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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
15069
World Ranking
7491
National Ranking
3412

Michael K. Pangburn publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 153 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Michael K. Pangburn D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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This scientist: 69 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael K. Pangburn is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions to the understanding of the complement system and related infectious diseases.

Their work spans several fields of study, including:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine

Subfields of their research include:

  • Immunology
  • Microbiology
  • Genetics
  • General Health Professions
  • Parasitology

Key research topics covered by Michael K. Pangburn are:

  • Complement system in diseases
  • Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments

Recent publications by Pangburn include:

  • Initiation of the alternative pathway of complement and the history of "tickover" (2022), published in Immunological Reviews
  • Characterization of Binding Properties of Individual Functional Sites of Human Complement Factor H (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • A novel assay that characterizes properdin function shows neutrophil-derived properdin has a distinct oligomeric distribution (2023), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • Identification of intermolecular bonds between human factor B and Cobra Venom Factor important for C3 convertase stability (2020), published in Toxicon
  • Binding of C4b-binding protein: A molecular mechanism of serum resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (2021), published in UNC Libraries

Michael K. Pangburn frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors being:

  • Sanjay Ram
  • Sunita Gulati
  • Daniel P. McQuillen
  • Viviana P. Ferreira
  • Méabh Cullinane

The venues in which Pangburn has published their research most often include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Immunological Reviews
  • Toxicon
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Best Publications

  • Human complement C3b inactivator: isolation, characterization, and demonstration of an absolute requirement for the serum protein beta1H for cleavage of C3b and C4b in solution.

    M K Pangburn;R D Schreiber;H J Müller-Eberhard

  • Formation of the initial C3 convertase of the alternative complement pathway. Acquisition of C3b-like activities by spontaneous hydrolysis of the putative thioester in native C3.

    Michael K. Pangburn;Robert D. Schreiber;Hans J. Muller-Eberhard

  • Discrimination between activators and nonactivators of the alternative pathway of complement: regulation via a sialic acid/polyanion binding site on factor H.

    Seppo Meri;Michael K. Pangburn

  • Complement C3 convertase: Cell surface restriction of β1H control and generation of restriction on neuraminidase-treated cells

    Michael K. Pangburn;Hans J. Müller-Eberhard

  • Complement control protein factor H: The good, the bad, and the inadequate

    Viviana P. Ferreira;Michael K. Pangburn;Claudio Cortés

  • Relation of putative thioester bond in C3 to activation of the alternative pathway and the binding of C3b to biological targets of complement.

    Michael K. Pangburn;Hans J. Muller-Eberhard

  • Deficiency of an erythrocyte membrane protein with complement regulatory activity in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

    Michael K. Pangburn;Robert D. Schreiber;Hans J. Muller-Eberhard

  • The Alternative Pathway of Complement

    Michael K. Pangburn;Hans J. Müller-Eberhard

  • Binding of C4b-binding protein to porin: a molecular mechanism of serum resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Sanjay Ram;Meabh Cullinane;Anna M. Blom;Sunita Gulati

  • PspC, a pneumococcal surface protein, binds human factor H.

    Sandhya Dave;Alexis Brooks-Walter;Michael K. Pangburn;Larry S. McDaniel

  • Activation of the Alternative Pathway of Complement by a Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotide: Potential Mechanism of Action

    Scott P. Henry;Patricia C. Giclas;Janet Leeds;Michael Pangburn

  • Nucleophilic modification of human complement protein C3: correlation of conformational changes with acquisition of C3b-like functional properties

    David E. Isenman;David I. C. Kells;Neil R. Cooper;Hans J. Mueller-Eberhard

  • Localization of the heparin-binding site on complement factor H.

    M. K. Pangburn;M. A. L. Atkinson;S. Meri

  • Host recognition and target differentiation by factor H, a regulator of the alternative pathway of complement.

    Michael K Pangburn

  • Initiation of the alternative pathway of complement: recognition of activators by bound C3b and assembly of the entire pathway from six isolated proteins

    Robert D. Schreiber;Michael K. Pangburn;Philippe H. Lesavre;Hans J. Muller-Eberhard

  • Cutting Edge: Localization of the Host Recognition Functions of Complement Factor H at the Carboxyl-Terminal: Implications for Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

    Michael K. Pangburn

  • Regulation of Alternative Pathway Complement Activation by Glycosaminoglycans: Specificity of the Polyanion Binding Site on Factor H

    S. Meri;M.K. Pangburn

  • Critical role of the C-terminal domains of factor H in regulating complement activation at cell surfaces.

    Viviana P. Ferreira;Andrew P. Herbert;Henry G. Hocking;Paul N. Barlow

  • Properdin binds to sulfatide [Gal(3-SO4)beta 1-1 Cer] and has a sequence homology with other proteins that bind sulfated glycoconjugates.

    G D Holt;M K Pangburn;V Ginsburg

  • Molecular architecture of human properdin, a positive regulator of the alternative pathway of complement.

    C A Smith;M K Pangburn;C W Vogel;H J Müller-Eberhard

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul N. Barlow
Paul N. Barlow University of Edinburgh
Larry S. McDaniel
Larry S. McDaniel University of Mississippi Medical Center
Dušan Uhrín
Dušan Uhrín University of Edinburgh
Peter A. Rice
Peter A. Rice University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Sanjay Ram
Sanjay Ram University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Anna M. Blom
Anna M. Blom Lund University
Björn Dahlbäck
Björn Dahlbäck Lund University
Seppo Meri
Seppo Meri University of Helsinki
V. Michael Holers
V. Michael Holers University of Colorado Denver
Stephen Tomlinson
Stephen Tomlinson Medical University of South Carolina

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