John D. Belcher

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

John D. Belcher is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Belcher has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Genetics, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 30 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in John D. Belcher's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (68 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (39 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (26 papers). John D. Belcher is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (68 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (39 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (26 papers). John D. Belcher collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. John D. Belcher's co-authors include Gregory M. Vercellotti, Robert P. Hebbel, Abdu I. Alayash, Julia Nguyen, Chunsheng Chen, Paul H. Marker, Dominik J. Schaer, Paul W. Buehler, Fuad Abdulla and Karl A. Nath and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

John D. Belcher

129 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.

Hemolysis and free hemoglobin revisited: exploring hemoglobin and hemin scavengers as a novel class of therapeutic proteins

2012 571 citations Dominik J. Schaer, Paul W. Buehler et al. Blood profile →
Heme triggers TLR4 signaling leading to endothelial cell activation and vaso-occlusion in murine sickle cell disease

2013 525 citations John D. Belcher, Chunsheng Chen et al. Blood profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Reasons for donor heart offer refusal in the United States: Results from 14,132 transplant clinician surveys in the Donor Heart Study 2025 ·The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation ·Brian Wayda, Helen Luikart, Yingjie Weng, (unknown), Nikole Neidlinger, Robert Wood, Javier Nieto, (unknown), John D. Belcher, Tahnee Groat, Darren Malinoski, Jonathan G. Zaroff, Kiran K. Khush	0
2	Mast cell extracellular trap formation underlies vascular and neural injury and hyperalgesia in sickle cell disease 2024 ·Life Science Alliance ·Donovan A. Argueta, Huy Tran, (unknown), (unknown), Julia Nguyen, (unknown), Chunsheng Chen, Fuad Abdulla, Gregory M. Vercellotti, John D. Belcher, Kalpna Gupta	2
3	Missing the mark(ers): circulating endothelial cells and endothelial-derived extracellular vesicles are elevated in sickle cell disease plasma 2024 ·Frontiers in Immunology ·Joan D. Beckman, Ping Zhang, Julia Nguyen, Robert P. Hebbel, Gregory M. Vercellotti, John D. Belcher	1
4	Sickle red blood cell‐derived extracellular vesicles activate endothelial cells and enhance sickle red cell adhesion mediated by von Willebrand factor 2023 ·British Journal of Haematology ·Ran An, Yuncheng Man, (unknown), Tianyi Zhang, Chunsheng Chen, Fang Wang, Fuad Abdulla, Erdem Kucukal, William J. Wulftange, (unknown), Allison Bode, Lalitha Nayak, Gregory M. Vercellotti, John D. Belcher, Jane A. Little, Umut A. Gürkan	17
5	Cold exposure induces vaso-occlusion and pain in sickle mice that depend on complement activation 2023 ·Blood ·(unknown), John D. Belcher, Iryna A. Khasabova, Chunsheng Chen, (unknown), Fuad Abdulla, (unknown), (unknown), Julia Nguyen, (unknown), Joan D. Beckman, Sergey G. Khasabov, Kalpna Gupta, Ronald P. Taylor, Donald A. Simone, Gregory M. Vercellotti	9
6	The BACH1 inhibitor ASP8731 inhibits inflammation and vaso-occlusion and induces fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell disease 2023 ·Frontiers in Medicine ·John D. Belcher, (unknown), Fuad Abdulla, Ping Zhang, Chunsheng Chen, Julia Nguyen, (unknown), Maneet Singh, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Emer Clarke, Yongzhao Huang, Margaret Biddle, Gregory M. Vercellotti	14
7	A model of painful vaso-occlusive crisis in mice with sickle cell disease 2022 ·Blood ·Iryna A. Khasabova, (unknown), (unknown), Sergey G. Khasabov, Mikhail Y. Golovko, Svetlana A. Golovko, (unknown), Kalpna Gupta, John D. Belcher, Gregory M. Vercellotti, Virginia S. Seybold, Donald A. Simone	4
8	Noncanonical Roles of Caspase-4 and Caspase-5 in Heme-Driven IL-1β Release and Cell Death 2021 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), (unknown), Brittany A. Rohrman, (unknown), (unknown), John D. Belcher, Gregory M. Vercellotti, Jonathan M. Flanagan, Lisa Bouchier‐Hayes	29
9	Identification of a Heme Activation Site on the MD-2/TLR4 Complex 2020 ·Frontiers in Immunology ·John D. Belcher, Ping Zhang, Julia Nguyen, (unknown), Karl A. Nath, Jianjun Hu, John O. Trent, Gregory M. Vercellotti	33
10	Oral carbon monoxide therapy in murine sickle cell disease: Beneficial effects on vaso-occlusion, inflammation and anemia 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·John D. Belcher, Edward D. Gomperts, Julia Nguyen, Chunsheng Chen, Fuad Abdulla, (unknown), David Gallo, Howard Levy, Leo E. Otterbein, Gregory M. Vercellotti	43
11	The role of carbon monoxide and heme oxygenase in the prevention of sickle cell disease vaso‐occlusive crises 2017 ·American Journal of Hematology ·Edward D. Gomperts, John D. Belcher, Leo E. Otterbein, Thomas D. Coates, John C. Wood, Brett E. Skolnick, Howard Levy, Gregory M. Vercellotti	34
12	The Fucosylation Inhibitor, 2-Fluorofucose, Inhibits Vaso-Occlusion, Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions and NF-ĸB Activation in Transgenic Sickle Mice 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·John D. Belcher, Chunsheng Chen, Julia Nguyen, Fuad Abdulla, Phong Nguyen, Tuan M. Nguyen, Nicole M. Okeley, Dennis R. Benjamin, Peter D. Senter, Gregory M. Vercellotti	28
13	Carbon Monoxide Expedites Metabolic Exhaustion to Inhibit Tumor Growth 2013 ·Cancer Research ·Barbara Wegiel, David Gallo, Eva Csizmadia, Clair Harris, John D. Belcher, Gregory M. Vercellotti, Nuno Penacho, Pankaj Seth, Vikas P. Sukhatme, Asif Ahmed, Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Leszek Helczynski, Anders Bjartell, Jenny L. Persson, Leo E. Otterbein	324
14	Hemolysis and free hemoglobin revisited: exploring hemoglobin and hemin scavengers as a novel class of therapeutic proteins breakdown → 2012 ·Blood ·Dominik J. Schaer, Paul W. Buehler, Abdu I. Alayash, John D. Belcher, Gregory M. Vercellotti	571
15	Heme oxygenase-1 gene delivery by Sleeping Beauty inhibits vascular stasis in a murine model of sickle cell disease 2010 ·Journal of Molecular Medicine ·John D. Belcher, (unknown), (unknown), Chunsheng Chen, Joan D. Beckman, Julia Nguyen, Clifford J. Steer, Gregory M. Vercellotti	69
16	Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method for monitoring highly conserved transgene expression during gene therapy 2008 ·Translational research ·(unknown), John D. Belcher, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Julia Nguyen, Chunsheng Chen, Joan D. Beckman, Clifford J. Steer, Gregory M. Vercellotti	5
17	Critical role of endothelial cell activation in hypoxia-induced vasoocclusion in transgenic sickle mice 2005 ·American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology ·John D. Belcher, Hemchandra Mahaseth, Thomas E. Welch, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paul R. Bowlin, John C. Bischof, Robert P. Hebbel, Gregory M. Vercellotti	138
18	Induction of HL‐60 cell differentiation by carotenoids 1997 ·Nutrition and Cancer ·Myron D. Gross, (unknown), John D. Belcher, David R. Jacobs	24
19	Concentrations of Lp(a) in black and white young adults: Relations to risk factors for cardiovascular disease 1994 ·Annals of Epidemiology ·Barbara V. Howard, Ngoc‐Anh Le, John D. Belcher, John M. Flack, David R. Jacobs, Cora E. Lewis, Santica M. Marcovina, Laura L. Perkins	53
20	The Identification and Partial Characterization of Acetaldehyde Adducts of Hemoglobin Occurring in Vivo: A Possible Marker of Alcohol Consumption 1992 ·Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research ·Myron D. Gross, Susan M. Gapstur, John D. Belcher, (unknown), John D. Potter	19

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