Brandon B. Holmes

4.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
28 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Brandon B. Holmes is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brandon B. Holmes has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Physiology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Brandon B. Holmes's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (9 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (5 papers). Brandon B. Holmes is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (9 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (5 papers). Brandon B. Holmes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Brandon B. Holmes's co-authors include Marc I. Diamond, David M. Holtzman, Najla Kfoury, Hong Jiang, Jennifer L. Furman, Hilda Mirbaha, Timothy M. Miller, Sarah L. DeVos, Tritia R. Yamasaki and Paul T. Kotzbauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Brandon B. Holmes

27 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate internalization and propagation of specific proteopathic seeds

2013 649 citations Brandon B. Holmes, Sarah L. DeVos et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Proteopathic tau seeding predicts tauopathy in vivo

2014 456 citations Brandon B. Holmes, Jennifer L. Furman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Trans-cellular Propagation of Tau Aggregation by Fibrillar Species

2012 440 citations Najla Kfoury, Brandon B. Holmes et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Tau reduction prevents neuronal loss and reverses pathological tau deposition and seeding in mice with tauopathy

2017 362 citations Sarah L. DeVos, Brandon B. Holmes et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brandon B. Holmes United States	17	2.2k	1.4k	950	945	782	28	3.2k
Bess Frost United States	20	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	699 0.7×	761 0.8×	532 0.7×	40	3.3k
Sarah L. DeVos United States	22	2.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	714 0.9×	24	3.9k
Berta Puig Spain	36	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.5×	731 0.8×	902 1.0×	537 0.7×	72	3.7k
Michela Morbin Italy	34	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	912 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	86	3.7k
Simon Dujardin United States	19	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	710 0.7×	625 0.7×	352 0.5×	30	3.0k
Séverine Bégard France	26	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	861 0.9×	621 0.7×	299 0.4×	42	2.8k
Morvane Colin France	27	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	730 0.8×	665 0.7×	338 0.4×	58	2.8k
Florence Clavaguera Switzerland	17	2.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	912 1.2×	21	3.8k
Eloïse Hudry United States	28	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	321 0.4×	49	4.1k
Hirotaka Yoshida Japan	22	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	766 0.8×	447 0.5×	408 0.5×	34	2.5k

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McQuade, Amanda, Nina M. Dräger, Sydney M. Sattler, et al.. (2025). CRISPRi-based screen of autism spectrum disorder risk genes in microglia uncovers roles of ADNP in microglia endocytosis and synaptic pruning. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(9). 4176–4193. 4 indexed citations

LaHue, Sara C., et al.. (2022). Jugular Foramen Syndrome Caused by Varicella Zoster Virus Infection. The Neurohospitalist. 13(3). 290–293.

Holmes, Brandon B., et al.. (2021). Hyper-Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy-Like Syndrome in Early Pregnancy. The Neurohospitalist. 12(1). 90–95. 2 indexed citations

Holmes, Brandon B., et al.. (2021). An isolated ruptured spinal aneurysm presents with a thalamic Infarct: case report. BMC Neurology. 21(1). 52–52. 6 indexed citations

Stopschinski, Barbara E., Talitha L. Thomas, Sourena Nadji, et al.. (2020). A synthetic heparinoid blocks Tau aggregate cell uptake and amplification. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(10). 2974–2983. 24 indexed citations

Lawhn-Heath, Courtney, Brandon B. Holmes, Michael White, et al.. (2020). Management of Challenging Radioiodine Treatment Protocols: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. 49(2). 180–185. 1 indexed citations

Holmes, Brandon B., Jessamyn Conell‐Price, Collin J. Kreple, et al.. (2019). Adult-Onset Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis With a 30-Year Latent Period. The Neurohospitalist. 10(2). 127–132. 4 indexed citations

Yamasaki, Tritia R., Brandon B. Holmes, Jennifer L. Furman, et al.. (2018). Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy have distinct α-synuclein seed characteristics. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(3). 1045–1058. 145 indexed citations

Stopschinski, Barbara E., Brandon B. Holmes, Gregory M. Miller, et al.. (2018). Specific glycosaminoglycan chain length and sulfation patterns are required for cell uptake of tau versus α-synuclein and β-amyloid aggregates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(27). 10826–10840. 133 indexed citations

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Holmes, Brandon B., et al.. (2017). Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Causing An Optic Tract Syndrome. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 37(2). 179–181. 8 indexed citations

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Holmes, Brandon B. & Marc I. Diamond. (2016). Cellular Models for the Study of Prions. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 7(2). a024026–a024026. 17 indexed citations

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Sanders, David W., Sarah K. Kaufman, Brandon B. Holmes, & Marc I. Diamond. (2016). Prions and Protein Assemblies that Convey Biological Information in Health and Disease. Neuron. 89(3). 433–448. 63 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Matthew R., Itender Singh, Tej D. Azad, et al.. (2016). Heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate Aβ-induced oxidative stress and hypercontractility in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 11(1). 9–9. 25 indexed citations

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Furman, Jennifer L., Brandon B. Holmes, & Marc I. Diamond. (2015). Sensitive Detection of Proteopathic Seeding Activity with FRET Flow Cytometry. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e53205–e53205. 58 indexed citations

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Holmes, Brandon B. & Marc I. Diamond. (2014). Prion-like Properties of Tau Protein: The Importance of Extracellular Tau as a Therapeutic Target. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(29). 19855–19861. 157 indexed citations

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Holmes, Brandon B., Sarah L. DeVos, Najla Kfoury, et al.. (2013). Heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate internalization and propagation of specific proteopathic seeds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(33). E3138–47. 649 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Zhiqiang, Aimin Li, Brandon B. Holmes, Jayne Marasa, & Marc I. Diamond. (2013). An N-terminal Nuclear Export Signal Regulates Trafficking and Aggregation of Huntingtin (Htt) Protein Exon 1*. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(9). 6063–6071. 66 indexed citations

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Kfoury, Najla, Brandon B. Holmes, Hong Jiang, David M. Holtzman, & Marc I. Diamond. (2012). Trans-cellular Propagation of Tau Aggregation by Fibrillar Species. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(23). 19440–19451. 440 indexed citations breakdown →

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Holmes, Brandon B. & Marc I. Diamond. (2012). Cellular mechanisms of protein aggregate propagation. Current Opinion in Neurology. 25(6). 721–726. 50 indexed citations

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Holmes, Brandon B., et al.. (1983). Tocainide A Review of its Pharmacological Properties and Therapeutic Efficacy. Drugs. 26(2). 93–123. 46 indexed citations

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