Merrill D. Benson

16.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
205 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

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Merrill D. Benson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Merrill D. Benson has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Physiology and 42 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Merrill D. Benson's work include Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes (174 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (56 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (29 papers). Merrill D. Benson is often cited by papers focused on Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes (174 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (56 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (29 papers). Merrill D. Benson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Merrill D. Benson's co-authors include Juris J. Liepnieks, Giampaolo Merlini, Per Westermark, Maria João Saraiva, Joel N. Buxbaum, Jean D. Sipe, Jill R. Murrell, Barbara Kluve‐Beckerman, Martin R. Farlow and Bernardino Ghetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Merrill D. Benson

203 papers receiving 10.0k citations

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A mutation in the Amyloid Precursor Protein Associated with Hereditary Alzheimer's Disease

1991 881 citations Jill R. Murrell, Merrill D. Benson et al. profile →
Amyloid fibril proteins and amyloidosis: chemical identification and clinical classification International Society of Amyloidosis 2016 Nomenclature Guidelines

2016 438 citations Merrill D. Benson et al. Amyloid profile →
Amyloid nomenclature 2018: recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) nomenclature committee

2018 396 citations Merrill D. Benson, David Eisenberg et al. Amyloid profile →
Amyloid nomenclature 2020: update and recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) nomenclature committee

2020 268 citations Merrill D. Benson, David Eisenberg et al. Amyloid profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural polymorphism of amyloid fibrils in ATTR amyloidosis revealed by cryo-electron microscopy 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Binh A. Nguyen, Virender Singh, Shumaila Afrin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Preeti Singh, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Lemoff, Román González‐Prieto, M.R. Sawaya, David Eisenberg, Merrill D. Benson, Lorena Saelices	26
2	Ligand Conjugated Antisense Oligonucleotide for the Treatment of Transthyretin Amyloidosis: Preclinical and Phase 1 Data 2020 ·ESC Heart Failure ·Nicholas J. Viney, Shuling Guo, Bruce L. Tai, Brenda F. Baker, Mariam Aghajan, Shiangtung W. Jung, Rosie Z. Yu, Sheri Booten, Heather Murray, Todd Machemer, Sebastien A. Burel, Sue Murray, Gustavo Büchele, Sotirios Tsimikas, Eugene Schneider, Richard S. Geary, Merrill D. Benson, Brett P. Monia	65
3	IMPROVED SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH TRANSTHYRETIN AMYLOID CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH INOTERSEN (TTR SPECIFIC ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE) 2019 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Noel R. Dasgupta, Merrill D. Benson	4
4	Suppression of choroid plexus transthyretin levels by antisense oligonucleotide treatment 2010 ·Amyloid ·Merrill D. Benson, Richard Smith, Gene Hung, Barbara Kluve‐Beckerman, Aaron D. Showalter, Kyle W. Sloop, Brett P. Monia	34
5	Leukocyte chemotactic factor 2: A novel renal amyloid protein 2008 ·Kidney International ·Merrill D. Benson, Sam James, Katherine Scott, Juris J. Liepnieks, Barbara Kluve‐Beckerman	111
6	Lambda II immunoglobulin light chain protein in primary localized rectal amyloidosis 2007 ·Amyloid ·(unknown), Juris J. Liepnieks, Douglas K. Rex, Oscar W. Cummings, Merrill D. Benson	5
7	A novel lysozyme mutation Phe57Ile associated with hereditary renal amyloidosis 2003 ·Kidney International ·Masahide Yazaki, Sandra A. Farrell, Merrill D. Benson	89
8	A new transthyretin variant Leu55Gln in a patient with systemic amyloidosis 2002 ·Amyloid ·Masahide Yazaki, John Varga, P. James B. Dyck, Merrill D. Benson	10
9	A New Human Hereditary Amyloidosis: The Result of a Stop-Codon Mutation in the Apolipoprotein AII Gene 2001 ·Genomics ·Merrill D. Benson, Juris J. Liepnieks, Masahide Yazaki, Taro Yamashita, Kamran Hamidi Asl, Brian Guenther, Barbara Kluve‐Beckerman	110
10	Tertiary structures of amyloidogenic and non-amyloidogenic transthyretin variants: new model for amyloid fibril formation 1998 ·Amyloid ·Norbert Schormann, Jill R. Murrell, Merrill D. Benson	42
11	Local synthesis of amyloid fibril precursor in AL amyloidosis of the urinary tract 1998 ·Amyloid ·Kamran Hamidi Asl, Juris J. Liepnieks, Richard Bihrle, Merrill D. Benson	20
12	Characterization of serum amyloid A4 as a plasma apolipoprotein 1996 ·Clinica Chimica Acta ·(unknown), Takashi Miida, Yoshihisa Itoh, (unknown), Merrill D. Benson	15
13	Haplotype analysis of the transthyretin gene: Evidence for multiple recurrence of the Met30 mutation in the Caucasian population 1995 ·Amyloid ·(unknown), Tomoyuki Uemichi, Merrill D. Benson	8
14	Characterization of amyloid A protein in human secondary amyloidosis: the predominant deposition of serum amyloid A1 1995 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease ·Juris J. Liepnieks, Barbara Kluve‐Beckerman, Merrill D. Benson	78
15	Fibril formation from recombinant human serum amyloid A 1994 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease ·Toshiyuki Yamada, Barbara Kluve‐Beckerman, Juris J. Liepnieks, Merrill D. Benson	56
16	Alteration in molecular structure which results in disease: the Met-30 variant of human plasma transthyretin 1992 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease ·Jean A. Hamilton, L. K. Steinrauf, Juris J. Liepnieks, Merrill D. Benson, Gösta Holmgren, (unknown), Lars Steen	28
17	Primary structure of amyloid fibril protein AA in azocasein-induced amyloidosis of CBA/J mice. 1987 ·PubMed ·Francis E. Dwulet, Merrill D. Benson	13
18	Chemical classification of hereditary amyloidosis in Brazilian families and identification of gene carriers. 1986 ·PubMed ·Merrill D. Benson, Francis E. Dwulet, Morton Scheinberg, Patricia T. Greipp	9
19	Antigenicity and cross-reactivity of denatured fibril proteins of primary, secondary, and myeloma associated amyloids. 1975 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Merrill D. Benson, Martha Skinner, Alan S. Cohen	11
20	ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION BY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED GUINEA PIG AMYLOID FIBRILS 1974 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Martha Skinner, Edgar S. Cathcart, Alan S. Cohen, Merrill D. Benson	56

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