Matthew Brecher

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Matthew Brecher is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Brecher has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in Infectious Diseases and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Matthew Brecher's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (10 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (5 papers). Matthew Brecher is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (10 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (5 papers). Matthew Brecher collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Matthew Brecher's co-authors include Judith M. White, Sue E. Delos, Kathryn L. Schornberg, Alasdair C. Steven, Dennis C. Winkler, Giovanni Cardone, Laura D. Kramer, Audray K. Harris, J. Bernard Heymann and Hongmin Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Brecher

20 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structures and Mechanisms of Viral Membrane Fusion Proteins: Multiple Variations on a Common Theme

2008 681 citations Judith M. White, Sue E. Delos et al. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Brecher United States	15	908	737	553	552	207	20	1.9k
Suh‐Chin Wu Taiwan	25	927 1.0×	579 0.8×	570 1.0×	699 1.3×	120 0.6×	84	1.9k
Hilde M. van der Schaar Netherlands	22	928 1.0×	359 0.5×	789 1.4×	732 1.3×	141 0.7×	29	2.2k
Christopher J. Neufeldt Germany	17	1.5k 1.7×	401 0.5×	770 1.4×	752 1.4×	179 0.9×	24	2.6k
Inés Romero‐Brey Germany	22	1.0k 1.1×	814 1.1×	767 1.4×	1.0k 1.9×	409 2.0×	32	2.9k
Richard J. Sugrue Singapore	28	869 1.0×	1.6k 2.1×	897 1.6×	408 0.7×	197 1.0×	74	2.6k
S. Duquerroy France	24	1.5k 1.7×	732 1.0×	871 1.6×	1.2k 2.2×	359 1.7×	36	3.1k
Hélène Malet France	22	1.1k 1.2×	438 0.6×	768 1.4×	1.0k 1.9×	344 1.7×	32	2.5k
Sven Miller Germany	7	1.1k 1.2×	622 0.8×	497 0.9×	1.4k 2.5×	431 2.1×	7	2.5k
Aurélie Albertini France	21	594 0.7×	653 0.9×	420 0.8×	192 0.3×	426 2.1×	30	1.6k
Keith J. Chappell Australia	20	594 0.7×	628 0.9×	289 0.5×	571 1.0×	183 0.9×	57	1.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Ma, Matthew Brecher, Tiziano Gaiotto, et al.. (2023). Structural interrogation of a trimeric prefusion RSV fusion protein vaccine candidate by a camelid nanobody. Vaccine. 41(21). 3308–3316. 2 indexed citations

Stauft, Charles B., Yutong Song, Bruce Futcher, et al.. (2018). Extensive recoding of dengue virus type 2 specifically reduces replication in primate cells without gain-of-function in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0198303–e0198303. 9 indexed citations

Brecher, Matthew, Zhong Li, Binbin Liu, et al.. (2017). A conformational switch high-throughput screening assay and allosteric inhibition of the flavivirus NS2B-NS3 protease. PLoS Pathogens. 13(5). e1006411–e1006411. 125 indexed citations

Li, Zhong, Srilatha Sakamuru, Ruili Huang, et al.. (2017). Erythrosin B is a potent and broad-spectrum orthosteric inhibitor of the flavivirus NS2B-NS3 protease. Antiviral Research. 150. 217–225. 64 indexed citations

Ciota, Alexander T., Sean Bialosuknia, Steven D. Zink, et al.. (2017). Effects of Zika Virus Strain andAedesMosquito Species on Vector Competence. Emerging infectious diseases. 23(7). 1110–1117. 104 indexed citations

Nag, Dilip K., Matthew Brecher, & Laura D. Kramer. (2016). DNA forms of arboviral RNA genomes are generated following infection in mosquito cell cultures. Virology. 498. 164–171. 37 indexed citations

Brecher, Matthew, Hui Chen, Binbin Liu, et al.. (2015). Novel Broad Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting the Flavivirus Methyltransferase. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130062–e0130062. 47 indexed citations

LeMaster, David M., Sourajit M. Mustafi, Matthew Brecher, et al.. (2015). Coupling of Conformational Transitions in the N-terminal Domain of the 51-kDa FK506-binding Protein (FKBP51) Near Its Site of Interaction with the Steroid Receptor Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(25). 15746–15757. 14 indexed citations

Brecher, Matthew, Hui Chen, Zhong Li, et al.. (2015). Identification and Characterization of Novel Broad-Spectrum Inhibitors of the Flavivirus Methyltransferase. ACS Infectious Diseases. 1(8). 340–349. 52 indexed citations

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Brecher, Matthew, Zhong Li, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2014). Refolding of a fully functional flavivirus methyltransferase revealed that S‐adenosyl methionine but not S‐adenosyl homocysteine is copurified with flavivirus methyltransferase. Protein Science. 24(1). 117–128. 16 indexed citations

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Mustafi, Sourajit M., Matthew Brecher, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2014). Structural basis of conformational transitions in the active site and 80′s loop in the FK506-binding protein FKBP12. Biochemical Journal. 458(3). 525–536. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Hui, Bing Zhou, Matthew Brecher, et al.. (2013). S-Adenosyl-Homocysteine Is a Weakly Bound Inhibitor for a Flaviviral Methyltransferase. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76900–e76900. 19 indexed citations

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Brecher, Matthew, Jing Zhang, & Hongmin Li. (2013). The flavivirus protease as a target for drug discovery. Virologica Sinica. 28(6). 326–336. 46 indexed citations

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Liu, Lihui, Hui Chen, Matthew Brecher, et al.. (2013). Pfit Is a Structurally Novel Crohn's Disease-Associated Superantigen. PLoS Pathogens. 9(12). e1003837–e1003837. 4 indexed citations

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Cardone, Giovanni, Matthew Brecher, Juan Fontana, et al.. (2012). Visualization of the Two-Step Fusion Process of the Retrovirus Avian Sarcoma/Leukosis Virus by Cryo-Electron Tomography. Journal of Virology. 86(22). 12129–12137. 23 indexed citations

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Brecher, Matthew, Kathryn L. Schornberg, Sue E. Delos, et al.. (2011). Cathepsin Cleavage Potentiates the Ebola Virus Glycoprotein To Undergo a Subsequent Fusion-Relevant Conformational Change. Journal of Virology. 86(1). 364–372. 122 indexed citations

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Dube, Derek, Matthew Brecher, Sue E. Delos, et al.. (2009). The Primed Ebolavirus Glycoprotein (19-Kilodalton GP _1,2 ): Sequence and Residues Critical for Host Cell Binding. Journal of Virology. 83(7). 2883–2891. 126 indexed citations

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White, Judith M., Sue E. Delos, Matthew Brecher, & Kathryn L. Schornberg. (2008). Structures and Mechanisms of Viral Membrane Fusion Proteins: Multiple Variations on a Common Theme. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43(3). 189–219. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

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Delos, Sue E., et al.. (2008). Cysteines Flanking the Internal Fusion Peptide Are Required for the Avian Sarcoma/Leukosis Virus Glycoprotein To Mediate the Lipid Mixing Stage of Fusion with High Efficiency. Journal of Virology. 82(6). 3131–3134. 14 indexed citations

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Harris, Audray K., Giovanni Cardone, Dennis C. Winkler, et al.. (2006). Influenza virus pleiomorphy characterized by cryoelectron tomography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(50). 19123–19127. 396 indexed citations

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