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Melanie Ehrlich publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melanie Ehrlich sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 173 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Melanie Ehrlich D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melanie Ehrlich sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Melanie Ehrlich is a researcher affiliated with Tulane University in the United States. Their academic work spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Genetics. Additional areas of study include Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Physiology.

The body of Ehrlich's research covers key topics such as RNA modifications and cancer, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, cancer-related molecular mechanisms and gene regulation, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research, and Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments.

Ehrlich has contributed to multiple publications across prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include Epigenomes, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Epigenomics, and Epigenetics.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Ehrlich include:

  • Epigenetics of Skeletal Muscle-Associated Genes in the ASB, LRRC, TMEM, and OSBPL Gene Families, 2020, Epigenomes
  • Epigenetics of Muscle- and Brain-Specific Expression of KLHL Family Genes, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Epigenetics and expression of key genes associated with cardiac fibrosis: NLRP3, MMP2, MMP9, CCN2/CTGF and AGT, 2021, Epigenomics
  • Prioritization of Osteoporosis-Associated Genome-wide Association Study (GWAS) Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Using Epigenomics and Transcriptomics, 2021, JBMR Plus
  • Osteoporosis- and obesity-risk interrelationships: an epigenetic analysis of GWAS-derived SNPs at the developmental gene TBX15, 2020, Epigenetics

Ehrlich's research collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Kenneth C. Ehrlich, Carl Baribault, Michelle Lacey, Sagnik Sen, and Sriharsa Pradhan, indicating interdisciplinary and cooperative approaches within molecular and genetic studies.

Best Publications

  • DNA methylation in cancer: too much, but also too little.

    Melanie Ehrlich

  • Amount and distribution of 5-methylcytosine in human DNA from different types of tissues or cells

    Melanie Ehrlich;Miguel A. Gama-Sosa;Lan Hsiang Huang;Rose Marie Midgett

  • DNA hypomethylation in cancer cells.

    Melanie Ehrlich

  • The 5-methylcytosine content of DNA from human tumors

    Miguel A. Gama-Sosa;Valerie A. Slagel;Ronald W. Trewyn;Ronald Oxenhandler

  • 5-Methylcytosine in eukaryotic DNA

    Melanie Ehrlich;Richard Y.-H. Wang

  • Analysis of repetitive element DNA methylation by MethyLight

    Daniel J. Weisenberger;Mihaela Campan;Tiffany I. Long;Myungjin Kim

  • Reduced Genomic 5-Methylcytosine Content in Human Colonic Neoplasia

    Andrew P. Feinberg;Charles W. Gehrke;Kenneth C. Kuo;Melanie Ehrlich

  • Quantitative reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic determination of major and modified deoxyribonucleosides in DNA

    Kenneth C. Kuo;Roy A. McCune;Charles W. Gehrke;Rosemarie Midgett

  • Comparison of bisulfite modification of 5-methyldeoxycytidine and deoxycytidine residues

    Richard Y.-H. Wang;Charles W. Gehrke;Melanie Ehrlich

  • Hypomethylation of pericentromeric DNA in breast adenocarcinomas

    Ajita Narayan;Weizhen Ji;Xian Yang Zhang;Aizen Marrogi

  • DNA hypermethylation in disease: mechanisms and clinical relevance

    Melanie Ehrlich

  • DNA Hypomethylation and Ovarian Cancer Biology

    Martin Widschwendter;Guanchao Jiang;Christian Woods;Hannes M. Müller

  • Tissue-specific differences in DNA methylation in various mammals

    Miguel A. Gama-Sosa;Rose Marie Midgett;Valerie A. Slagel;Sherwood Githens

  • Expression of various genes is controlled by DNA methylation during mammalian development

    Melanie Ehrlich

  • DNA hypomethylation and unusual chromosome instability in cell lines from ICF syndrome patients

    C.M. Tuck-Muller;A. Narayan;F. Tsien;D.F.C.M. Smeets

  • The ICF syndrome, a DNA methyltransferase 3B deficiency and immunodeficiency disease.

    Melanie Ehrlich

  • DNA cytosine methylation and heat-induced deamination

    Melanie Ehrlich;Kyle F. Norris;Richard Y. Wang;Kenneth C. Kuo

  • Frequent Hypomethylation in Wilms Tumors of Pericentromeric DNA in Chromosomes 1 and 16

    Guang-zhi Qu;Paul E Grundy;Ajita Narayan;Melanie Ehrlich

  • DNA demethylation and pericentromeric rearrangements of chromosome 1.

    Weizhen Ji;Raymundo Hernandez;Xian-Yang Zhang;Guang-zhi Qu

  • Hypomethylation and hypermethylation of DNA in Wilms tumors.

    Melanie Ehrlich;Guanchao Jiang;Emerich Fiala;Jeffrey S. Dome

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth C. Ehrlich
Kenneth C. Ehrlich US Department of Agriculture
Charles W. Gehrke
Charles W. Gehrke University of Missouri
Gregory E. Crawford
Gregory E. Crawford Duke University
Lingyun Song
Lingyun Song Duke University
Sriharsa Pradhan
Sriharsa Pradhan New England Biolabs
Peter W. Laird
Peter W. Laird Van Andel Institute
Mimi C. Yu
Mimi C. Yu University of Southern California
Rork Kuick
Rork Kuick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dominique Smeets
Dominique Smeets Radboud University
Martin Widschwendter
Martin Widschwendter University College London

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