Alexandra C. McPherron

13.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
33 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Alexandra C. McPherron is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra C. McPherron has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexandra C. McPherron's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (28 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (20 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (7 papers). Alexandra C. McPherron is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (28 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (20 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (7 papers). Alexandra C. McPherron collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Alexandra C. McPherron's co-authors include Se‐Jin Lee, Ann M. Lawler, Su‐Jun Lee, Monique V. Davies, Neil M. Wolfman, Paul A. Haynes, Teresa A. Zimmers, Leonidas G. Koniaris, Kathryn R. Wagner and Tingqing Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra C. McPherron

33 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Regulation of skeletal muscle mass in mice by a new TGF-p superfamily member

1997 3.3k citations Alexandra C. McPherron, Ann M. Lawler et al. profile →
Double muscling in cattle due to mutations in the myostatin gene

1997 1.6k citations Alexandra C. McPherron, Se‐Jin Lee Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Regulation of myostatin activity and muscle growth

2001 1.3k citations Se‐Jin Lee, Alexandra C. McPherron Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Induction of Cachexia in Mice by Systemically Administered Myostatin

2002 728 citations Alexandra C. McPherron, Se‐Jin Lee et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexandra C. McPherron United States	27	8.9k	3.7k	2.2k	2.1k	1.1k	33	10.8k
Ravi Kambadur New Zealand	47	6.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	882 0.8×	78	8.1k
Se‐Jin Lee United States	44	12.2k 1.4×	4.8k 1.3×	2.9k 1.3×	2.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.8×	96	15.8k
Mridula Sharma New Zealand	41	5.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	809 0.7×	70	7.2k
Miranda D. Grounds Australia	58	7.9k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	784 0.4×	688 0.6×	233	10.5k
John McAnally United States	55	14.0k 1.6×	1.2k 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	2.3k 2.0×	82	16.9k
Peter Rotwein United States	60	8.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.3×	994 0.5×	3.2k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	196	13.5k
Peter S. Zammit United Kingdom	48	9.3k 1.1×	2.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	671 0.6×	123	10.8k
Grace K. Pavlath United States	51	7.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	943 0.4×	687 0.6×	103	9.0k
Antonio Musarò Italy	49	6.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	583 0.3×	560 0.5×	158	8.8k
Antonio L. Serrano Spain	39	5.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	510 0.2×	479 0.4×	67	8.1k

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Park, Jun Hong, Hongjun Kang, Yun Kyung Lee, et al.. (2015). Inactivation of EWS reduces PGC-1α protein stability and mitochondrial homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(19). 6074–6079. 29 indexed citations

Wang, Qian, et al.. (2015). A Soluble Activin Receptor Type IIB Does Not Improve Blood Glucose in Streptozotocin-Treated Mice. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 11(2). 199–208. 21 indexed citations

Wang, Li, Yi Jia, Heather Rogers, et al.. (2013). Erythropoietin contributes to slow oxidative muscle fiber specification via PGC-1α and AMPK activation. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 45(7). 1155–1164. 32 indexed citations

McPherron, Alexandra C., Tingqing Guo, Nichole D. Bond, & Oksana Gavrilova. (2013). Increasing muscle mass to improve metabolism. Adipocyte. 2(2). 92–98. 32 indexed citations

Manoli, Irini, Justin Kwan, Qian Wang, et al.. (2013). Chronic myopathy due to immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 108(4). 249–254. 10 indexed citations

Guo, Tingqing, et al.. (2012). Myostatin Inhibition Prevents Diabetes and Hyperphagia in a Mouse Model of Lipodystrophy. Diabetes. 61(10). 2414–2423. 54 indexed citations

Wang, Qian & Alexandra C. McPherron. (2012). Myostatin inhibition induces muscle fibre hypertrophy prior to satellite cell activation. The Journal of Physiology. 590(9). 2151–2165. 96 indexed citations

Guo, Tingqing, et al.. (2012). Effects of serotonin on skeletal muscle growth. BMC Proceedings. 6(S3). 10 indexed citations

McPherron, Alexandra C., et al.. (2011). Soluble activin receptor type IIB treatment does not cause fat loss in mice with diet‐induced obesity. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 14(3). 279–282. 18 indexed citations

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Allen, David L., Dustin S. Hittel, & Alexandra C. McPherron. (2011). Expression and Function of Myostatin in Obesity, Diabetes, and Exercise Adaptation. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 43(10). 1828–1835. 153 indexed citations

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Lipina, Christopher, et al.. (2010). Mechanisms involved in the enhancement of mammalian target of rapamycin signalling and hypertrophy in skeletal muscle of myostatin‐deficient mice. FEBS Letters. 584(11). 2403–2408. 70 indexed citations

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Lee, Young Jae, Alexandra C. McPherron, Yasuo Sakai, et al.. (2010). Growth differentiation factor 11 signaling controls retinoic acid activity for axial vertebral development. Developmental Biology. 347(1). 195–203. 27 indexed citations

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McPherron, Alexandra C.. (2010). Metabolic Functions of Myostatin and GDF11. Immunology Endocrine & Metabolic Agents - Medicinal Chemistry. 10(4). 217–231. 95 indexed citations

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Cash, Jennifer N., Carlis Rejon, Alexandra C. McPherron, Daniel J. Bernard, & Thomas B. Thompson. (2009). The structure of myostatin:follistatin 288: insights into receptor utilization and heparin binding. The EMBO Journal. 28(17). 2662–2676. 127 indexed citations

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McPherron, Alexandra C. & Se‐Jin Lee. (2002). Suppression of body fat accumulation in myostatin-deficient mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 109(5). 595–601. 421 indexed citations

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Hamrick, Mark W., Alexandra C. McPherron, & C. Owen Lovejoy. (2002). Bone Mineral Content and Density in the Humerus of Adult Myostatin-Deficient Mice. Calcified Tissue International. 71(1). 63–68. 63 indexed citations

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McPherron, Alexandra C. & Se‐Jin Lee. (2002). Suppression of body fat accumulation in myostatin-deficient mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 109(5). 595–601. 467 indexed citations

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Lee, Se‐Jin & Alexandra C. McPherron. (2001). Regulation of myostatin activity and muscle growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(16). 9306–9311. 1303 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hamrick, Mark W., et al.. (2000). Femoral morphology and cross-sectional geometry of adult myostatin-deficient mice. Bone. 27(3). 343–349. 83 indexed citations

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McPherron, Alexandra C., Ann M. Lawler, & Se‐Jin Lee. (1999). Regulation of anterior/posterior patterning of the axial skeleton by growth/differentiation factor 11. Nature Genetics. 22(3). 260–264. 369 indexed citations

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