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Brandon Pierce

Concepts (324)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Arsenic
25
2023
266
7.650
Why?
DNA Methylation
13
2025
676
5.190
Why?
Telomere
11
2023
119
3.630
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
39
2025
1721
3.540
Why?
Arsenic Poisoning
11
2023
103
3.080
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
39
2025
2446
2.920
Why?
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
30
2025
2390
2.720
Why?
Aging
6
2025
735
2.480
Why?
Environmental Exposure
18
2023
340
2.450
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
11
2024
623
2.320
Why?
Telomere Homeostasis
6
2021
30
2.300
Why?
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
12
2024
48
2.270
Why?
Methyltransferases
6
2023
198
2.120
Why?
Bangladesh
27
2023
332
2.070
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
8
2025
538
1.990
Why?
Prostatic Neoplasms
13
2025
1770
1.900
Why?
Gene-Environment Interaction
7
2018
118
1.860
Why?
Arsenicals
5
2023
48
1.650
Why?
Skin Diseases
8
2019
175
1.530
Why?
Genetic Variation
14
2024
1392
1.500
Why?
CpG Islands
5
2025
162
1.320
Why?
Telomere Shortening
4
2020
25
1.320
Why?
Organ Specificity
6
2025
283
1.270
Why?
Drinking Water
5
2023
68
1.210
Why?
Multifactorial Inheritance
8
2025
187
1.170
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
6
2020
139
1.130
Why?
Humans
100
2025
92241
1.080
Why?
Male
59
2025
43877
1.050
Why?
Pancreatic Neoplasms
6
2017
694
1.010
Why?
Middle Aged
47
2025
27039
0.980
Why?
Aged
40
2025
19941
0.970
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
8
2021
2006
0.940
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
11
2024
1119
0.940
Why?
C-Reactive Protein
4
2009
204
0.920
Why?
Disease
5
2020
91
0.920
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
6
2012
1212
0.880
Why?
Data Interpretation, Statistical
3
2015
305
0.870
Why?
Risk Factors
22
2023
5696
0.850
Why?
Cigarette Smoking
1
2024
37
0.850
Why?
Female
54
2025
47837
0.810
Why?
Adult
39
2024
27518
0.790
Why?
Leukocytes
4
2023
210
0.790
Why?
Cacodylic Acid
3
2021
22
0.770
Why?
Odds Ratio
11
2019
691
0.760
Why?
Smoking
5
2024
640
0.760
Why?
Parents
2
2019
296
0.750
Why?
Chemically-Induced Disorders
1
2020
2
0.680
Why?
Information Seeking Behavior
1
2020
16
0.670
Why?
Blood
1
2019
69
0.650
Why?
Algorithms
3
2025
1947
0.640
Why?
Research Subjects
1
2020
73
0.640
Why?
Case-Control Studies
13
2018
1899
0.640
Why?
Ammonia-Lyases
1
2019
6
0.640
Why?
Glutamate Formimidoyltransferase
1
2019
6
0.640
Why?
Serum Amyloid A Protein
2
2009
24
0.610
Why?
Diet
4
2012
448
0.600
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
2
2023
47
0.590
Why?
Breast Neoplasms
12
2020
3053
0.560
Why?
Chromosomes, Human
1
2017
65
0.550
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2017
85
0.550
Why?
Causality
3
2019
81
0.540
Why?
Young Adult
18
2023
6606
0.540
Why?
Prostate-Specific Antigen
2
2025
343
0.540
Why?
Mortality
1
2017
150
0.510
Why?
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
2016
136
0.500
Why?
Saliva
1
2016
126
0.500
Why?
Body Mass Index
4
2016
800
0.500
Why?
Prospective Studies
13
2022
4461
0.490
Why?
Phenotype
9
2024
2502
0.480
Why?
Neoplasms
5
2023
3120
0.470
Why?
Models, Genetic
4
2024
966
0.470
Why?
Blotting, Southern
1
2014
127
0.470
Why?
Models, Statistical
2
2015
578
0.460
Why?
Genomics
5
2024
804
0.460
Why?
Smoking Cessation
2
2016
265
0.450
Why?
Alleles
6
2020
1140
0.450
Why?
Longevity
2
2019
58
0.440
Why?
Genotype
7
2016
1864
0.440
Why?
Folic Acid
3
2023
64
0.420
Why?
DNA
3
2016
1314
0.420
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2017
315
0.420
Why?
Gene Expression
3
2024
1318
0.400
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2013
237
0.380
Why?
Genome, Human
5
2019
798
0.380
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
5
2023
1773
0.380
Why?
Cohort Studies
10
2025
2974
0.370
Why?
Adolescent
16
2024
9485
0.360
Why?
Life Style
3
2015
176
0.360
Why?
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
1
2011
80
0.360
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2018
1113
0.350
Why?
Sex Characteristics
3
2020
331
0.350
Why?
Biomarkers
3
2016
1846
0.330
Why?
Thinness
1
2009
46
0.330
Why?
Patents as Topic
1
2009
12
0.320
Why?
Cognition
1
2013
594
0.310
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
8
2018
6911
0.300
Why?
Genetic Testing
2
2010
550
0.300
Why?
Interleukin-6
1
2009
272
0.280
Why?
Cross-Cultural Comparison
1
2007
35
0.280
Why?
Gene Frequency
3
2019
696
0.280
Why?
Carcinoma
1
2010
437
0.260
Why?
Vitamin D
2
2019
269
0.260
Why?
Methylation
2
2019
280
0.260
Why?
Genetic Linkage
2
2007
626
0.260
Why?
Body Height
2
2016
102
0.250
Why?
Prognosis
3
2012
3862
0.240
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2007
335
0.230
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
2
2014
1575
0.220
Why?
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
2
2024
186
0.220
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
2
2018
90
0.220
Why?
Genetic Privacy
1
2023
12
0.220
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
1
2011
1191
0.220
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Y
1
2023
24
0.210
Why?
Alternative Splicing
1
2024
215
0.210
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2024
1476
0.210
Why?
Conduct Disorder
1
2024
64
0.210
Why?
Bisexuality
1
2003
35
0.210
Why?
Genomic Instability
1
2023
84
0.210
Why?
Water Pollution, Chemical
2
2015
21
0.210
Why?
Dietary Supplements
1
2023
126
0.210
Why?
Inflammation
3
2018
1023
0.200
Why?
Mutation, Missense
2
2019
286
0.200
Why?
Suicide, Attempted
1
2003
136
0.190
Why?
Attitude
2
2020
131
0.180
Why?
Epigenomics
1
2022
103
0.180
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
4
2018
2792
0.180
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus
1
2008
760
0.180
Why?
Blood Proteins
1
2021
149
0.180
Why?
Pulmonary Fibrosis
1
2023
149
0.180
Why?
Bias
2
2012
137
0.180
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
2
2022
1079
0.180
Why?
Genetic Pleiotropy
1
2020
26
0.170
Why?
United Kingdom
1
2021
173
0.170
Why?
Health Status
2
2016
376
0.170
Why?
Biological Specimen Banks
1
2021
70
0.170
Why?
Chicago
1
2025
1460
0.170
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2017
2366
0.170
Why?
Sex Factors
4
2020
1094
0.170
Why?
United States
6
2018
7333
0.160
Why?
Homosexuality, Male
1
2003
313
0.160
Why?
Multifunctional Enzymes
1
2019
6
0.160
Why?
Transcriptome
3
2024
695
0.160
Why?
Tungsten
1
2018
5
0.160
Why?
Cadmium
1
2018
28
0.160
Why?
Indians, North American
1
2018
47
0.150
Why?
Risk
3
2016
662
0.140
Why?
Haptoglobins
1
2017
9
0.140
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2019
3510
0.140
Why?
Stromal Cells
1
2018
152
0.140
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
3
2023
873
0.140
Why?
High-Throughput Screening Assays
1
2018
60
0.140
Why?
Mutation
1
2009
4226
0.140
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
2
2012
2012
0.140
Why?
Waist-Hip Ratio
1
2016
20
0.130
Why?
Water Supply
3
2011
62
0.130
Why?
Sex Distribution
1
2016
173
0.130
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
1
2017
150
0.130
Why?
Software
1
2020
673
0.130
Why?
Adiposity
1
2016
77
0.130
Why?
Biometry
1
2015
68
0.120
Why?
Genotyping Techniques
1
2015
69
0.120
Why?
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
288
0.120
Why?
Vitamin E
1
2014
32
0.120
Why?
Parity
1
2015
97
0.120
Why?
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
1
2015
62
0.120
Why?
Asia
1
2014
102
0.120
Why?
Selenium
1
2014
46
0.120
Why?
Biological Assay
1
2014
81
0.120
Why?
Chemoprevention
1
2014
92
0.110
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2015
829
0.110
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
927
0.110
Why?
Databases as Topic
1
2014
94
0.110
Why?
Drinking
2
2011
34
0.110
Why?
Phosphofructokinase-1, Muscle Type
1
2014
9
0.110
Why?
Environmental Pollutants
1
2014
54
0.110
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
3
2017
1044
0.110
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
1
2013
79
0.110
Why?
Food Contamination
1
2013
34
0.110
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
2
2018
3762
0.110
Why?
Oxidative Stress
1
2016
468
0.110
Why?
Environment
1
2015
229
0.110
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2014
119
0.110
Why?
Oryza
1
2013
42
0.110
Why?
Genetic Markers
2
2020
477
0.100
Why?
Sample Size
1
2013
125
0.100
Why?
Nuclear Proteins
1
2017
735
0.100
Why?
Keratosis
1
2012
21
0.100
Why?
Proteins
2
2010
804
0.100
Why?
Membrane Transport Proteins
1
2013
171
0.100
Why?
C-Peptide
1
2012
184
0.100
Why?
Random Allocation
1
2012
327
0.100
Why?
Food
1
2012
92
0.100
Why?
Lung Diseases
1
2014
283
0.090
Why?
Androgens
1
2012
176
0.090
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2024
3496
0.090
Why?
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
1
2015
371
0.090
Why?
Cucurbitaceae
1
2010
4
0.090
Why?
Vegetables
1
2010
47
0.090
Why?
Diabetes Complications
1
2012
172
0.090
Why?
Molecular Epidemiology
1
2010
54
0.090
Why?
Vitamin B Complex
1
2010
21
0.080
Why?
Epidemiologic Studies
1
2010
16
0.080
Why?
Therapeutics
1
2010
12
0.080
Why?
Lung Neoplasms
3
2017
2396
0.080
Why?
Age Factors
2
2019
1903
0.080
Why?
Occupational Exposure
1
2010
88
0.080
Why?
Skin Neoplasms
1
2014
605
0.080
Why?
Precancerous Conditions
1
2010
202
0.080
Why?
Long QT Syndrome
1
2009
36
0.080
Why?
Rural Population
1
2009
151
0.080
Why?
Ownership
1
2009
27
0.080
Why?
Cause of Death
1
2009
271
0.080
Why?
Washington
1
2008
50
0.070
Why?
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
1
2015
1091
0.070
Why?
Feasibility Studies
1
2010
796
0.070
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2015
741
0.070
Why?
Cystic Fibrosis
1
2009
117
0.070
Why?
Genetic Loci
1
2019
253
0.070
Why?
SEER Program
1
2008
226
0.070
Why?
Factor Analysis, Statistical
1
2007
117
0.070
Why?
Linkage Disequilibrium
2
2020
478
0.070
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2019
389
0.070
Why?
Genetic Heterogeneity
1
2007
68
0.070
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
3
2014
2728
0.070
Why?
Survivors
1
2008
198
0.070
Why?
Family Health
1
2007
162
0.070
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
1
2009
1180
0.070
Why?
Foot Deformities, Congenital
1
2006
10
0.060
Why?
Talus
1
2006
15
0.060
Why?
Incidence
3
2017
1652
0.060
Why?
Pharmacogenetics
1
2010
448
0.060
Why?
HLA-C Antigens
1
2005
17
0.060
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2019
1509
0.060
Why?
Prevalence
2
2013
1293
0.060
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
1
2010
573
0.060
Why?
Genetic Association Studies
2
2016
294
0.060
Why?
Choline
1
2023
25
0.060
Why?
Adolescent Development
1
2024
22
0.060
Why?
Food, Fortified
1
2023
15
0.050
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2024
283
0.050
Why?
Brain
2
2024
2350
0.050
Why?
Arachidonic Acids
1
2023
41
0.050
Why?
Gray Matter
1
2024
39
0.050
Why?
Adolescent Behavior
1
2024
110
0.050
Why?
Psoriasis
1
2005
247
0.050
Why?
Metabolome
1
2023
61
0.050
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2023
95
0.050
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
1
2008
1917
0.050
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
1
2006
561
0.050
Why?
Child
2
2024
7301
0.050
Why?
Animals
2
2018
28076
0.050
Why?
Executive Function
1
2022
97
0.050
Why?
Pneumonia, Bacterial
1
2001
29
0.040
Why?
Regression Analysis
2
2016
595
0.040
Why?
Socioeconomic Factors
2
2015
611
0.040
Why?
Urinary Tract Infections
1
2001
80
0.040
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, X
1
2020
55
0.040
Why?
Ovarian Neoplasms
2
2017
787
0.040
Why?
Communicable Diseases
1
2001
65
0.040
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
2
2015
1940
0.040
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2022
290
0.040
Why?
Penetrance
1
2018
48
0.040
Why?
Transcription Factors
1
2006
1684
0.040
Why?
Inflammation Mediators
1
2018
162
0.040
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2001
343
0.040
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
1
2019
401
0.040
Why?
Tissue Distribution
1
2017
295
0.030
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2020
968
0.030
Why?
Ligands
1
2018
457
0.030
Why?
Age of Onset
1
2018
335
0.030
Why?
Vitamin D Deficiency
1
2017
105
0.030
Why?
Carcinogenesis
1
2018
222
0.030
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2017
282
0.030
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2017
273
0.030
Why?
Telomerase
1
2016
68
0.030
Why?
Treatment Outcome
1
2009
8715
0.030
Why?
Sequence Analysis, RNA
1
2017
246
0.030
Why?
Geographic Information Systems
1
2015
24
0.030
Why?
Fibroblasts
1
2018
767
0.030
Why?
Demography
1
2015
185
0.030
Why?
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
56
0.030
Why?
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
75
0.030
Why?
Cell Movement
1
2018
797
0.030
Why?
Prostate
1
2018
413
0.030
Why?
Cytokines
1
2018
841
0.030
Why?
Tumor Microenvironment
1
2018
520
0.030
Why?
Epithelial Cells
1
2018
702
0.030
Why?
Disease Progression
1
2018
1506
0.030
Why?
Neuroblastoma
1
2017
393
0.030
Why?
Pedigree
2
2006
972
0.030
Why?
Global Health
1
2015
197
0.030
Why?
Selection, Genetic
1
2017
526
0.030
Why?
Perception
1
2014
182
0.030
Why?
Pilot Projects
1
2016
897
0.030
Why?
Biomedical Research
1
2017
404
0.030
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
1
2015
445
0.030
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2018
2670
0.020
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2018
1720
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2017
1310
0.020
Why?
Informed Consent
1
2014
278
0.020
Why?
Fertilizers
1
2010
9
0.020
Why?
Sunlight
1
2010
28
0.020
Why?
Skin
1
2014
592
0.020
Why?
Pesticides
1
2010
29
0.020
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2017
1784
0.020
Why?
Registries
1
2015
905
0.020
Why?
Protective Agents
1
2010
34
0.020
Why?
Water
1
2011
292
0.020
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2010
960
0.020
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
1
2006
85
0.020
Why?
Stroke
1
2015
1035
0.020
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
187
0.010
Why?
Glycoproteins
1
2005
236
0.010
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2006
532
0.010
Why?
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
388
0.010
Why?
Haplotypes
1
2005
639
0.010
Why?
Vancomycin Resistance
1
2001
18
0.010
Why?
Methicillin Resistance
1
2001
32
0.010
Why?
Enterococcus
1
2001
35
0.010
Why?
Neuralgia
1
2001
33
0.010
Why?
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
1
2001
51
0.010
Why?
Herpes Zoster
1
2001
79
0.010
Why?
Community-Acquired Infections
1
2001
65
0.010
Why?
Staphylococcal Infections
1
2001
279
0.010
Why?
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