Michael B. Burns

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Michael B. Burns is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Dermatology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael B. Burns has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Dermatology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Michael B. Burns's work include Gut microbiota and health (12 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers) and Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research (8 papers). Michael B. Burns is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (12 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers) and Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research (8 papers). Michael B. Burns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Michael B. Burns's co-authors include Reuben S. Harris, Nuri A. Temiz, Ran Blekhman, Brandon Leonard, Mark D. Stenglein, Joy Lengyel, Dan Knights, Ming Li, Timothy K. Starr and William L. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Genetics and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Michael B. Burns

35 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

APOBEC3B is an enzymatic source of mutation in breast cancer

2013 639 citations Michael B. Burns, Lela Lackey et al. Nature profile →
Evidence for APOBEC3B mutagenesis in multiple human cancers

2013 559 citations Michael B. Burns, Nuri A. Temiz et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Social networks predict gut microbiome composition in wild baboons

2015 355 citations Luis B. Barreiro, Michael B. Burns et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael B. Burns United States	18	2.2k	719	632	470	361	38	3.1k
Bryan R.G. Williams Australia	32	2.6k 1.2×	843 1.2×	580 0.9×	841 1.8×	448 1.2×	66	5.2k
Chiea Chuen Khor Singapore	30	1.3k 0.6×	344 0.5×	293 0.5×	709 1.5×	659 1.8×	148	4.0k
Sheila V. Graham United Kingdom	36	1.7k 0.7×	333 0.5×	346 0.5×	1.6k 3.4×	362 1.0×	91	3.2k
Alison Simmons United Kingdom	28	1.7k 0.8×	286 0.4×	594 0.9×	780 1.7×	775 2.1×	69	4.0k
Zhongde Wang United States	30	1.2k 0.5×	208 0.3×	253 0.4×	720 1.5×	581 1.6×	92	3.5k
Saurabh Chattopadhyay United States	28	1.3k 0.6×	270 0.4×	281 0.4×	417 0.9×	271 0.8×	88	2.8k
Shelton S. Bradrick United States	32	1.5k 0.7×	289 0.4×	183 0.3×	564 1.2×	186 0.5×	55	3.3k
Paul R. Bohjanen United States	36	1.9k 0.9×	407 0.6×	379 0.6×	1.8k 3.9×	177 0.5×	75	4.7k
Shuhong Luo China	29	853 0.4×	125 0.2×	315 0.5×	795 1.7×	328 0.9×	91	2.2k
Juan E. Abrahante United States	23	1.5k 0.7×	436 0.6×	179 0.3×	303 0.6×	517 1.4×	85	3.6k

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Seed, Patrick C., Irina Budunova, Stefan J. Green, et al.. (2025). Skin microbiota differs between Black and White patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 93(6). 1623–1626.

Nguyen, William, Stefan J. Green, Patrick C. Seed, et al.. (2024). Ionizing radiation improves skin bacterial dysbiosis in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1520214–1520214.

Nguyen, William, Scott D. Evans, Kurt Q. Lu, et al.. (2024). 497 Skin microbial and proteomic landscapes of benign and malignant erythrodermas. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 144(8). S86–S86. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, William, Stefan J. Green, Patrick C. Seed, et al.. (2024). Gut microbiota analyses of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patients undergoing narrowband ultraviolet B therapy reveal alterations associated with disease treatment. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1280205–1280205. 5 indexed citations

Burns, Michael B., et al.. (2023). Integrating current analyses of the breast cancer microbiome. PLoS ONE. 18(9). e0291320–e0291320. 4 indexed citations

Chlipala, George E., Leo Feferman, Stefan J. Green, et al.. (2022). Nasal Dysbiosis in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Is Characterized by Shifts in Relative Abundances of Non-Staphylococcus Bacteria. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(5). 100132–100132. 8 indexed citations

Priya, Sambhawa, Michael B. Burns, Tonya Ward, et al.. (2022). Identification of shared and disease-specific host gene–microbiome associations across human diseases using multi-omic integration. Nature Microbiology. 7(6). 780–795. 94 indexed citations

Muehlbauer, Amanda L., Allison L. Richards, Adnan Alazizi, et al.. (2021). Interspecies variation in hominid gut microbiota controls host gene regulation. Cell Reports. 37(8). 110057–110057. 10 indexed citations

Law, Emily K., Rena Levin-Klein, Matthew C. Jarvis, et al.. (2020). APOBEC3A catalyzes mutation and drives carcinogenesis in vivo. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(12). 83 indexed citations

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Burns, Michael B., et al.. (2020). The promise and challenge of cancer microbiome research. Genome biology. 21(1). 131–131. 29 indexed citations

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Sharma, Ashok, Barbora Pafčo, Klára Vlčková, et al.. (2019). Mapping gastrointestinal gene expression patterns in wild primates and humans via fecal RNA-seq. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 493–493. 8 indexed citations

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Clark, Christopher, Patrick Blaney, Sambhawa Priya, et al.. (2018). Transposon mutagenesis screen in mice identifies TM9SF2 as a novel colorectal cancer oncogene. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 15327–15327. 23 indexed citations

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Burns, Michael B., Emmanuel Montassier, Juan E. Abrahante, et al.. (2018). Colorectal cancer mutational profiles correlate with defined microbial communities in the tumor microenvironment. PLoS Genetics. 14(6). e1007376–e1007376. 63 indexed citations

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Richards, Allison L., Michael B. Burns, Adnan Alazizi, et al.. (2016). Genetic and Transcriptional Analysis of Human Host Response to Healthy Gut Microbiota. mSystems. 1(4). 35 indexed citations

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Leonard, Brandon, Jennifer L. McCann, Gabriel J. Starrett, et al.. (2015). The PKC/NF-κB Signaling Pathway Induces APOBEC3B Expression in Multiple Human Cancers. Cancer Research. 75(21). 4538–4547. 106 indexed citations

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Zuo, Chaohui, Nianli Liu, Darong Yang, et al.. (2015). Interferon-α and cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor cooperatively mediates TRAIL-induced apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. Experimental Cell Research. 333(2). 316–326. 13 indexed citations

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Sieuwerts, Anieta M., Scooter Willis, Michael B. Burns, et al.. (2014). Elevated APOBEC3B Correlates with Poor Outcomes for Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancers. Hormones and Cancer. 5(6). 405–413. 123 indexed citations

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Burns, Michael B., Lela Lackey, Michael A. Carpenter, et al.. (2013). APOBEC3B is an enzymatic source of mutation in breast cancer. Nature. 494(7437). 366–370. 639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Burns, Michael B., Nuri A. Temiz, & Reuben S. Harris. (2013). Evidence for APOBEC3B mutagenesis in multiple human cancers. Nature Genetics. 45(9). 977–983. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sólyom, Szilvia, Adam D. Ewing, Eric P. Rahrmann, et al.. (2012). Extensive somatic L1 retrotransposition in colorectal tumors. Genome Research. 22(12). 2328–2338. 192 indexed citations

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