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D-Index
123
Citations
60402
World Ranking
550
National Ranking
349

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
  • 2017 - Fellow of The Linnean Society of London
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), United Kingdom
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education
  • 2015 - Honorary Fellow of the Italian Academy of Pathology
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Society for Redox Biology & Medicine
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Institution of Great Britain
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (London)
  • 2012 - Knight, National Order of Merit of France
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Society for Free Radical Biology & Medicine
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kelvin J.A. Davies is a researcher affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their primary fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Physiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Immunology, and Nephrology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction, Gout, Hyperuricemia and Uric Acid, Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties, Heat Shock Proteins research, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Redox Biology and Oxidative Stress.

Kelvin J.A. Davies has several frequent co-authors, indicating ongoing collaborative work. These colleagues include Michael J. Davies, Rafael Radí, Barry Halliwell, John Tower, and Malcolm J. Jackson.

Publication venues where this researcher has contributed multiple articles include Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Journal of Dietary Supplements, The Journal of Urology, Nature Metabolism, and Ageing Research Reviews.

The following recent papers represent some of Kelvin J.A. Davies' contributions to scientific literature:

  • Guidelines for measuring reactive oxygen species and oxidative damage in cells and in vivo, 2022, Nature Metabolism
  • Sarcopenia - Molecular mechanisms and open questions, 2020, Ageing Research Reviews
  • Sex differences in the response to oxidative and proteolytic stress, 2020, Redox Biology
  • COVID-19 during Pregnancy and Postpartum:, 2020, Journal of Dietary Supplements
  • DNA methylation clock DNAmFitAge shows regular exercise is associated with slower aging and systemic adaptation, 2023, GeroScience

Kelvin J.A. Davies holds the distinction of being a Member of Academia Europaea since 2015 and has been a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1995.

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial free radical generation, oxidative stress, and aging.

    Enrique Cadenas;Kelvin J.A. Davies

  • Free radicals and tissue damage produced by exercise

    Kelvin J.A. Davies;Alexandre T. Quintanilha;George A. Brooks;Lester Packer

  • Protein damage and degradation by oxygen radicals. I. general aspects.

    K. J. A. Davies

  • Measuring reactive oxygen and nitrogen species with fluorescent probes: challenges and limitations.

    Balaraman Kalyanaraman;Victor Darley-Usmar;Kelvin J.A. Davies;Phyllis A. Dennery

  • Oxidative stress: the paradox of aerobic life.

    Kelvin J.A. Davies

  • Oxidative stress, antioxidant defenses, and damage removal, repair, and replacement systems.

    Kelvin J. A. Davies

  • Calcium and oxidative stress: from cell signaling to cell death

    Gennady Ermak;Kelvin J.A Davies

  • Protein damage and degradation by oxygen radicals. II. Modification of amino acids.

    K. J. A. Davies;M. E. Delsignore;S. W. Lin

  • Degradation of oxidized proteins in mammalian cells.

    Tilman Grune;Thomas Reinheckel;Kelvin J. A. Davies

  • Degradation of oxidized proteins by the 20S proteasome.

    Kelvin J.A. Davies

  • The oxidative inactivation of mitochondrial electron transport chain components and ATPase.

    Yin Zhang;Olivier Marcillat;Cecilia R Giulivi;Lars Ernster

  • Decreased proteolysis caused by protein aggregates, inclusion bodies, plaques, lipofuscin, ceroid, and 'aggresomes' during oxidative stress, aging, and disease

    Tilman Grune;Tobias Jung;Katrin Merker;Kelvin J.A. Davies

  • Protein damage and degradation by oxygen radicals. III. Modification of secondary and tertiary structure.

    K. J. A. Davies;M. E. Delsignore

  • Redox cycling of anthracyclines by cardiac mitochondria. I. Anthracycline radical formation by NADH dehydrogenase.

    K. J. A. Davies;J. H. Doroshow

  • Oxidative stress response and Nrf2 signaling in aging.

    Hongqiao Zhang;Kelvin J.A. Davies;Henry Jay Forman

  • Uric acid-iron ion complexes. A new aspect of the antioxidant functions of uric acid.

    K J A Davies;A Sevanian;S F Muakkassah-Kelly;P Hochstein

  • How do nutritional antioxidants really work: nucleophilic tone and para-hormesis versus free radical scavenging in vivo.

    Henry Jay Forman;Kelvin J. A. Davies;Fulvio Ursini

  • Redox cycling of anthracyclines by cardiac mitochondria. II. Formation of superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, and hydroxyl radical.

    J. H. Doroshow;K. J. A. Davies

  • Lon protease preferentially degrades oxidized mitochondrial aconitase by an ATP-stimulated mechanism.

    Daniela A. Bota;Kelvin J. A. Davies

  • Free radical biology and medicine: it's a gas, man!

    William A. Pryor;Kendall N. Houk;Christopher S. Foote;Jon M. Fukuto

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry Jay Forman
Henry Jay Forman University of Southern California
Tilman Grune
Tilman Grune University of Potsdam
John Tower
John Tower University of Southern California
Cecilia R Giulivi
Cecilia R Giulivi University of California, Davis
Thomas Reinheckel
Thomas Reinheckel University of Freiburg
Paul Hochstein
Paul Hochstein University of Southern California
Lester Packer
Lester Packer University of Southern California
Fulvio Ursini
Fulvio Ursini University of Padua
Caleb E. Finch
Caleb E. Finch University of Southern California
Zsolt Radak
Zsolt Radak Waseda University

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