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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Chemistry D-index 62 Citations 12,126 136 World Ranking 4357 National Ranking 105

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Amino acid
  • Biochemistry

Metallothionein, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Cysteine, Crystallography and Molecule are his primary areas of study. His Metallothionein study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Hydroxyl radical, Xanthine oxidase, Glutathione, Vertebrate and Protein structure. His studies deal with areas such as Radical, Radiolysis, Photochemistry, Superoxide and Gene isoform as well as Cysteine.

His Crystallography study also includes

  • Metal together with Zinc,
  • Heteronuclear molecule which intersects with area such as Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and Analytical chemistry. Milan Vašák interconnects Turn, Stereochemistry and Amide in the investigation of issues within Molecule. His Stereochemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Metalloprotein, Inorganic chemistry and Reactivity.

His most cited work include:

  • Possible role for metallothionein in protection against radiation-induced oxidative stress. Kinetics and mechanism of its reaction with superoxide and hydroxyl radicals (915 citations)
  • Possible role for metallothionein in protection against radiation-induced oxidative stress. Kinetics and mechanism of its reaction with superoxide and hydroxyl radicals (915 citations)
  • Roles of the metallothionein family of proteins in the central nervous system (344 citations)

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

Milan Vašák spends much of his time researching Metallothionein, Crystallography, Metal, Stereochemistry and Cysteine. His study in Metallothionein is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Chromatography and Molecule. The various areas that Milan Vašák examines in his Crystallography study include Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Analytical chemistry, Absorption spectroscopy and Magnetic circular dichroism.

The Metal study combines topics in areas such as Inorganic chemistry, Zinc and Absorption. His Stereochemistry study deals with Amino acid intersecting with Proton NMR. His studies in Cysteine integrate themes in fields like Platinum, Glutathione and Hydroxyl radical.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Metallothionein (39.26%)
  • Crystallography (33.13%)
  • Metal (31.29%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2006-2017)?

  • Stereochemistry (31.29%)
  • Biochemistry (20.86%)
  • Metalloprotein (18.40%)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Stereochemistry, Biochemistry, Metalloprotein, Cysteine and Metallothionein. Milan Vašák combines subjects such as Adduct, Reactivity and Binding site with his study of Stereochemistry. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Biochemistry, focusing on Neurotoxicity and, on occasion, Signal transduction, Copper toxicity, Amyloid beta, Free-radical theory of aging and Hydroxyl radical.

His Metalloprotein study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Crystallography, Reactive oxygen species and Metal ions in aqueous solution. His work carried out in the field of Cysteine brings together such families of science as Zinc, Platinum and Gene isoform. Milan Vašák has researched Metallothionein in several fields, including Phenotype, Mutation, Central nervous system, Neuroinflammation and Cell biology.

Between 2006 and 2017, his most popular works were:

  • Chemistry and biology of mammalian metallothioneins (191 citations)
  • Metal swap between Zn7-metallothionein-3 and amyloid-beta-Cu protects against amyloid-beta toxicity. (151 citations)
  • Redox silencing of copper in metal-linked neurodegenerative disorders: reaction of Zn7metallothionein-3 with Cu2+ ions. (86 citations)

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

  • Enzyme
  • Biochemistry
  • Amino acid

Milan Vašák mainly focuses on Metalloprotein, Biochemistry, Metallothionein, Cysteine and Metal ions in aqueous solution. His Metalloprotein research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Reactive oxygen species and Aliphatic compound. In Biochemistry, he works on issues like Biophysics, which are connected to Redox, Copper, Free-radical theory of aging and Hydroxyl radical.

His research integrates issues of Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, Central nervous system, Immunology, Neuroinflammation and Gliosis in his study of Metallothionein. The study incorporates disciplines such as Biosynthesis, Platinum, Ligand, Cis–trans isomerism and Imidic acid in addition to Cysteine. His Metal ions in aqueous solution research includes elements of Crystallography, Circular dichroism, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and Magnetic circular dichroism.

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Best Publications

Possible role for metallothionein in protection against radiation-induced oxidative stress. Kinetics and mechanism of its reaction with superoxide and hydroxyl radicals

Paul J. Thornalley;Milan Vašák;Milan Vašák.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (1985)

1311 Citations

Roles of the metallothionein family of proteins in the central nervous system

Juan Hidalgo;Michael Aschner;Paolo Zatta;Milan Vašák.
Brain Research Bulletin (2001)

527 Citations

Metallothioneins: new functional and structural insights.

Milan Vašák;Daniel W Hasler.
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology (2000)

513 Citations

Advances in metallothionein structure and functions

Milan Vašák.
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology (2005)

441 Citations

Systematic application of high‐resolution, phase‐sensitive two‐dimensional 1H‐NMR techniques for the identification of the amino‐acid‐proton spin systems in proteins

David Neuhaus;Gerhard Wagner;Milan Vašák;Jeremias H. R. Kägi.
FEBS Journal (1985)

400 Citations

Three-dimensional structure of rabbit liver [Cd7]metallothionein-2a in aqueous solution determined by nuclear magnetic resonance.

Alexandre Arseniev;Peter Schultze;Erich Wörgötter;Werner Braun.
Journal of Molecular Biology (1991)

347 Citations

Advances in the structure and chemistry of metallothioneins.

Núria Romero-Isart;Milan Vašák.
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (2002)

323 Citations

Comparison of the NMR solution structure and the x-ray crystal structure of rat metallothionein-2

Werner Braun;M. Vašák;A. H. Robbins;C. D. Stout.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1992)

266 Citations

Chemistry and biology of mammalian metallothioneins

Milan Vašák;Gabriele Meloni;Gabriele Meloni.
Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (2011)

258 Citations

Activity of metal-responsive transcription factor 1 by toxic heavy metals and H2O2 in vitro is modulated by metallothionein.

Bo Zhang;Oleg Georgiev;Michael Hagmann;Çagatay Günes.
Molecular and Cellular Biology (2003)

255 Citations

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