Fred Esch

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
34 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Fred Esch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Esch has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Physiology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fred Esch's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (5 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (4 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (3 papers). Fred Esch is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (5 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (4 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (3 papers). Fred Esch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Fred Esch's co-authors include Alan R. Culwell, Ivan Lieberburg, Pamela S. Keim, Russell Blacher, Pamela J. Ward, Tilman Oltersdorf, Eric C. Beattie, Russell E. Rydel, Mark P. Mattson and Bin Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Fred Esch

34 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

Isolation and quantification of soluble Alzheimer's β-peptide from biological fluids

1992 1.5k citations Peter Seubert, Carmen Vigo‐Pelfrey et al. Nature profile →
Cleavage of Amyloid β Peptide During Constitutive Processing of Its Precursor

1990 1.2k citations Fred Esch, Pamela S. Keim et al. Science profile →
Evidence for excitoprotective and intraneuronal calcium-regulating roles for secreted forms of the β-amyloid precursor protein

1993 649 citations Mark P. Mattson, Bin Cheng et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fred Esch United States	26	3.4k	3.1k	995	806	690	34	5.6k
Barbara Cordell United States	44	4.1k 1.2×	4.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	991 1.2×	715 1.0×	100	7.5k
Mary Seeger United States	16	2.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	839 0.8×	856 1.1×	956 1.4×	17	4.0k
Alfredo Lorenzo Argentina	22	3.1k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	874 0.9×	776 1.0×	479 0.7×	35	4.6k
Tilman Oltersdorf United States	33	5.0k 1.5×	5.9k 1.9×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	842 1.2×	52	10.4k
Philippe Marambaud United States	38	2.8k 0.8×	3.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	899 1.1×	793 1.1×	87	6.6k
F. Van Leuven Belgium	38	2.8k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	763 0.9×	696 1.0×	75	5.2k
Carmela R. Abraham United States	48	4.1k 1.2×	3.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	709 0.9×	604 0.9×	126	9.1k
Hans‐Ulrich Demuth Germany	37	2.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	982 1.0×	602 0.7×	221 0.3×	101	4.3k
Satoshi Tsubuki Japan	28	2.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	720 0.9×	923 1.3×	40	4.9k
Rolf Postina Germany	30	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	803 0.8×	563 0.7×	421 0.6×	39	4.5k

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Cheng, Lili, Fred Esch, Mark A. Marchionni, & Anne W. Mudge. (1998). Control of Schwann Cell Survival and Proliferation: Autocrine Factors and Neuregulins. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 12(3). 141–156. 47 indexed citations

Mackay, Deborah, Fred Esch, Heinz Furthmayr, & Alan Hall. (1997). Rho- and Rac-dependent Assembly of Focal Adhesion Complexes and Actin Filaments in Permeabilized Fibroblasts: An Essential Role for Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin Proteins. The Journal of Cell Biology. 138(4). 927–938. 270 indexed citations

Bateman, Andrew, John Macleod, Peter Lembessis, et al.. (1996). The Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Corticostatin/Defensin-like Peptide from the Kidney. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(18). 10654–10659. 50 indexed citations

Mattson, Mark P., Bin Cheng, Alan R. Culwell, et al.. (1993). Evidence for excitoprotective and intraneuronal calcium-regulating roles for secreted forms of the β-amyloid precursor protein. Neuron. 10(2). 243–254. 649 indexed citations breakdown →

Bateman, Andrew, Ava Singh, Serge Jothy, et al.. (1992). The levels and biologic action of the human neutrophil granule peptide HP-1 in lung tumors. Peptides. 13(1). 133–139. 37 indexed citations

Leung, David W. M., Annette S. Parent, George Cachianes, et al.. (1992). Cloning, expression during development, and evidence for release of a trophic factor for ciliary ganglion neurons. Neuron. 8(6). 1045–1053. 75 indexed citations

Álvarez, Jaime, Ricardo D. Moreno, O Llanos, et al.. (1992). Axonal sprouting induced in the sciatic nerve by the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and other antiproteases. Neuroscience Letters. 144(1-2). 130–134. 47 indexed citations

Seubert, Peter, Carmen Vigo‐Pelfrey, Fred Esch, et al.. (1992). Isolation and quantification of soluble Alzheimer's β-peptide from biological fluids. Nature. 359(6393). 325–327. 1454 indexed citations breakdown →

Anderson, John P., Fred Esch, Pamela S. Keim, et al.. (1991). Exact cleavage site of Alzheimer amyloid precursor in neuronal PC-12 cells. Neuroscience Letters. 128(1). 126–128. 173 indexed citations

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Tawil, Nabil J., Mario Houde, Russell Blacher, et al.. (1990). .alpha.1.beta.1 Integrin heterodimer functions as a dual laminin/collagen receptor in neural cells. Biochemistry. 29(27). 6540–6544. 98 indexed citations

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Congote, L.F., et al.. (1990). Isolation of a phospholipase-A₂-like protein from human fetal intestine. Lysis of erythroid cells from bovine liver by this protein and porcine phospholipase A₂. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 68(10). 1174–1180. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Qinggang, Russell Blacher, Fred Esch, & L.F. Congote. (1990). A heparin-binding erythroid cell stimulating factor from fetal bovine serum has the N-terminal sequence of insulin-like growth factor II. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 166(2). 557–561. 10 indexed citations

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Esch, Fred, Pamela S. Keim, Eric C. Beattie, et al.. (1990). Cleavage of Amyloid β Peptide During Constitutive Processing of Its Precursor. Science. 248(4959). 1122–1124. 1185 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Brien, John S., Keith A. Kretz, Nazneen N. Dewji, et al.. (1988). Coding of Two Sphingolipid Activator Proteins (SAP-1 and SAP-2) by Same Genetic Locus. Science. 241(4869). 1098–1101. 221 indexed citations

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Bateman, Andrew, et al.. (1988). Structure of a novel human granulocyte peptide with anti-ACTH activity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 155(1). 524–529. 82 indexed citations

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Shimasaki, Shunichi, et al.. (1988). Porcine follistatin gene structure supports two forms of mature follistatin produced by alternative splicing. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 152(2). 717–723. 99 indexed citations

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Ying, Shao‐Yao, Ann De Becker, Nicholas Ling, et al.. (1987). Follistatin specifically inhibits pituitary follicle stimulating hormone release invitro. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 149(1). 133–139. 69 indexed citations

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Singh, Ava, et al.. (1987). The corticostatic (anti-ACTH) and cytotoxic activity of peptides isolated from fetal, adult and tumor-bearing lung. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 27(4-6). 1017–1022. 48 indexed citations

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Baird, Andrew, et al.. (1987). Distribution of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) in tissues and structure-function studies with synthetic fragments of basic FGF. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 133(S5). 101–106. 27 indexed citations

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Esch, Fred, Nicholas Ling, & Peter Böhlen. (1983). [5] Microisolation of neuropeptides. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 103. 72–89. 13 indexed citations

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