John S. Bertram

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

John S. Bertram is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, John S. Bertram has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Biochemistry and 12 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in John S. Bertram's work include Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (24 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (23 papers) and Connexins and lens biology (17 papers). John S. Bertram is often cited by papers focused on Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (24 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (23 papers) and Connexins and lens biology (17 papers). John S. Bertram collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. John S. Bertram's co-authors include Charles Heidelberger, Robert V. Cooney, Lixin Zhang, Parmender P. Mehta, Catherine A. Reznikoff, David Brankow, Werner R. Loewenstein, Laurence N. Kolonel, Frank L. Meyskens and Przemysław Janik and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

John S. Bertram

83 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Quantitative and qualitative studies of chemical transfor... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Quantitative and qualitative studies of chemical transformation of cloned C3H mouse embryo cells sensitive to postconfluence inhibition of cell division.
    1973 718 citations John S. Bertram, Charles Heidelberger et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John S. Bertram United States 36 3.5k 1.8k 1.1k 690 624 84 6.1k
Mauro Piantelli Italy 44 2.7k 0.8× 674 0.4× 767 0.7× 1.6k 2.4× 577 0.9× 180 6.3k
Bob G. Sanders United States 34 1.9k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 586 0.6× 341 0.5× 386 0.6× 112 3.3k
Joseph Wu United States 48 3.0k 0.9× 618 0.3× 484 0.5× 793 1.1× 413 0.7× 236 6.9k
Dianne L. Newton United States 35 3.1k 0.9× 544 0.3× 466 0.4× 681 1.0× 689 1.1× 87 4.6k
R. K. Boutwell United States 43 4.9k 1.4× 297 0.2× 1.4k 1.3× 795 1.2× 557 0.9× 128 7.0k
Jean‐Claude Mazière France 33 1.8k 0.5× 685 0.4× 618 0.6× 351 0.5× 221 0.4× 142 4.1k
Sharad S. Singhal United States 48 5.3k 1.5× 393 0.2× 785 0.7× 1.8k 2.5× 449 0.7× 197 7.6k
Levy Kopelovich United States 50 4.8k 1.4× 497 0.3× 1.8k 1.7× 2.5k 3.7× 1.1k 1.7× 214 9.2k
Shazib Pervaiz Singapore 58 5.9k 1.7× 425 0.2× 1.5k 1.4× 1.3k 1.9× 319 0.5× 176 9.9k
Andreas I. Constantinou United States 38 2.1k 0.6× 586 0.3× 326 0.3× 797 1.2× 907 1.5× 99 4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John S. Bertram

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All Works

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Bertram, John S., et al.. (2005). Cancer prevention by retinoids and carotenoids: Independent action on a common target. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1740(2). 170–178. 72 indexed citations
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King, Timothy J. & John S. Bertram. (2005). Connexins as targets for cancer chemoprevention and chemotherapy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1719(1-2). 146–160. 92 indexed citations
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Hix, Laura M., Samuel F. Lockwood, & John S. Bertram. (2004). Upregulation of connexin 43 protein expression and increased gap junctional communication by water soluble disodium disuccinate astaxanthin derivatives. Cancer Letters. 211(1). 25–37. 40 indexed citations
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Bertram, John S., et al.. (2002). Cancer Chemoprevention by Connexins. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews. 21(3-4). 199–216. 32 indexed citations
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Bondarev, I. E., et al.. (2001). Cloning and Functional Expression of a Novel Human Connexin-25 Gene. Cell Communication & Adhesion. 8(4-6). 167–171. 10 indexed citations
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Bertram, John S.. (2000). The molecular biology of cancer. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 21(6). 167–223. 377 indexed citations
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Bertram, John S.. (1994). The chemoprevention of cancer by dietary carotenoids: Studies in mouse and human cells. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 66(5). 1025–1032. 20 indexed citations
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Guo, Huiming, et al.. (1992). Gap-Junctional Protein Connexin 43 Is Expressed in Dermis and Epidermis of Human Skin: Differential Modulation by Retinoids. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 99(4). 460–467. 60 indexed citations
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Cooney, Robert V., et al.. (1991). Relationship between dietary, serum, and tissue levels of carotenoids. Cancer Letters. 61(1). 81–87. 25 indexed citations
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Bertram, John S., Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Ao Pung, & Joyce E. Rundhaug. (1989). Development of in vitro systems for chemoprevention research. Preventive Medicine. 18(5). 562–575. 9 indexed citations
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Rundhaug, Joyce E., et al.. (1987). Differential uptake, binding, and metabolism of retinol and retinoic acid by 10T1/2 cells.. PubMed. 47(21). 5637–43. 17 indexed citations
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Mehta, Parmender P., John S. Bertram, & Werner R. Loewenstein. (1986). Growth inhibition of transformed cells correlates with their junctional communication with normal cells. Cell. 44(1). 187–196. 334 indexed citations
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Tomei, Licia & John S. Bertram. (1978). Restoration of growth control in malignantly transformed mouse fibroblasts grown in a chemically defined medium.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 38(2). 444–51. 5 indexed citations
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Bertram, John S., Paul R. Libby, & Wallace M. LeStourgeon. (1977). Changes in nuclear actin levels with change in growth state of C3H/10T1/2 cells and the lack of response in malignantly transformed cells.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 37(11). 4104–11. 8 indexed citations
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Sarrif, Awni M., John S. Bertram, Michael E. Kamarck, & Charles Heidelberger. (1975). The isolation and characterization of polycyclic hydrocarbon-binding proteins from mouse liver and skin cytosols.. PubMed. 35(3). 816–24. 27 indexed citations
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Peterson, A.R., John S. Bertram, & Charles Heidelberger. (1974). Cell cycle dependency of DNA damage and repair in transformable mouse fibroblasts treated with N-methyl-N'--nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine.. Cancer Research. 34(7). 1600–7. 20 indexed citations
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Bertram, John S. & Charles Heidelberger. (1973). Cell-cycle dependency of chemical oncogenic transformation in culture. Abstr.. The Mouseion at the JAXlibrary (Jackson Laboratory). 14. 70. 3 indexed citations

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