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Thomas C. Spelsberg

Thomas C. Spelsberg

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
33072
World Ranking
10857
National Ranking
5587

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
33179
World Ranking
2092
National Ranking
1141

Thomas C. Spelsberg publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. Spelsberg sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 372 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Thomas C. Spelsberg D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. Spelsberg sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas C. Spelsberg is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology as a subfield. The scientist's main topics of work include Kruppel-like factors research, RNA research and splicing, and RNA modifications and cancer.

The publications of Thomas C. Spelsberg include the following recent papers:

  • Identification of androgen receptors in normal human osteoblast-like cells, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Kruppel-like factor 10 protects against acute viral myocarditis by negatively regulating cardiac MCP-1 expression, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Jie Yang
  • Hongkai Zhang
  • Xuelian Wang
  • Jing Guo
  • Lin Wei

The scientist's work has been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Evidence of estrogen receptors in normal human osteoblast-like cells

    EF Eriksen;DS Colvard;DS Colvard;NJ Berg;NJ Berg;ML Graham;ML Graham

  • Stimulation of osteoprotegerin ligand and inhibition of osteoprotegerin production by glucocorticoids in human osteoblastic lineage cells: potential paracrine mechanisms of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.

    L C Hofbauer;F Gori;B L Riggs;D L Lacey

  • Skeletal Effects of Estrogen

    Turner Rt;Riggs Bl;Spelsberg Tc

  • Human Aortic Valve Calcification Is Associated With an Osteoblast Phenotype

    Nalini M. Rajamannan;Malayannan Subramaniam;David Rickard;Stuart R. Stock

  • Estrogen stimulates gene expression and protein production of osteoprotegerin in human osteoblastic cells.

    Lorenz C. Hofbauer;Sundeep Khosla;Colin R. Dunstan;David L. Lacey

  • Interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α, but not interleukin-6, stimulate osteoprotegerin ligand gene expression in human osteoblastic cells

    L.C Hofbauer;D.L Lacey;C.R Dunstan;T.C Spelsberg

  • Development and characterization of a conditionally immortalized human fetal osteoblastic cell line.

    S A Harris;R J Enger;B L Riggs;T C Spelsberg

  • Nonhistone Chromosomal Proteins and Gene Regulation

    Gary S. Stein;Thomas C. Spelsberg;Lewis J. Kleinsmith

  • Identification of androgen receptors in normal human osteoblast-like cells

    D S Colvard;E F Eriksen;P E Keeting;E M Wilson

  • Avian osteoclasts as estrogen target cells.

    M J Oursler;P Osdoby;J Pyfferoen;B L Riggs

  • Bisphosphonates directly regulate cell proliferation, differentiation, and gene expression in human osteoblasts.

    Gregory G. Reinholz;Barbara Getz;Larry Pederson;Emily S. Sanders

  • Isolation and characterization of osteoblast precursor cells from human bone marrow

    David J. Rickard;Moustapha Kassem;Theresa E. Hefferan;Gobinda Sarkar

  • Human degenerative valve disease is associated with up-regulation of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 receptor-mediated bone formation.

    Frank C. Caira;Stuart R. Stock;Thomas G. Gleason;Edwin C. McGee

  • Osteoprotegerin production by human osteoblast lineage cells is stimulated by vitamin D, bone morphogenetic protein-2, and cytokines.

    Lorenz C. Hofbauer;Colin R. Dunstan;Thomas C. Spelsberg;B.Lawrence Riggs

  • Atorvastatin Inhibits Hypercholesterolemia-Induced Cellular Proliferation and Bone Matrix Production in the Rabbit Aortic Valve

    Nalini M. Rajamannan;Malayannan Subramaniam;Margaret Springett;Thomas C. Sebo

  • Differentiation of Human Marrow Stromal Precursor Cells: Bone Morphogenetic Protein‐2 Increases OSF2/CBFA1, Enhances Osteoblast Commitment, and Inhibits Late Adipocyte Maturation

    Francesca Gori;Thierry Thomas;Kevin C. Hicok;Thomas C. Spelsberg

  • The expression of osteoprotegerin and RANK ligand and the support of osteoclast formation by stromal-osteoblast lineage cells is developmentally regulated.

    Francesca Gori;Lorenz C. Hofbauer;Colin R. Dunstan;Thomas C. Spelsberg

  • Identification of a novel TGF-β-regulated gene encoding a putative zinc finger protein in human osteoblasts

    Malayannan Subramaniam;Steven A. Harris;Merry Jo Oursler;Kay Rasmussen

  • Modulation of Transforming Growth Factor-β Production in Normal Human Osteoblast-Like Cells by 17β-Estradiol and Parathyroid Hormone

    Merry Jo Oursler;Case Cortese;Philip Keeting;Marlys A. Anderson

  • Evidence of estrogen receptors in normal human osteoblast-like cells

    Erik F. Eriksen;Douglas S. Colvard;Nicholas J. Berg;Mark L. Graham

Frequent Co-Authors

Sundeep Khosla
Sundeep Khosla Mayo Clinic
Russell T. Turner
Russell T. Turner Oregon State University
James N. Ingle
James N. Ingle Mayo Clinic
Matthew P. Goetz
Matthew P. Goetz Mayo Clinic
James P. Landers
James P. Landers University of Virginia
Robert O. Bonow
Robert O. Bonow Northwestern University
Wilma L. Lingle
Wilma L. Lingle Mayo Clinic
Karl C. Podratz
Karl C. Podratz Mayo Clinic

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