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Brandon Pierce

Concepts (327)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Arsenic
26
2025
272
7.980
Why?
DNA Methylation
13
2025
703
4.920
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
40
2025
1766
3.480
Why?
Telomere
11
2023
121
3.430
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
40
2025
2495
2.910
Why?
Arsenic Poisoning
11
2023
104
2.910
Why?
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
30
2025
2474
2.550
Why?
Aging
6
2025
766
2.320
Why?
Environmental Exposure
18
2023
356
2.290
Why?
Methyltransferases
7
2025
213
2.200
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
11
2024
632
2.200
Why?
Bangladesh
28
2025
339
2.170
Why?
Telomere Homeostasis
6
2021
30
2.160
Why?
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
12
2024
50
2.130
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
8
2025
555
1.870
Why?
Prostatic Neoplasms
13
2025
1798
1.820
Why?
Gene-Environment Interaction
7
2018
120
1.760
Why?
Arsenicals
5
2023
49
1.560
Why?
Skin Diseases
8
2019
175
1.440
Why?
Genetic Variation
14
2024
1422
1.420
Why?
CpG Islands
5
2025
169
1.240
Why?
Telomere Shortening
4
2020
25
1.240
Why?
Organ Specificity
6
2025
286
1.190
Why?
Drinking Water
5
2023
70
1.140
Why?
Multifactorial Inheritance
8
2025
202
1.090
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
6
2020
140
1.060
Why?
Humans
101
2025
95799
1.040
Why?
Male
60
2025
45685
1.030
Why?
Pancreatic Neoplasms
6
2017
725
0.950
Why?
Oxygenases
1
2025
17
0.930
Why?
Middle Aged
47
2025
28206
0.920
Why?
Glutathione Transferase
1
2025
116
0.900
Why?
Aged
40
2025
20848
0.900
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
8
2021
2061
0.890
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
11
2024
1176
0.880
Why?
C-Reactive Protein
4
2009
206
0.870
Why?
Disease
5
2020
93
0.860
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
6
2012
1230
0.850
Why?
Data Interpretation, Statistical
3
2015
312
0.820
Why?
Female
55
2025
49869
0.810
Why?
Adult
40
2025
28578
0.800
Why?
Risk Factors
22
2023
5961
0.800
Why?
Cigarette Smoking
1
2024
48
0.790
Why?
Leukocytes
4
2023
213
0.740
Why?
Cacodylic Acid
3
2021
22
0.730
Why?
Odds Ratio
11
2019
713
0.720
Why?
Smoking
5
2024
649
0.720
Why?
Parents
2
2019
307
0.710
Why?
Chemically-Induced Disorders
1
2020
2
0.640
Why?
Information Seeking Behavior
1
2020
18
0.630
Why?
Blood
1
2019
69
0.610
Why?
Algorithms
3
2025
2015
0.610
Why?
Case-Control Studies
13
2018
1957
0.610
Why?
Research Subjects
1
2020
73
0.600
Why?
Ammonia-Lyases
1
2019
6
0.600
Why?
Glutamate Formimidoyltransferase
1
2019
6
0.600
Why?
Serum Amyloid A Protein
2
2009
25
0.580
Why?
Diet
4
2012
460
0.560
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
2
2023
47
0.560
Why?
Breast Neoplasms
12
2020
3155
0.530
Why?
Chromosomes, Human
1
2017
66
0.520
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2017
90
0.520
Why?
Causality
3
2019
84
0.510
Why?
Prostate-Specific Antigen
2
2025
346
0.510
Why?
Young Adult
18
2023
7026
0.500
Why?
Mortality
1
2017
154
0.480
Why?
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
2016
137
0.480
Why?
Body Mass Index
4
2016
815
0.470
Why?
Saliva
1
2016
128
0.470
Why?
Prospective Studies
13
2022
4664
0.460
Why?
Phenotype
9
2024
2575
0.460
Why?
Models, Genetic
4
2024
984
0.440
Why?
Neoplasms
5
2023
3242
0.440
Why?
Blotting, Southern
1
2014
126
0.440
Why?
Models, Statistical
2
2015
594
0.430
Why?
Genomics
5
2024
857
0.420
Why?
Smoking Cessation
2
2016
272
0.420
Why?
Alleles
6
2020
1157
0.420
Why?
Longevity
2
2019
60
0.410
Why?
Genotype
7
2016
1880
0.410
Why?
Folic Acid
3
2023
63
0.390
Why?
DNA
3
2016
1327
0.390
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2017
322
0.390
Why?
Gene Expression
3
2024
1319
0.380
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2013
244
0.360
Why?
Genome, Human
5
2019
824
0.360
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
5
2023
1878
0.360
Why?
Cohort Studies
10
2025
3106
0.350
Why?
Adolescent
16
2024
9873
0.340
Why?
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
1
2011
80
0.340
Why?
Life Style
3
2015
186
0.330
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2018
1158
0.330
Why?
Sex Characteristics
3
2020
340
0.330
Why?
Biomarkers
3
2016
1931
0.310
Why?
Thinness
1
2009
45
0.310
Why?
Patents as Topic
1
2009
12
0.300
Why?
Cognition
1
2013
635
0.290
Why?
Genetic Testing
2
2010
565
0.280
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
8
2018
7215
0.280
Why?
Interleukin-6
1
2009
281
0.270
Why?
Cross-Cultural Comparison
1
2007
35
0.260
Why?
Gene Frequency
3
2019
703
0.260
Why?
Carcinoma
1
2010
444
0.250
Why?
Vitamin D
2
2019
273
0.240
Why?
Genetic Linkage
2
2007
620
0.240
Why?
Methylation
2
2019
295
0.240
Why?
Body Height
2
2016
108
0.230
Why?
Prognosis
3
2012
3990
0.230
Why?
Multigene Family
1
2025
213
0.220
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2007
338
0.220
Why?
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
2
2024
188
0.210
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
2
2014
1670
0.210
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
1
2011
1192
0.210
Why?
Genetic Privacy
1
2023
12
0.210
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
2
2018
92
0.210
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Y
1
2023
26
0.200
Why?
Alternative Splicing
1
2024
220
0.200
Why?
Conduct Disorder
1
2024
65
0.200
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2024
1535
0.200
Why?
Bisexuality
1
2003
36
0.200
Why?
Genomic Instability
1
2023
88
0.190
Why?
Water Pollution, Chemical
2
2015
21
0.190
Why?
Dietary Supplements
1
2023
134
0.190
Why?
Inflammation
3
2018
1063
0.190
Why?
Mutation, Missense
2
2019
302
0.180
Why?
Suicide, Attempted
1
2003
140
0.180
Why?
Attitude
2
2020
137
0.170
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus
1
2008
771
0.170
Why?
Epigenomics
1
2022
109
0.170
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
4
2018
2882
0.170
Why?
Blood Proteins
1
2021
151
0.170
Why?
Pulmonary Fibrosis
1
2023
152
0.170
Why?
Bias
2
2012
139
0.170
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
2
2022
1080
0.170
Why?
Health Status
2
2016
386
0.160
Why?
United Kingdom
1
2021
192
0.160
Why?
Genetic Pleiotropy
1
2020
29
0.160
Why?
Biological Specimen Banks
1
2021
72
0.160
Why?
Chicago
1
2025
1505
0.160
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2017
2480
0.160
Why?
Sex Factors
4
2020
1127
0.160
Why?
Homosexuality, Male
1
2003
332
0.150
Why?
United States
6
2018
7764
0.150
Why?
Multifunctional Enzymes
1
2019
7
0.150
Why?
Tungsten
1
2018
6
0.150
Why?
Cadmium
1
2018
30
0.150
Why?
Transcriptome
3
2024
770
0.150
Why?
Indians, North American
1
2018
48
0.140
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2019
3581
0.140
Why?
Risk
3
2016
665
0.140
Why?
Haptoglobins
1
2017
9
0.130
Why?
Stromal Cells
1
2018
152
0.130
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
3
2023
900
0.130
Why?
High-Throughput Screening Assays
1
2018
62
0.130
Why?
Mutation
1
2009
4374
0.130
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
2
2012
2039
0.130
Why?
Waist-Hip Ratio
1
2016
21
0.120
Why?
Water Supply
3
2011
66
0.120
Why?
Sex Distribution
1
2016
175
0.120
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
1
2017
155
0.120
Why?
Software
1
2020
698
0.120
Why?
Adiposity
1
2016
76
0.120
Why?
Biometry
1
2015
72
0.110
Why?
Genotyping Techniques
1
2015
71
0.110
Why?
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
299
0.110
Why?
Vitamin E
1
2014
34
0.110
Why?
Parity
1
2015
97
0.110
Why?
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
1
2015
63
0.110
Why?
Asia
1
2014
105
0.110
Why?
Selenium
1
2014
46
0.110
Why?
Biological Assay
1
2014
84
0.110
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2015
829
0.110
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
930
0.110
Why?
Chemoprevention
1
2014
93
0.110
Why?
Databases as Topic
1
2014
96
0.110
Why?
Drinking
2
2011
35
0.110
Why?
Phosphofructokinase-1, Muscle Type
1
2014
9
0.110
Why?
Environmental Pollutants
1
2014
56
0.100
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
3
2017
1069
0.100
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
1
2013
80
0.100
Why?
Food Contamination
1
2013
35
0.100
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
2
2018
3904
0.100
Why?
Oxidative Stress
1
2016
473
0.100
Why?
Environment
1
2015
231
0.100
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2014
126
0.100
Why?
Oryza
1
2013
45
0.100
Why?
Genetic Markers
2
2020
477
0.100
Why?
Sample Size
1
2013
128
0.100
Why?
Proteins
2
2010
816
0.100
Why?
Nuclear Proteins
1
2017
750
0.100
Why?
Keratosis
1
2012
21
0.100
Why?
Membrane Transport Proteins
1
2013
170
0.090
Why?
C-Peptide
1
2012
186
0.090
Why?
Random Allocation
1
2012
321
0.090
Why?
Food
1
2012
93
0.090
Why?
Lung Diseases
1
2014
288
0.090
Why?
Androgens
1
2012
177
0.090
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2024
3639
0.090
Why?
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
1
2015
382
0.090
Why?
Cucurbitaceae
1
2010
4
0.090
Why?
Vegetables
1
2010
50
0.080
Why?
Diabetes Complications
1
2012
175
0.080
Why?
Molecular Epidemiology
1
2010
58
0.080
Why?
Vitamin B Complex
1
2010
21
0.080
Why?
Epidemiologic Studies
1
2010
17
0.080
Why?
Therapeutics
1
2010
13
0.080
Why?
Lung Neoplasms
3
2017
2386
0.080
Why?
Age Factors
2
2019
1957
0.080
Why?
Occupational Exposure
1
2010
89
0.080
Why?
Skin Neoplasms
1
2014
621
0.080
Why?
Precancerous Conditions
1
2010
206
0.070
Why?
Ownership
1
2009
28
0.070
Why?
Long QT Syndrome
1
2009
39
0.070
Why?
Rural Population
1
2009
171
0.070
Why?
Cause of Death
1
2009
278
0.070
Why?
Washington
1
2008
51
0.070
Why?
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
1
2015
1087
0.070
Why?
Feasibility Studies
1
2010
816
0.070
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2015
777
0.070
Why?
Cystic Fibrosis
1
2009
121
0.070
Why?
Genetic Loci
1
2019
260
0.070
Why?
SEER Program
1
2008
235
0.070
Why?
Factor Analysis, Statistical
1
2007
118
0.060
Why?
Linkage Disequilibrium
2
2020
481
0.060
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2019
404
0.060
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
3
2014
2859
0.060
Why?
Survivors
1
2008
204
0.060
Why?
Genetic Heterogeneity
1
2007
70
0.060
Why?
Family Health
1
2007
159
0.060
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
1
2009
1194
0.060
Why?
Foot Deformities, Congenital
1
2006
11
0.060
Why?
Talus
1
2006
19
0.060
Why?
Incidence
3
2017
1714
0.060
Why?
Pharmacogenetics
1
2010
456
0.060
Why?
HLA-C Antigens
1
2005
17
0.060
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2019
1540
0.060
Why?
Prevalence
2
2013
1349
0.060
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
1
2010
595
0.050
Why?
Genetic Association Studies
2
2016
301
0.050
Why?
Choline
1
2023
27
0.050
Why?
Adolescent Development
1
2024
24
0.050
Why?
Food, Fortified
1
2023
18
0.050
Why?
Arachidonic Acids
1
2023
37
0.050
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2024
296
0.050
Why?
Brain
2
2024
2479
0.050
Why?
Gray Matter
1
2024
43
0.050
Why?
Adolescent Behavior
1
2024
115
0.050
Why?
Psoriasis
1
2005
254
0.050
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2023
98
0.050
Why?
Metabolome
1
2023
63
0.050
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
1
2008
1981
0.050
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
1
2006
563
0.050
Why?
Child
2
2024
7618
0.040
Why?
Animals
2
2018
28889
0.040
Why?
Executive Function
1
2022
106
0.040
Why?
Pneumonia, Bacterial
1
2001
30
0.040
Why?
Regression Analysis
2
2016
599
0.040
Why?
Socioeconomic Factors
2
2015
640
0.040
Why?
Ovarian Neoplasms
2
2017
800
0.040
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, X
1
2020
57
0.040
Why?
Urinary Tract Infections
1
2001
85
0.040
Why?
Communicable Diseases
1
2001
69
0.040
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
2
2015
1965
0.040
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2022
290
0.040
Why?
Penetrance
1
2018
48
0.030
Why?
Transcription Factors
1
2006
1730
0.030
Why?
Inflammation Mediators
1
2018
161
0.030
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
1
2019
417
0.030
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2001
370
0.030
Why?
Tissue Distribution
1
2017
297
0.030
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2020
996
0.030
Why?
Ligands
1
2018
478
0.030
Why?
Age of Onset
1
2018
344
0.030
Why?
Vitamin D Deficiency
1
2017
107
0.030
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2017
286
0.030
Why?
Carcinogenesis
1
2018
235
0.030
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2017
284
0.030
Why?
Telomerase
1
2016
68
0.030
Why?
Treatment Outcome
1
2009
9167
0.030
Why?
Sequence Analysis, RNA
1
2017
259
0.030
Why?
Geographic Information Systems
1
2015
28
0.030
Why?
Fibroblasts
1
2018
777
0.030
Why?
Demography
1
2015
189
0.030
Why?
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
58
0.030
Why?
Prostate
1
2018
423
0.030
Why?
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
76
0.030
Why?
Cell Movement
1
2018
816
0.030
Why?
Epithelial Cells
1
2018
705
0.030
Why?
Cytokines
1
2018
871
0.030
Why?
Tumor Microenvironment
1
2018
556
0.030
Why?
Disease Progression
1
2018
1559
0.030
Why?
Neuroblastoma
1
2017
400
0.030
Why?
Pedigree
2
2006
977
0.030
Why?
Selection, Genetic
1
2017
537
0.020
Why?
Perception
1
2014
185
0.020
Why?
Global Health
1
2015
213
0.020
Why?
Pilot Projects
1
2016
936
0.020
Why?
Biomedical Research
1
2017
441
0.020
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
1
2015
458
0.020
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2018
1753
0.020
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2018
2777
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2017
1346
0.020
Why?
Informed Consent
1
2014
281
0.020
Why?
Fertilizers
1
2010
9
0.020
Why?
Skin
1
2014
604
0.020
Why?
Sunlight
1
2010
27
0.020
Why?
Pesticides
1
2010
30
0.020
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2017
1809
0.020
Why?
Protective Agents
1
2010
34
0.020
Why?
Registries
1
2015
985
0.020
Why?
Water
1
2011
307
0.020
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2010
983
0.020
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
1
2006
85
0.010
Why?
Stroke
1
2015
1087
0.010
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
190
0.010
Why?
Glycoproteins
1
2005
231
0.010
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2006
547
0.010
Why?
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
396
0.010
Why?
Haplotypes
1
2005
650
0.010
Why?
Vancomycin Resistance
1
2001
18
0.010
Why?
Methicillin Resistance
1
2001
33
0.010
Why?
Enterococcus
1
2001
35
0.010
Why?
Neuralgia
1
2001
33
0.010
Why?
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
1
2001
52
0.010
Why?
Herpes Zoster
1
2001
80
0.010
Why?
Community-Acquired Infections
1
2001
65
0.010
Why?
Staphylococcal Infections
1
2001
289
0.010
Why?
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