Michael S. Brown

112.6k citations
375 papers · 92.5k indexed · 80 hit papers · h-index 161

Impact in

Papers in

    • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis 53
    • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism 163
    • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health 56

Michael S. Brown

370 papers receiving 88.4k citations

Hit Papers

Retrospective on Cholesterol Homeostasis: The Central Role of Scap 2017 · 356 citations
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Peers

Michael S. Brown
Comparison fields: 5 of 190
  • Biochemistry 9.5k
  • Cancer Research 15.0k
  • Surgery 39.5k
  • Cell Biology 13.1k
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 11.8k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20244
2 202218
3 202226
4 202096
5 201936
6 201567
7 2014117
8 20127
9 2010358
10 2010154
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Identification of the acyltransferase that octanoylates ghrelin, an appetite-stimulating peptide hormone
200811
12 2007235
13 2004230
14 2003309
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SREBPs: activators of the complete program of cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis in the liver
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20023491
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Seventeenth Marabou Symposium on Diet and Genetic Interactions: Sterol regulatory element binding proteins (SREBPs): Controllers of lipid synthesis and cellular uptake
199817
17 1996452
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[19] Receptor-mediated endocytosis of low-density lipoprotein in cultured cells
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19831528
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Kinetic defects in the processing of the low density lipoprotein receptor in fibroblasts from WHHL rabbits and a family with familial hypercholesterolemia.
198334
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Hyperlipidemia in coronary heart disease: a biochemical genetic approach.
197525

About Michael S. Brown

Michael S. Brown is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Surgery, Cancer Research, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, having authored 375 papers that have together received 92.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (163 papers), Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (56 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (53 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (46 papers), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (39 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (36 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biochemistry (9.5k citations), Cancer Research (15.0k citations), Surgery (39.5k citations), Cell Biology (13.1k citations) and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (11.8k citations). Michael S. Brown has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Poland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Joseph L. Goldstein, Jay D. Horton, Richard G.W. Anderson, David W. Russell, Sandip K. Basu, Y K Ho, Wolfgang J. Schneider, J L Goldstein, J L Goldstein and Russell A. DeBose‐Boyd. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell, Science and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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