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Marian F. Young publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marian F. Young sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 199 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marian F. Young D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marian F. Young sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Marian F. Young is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their body of work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, rheumatology, and orthopedics and sports medicine.

The scientist's research topics focus primarily on proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans, connective tissue disorders, glycosylation and glycoproteins, tendon structure and treatment, bone metabolism and diseases, bone health and treatments, and connective tissue growth factor research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Marian F. Young include Vardit Kram, Tina M. Kilts, Taishi Komori, Priyam Jani, and Hai Thanh Pham.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Marian F. Young include:

  • Wisp1 is a circulating factor that stimulates proliferation of adult mouse and human beta cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Inhibition of stromal biglycan promotes normalization of the tumor microenvironment and enhances chemotherapeutic efficacy, 2021, Breast Cancer Research
  • Biglycan in the Skeleton, 2020, Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry
  • Coordinate roles for collagen VI and biglycan in regulating tendon collagen fibril structure and function, 2021, Matrix Biology Plus
  • Collagen VIα2 chain deficiency causes trabecular bone loss by potentially promoting osteoclast differentiation through enhanced TNFα signaling, 2020, Scientific Reports

Marian F. Young has published articles in journals such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Nature Communications, Breast Cancer Research, Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry, and Matrix Biology Plus.

Best Publications

  • Identification of tendon stem/progenitor cells and the role of the extracellular matrix in their niche

    Yanming Bi;Driss Ehirchiou;Tina M. Kilts;Colette A. Inkson

  • Deduced protein sequence of bone small proteoglycan I (biglycan) shows homology with proteoglycan II (decorin) and several nonconnective tissue proteins in a variety of species.

    Larry W. Fisher;John D. Termine;Marian F. Young

  • The matrix component biglycan is proinflammatory and signals through Toll-like receptors 4 and 2 in macrophages

    Liliana Schaefer;Andrea Babelova;Eva Kiss;Heinz J. Hausser

  • Expression and localization of the two small proteoglycans biglycan and decorin in developing human skeletal and non-skeletal tissues.

    Paolo Bianco;Larry W. Fisher;Marian F. Young;John D. Termine

  • Flexible structures of SIBLING proteins, bone sialoprotein, and osteopontin.

    L.W. Fisher;D.A. Torchia;B. Fohr;M.F. Young

  • Targeted disruption of the biglycan gene leads to an osteoporosis-like phenotype in mice

    Tianshun Xu;Paolo Bianco;Paolo Bianco;Larry W. Fisher;Glenn Longenecker

  • Antisera and cDNA probes to human and certain animal model bone matrix noncollagenous proteins.

    Larry W Fisher;John T Stubbs;Marian F Young

  • Mice deficient in small leucine-rich proteoglycans: novel in vivo models for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, muscular dystrophy, and corneal diseases

    Laurent Ameye;Marian F. Young

  • Phenotypic effects of biglycan deficiency are linked to collagen fibril abnormalities, are synergized by decorin deficiency, and mimic Ehlers-Danlos-like changes in bone and other connective tissues.

    A. Corsi;T. Xu;Xiao-dong Chen;A. Boyde

  • cDNA cloning, mRNA distribution and heterogeneity, chromosomal location, and RFLP analysis of human osteopontin (OPN).

    Marian F. Young;Janet M. Kerr;John D. Termine;Ulla M. Wewer

  • Biglycan: A danger signal that activates the NLRP3 inflammasome via toll-like and P2X receptors

    Andrea Babelova;Kristin Moreth;Kristin Moreth;Wasiliki Tsalastra-Greul;Jinyang Zeng-Brouwers;Jinyang Zeng-Brouwers

  • Expression of bone sialoprotein (BSP) in developing human tissues.

    Paolo Bianco;Larry W. Fisher;Marian F. Young;John D. Termine

  • Abnormal collagen fibrils in tendons of biglycan/fibromodulin-deficient mice lead to gait impairment, ectopic ossification, and osteoarthritis

    Laurent Ameye;Dean Aria;Karl Jepsen;Ake Oldberg

  • The small leucine-rich proteoglycan biglycan modulates BMP-4-induced osteoblast differentiation

    Xiao Dong Chen;Larry W. Fisher;Pamela Gehron Robey;Marian F. Young

  • PHOG, a Candidate Gene for Involvement in the Short Stature of Turner Syndrome

    Jay W. Ellison;Zabihullah Wardak;Marian F. Young;Pamela Gehron Robey

  • Structure, expression, and regulation of the major noncollagenous matrix proteins of bone.

    Marian F. Young;Janet M. Kerr;Kyomi Ibaraki;Anne-Marie Heegaard

  • A crucial role of caspase-3 in osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal stem cells

    Masako Miura;Xiao Dong Chen;Matthew R. Allen;Yanming Bi

  • Extracellular Matrix Proteoglycans Control the Fate of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells

    Yanming Bi;Christina H. Stuelten;Tina Kilts;Sunil Wadhwa

  • Factor H Binding to Bone Sialoprotein and Osteopontin Enables Tumor Cell Evasion of Complement-mediated Attack

    Neal S. Fedarko;Bert Fohr;Pamela G. Robey;Marian F. Young

  • Osteonectin cDNA sequence reveals potential binding regions for calcium and hydroxyapatite and shows homologies with both a basement membrane protein (SPARC) and a serine proteinase inhibitor (ovomucoid).

    Mark E. Bolander;Marian F. Young;Larry W. Fisher;Yoshihiko Yamada

Frequent Co-Authors

Pamela Gehron Robey
Pamela Gehron Robey National Institutes of Health
Larry W. Fisher
Larry W. Fisher National Institutes of Health
John D. Termine
John D. Termine National Institutes of Health
Liliana Schaefer
Liliana Schaefer Goethe University Frankfurt
Renato V. Iozzo
Renato V. Iozzo Thomas Jefferson University
Paolo Bianco
Paolo Bianco Sapienza University of Rome
Åke Oldberg
Åke Oldberg Lund University
Songtao Shi
Songtao Shi University of Pennsylvania
Yoshihiko Yamada
Yoshihiko Yamada National Institutes of Health
Adele L. Boskey
Adele L. Boskey Hospital for Special Surgery

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