Michael Grunstein

17.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
149 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Grunstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Grunstein has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Physiology and 28 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael Grunstein's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (45 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (41 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (36 papers). Michael Grunstein is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (45 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (41 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (36 papers). Michael Grunstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael Grunstein's co-authors include Mona D. Shahbazian, Siavash K. Kurdistani, Håkon Håkonarson, Min Han, Paul S. Kayne, Kangling Zhang, Jian Wu, Feng Xu, Noriyuki Suka and Catherine B. Millar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael Grunstein

148 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Functions of Site-Specific Histone Acetylation and Deac... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2007 2005 2005 2003 1996 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Functions of Site-Specific Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation
    2007 1.3k citations Mona D. Shahbazian, Michael Grunstein Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →
  2. Global histone modification patterns predict risk of prostate cancer recurrence
    2005 816 citations Michael Grunstein et al. profile →
  3. Cotranscriptional Set2 Methylation of Histone H3 Lysine 36 Recruits a Repressive Rpd3 Complex
    2005 633 citations Michael Grunstein et al. profile →
  4. Histone acetylation and deacetylation in yeast
    2003 531 citations Michael Grunstein et al. profile →
  5. HDA1 and RPD3 are members of distinct yeast histone deacetylase complexes that regulate silencing and transcription
    1996 530 citations Michael Grunstein et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Grunstein United States 58 10.9k 2.0k 1.8k 1.3k 1.0k 149 14.2k
Michael Carey United States 74 12.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 2.9k 2.8× 238 18.9k
Mark Donowitz United States 70 10.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 660 0.4× 1.8k 1.4× 1.6k 1.6× 352 18.1k
Yutaka Suzuki Japan 53 7.7k 0.7× 752 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 667 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 324 11.4k
Axel Imhof Germany 59 11.0k 1.0× 853 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 359 0.3× 1.4k 1.4× 224 13.5k
Jacques Côté Canada 68 14.4k 1.3× 479 0.2× 1.5k 0.8× 730 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 163 16.3k
James Davie Canada 59 13.8k 1.3× 746 0.4× 835 0.5× 481 0.4× 2.7k 2.7× 252 16.6k
Hiroyuki Nakayama Japan 47 4.5k 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 536 0.3× 829 0.6× 606 0.6× 400 10.9k
David P. Siderovski United States 62 13.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 956 0.5× 424 0.3× 824 0.8× 176 17.9k
James H. Thomas United States 56 6.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 437 0.3× 1.6k 1.6× 133 11.3k
Max W. Chang United States 23 6.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 493 0.3× 1.4k 1.1× 891 0.9× 40 11.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Hu, Aihua, Maureen B. Josephson, Gustavo Niño, et al.. (2013). Pro-Asthmatic Cytokines Regulate Unliganded and Ligand-Dependent Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling in Airway Smooth Muscle. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e60452–e60452. 16 indexed citations
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Grunstein, Michael & Susan M. Gasser. (2013). Epigenetics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 5(7). a017491–a017491. 74 indexed citations
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Yu, Yongxin, Chunying Song, Qiongyi Zhang, et al.. (2012). Histone H3 Lysine 56 Methylation Regulates DNA Replication through Its Interaction with PCNA. Molecular Cell. 46(1). 7–17. 97 indexed citations
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Shahbazian, Mona D. & Michael Grunstein. (2007). Functions of Site-Specific Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 76(1). 75–100. 1274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Silverstein, Rebecca A., Indranil Sinha, Julian Walfridsson, et al.. (2005). Genome wide analysis of nucleosome density histone acetylation and HDAC function in fission yeast. The EMBO Journal. 24(16). 2906–2918. 129 indexed citations
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Håkonarson, Håkon, Russell S. Whelan, Cecilia Kim, et al.. (2002). T lymphocyte-mediated changes in airway smooth muscle responsiveness are attributed to induced autocrine release and actions of IL-5 and IL-1β. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 110(4). 624–633. 13 indexed citations
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Grunstein, Michael, et al.. (2002). IL-13-dependent autocrine signaling mediates altered responsiveness of IgE-sensitized airway smooth muscle. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 282(3). L520–L528. 125 indexed citations
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Håkonarson, Håkon, Cecilia Kim, Russell S. Whelan, Donald Campbell, & Michael Grunstein. (2001). Bi-Directional Activation Between Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells and T Lymphocytes: Role in Induction of Altered Airway Responsiveness. The Journal of Immunology. 166(1). 293–303. 47 indexed citations
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Håkonarson, Håkon, et al.. (1999). Altered expression and action of the low-affinity IgE receptor FcϵRII (CD23) in asthmatic airway smooth muscle. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 104(3). 575–584. 55 indexed citations
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Håkonarson, Håkon, et al.. (1999). Regulation of TH1- and TH2-type cytokine expression and action in atopic asthmatic sensitized airway smooth muscle. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 103(7). 1077–1087. 112 indexed citations
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Håkonarson, Håkon & Michael Grunstein. (1998). Regulation of Second Messengers Associated with Airway Smooth Muscle Contraction and Relaxation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 158(Supplement_2). S115–S122. 51 indexed citations
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Arens, Raanan, et al.. (1998). Altered Lung Mechanics after Double–Lung Transplantation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 158(5). 1403–1409. 10 indexed citations
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Cohen, Pinchas, James P. Noveral, A. Bhala, et al.. (1995). Leukotriene D4 facilitates airway smooth muscle cell proliferation via modulation of the IGF axis. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 269(2). L151–L157. 86 indexed citations
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Thompson, Jeffrey S., Lianna M. Johnson, & Michael Grunstein. (1994). Specific repression of the yeast silent mating locus HMR by an adjacent telomere. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(1). 446–455. 18 indexed citations
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Grunstein, Michael, et al.. (1992). 48 Histones: Regulators of Transcription in Yeast. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 1295–1315. 11 indexed citations
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Durrin, Linda K., Randall K. Mann, & Michael Grunstein. (1992). Nucleosome Loss Activates CUP1 and HIS3 Promoters to Fully Induced Levels in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(4). 1621–1629. 19 indexed citations
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Grunstein, Michael, et al.. (1991). Use of TAO without Methylprednisolone in the Treatment of Severe Asthma. CHEST Journal. 100(3). 849–850. 19 indexed citations
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Tanaka, David & Michael Grunstein. (1990). Maturation of neuromodulatory effect of substance P in rabbit airways.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 85(2). 345–350. 30 indexed citations
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Grunstein, Michael & John Wallis. (1979). [25] Colony hybridization. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 68. 379–389. 167 indexed citations

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