Andrew B. Sparks

19.0k citations

25 papers · 7.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 21

Molecular Biology top 1%
Oncology top 2%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.5%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health top 1%
Genetics top 2%

Co-authors: Kenneth W. Kinzler Bert Vogelstein Patrice J. Morin Hans Clevers Nick Barker Vladimír Kořínek Brian K. Kay Dana M. Fowlkes
Topics: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers)Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (6 papers)Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (5 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Pathology and Forensic Medicine Oncology
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nucleic Acids Research
Partner nations: United States Sweden Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Andrew B. Sparks

24 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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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.

Activation of β-Catenin-Tcf Signaling in Colon Cancer by Mutations in β-Catenin or APC

1997 3.3k citations Patrice J. Morin, Andrew B. Sparks et al. profile →
Mutational analysis of the APC/beta-catenin/Tcf pathway in colorectal cancer.

1998 836 citations Andrew B. Sparks, Patrice J. Morin et al. PubMed profile →
Non-Invasive Chromosomal Evaluation (NICE) Study: results of a multicenter prospective cohort study for detection of fetal trisomy 21 and trisomy 18

2012 424 citations Mary E. Norton, Herb Brar et al. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Deletion Using a Targeted Microarray-Based Cell-Free DNA Test 2017 ·Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy ·(unknown),Eric W. Wang,Patrick E. Bogard,Elisa Bevilacqua,(unknown),Susie Wang,(unknown),(unknown),Jennifer Kaplan,Andrew B. Sparks,Jacques Jani,Renee Stokowski	21
2	Clinical performance of non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using targeted cell‐free DNA analysis in maternal plasma with microarrays or next generation sequencing (NGS) is consistent across multiple controlled clinical studies 2015 ·Prenatal Diagnosis ·Renee Stokowski,(unknown),(unknown),Annette Batey,Bo Jacobsson,Herb Brar,(unknown),Desiree Hollemon,Andrew B. Sparks,K. H. Nicolaides,Thomas J. Musci	83
3	Selective analysis of cell‐free DNA in maternal blood for evaluation of fetal trisomy 2012 ·Prenatal Diagnosis ·Andrew B. Sparks,Eric T. Wang,Craig A. Struble,(unknown),Renee Stokowski,Celeste McBride,Jacob M. Zahn,Kevin Lee,Naiping Shen,(unknown),Michel M. Sun,Jill Garrison,(unknown),Desiree Hollemon,Patrick Pattee,Aoy Tomita‐Mitchell,Michael E. Mitchell,(unknown),Ken Song,Arnold Oliphant	208
4	Non-Invasive Chromosomal Evaluation (NICE) Study: results of a multicenter prospective cohort study for detection of fetal trisomy 21 and trisomy 18breakdown → 2012 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Mary E. Norton,Herb Brar,Jonathan M. Weiss,(unknown),Louise C. Laurent,Aaron B. Caughey,(unknown),John Williams,Michael E. Mitchell,C. David Adair,Hanmin Lee,Bo Jacobsson,Mark Tomlinson,Dick Oepkes,Desiree Hollemon,Andrew B. Sparks,Arnold Oliphant,Ken Song	424
5	Noninvasive prenatal detection and selective analysis of cell-free DNA obtained from maternal blood: evaluation for trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 2012 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Andrew B. Sparks,Craig A. Struble,Eric T. Wang,Ken Song,Arnold Oliphant	322
6	A bioinformatic filter for improved base-call accuracy and polymorphism detection using the Affymetrix GeneChip® whole-genome resequencing platform 2007 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Gagan A. Pandya,Michael H. Holmes,Sirisha Sunkara,Andrew B. Sparks,Yun Bai,Kathleen Verratti,(unknown),Pratap Venepally,Behnam Jarrahi,Robert Fleischmann,Scott N. Peterson	14
7	Mapping the Specificity of SH3 Domains with Phage-Displayed Random-Peptide Libraries 2003 ·Humana Press eBooks ·Andrew B. Sparks,James E. Rider,Brian K. Kay	14
8	Using the transcriptome to annotate the genome 2002 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Saurabh Saha,Andrew B. Sparks,Carlo Rago,Viatcheslav R. Akmaev,Clarence J. Wang,Bert Vogelstein,Kenneth W. Kinzler,Victor E. Velculescu	424
9	Mutation Screening of the TNFRSF11A Gene Encoding Receptor Activator of NFkB (RANK) in Familial and Sporadic Paget's Disease of Bone and Osteosarcoma 2001 ·Calcified Tissue International ·Andrew B. Sparks,S. Peterson,C. Bell,Brendan Loftus,Lynne J. Hocking,Daniel P. Cahill,Frank J. Frassica,Elizabeth A. Streeten,Michael A. Levine,Claire M. Fraser,Melissa D. Adams,(unknown),J. Craig Venter,Kenneth W. Kinzler,Bert Vogelstein,Stuart H. Ralston	61
10	Immunohistochemical Labeling for Dpc4 Mirrors Genetic Status in Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas 2000 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Robb E. Wilentz,Gloria H. Su,Jia Le Dai,Andrew B. Sparks,Pedram Argani,Taylor A. Sohn,Charles J. Yeo,Scott E. Kern,Ralph H. Hruban	250
11	Analysis of adenomatous polyposis coli promoter hypermethylation in human cancer. 2000 ·PubMed ·Manel Esteller,Andrew B. Sparks,Minoru Toyota,Montse Sánchez‐Céspedes,Gabriel Capellá,Miguel A. Peinado,Sara González,Gemma Tarafa,David Sidransky,Stephen J. Meltzer,Stephen B. Baylin,James G. Herman	436
12	CDX2 is mutated in a colorectal cancer with normal APC/β-catenin signaling 1999 ·Oncogene ·Luís Teixeira da Costa,Tong‐Chuan He,Jian Yu,Andrew B. Sparks,Patrice J. Morin,Kornélia Polyák,(unknown),Bert Vogelstein,Kenneth W. Kinzler	110
13	Mutational analysis of the APC/beta-catenin/Tcf pathway in colorectal cancer.breakdown → 1998 ·PubMed ·Andrew B. Sparks,Patrice J. Morin,Bert Vogelstein,Kenneth W. Kinzler	836
14	Using Molecular Repertoires to Identify High-Affinity Peptide Ligands of the WW Domain of Human and Mouse YAP 1997 ·Biological Chemistry ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Andrew B. Sparks,Brian K. Kay,Marius Sudol	61
15	Identification of Novel Human WW Domain-containing Proteins by Cloning of Ligand Targets 1997 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown),Stephen J. McConnell,Albert J. Uveges,John M. Carter,Andrew B. Sparks,Brian K. Kay,Dana M. Fowlkes	150
16	Isolation of a NCK-associated Kinase, PRK2, an SH3-binding Protein and Potential Effector of Rho Protein Signaling 1996 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Lawrence A. Quilliam,Que T. Lambert,(unknown),John Westwick,Andrew B. Sparks,Brian K. Kay,Nancy A. Jenkins,Debra J. Gilbert,Neal G. Copeland,Channing J. Der	134
17	Cloning of ligand targets: Systematic isolation of SH3 domain-containing proteins 1996 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Andrew B. Sparks,Noah G. Hoffman,Stephen J. McConnell,Dana M. Fowlkes,Brian K. Kay	202
18	Binding properties of SH3 peptide ligands identified from phage-displayed random peptide libraries 1996 ·Molecular Diversity ·Noah G. Hoffman,Andrew B. Sparks,John M. Carter,Brian K. Kay	7
19	[50] Screening phage-displayed random peptide libraries for SH3 ligands 1995 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Andrew B. Sparks,Nils B. Adey,Lawrence A. Quilliam,Judith M. Thorn,Brian K. Kay	24
20	Molecular resurrection of an extinct ancestralpromoter for mouse L1. 1994 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nils B. Adey,Trygve O. Tollefsbol,Andrew B. Sparks,Marshall H. Edgell,Clyde A. Hutchison	58

About Andrew B. Sparks

Andrew B. Sparks is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Molecular Biology, having authored 25 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (6 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (5.4k citations), Pathology and Forensic Medicine (1.3k citations) and Oncology (1.6k citations). Andrew B. Sparks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Kenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein, Patrice J. Morin, Hans Clevers, Nick Barker, Vladimír Kořínek, Brian K. Kay, Dana M. Fowlkes, Ken Song and Arnold Oliphant. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

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