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Loren G. Fong

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
19118
World Ranking
5347
National Ranking
2534

Loren G. Fong publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 215 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Loren G. Fong D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Loren G. Fong is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology as well as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work addresses several subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cell Biology, and Cancer Research. Their research topics notably encompass lipid metabolism and disorders, diabetes, cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins, nuclear structure and function, RNA research and splicing, and caveolin-1 and cellular processes, among others.

Frequent publication venues for Loren G. Fong include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Lipid Research
  • JCI Insight
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Loren G. Fong are:

  • High-resolution visualization and quantification of nucleic acid-based therapeutics in cells and tissues using Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS), 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Cultured macrophages transfer surplus cholesterol into adjacent cells in the absence of serum or high-density lipoproteins, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Chylomicronemia from GPIHBP1 autoantibodies, 2020, Journal of Lipid Research
  • Nuclear membrane ruptures underlie the vascular pathology in a mouse model of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, 2021, JCI Insight
  • Peroxidasin-mediated bromine enrichment of basement membranes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Loren G. Fong has collaborated frequently with other researchers in their field. Their most common co-authors include Stephen G. Young, Yiping Tu, Wenxin Song, Paul H. Kim, and Michael Ploug.

The focus of their work brings together facets of cardiovascular medicine and molecular biology to address complex biological and pathological processes. Their publications illustrate investigation into molecular mechanisms underlying lipid metabolism, cardiovascular risks related to diabetes, nuclear structure abnormalities, and RNA splicing processes.

Best Publications

  • Oxidatively modified low density lipoproteins: a potential role in recruitment and retention of monocyte/macrophages during atherogenesis

    Mark T. Quinn;Sampath Parthasarathy;Loren G. Fong;Daniel Steinberg

  • High-density lipoprotein inhibits the oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein.

    Sampath Parthasarathy;Joellen Barnett;Loren G. Fong

  • Lamins A and C but not lamin B1 regulate nuclear mechanics

    Jan Lammerding;Loren G. Fong;Julie Y. Ji;Karen Reue;Karen Reue

  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored High-Density Lipoprotein-Binding Protein 1 Plays a Critical Role in the Lipolytic Processing of Chylomicrons

    Anne P. Beigneux;Brandon S.J. Davies;Peter Gin;Michael M. Weinstein

  • A Protein Farnesyltransferase Inhibitor Ameliorates Disease in a Mouse Model of Progeria

    Loren G. Fong;David Frost;Margarita Meta;Xin Qiao

  • GPIHBP1 Is Responsible for the Entry of Lipoprotein Lipase into Capillaries

    Brandon S.J. Davies;Anne P. Beigneux;Richard H. Barnes;Yiping Tu

  • Blocking protein farnesyltransferase improves nuclear blebbing in mouse fibroblasts with a targeted Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome mutation

    Shao H. Yang;Martin O. Bergo;Julia I. Toth;Xin Qiao

  • Nonenzymatic oxidative cleavage of peptide bonds in apoprotein B-100.

    L G Fong;S Parthasarathy;J L Witztum;D Steinberg

  • Blocking protein farnesyltransferase improves nuclear shape in fibroblasts from humans with progeroid syndromes

    Julia I. Toth;Shao H. Yang;Xin Qiao;Anne P. Beigneux

  • A farnesyltransferase inhibitor improves disease phenotypes in mice with a Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome mutation

    Shao H. Yang;Margarita Meta;Xin Qiao;David Frost

  • Laminopathies and the long strange trip from basic cell biology to therapy

    Howard J. Worman;Loren G. Fong;Antoine Muchir;Stephen G. Young

  • Thematic Review Series: Lipid Posttranslational Modifications. Prelamin A, Zmpste24, misshapen cell nuclei, and progeria—new evidence suggesting that protein farnesylation could be important for disease pathogenesis

    Stephen G. Young;Loren G. Fong;Susan Michaelis

  • Prelamin A and lamin A appear to be dispensable in the nuclear lamina

    Loren G. Fong;Jennifer K. Ng;Jan Lammerding;Timothy A. Vickers

  • Deficiencies in lamin B1 and lamin B2 cause neurodevelopmental defects and distinct nuclear shape abnormalities in neurons.

    Catherine Coffinier;Hea-Jin Jung;Chika Nobumori;Sandy Chang

  • Heterozygosity for Lmna deficiency eliminates the progeria-like phenotypes in Zmpste24-deficient mice

    Loren G. Fong;Jennifer K. Ng;Margarita Meta;Nathan Coté

  • Regulation of prelamin A but not lamin C by miR-9, a brain-specific microRNA

    Hea-Jin Jung;Catherine Coffinier;Youngshik Choe;Anne P. Beigneux

  • Recognition of solubilized apoproteins from delipidated, oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) by the acetyl-LDL receptor

    Sampath Parthasarathy;Loren G. Fong;Deborah Otero;Daniel Steinberg

  • Abnormal development of the cerebral cortex and cerebellum in the setting of lamin B2 deficiency

    Catherine Coffinier;Sandy Y. Chang;Chika Nobumori;Yiping Tu

  • Progerin elicits disease phenotypes of progeria in mice whether or not it is farnesylated

    Shao H. Yang;Douglas A. Andres;H. Peter Spielmann;Stephen G. Young

  • PCSK9 function and physiology

    Andrew S. Peterson;Loren G. Fong;Stephen G. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. Young
Stephen G. Young University of California, Los Angeles
Anne P. Beigneux
Anne P. Beigneux University of California, Los Angeles
André Bensadoun
André Bensadoun Cornell University
Michael Ploug
Michael Ploug University of Copenhagen
Peter Tontonoz
Peter Tontonoz University of California, Los Angeles
Karen Reue
Karen Reue University of California, Los Angeles
Pieter J. de Jong
Pieter J. de Jong UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Laurent Vergnes
Laurent Vergnes University of California, Los Angeles
Richard T. Lee
Richard T. Lee Harvard University
Jan Lammerding
Jan Lammerding Cornell University

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