Lev Becker

8.8k citations

47 papers · 3.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 26

Molecular Biology top 5%
Immunology top 2%
Epidemiology top 5%
Physiology top 2%
Surgery top 10%

Co-authors: Kelly Q. Schoenfelt Alexander V. Chervonsky Yoshinori Umesaki Dionysios A. Antonopoulos Leonid Yurkovetskiy Aly A. Khan Pavel Volchkov Laura Graham
Topics: Immune cells in cancer (12 papers)Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (9 papers)Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (7 papers)
Cited by: Immunology Physiology Biological Psychiatry
Journals: Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Lev Becker

45 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gender Bias in Autoimmunity Is Influenced by Microbiota

2013 704 citations Leonid Yurkovetskiy, Aly A. Khan et al. Immunity profile →
Metabolic Dysfunction Drives a Mechanistically Distinct Proinflammatory Phenotype in Adipose Tissue Macrophages

2014 625 citations Mario Kratz, Katherine B. Hisert et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
Neutrophil elastase selectively kills cancer cells and attenuates tumorigenesis

2021 216 citations Chang Cui, Kasturi Chakraborty et al. Cell profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lev Becker

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tubular lysosomes harbor active ion gradients and poise macrophages for phagocytosis 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Anand Saminathan,Kasturi Chakraborty,Matthew Zajac,Chang Cui,Lev Becker,Yamuna Krishnan	35
2	A lysosome-targeted DNA nanodevice selectively targets macrophages to attenuate tumours 2021 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Chang Cui,Kasturi Chakraborty,Xu Tang,Kelly Q. Schoenfelt,Alexandria Hoffman,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Catherine A. Reardon,Swati Kulkarni,Tomáš Vaisar,Andrea Ballabio,Yamuna Krishnan,Lev Becker	83
3	Neutrophil elastase selectively kills cancer cells and attenuates tumorigenesisbreakdown → 2021 ·Cell ·Chang Cui,Kasturi Chakraborty,Xu Tang,Guolin Zhou,Kelly Q. Schoenfelt,(unknown),Alexandria Hoffman,Ya-Fang Chang,(unknown),Catherine A. Reardon,Hilary A. Kenny,Tomáš Vaisar,Ernst Lengyel,Geoffrey L. Greene,Lev Becker	216
4	Isolation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils and monocytes from a single sample of human peripheral blood 2021 ·STAR Protocols ·Chang Cui,Kelly Q. Schoenfelt,(unknown),Lev Becker	29
5	SMRT Regulates Metabolic Homeostasis and Adipose Tissue Macrophage Phenotypes in Tandem 2020 ·Endocrinology ·(unknown),(unknown),Aishwarya Sharma,(unknown),(unknown),Yan Li,Alexandria Hoffman,Kelly Q. Schoenfelt,Honggang Ye,Alexandria M. Bobe,Lev Becker,Anthony N. Hollenberg,Ronald Cohen	4
6	CFTR Modulator Therapy Enhances Peripheral Blood Monocyte Contributions to Immune Responses in People With Cystic Fibrosis 2020 ·Frontiers in Pharmacology ·Katherine B. Hisert,Timothy P. Birkland,Kelly Q. Schoenfelt,Matthew E. Long,Brenda Grogan,Suzanne Carter,W. Conrad Liles,Edward F. McKone,Lev Becker,Anne M. Manicone,Sina A. Gharib	26
7	A DNA-based fluorescent reporter maps HOCl production in the maturing phagosome 2018 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),Chang Cui,Krishna Dan,Guolin Zhou,Lev Becker,Yamuna Krishnan	68
8	Obesity and Insulin Resistance Promote Atherosclerosis through an IFNγ-Regulated Macrophage Protein Network 2018 ·Cell Reports ·Catherine A. Reardon,Amulya Lingaraju,Kelly Q. Schoenfelt,Guolin Zhou,Chang Cui,(unknown),(unknown),Andrew N. Hoofnagle,Daniel M. Czyż,Howard A. Shuman,Tomáš Vaisar,Lev Becker	71
9	Metabolically Activated Adipose Tissue Macrophages Perform Detrimental and Beneficial Functions during Diet-Induced Obesity 2017 ·Cell Reports ·(unknown),Kelly Q. Schoenfelt,Valéria C. Barbosa-Lorenzi,Eduard Peris,Chang Cui,Alexandria Hoffman,Guolin Zhou,Sully Fernandez,Lijie Zhai,Ben A. Hall,Abigail S. Haka,Ajay M. Shah,Catherine A. Reardon,Matthew Brady,Christopher J. Rhodes,Frederick R. Maxfield,Lev Becker	216
10	Metastasis Suppressors Regulate the Tumor Microenvironment by Blocking Recruitment of Prometastatic Tumor-Associated Macrophages 2015 ·Cancer Research ·Casey Frankenberger,Daniel C. Rabe,Russell Bainer,Devipriya Sankarasharma,Kiran Chada,Thomas Krausz,Yoav Gilad,Lev Becker,Marsha Rich Rosner	108
11	Contextualised urinary biomarker analysis facilitates diagnosis of paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea 2014 ·Sleep Medicine ·Lev Becker,David Gozal,Eduard Peris,Kelly Q. Schoenfelt,David Gozal	20
12	Intermittent Hypoxia-induced Changes in Tumor-associated Macrophages and Tumor Malignancy in a Mouse Model of Sleep Apnea 2014 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Isaac Almendros,Yang Wang,Lev Becker,Frances E. Lennon,Jiamao Zheng,(unknown),(unknown),Alba Carreras,Fahed Hakim,Shelley X. Zhang,Ramón Farré,David Gozal	138
13	Metabolic Dysfunction Drives a Mechanistically Distinct Proinflammatory Phenotype in Adipose Tissue Macrophagesbreakdown → 2014 ·Cell Metabolism ·Mario Kratz,(unknown),Katherine B. Hisert,Derek Hagman,Vesco Mutskov,Eduard Peris,Kelly Q. Schoenfelt,Jessica N. Kuzma,Ilona Larson,Peter Billing,Robert Landerholm,Matthew Crouthamel,David Gozal,Seungmin Hwang,Pradeep K. Singh,Lev Becker	625
14	Gender Bias in Autoimmunity Is Influenced by Microbiotabreakdown → 2013 ·Immunity ·Leonid Yurkovetskiy,(unknown),Aly A. Khan,Laura Graham,Pavel Volchkov,Lev Becker,Dionysios A. Antonopoulos,Yoshinori Umesaki,Alexander V. Chervonsky	704
15	Unique Proteomic Signatures Distinguish Macrophages and Dendritic Cells 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Lev Becker,(unknown),Michelle M. Averill,Wei Yuan,Nathalie Pamir,Yufeng Peng,Angela D. Irwin,Xiaoyun Fu,Karin Bornfeldt,Jay W. Heinecke	83
16	A Macrophage Sterol-Responsive Network Linked to Atherogenesis 2010 ·Cell Metabolism ·Lev Becker,Sina A. Gharib,Angela D. Irwin,Ellen M. Wijsman,Tomáš Vaisar,John F. Oram,Jay W. Heinecke	65
17	PepC: proteomics software for identifying differentially expressed proteins based on spectral counting 2010 ·Bioinformatics ·(unknown),Brian Pratt,Tomáš Vaisar,Lev Becker	38
18	Quantitative Evaluation of the Contribution of Weak Lysine-binding Sites Present within Apolipoprotein(a) Kringle IV Types 6–8 to Lipoprotein(a) Assembly 2004 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Lev Becker,(unknown),(unknown),Marlys L. Koschinsky	29
19	A role for apolipoprotein(a) in protection of the low-density lipoprotein component of lipoprotein(a) from copper-mediated oxidation 2003 ·Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Bruce C. Hill,Lev Becker,(unknown),Andrew R. Kusmierczyk,Santica M. Marcovina,Mona N. Rahman,Brent R. Gabel,Zongchao Jia,Michael B. Boffa,Marlys L. Koschinsky	5
20	Effect of low-density lipoprotein buoyant density and cholesterol content on the formation of lipoprotein(a) particles 2001 ·Clinical and Experimental Medicine ·Lev Becker,Brent R. Gabel,(unknown),Santica M. Marcovina,Marlys L. Koschinsky	4

About Lev Becker

Lev Becker is a scholar working on Immunology, Cancer Research and Immunology and Allergy, having authored 47 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune cells in cancer (12 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (9 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (1.3k citations), Physiology (867 citations) and Biological Psychiatry (75 citations). Lev Becker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Kelly Q. Schoenfelt, Alexander V. Chervonsky, Yoshinori Umesaki, Dionysios A. Antonopoulos, Leonid Yurkovetskiy, Aly A. Khan, Pavel Volchkov, Laura Graham, Chang Cui and Jay W. Heinecke. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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