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Brandon L. Pierce

Concepts (323)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Arsenic
25
2023
261
7.840
Why?
DNA Methylation
13
2025
666
5.330
Why?
Telomere
11
2023
119
3.750
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
39
2025
1691
3.640
Why?
Arsenic Poisoning
11
2023
103
3.160
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
39
2025
2415
3.080
Why?
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
30
2025
2362
2.800
Why?
Aging
6
2025
727
2.550
Why?
Environmental Exposure
18
2023
334
2.510
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
11
2024
615
2.370
Why?
Telomere Homeostasis
6
2021
30
2.360
Why?
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
12
2024
44
2.340
Why?
Methyltransferases
6
2023
192
2.190
Why?
Bangladesh
27
2023
331
2.130
Why?
Prostatic Neoplasms
13
2025
1744
1.940
Why?
Gene-Environment Interaction
7
2018
118
1.900
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
7
2025
521
1.880
Why?
Arsenicals
5
2023
48
1.700
Why?
Skin Diseases
8
2019
174
1.570
Why?
Genetic Variation
14
2024
1380
1.540
Why?
Telomere Shortening
4
2020
25
1.350
Why?
Organ Specificity
6
2025
277
1.300
Why?
Drinking Water
5
2023
67
1.250
Why?
Multifactorial Inheritance
7
2024
173
1.170
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
6
2020
134
1.160
Why?
CpG Islands
4
2024
158
1.130
Why?
Humans
100
2025
89968
1.110
Why?
Male
59
2025
42680
1.090
Why?
Pancreatic Neoplasms
6
2017
684
1.040
Why?
Middle Aged
47
2025
26148
1.020
Why?
Aged
40
2025
19254
1.010
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
11
2024
1083
0.970
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
8
2021
1983
0.970
Why?
C-Reactive Protein
4
2009
192
0.950
Why?
Disease
5
2020
90
0.940
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
6
2012
1180
0.920
Why?
Data Interpretation, Statistical
3
2015
303
0.890
Why?
Adult
40
2025
26822
0.880
Why?
Risk Factors
22
2023
5559
0.880
Why?
Cigarette Smoking
1
2024
36
0.880
Why?
Female
54
2025
46594
0.850
Why?
Leukocytes
4
2023
209
0.810
Why?
Cacodylic Acid
3
2021
22
0.790
Why?
Smoking
5
2024
625
0.790
Why?
Odds Ratio
11
2019
682
0.780
Why?
Parents
2
2019
290
0.770
Why?
Chemically-Induced Disorders
1
2020
2
0.700
Why?
Information Seeking Behavior
1
2020
15
0.690
Why?
Blood
1
2019
69
0.670
Why?
Algorithms
3
2025
1913
0.660
Why?
Case-Control Studies
13
2018
1867
0.660
Why?
Research Subjects
1
2020
73
0.650
Why?
Ammonia-Lyases
1
2019
6
0.650
Why?
Glutamate Formimidoyltransferase
1
2019
6
0.650
Why?
Serum Amyloid A Protein
2
2009
25
0.630
Why?
Diet
4
2012
444
0.610
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
2
2023
47
0.610
Why?
Breast Neoplasms
12
2020
3021
0.570
Why?
Chromosomes, Human
1
2017
65
0.570
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2017
84
0.570
Why?
Causality
3
2019
80
0.560
Why?
Young Adult
18
2023
6410
0.560
Why?
Prostate-Specific Antigen
2
2025
338
0.550
Why?
Mortality
1
2017
149
0.530
Why?
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
2016
135
0.520
Why?
Body Mass Index
4
2016
776
0.510
Why?
Saliva
1
2016
124
0.510
Why?
Prospective Studies
13
2022
4331
0.500
Why?
Phenotype
9
2024
2458
0.500
Why?
Neoplasms
5
2023
3065
0.480
Why?
Models, Genetic
4
2024
948
0.480
Why?
Blotting, Southern
1
2014
127
0.480
Why?
Models, Statistical
2
2015
576
0.470
Why?
Genomics
5
2024
778
0.470
Why?
Smoking Cessation
2
2016
258
0.460
Why?
Alleles
6
2020
1139
0.460
Why?
Longevity
2
2019
58
0.450
Why?
Genotype
7
2016
1853
0.450
Why?
Folic Acid
3
2023
63
0.430
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2017
310
0.430
Why?
DNA
3
2016
1311
0.430
Why?
Gene Expression
3
2024
1309
0.410
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
5
2023
1730
0.390
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2013
234
0.390
Why?
Genome, Human
5
2019
791
0.390
Why?
Cohort Studies
10
2025
2887
0.380
Why?
Life Style
3
2015
176
0.370
Why?
Adolescent
16
2024
9342
0.370
Why?
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
1
2011
80
0.370
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2018
1102
0.360
Why?
Sex Characteristics
3
2020
328
0.360
Why?
Biomarkers
3
2016
1778
0.340
Why?
Thinness
1
2009
46
0.340
Why?
Patents as Topic
1
2009
12
0.330
Why?
Cognition
1
2013
580
0.320
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
8
2018
6783
0.310
Why?
Genetic Testing
2
2010
542
0.310
Why?
Interleukin-6
1
2009
262
0.290
Why?
Cross-Cultural Comparison
1
2007
34
0.290
Why?
Gene Frequency
3
2019
687
0.290
Why?
Carcinoma
1
2010
438
0.270
Why?
Vitamin D
2
2019
269
0.260
Why?
Methylation
2
2019
269
0.260
Why?
Genetic Linkage
2
2007
624
0.260
Why?
Body Height
2
2016
100
0.250
Why?
Prognosis
3
2012
3798
0.250
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2007
328
0.240
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
2
2014
1545
0.230
Why?
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
2
2024
188
0.230
Why?
Genetic Privacy
1
2023
12
0.230
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
2
2018
90
0.230
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
1
2011
1185
0.220
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Y
1
2023
24
0.220
Why?
Alternative Splicing
1
2024
212
0.220
Why?
Bisexuality
1
2003
34
0.210
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2024
1452
0.210
Why?
Conduct Disorder
1
2024
64
0.210
Why?
Genomic Instability
1
2023
83
0.210
Why?
Dietary Supplements
1
2023
124
0.210
Why?
Water Pollution, Chemical
2
2015
21
0.210
Why?
Inflammation
3
2018
981
0.210
Why?
Mutation, Missense
2
2019
281
0.200
Why?
Suicide, Attempted
1
2003
136
0.200
Why?
Attitude
2
2020
130
0.190
Why?
Epigenomics
1
2022
103
0.190
Why?
Pulmonary Fibrosis
1
2023
138
0.190
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus
1
2008
744
0.190
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
4
2018
2767
0.190
Why?
Blood Proteins
1
2021
149
0.180
Why?
Bias
2
2012
135
0.180
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
2
2022
1074
0.180
Why?
Genetic Pleiotropy
1
2020
25
0.180
Why?
United Kingdom
1
2021
165
0.180
Why?
Health Status
2
2016
371
0.180
Why?
Biological Specimen Banks
1
2021
68
0.180
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2017
2327
0.170
Why?
Sex Factors
4
2020
1075
0.170
Why?
United States
6
2018
7108
0.170
Why?
Homosexuality, Male
1
2003
304
0.170
Why?
Transcriptome
3
2024
661
0.170
Why?
Multifunctional Enzymes
1
2019
6
0.160
Why?
Tungsten
1
2018
5
0.160
Why?
Cadmium
1
2018
28
0.160
Why?
Indians, North American
1
2018
47
0.160
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2019
3404
0.150
Why?
Haptoglobins
1
2017
9
0.150
Why?
Risk
3
2016
657
0.150
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
3
2023
848
0.150
Why?
Stromal Cells
1
2018
151
0.150
Why?
High-Throughput Screening Assays
1
2018
58
0.140
Why?
Mutation
1
2009
4168
0.140
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
2
2012
2018
0.140
Why?
Waist-Hip Ratio
1
2016
20
0.140
Why?
Water Supply
3
2011
61
0.140
Why?
Sex Distribution
1
2016
171
0.130
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
1
2017
148
0.130
Why?
Software
1
2020
669
0.130
Why?
Adiposity
1
2016
76
0.130
Why?
Biometry
1
2015
66
0.130
Why?
Genotyping Techniques
1
2015
69
0.120
Why?
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
283
0.120
Why?
Vitamin E
1
2014
32
0.120
Why?
Parity
1
2015
97
0.120
Why?
Asia
1
2014
102
0.120
Why?
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
1
2015
63
0.120
Why?
Biological Assay
1
2014
79
0.120
Why?
Selenium
1
2014
46
0.120
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
3
2017
980
0.120
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
919
0.120
Why?
Chemoprevention
1
2014
92
0.120
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2015
825
0.120
Why?
Databases as Topic
1
2014
94
0.120
Why?
Drinking
2
2011
33
0.120
Why?
Phosphofructokinase-1, Muscle Type
1
2014
9
0.110
Why?
Environmental Pollutants
1
2014
52
0.110
Why?
Food Contamination
1
2013
32
0.110
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
1
2013
80
0.110
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
2
2018
3680
0.110
Why?
Oxidative Stress
1
2016
458
0.110
Why?
Environment
1
2015
225
0.110
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2014
116
0.110
Why?
Oryza
1
2013
42
0.110
Why?
Genetic Markers
2
2020
476
0.110
Why?
Sample Size
1
2013
125
0.110
Why?
Proteins
2
2010
787
0.110
Why?
Nuclear Proteins
1
2017
727
0.100
Why?
Keratosis
1
2012
20
0.100
Why?
Membrane Transport Proteins
1
2013
171
0.100
Why?
C-Peptide
1
2012
179
0.100
Why?
Random Allocation
1
2012
327
0.100
Why?
Food
1
2012
89
0.100
Why?
Lung Diseases
1
2014
275
0.100
Why?
Androgens
1
2012
175
0.100
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2024
3475
0.100
Why?
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
1
2015
366
0.090
Why?
Cucurbitaceae
1
2010
4
0.090
Why?
Vegetables
1
2010
47
0.090
Why?
Diabetes Complications
1
2012
171
0.090
Why?
Molecular Epidemiology
1
2010
54
0.090
Why?
Epidemiologic Studies
1
2010
16
0.090
Why?
Vitamin B Complex
1
2010
21
0.090
Why?
Therapeutics
1
2010
12
0.090
Why?
Lung Neoplasms
3
2017
2370
0.080
Why?
Age Factors
2
2019
1880
0.080
Why?
Occupational Exposure
1
2010
87
0.080
Why?
Skin Neoplasms
1
2014
598
0.080
Why?
Precancerous Conditions
1
2010
201
0.080
Why?
Rural Population
1
2009
147
0.080
Why?
Long QT Syndrome
1
2009
36
0.080
Why?
Ownership
1
2009
26
0.080
Why?
Cause of Death
1
2009
269
0.080
Why?
Washington
1
2008
49
0.080
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2015
716
0.080
Why?
Feasibility Studies
1
2010
785
0.070
Why?
Cystic Fibrosis
1
2009
115
0.070
Why?
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
1
2015
1098
0.070
Why?
SEER Program
1
2008
205
0.070
Why?
Genetic Loci
1
2019
253
0.070
Why?
Factor Analysis, Statistical
1
2007
114
0.070
Why?
Linkage Disequilibrium
2
2020
477
0.070
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2019
382
0.070
Why?
Genetic Heterogeneity
1
2007
67
0.070
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
3
2014
2655
0.070
Why?
Family Health
1
2007
162
0.070
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
1
2009
1169
0.070
Why?
Foot Deformities, Congenital
1
2006
10
0.070
Why?
Survivors
1
2008
234
0.070
Why?
Incidence
3
2017
1603
0.070
Why?
Talus
1
2006
15
0.070
Why?
Pharmacogenetics
1
2010
437
0.060
Why?
HLA-C Antigens
1
2005
17
0.060
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2019
1498
0.060
Why?
Prevalence
2
2013
1250
0.060
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
1
2010
565
0.060
Why?
Genetic Association Studies
2
2016
294
0.060
Why?
Choline
1
2023
24
0.060
Why?
Adolescent Development
1
2024
21
0.060
Why?
Food, Fortified
1
2023
15
0.060
Why?
Brain
2
2024
2307
0.060
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2024
278
0.060
Why?
Arachidonic Acids
1
2023
41
0.060
Why?
Gray Matter
1
2024
35
0.060
Why?
Adolescent Behavior
1
2024
109
0.050
Why?
Psoriasis
1
2005
245
0.050
Why?
Metabolome
1
2023
51
0.050
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2023
76
0.050
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
1
2008
1862
0.050
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
1
2006
559
0.050
Why?
Child
2
2024
7244
0.050
Why?
Animals
2
2018
27528
0.050
Why?
Executive Function
1
2022
93
0.050
Why?
Pneumonia, Bacterial
1
2001
29
0.050
Why?
Regression Analysis
2
2016
591
0.040
Why?
Urinary Tract Infections
1
2001
76
0.040
Why?
Socioeconomic Factors
2
2015
596
0.040
Why?
Ovarian Neoplasms
2
2017
771
0.040
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, X
1
2020
55
0.040
Why?
Communicable Diseases
1
2001
63
0.040
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
2
2015
1929
0.040
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2022
288
0.040
Why?
Penetrance
1
2018
45
0.040
Why?
Transcription Factors
1
2006
1665
0.040
Why?
Inflammation Mediators
1
2018
153
0.040
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
1
2019
394
0.040
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2001
340
0.040
Why?
Tissue Distribution
1
2017
293
0.040
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2020
961
0.040
Why?
Ligands
1
2018
447
0.040
Why?
Age of Onset
1
2018
319
0.040
Why?
Vitamin D Deficiency
1
2017
104
0.030
Why?
Carcinogenesis
1
2018
214
0.030
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2017
277
0.030
Why?
Treatment Outcome
1
2009
8273
0.030
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2017
269
0.030
Why?
Telomerase
1
2016
67
0.030
Why?
Sequence Analysis, RNA
1
2017
241
0.030
Why?
Geographic Information Systems
1
2015
23
0.030
Why?
Fibroblasts
1
2018
759
0.030
Why?
Demography
1
2015
183
0.030
Why?
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
56
0.030
Why?
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
74
0.030
Why?
Cell Movement
1
2018
786
0.030
Why?
Prostate
1
2018
407
0.030
Why?
Tumor Microenvironment
1
2018
476
0.030
Why?
Cytokines
1
2018
811
0.030
Why?
Epithelial Cells
1
2018
689
0.030
Why?
Disease Progression
1
2018
1469
0.030
Why?
Pedigree
2
2006
971
0.030
Why?
Neuroblastoma
1
2017
400
0.030
Why?
Selection, Genetic
1
2017
515
0.030
Why?
Global Health
1
2015
193
0.030
Why?
Pilot Projects
1
2016
872
0.030
Why?
Perception
1
2014
179
0.030
Why?
Biomedical Research
1
2017
405
0.030
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
1
2015
435
0.030
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2018
2587
0.030
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2018
1669
0.030
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2017
1284
0.020
Why?
Informed Consent
1
2014
275
0.020
Why?
Fertilizers
1
2010
8
0.020
Why?
Sunlight
1
2010
28
0.020
Why?
Skin
1
2014
589
0.020
Why?
Registries
1
2015
808
0.020
Why?
Pesticides
1
2010
29
0.020
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2017
1765
0.020
Why?
Protective Agents
1
2010
34
0.020
Why?
Water
1
2011
286
0.020
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2010
958
0.020
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
1
2006
85
0.020
Why?
Stroke
1
2015
994
0.020
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
182
0.010
Why?
Glycoproteins
1
2005
235
0.010
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2006
529
0.010
Why?
Haplotypes
1
2005
637
0.010
Why?
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
387
0.010
Why?
Vancomycin Resistance
1
2001
18
0.010
Why?
Methicillin Resistance
1
2001
32
0.010
Why?
Neuralgia
1
2001
30
0.010
Why?
Enterococcus
1
2001
35
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
272
0.010
Why?
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