Brendan Lee

21.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
224 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Brendan Lee is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brendan Lee has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Genetics, 109 papers in Molecular Biology and 39 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Brendan Lee's work include Connective tissue disorders research (72 papers), Bone and Dental Protein Studies (21 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (20 papers). Brendan Lee is often cited by papers focused on Connective tissue disorders research (72 papers), Bone and Dental Protein Studies (21 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (20 papers). Brendan Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Brendan Lee's co-authors include Terry Bertin, Elda Munivez, Guang Zhou, Francesco Ramirez, Roy Morello, Ingo Grafe, Tao Yang, Philippe M. Campeau, Antonio Baldini and Feyza Engin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Brendan Lee

216 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Linkage of Marfan syndrome and a phenotypically related disorder to two different fibrillin genes

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brendan Lee United States	54	5.4k	4.3k	2.0k	1.8k	1.5k	224	10.5k
Timothy F. Lane United States	44	4.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	69	8.9k
Dwight A. Towler United States	58	5.7k 1.1×	2.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	827 0.5×	105	10.9k
Lucy Liaw United States	52	4.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.3×	3.2k 1.6×	924 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	136	9.8k
Bruce D. Gelb United States	62	10.2k 1.9×	2.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.4×	983 0.6×	210	14.6k
Natalie A. Sims Australia	63	7.6k 1.4×	1.4k 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	4.6k 2.6×	1.2k 0.8×	206	13.0k
Suneel Apte United States	64	4.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	4.8k 3.1×	191	11.7k
Esteban Ballestar Spain	55	9.1k 1.7×	1.6k 0.4×	578 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	147	12.6k
Kathleen C. Flanders United States	63	9.7k 1.8×	1.9k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	3.2k 1.8×	1.7k 1.1×	148	17.0k
Károly Szuhai Netherlands	52	3.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	211	8.2k
Madhuri Hegde United States	35	11.5k 2.1×	10.7k 2.5×	955 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.7×	138	23.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brendan Lee

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zhao, Sen, Hongzheng Dai, Jill A. Rosenfeld, et al.. (2025). Clinical validation of RNA sequencing for Mendelian disorder diagnostics. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 112(4). 779–792. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Sen, Shenglan Li, Jill A. Rosenfeld, et al.. (2025). The utility of ultra-deep RNA sequencing in Mendelian disorder diagnostics. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 112(11). 2578–2590.

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Lee, Brendan, et al.. (2024). Genetic Evaluation for Monogenic Disorders of Low Bone Mass and Increased Bone Fragility: What Clinicians Need to Know. Current Osteoporosis Reports. 22(3). 308–317.

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Ketkar, Shamika, Ashley M. Butler, Latanya Hammonds-Odie, et al.. (2024). Development and evaluation of a training curriculum to engage researchers on accessing and analyzing the All of Us data. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 31(12). 2857–2868. 2 indexed citations

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Stroup, Bridget M., Xiaohui Li, Yuqing Chen, et al.. (2023). Delayed skeletal development and IGF-1 deficiency in a mouse model of lysinuric protein intolerance. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 16(8). 1 indexed citations

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Ward, Scott, Paul J. Benke, Lisa Emrick, et al.. (2023). De novo missense variants in ZBTB47 are associated with developmental delays, hypotonia, seizures, gait abnormalities, and variable movement abnormalities. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 194(1). 17–30.

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Polak, Urszula, Ming‐Ming Jiang, Jill V. Hunter, et al.. (2023). Argininosuccinate lyase deficiency causes blood-brain barrier disruption via nitric oxide–mediated dysregulation of claudin expression. JCI Insight. 8(17). 6 indexed citations

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Murdock, David R., Lindsay C. Burrage, Hongzheng Dai, et al.. (2022). PRUNE1 c.933G>A synonymous variant induces exon 7 skipping, disrupts the DHHA2 domain, and leads to an atypical NMIHBA syndrome presentation: Case report and review of the literature. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 188(6). 1868–1874. 2 indexed citations

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Lim, Joohyun, Caressa Lietman, Matthew W. Grol, et al.. (2021). Localized chondro-ossification underlies joint dysfunction and motor deficits in the Fkbp10 mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 7 indexed citations

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Jiang, Ming‐Ming, Xiaohui Li, Ronit Marom, et al.. (2021). A novel de novo intronic variant in ITPR1 causes Gillespie syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 185(8). 2315–2324. 5 indexed citations

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Grol, Matthew W., Nele A Haelterman, Joohyun Lim, et al.. (2021). Tendon and motor phenotypes in the Crtap-/- mouse model of recessive osteogenesis imperfecta. eLife. 10. 13 indexed citations

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Lee, Brendan, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation eligibility criteria for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. BMC Research Notes. 14(1). 139–139.

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Tamimi, Faleh, Francis H. Glorieux, Brendan Lee, et al.. (2019). Caries prevalence and experience in individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta: A cross‐sectional multicenter study. Special Care in Dentistry. 39(2). 214–219. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Shan, Mahim Jain, Shalini N. Jhangiani, et al.. (2019). Genetic Burden Contributing to Extremely Low or High Bone Mineral Density in a Senior Male Population From the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (MrOS). JBMR Plus. 4(3). e10335–e10335. 1 indexed citations

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Jin, Zixue, Lindsay C. Burrage, Ming‐Ming Jiang, et al.. (2018). Whole‐Exome Sequencing Identifies an Intronic Cryptic Splice Site in SERPINF1 Causing Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type VI. JBMR Plus. 2(4). 235–239. 3 indexed citations

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Durán, Iván, Jorge Martı́n, Mary Ann Weis, et al.. (2017). A Chaperone Complex Formed by HSP47, FKBP65, and BiP Modulates Telopeptide Lysyl Hydroxylation of Type I Procollagen. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 32(6). 1309–1319. 56 indexed citations

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Joeng, Kyu Sang, Joohyun Lim, Yuqing Chen, et al.. (2017). Osteocyte-specific WNT1 regulates osteoblast function during bone homeostasis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(7). 2678–2688. 140 indexed citations

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Lim, Joohyun, Elda Munivez, Ming‐Ming Jiang, et al.. (2017). mTORC1 Signaling is a Critical Regulator of Postnatal Tendon Development. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17175–17175. 21 indexed citations

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Miner, Jeffrey H., Roy Morello, Kaya L. Andrews, et al.. (2002). Transcriptional induction of slit diaphragm genes by Lmx1b is required in podocyte differentiation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 109(8). 1065–1072. 77 indexed citations

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Miner, Jeffrey H., Roy Morello, Kaya L. Andrews, et al.. (2002). Transcriptional induction of slit diaphragm genes by Lmx1b is required in podocyte differentiation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 109(8). 1065–1072. 10 indexed citations

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