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Richard A. F. Dixon

Richard A. F. Dixon

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
24633
World Ranking
8465
National Ranking
3807

Overview

Richard A. F. Dixon is affiliated with MSD in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Plant Science.

Their research interests cover several key topics such as:

  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling
  • Peripheral Artery Disease Management

Dixon has published multiple papers in a range of prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Circulation
  • Value in Health
  • ESC Heart Failure
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some of the recent research outputs are:

  • Prognostic factors of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a systematic review, 2021, ESC Heart Failure
  • A machine learning model to estimate myocardial stiffness from EDPVR, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Contractile Adaptation of the Left Ventricle Post-myocardial Infarction: Predictions by Rodent-Specific Computational Modeling, 2022, Annals of Biomedical Engineering
  • Therapeutic angiogenesis and tissue revascularization in ischemic vascular disease, 2023, Journal of Biological Engineering
  • Role of Low-Density Lipoprotein in Early Vascular Aging Associated With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology

The scientist frequently collaborates with various researchers, including:

  • Pengyang Li
  • Qi Liu
  • Su Pan
  • Peng Cai
  • Catherine Teng

Best Publications

  • Active human immunodeficiency virus protease is required for viral infectivity.

    Nancy E. Kohl;Emilio A. Emini;William A. Schleif;Lenora J. Davis

  • Structure and Function of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

    Catherine D. Strader;Tung Ming Fong;Michael R. Tota;Dennis Underwood

  • Cloning of the gene and cDNA for mammalian β -adrenergic receptor and homology with rhodopsin

    Richard A. F. Dixon;Brian K. Kobilka;David J. Strader;Jeffrey L. Benovic

  • Requirement of a 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein for leukotriene synthesis

    R. A. F. Dixon;R. E. Diehl;E. Opas;E. Rands

  • Flavonoids and isoflavonoids – a gold mine for metabolic engineering

    Richard A Dixon;Christopher L Steele

  • cDNA for the human beta 2-adrenergic receptor: a protein with multiple membrane-spanning domains and encoded by a gene whose chromosomal location is shared with that of the receptor for platelet-derived growth factor.

    Brian K. Kobilka;Richard A. F. Dixon;Thomas Frielle;Henrik G. Dohlman

  • Structural basis of beta-adrenergic receptor function.

    Catherine D. Strader;Irving S. Sigal;Richard A. F. Dixon

  • Identification of Two Serine Residues Involved in Agonist Activation of the β-Adrenergic Receptor

    Catherine D. Strader;Mari Rios Candelore;Wendy S. Hill;Irving S. Sigal

  • Conserved aspartic acid residues 79 and 113 of the beta-adrenergic receptor have different roles in receptor function.

    C D Strader;I S Sigal;M R Candelore;E Rands

  • Cloning of bovine GAP and its interaction with oncogenic ras p21

    Ursula S. Vogel;Richard A. F. Dixon;Michael D. Schaber;Ronald E. Diehl

  • Identification and isolation of a membrane protein necessary for leukotriene production

    Douglas K. Miller;John W. Gillard;Philip J. Vickers;Sharon Sadowski

  • Identification of residues required for ligand binding to the beta-adrenergic receptor.

    C.D. Strader;I.S. Sigal;R.B. Register;M.R. Candelore

  • Structural features required for ligand binding to the beta-adrenergic receptor.

    R. A. F. Dixon;I. S. Sigal;M. R. Candelore;R. B. Register

  • Ligand binding to the β -adrenergic receptor involves its rhodopsin-like core

    R. A. F. Dixon;I. S. Sigal;E. Rands;R. B. Register

  • Modulation of guanine nucleotides bound to Ras in NIH3T3 cells by oncogenes, growth factors, and the GTPase activating protein (GAP).

    J. B. Gibbs;M. S. Marshall;E. M. Scolnick;R. A. F. Dixon

  • Mutations that uncouple the beta-adrenergic receptor from Gs and increase agonist affinity.

    C D Strader;R A Dixon;A H Cheung;M R Candelore

  • Crystallographic analysis of a complex between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease and acetyl-pepstatin at 2.0-A resolution.

    P. M. D. Fitzgerald;B. M. Mckeever;J. F. Vanmiddlesworth;J. P. Springer

  • Delineation of the intronless nature of the genes for the human and hamster beta 2-adrenergic receptor and their putative promoter regions.

    B K Kobilka;T Frielle;H G Dohlman;M A Bolanowski

  • The Biosynthesis of Monolignols: A "Metabolic Grid", or Independent Pathways to Guaiacyl and Syringyl Units?

    Richard A Dixon;Fang Chen;Dianjing Guo;Kota Parvathi

  • Allele-specific activation of genetically engineered receptors.

    C D Strader;T Gaffney;E E Sugg;M R Candelore

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine D. Strader
Catherine D. Strader MSD (United States)
James T. Willerson
James T. Willerson The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Mark S. Marshall
Mark S. Marshall Indiana University
Jackson B. Gibbs
Jackson B. Gibbs George Washington University
Edward M. Scolnick
Edward M. Scolnick Broad Institute
George P. Vlasuk
George P. Vlasuk Navitor Pharmaceuticals
Nancy E. Kohl
Nancy E. Kohl Unnatural Products
Charles S. Craik
Charles S. Craik University of California, San Francisco
Joseph A. Mancini
Joseph A. Mancini MSD (United States)
Mona Nemer
Mona Nemer University of Ottawa

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