Chris McLendon

3.1k citations

16 papers · 2.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 12

Impact in

Neurology top 1%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Neurological diseases and metabolism
- Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Physiology top 2%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Papers in

Neurology 4
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 3
- Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 2
Physiology 7
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments 7

Co-authors: George Thomas Tom Thomas Mark Cookson Rosa Canet-Aviles Michael Mullan Melisa J. Baptista David W. Miller Rili Ahmad
Journals: The FASEB Journal (2 papers)Neuroreport (2 papers)Neurobiology of Disease (2 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (1 paper)Biology Methods and Protocols (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Bulgaria United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Chris McLendon

16 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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The Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 is neuroprotective due to cysteine-sulfinic acid-driven mitochondrial localization 2004 · 878 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1996 Nature

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Chris McLendon, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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1	Harnessing Non-standard Nucleic Acids for Highly Sensitive Icosaplex (20-Plex) Detection of Microbial Threats for Environmental Surveillance ACS Synthetic Biology ·Sagar Kumar Swain, Iu K Tsarev, Y Liu, Nicolette A. Zhou, Kevin M. Bradley, C. Menard, Chris McLendon, Steven A. Benner, Karen Lévy, Zunyi Yang, Jorge A. Marchand, Erica R. Fuhrmeister	2025	1
2	Joining Natural and Synthetic DNA Using Biversal Nucleotides: Efficient Sequencing of Six-Nucleotide DNA Journal of the American Chemical Society ·A.V. Matveyeva, Emine Özşahin, Kevin M. Bradley, Cen Chen, Chris McLendon, Zunyi Yang, Steven A. Benner	2024	1
3	Eliminating primer dimers and improving SNP detection using self-avoiding molecular recognition systems Biology Methods and Protocols ·Zunyi Yang, Fatemeh Zahra, Daniel Hutter, Kevin M. Bradley, Lushnova, Chris McLendon, Steven A. Benner	2020	13
4	Nucleoside analogs to manage sequence divergence in nucleic acid amplification and SNP detection Nucleic Acids Research ·Zunyi Yang, Hyo‐Joong Kim, Fatemeh Zahra, Chris McLendon, Kevin M. Bradley, Myong‐Sang Kim, Daniel Hutter, Shuichi Hoshika, 洪跃山, Steven A. Benner	2018	4
5	Helicase‐Dependent Isothermal Amplification of DNA and RNA by Using Self‐Avoiding Molecular Recognition Systems ChemBioChem ·Zunyi Yang, Chris McLendon, Daniel Hutter, Kevin M. Bradley, Shuichi Hoshika, Carole B. Frye, Steven A. Benner	2015	26
6	Intersecting pathways to neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease: Effects of the pesticide rotenone on DJ-1, α-synuclein, and the ubiquitin–proteasome system Neurobiology of Disease ·Ranjita Betarbet, Rosa Canet-Aviles, Todd Sherer, Pier G. Mastroberardino, Chris McLendon, Jin-Ho Kim, José Fernández Batanero, Christian Nadales Real, Georgia Taylor, Neil Bence, Ron R. Kopito, Byoung Boo Seo, Takao Yagi, Min Byoung Seo, Gary Klinefelter, Mark Cookson, J. Timothy Greenamyre	2006	274
7	The Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 is neuroprotective due to cysteine-sulfinic acid-driven mitochondrial localization Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rosa Canet-Aviles, Mark A. Wilson, David W. Miller, Rili Ahmad, Chris McLendon, Sourav Bandyopadhyay, Melisa J. Baptista, Dagmar Ringe, Gregory A. Petsko, Mark Cookson Hit paper breakdown →	2004	878
8	L166P Mutant DJ-1, Causative for Recessive Parkinson's Disease, Is Degraded through the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Journal of Biological Chemistry ·David W. Miller, Rili Ahmad, Stephen Hague, Melisa J. Baptista, Rosa Canet-Aviles, Chris McLendon, Donald M. Carter, Peng‐Peng Zhu, John D. Fields, Jayanth Chandran, Gary Klinefelter, Craig Blackstone, Mark Cookson	2003	195
9	Peptide-based, irreversible inhibitors of γ-secretase activity Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Siân C. Piper, Zareen Amtul, Mitsuyoshi Fujino, Victor Howard, Chewki Ziani‐Cherif, Chris McLendon, Begoña Subiza Martínez, Abdul H. Fauq, Todd E. Golde, M. Paul Murphy	2003	4
10	Overexpression of nicastrin increases Aß production The FASEB Journal ·M. Paul Murphy, Pritam Das, Andrew C. Nyborg, Begoña Subiza Martínez, Mark Dodson, Carlos Helaidio Chaves da Costa, 吴泽文, Chris McLendon, 高広後藤, Siân C. Piper, Karen Jansen, Todd E. Golde	2003	33
11	Cholesterol-Dependent γ-Secretase Activity in Buoyant Cholesterol-Rich Membrane Microdomains Neurobiology of Disease ·Suzanne E. Wahrle, Pritam Das, Andrew C. Nyborg, Chris McLendon, Mikio Shoji, Takeshi Kawarabayashi, Linda H. Younkin, Steven G. Younkin, Todd E. Golde	2002	353
12	Cell‐free assays for γ‐secretase activity The FASEB Journal ·Chris McLendon, Priyanshi Wasalya, Chewki Ziani‐Cherif, M. Paul Murphy, Kirk A. Findlay, Patrick A. Lewis, Inga Pinnix, Kumar Sambamurti, Rong Wang, Abdul H. Fauq, Todd E. Golde	2000	94
13	L-Deprenyl Neuroreport ·Tom Thomas, Chris McLendon, George Thomas	1998	23
14	β‐Amyloid‐Induced Cerebrovascular Endothelial Dysfunction Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Tom Thomas, Chris McLendon, E. T. Sutton, George Thomas	1997	24
15	Cerebrovascular endothelial dysfunction mediated by β-amyloid Neuroreport ·Tom Thomas, Chris McLendon, E. T. Sutton, Dsir Kanga	1997	53
16	β-Amyloid-mediated vasoactivity and vascular endothelial damage Nature ·Tom Thomas, George Thomas, Chris McLendon, Yasaman Mostaghimi, Michael Mullan Hit paper breakdown →	1996	594

About Chris McLendon

Chris McLendon is a scholar working on Neurology, Physiology, Neurology, Clinical Biochemistry and Biochemistry, having authored 16 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (5 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers), Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (2 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers), Trace Elements in Health (2 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (2 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (995 citations), Neurology (538 citations), Physiology (1.1k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (602 citations) and Clinical Biochemistry (127 citations). Chris McLendon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include George Thomas, Tom Thomas, Mark Cookson, Rosa Canet-Aviles, Michael Mullan, Melisa J. Baptista, David W. Miller, Rili Ahmad, Dagmar Ringe and Sourav Bandyopadhyay. Their work appears in journals such as The FASEB Journal, Neuroreport, Neurobiology of Disease, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Biology Methods and Protocols.

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