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Michael B. Sporn

Michael B. Sporn

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178
Citations
132649
World Ranking
649
National Ranking
406

Medicine

D-Index
178
Citations
131653
World Ranking
389
National Ranking
242

Michael B. Sporn publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael B. Sporn sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 614 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Michael B. Sporn D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael B. Sporn sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 178 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael B. Sporn was a researcher affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their work spanned several fields within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology and related subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientific topics that characterized their research included:

  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms
  • Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Thermal Regulation in Medicine
  • Oral health in cancer treatment

They published in a variety of venues, each contributing to the dissemination of their findings:

  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Molecular Oncology
  • Blood

Michael B. Sporn's recent papers illustrate diverse research interests and chronological progression:

  • CDDO-imidazolide Targets Multiple Amino Acid Residues on the Nrf2 Adaptor, Keap1, 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Distinct Regulations of HO-1 Gene Expression for Stress Response and Substrate Induction, 2021, Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Nrf2 protects against radiation-induced oral mucositis via antioxidation and keratin layer thickening, 2022, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • The synthetic oleanane triterpenoid CDDO-2P-Im binds GRP78/BiP to induce unfolded protein response-mediated apoptosis in myeloma, 2023, Molecular Oncology
  • Targeting NLRP3 Inflammasome-Induced Therapy Resistance in ALL, 2020, Blood

The scientist collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Masayuki Yamamoto
  • John J. Letterio
  • Xiaoli Meng
  • J. Waddington
  • Arun Tailor

Michael B. Sporn was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Transforming growth factor type beta: rapid induction of fibrosis and angiogenesis in vivo and stimulation of collagen formation in vitro.

    A B Roberts;M B Sporn;R K Assoian;J M Smith

  • Transforming growth factor beta 1 null mutation in mice causes excessive inflammatory response and early death.

    Ashok B. Kulkarni;Chang-Goo Huh;Dean Becker;Andrew Geiser

  • Human transforming growth factor-beta complementary DNA sequence and expression in normal and transformed cells.

    Rik Derynck;Julie A. Jarrett;Ellson Y. Chen;Dennis H. Eaton

  • Can dietary beta-carotene materially reduce human cancer rates?

    R. Peto;R. Doll;J. D. Buckley;M. B. Sporn

  • Transforming growth factor-beta in human platelets. Identification of a major storage site, purification, and characterization.

    R K Assoian;A Komoriya;C A Meyers;D M Miller

  • Production of transforming growth factor beta by human T lymphocytes and its potential role in the regulation of T cell growth.

    John H. Kehrl;Lalage M. Wakefield;Anita B. Roberts;Sonia Jakowlew

  • Autocrine growth factors and cancer.

    Michael B. Sporn;Anita B. Roberts

  • Autocrine Secretion and Malignant Transformation of Cells

    Michael B. Sporn;George J. Todaro

  • The Retinoids : biology, chemistry, and medicine

    Michael B. Sporn;Anita B. Roberts;DeWitt S. Goodman

  • Transforming growth factor type beta induces monocyte chemotaxis and growth factor production

    Sharon M. Wahl;Denise A. Hunt;Lalage M. Wakefield;Nancy McCartney-Francis

  • Transforming growth factor-beta: biological function and chemical structure

    Michael B. Sporn;Anita B. Roberts;Lalage M. Wakefield;Richard K. Assoian

  • Type beta transforming growth factor: a bifunctional regulator of cellular growth.

    Anita B. Roberts;Mario A. Anzano;Lalage M. Wakefield;Nanette S. Roche

  • Suppression of experimental glomerulonephritis by antiserum against transforming growth factor β1

    Wayne A. Border;Seiya Okuda;Lucia R. Languino;Michael B. Sporn

  • Peptide Growth Factors and Their Receptors

    健一 新井;James F. Battey;Michael B. Sporn;Anita B. Roberts

  • Accelerated healing of incisional wounds in rats induced by transforming growth factor-beta.

    Thomas A. Mustoe;Glenn F. Pierce;Arlen Thomason;Peggy Gramates

  • Prevention of chemical carcinogenesis by vitamin A and its synthetic analogs (retinoids).

    M B Sporn;N M Dunlop;D L Newton;J M Smith

  • NRF2 and cancer: the good, the bad and the importance of context

    Michael B. Sporn;Karen T. Liby

  • Expression and secretion of type beta transforming growth factor by activated human macrophages

    Richard K. Assoian;Barbara E. Fleurdelys;Henry C. Stevenson;Paul J. Miller

  • New class of transforming growth factors potentiated by epidermal growth factor: isolation from non-neoplastic tissues.

    Anita B. Roberts;Mario A. Anzano;Lois C. Lamb;Joseph M. Smith

  • Recent advances in chemoprevention of cancer.

    Waun Ki Hong;Michael B. Sporn

Frequent Co-Authors

Anita B. Roberts
Anita B. Roberts National Institutes of Health
Tadashi Honda
Tadashi Honda Stony Brook University
Gordon W. Gribble
Gordon W. Gribble Dartmouth College
Kathleen C. Flanders
Kathleen C. Flanders National Institutes of Health
Seong-Jin Kim
Seong-Jin Kim Seoul National University
David Danielpour
David Danielpour Case Western Reserve University
Paturu Kondaiah
Paturu Kondaiah Indian Institute of Science
Robert Lafyatis
Robert Lafyatis University of Pittsburgh
Thomas W. Kensler
Thomas W. Kensler Johns Hopkins University
Curtis C. Harris
Curtis C. Harris National Institutes of Health

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