Bradley M. Downs

821 total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 463 citations indexed

About

Bradley M. Downs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bradley M. Downs has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 463 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cancer Research and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Bradley M. Downs's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (10 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers). Bradley M. Downs is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (10 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers). Bradley M. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hungary. Bradley M. Downs's co-authors include Saraswati Sukumar, Isac Lee, Rebecca Bowen, Winston Timp, Timothy Gilpatrick, Andrew Heron, James E. Graham, Etienne Raimondeau, Fritz J. Sedlazeck and San Ming Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Cancer Research and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Bradley M. Downs

20 papers receiving 455 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.

Targeted nanopore sequencing with Cas9-guided adapter ligation

2020 266 citations Timothy Gilpatrick, Isac Lee et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bradley M. Downs United States	9	368	119	95	46	43	24	463
Xian Fan United States	10	302 0.8×	160 1.3×	114 1.2×	73 1.6×	42 1.0×	17	440
Eleonora de Klerk Netherlands	10	557 1.5×	91 0.8×	106 1.1×	35 0.8×	23 0.5×	13	707
Belinda Mei Tze Ling Singapore	8	317 0.9×	58 0.5×	61 0.6×	15 0.3×	43 1.0×	8	431
Tao Hong China	13	388 1.1×	46 0.4×	111 1.2×	26 0.6×	33 0.8×	23	472
Samantha Maragh United States	13	513 1.4×	106 0.9×	108 1.1×	37 0.8×	45 1.0×	19	586
Chang Xu China	11	244 0.7×	96 0.8×	90 0.9×	24 0.5×	74 1.7×	40	408
Qian Du Australia	9	593 1.6×	123 1.0×	114 1.2×	43 0.9×	44 1.0×	16	704
Hai‐Qiang Dai United States	8	630 1.7×	89 0.7×	41 0.4×	56 1.2×	41 1.0×	12	737
Emily M. Smith United States	9	366 1.0×	79 0.7×	49 0.5×	67 1.5×	28 0.7×	11	474
Bum‐Kyu Lee United States	14	371 1.0×	40 0.3×	48 0.5×	58 1.3×	19 0.4×	28	521

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bradley M. Downs

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Hu, Jiumei, Joon Soo Park, Pengfei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Fluorescence-Coded, Magnetic Bead-Enhanced Digital Proximity Extension Assay for Ultrasensitive, Multiplexed, and Accessible Protein Detection. ACS Sensors. 10(11). 8554–8565.

Debeljak, Marija, Soonweng Cho, Bradley M. Downs, et al.. (2024). Multimodal genome-wide survey of progressing and non-progressing breast ductal carcinoma in-situ. Breast Cancer Research. 26(1). 178–178.

Hu, Jiumei, Joon Soo Park, Pengfei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Highly Sensitive, Multiplexed, and Accessible Digital Protein Measurement with MagDroplex. 1–4.

Downs, Bradley M., et al.. (2023). Detecting aberrant DNA methylation in Illumina DNA methylation arrays: a toolbox and recommendations for its use. Epigenetics. 18(1). 2213874–2213874. 1 indexed citations

Downs, Bradley M., et al.. (2023). Increasing the Capture Rate of Circulating Tumor DNA in Unaltered Plasma Using Passive Microfluidic Mixer Flow Cells. Langmuir. 39(9). 3225–3234. 1 indexed citations

Fu, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2023). The biological function of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles on metabolism. Cell Communication and Signaling. 21(1). 150–150. 20 indexed citations

Pai, Priya, Guannan Wang, Wei Wen Teo, et al.. (2022). HOXA5-Mediated Stabilization of IκBα Inhibits the NF-κB Pathway and Suppresses Malignant Transformation of Breast Epithelial Cells. Cancer Research. 82(20). 3802–3814. 7 indexed citations

Downs, Bradley M. & Saraswati Sukumar. (2022). Capturing ctDNA from Unaltered Stationary and Flowing Plasma with dCas9. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(21). 24113–24121. 8 indexed citations

Downs, Bradley M., Leslie Cope, Mary Jo Fackler, et al.. (2021). Automated and rapid detection of cancer in suspicious axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer. npj Breast Cancer. 7(1). 89–89. 7 indexed citations

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Downs, Bradley M., Leslie Cope, Christopher B. Umbricht, et al.. (2021). Methylated markers accurately distinguish primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL) from other CNS tumors. Clinical Epigenetics. 13(1). 104–104. 12 indexed citations

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Downs, Bradley M., et al.. (2020). Hypoxia Alters the Response to Anti-EGFR Therapy by Regulating EGFR Expression and Downstream Signaling in a DNA Methylation–Specific and HIF-Dependent Manner. Cancer Research. 80(22). 4998–5010. 28 indexed citations

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Gilpatrick, Timothy, Isac Lee, James E. Graham, et al.. (2020). Targeted nanopore sequencing with Cas9-guided adapter ligation. Nature Biotechnology. 38(4). 433–438. 266 indexed citations breakdown →

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Downs, Bradley M., Mary Jo Fackler, Ashley Cimino‐Mathews, et al.. (2018). Abstract LB-220: An automated breast cancer detection assay for screening in the developing world. Cancer Research. 78(13_Supplement). LB–220. 1 indexed citations

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Downs, Bradley M., Simon Sherman, Jian Cui, et al.. (2018). Common genetic variants contribute to incomplete penetrance: evidence from cancer-free BRCA1 mutation carriers. European Journal of Cancer. 107. 68–78. 8 indexed citations

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Kim, Yeong C., Jian Cui, Jiangtao Luo, et al.. (2016). Exome-based Variant Detection in Core Promoters. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30716–30716. 4 indexed citations

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Cui, Jian, Jiangtao Luo, Yeong C. Kim, et al.. (2016). Differences of Variable Number Tandem Repeats in XRCC5 Promoter Are Associated with Increased or Decreased Risk of Breast Cancer in BRCA Gene Mutation Carriers. Frontiers in Oncology. 6. 92–92. 10 indexed citations

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Rovira‐Clavé, Xavier, Bradley M. Downs, Yeong C. Kim, et al.. (2015). Erk5 contributes to maintaining the balance of cellular nucleotide levels and erythropoiesis. Cell Cycle. 14(24). 3864–3876. 5 indexed citations

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Downs, Bradley M. & San Ming Wang. (2015). Epigenetic changes in BRCA1-mutated familial breast cancer. Cancer Genetics. 208(5). 237–240. 16 indexed citations

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Downs, Bradley M., Yeong C. Kim, Fengxia Xiao, et al.. (2015). Two PALB2 germline mutations found in both BRCA1+ and BRCAx familial breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 151(1). 219–224. 1 indexed citations

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Xiao, Fengxia, Yeong C. Kim, Carrie Snyder, et al.. (2014). Genome instability in blood cells of a BRCA1 + breast cancer family. BMC Cancer. 14(1). 342–342. 7 indexed citations

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