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12965
World Ranking
7975
National Ranking
3610

Overview

Greg A. Johnson is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main topics covered by their work include reproductive physiology in livestock, reproductive system and pregnancy, and cell adhesion molecules research. Additionally, their research touches on pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, animal behavior and welfare studies, glioma diagnosis and treatment, and reproductive biology and fertility.

Johnson has contributed publications across several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Animal Science, Biology of Reproduction, Reproduction, Endocrinology, and Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology.

Co-authorship is a significant aspect of Johnson's work. Recurring collaborators include Fuller W. Bazer, Heewon Seo, Robert C. Burghardt, Joe W. Cain, and Kyle J. Hickman-Brown.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Steroids Regulate SLC2A1 and SLC2A3 to Deliver Glucose Into Trophectoderm for Metabolism via Glycolysis, 2020, Endocrinology
  • Pig conceptuses secrete interferon gamma to recruit T cells to the endometrium during the peri-implantation period, 2020, Biology of Reproduction
  • Implantation and Placentation in Ruminants, 2021, Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
  • Loss of ITGB3 in ovine conceptuses decreases conceptus expression of NOS3 and SPP1: implications for the developing placental vasculature, 2020, Biology of Reproduction
  • Integrins and OPN localize to adhesion complexes during placentation in sheep, 2020, Reproduction

Johnson's research spans several subfields, notably agronomy and crop science, immunology, molecular biology, immunology and allergy, and obstetrics and gynecology.

Best Publications

  • HOTAIR IS A NEGATIVE PROGNOSTIC FACTOR AND EXHIBITS PRO-ONCOGENIC ACTIVITY IN PANCREATIC CANCER

    KyoungHyun Kim;Indira Jutooru;Gayathri Chadalapaka;Greg Johnson

  • Proline and hydroxyproline metabolism: implications for animal and human nutrition

    Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Robert C. Burghardt;Gregory A. Johnson

  • Developmental Biology of Uterine Glands

    C. Allison Gray;Frank F. Bartol;Becky J. Tarleton;Anne A. Wiley

  • Comparative aspects of implantation

    Fuller W Bazer;Thomas E Spencer;Greg A Johnson;Robert C Burghardt

  • Progesterone and Placental Hormone Actions on the Uterus: Insights from Domestic Animals

    Thomas E. Spencer;Greg A. Johnson;Robert C. Burghardt;Fuller W. Bazer

  • Implantation mechanisms: insights from the sheep.

    Thomas E Spencer;Greg A Johnson;Fuller W Bazer;Robert C Burghardt

  • Novel pathways for implantation and establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in mammals

    Fuller W. Bazer;Guoyao Wu;Thomas E. Spencer;Greg A. Johnson

  • Osteopontin: roles in implantation and placentation.

    Greg A. Johnson;Robert C. Burghardt;Fuller W. Bazer;Thomas E. Spencer

  • Pregnancy recognition and conceptus implantation in domestic ruminants: roles of progesterone, interferons and endogenous retroviruses

    Thomas E Spencer;Greg A Johnson;Fuller W Bazer;Robert C Burghardt

  • Important roles for the arginine family of amino acids in swine nutrition and production

    Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Teresa A. Davis;Teresa A. Davis;Laurie A. Jaeger

  • Conceptus signals for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy

    T.E Spencer;R.C Burghardt;G.A Johnson;F.W Bazer

  • Impacts of arginine nutrition on embryonic and fetal development in mammals.

    Guoyao Wu;Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;M. Carey Satterfield;Xilong Li

  • Triennial Growth Symposium: important roles for L-glutamine in swine nutrition and production.

    G. Wu;F. W. Bazer;G. A. Johnson;D. A. Knabe

  • Muc-1, Integrin, and Osteopontin Expression During the Implantation Cascade in Sheep

    Greg A. Johnson;Fuller W. Bazer;Laurie A. Jaeger;Hakhyun Ka

  • Impacts of amino acid nutrition on pregnancy outcome in pigs: mechanisms and implications for swine production.

    G. Wu;F. W. Bazer;R. C. Burghardt;G. A. Johnson

  • Interferons and progesterone for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy: interactions among novel cell signaling pathways.

    Fuller W. Bazer;Robert C. Burghardt;Greg A. Johnson;Thomas E. Spencer

  • Integrins and Extracellular Matrix Proteins at the Maternal-Fetal Interface in Domestic Animals

    Robert C Burghardt;Greg A Johnson;Laurie A Jaeger;Hakhyun Ka

  • Select Nutrients in the Ovine Uterine Lumen. I. Amino Acids, Glucose, and Ions in Uterine Lumenal Flushings of Cyclic and Pregnant Ewes

    Haijun Gao;Guoyao Wu;Thomas E. Spencer;Greg A. Johnson

  • Polyamine Synthesis from Proline in the Developing Porcine Placenta

    Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Jianbo Hu;Greg A. Johnson

  • Review article Important roles for the arginine family of amino acids in swine nutrition and production

    Guoyao Wu;Fuller W. Bazer;Teresa A. Davis;Laurie A. Jaeger

Frequent Co-Authors

Fuller W. Bazer
Fuller W. Bazer Texas A&M University
Robert C. Burghardt
Robert C. Burghardt Texas A&M University
Thomas E. Spencer
Thomas E. Spencer University of Missouri
Guoyao Wu
Guoyao Wu Texas A&M University
Gwonhwa Song
Gwonhwa Song Korea University
Jin Young Kim
Jin Young Kim Seoul National University
Ronald R. Magness
Ronald R. Magness University of South Florida
Sung Woo Kim
Sung Woo Kim North Carolina State University
Troy L. Ott
Troy L. Ott Pennsylvania State University
Yulong Yin
Yulong Yin Chinese Academy of Sciences

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