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62
Citations
38219
World Ranking
10504
National Ranking
4556

Overview

Michael D. Pierschbacher is affiliated with the National Foundation for Cancer Research in the United States. Their work is connected to cancer research through this institution.

While there is no detailed information available about specific research papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues associated with Michael D. Pierschbacher, the connection with the National Foundation for Cancer Research suggests an involvement in biomedical or oncological scientific research.

No book publications, main fields of study, subfields, or main research topics have been explicitly recorded for this scientist in the available data. Similarly, no awards or honors have been indicated.

Given the limited data, the profile focuses on the current affiliation, which provides context for the scientist's professional environment and likely domain of expertise.

Best Publications

  • New perspectives in cell adhesion : RGD and integrins

    Erkki Ruoslahti;Michael D. Pierschbacher

  • Cell attachment activity of fibronectin can be duplicated by small synthetic fragments of the molecule

    Michael D. Pierschbacher;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • Arg-Gly-Asp: a versatile cell recognition signal.

    Erkki Ruoslahti;Michael D. Pierschbacher

  • Identification and isolation of a 140 kd cell surface glycoprotein with properties expected of a fibronectin receptor

    Robert Pytela;Michael D. Pierschbacher;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • Natural inhibitor of transforming growth factor-|[beta]| protects against scarring in experimental kidney disease

    Wayne A. Border;Nancy A. Noble;Tatsuo Yamamoto;John R. Harper

  • Platelet membrane glycoprotein IIb/IIIa: member of a family of Arg-Gly-Asp--specific adhesion receptors

    Robert Pytela;Michael D. Pierschbacher;Mark H. Ginsberg;Edward F. Plow

  • Influence of stereochemistry of the sequence Arg-Gly-Asp-Xaa on binding specificity in cell adhesion.

    M D Pierschbacher;E Ruoslahti

  • Variants of the cell recognition site of fibronectin that retain attachment-promoting activity

    Michael D. Pierschbacher;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • The effect of Arg-Gly-Asp-containing peptides on fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor binding to platelets.

    Edward F. Plow;Michael D. Pierschbacher;Erkki Ruoslahti;Gerard A. Marguerie

  • Fibronectin: purification, immunochemical properties, and biological activities.

    Erkki Ruoslahti;Edward G. Hayman;Michael Pierschbacher;Eva Engvall

  • Amino acid sequence of the human fibronectin receptor.

    W S Argraves;S Suzuki;H Arai;K Thompson

  • A 125/115-kDa cell surface receptor specific for vitronectin interacts with the arginine-glycine-aspartic acid adhesion sequence derived from fibronectin

    Robert Pytela;Michael D. Pierschbacher;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • Location of the cell-attachment site in fibronectin with monoclonal antibodies and proteolytic fragments of the molecule.

    Michael D. Pierschbacher;Edward G. Hayman;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • Serum spreading factor (vitronectin) is present at the cell surface and in tissues

    Edward G. Hayman;Michael D. Pierschbacher;Yvonne Ohgren;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • Complete amino acid sequence of human vitronectin deduced from cDNA. Similarity of cell attachment sites in vitronectin and fibronectin.

    S Suzuki;A Oldberg;E G Hayman;M D Pierschbacher

  • Vitronectin--a major cell attachment-promoting protein in fetal bovine serum.

    Edward G. Hayman;Michael D. Pierschbacher;Shintaro Suzuki;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • Disialogangliosides GD2 and GD3 are involved in the attachment of human melanoma and neuroblastoma cells to extracellular matrix proteins.

    David A. Cheresh;Michael D. Pierschbacher;Michael A. Herzig;Kalpana Mujoo

  • A cell surface receptor complex for collagen type I recognizes the Arg-Gly-Asp sequence.

    Shoukat Dedhar;Erkki Ruoslahti;Michael D. Pierschbacher

  • Inhibition of in vitro tumor cell invasion by Arg-Gly-Asp-containing synthetic peptides.

    K R Gehlsen;W S Argraves;M D Pierschbacher;E Ruoslahti

  • Detachment of cells from culture substrate by soluble fibronectin peptides.

    E G Hayman;M D Pierschbacher;E Ruoslahti

Frequent Co-Authors

Erkki Ruoslahti
Erkki Ruoslahti Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
W S Argraves
W S Argraves Medical University of South Carolina
Åke Oldberg
Åke Oldberg Lund University
Mark S. Kindy
Mark S. Kindy University of South Florida
Lucia R. Languino
Lucia R. Languino Thomas Jefferson University
Eva Engvall
Eva Engvall Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Louis C. Gerstenfeld
Louis C. Gerstenfeld Boston University
Vivian Hook
Vivian Hook University of California, San Diego
Richard A.F. Clark
Richard A.F. Clark Stony Brook University
Shoukat Dedhar
Shoukat Dedhar University of British Columbia

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