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Brandon L. Pierce

Concepts (315)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Arsenic
25
2023
251
8.350
Why?
Telomere
11
2023
108
3.990
Why?
DNA Methylation
10
2024
628
3.550
Why?
Genome-Wide Association Study
36
2024
1621
3.480
Why?
Arsenic Poisoning
11
2023
103
3.340
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
37
2024
2357
3.080
Why?
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
28
2020
2271
2.830
Why?
Environmental Exposure
18
2023
296
2.740
Why?
Telomere Homeostasis
6
2021
30
2.510
Why?
Quantitative Trait Loci
10
2024
576
2.370
Why?
Methyltransferases
6
2023
182
2.340
Why?
Bangladesh
27
2023
318
2.270
Why?
Mendelian Randomization Analysis
11
2021
43
2.240
Why?
Gene-Environment Interaction
7
2018
103
2.070
Why?
Arsenicals
5
2023
48
1.800
Why?
Skin Diseases
8
2019
166
1.670
Why?
Genetic Variation
14
2024
1351
1.620
Why?
Prostatic Neoplasms
11
2024
1721
1.480
Why?
Telomere Shortening
4
2020
23
1.440
Why?
Drinking Water
5
2023
64
1.330
Why?
Aging
4
2021
691
1.290
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
6
2020
135
1.230
Why?
Pancreatic Neoplasms
6
2017
645
1.130
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
5
2024
479
1.070
Why?
Humans
93
2024
86643
1.060
Why?
Multifactorial Inheritance
6
2024
159
1.040
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
8
2021
1920
1.020
Why?
C-Reactive Protein
4
2009
190
1.010
Why?
Disease
5
2020
90
1.000
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
10
2023
1019
0.990
Why?
Male
54
2024
40965
0.990
Why?
Data Interpretation, Statistical
3
2015
297
0.950
Why?
Cigarette Smoking
1
2024
30
0.940
Why?
Risk Factors
22
2023
5417
0.930
Why?
Middle Aged
43
2023
25028
0.890
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
6
2012
1373
0.890
Why?
Leukocytes
4
2023
202
0.860
Why?
Cacodylic Acid
3
2021
22
0.840
Why?
Aged
36
2023
18415
0.840
Why?
Smoking
5
2024
609
0.830
Why?
Adult
38
2023
25648
0.830
Why?
Odds Ratio
11
2019
678
0.830
Why?
Parents
2
2019
272
0.820
Why?
Female
51
2024
44532
0.800
Why?
Chemically-Induced Disorders
1
2020
2
0.740
Why?
Information Seeking Behavior
1
2020
12
0.730
Why?
Blood
1
2019
69
0.710
Why?
Case-Control Studies
13
2018
1805
0.700
Why?
Ammonia-Lyases
1
2019
6
0.690
Why?
Glutamate Formimidoyltransferase
1
2019
6
0.690
Why?
Research Subjects
1
2020
73
0.690
Why?
Serum Amyloid A Protein
2
2009
25
0.670
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
2
2023
47
0.650
Why?
Diet
4
2012
443
0.640
Why?
Breast Neoplasms
12
2020
2903
0.610
Why?
Young Adult
18
2023
5976
0.610
Why?
Chromosomes, Human
1
2017
66
0.600
Why?
DNA Helicases
1
2017
79
0.600
Why?
Causality
3
2019
81
0.590
Why?
Mortality
1
2017
149
0.560
Why?
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
2016
135
0.550
Why?
Saliva
1
2016
122
0.540
Why?
Body Mass Index
4
2016
770
0.540
Why?
Prospective Studies
13
2022
4213
0.540
Why?
Phenotype
9
2024
2378
0.530
Why?
Neoplasms
5
2023
2898
0.520
Why?
Blotting, Southern
1
2014
129
0.510
Why?
Smoking Cessation
2
2016
230
0.510
Why?
Genomics
5
2024
720
0.510
Why?
Models, Statistical
2
2015
574
0.500
Why?
Longevity
2
2019
51
0.480
Why?
Alleles
6
2020
1128
0.480
Why?
Genotype
7
2016
1851
0.470
Why?
Models, Genetic
3
2018
926
0.470
Why?
Folic Acid
3
2023
60
0.460
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2017
296
0.450
Why?
DNA
3
2016
1294
0.450
Why?
Gene Expression
3
2024
1284
0.430
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
5
2023
1621
0.420
Why?
Genome, Human
5
2019
756
0.420
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2013
236
0.410
Why?
Life Style
3
2015
189
0.390
Why?
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
1
2011
80
0.390
Why?
Sex Characteristics
3
2020
319
0.380
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2018
1078
0.380
Why?
Adolescent
15
2022
8981
0.370
Why?
Cohort Studies
9
2019
2767
0.370
Why?
Biomarkers
3
2016
1718
0.370
Why?
Prostate-Specific Antigen
1
2012
353
0.370
Why?
Thinness
1
2009
43
0.360
Why?
Patents as Topic
1
2009
12
0.350
Why?
Cognition
1
2013
570
0.340
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
8
2018
6509
0.330
Why?
Genetic Testing
2
2010
535
0.320
Why?
Interleukin-6
1
2009
256
0.310
Why?
Cross-Cultural Comparison
1
2007
34
0.310
Why?
Gene Frequency
3
2019
677
0.300
Why?
Carcinoma
1
2010
436
0.280
Why?
Methylation
2
2019
251
0.280
Why?
Vitamin D
2
2019
261
0.280
Why?
Genetic Linkage
2
2007
623
0.280
Why?
Body Height
2
2016
99
0.270
Why?
Prognosis
3
2012
3679
0.270
Why?
Feeding Behavior
1
2007
324
0.250
Why?
Biomarkers, Tumor
2
2014
1464
0.250
Why?
CpG Islands
3
2019
151
0.240
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
2
2018
86
0.240
Why?
Genetic Privacy
1
2023
12
0.240
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
1
2011
1169
0.230
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Y
1
2023
22
0.230
Why?
Bisexuality
1
2003
32
0.230
Why?
Inflammation
3
2018
920
0.230
Why?
Genomic Instability
1
2023
79
0.230
Why?
Water Pollution, Chemical
2
2015
21
0.220
Why?
Dietary Supplements
1
2023
128
0.220
Why?
Mutation, Missense
2
2019
276
0.210
Why?
Suicide, Attempted
1
2003
129
0.210
Why?
Pulmonary Fibrosis
1
2023
123
0.200
Why?
Attitude
2
2020
127
0.200
Why?
Epigenomics
1
2022
100
0.200
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
4
2018
2705
0.200
Why?
Blood Proteins
1
2021
144
0.200
Why?
Bias
2
2012
127
0.190
Why?
Genetic Pleiotropy
1
2020
24
0.190
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
2
2022
1074
0.190
Why?
United Kingdom
1
2021
164
0.190
Why?
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
1
2022
183
0.190
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus
1
2008
806
0.190
Why?
Health Status
2
2016
360
0.190
Why?
Biological Specimen Banks
1
2021
65
0.190
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
2
2017
1384
0.190
Why?
United States
6
2018
6672
0.190
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2017
2261
0.180
Why?
Sex Factors
4
2020
1054
0.180
Why?
Homosexuality, Male
1
2003
298
0.180
Why?
Multifunctional Enzymes
1
2019
6
0.170
Why?
Tungsten
1
2018
5
0.170
Why?
Cadmium
1
2018
28
0.170
Why?
Indians, North American
1
2018
48
0.170
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2019
3241
0.160
Why?
Haptoglobins
1
2017
9
0.160
Why?
Risk
3
2016
674
0.160
Why?
Mutation
1
2009
3968
0.150
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
3
2023
859
0.150
Why?
High-Throughput Screening Assays
1
2018
55
0.150
Why?
Stromal Cells
1
2018
143
0.150
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
2
2012
1991
0.150
Why?
Waist-Hip Ratio
1
2016
18
0.140
Why?
Water Supply
3
2011
60
0.140
Why?
Sex Distribution
1
2016
173
0.140
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
1
2017
144
0.140
Why?
Software
1
2020
654
0.140
Why?
Adiposity
1
2016
70
0.140
Why?
Transcriptome
2
2021
580
0.140
Why?
Algorithms
2
2015
1830
0.140
Why?
Biometry
1
2015
66
0.130
Why?
Genotyping Techniques
1
2015
68
0.130
Why?
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
273
0.130
Why?
Vitamin E
1
2014
35
0.130
Why?
Parity
1
2015
93
0.130
Why?
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
1
2015
54
0.130
Why?
Asia
1
2014
95
0.130
Why?
Biological Assay
1
2014
78
0.130
Why?
Selenium
1
2014
44
0.130
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
3
2017
938
0.130
Why?
Chemoprevention
1
2014
91
0.120
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2016
927
0.120
Why?
Databases as Topic
1
2014
92
0.120
Why?
Drinking
2
2011
34
0.120
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2015
819
0.120
Why?
Phosphofructokinase-1, Muscle Type
1
2014
9
0.120
Why?
Environmental Pollutants
1
2014
51
0.120
Why?
Food Contamination
1
2013
31
0.120
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
1
2013
86
0.120
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
2
2018
3640
0.120
Why?
Oxidative Stress
1
2016
447
0.120
Why?
Environment
1
2015
219
0.120
Why?
Information Dissemination
1
2014
103
0.120
Why?
Oryza
1
2013
40
0.120
Why?
Genetic Markers
2
2020
476
0.110
Why?
Sample Size
1
2013
130
0.110
Why?
Nuclear Proteins
1
2017
696
0.110
Why?
Keratosis
1
2012
21
0.110
Why?
Proteins
2
2010
777
0.110
Why?
Membrane Transport Proteins
1
2013
166
0.110
Why?
C-Peptide
1
2012
174
0.110
Why?
Food
1
2012
86
0.100
Why?
Lung Diseases
1
2014
263
0.100
Why?
Random Allocation
1
2012
332
0.100
Why?
Androgens
1
2012
167
0.100
Why?
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
1
2015
383
0.100
Why?
Cucurbitaceae
1
2010
4
0.100
Why?
Vegetables
1
2010
45
0.100
Why?
Molecular Epidemiology
1
2010
53
0.090
Why?
Diabetes Complications
1
2012
207
0.090
Why?
Epidemiologic Studies
1
2010
17
0.090
Why?
Vitamin B Complex
1
2010
21
0.090
Why?
Therapeutics
1
2010
12
0.090
Why?
Lung Neoplasms
3
2017
2262
0.090
Why?
Occupational Exposure
1
2010
80
0.090
Why?
Organ Specificity
2
2020
258
0.090
Why?
Skin Neoplasms
1
2014
546
0.090
Why?
Age Factors
2
2019
1851
0.090
Why?
Precancerous Conditions
1
2010
196
0.090
Why?
Rural Population
1
2009
136
0.090
Why?
Long QT Syndrome
1
2009
34
0.080
Why?
Ownership
1
2009
26
0.080
Why?
Cause of Death
1
2009
277
0.080
Why?
Washington
1
2008
48
0.080
Why?
Feasibility Studies
1
2010
751
0.080
Why?
Cystic Fibrosis
1
2009
112
0.080
Why?
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
1
2015
1076
0.080
Why?
SEER Program
1
2008
190
0.080
Why?
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
2015
827
0.080
Why?
Genetic Loci
1
2019
250
0.080
Why?
Factor Analysis, Statistical
1
2007
111
0.080
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2019
361
0.070
Why?
Linkage Disequilibrium
2
2020
473
0.070
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
3
2014
2501
0.070
Why?
Genetic Heterogeneity
1
2007
62
0.070
Why?
Family Health
1
2007
162
0.070
Why?
Foot Deformities, Congenital
1
2006
10
0.070
Why?
Survivors
1
2008
226
0.070
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
1
2009
1204
0.070
Why?
Talus
1
2006
14
0.070
Why?
Incidence
3
2017
1577
0.070
Why?
HLA-C Antigens
1
2005
21
0.070
Why?
Pharmacogenetics
1
2010
434
0.070
Why?
Prevalence
2
2013
1239
0.060
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2019
1538
0.060
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
1
2010
567
0.060
Why?
Genetic Association Studies
2
2016
294
0.060
Why?
Food, Fortified
1
2023
13
0.060
Why?
Choline
1
2023
23
0.060
Why?
Arachidonic Acids
1
2023
39
0.060
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2023
68
0.050
Why?
Metabolome
1
2023
47
0.050
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
1
2008
1801
0.050
Why?
Psoriasis
1
2005
240
0.050
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
1
2006
536
0.050
Why?
Animals
2
2018
26582
0.050
Why?
Executive Function
1
2022
86
0.050
Why?
Pneumonia, Bacterial
1
2001
28
0.050
Why?
Urinary Tract Infections
1
2001
76
0.050
Why?
Socioeconomic Factors
2
2015
567
0.050
Why?
Regression Analysis
2
2016
596
0.050
Why?
Ovarian Neoplasms
2
2017
744
0.050
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, X
1
2020
55
0.050
Why?
Communicable Diseases
1
2001
63
0.050
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
2
2015
1961
0.040
Why?
Impulsive Behavior
1
2022
281
0.040
Why?
Transcription Factors
1
2006
1565
0.040
Why?
Penetrance
1
2018
44
0.040
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2001
329
0.040
Why?
Inflammation Mediators
1
2018
154
0.040
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
1
2019
384
0.040
Why?
Tissue Distribution
1
2017
290
0.040
Why?
Ligands
1
2018
433
0.040
Why?
Age of Onset
1
2018
310
0.040
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2020
937
0.040
Why?
Carcinogenesis
1
2018
195
0.040
Why?
Treatment Outcome
1
2009
7993
0.040
Why?
Vitamin D Deficiency
1
2017
103
0.040
Why?
Models, Animal
1
2017
263
0.040
Why?
Telomerase
1
2016
55
0.040
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2017
260
0.040
Why?
Sequence Analysis, RNA
1
2017
217
0.030
Why?
Geographic Information Systems
1
2015
20
0.030
Why?
Fibroblasts
1
2018
729
0.030
Why?
Demography
1
2015
177
0.030
Why?
Tumor Microenvironment
1
2018
418
0.030
Why?
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
56
0.030
Why?
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
1
2015
71
0.030
Why?
Prostate
1
2018
378
0.030
Why?
Cell Movement
1
2018
758
0.030
Why?
Cytokines
1
2018
776
0.030
Why?
Epithelial Cells
1
2018
669
0.030
Why?
Neuroblastoma
1
2017
374
0.030
Why?
Disease Progression
1
2018
1531
0.030
Why?
Pedigree
2
2006
966
0.030
Why?
Global Health
1
2015
193
0.030
Why?
Selection, Genetic
1
2017
502
0.030
Why?
Pilot Projects
1
2016
839
0.030
Why?
Perception
1
2014
168
0.030
Why?
Biomedical Research
1
2017
376
0.030
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
1
2015
429
0.030
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2018
2426
0.030
Why?
Cell Proliferation
1
2018
1578
0.030
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2017
1197
0.030
Why?
Informed Consent
1
2014
266
0.030
Why?
Registries
1
2015
702
0.030
Why?
Fertilizers
1
2010
8
0.020
Why?
Sunlight
1
2010
26
0.020
Why?
Child
1
2022
6927
0.020
Why?
Skin
1
2014
554
0.020
Why?
Pesticides
1
2010
29
0.020
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2017
1749
0.020
Why?
Protective Agents
1
2010
33
0.020
Why?
Water
1
2011
277
0.020
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2010
971
0.020
Why?
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
1
2006
85
0.020
Why?
Stroke
1
2015
965
0.020
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
179
0.020
Why?
Glycoproteins
1
2005
234
0.020
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2006
526
0.020
Why?
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2005
379
0.010
Why?
Haplotypes
1
2005
642
0.010
Why?
Vancomycin Resistance
1
2001
18
0.010
Why?
Methicillin Resistance
1
2001
32
0.010
Why?
Neuralgia
1
2001
28
0.010
Why?
Enterococcus
1
2001
35
0.010
Why?
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
1
2001
47
0.010
Why?
Community-Acquired Infections
1
2001
63
0.010
Why?
Herpes Zoster
1
2001
78
0.010
Why?
Staphylococcal Infections
1
2001
255
0.010
Why?
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