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Brandon Pierce

Concepts (335)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Arsenic
30
2026
294
8.950
Why?
DNA Methylation
14
2026
735
5.400
Why?
Telomere
13
2026
131
4.390
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
41
2026
1859
3.380
Why?
Environmental Exposure
21
2026
405
3.240
Why?
Telomere Homeostasis
7
2026
32
3.040
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
41
2026
2574
2.860
Why?
Arsenic Poisoning
11
2023
104
2.850
Why?
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
31
2026
2579
2.480
Why?
Bangladesh
31
2026
361
2.440
Why?
Aging
7
2026
770
2.410
Why?
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
13
2026
54
2.310
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
12
2026
665
2.280
Why?
Methyltransferases
7
2025
220
2.130
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
8
2026
156
2.070
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
9
2026
589
1.970
Why?
Prostatic Neoplasms
13
2025
1842
1.760
Why?
Gene-Environment Interaction
7
2018
125
1.710
Why?
Arsenicals
5
2023
49
1.520
Why?
CpG Islands
6
2026
177
1.440
Why?
Chromosomes, Human
2
2026
69
1.440
Why?
Skin Diseases
8
2019
178
1.410
Why?
Genetic Variation
14
2024
1454
1.370
Why?
Drinking Water
6
2026
80
1.330
Why?
Telomere Shortening
4
2020
24
1.210
Why?
Organ Specificity
6
2025
287
1.170
Why?
Male
66
2026
47263
1.120
Why?
Humans
109
2026
98370
1.110
Why?
Multifactorial Inheritance
8
2025
236
1.020
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
12
2026
1296
1.010
Why?
Middle Aged
49
2026
29532
0.980
Why?
Aged
41
2026
21844
0.920
Why?
Oxygenases
1
2025
17
0.910
Why?
Pancreatic Neoplasms
6
2017
771
0.910
Why?
Female
61
2026
51761
0.900
Why?
Adult
43
2026
29587
0.890
Why?
Glutathione Transferase
1
2025
116
0.890
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
8
2021
2023
0.870
Why?
C-Reactive Protein
4
2009
218
0.850
Why?
Disease
5
2020
92
0.840
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
6
2012
1290
0.810
Why?
Data Interpretation, Statistical
3
2015
311
0.800
Why?
Risk Factors
22
2023
6273
0.760
Why?
Cigarette Smoking
1
2024
59
0.760
Why?
Cacodylic Acid
4
2023
23
0.760
Why?
Leukocytes
4
2023
214
0.730
Why?
Odds Ratio
11
2019
726
0.700
Why?
Smoking
5
2024
676
0.700
Why?
Parents
2
2019
323
0.680
Why?
Chemically-Induced Disorders
1
2020
2
0.630
Why?
Information Seeking Behavior
1
2020
20
0.610
Why?
Folic Acid
4
2025
68
0.600
Why?
Blood
1
2019
68
0.600
Why?
Algorithms
3
2025
2003
0.590
Why?
Case-Control Studies
13
2018
2009
0.590
Why?
Ammonia-Lyases
1
2019
6
0.590
Why?
Glutamate Formimidoyltransferase
1
2019
6
0.590
Why?
Research Subjects
1
2020
80
0.580
Why?
Models, Genetic
5
2026
1006
0.580
Why?
Young Adult
19
2026
7568
0.570
Why?
Serum Amyloid A Protein
2
2009
26
0.570
Why?
Diet
4
2012
469
0.550
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
2
2023
47
0.550
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2017
93
0.510
Why?
Causality
3
2019
86
0.500
Why?
Breast Neoplasms
12
2020
3285
0.500
Why?
Prostate-Specific Antigen
2
2025
356
0.500
Why?
Mortality
1
2017
159
0.470
Why?
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
2016
130
0.470
Why?
Saliva
1
2016
134
0.460
Why?
Body Mass Index
4
2016
867
0.450
Why?
Biomarkers
4
2026
2021
0.440
Why?
Prospective Studies
13
2022
4818
0.440
Why?
Phenotype
9
2024
2667
0.440
Why?
Blotting, Southern
1
2014
107
0.430
Why?
Neoplasms
5
2023
3349
0.420
Why?
Models, Statistical
2
2015
602
0.420
Why?
Alleles
6
2020
1163
0.410
Why?
Genomics
5
2024
903
0.410
Why?
Genotype
7
2016
1892
0.410
Why?
Longevity
2
2019
64
0.400
Why?
Smoking Cessation
2
2016
310
0.400
Why?
DNA
3
2016
1275
0.380
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
9
2026
7418
0.380
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2017
340
0.380
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
6
2026
2056
0.370
Why?
Gene Expression
3
2024
1322
0.370
Why?
Cohort Studies
11
2026
3228
0.370
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2013
239
0.350
Why?
Genome, Human
5
2019
834
0.350
Why?
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
1
2011
81
0.330
Why?
Life Style
3
2015
193
0.330
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2018
1147
0.320
Why?
Adolescent
16
2024
10140
0.320
Why?
Environmental Pollutants
2
2026
67
0.320
Why?
Sex Characteristics
3
2020
352
0.320
Why?
Thinness
1
2009
49
0.300
Why?
Patents as Topic
1
2009
12
0.290
Why?
Cognition
1
2013
669
0.280
Why?
Genetic Testing
2
2010
606
0.270
Why?
Interleukin-6
1
2009
283
0.260
Why?
Cross-Cultural Comparison
1
2007
36
0.260
Why?
Gene Frequency
3
2019
716
0.260
Why?
Carcinoma
1
2010
442
0.250
Why?
Genetic Linkage
2
2007
613
0.240
Why?
Methylation
2
2019
294
0.240
Why?
United States
7
2026
8262
0.240
Why?
Vitamin D
2
2019
286
0.240
Why?
Maternal Exposure
1
2026
69
0.230
Why?
Body Height
2
2016
109
0.230
Why?
Creatine
1
2025
27
0.220
Why?
Prognosis
3
2012
4126
0.220
Why?
Multigene Family
1
2025
204
0.210
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2007
352
0.210
Why?
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
2
2024
195
0.200
Why?
Thyroid Gland
1
2026
297
0.200
Why?
Genetic Privacy
1
2023
17
0.200
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
1
2011
1214
0.200
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
2
2018
95
0.200
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
2
2014
1775
0.200
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Y
1
2023
27
0.200
Why?
Conduct Disorder
1
2024
65
0.190
Why?
Bisexuality
1
2003
36
0.190
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2024
1568
0.190
Why?
Alternative Splicing
1
2024
226
0.190
Why?
Genomic Instability
1
2023
90
0.190
Why?
Water Pollution, Chemical
2
2015
25
0.190
Why?
Thyroxine
1
2026
411
0.190
Why?
Dietary Supplements
1
2023
152
0.180
Why?
Mutation, Missense
2
2019
309
0.180
Why?
Inflammation
3
2018
1133
0.180
Why?
Transcriptome
4
2026
824
0.180
Why?
Suicide, Attempted
1
2003
145
0.170
Why?
Electronic Health Records
1
2026
450
0.170
Why?
Epigenomics
1
2022
111
0.170
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
4
2018
2792
0.170
Why?
Attitude
2
2020
133
0.170
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus
1
2008
813
0.170
Why?
Blood Proteins
1
2021
147
0.170
Why?
Bias
2
2012
140
0.160
Why?
Pulmonary Fibrosis
1
2023
158
0.160
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
2
2022
1064
0.160
Why?
Health Status
2
2016
388
0.160
Why?
Alzheimer Disease
1
2026
649
0.160
Why?
United Kingdom
1
2021
212
0.160
Why?
Genetic Pleiotropy
1
2020
34
0.160
Why?
Biological Specimen Banks
1
2021
82
0.160
Why?
Chicago
1
2025
1519
0.160
Why?
Sex Factors
4
2020
1142
0.150
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2017
2599
0.150
Why?
Homosexuality, Male
1
2003
342
0.150
Why?
Multifunctional Enzymes
1
2019
10
0.150
Why?
Tungsten
1
2018
6
0.140
Why?
Cadmium
1
2018
30
0.140
Why?
Indians, North American
1
2018
49
0.140
Why?
Risk
3
2016
660
0.130
Why?
Haptoglobins
1
2017
9
0.130
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2019
3633
0.130
Why?
Stromal Cells
1
2018
153
0.130
Why?
High-Throughput Screening Assays
1
2018
65
0.130
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
3
2023
923
0.130
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
2
2012
1945
0.130
Why?
Mutation
1
2009
4428
0.120
Why?
Waist-Hip Ratio
1
2016
23
0.120
Why?
Water Supply
3
2011
65
0.120
Why?
Sex Distribution
1
2016
178
0.120
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
1
2017
159
0.120
Why?
Adiposity
1
2016
81
0.120
Why?
Software
1
2020
697
0.120
Why?
Linkage Disequilibrium
3
2026
484
0.120
Why?
Biometry
1
2015
70
0.110
Why?
Genotyping Techniques
1
2015
72
0.110
Why?
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
301
0.110
Why?
Vitamin E
1
2014
34
0.110
Why?
Parity
1
2015
97
0.110
Why?
Asia
1
2014
109
0.110
Why?
Selenium
1
2014
46
0.110
Why?
Biological Assay
1
2014
82
0.110
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2015
832
0.110
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
894
0.110
Why?
Chemoprevention
1
2014
93
0.110
Why?
Databases as Topic
1
2014
96
0.100
Why?
Drinking
2
2011
34
0.100
Why?
Phosphofructokinase-1, Muscle Type
1
2014
9
0.100
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
1
2013
81
0.100
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
3
2017
1110
0.100
Why?
Food Contamination
1
2013
37
0.100
Why?
Environment
1
2015
233
0.100
Why?
Oxidative Stress
1
2016
489
0.100
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
2
2018
4044
0.100
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2014
133
0.100
Why?
Oryza
1
2013
49
0.100
Why?
Genetic Markers
2
2020
471
0.100
Why?
Sample Size
1
2013
129
0.090
Why?
Nuclear Proteins
1
2017
755
0.090
Why?
Proteins
2
2010
804
0.090
Why?
Keratosis
1
2012
21
0.090
Why?
Child
4
2026
7750
0.090
Why?
Membrane Transport Proteins
1
2013
169
0.090
Why?
C-Peptide
1
2012
192
0.090
Why?
Random Allocation
1
2012
312
0.090
Why?
Food
1
2012
93
0.090
Why?
Lung Diseases
1
2014
284
0.090
Why?
Androgens
1
2012
164
0.090
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2024
3612
0.090
Why?
Cucurbitaceae
1
2010
4
0.080
Why?
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
1
2015
403
0.080
Why?
Vegetables
1
2010
50
0.080
Why?
Diabetes Complications
1
2012
176
0.080
Why?
Molecular Epidemiology
1
2010
57
0.080
Why?
Vitamin B Complex
1
2010
22
0.080
Why?
Epidemiologic Studies
1
2010
19
0.080
Why?
Therapeutics
1
2010
13
0.080
Why?
Lung Neoplasms
3
2017
2471
0.080
Why?
Age Factors
2
2019
1974
0.070
Why?
Skin Neoplasms
1
2014
638
0.070
Why?
Occupational Exposure
1
2010
100
0.070
Why?
Precancerous Conditions
1
2010
220
0.070
Why?
Long QT Syndrome
1
2009
38
0.070
Why?
Ownership
1
2009
30
0.070
Why?
Cause of Death
1
2009
278
0.070
Why?
Rural Population
1
2009
193
0.070
Why?
Washington
1
2008
53
0.070
Why?
Child, Preschool
2
2026
4042
0.070
Why?
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
1
2015
1107
0.070
Why?
Feasibility Studies
1
2010
817
0.070
Why?
Cystic Fibrosis
1
2009
124
0.070
Why?
Genetic Loci
1
2019
263
0.060
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2015
822
0.060
Why?
SEER Program
1
2008
247
0.060
Why?
Factor Analysis, Statistical
1
2007
119
0.060
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2019
420
0.060
Why?
Genetic Heterogeneity
1
2007
72
0.060
Why?
Survivors
1
2008
211
0.060
Why?
Family Health
1
2007
157
0.060
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
1
2009
1195
0.060
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
3
2014
3032
0.060
Why?
Foot Deformities, Congenital
1
2006
12
0.060
Why?
Talus
1
2006
18
0.060
Why?
Nails
1
2026
16
0.060
Why?
Incidence
3
2017
1787
0.060
Why?
Pharmacogenetics
1
2010
473
0.060
Why?
HLA-C Antigens
1
2005
17
0.060
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2019
1529
0.060
Why?
Prevalence
2
2013
1393
0.050
Why?
Genetic Association Studies
2
2016
316
0.050
Why?
Choline
1
2023
23
0.050
Why?
Food, Fortified
1
2023
18
0.050
Why?
Arachidonic Acids
1
2023
37
0.050
Why?
Adolescent Development
1
2024
28
0.050
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
1
2010
686
0.050
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2024
304
0.050
Why?
Gray Matter
1
2024
48
0.050
Why?
Brain
2
2024
2439
0.050
Why?
Adolescent Behavior
1
2024
118
0.050
Why?
Psoriasis
1
2005
262
0.050
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2023
108
0.050
Why?
Metabolome
1
2023
70
0.050
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
1
2008
2017
0.040
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
1
2006
568
0.040
Why?
Executive Function
1
2022
115
0.040
Why?
Animals
2
2018
28981
0.040
Why?
Pneumonia, Bacterial
1
2001
34
0.040
Why?
Regression Analysis
2
2016
578
0.040
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, X
1
2020
57
0.040
Why?
Socioeconomic Factors
2
2015
667
0.040
Why?
Urinary Tract Infections
1
2001
88
0.040
Why?
Ovarian Neoplasms
2
2017
828
0.040
Why?
Communicable Diseases
1
2001
74
0.040
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
2
2015
1947
0.040
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2022
296
0.040
Why?
Pregnancy
1
2026
3269
0.030
Why?
Penetrance
1
2018
51
0.030
Why?
Transcription Factors
1
2006
1721
0.030
Why?
Inflammation Mediators
1
2018
165
0.030
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2001
357
0.030
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
1
2019
430
0.030
Why?
Tissue Distribution
1
2017
290
0.030
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2020
980
0.030
Why?
Ligands
1
2018
491
0.030
Why?
Age of Onset
1
2018
369
0.030
Why?
Vitamin D Deficiency
1
2017
118
0.030
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2017
282
0.030
Why?
Carcinogenesis
1
2018
244
0.030
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2017
289
0.030
Why?
Telomerase
1
2016
69
0.030
Why?
Sequence Analysis, RNA
1
2017
272
0.030
Why?
Geographic Information Systems
1
2015
29
0.030
Why?
Treatment Outcome
1
2009
9770
0.030
Why?
Fibroblasts
1
2018
766
0.030
Why?
Demography
1
2015
193
0.030
Why?
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
58
0.030
Why?
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
78
0.030
Why?
Prostate
1
2018
434
0.030
Why?
Cell Movement
1
2018
816
0.030
Why?
Epithelial Cells
1
2018
710
0.030
Why?
Cytokines
1
2018
891
0.030
Why?
Tumor Microenvironment
1
2018
621
0.030
Why?
Disease Progression
1
2018
1615
0.030
Why?
Neuroblastoma
1
2017
410
0.030
Why?
Pedigree
2
2006
987
0.020
Why?
Perception
1
2014
187
0.020
Why?
Global Health
1
2015
215
0.020
Why?
Pilot Projects
1
2016
970
0.020
Why?
Selection, Genetic
1
2017
572
0.020
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
1
2015
481
0.020
Why?
Biomedical Research
1
2017
471
0.020
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2018
1791
0.020
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2018
2896
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2017
1397
0.020
Why?
Informed Consent
1
2014
281
0.020
Why?
Fertilizers
1
2010
9
0.020
Why?
Skin
1
2014
591
0.020
Why?
Sunlight
1
2010
27
0.020
Why?
Pesticides
1
2010
33
0.020
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2017
1805
0.020
Why?
Protective Agents
1
2010
34
0.020
Why?
Registries
1
2015
1128
0.020
Why?
Water
1
2011
309
0.020
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2010
988
0.020
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
1
2006
88
0.010
Why?
Stroke
1
2015
1167
0.010
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
197
0.010
Why?
Glycoproteins
1
2005
222
0.010
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2006
554
0.010
Why?
Haplotypes
1
2005
657
0.010
Why?
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
405
0.010
Why?
Vancomycin Resistance
1
2001
18
0.010
Why?
Methicillin Resistance
1
2001
31
0.010
Why?
Herpes Zoster
1
2001
26
0.010
Why?
Enterococcus
1
2001
34
0.010
Why?
Neuralgia
1
2001
32
0.010
Why?
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
1
2001
52
0.010
Why?
Community-Acquired Infections
1
2001
66
0.010
Why?
Staphylococcal Infections
1
2001
287
0.010
Why?
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