M. E. Bruce

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

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M. E. Bruce is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. E. Bruce has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 20 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in M. E. Bruce's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (40 papers), Trace Elements in Health (22 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (20 papers). M. E. Bruce is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (40 papers), Trace Elements in Health (22 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (20 papers). M. E. Bruce collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. M. E. Bruce's co-authors include H. Fraser, I. McConnell, A. Chree, A.G. Dickinson, Patricia McBride, Christopher J. Bostock, Christopher R. Birkett, Jayne C. Hope, D. Drummond and Linda McCardle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

M. E. Bruce

43 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Transmissions to mice indicate that ‘new variant’ CJD is caused by the BSE agent

1997 1.5k citations M. E. Bruce, Robert Will et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. E. Bruce United Kingdom	32	4.6k	2.4k	1.8k	354	218	43	4.8k
I. McConnell United Kingdom	26	4.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	232 0.7×	177 0.8×	40	4.8k
M. Jeffrey United Kingdom	38	3.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	381 1.1×	259 1.2×	108	4.6k
Alex J. Raeber Switzerland	30	4.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	508 1.4×	261 1.2×	55	5.3k
A.G. Dickinson United Kingdom	34	3.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	239 0.7×	183 0.8×	52	4.3k
Martin Jeffrey United Kingdom	30	2.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	344 1.0×	117 0.5×	80	2.8k
Richard F. Marsh United States	29	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	181 0.5×	139 0.6×	66	3.3k
R.H. Kimberlin United States	33	3.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	167 0.5×	146 0.7×	70	3.8k
S. B. Prusiner United States	31	3.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	413 1.2×	224 1.0×	56	3.6k
H. Fraser United Kingdom	43	7.1k 1.5×	3.4k 1.4×	2.7k 1.5×	502 1.4×	411 1.9×	93	7.7k
Thierry Baron France	34	2.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	955 0.5×	301 0.9×	585 2.7×	102	3.6k

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Bari, Michele Angelo Di, Francesca Chianini, Gabriele Vaccari, et al.. (2008). The bank vole (Myodes glareolus) as a sensitive bioassay for sheep scrapie. Journal of General Virology. 89(12). 2975–2985. 64 indexed citations

Bruce, M. E., et al.. (2003). Comparison of the neuropathological characteristics of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) in mice. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 29(3). 262–272. 39 indexed citations

Brown, Karen, Diane Ritchie, Patricia McBride, & M. E. Bruce. (2000). Detection of PrP in extraneural tissues. Microscopy Research and Technique. 50(1). 40–45. 42 indexed citations

Brown, Karen, K. Stewart, Diane Ritchie, et al.. (2000). Follicular dendritic cells in scrapie pathogenesis. PubMed. 13–21. 8 indexed citations

Jeffrey, M., C.M. Goodsir, Andrew Holliman, et al.. (1998). Determination of the frequency and distribution of vascular and parenchymal amyloid with polyclonal and N‐terminalspecific PrP antibodies in scrapie‐affected sheep and mice. Veterinary Record. 142(20). 534–537. 33 indexed citations

Bruce, M. E., Robert Will, James W. Ironside, et al.. (1997). Transmissions to mice indicate that ‘new variant’ CJD is caused by the BSE agent. Nature. 389(6650). 498–501. 1485 indexed citations breakdown →

Brown, Kathryn, M. E. Bruce, H. Fraser, & K. Stewart. (1997). Severely combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice resist infection with bovine spongiform encephalopathy.. Journal of General Virology. 78(10). 2707–2710. 32 indexed citations

Jeffrey, M., C.M. Goodsir, M. E. Bruce, Patricia McBride, & Christine Farquhar. (1994). Morphogenesis of amyloid plaques in 87V murine scrapie†. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 20(6). 535–542. 63 indexed citations

Bruce, M. E., A. Chree, I. McConnell, et al.. (1994). Transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie to mice: strain variation and the species barrier. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 343(1306). 405–411. 379 indexed citations

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Jeffrey, M., C.M. Goodsir, M. E. Bruce, et al.. (1994). Correlative light and electron microscopy studies of PrP localisation in 87V scrapie. Brain Research. 656(2). 329–343. 64 indexed citations

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Bruce, M. E., Patricia McBride, M. Jeffrey, & J. R. Scott. (1994). PrP in pathology and pathogenesis in scrapie-infected mice. Molecular Neurobiology. 8(2-3). 105–112. 36 indexed citations

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Jeffrey, M., et al.. (1994). Murine scrapie-infected neurons in vivo release excess prion protein into the extracellular space. Neuroscience Letters. 174(1). 39–42. 38 indexed citations

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Foster, Jean, Jayne C. Hope, I. McConnell, M. E. Bruce, & H. Fraser. (1994). Transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy to Sheep, Goats, and Mice. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 724(1). 300–303. 16 indexed citations

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Fraser, H., M. E. Bruce, A. Chree, I. McConnell, & G. A. H. Wells. (1992). Transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie to mice. Journal of General Virology. 73(8). 1891–1897. 156 indexed citations

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Jeffrey, M., C.M. Goodsir, M. E. Bruce, et al.. (1992). Infection specific prion protein (PrP) accumulates on neuronal plasmalemma in scrapie infected mice. Neuroscience Letters. 147(1). 106–109. 64 indexed citations

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Bruce, M. E., I. McConnell, H. Fraser, & A.G. Dickinson. (1991). The disease characteristics of different strains of scrapie in Sinc congenic mouse lines: implications for the nature of the agent and host control of pathogenesis. Journal of General Virology. 72(3). 595–603. 328 indexed citations

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Bruce, M. E. & H. Fraser. (1991). Scrapie Strain Variation and Its Implications. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 172. 125–138. 118 indexed citations

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McBride, Patricia, M. E. Bruce, & H. Fraser. (1988). IMMUNOSTAINING OF SCRAPIE CEREBRAL AMYLOID PLAQUES WITH ANTISERA RAISED TO SCRAPIE–ASSOCIATED FIBRILS (SAF). Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 14(4). 325–336. 54 indexed citations

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Eikelenboom, Piet, J. R. Scott, Patricia McBride, et al.. (1987). No evidence for involvement of plasma proteins or blood-borne cells in amyloid plaque formation in scrapie-affected mice. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathology Including Molecular Pathology. 53(1). 251–256. 8 indexed citations

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Bruce, M. E. & A.G. Dickinson. (1987). Biological Evidence that Scrapie Agent Has an Independent Genome. Journal of General Virology. 68(1). 79–89. 266 indexed citations

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