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Brandon Pierce

Concepts (323)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Arsenic
25
2023
266
7.750
Why?
DNA Methylation
13
2025
672
5.260
Why?
Telomere
11
2023
119
3.680
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
39
2025
1713
3.600
Why?
Arsenic Poisoning
11
2023
103
3.120
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
39
2025
2440
2.960
Why?
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
30
2025
2375
2.760
Why?
Aging
6
2025
732
2.510
Why?
Environmental Exposure
18
2023
337
2.480
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
11
2024
621
2.350
Why?
Telomere Homeostasis
6
2021
30
2.330
Why?
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
12
2024
46
2.300
Why?
Methyltransferases
6
2023
197
2.150
Why?
Bangladesh
27
2023
332
2.100
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
8
2025
530
2.020
Why?
Prostatic Neoplasms
13
2025
1757
1.920
Why?
Gene-Environment Interaction
7
2018
118
1.880
Why?
Arsenicals
5
2023
48
1.680
Why?
Skin Diseases
8
2019
174
1.550
Why?
Genetic Variation
14
2024
1384
1.520
Why?
CpG Islands
5
2025
160
1.340
Why?
Telomere Shortening
4
2020
25
1.340
Why?
Organ Specificity
6
2025
279
1.290
Why?
Drinking Water
5
2023
67
1.230
Why?
Multifactorial Inheritance
8
2025
180
1.200
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
6
2020
139
1.140
Why?
Humans
100
2025
91073
1.100
Why?
Male
59
2025
43249
1.070
Why?
Pancreatic Neoplasms
6
2017
687
1.030
Why?
Middle Aged
47
2025
26555
1.000
Why?
Aged
40
2025
19574
0.990
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
8
2021
1993
0.960
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
11
2024
1093
0.950
Why?
C-Reactive Protein
4
2009
197
0.940
Why?
Disease
5
2020
90
0.930
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
6
2012
1204
0.900
Why?
Data Interpretation, Statistical
3
2015
304
0.880
Why?
Risk Factors
22
2023
5608
0.870
Why?
Cigarette Smoking
1
2024
37
0.860
Why?
Female
54
2025
47186
0.830
Why?
Adult
39
2024
27147
0.810
Why?
Leukocytes
4
2023
209
0.800
Why?
Cacodylic Acid
3
2021
22
0.780
Why?
Smoking
5
2024
630
0.780
Why?
Odds Ratio
11
2019
681
0.770
Why?
Parents
2
2019
292
0.760
Why?
Chemically-Induced Disorders
1
2020
2
0.690
Why?
Information Seeking Behavior
1
2020
15
0.680
Why?
Blood
1
2019
69
0.660
Why?
Algorithms
3
2025
1933
0.650
Why?
Research Subjects
1
2020
73
0.650
Why?
Case-Control Studies
13
2018
1877
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
0.620
Why?
Diet
4
2012
447
0.600
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
2
2023
47
0.600
Why?
Breast Neoplasms
12
2020
3029
0.560
Why?
Chromosomes, Human
1
2017
65
0.560
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2017
85
0.560
Why?
Causality
3
2019
80
0.550
Why?
Young Adult
18
2023
6502
0.550
Why?
Prostate-Specific Antigen
2
2025
343
0.540
Why?
Mortality
1
2017
148
0.520
Why?
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
2016
135
0.510
Why?
Saliva
1
2016
125
0.510
Why?
Body Mass Index
4
2016
784
0.510
Why?
Prospective Studies
13
2022
4367
0.500
Why?
Phenotype
9
2024
2480
0.490
Why?
Neoplasms
5
2023
3053
0.480
Why?
Models, Genetic
4
2024
962
0.480
Why?
Blotting, Southern
1
2014
127
0.470
Why?
Models, Statistical
2
2015
577
0.470
Why?
Genomics
5
2024
793
0.460
Why?
Smoking Cessation
2
2016
265
0.450
Why?
Alleles
6
2020
1138
0.450
Why?
Longevity
2
2019
58
0.450
Why?
Genotype
7
2016
1858
0.440
Why?
Folic Acid
3
2023
64
0.430
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2017
309
0.420
Why?
DNA
3
2016
1313
0.420
Why?
Gene Expression
3
2024
1313
0.400
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2013
236
0.390
Why?
Genome, Human
5
2019
794
0.390
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
5
2023
1753
0.390
Why?
Cohort Studies
10
2025
2904
0.380
Why?
Life Style
3
2015
174
0.360
Why?
Adolescent
16
2024
9411
0.360
Why?
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
1
2011
80
0.360
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2018
1105
0.360
Why?
Sex Characteristics
3
2020
329
0.350
Why?
Biomarkers
3
2016
1814
0.330
Why?
Thinness
1
2009
46
0.330
Why?
Patents as Topic
1
2009
12
0.320
Why?
Cognition
1
2013
591
0.320
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
8
2018
6847
0.310
Why?
Genetic Testing
2
2010
544
0.300
Why?
Interleukin-6
1
2009
268
0.290
Why?
Cross-Cultural Comparison
1
2007
34
0.290
Why?
Gene Frequency
3
2019
694
0.280
Why?
Carcinoma
1
2010
438
0.270
Why?
Vitamin D
2
2019
269
0.260
Why?
Methylation
2
2019
276
0.260
Why?
Genetic Linkage
2
2007
624
0.260
Why?
Body Height
2
2016
101
0.250
Why?
Prognosis
3
2012
3825
0.250
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2007
334
0.230
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
2
2014
1559
0.230
Why?
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
2
2024
186
0.230
Why?
Genetic Privacy
1
2023
12
0.220
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
2
2018
90
0.220
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
1
2011
1183
0.220
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Y
1
2023
24
0.220
Why?
Alternative Splicing
1
2024
214
0.210
Why?
Conduct Disorder
1
2024
64
0.210
Why?
Bisexuality
1
2003
35
0.210
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2024
1465
0.210
Why?
Genomic Instability
1
2023
84
0.210
Why?
Dietary Supplements
1
2023
124
0.210
Why?
Water Pollution, Chemical
2
2015
21
0.210
Why?
Inflammation
3
2018
998
0.210
Why?
Mutation, Missense
2
2019
285
0.200
Why?
Suicide, Attempted
1
2003
136
0.190
Why?
Attitude
2
2020
131
0.190
Why?
Epigenomics
1
2022
103
0.190
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus
1
2008
751
0.180
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
4
2018
2785
0.180
Why?
Pulmonary Fibrosis
1
2023
147
0.180
Why?
Blood Proteins
1
2021
149
0.180
Why?
Bias
2
2012
136
0.180
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
2
2022
1079
0.180
Why?
Genetic Pleiotropy
1
2020
26
0.180
Why?
United Kingdom
1
2021
168
0.180
Why?
Health Status
2
2016
370
0.180
Why?
Biological Specimen Banks
1
2021
68
0.170
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2017
2345
0.170
Why?
Sex Factors
4
2020
1082
0.170
Why?
United States
6
2018
7188
0.170
Why?
Homosexuality, Male
1
2003
313
0.170
Why?
Multifunctional Enzymes
1
2019
6
0.160
Why?
Transcriptome
3
2024
679
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
3442
0.150
Why?
Risk
3
2016
657
0.150
Why?
Haptoglobins
1
2017
9
0.150
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
3
2023
852
0.140
Why?
Stromal Cells
1
2018
151
0.140
Why?
High-Throughput Screening Assays
1
2018
60
0.140
Why?
Mutation
1
2009
4203
0.140
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
2
2012
2020
0.140
Why?
Waist-Hip Ratio
1
2016
20
0.130
Why?
Water Supply
3
2011
62
0.130
Why?
Sex Distribution
1
2016
170
0.130
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
1
2017
148
0.130
Why?
Software
1
2020
670
0.130
Why?
Adiposity
1
2016
76
0.130
Why?
Biometry
1
2015
67
0.120
Why?
Genotyping Techniques
1
2015
69
0.120
Why?
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
285
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
62
0.120
Why?
Selenium
1
2014
46
0.120
Why?
Biological Assay
1
2014
81
0.120
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
3
2017
977
0.120
Why?
Chemoprevention
1
2014
92
0.120
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2015
829
0.120
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
925
0.120
Why?
Databases as Topic
1
2014
94
0.110
Why?
Drinking
2
2011
33
0.110
Why?
Phosphofructokinase-1, Muscle Type
1
2014
9
0.110
Why?
Environmental Pollutants
1
2014
53
0.110
Why?
Food Contamination
1
2013
34
0.110
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
1
2013
80
0.110
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
2
2018
3716
0.110
Why?
Oxidative Stress
1
2016
464
0.110
Why?
Environment
1
2015
229
0.110
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2014
117
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
731
0.100
Why?
Keratosis
1
2012
21
0.100
Why?
Proteins
2
2010
800
0.100
Why?
Membrane Transport Proteins
1
2013
171
0.100
Why?
C-Peptide
1
2012
184
0.100
Why?
Random Allocation
1
2012
326
0.100
Why?
Food
1
2012
89
0.100
Why?
Lung Diseases
1
2014
276
0.100
Why?
Androgens
1
2012
175
0.100
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1
2024
3500
0.090
Why?
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
1
2015
367
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?
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
2380
0.080
Why?
Age Factors
2
2019
1876
0.080
Why?
Occupational Exposure
1
2010
88
0.080
Why?
Skin Neoplasms
1
2014
603
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
270
0.080
Why?
Washington
1
2008
49
0.080
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2015
733
0.070
Why?
Feasibility Studies
1
2010
791
0.070
Why?
Cystic Fibrosis
1
2009
117
0.070
Why?
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
1
2015
1095
0.070
Why?
SEER Program
1
2008
202
0.070
Why?
Genetic Loci
1
2019
253
0.070
Why?
Factor Analysis, Statistical
1
2007
115
0.070
Why?
Linkage Disequilibrium
2
2020
477
0.070
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2019
386
0.070
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
3
2014
2682
0.070
Why?
Survivors
1
2008
191
0.070
Why?
Genetic Heterogeneity
1
2007
67
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?
Incidence
3
2017
1599
0.070
Why?
Talus
1
2006
15
0.060
Why?
Pharmacogenetics
1
2010
444
0.060
Why?
HLA-C Antigens
1
2005
17
0.060
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2019
1500
0.060
Why?
Prevalence
2
2013
1265
0.060
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
1
2010
570
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
2327
0.060
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2024
281
0.060
Why?
Arachidonic Acids
1
2023
41
0.050
Why?
Gray Matter
1
2024
36
0.050
Why?
Adolescent Behavior
1
2024
109
0.050
Why?
Psoriasis
1
2005
245
0.050
Why?
Metabolome
1
2023
52
0.050
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2023
81
0.050
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
1
2008
1892
0.050
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
1
2006
558
0.050
Why?
Child
2
2024
7273
0.050
Why?
Animals
2
2018
27783
0.050
Why?
Executive Function
1
2022
96
0.050
Why?
Pneumonia, Bacterial
1
2001
29
0.050
Why?
Regression Analysis
2
2016
590
0.040
Why?
Urinary Tract Infections
1
2001
75
0.040
Why?
Socioeconomic Factors
2
2015
596
0.040
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, X
1
2020
55
0.040
Why?
Ovarian Neoplasms
2
2017
779
0.040
Why?
Communicable Diseases
1
2001
65
0.040
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
2
2015
1935
0.040
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2022
290
0.040
Why?
Penetrance
1
2018
46
0.040
Why?
Transcription Factors
1
2006
1671
0.040
Why?
Inflammation Mediators
1
2018
155
0.040
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
1
2019
395
0.040
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2001
342
0.040
Why?
Tissue Distribution
1
2017
293
0.040
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2020
964
0.030
Why?
Ligands
1
2018
453
0.030
Why?
Age of Onset
1
2018
323
0.030
Why?
Vitamin D Deficiency
1
2017
104
0.030
Why?
Carcinogenesis
1
2018
216
0.030
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2017
278
0.030
Why?
Treatment Outcome
1
2009
8436
0.030
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2017
270
0.030
Why?
Telomerase
1
2016
67
0.030
Why?
Sequence Analysis, RNA
1
2017
243
0.030
Why?
Geographic Information Systems
1
2015
24
0.030
Why?
Fibroblasts
1
2018
766
0.030
Why?
Demography
1
2015
184
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
793
0.030
Why?
Prostate
1
2018
410
0.030
Why?
Tumor Microenvironment
1
2018
483
0.030
Why?
Cytokines
1
2018
817
0.030
Why?
Epithelial Cells
1
2018
693
0.030
Why?
Disease Progression
1
2018
1493
0.030
Why?
Neuroblastoma
1
2017
390
0.030
Why?
Pedigree
2
2006
970
0.030
Why?
Global Health
1
2015
194
0.030
Why?
Selection, Genetic
1
2017
522
0.030
Why?
Perception
1
2014
181
0.030
Why?
Pilot Projects
1
2016
887
0.030
Why?
Biomedical Research
1
2017
401
0.030
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
1
2015
441
0.030
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2018
2615
0.020
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2018
1695
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2017
1295
0.020
Why?
Informed Consent
1
2014
277
0.020
Why?
Fertilizers
1
2010
8
0.020
Why?
Sunlight
1
2010
28
0.020
Why?
Skin
1
2014
586
0.020
Why?
Registries
1
2015
826
0.020
Why?
Pesticides
1
2010
29
0.020
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2017
1771
0.020
Why?
Protective Agents
1
2010
34
0.020
Why?
Water
1
2011
283
0.020
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2010
960
0.020
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
1
2006
85
0.020
Why?
Stroke
1
2015
1006
0.020
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
183
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
31
0.010
Why?
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
1
2001
50
0.010
Why?
Herpes Zoster
1
2001
79
0.010
Why?
Community-Acquired Infections
1
2001
64
0.010
Why?
Staphylococcal Infections
1
2001
272
0.010
Why?
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