Lawrence W. Byers

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 919 citations indexed

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Lawrence W. Byers is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence W. Byers has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 919 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 11 papers in Biochemistry and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lawrence W. Byers's work include Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology (8 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (8 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (5 papers). Lawrence W. Byers is often cited by papers focused on Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology (8 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (8 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (5 papers). Lawrence W. Byers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Sweden. Lawrence W. Byers's co-authors include E. E. Muirhead, B Brooks, Fred Snyder, Merle L. Blank, Russell L. Prewitt, Byron E. Leach, Robert G. Heath, Keith A. Smith, James A. Pitcock and Iris M. Krupp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, American Journal of Psychiatry and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence W. Byers

28 papers receiving 792 citations

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Antihypertensive activity of an alkyl ether analog of phosphatidylcholine

1979 450 citations Lawrence W. Byers, B Brooks et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lawrence W. Byers United States	13	306	225	224	152	147	28	919
Karen A. Munger United States	19	364 1.2×	308 1.4×	210 0.9×	201 1.3×	110 0.7×	41	1.2k
Tatsuo Satake Japan	19	622 2.0×	452 2.0×	151 0.7×	350 2.3×	84 0.6×	98	1.5k
D. V. Godin Canada	19	246 0.8×	214 1.0×	63 0.3×	114 0.8×	143 1.0×	35	871
Beverly Lorenzo United States	17	758 2.5×	228 1.0×	137 0.6×	59 0.4×	90 0.6×	20	1.3k
Sampath Parthasarathy United States	10	257 0.8×	161 0.7×	111 0.5×	125 0.8×	207 1.4×	12	1.1k
David Hosford France	18	330 1.1×	215 1.0×	72 0.3×	181 1.2×	85 0.6×	36	1.2k
T Satake Japan	18	362 1.2×	409 1.8×	202 0.9×	302 2.0×	99 0.7×	66	1.0k
Fuminori Masugi Japan	13	214 0.7×	129 0.6×	80 0.4×	110 0.7×	112 0.8×	38	540
R Locher Switzerland	16	277 0.9×	172 0.8×	55 0.2×	147 1.0×	159 1.1×	32	857
Walter Trizna United States	20	667 2.2×	288 1.3×	110 0.5×	198 1.3×	168 1.1×	43	1.4k

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Muirhead, E. E., B Brooks, & Lawrence W. Byers. (1994). SECRETION OF MEDULLIPIN I BY THE KIDNEY INVOLVES THE CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM. Journal of Hypertension. 12(2). 155???158–155???158. 3 indexed citations

Brooks, B, et al.. (1994). Purification of Class I Medullipins from the Venous Effluent of Isolated Normal Kidneys Perfused under High Pressure with Saline. Blood Pressure. 3(6). 407–417. 12 indexed citations

Muirhead, E. E., David H. P. Streeten, Lawrence W. Byers, B Brooks, & E. Todd Schroeder. (1993). Lipomedullipinoma: A Source of Hypermedullipinemia. Blood Pressure. 2(3). 183–188. 3 indexed citations

Muirhead, E. E., David H. P. Streeten, B Brooks, E. Todd Schroeder, & Lawrence W. Byers. (1992). Persistent Hypotension Associated with Hypermedullipinemia: A New Syndrome. Blood Pressure. 1(3). 138–148. 4 indexed citations

Muirhead, E. E., B Brooks, & Lawrence W. Byers. (1992). Biologic Differences Between Vasodilator Prostaglandins and Medullipin I. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 303(2). 86–89. 7 indexed citations

Muirhead, E. E., B Brooks, Lawrence W. Byers, Pamela Brown, & James A. Pitcock. (1991). SECRETION OF MEDULLIPIN I BY ISOLATED KIDNEYS PERFUSED UNDER ELEVATED PRESSURE. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 18(6). 409–417. 13 indexed citations

Muirhead, E. E., Lawrence W. Byers, B Brooks, Pamela Brown, & James A. Pitcock. (1989). Biologic Contrasts Between Medullipin I and Vasoactive Glyceryl Compounds. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 298(2). 93–103. 9 indexed citations

Muirhead, E. E., et al.. (1987). Rapid Communication: Selachyl Alcohol as an Oral Antihypertensive Agent: A Preliminary Note. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 294(5). 384–387. 1 indexed citations

Muirhead, E. E., Björn Folkow, Lawrence W. Byers, et al.. (1983). Cardiovascular effects of antihypertensive polar and neutral renomedullary lipids.. Hypertension. 5(2_pt_2). 23 indexed citations

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Muirhead, E. E., Lawrence W. Byers, Björn Folkow, et al.. (1983). Antihypertensive polar and neutral renopapillary lipids. Which is a hormone?. Hypertension. 5(6_pt_3). V61–5. 12 indexed citations

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Muirhead, E. E., B Folkow, Lawrence W. Byers, et al.. (1983). Cardiovascular effects of antihypertensive renomedullary lipids (APRL and ANRL). Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 117(3). 465–467. 31 indexed citations

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Smith, Keith A., Lawrence E. Cornett, James S. Norris, Lawrence W. Byers, & E. E. Muirhead. (1982). Blockade of alpha-adrenergic receptors by analogues of phosphatidylcholine. Life Sciences. 31(18). 1891–1902. 9 indexed citations

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Muirhead, E. E., et al.. (1981). Antihypertensive lipids from the kidney: alkyl ether analogs of phosphatidylcholine.. PubMed. 40(8). 2285–90. 23 indexed citations

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Muirhead, E. E., Lawrence W. Byers, D. M. Desiderio, et al.. (1981). Alkyl ether analogs of phosphatidylcholine are orally active in hypertensive rabbits.. Hypertension. 3(3_pt_2). I107–11. 26 indexed citations

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Muirhead, E. E., et al.. (1981). Derivation of Neutral Antihypertensive Lipid from Renal Venous Effluent in Rats. Clinical Science. 61(s7). 331s–333s. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Keith A., Russell L. Prewitt, Lawrence W. Byers, & E. E. Muirhead. (1981). Analogs of phosphatidylcholine: alpha-adrenergic antagonists from the renal medulla.. Hypertension. 3(4). 460–470. 42 indexed citations

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Prewitt, Russell L., Byron E. Leach, Lawrence W. Byers, et al.. (1979). Antihypertensive polar renomedullary lipid, a semisynthetic vasodilator.. Hypertension. 1(3). 299–308. 67 indexed citations

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Muirhead, E. E., Wilton A. Rightsel, Byron E. Leach, et al.. (1977). Reversal of hypertension by transplants and lipid extracts of cultured renomedullary interstitial cells.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 36(2). 162–72. 37 indexed citations

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Heath, Robert G., et al.. (1967). Schizophrenia as an Immunologic Disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry. 16(1). 24–24. 63 indexed citations

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Leach, Byron E., et al.. (1964). ‘Viractin’ : a Prophylactic Agent against Upper Respiratory Infections. Nature. 204(4960). 788–789. 6 indexed citations

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