Louis M. Kunkel

46.9k citations

284 papers · 36.5k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 91

Molecular Biology top 0.02%
Genetics top 0.05%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.2%
Physiology top 0.1%
Genetics top 0.05%

Co-authors: Eric P. Hoffman Anthony P. Monaco Robert H. Brown M. Kœnig Corlee J. Bertelson Hart G.W. Lidov Emanuela Gussoni Alan H. Beggs
Topics: Muscle Physiology and Disorders (190 papers)RNA Research and Splicing (50 papers)Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (35 papers)
Cited by: Aging Genetics Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Science New England Journal of Medicine
Partner nations: United States Japan United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Louis M. Kunkel

281 papers receiving 35.6k 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.

Dystrophin: The protein product of the duchenne muscular dystrophy locus

1987 3.7k citations Eric P. Hoffman, Louis M. Kunkel et al. Cell profile →
Complete cloning of the duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cDNA and preliminary genomic organization of the DMD gene in normal and affected individuals

1987 1.9k citations M. Kœnig, Eric P. Hoffman et al. Cell profile →
Dystrophin expression in the mdx mouse restored by stem cell transplantation

1999 1.4k citations Emanuela Gussoni, Louis M. Kunkel et al. profile →
The complete sequence of dystrophin predicts a rod-shaped cytoskeletal protein

1988 1.3k citations M. Kœnig, Louis M. Kunkel et al. Cell profile →
Analysis of human Y-chromosome-specific reiterated DNA in chromosome variants.

1977 1.3k citations Louis M. Kunkel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
An explanation for the phenotypic differences between patients bearing partial deletions of the DMD locus

1988 934 citations Louis M. Kunkel et al. Genomics profile →
Isolation of candidate cDNAs for portions of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene

1986 830 citations Louis M. Kunkel et al. profile →
Characterization of Dystrophin in Muscle-Biopsy Specimens from Patients with Duchenne's or Becker's Muscular Dystrophy

1988 731 citations Eric P. Hoffman, Jeffrey S. Chamberlain et al. profile →
Conversion of mdx myofibres from dystrophin-negative to -positive by injection of normal myoblasts

1989 679 citations Eric P. Hoffman, Louis M. Kunkel et al. profile →
Cloning the gene for an inherited human disorder—chronic granulomatous disease—on the basis of its chromosomal location

1986 665 citations Louis M. Kunkel et al. profile →
The structural and functional diversity of dystrophin

1993 544 citations Louis M. Kunkel et al. profile →
Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Deficiency of dystrophin at the muscle cell surface

1988 528 citations Eduardo Bonilla, Armand F. Miranda et al. Cell profile →
The Co-Morbidity Burden of Children and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2012 397 citations Isaac S. Kohane, Louis M. Kunkel et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Conditional Dmd ablation in muscle and brain causes profound effects on muscle function and neurobehavior 2025 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Michael A. Lopez,David K. Crossman,Jodi R. Paul,Miguel A. Gutierrez‐Monreal,Karen L. Gamble,Karyn A. Esser,Jeffrey J. Widrick,Louis M. Kunkel,Matthew S. Alexander	0
2	Applying genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screens for therapeutic discovery in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 2020 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Angela Lek,Tracy Zhang,Keryn G. Woodman,Shushu Huang,Alec M. DeSimone,Justin Cohen,Vincent Ho,(unknown),(unknown),Andrew Kodani,(unknown),Neville E. Sanjana,Oliver D. King,Peter L. Jones,Kathryn R. Wagner,Monkol Lek,Louis M. Kunkel	45
3	Concordance between gene expression in peripheral whole blood and colonic tissue in children with inflammatory bowel disease 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Nathan Palmer,Jocelyn A. Silvester,Jessica J. Lee,Andrew L. Beam,Inbar Fried,Vladimir I. Valtchinov,Fedik Rahimov,Sek Won Kong,Saum Ghodoussipour,(unknown),Athos Bousvaros,Richard J. Grand,Louis M. Kunkel,Isaac S. Kohane	33
4	MicroRNA-486–dependent modulation of DOCK3/PTEN/AKT signaling pathways improves muscular dystrophy–associated symptoms 2014 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Matthew S. Alexander,Juan Carlos Casar,Norio Motohashi,Natássia M. Vieira,Iris Eisenberg,Jamie L. Marshall,Molly Gasperini,Angela Lek,Jennifer A. Myers,Elicia Estrella,Peter B. Kang,Frederic Shapiro,Fedik Rahimov,Genri Kawahara,Jeffrey J. Widrick,Louis M. Kunkel	119
5	Mutations in the satellite cell gene MEGF10 cause a recessive congenital myopathy with minicores 2012 ·Neurogenetics ·Steven E. Boyden,(unknown),Genri Kawahara,Jennifer A. Myers,Satomi Mitsuhashi,Elicia Estrella,Anna R. Duncan,(unknown),Elizabeth T. DeChene,(unknown),Carsten G. Bönnemann,Basil T. Darras,Jerry R. Mendell,Hart G.W. Lidov,Ichizo Nishino,Alan H. Beggs,Louis M. Kunkel,Peter B. Kang	57
6	Drug screening in a zebrafish model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Genri Kawahara,(unknown),Jennifer A. Myers,Matthew S. Alexander,Jeffrey R. Guyon,Louis M. Kunkel	144
7	Isolation and transcriptome analysis of adult zebrafish cells enriched for skeletal muscle progenitors 2011 ·Muscle & Nerve ·Matthew S. Alexander,Genri Kawahara,Alvin T. Kho,Melanie Howell,(unknown),Jennifer A. Myers,Federica Montanaro,Leonard I. Zon,Jeffrey R. Guyon,Louis M. Kunkel	17
8	Genetic isolation and characterization of a splicing mutant of zebrafish dystrophin 2008 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Jeffrey R. Guyon,Julie Goswami,Susan J. Jun,(unknown),Melanie Howell,(unknown),Genri Kawahara,Leta S. Steffen,Michal Galdzicki,Louis M. Kunkel	58
9	Distinctive patterns of microRNA expression in primary muscular disorders 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Iris Eisenberg,Alal Eran,Ichizo Nishino,Maurizio Moggio,Costanza Lamperti,Anthony A. Amato,Hart G.W. Lidov,Peter B. Kang,Kathryn N. North,Stella Mitrani‐Rosenbaum,Kevin M. Flanigan,Lori A. Neely,Duncan Whitney,Alan H. Beggs,Isaac S. Kohane,Louis M. Kunkel	407
10	Stem and Progenitor Cells in Skeletal Muscle Development, Maintenance, and Therapy 2007 ·Molecular Therapy ·Bruno Péault,Michael A. Rudnicki,Yvan Torrente,Giulio Cossu,Jacques P. Tremblay,Terry Partridge,Emanuela Gussoni,Louis M. Kunkel,Johnny Huard	423
11	The dystrophin associated protein complex in zebrafish 2003 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Jeffrey R. Guyon,(unknown),Yi Zhou,Kristine O'Brien,Xiaoming Sheng,Karen Chiang,Alan J. Davidson,(unknown),L I Zon,Louis M. Kunkel	88
12	Long-term persistence of donor nuclei in a Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient receiving bone marrow transplantation 2002 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Emanuela Gussoni,Richard Rodney Bennett,Kristina R. Muskiewicz,Todd E. Meyerrose,Jan A. Nolta,Irene Gilgoff,James H. Stein,Yiu-mo Chan,Hart G.W. Lidov,Carsten G. Bönnemann,Arpad von Moers,Glenn E. Morris,Johan T. den Dunnen,Jeffrey S. Chamberlain,Louis M. Kunkel,Kenneth I. Weinberg	116
13	A genome-wide scan for linkage to human exceptional longevity identifies a locus on chromosome 4 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Annibale Alessandro Puca,Mark J. Daly,Stephanie Brewster,Tara C. Matise,Jeffrey C. Barrett,(unknown),(unknown),Erin Joyce,(unknown),Erica K. Benson,Louis M. Kunkel,Thomas T. Perls	237
14	Evolutionary Divergence of the Mouse and Human Lgn1/SMA Repeat Structures 2000 ·Genomics ·Joseph D. Growney,Jeremiah M. Scharf,Louis M. Kunkel,William F. Dietrich	19
15	A (CA)n repeat polymorphism for the human skeletal muscle α-actinin gene ACTN2 and its localization on the linkage map of chromosome 1 1992 ·Genomics ·Alan H. Beggs,Hilary A. Phillips,H.M. Kozman,John C. Mulley,Steve D. Wilton,Louis M. Kunkel,Nigel G. Laing	10
16	Complementary DNA probes for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus demonstrate a previously undetectable deletion in a patient with dystrophic myopathy, glycerol kinase deficiency, and congenital adrenal hypoplasia. 1989 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Edward R.B. McCabe,Jeffrey A. Towbin,Jeffrey S. Chamberlain,L. Baumbach,Jan Witkowski,G J van Ommen,M. Kœnig,Louis M. Kunkel,William Seltzer	48
17	The Wellcome Lecture, 1988 - Muscular dystrophy: a time of hope 1989 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Louis M. Kunkel	8
18	Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Deficiency of dystrophin at the muscle cell surfacebreakdown → 1988 ·Cell ·Eduardo Bonilla,(unknown),Armand F. Miranda,Arthur P. Hays,G. Salviati,Salvatore DiMauro,Louis M. Kunkel,Eric P. Hoffman,Lewis P. Rowland	528
19	Cell and fiber type distribution of dystrophin 1988 ·Neuron ·Eric P. Hoffman,Michael S. Hudecki,Paul A. Rosenberg,Catherine M. Pollina,Louis M. Kunkel	198
20	Isolation and characterization of two repetitive DNA fragments located near the centromere of the mouse X chromosome 1985 ·Cytogenetic and Genome Research ·Christine M. Distèche,Umadevi Tantravahi,(unknown),M. Eisenhard,David Adler,Louis M. Kunkel	46

About Louis M. Kunkel

Louis M. Kunkel is a scholar working on Aging, Genetics and Molecular Biology, having authored 284 papers that have together received 36.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (190 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (50 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (35 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (947 citations), Genetics (5.7k citations) and Molecular Biology (30.3k citations). Louis M. Kunkel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Eric P. Hoffman, Anthony P. Monaco, Robert H. Brown, M. Kœnig, Corlee J. Bertelson, Hart G.W. Lidov, Emanuela Gussoni, Alan H. Beggs, T J Byers and Simon C. Watkins. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

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