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Michael L. Shelanski

Michael L. Shelanski

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
29821
World Ranking
4012
National Ranking
1982

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Michael L. Shelanski is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific contributions to Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Michael L. Shelanski's recent publications include:

  • "Genuine selective caspase-2 inhibition with new irreversible small peptidomimetics" (2022) in Cell Death and Disease
  • "Rapid ATF4 Depletion Resets Synaptic Responsiveness after cLTP" (2021) in eNeuro

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Elodie Bosc
  • Julie Anastasie
  • Feryel Soualmia
  • Pascale Coric
  • Ju Youn Kim

These collaborations also align with the publication venues where they have contributed, notably Cell Death and Disease and eNeuro.

Michael L. Shelanski has been recognized by several honors during their career, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1999 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1973.

Best Publications

  • Microtubule Assembly in the Absence of Added Nucleotides

    Michael L. Shelanski;Felicia Gaskin;Charles R. Cantor

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Primary age-related tauopathy (PART): a common pathology associated with human aging

    John F. Crary;John Q. Trojanowski;Julie A. Schneider;Jose F. Abisambra

  • Primary care outcomes in patients treated by nurse practitioners or physicians: a randomized trial.

    Mary O. Mundinger;Robert L. Kane;Elizabeth R. Lenz;Annette M. Totten

  • The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) database: the Uniform Data Set.

    Duane L. Beekly;Erin M. Ramos;William W. Lee;Woodrow D. Deitrich

  • Synergistic Effects of Traumatic Head Injury and Apolipoprotein-epsilon4 in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

    R. Mayeux;R. Ottman;G. Maestre;C. Ngai

  • Astroglia in CNS injury

    Mary E. Hatten;Ronald K. H. Liem;Michael L. Shelanski;Corol A. Mason

  • Amyloid β-peptide inhibition of the PKA/CREB pathway and long-term potentiation: Reversibility by drugs that enhance cAMP signaling

    Ottavio V. Vitolo;Antonino Sant'Angelo;Vincenzo Costanzo;Fortunato Battaglia

  • Persistent improvement in synaptic and cognitive functions in an Alzheimer mouse model after rolipram treatment

    Bing Gong;Ottavio V. Vitolo;Fabrizio Trinchese;Shumin Liu

  • Ubiquitin Hydrolase Uch-L1 Rescues β-Amyloid-Induced Decreases in Synaptic Function and Contextual Memory

    Bing Gong;Zixuan Cao;Ping Zheng;Ottavio V. Vitolo

  • Sequence of a cDNA clone encoding mouse glial fibrillary acidic protein: structural conservation of intermediate filaments

    Sally A. Lewis;Joanna M. Balcarek;Veronica Krek;Michael Shelanski

  • Caspase-2 Mediates Neuronal Cell Death Induced by β-Amyloid

    Carol M. Troy;Sylvia A. Rabacchi;Wilma J. Friedman;Thierry F. Frappier

  • Down-regulation of copper/zinc superoxide dismutase causes apoptotic death in PC12 neuronal cells.

    Carol M. Troy;Michael L. Shelanski

  • Cyclin-dependent Kinases Participate in Death of Neurons Evoked by DNA-damaging Agents

    David S. Park;Erick J. Morris;Jaya Padmanabhan;Michael L. Shelanski

  • Downregulation of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase leads to cell death via the nitric oxide-peroxynitrite pathway

    CM Troy;D Derossi;A Prochiantz;LA Greene

  • Role of Cell Cycle Regulatory Proteins in Cerebellar Granule Neuron Apoptosis

    Jaya Padmanabhan;David S. Park;Lloyd A. Greene;Michael L. Shelanski

  • Synaptic changes in Alzheimer's disease and its models.

    J. Pozueta;R. Lefort;M.L. Shelanski

  • Apolipoprotein E and alzheimer's disease: Ethnic variation in genotypic risks

    Gladys Maestre;Gladys Maestre;Ruth Ottman;Yaakov Stern;Barry J. Gurland;Barry J. Gurland

  • Dendrite and dendritic spine alterations in Alzheimer models.

    Donna L Moolman;Ottavio V Vitolo;Jean-Paul G Vonsattel;Michael L Shelanski

  • Suppression by antisense mRNA demonstrates a requirement for the glial fibrillary acidic protein in the formation of stable astrocytic processes in response to neurons

    David E. Weinstein;Michael L. Shelanski;Ronald K. H. Liem

Frequent Co-Authors

Lloyd A. Greene
Lloyd A. Greene Columbia University
Ottavio Arancio
Ottavio Arancio Columbia University
Ronald K.H. Liem
Ronald K.H. Liem Columbia University
Bing Gong
Bing Gong University at Buffalo, State University of New York
David S. Park
David S. Park New York University
Richard Mayeux
Richard Mayeux Columbia University
Leonidas Stefanis
Leonidas Stefanis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Bradley T. Hyman
Bradley T. Hyman Harvard University
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Peter St George-Hyslop
Peter St George-Hyslop Columbia University

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