Brian C. Cunningham

8.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Brian C. Cunningham is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian C. Cunningham has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 14 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Brian C. Cunningham's work include Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (15 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (14 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (7 papers). Brian C. Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (15 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (14 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (7 papers). Brian C. Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Brian C. Cunningham's co-authors include James A. Wells, Germaine Fuh, Abraham M. de Vos, Michael G. Mulkerrin, Henry B. Lowman, Mark Ultsch, Karl R. Clauser, Hans W. Christinger, Bing Li and Yves A. Muller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Brian C. Cunningham

45 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

High-Resolution Epitope Mapping of hGH-Receptor Interactions by Alanine-Scanning Mutagenesis

1989 1.1k citations Brian C. Cunningham, James A. Wells Science profile →
Dimerization of the Extracellular Domain of the Human Growth Hormone Receptor by a Single Hormone Molecule

1991 730 citations Brian C. Cunningham, Mark Ultsch et al. Science profile →
Rational Design of Potent Antagonists to the Human Growth Hormone Receptor

1992 527 citations Germaine Fuh, Brian C. Cunningham et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian C. Cunningham United States	33	4.4k	1.7k	1.5k	1.1k	936	47	6.9k
Werner Reutter Germany	54	7.1k 1.6×	679 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	2.1k 2.0×	1.7k 1.8×	384	11.6k
Aviv Gazit Israel	45	5.3k 1.2×	490 0.3×	717 0.5×	3.3k 3.1×	1.3k 1.4×	99	9.7k
Dirk B. Mendel United States	43	4.2k 1.0×	503 0.3×	450 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	770 0.8×	74	8.0k
Yves A. Muller Germany	39	2.7k 0.6×	648 0.4×	328 0.2×	486 0.5×	666 0.7×	114	4.9k
Takao Hayakawa Japan	48	6.1k 1.4×	397 0.2×	466 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	284	9.2k
A. D’Arcy Switzerland	41	4.0k 0.9×	297 0.2×	305 0.2×	932 0.9×	832 0.9×	61	7.0k
Norman M. Greenberg United States	53	5.3k 1.2×	896 0.5×	436 0.3×	3.1k 2.9×	2.1k 2.2×	123	10.2k
William Landschulz United States	22	5.6k 1.3×	829 0.5×	163 0.1×	875 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	33	8.5k
Trond Berg Norway	49	3.9k 0.9×	496 0.3×	298 0.2×	891 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	188	8.1k
W.S. Somers United States	28	2.4k 0.6×	272 0.2×	435 0.3×	630 0.6×	974 1.0×	37	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Spritzer, Mark D., et al.. (2025). Effects of Testosterone and Its Major Metabolites upon Different Stages of Neuron Survival in the Dentate Gyrus of Male Rats. Biomolecules. 15(4). 542–542.

Cunningham, Brian C., et al.. (2023). Capillary‐Scale Hydrogel Microchannel Networks by Wire Templating. Small. 19(42). e2301163–e2301163. 12 indexed citations

Cunningham, Brian C., et al.. (2023). Capillary‐Scale Hydrogel Microchannel Networks by Wire Templating (Small 42/2023). Small. 19(42). 1 indexed citations

Cunningham, Brian C.. (2002). Biotech and pharma: State of the relationship in the new millennium. Drug Development Research. 57(2). 97–102. 4 indexed citations

Sidhu, Sachdev S., Henry B. Lowman, Brian C. Cunningham, & James A. Wells. (2000). [21] Phage display for selection of novel binding peptides. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 328. 333–IN5. 330 indexed citations

Muller, Yves A., Yvonne Chen, Hans W. Christinger, et al.. (1998). VEGF and the Fab fragment of a humanized neutralizing antibody: crystal structure of the complex at 2.4 å resolution and mutational analysis of the interface. Structure. 6(9). 1153–1167. 210 indexed citations

Fuh, Germaine, Bing Li, Craig Crowley, Brian C. Cunningham, & James A. Wells. (1998). Requirements for Binding and Signaling of the Kinase Domain Receptor for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(18). 11197–11204. 216 indexed citations

Pearce, Kenneth H., Brian C. Cunningham, Germaine Fuh, Tuula T. Teeri, & James A. Wells. (1998). Growth Hormone Binding Affinity for Its Receptor Surpasses the Requirements for Cellular Activity. Biochemistry. 38(1). 81–89. 92 indexed citations

Andrews, J. M., et al.. (1997). Concentrations of trovafloxacin in bronchial mucosa, epithelial lining fluid, alveolar macrophages and serum after administration of single or multiple oral doses to patients undergoing fibre-optic bronchoscopy. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 39(6). 797–802. 47 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Brian C. & James A. Wells. (1997). Minimized proteins. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 7(4). 457–462. 64 indexed citations

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Clark, Ross, Deborah L. Mortensen, Lena Carlsson, et al.. (1996). Recombinant human growth hormone (GH)-binding protein enhances the growth-promoting activity of human GH in the rat.. Endocrinology. 137(10). 4308–4315. 56 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Brian C.. (1996). Impact of the Human Genome Project at the interface between patent and FDA laws.. PubMed. 7(3). 253–66. 2 indexed citations

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Jin, H., Brian C. Cunningham, Ruey‐Bing Yang, et al.. (1996). Novel analog of atrial natriuretic peptide selective for receptor-A produces increased diuresis and natriuresis in rats.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 98(4). 969–976. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Bing, et al.. (1995). Minimization of a Polypeptide Hormone. Science. 270(5242). 1657–1660. 113 indexed citations

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Fairbrother, Wayne J., Robert S. McDowell, & Brian C. Cunningham. (1994). solution Conformation of an Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Variant Selective for the Type A Receptor. Biochemistry. 33(30). 8897–8904. 20 indexed citations

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Wells, James A., Brian C. Cunningham, Germaine Fuh, et al.. (1993). The Molecular Basis for Growth Hormone–Receptor Interactions. PubMed. 48. 253–275. 88 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Brian C. & James A. Wells. (1993). Comparison of a Structural and a Functional Epitope. Journal of Molecular Biology. 234(3). 554–563. 442 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Brian C. & James A. Wells. (1991). Rational design of receptor-specific variants of human growth hormone.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(8). 3407–3411. 164 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Brian C. & James A. Wells. (1987). Improvement in the alkaline stability of subtilisin using an efficient random mutagenesis and screening procedure. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 1(4). 319–325. 65 indexed citations

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Wells, James A., Brian C. Cunningham, Thomas P. Graycar, & David A. Estell. (1986). Importance of hydrogen-bond formation in stabilizing the transition state of subtilisin. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 317(1540). 415–423. 110 indexed citations

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