activity in Vivo and Disrupts Carbon Flow through the Folate Pathway

    Idrees O. Danishpajooh;Tanima Gudi;Yongchang Chen;Vladimir G. Kharitonov

Frequent Co-Authors

Calum A. MacRae
Calum A. MacRae Brigham and Women's Hospital
Randall T. Peterson
Randall T. Peterson University of Utah
Robert E. Gerszten
Robert E. Gerszten Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Marc Bissonnette
Marc Bissonnette University of Chicago
Purnendu K. Dasgupta
Purnendu K. Dasgupta The University of Texas at Arlington
Linda F. Thompson
Linda F. Thompson Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Abhijit Guha
Abhijit Guha University of Toronto
John Hart
John Hart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jian Ma
Jian Ma City University of Hong Kong
Michael J. Sailor
Michael J. Sailor University of California, San Diego

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