Ava E. Brent

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ava E. Brent is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ava E. Brent has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ava E. Brent's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (8 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (5 papers) and Congenital limb and hand anomalies (4 papers). Ava E. Brent is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (8 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (5 papers) and Congenital limb and hand anomalies (4 papers). Ava E. Brent collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Canada. Ava E. Brent's co-authors include Clifford J. Tabin, Ronen Schweitzer, L. Charles Murtaugh, Andrew B. Lassar, Eric N. Olson, Vicki Rosen, Claude Desplan, Brian A. Pryce, Thomas Braun and Mary Anne Pultz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ava E. Brent

16 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Analysis of the tendon cell fate using Scleraxis, a specific marker for tendons and ligaments

2001 708 citations Ronen Schweitzer, L. Charles Murtaugh et al. Development profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ava E. Brent United States	12	952	902	711	418	277	17	2.0k
Marie-Ange Bonnin France	20	680 0.7×	869 1.0×	477 0.7×	294 0.7×	284 1.0×	30	1.6k
Brian A. Pryce United States	13	727 0.8×	477 0.5×	517 0.7×	210 0.5×	242 0.9×	14	1.3k
Gabrielle Kardon United States	27	217 0.2×	2.8k 3.2×	1.2k 1.6×	546 1.3×	370 1.3×	47	3.8k
L. Charles Murtaugh United States	29	525 0.6×	3.1k 3.4×	2.3k 3.2×	1.3k 3.2×	468 1.7×	40	5.3k
Nicole Dünker Germany	20	280 0.3×	944 1.0×	310 0.4×	153 0.4×	145 0.5×	60	1.8k
Paula Murphy Ireland	30	215 0.2×	1.8k 2.0×	401 0.6×	561 1.3×	444 1.6×	82	2.8k
Isabel Olivera-Martínez France	16	270 0.3×	1.5k 1.7×	243 0.3×	295 0.7×	446 1.6×	16	2.0k
Delphine Duprez France	43	1.5k 1.6×	3.6k 4.0×	1.4k 1.9×	1.0k 2.5×	719 2.6×	82	5.7k
Yulia Shwartz United States	14	244 0.3×	564 0.6×	234 0.3×	222 0.5×	293 1.1×	19	1.3k
Reinhard Schuh Austria	37	1.1k 1.1×	2.7k 3.0×	890 1.3×	620 1.5×	494 1.8×	119	4.8k

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Marschall, Susan, et al.. (2025). Adipocyte metabolic state regulates glial phagocytic function. Cell Reports. 44(5). 115704–115704.

Kelly, Kevin, et al.. (2024). Atg8/LC3 controls systemic nutrient surplus signaling in flies and humans. Current Biology. 34(15). 3327–3341.e9. 3 indexed citations

Brent, Ava E., Emily A. Buchholtz, & Jennifer H. Mansfield. (2022). Evolutionary assembly and disassembly of the mammalian sternum. Current Biology. 33(1). 197–205.e2. 4 indexed citations

Kelly, Kevin, et al.. (2022). Fat body phospholipid state dictates hunger-driven feeding behavior. eLife. 11. 8 indexed citations

Brent, Ava E., et al.. (2022). Hoxa5 Activity Across the Lateral Somitic Frontier Regulates Development of the Mouse Sternum. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 806545–806545. 3 indexed citations

Brent, Ava E. & Akhila Rajan. (2020). Insulin and Leptin/Upd2 Exert Opposing Influences on Synapse Number in Fat-Sensing Neurons. Cell Metabolism. 32(5). 786–800.e7. 24 indexed citations

Mansfield, Jennifer H., Edward Haller, Nicholas D. Holland, & Ava E. Brent. (2015). Development of somites and their derivatives in amphioxus, and implications for the evolution of vertebrate somites. EvoDevo. 6(1). 21–21. 28 indexed citations

Rosenberg, Miriam, Ava E. Brent, François Payre, & Claude Desplan. (2014). Dual mode of embryonic development is highlighted by expression and function of Nasonia pair-rule genes. eLife. 3. e01440–e01440. 49 indexed citations

Pryce, Brian A., et al.. (2007). Generation of transgenic tendon reporters, ScxGFP and ScxAP, using regulatory elements of the scleraxis gene. Developmental Dynamics. 236(6). 1677–1682. 228 indexed citations

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Brent, Ava E., Gözde Yücel, Stephen Small, & Claude Desplan. (2007). Permissive and Instructive Anterior Patterning Rely on mRNA Localization in the Wasp Embryo. Science. 315(5820). 1841–1843. 46 indexed citations

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Lynch, Jeremy, Ava E. Brent, David S. Leaf, Mary Anne Pultz, & Claude Desplan. (2006). Localized maternal orthodenticle patterns anterior and posterior in the long germ wasp Nasonia. Nature. 439(7077). 728–732. 131 indexed citations

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Olesnicky, Eugenia C., Ava E. Brent, Megan Walker, et al.. (2006). AcaudalmRNA gradient controls posterior development in the waspNasonia. Development. 133(20). 3973–3982. 73 indexed citations

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Brent, Ava E., Thomas Braun, & Clifford J. Tabin. (2005). Genetic analysis of interactions between the somitic muscle, cartilage and tendon cell lineages during mouse development. Development. 132(3). 515–528. 128 indexed citations

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Brent, Ava E.. (2005). Somite Formation: Where Left Meets Right. Current Biology. 15(12). R468–R470. 11 indexed citations

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Brent, Ava E. & Clifford J. Tabin. (2004). FGF acts directly on the somitic tendon progenitors through the Ets transcription factors Pea3 and Erm to regulate scleraxis expression. Development. 131(16). 3885–3896. 172 indexed citations

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Brent, Ava E., Ronen Schweitzer, & Clifford J. Tabin. (2003). A Somitic Compartment of Tendon Progenitors. Cell. 113(2). 235–248. 407 indexed citations

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Schweitzer, Ronen, L. Charles Murtaugh, Ava E. Brent, et al.. (2001). Analysis of the tendon cell fate using Scleraxis, a specific marker for tendons and ligaments. Development. 128(19). 3855–3866. 708 indexed citations breakdown →

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