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60
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15700
World Ranking
11804
National Ranking
15

Overview

Michal Pravenec is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research spans multiple fields primarily centered on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. The scientist has contributed substantially in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Physiology, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their scientific work addresses a variety of topics, including:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity

Pravenec's publications feature frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Physiological Research
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Biomedicines
  • Journal of Hypertension

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a consistent group of co-authors, including Jan Šilhavý, Petr Mlejnek, Miroslava Šimáková, Hana Malínská, and Martina Hüttl.

Among recent notable papers are:

  • "Rat PRDM9 shapes recombination landscapes, duration of meiosis, gametogenesis, and age of fertility" (2021), published in BMC Biology
  • "Hepatic Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Lack of Acsm3 Expression in Polydactylous Rats with High-Fat Diet-Induced Hypertriglyceridemia and Visceral Fat Accumulation" (2021), published in Nutrients
  • "No evidence of racial disparities in blood pressure salt sensitivity when potassium intake exceeds levels recommended in the US dietary guidelines" (2021), published in American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • "A revamped rat reference genome improves the discovery of genetic diversity in laboratory rats" (2024), published in Cell Genomics
  • "A trans locus causes a ribosomopathy in hypertrophic hearts that affects mRNA translation in a protein length-dependent fashion" (2021), published in Genome biology

Best Publications

  • Identification of Telmisartan as a Unique Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist With Selective PPARγ–Modulating Activity

    Stephen C. Benson;Harrihar A. Pershadsingh;Christopher I. Ho;Amar Chittiboyina

  • The Collaborative Cross, a community resource for the genetic analysis of complex traits

    Gary A. Churchill;David C. Airey;Hooman Allayee;Joe M. Angel

  • Identification of Cd36 ( Fat ) as an insulin-resistance gene causing defective fatty acid and glucose metabolism in hypertensive rats

    Timothy J. Aitman;Anne M. Glazier;Caroline A. Wallace;Lisa D. Cooper

  • A genetic linkage map of the laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus

    Howard J. Jacob;Howard J. Jacob;Donna M. Brown;Ruth K. Bunker;Mark J. Daly

  • Integrated transcriptional profiling and linkage analysis for identification of genes underlying disease

    Norbert Hubner;Caroline A Wallace;Heike Zimdahl;Enrico Petretto

  • Progress and prospects in rat genetics: a community view.

    Timothy J Aitman;John K Critser;Edwin Cuppen;Anna Dominiczak

  • A trans-acting locus regulates an anti-viral expression network and type 1 diabetes risk

    Matthias Heinig;Enrico Petretto;Chris Wallace;Leonardo Bottolo

  • Antidiabetic mechanisms of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists: beyond the renin-angiotensin system.

    Theodore W Kurtz;Michal Pravenec

  • Heritability and Tissue Specificity of Expression Quantitative Trait Loci

    Enrico Petretto;Jonathan Mangion;Nicholas J Dickens;Stuart A Cook

  • An analysis of spontaneous hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats by means of new recombinant inbred strains.

    M Pravenec;P Klír;V Kren;J Zicha

  • Distribution and functional impact of DNA copy number variation in the rat

    Victor Guryev;Kathrin Saar;Tatjana Adamovic;Mark Verheul

  • Transgenic rescue of defective Cd36 ameliorates insulin resistance in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

    Pravenec M;Landa;Zidek;Musilova A

  • Cosegregation of blood pressure with a kallikrein gene family polymorphism.

    M Pravenec;V Kren;J Kunes;A G Scicli

  • Defective Fatty Acid Uptake in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Is a Primary Determinant of Altered Glucose Metabolism, Hyperinsulinemia, and Myocardial Hypertrophy

    Tahar Hajri;Azeddine Ibrahimi;Chris T. Coburn;F.F. Knapp

  • SNP and haplotype mapping for genetic analysis in the rat

    Kathrin Saar;Alfred Beck;Marie-Thérèse Bihoreau;Ewan Birney

  • Telmisartan But Not Valsartan Increases Caloric Expenditure and Protects Against Weight Gain and Hepatic Steatosis

    Ken Sugimoto;Nathan R. Qi;Ludmila Kazdová;Michal Pravenec

  • Mapping of quantitative trait loci for blood pressure and cardiac mass in the rat by genome scanning of recombinant inbred strains.

    M Pravenec;D Gauguier;J J Schott;J Buard

  • Integrated genomic approaches implicate osteoglycin ( Ogn ) in the regulation of left ventricular mass

    Enrico Petretto;Rizwan Sarwar;Ian Grieve;Han Lu

  • Quantitative trait loci for cellular defects in glucose and fatty acid metabolism in hypertensive rats.

    TJ Aitman;T Gotoda;AL Evans;H Imrie

  • Genetical genomic determinants of alcohol consumption in rats and humans

    Boris Tabakoff;Laura Saba;Morton Printz;Pam Flodman

Frequent Co-Authors

Theodore W. Kurtz
Theodore W. Kurtz University of California, San Francisco
Vladimir Kren
Vladimir Kren Czech Academy of Sciences
Norbert Hubner
Norbert Hubner Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Timothy J. Aitman
Timothy J. Aitman University of Edinburgh
Vladimír Křen
Vladimír Křen Czech Academy of Sciences
Stuart A. Cook
Stuart A. Cook Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Enrico Petretto
Enrico Petretto Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Pavel Hamet
Pavel Hamet University of Montreal
Howard J. Jacob
Howard J. Jacob AbbVie (United States)
Zsuzsanna Izsvák
Zsuzsanna Izsvák Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

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