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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
16613
World Ranking
7049
National Ranking
3241

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 1999 - American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1986 - AAI Distinguished Service Award, American Association of Immunologists For his dedication and unique contributions to immunology

Overview

Henry Metzger was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focused on fields within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main subfields of study in their work included Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Their research topics prominently covered areas such as Retinal Development and Disorders, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Retinal and Macular Surgery.

Among their recent publications were:

  • Clinically compliant cryopreservation of differentiated retinal pigment epithelial cells, 2024, published in Cytotherapy
  • Table of Contents, 2024, published in Cytotherapy

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with Henry Metzger included Heather Main, Sandra Petrus-Reurer, Alex R. Lederer, Cheng Zhao, and Paschalis Efstathopoulos.

The most common venue for publication was Cytotherapy, where two of their papers appeared.

Henry Metzger received several awards throughout their career, including:

  • AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists, 1999
  • American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1992
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1987
  • AAI Distinguished Service Award, American Association of Immunologists, 1986, awarded for dedication and unique contributions to immunology

Best Publications

  • Complete structure and expression in transfected cells of high affinity IgE receptor

    U. Blank;C. Ra;L. Miller;K. White

  • The Receptor with High Affinity for Immunoglobulin E

    H Metzger;G Alcaraz;R Hohman;J P Kinet

  • Signal transduction by Fc receptors: the Fc&RI case

    Michael A. Beaven;Henry Metzger

  • Dimeric immunoglobulin E serves as a unit signal for mast cell degranulation.

    David M. Segal;Joel D. Taurog;Henry Metzger

  • Affinity labeling of a phosphorylcholine binding mouse myeloma protein.

    Bruce Chesebro;Henry Metzger

  • THE INTERACTION OF IgE WITH RAT BASOPHILIC LEUKEMIA CELLS : II. Quantitative Aspects of the Binding Reaction

    Anthony Kulczycki;Henry Metzger

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF A HUMAN MACROGLOBULIN. I. THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ITS SUBUNIT.

    Frederick Miller;Henry Metzger

  • Assessment of compositional relatedness between proteins.

    Henry Metzger;Marvin B. Shapiro;James E. Mosimann;Jay E. Vinton

  • The Receptor with High Affinity for IgE

    Henry Metzger

  • Transmembrane signaling: the joy of aggregation.

    H Metzger

  • THE INTERACTION OF IgE WITH RAT BASOPHILIC LEUKEMIA CELLS I. EVIDENCE FOR SPECIFIC BINDING OF IgE

    Anthony Kulczycki;Chaviva Isersky;Henry Metzger

  • Affinity labeling-a general method for labeling the active sites of antibody and enzyme molecules.

    Leon Wofsy;Henry Metzger;S. J. Singer

  • Interaction between proteins localized in membranes

    Bruce Grasberger;Allen P. Minton;Charles Delisi;Henry Metzger

  • Structure and function of gamma M macroglobulins.

    Henry Metzger

  • Transphosphorylation as the mechanism by which the high-affinity receptor for IgE is phosphorylated upon aggregation.

    Victor S. Pribluda;Clara Pribluda;Henry Metzger

  • Aggregation of the high-affinity IgE receptor and enhanced activity of p53/56lyn protein-tyrosine kinase.

    Toshiyuki Yamashita;Su-Yau Mao;Henry Metzger

  • Structure-function relationships in the mast cell high affinity receptor for IgE. Role of the cytoplasmic domains and of the beta subunit.

    G Alber;L Miller;C L Jelsema;N Varin-Blank

  • Effect of antigen binding on the properties of antibody.

    Henry Metzger

  • Affinity labeling of a mouse myeloma protein which binds nitrophenyl ligands. Kinetics of labeling and isolation of a labeled peptide.

    Edward J. Goetzl;Henry Metzger

  • The receptor with high affinity for IgE.

    H Metzger;J P Kinet;U Blank;L Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Pierre Kinet
Jean-Pierre Kinet Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rodolfo Quarto
Rodolfo Quarto University of Genoa
Ulrich Blank
Ulrich Blank Université Paris Cité
Juan Rivera
Juan Rivera National Institutes of Health
Ronald M. Atlas
Ronald M. Atlas University of Louisville
Andrew B. Onderdonk
Andrew B. Onderdonk Brigham and Women's Hospital
Lynn W. Enquist
Lynn W. Enquist Princeton University
Alison D. O'Brien
Alison D. O'Brien Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Eckard Wimmer
Eckard Wimmer Stony Brook University

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