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Overview

Michael Dean is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans numerous publications primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 176 and 130 papers respectively in these disciplines.

The scientist's work covers various subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Oncology, and Cancer Research. The subfield contributions are distributed as follows: 50 publications in Molecular Biology, 50 in Genetics, 38 in Surgery, 37 in Oncology, and 35 in Cancer Research.

Major research topics addressed by Michael Dean include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Hip disorders and treatments
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Michael Dean has contributed to numerous papers, with some notable recent publications such as:

  • Single-cell landscape of the ecosystem in early-relapse hepatocellular carcinoma, 2020, Cell
  • Single-cell transcriptomics reveals regulators underlying immune cell diversity and immune subtypes associated with prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 2020, Cell Research
  • Structural and functional diversity calls for a new classification of ABC transporters, 2020, FEBS Letters
  • Frequency of Pathogenic Germline Variants in Cancer-Susceptibility Genes in Patients With Osteosarcoma, 2020, JAMA Oncology
  • Dissecting spatial heterogeneity and the immune-evasion mechanism of CTCs by single-cell RNA-seq in hepatocellular carcinoma, 2021, Nature Communications

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Michael Dean include:

  • Meredith Yeager
  • Lisa Mirabello
  • Eduardo Gharzouzi
  • Isabel Rodriguez
  • Roberto Orozco

The primary publication venues for Michael Dean reflect a focus on high-impact and specialized journals. These venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 15 publications
  • Cancer Research with 14 publications
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology with 9 publications
  • Nature Communications with 6 publications
  • Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine with 5 publications

Best Publications

  • The BDNF val66met polymorphism affects activity-dependent secretion of BDNF and human memory and hippocampal function

    Michael F. Egan;Masami Kojima;Masami Kojima;Joseph H. Callicott;Terry E. Goldberg

  • Tumour stem cells and drug resistance

    Michael Dean;Tito Fojo;Susan Bates

  • Identification of the cystic fibrosis gene: Chromosome walking and jumping

    Johanna M. Rommens;Michael C. Iannuzzi;Bat Sheva Kerem;Mitchell L. Drumm

  • The Human ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporter Superfamily

    Michael Dean;Andrey Rzhetsky;Rando Allikmets

  • The human ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily

    Michael Dean;Yannick Hamon;Giovanna Chimini

  • Genetic Restriction of HIV-1 Infection and Progression to AIDS by a Deletion Allele of the CKR5 Structural Gene

    Michael Dean;Mary Carrington;Cheryl Winkler;Gavin A. Huttley

  • Mutations of the Human Homolog of Drosophila patched in the Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome

    Heidi Hahn;Carol Wicking;Peter G Zaphiropoulos;Mae R Gailani

  • A common haplotype in the complement regulatory gene factor H (HF1/CFH) predisposes individuals to age-related macular degeneration

    Gregory S. Hageman;Don H. Anderson;Lincoln V. Johnson;Lisa S. Hancox

  • Germline and Somatic Mutations in the Tyrosine Kinase Domain of the MET Proto-Oncogene in Papillary Renal Carcinomas

    L. Schmidt;F.-M. Duh;F. Chen;T. Kishida

  • A photoreceptor cell-specific ATP-binding transporter gene (ABCR) is mutated in recessive Stargardt macular dystrophy

    Rando Allikmets;Nanda Singh;Hui Sun;Noah F. Shroyer

  • Variation in factor B (BF) and complement component 2 (C2) genes is associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Bert Gold;Joanna E Merriam;Jana Zernant;Lisa S Hancox

  • The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

    Erica Sodergren;George M. Weinstock;Eric H. Davidson;R. Andrew Cameron

  • Contrasting Genetic Influence of CCR2 and CCR5 Variants on HIV-1 Infection and Disease Progression

    Michael W. Smith;Michael Dean;Mary Carrington;Cheryl Winkler

  • Mutation of the Stargardt Disease Gene (ABCR) in Age-related Macular Degeneration

    R. Allikmets;N. F. Shroyer;N. Singh;J. M. Seddon

  • A Human Placenta-specific ATP-Binding Cassette Gene (ABCP) on Chromosome 4q22 That Is Involved in Multidrug Resistance

    Rando Allikmets;Lynn M. Schriml;Amy Hutchinson;Vincenzo Romano-Spica

  • Molecular cloning of cDNAs which are highly overexpressed in mitoxantrone-resistant cells: demonstration of homology to ABC transport genes.

    Keisuke Miyake;Lyn Mickley;Thomas Litman;Zhirong Zhan

  • The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas.

    M R Gailani;M Ståhle-Bäckdahl;D J Leffell;M Glynn

  • Genetic Restriction of AIDS Pathogenesis by an SDF-1 Chemokine Gene Variant

    Cheryl Winkler;William Modi;Michael W. Smith;George W. Nelson

  • Cell-cycle control of c-myc but not c-ras expression is lost following chemical transformation

    Judith Campisi;Harry E. Gray;Arthur B. Pardee;Michael Dean

  • Identification of a gene, ABCG5, important in the regulation of dietary cholesterol absorption

    Mi-Hye Lee;Kangmo Lu;Star Hazard;Hongwei Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Rando Allikmets
Rando Allikmets Columbia University
Meredith Yeager
Meredith Yeager Hood College
Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
Mary Carrington
Mary Carrington Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Mark Leppert
Mark Leppert University of Utah
David Goldman
David Goldman National Institutes of Health
Amy Hutchinson
Amy Hutchinson National Cancer Institute
Alisa M. Goldstein
Alisa M. Goldstein National Institutes of Health
Damjan Glavač
Damjan Glavač University of Ljubljana

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