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Kurt J. Isselbacher

Kurt J. Isselbacher

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
112
Citations
39899
World Ranking
911
National Ranking
570

Medicine

D-Index
112
Citations
40095
World Ranking
5191
National Ranking
2807

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1973 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Kurt J. Isselbacher was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spanned the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of five publications. Within these, the main subfields of study included Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Reproductive Medicine.

The research topics covered in their work involved multiple aspects of genetic and reproductive science, specifically:

  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Renal and related cancers

The scientist contributed to the academic literature with several papers published in notable venues. Recent publications included:

  • Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Preservation of Genetic Sex Identity in Estrogen-feminized Male Chicken Embryonic Gonads (2020) in Endocrinology
  • Production and Analysis of Human Primordial Germ Cell-Like Cells (2020) in Methods in molecular biology

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with the scientist were:

  • Keiko Shioda
  • Toshi Shioda
  • Junko Odajima
  • Misato Kobayashi
  • Mutsumi Kobayashi

Kurt J. Isselbacher was a member of several prestigious organizations during their career, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1974
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1973
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Isolation of circulating tumor cells using a microvortex-generating herringbone-chip

    Shannon L. Stott;Chia Hsien Hsu;Chia Hsien Hsu;Chia Hsien Hsu;Dina I. Tsukrov;Min Yu

  • Irreversible inhibitors of the EGF receptor may circumvent acquired resistance to gefitinib

    Eunice L. Kwak;Raffaella Sordella;Daphne W. Bell;Nadia Godin-Heymann

  • Heterozygous germ line hCHK2 mutations in Li-Fraumeni syndrome.

    Daphne W. Bell;Jennifer M. Varley;Tara E. Szydlo;Deborah H. Kang

  • Glucose transport in isolated brush border membrane from rat small intestine.

    Ulrich Hopfer;Kristine Nelson;Joseph Perrotto;Kurt J. Isselbacher

  • Epithelioid cell cultures from rat small intestine. Characterization by morphologic and immunologic criteria.

    A Quaroni;J Wands;R L Trelstad;K J Isselbacher

  • HEPATITIS B VIRUS DNA IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND NEGATIVE TESTS FOR HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN

    Christian Bréchot;Françoise Degos;Claire Lugassy;Valérie Thiers

  • Abnormal structure and expression of p53 gene in human hepatocellular carcinoma

    B Bressac;K M Galvin;T J Liang;K J Isselbacher

  • Rat intestinal microvillus membranes. Purification and biochemical characterization

    G. G. Forstner;S. M. Sabesin;K. J. Isselbacher

  • Germ-line BRCA1 mutations in Jewish and non-Jewish women with early-onset breast cancer.

    Michael G. FitzGerald;Deborah J. MacDonald;Michael Krainer;Ingrid Hoover

  • Isovaleric acidemia: a new genetic defect of leucine metabolism.

    K Tanaka;M A Budd;M L Efron;K J Isselbacher

  • Reversal of oncogenesis by the expression of a major histocompatibility complex class I gene

    Kenichi Tanaka;Kurt J. Isselbacher;George Khoury;Gilbert Jay

  • Heterozygous ATM mutations do not contribute to early onset of breast cancer.

    M G FitzGerald;J M Bean;S R Hegde;H Unsal

  • Uptake and Transport of Macromolecules by the Intestine

    W. Allan Walker;Kurt J. Isselbacher

  • Increased Uptake of Amino Acids and 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose by Virus-Transformed Cells in Culture

    K. J. Isselbacher

  • Expression of Fas ligand in liver metastases of human colonic adenocarcinomas

    Katsuya Shiraki;Naoki Tsuji;Toshi Shioda;Kurt J. Isselbacher

  • Increased expression of eukaryotic translation initiation factors eIF-4E and eIF-2 alpha in response to growth induction by c-myc

    Igor B. Rosenwald;David B. Rhoads;Lawrence D. Callanan;Kurt J. Isselbacher

  • STUDIES ON LIPID METABOLISM IN THE SMALL INTESTINE WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE ROLE OF BILE SALTS

    Anthony M. Dawson;Kurt J. Isselbacher

  • The pathogenesis of arthritis associated with viral hepatitis. Complement-component studies.

    Elliot Alpert;Kurt J. Isselbacher;Peter H. Schur

  • Congenital Galactosemia, a Single Enzymatic Block in Galactose Metabolism

    Kurt J. Isselbacher;Elizabeth P. Anderson;Kiyoshi Kurahashi;Herman M. Kalckar

  • Differential Contributions of BRCA1 and BRCA2 to Early-Onset Breast Cancer

    Michael Krainer;Sandra Silva-Arrieta;Michael G. FitzGerald;Akira Shimada

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack R. Wands
Jack R. Wands Brown University
Daniel A. Haber
Daniel A. Haber Harvard University
Daniel K. Podolsky
Daniel K. Podolsky The University of Texas at Dallas
W. Allan Walker
W. Allan Walker Harvard University
Andrea Quaroni
Andrea Quaroni Cornell University
Kurt J. Bloch
Kurt J. Bloch Harvard University
Jules L. Dienstag
Jules L. Dienstag Harvard University
Mehmet Ozturk
Mehmet Ozturk Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center
Lecia V. Sequist
Lecia V. Sequist Harvard University

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