Irene Nunes

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Irene Nunes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Irene Nunes has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Irene Nunes's work include Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (5 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (4 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (2 papers). Irene Nunes is often cited by papers focused on Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (5 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (4 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (2 papers). Irene Nunes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Irene Nunes's co-authors include Daniel B. Rifkin, John G. Harpel, Pierre‐Emmanuel Gleizes, Christine N. Metz, John S. Munger, David J. Loskutoff, Mayumi Abé, D B Rifkin, Roberta Mazzieri and Stephen P. Goff and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Irene Nunes

25 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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An Assay for Transforming Growth Factor-β Using Cells Transfected with a Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Promoter-Luciferase Construct

1994 677 citations Mayumi Abé, John G. Harpel et al. Analytical Biochemistry profile →
Intensification of Statin Therapy Results in a Rapid Reduction in Atherosclerotic Inflammation

2013 304 citations Ahmed Tawakol, Zahi A. Fayad et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

Peers

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Jochen W.U. Fries Germany

Giuseppe Pintucci United States

Akihiko Ito Japan

Michael B. Sporn United States

Takayuki Shiomi Japan

Andrés F. Muro Italy

Tetsuhito Kojima Japan

Lucia Schuger United States

Arto Orpana Finland

Kouki Inai Japan

Jochen W.U. Fries Germany

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Waikar, Sushrut S., Robin Mogg, Amanda F. Baker, et al.. (2025). Urinary Kidney Injury Biomarker Profiles in Healthy Individuals and After Nephrotoxic and Ischemic Injury. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 117(5). 1272–1283. 4 indexed citations

Chu, Xiaoyan, Kelly Bleasby, Gordon Chan, Irene Nunes, & Raymond Evers. (2016). The Complexities of Interpreting Reversible Elevated Serum Creatinine Levels in Drug Development: Does a Correlation with Inhibition of Renal Transporters Exist?. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 44(9). 1498–1509. 85 indexed citations

Chu, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2016). Transporters affecting biochemical test results: Creatinine‐drug interactions. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 100(5). 437–440. 30 indexed citations

Tawakol, Ahmed, Zahi A. Fayad, Robin Mogg, et al.. (2013). Intensification of Statin Therapy Results in a Rapid Reduction in Atherosclerotic Inflammation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 62(10). 909–917. 304 indexed citations breakdown →

Wagner, Frank, Marie‐Pierre Malice, Erol Wiegert, et al.. (2012). A comparison of the natriuretic and kaliuretic effects of cicletanine and hydrochlorothiazide in prehypertensive and hypertensive humans. Journal of Hypertension. 30(4). 819–827. 11 indexed citations

Schoeller, Dale A., Achilles Alon, Lori Mixson, et al.. (2012). Segmental Bioimpedance for Measuring Amlodipine-Induced Pedal Edema: A Placebo-Controlled Study. Clinical Therapeutics. 34(3). 580–592. 10 indexed citations

Fayad, Zahi A., Robin Mogg, Achilles Alon, et al.. (2011). Abstract 18242: High Dose Statin Results in a Further Reduction in Atherosclerotic Inflammation Compared with Low Dose Statin: Results of a Multi-Center PET-CT Study. Circulation. 124(suppl_21). 4 indexed citations

Nunes, Irene, James A. Bolognese, Deborah L. Miller, et al.. (2010). Single-dose effects of isosorbide mononitrate alone or in combination with losartan on central blood pressure. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 4(6). 311–318. 6 indexed citations

Liberatore, Rachel A., Stephen P. Goff, & Irene Nunes. (2009). NF-κB activity is constitutively elevated in c-Abl null fibroblasts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(42). 17823–17828. 13 indexed citations

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Rifkin, Daniel B., Pierre‐Emmanuel Gleizes, John G. Harpel, et al.. (2007). Plasminogen/Plasminogen Activator and Growth Factor Activation. Novartis Foundation symposium. 212. 105–118. 8 indexed citations

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Ma, Wanchao, Irene Nunes, C. S. H. Young, & Abraham Spector. (2005). Catalase enrichment using recombinant adenovirus protects αTN4-1 cells from H2O2. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 40(2). 335–340. 9 indexed citations

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Nunes, Irene, Rosemary D. Higgins, Lucia Zanetta, Peter Shamamian, & Stephen P. Goff. (2001). C-Abl Is Required for the Development of Hyperoxia-Induced Retinopathy. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 193(12). 1383–1392. 8 indexed citations

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Nunes, Irene, et al.. (1998). Structure and activation of the large latent transforming growth factor-Beta complex.. PubMed. 69(10). 643–8. 23 indexed citations

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Ogden, Alfred T., Irene Nunes, Kyung Soo Ko, et al.. (1998). GRIFIN, a Novel Lens-specific Protein Related to the Galectin Family. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(44). 28889–28896. 65 indexed citations

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Munger, John S., John G. Harpel, Pierre‐Emmanuel Gleizes, et al.. (1997). Latent transforming growth factor-β: Structural features and mechanisms of activation. Kidney International. 51(5). 1376–1382. 438 indexed citations

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Shapiro, Richard L., Irene Nunes, Daniel F. Roses, et al.. (1997). Urokinase-type plasminogen activator-deficient mice are predisposed to staphylococcal botryomycosis, pleuritis, and effacement of lymphoid follicles.. PubMed. 150(1). 359–69. 35 indexed citations

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Nunes, Irene, Soichi Kojima, & Daniel B. Rifkin. (1996). Effects of endogenously activated transforming growth factor-beta on growth and differentiation of retinoic acid-treated HL-60 cells.. PubMed. 56(3). 495–9. 37 indexed citations

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Nunes, Irene, et al.. (1996). Induction of primary cutaneous melanocytic neoplasms in urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA)-deficient and wild-type mice: cellular blue nevi invade but do not progress to malignant melanoma in uPA-deficient animals.. PubMed. 56(15). 3597–604. 106 indexed citations

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Nunes, Irene, Richard L. Shapiro, & Daniel B. Rifkin. (1995). Characterization of latent TGF-β activation by murine peritoneal macrophages. The Journal of Immunology. 155(3). 1450–1459. 157 indexed citations

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Abé, Mayumi, John G. Harpel, Christine N. Metz, et al.. (1994). An Assay for Transforming Growth Factor-β Using Cells Transfected with a Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Promoter-Luciferase Construct. Analytical Biochemistry. 216(2). 276–284. 677 indexed citations breakdown →

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