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Overview

Ira S. Ockene was affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research spanned multiple interconnected fields, focusing primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine.

The scientist contributed to subfields such as molecular biology and genetics. Their work aligned with topics including RNA modifications and cancer, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, and mechanisms of RNA and protein synthesis.

Their recent published work included the paper titled "RNA Interference for the Masses? siRNA Targeting PCSK9 Promises Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease," which appeared in 2020 in the journal Nucleic Acid Therapeutics.

  • RNA Interference for the Masses? siRNA Targeting PCSK9 Promises Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (2020, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics)

Colleagues frequently collaborating with Ira S. Ockene included Jonathan K. Watts.

  • Jonathan K. Watts

Their publications were often featured in the venue Nucleic Acid Therapeutics.

  • Nucleic Acid Therapeutics

Best Publications

  • AHA Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: 2002 Update Consensus Panel Guide to Comprehensive Risk Reduction for Adult Patients Without Coronary or Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Diseases

    Thomas A. Pearson;Steven N. Blair;Stephen R. Daniels;Robert H. Eckel

  • Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) trial—Phase I: Hemorrhagic manifestations and changes in plasma fibrinogen and the fibrinolytic system in patients treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator and streptokinase

    A. Koneti Rao;Craig Pratt;Andrew Berke;Allan Jaffe

  • Association between Eating Patterns and Obesity in a Free-living US Adult Population

    Yunsheng Ma;Elizabeth R. Bertone;Edward J. Stanek;George W. Reed

  • AHA/ACC Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: 2001 Update A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology

    Sidney C. Smith;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow;Lawrence M. Brass

  • Social Desirability Bias in Dietary Self-Report May Compromise the Validity of Dietary Intake Measures

    James R. Hebert;Lynn Clemow;Lori Pbert;Ira S. Ockene

  • AHA/ACC Scientific Statement: AHA/ACC guidelines for preventing heart attack and death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: 2001 update: A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

    Sidney C. Smith;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow;Lawrence M. Brass

  • Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Guidance From Framingham: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the AHA Task Force on Risk Reduction

    Scott M. Grundy;Gary J. Balady;Michael H. Criqui;Gerald Fletcher

  • Cigarette smoking, cardiovascular disease, and stroke: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association. American Heart Association Task Force on Risk Reduction.

    Ira S. Ockene;Nancy Houston Miller

  • A longitudinal study of students' depression at one medical school

    Milagros C. Rosal;Ira S. Ockene;Judith K. Ockene;Susan V. Barrett

  • The Multilevel Compliance Challenge: Recommendations for a Call to Action A Statement for Healthcare Professionals

    Nancy Houston Miller;Martha Hill;Thomas E Kottke;Ira S. Ockene

  • A population-based dietary inflammatory index predicts levels of C-reactive protein in the Seasonal Variation of Blood Cholesterol Study (SEASONS)

    Nitin Shivappa;Susan E Steck;Thomas G Hurley;James R Hussey

  • Gender differences in social desirability and social approval bias in dietary self-report.

    James R. Hebert;Yunsheng Ma;Lynn Clemow;Ira S. Ockene

  • Statin Use and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative

    Annie L. Culver;Ira S. Ockene;Raji Balasubramanian;Barbara C. Olendzki

  • A New Dietary Inflammatory Index Predicts Interval Changes in Serum High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein

    Philip P. Cavicchia;Susan E. Steck;Thomas G. Hurley;James R. Hussey

  • Variability and Classification Accuracy of Serial High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Measurements in Healthy Adults

    Ira S. Ockene;Charles E. Matthews;Nader Rifai;Paul M. Ridker

  • Unexplained chest pain in patients with normal coronary arteriograms: a follow-up study of functional status.

    Ira S. Ockene;Marilyn J. Shay;Joseph S. Alpert;Bonnie H. Weiner

  • Mortality in patients treated for pulmonary embolism

    Joseph S. Alpert;Roger E. Smith;C. Jeffrey Carlson;Ira S. Ockene

  • Association between dietary fiber and serum C-reactive protein

    Yunsheng Ma;Jennifer A Griffith;Lisa Chasan-Taber;Barbara C Olendzki

  • Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in the elderly (with emphasis on patients > or =75 years of age): an American Heart Association scientific statement from the Council on Clinical Cardiology Subcommittee on Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention.

    Mark A. Williams;Jerome L. Fleg;Philip A. Ades;Bernard R. Chaitman

  • Preventing heart attack and death in patients with coronary disease

    Sidney C. Smith;Steven N. Blair;Michael H. Criqui;Gerald F. Fletcher

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Hébert
James R. Hébert University of South Carolina
Judith K. Ockene
Judith K. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Joseph S. Alpert
Joseph S. Alpert University of Arizona
James E. Dalen
James E. Dalen University of Arizona
Wenjun Li
Wenjun Li University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
George W. Reed
George W. Reed University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Robert J. Goldberg
Robert J. Goldberg University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Charles E. Matthews
Charles E. Matthews National Institutes of Health
Kristin L. Schneider
Kristin L. Schneider Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Sybil L. Crawford
Sybil L. Crawford University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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