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98
Citations
32017
World Ranking
1683
National Ranking
937

Overview

James F. Martin is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant emphasis on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work covers several topics, notably:

  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

James F. Martin has contributed to numerous publications, including recent papers such as:

  • ERBB2 drives YAP activation and EMT-like processes during cardiac regeneration (2020), Nature Cell Biology
  • Gene therapy knockdown of Hippo signaling induces cardiomyocyte renewal in pigs after myocardial infarction (2021), Science Translational Medicine
  • Integrated multi-omic characterization of congenital heart disease (2022), Nature
  • Epigenetic and Transcriptional Networks Underlying Atrial Fibrillation (2020), Circulation Research
  • Yap Promotes Noncanonical Wnt Signals From Cardiomyocytes for Heart Regeneration (2021), Circulation Research

The frequent co-authors working with James F. Martin include:

  • Gang Li
  • Shijie Liu
  • Fansen Meng
  • Chang-Ru Tsai
  • Jeffrey D. Steimle

The scientist often publishes their work in several key venues such as:

  • Circulation Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation
  • Nature Cardiovascular Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

James F. Martin is also an author of a book published by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry titled On the male species of the genus amblyteles found in New England (2021).

Best Publications

  • The transcription factor Sox9 has essential roles in successive steps of the chondrocyte differentiation pathway and is required for expression of Sox5 and Sox6

    Haruhiko Akiyama;Marie-Christine Chaboissier;James F. Martin;Andreas Schedl

  • Hippo pathway inhibits Wnt signaling to restrain cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart size.

    Todd Heallen;Min Zhang;Jun Wang;Margarita Bonilla-Claudio

  • Expression of Cre Recombinase in the developing mouse limb bud driven by a Prxl enhancer.

    Malcolm Logan;James F. Martin;Andras Nagy;Corrinne Lobe

  • Cooperative activation of muscle gene expression by MEF2 and myogenic bHLH proteins

    Jeffery D. Molkentin;Brian L. Black;James F. Martin;Eric N. Olson

  • Mef2 gene expression marks the cardiac and skeletal muscle lineages during mouse embryogenesis.

    Diane G. Edmondson;Gary E. Lyons;James F. Martin;Eric N. Olson

  • Osteo-chondroprogenitor cells are derived from Sox9 expressing precursors

    Haruhiko Akiyama;Jung Eun Kim;Jung Eun Kim;Kazuhisa Nakashima;Gener Balmes

  • Bmp2 is essential for cardiac cushion epithelial-mesenchymal transition and myocardial patterning.

    Lijiang Ma;Mei-Fang Lu;Robert J. Schwartz;James F. Martin

  • The extracellular matrix protein agrin promotes heart regeneration in mice

    Elad Bassat;Yara Eid Mutlak;Alex Genzelinakh;Ilya Y. Shadrin

  • Function of Rieger syndrome gene in left–right asymmetry and craniofacial development

    Mel Fang Lu;Carolyn Pressman;Rex Dyer;Randy L. Johnson

  • Cholesterol Modification of Sonic Hedgehog Is Required for Long-Range Signaling Activity and Effective Modulation of Signaling by Ptc1

    Paula M. Lewis;Matthew P. Dunn;Jill A. McMahon;Malcolm Logan

  • Hippo signaling impedes adult heart regeneration

    Todd Heallen;Yuka Morikawa;John Leach;Ge Tao

  • The paired-like homeo box gene MHox is required for early events of skeletogenesis in multiple lineages.

    J. F. Martin;A. Bradley;Eric N Olson

  • Cardiomyocyte regeneration: A consensus statement

    Thomas Eschenhagen;Roberto Bolli;Thomas Braun;Loren J. Field

  • Expression of mef2 genes in the mouse central nervous system suggests a role in neuronal maturation

    GE Lyons;BK Micales;J Schwarz;JF Martin

  • Bmp2 Is Critical for the Murine Uterine Decidual Response

    Kevin Y. Lee;Jae-Wook Jeong;Jinrong Wang;Lijiang Ma

  • Hippo pathway deficiency reverses systolic heart failure after infarction

    John P. Leach;Todd Heallen;Min Zhang;Mahdis Rahmani

  • Distinct functions for Bmp signaling in lip and palate fusion in mice.

    Wei Liu;Xiaoxia Sun;Alen Braut;Yuji Mishina

  • Pitx2 prevents susceptibility to atrial arrhythmias by inhibiting left-sided pacemaker specification

    Jun Wang;Elzbieta Klysik;Subeena Sood;Randy L. Johnson

  • The Hippo pathway in the heart: pivotal roles in development, disease, and regeneration.

    Jun Wang;Shijie Liu;Todd Heallen;James F Martin;James F Martin

  • Somatic mosaicism and allele complexity induced by CRISPR/Cas9 RNA injections in mouse zygotes

    Shuo Ting Yen;Min Zhang;Jian Min Deng;Shireen J. Usman

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric N. Olson
Eric N. Olson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Xander H.T. Wehrens
Xander H.T. Wehrens Baylor College of Medicine
Brad A. Amendt
Brad A. Amendt University of Iowa
Kirill V. Larin
Kirill V. Larin University of Houston
Richard R. Behringer
Richard R. Behringer The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Vincent M. Christoffels
Vincent M. Christoffels University of Amsterdam
Randy L. Johnson
Randy L. Johnson The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Patrick T. Ellinor
Patrick T. Ellinor Harvard University
Fen Wang
Fen Wang Texas A&M University
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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