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Biology and Biochemistry
USA
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
162
Citations
89582
World Ranking
116
National Ranking
89

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • DNA

Michael J. Welsh spends much of his time researching Cell biology, Heat shock protein, Glucocorticoid receptor, Cytoplasm and Biochemistry. His work on Mitosis as part of general Cell biology study is frequently linked to Cleavage furrow, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Heat shock protein, Nucleus, Phosphorylation and Binding site is strongly linked to Chaperone.

His work in Glucocorticoid receptor addresses subjects such as Molecular biology, which are connected to disciplines such as Glucocorticoid, Receptor expression, Cell nucleus and Chinese hamster ovary cell. In the field of Biochemistry, his study on HSPA2, HSPA4, Size-exclusion chromatography and Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases overlaps with subjects such as HSPA12A. His Actinin, alpha 1 research includes elements of Endocrinology, Internal medicine and Actin.

His most cited work include:

  • REGULATION OF THE TESTIS SERTOLI CELL BY FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE (216 citations)
  • Calcium-dependent regulator protein: localization in mitotic apparatus of eukaryotic cells. (193 citations)
  • Hormone-free mouse glucocorticoid receptors overexpressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells are localized to the nucleus and are associated with both hsp70 and hsp90 (175 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Michael J. Welsh mainly investigates Cell biology, Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Molecular biology and Sertoli cell. The Cell biology study combines topics in areas such as Heat shock protein and Calmodulin. His Endocrinology study incorporates themes from Epithelium and Andrology.

His Internal medicine study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Protein phosphorylation and Akt/PKB signaling pathway. Michael J. Welsh has included themes like Gene expression, Gene, DNA and Cytoskeleton in his Molecular biology study. His biological study deals with issues like In vitro, which deal with fields such as Stimulation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Cell biology (42.86%)
  • Endocrinology (23.81%)
  • Internal medicine (23.81%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2001-2018)?

  • Cell biology (42.86%)
  • Molecular biology (24.60%)
  • Gene (7.14%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Michael J. Welsh mainly focuses on Cell biology, Molecular biology, Gene, Gene expression and Genetics. His Cell biology research includes elements of Endocrinology and Contraction. The concepts of his Endocrinology study are interwoven with issues in Cancer and Cancer research.

As a part of the same scientific family, Michael J. Welsh mostly works in the field of Molecular biology, focusing on DNA and, on occasion, Subcloning. His work on RNA, SMN1, Dot blot and Northwestern blot is typically connected to RNA Helicase A as part of general Gene study, connecting several disciplines of science. His Gene expression research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Downregulation and upregulation and Computational biology.

Between 2001 and 2018, his most popular works were:

  • The sperm outer dense fiber protein is the 10th member of the superfamily of mammalian small stress proteins (127 citations)
  • Interaction of human HSP22 (HSPB8) with other small heat shock proteins (112 citations)
  • Interactions of HSP22 (HSPB8) with HSP20, αB-crystallin, and HSPB3 (76 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • DNA

Hsp27, Cell biology, Biochemistry, Heat shock protein and Phosphorylation are his primary areas of study. Many of his studies on Cell biology apply to Integrin as well. His study looks at the intersection of Biochemistry and topics like Förster resonance energy transfer with Cardiac muscle, Small Heat-Shock Proteins, Yeast, Total protein and αb crystallin.

His Heat shock protein study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Filamentous actin, Actin cytoskeleton, Pancreas, Molecular biology and Acute pancreatitis. In his research on the topic of Phosphorylation, Endothelium, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, Endothelial stem cell and Signal transduction is strongly related with Kinase. His work carried out in the field of Signal transduction brings together such families of science as Endocrinology and Internal medicine.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of the testis sertoli cell by follicle stimulating hormone.

    A. R. Means;J. R. Dedman;J. S. Tash;D. J. Tindall

  • Calcium-dependent regulator protein: localization in mitotic apparatus of eukaryotic cells.

    Michael J. Welsh;John R. Dedman;B. R. Brinkley;Anthony R. Means

  • Tubulin and calmodulin. Effects of microtubule and microfilament inhibitors on localization in the mitotic apparatus.

    M J Welsh;J R Dedman;B R Brinkley;A R Means

  • Heat shock protein 90-dependent (geldanamycin-inhibited) movement of the glucocorticoid receptor through the cytoplasm to the nucleus requires intact cytoskeleton

    Mario D. Galigniana;Jennifer L. Scruggs;James Herrington;Michael J. Welsh

  • Rat sertoli cells: a rapid method for obtaining viable cells.

    Michael J. Welsh;John P. Wiebe

  • Ca2+-dependent regulator. Production and characterization of a monospecific antibody.

    J R Dedman;M J Welsh;A R Means

  • Hormone-free mouse glucocorticoid receptors overexpressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells are localized to the nucleus and are associated with both hsp70 and hsp90

    E. R. Sanchez;M. Hirst;L. C. Scherrer;Hsin-Yi Tang

  • Small Heat-Shock Protein Family: Function in Health and Disease

    Michael J. Welsh;Mattias Gaestel

  • Cadmium in vivo causes disruption of tight junction-associated microfilaments in rat Sertoli cells.

    Kok-Wah Hew;Georgia L. Heath;Asmina H. Jiwa;Michael J. Welsh

  • Evidence that the FK506-binding immunophilin heat shock protein 56 is required for trafficking of the glucocorticoid receptor from the cytoplasm to the nucleus.

    Michael J. Czar;Robert H. Lyons;Michael J. Welsh;Jack Michel Renoir

  • A single low cadmium dose causes failure of spermiation in the rat.

    Kok-Wah Hew;W. A. Ericson;M. J. Welsh

  • The sperm outer dense fiber protein is the 10th member of the superfamily of mammalian small stress proteins

    Jean-Marc Fontaine;Joshua S. Rest;Michael J. Welsh;Rainer Benndorf

  • Interaction of human HSP22 (HSPB8) with other small heat shock proteins

    Xiankui Sun;Jean-Marc Fontaine;Joshua S. Rest;Eric A. Shelden

  • HSP22, a New Member of the Small Heat Shock Protein Superfamily, Interacts with Mimic of Phosphorylated HSP27 (3DHSP27)

    Rainer Benndorf;Xiankui Sun;Robert R. Gilmont;Kelli J. Biederman

  • Podocyte alpha-actinin induction precedes foot process effacement in experimental nephrotic syndrome

    William E. Smoyer;Peter Mundel;Avneesh Gupta;Michael J. Welsh

  • Evidence that the 90-kilodalton heat shock protein is associated with tubulin-containing complexes in L cell cytosol and in intact PtK cells.

    Edwin R. Sanchez;Timothy Redmond;Lawrence C. Scherrer;Emery H. Bresnick

  • Chaperone functions of the heat shock proteins associated with steroid receptors

    William B. Pratt;Michael J. Welsh

  • Interaction of the glucocorticoid receptor with the Mr 90,000 heat shock protein: an evolving model of ligand-mediated receptor transformation and translocation.

    William B. Pratt;Edwin R. Sanchez;Emery H. Bresnick;Soheil Meshinchi

  • Calmodulin binds to chick lens gap junction protein in a calcium-independent manner

    Michael J. Welsh;Jon C. Aster;Mark Ireland;Jose Alcala

  • Interactions of HSP22 (HSPB8) with HSP20, αB-crystallin, and HSPB3

    Jean-Marc Fontaine;Xiankui Sun;Rainer Benndorf;Michael J. Welsh

Frequent Co-Authors

William B. Pratt
William B. Pratt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Anthony R. Means
Anthony R. Means Baylor College of Medicine
John R. Dedman
John R. Dedman University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Emery H. Bresnick
Emery H. Bresnick University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mohammed N. Islam
Mohammed N. Islam University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
J. Richard McIntosh
J. Richard McIntosh University of Colorado Boulder
Jon C. Aster
Jon C. Aster Harvard Medical School
Margaret E. Gnegy
Margaret E. Gnegy University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John A. Williams
John A. Williams University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Derek L. Stemple
Derek L. Stemple Camena Bioscience

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