R E Byrns

8.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
14 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

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R E Byrns is a scholar working on Physiology, Biochemistry and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, R E Byrns has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Physiology, 6 papers in Biochemistry and 4 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in R E Byrns's work include Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (12 papers), Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology (6 papers) and Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (3 papers). R E Byrns is often cited by papers focused on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (12 papers), Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology (6 papers) and Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (3 papers). R E Byrns collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. R E Byrns's co-authors include K S Wood, Georgette M. Buga, Gautam Chaudhuri, L J Ignarro, Louis J. Ignarro, Jon M. Fukuto, Norma Rogers, L. J. Ignarro, Michele E. Gold and Christopher P. Jenkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation Research and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

R E Byrns

14 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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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.

Endothelium-derived relaxing factor produced and released from artery and vein is nitric oxide.

1987 3.9k citations L J Ignarro, Georgette M. Buga et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Endothelium-derived relaxing factor from pulmonary artery and vein possesses pharmacologic and chemical properties identical to those of nitric oxide radical.

1987 930 citations Louis J. Ignarro, R E Byrns et al. Circulation Research profile →
Oxidation of nitric oxide in aqueous solution to nitrite but not nitrate: comparison with enzymatically formed nitric oxide from L-arginine.

1993 724 citations Louis J. Ignarro, Jon M. Fukuto et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R E Byrns United States	14	4.3k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	847	14	6.5k
K S Wood United States	30	5.4k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	40	8.5k
Georgette M. Buga United States	34	5.3k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	49	9.1k
L J Ignarro United States	25	6.1k 1.4×	2.5k 1.7×	1.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	30	9.0k
Daryl D. Rees United Kingdom	24	5.9k 1.4×	2.6k 1.8×	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.2×	991 1.2×	36	8.2k
D. Ashton United Kingdom	19	2.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	852 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	515 0.6×	54	5.3k
Alexander Mülsch Germany	49	5.0k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.2×	2.5k 2.0×	332 0.4×	89	7.8k
Roberto Levi United States	48	4.9k 1.1×	2.4k 1.6×	1.6k 1.2×	3.3k 2.6×	957 1.1×	157	10.2k
Masaki Nakane United States	46	5.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	3.0k 2.4×	1.0k 1.2×	144	10.7k
Kurt Schmidt Austria	49	6.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	3.0k 2.4×	628 0.7×	176	9.1k
Lih Kuo United States	54	4.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.9×	881 0.7×	1.9k 1.5×	406 0.5×	136	8.2k

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Nigris, Filomena de, Sharon Williams‐Ignarro, V. Sica, et al.. (2006). Effects of a Pomegranate Fruit Extract rich in punicalagin on oxidation-sensitive genes and eNOS activity at sites of perturbed shear stress and atherogenesis. Cardiovascular Research. 73(2). 414–423. 77 indexed citations

Jenkinson, Christopher P., J.M. Griscavage, Rita M. Kern, et al.. (1995). Co-induction of Arginase and Nitric Oxide Synthase in Murine Macrophages Activated by Lipopolysaccharide. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 210(3). 1009–1016. 191 indexed citations

Moriel, Evyatar Z., Néstor F. González-Cadavid, Louis J. Ignarro, R E Byrns, & Jacob Rajfer. (1993). Levels of nitric oxide metabolites do not increase during penile erection. Urology. 42(5). 551–553. 16 indexed citations

Ignarro, Louis J., et al.. (1993). Oxidation of nitric oxide in aqueous solution to nitrite but not nitrate: comparison with enzymatically formed nitric oxide from L-arginine.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(17). 8103–8107. 724 indexed citations breakdown →

Gold, Michele E., Georgette M. Buga, K S Wood, et al.. (1990). Antagonistic modulatory roles of magnesium and calcium on release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor and smooth muscle tone.. Circulation Research. 66(2). 355–366. 62 indexed citations

Gold, Michele E., K S Wood, R E Byrns, Jon M. Fukuto, & Louis J. Ignarro. (1990). NG-methyl-L-arginine causes endothelium-dependent contraction and inhibition of cyclic GMP formation in artery and vein.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(12). 4430–4434. 62 indexed citations

Gold, Michele E., K S Wood, R E Byrns, Georgette M. Buga, & L. J. Ignarro. (1990). L-arginine-dependent vascular smooth muscle relaxation and cGMP formation. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 259(6). H1813–H1821. 30 indexed citations

Ignarro, Louis J., Michele E. Gold, Georgette M. Buga, et al.. (1989). Basic polyamino acids rich in arginine, lysine, or ornithine cause both enhancement of and refractoriness to formation of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in pulmonary artery and vein.. Circulation Research. 64(2). 315–329. 53 indexed citations

Ignarro, Louis J., R E Byrns, Georgette M. Buga, K S Wood, & Gautam Chaudhuri. (1988). Pharmacological evidence that endothelium-derived relaxing factor is nitric oxide: use of pyrogallol and superoxide dismutase to study endothelium-dependent and nitric oxide-elicited vascular smooth muscle relaxation.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 244(1). 181–189. 186 indexed citations

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Ignarro, L. J., Georgette M. Buga, R E Byrns, K S Wood, & Gautam Chaudhuri. (1988). Endothelium-derived relaxing factor and nitric oxide possess identical pharmacologic properties as relaxants of bovine arterial and venous smooth muscle.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 246(1). 218–226. 71 indexed citations

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Ignarro, Louis J., R E Byrns, Georgette M. Buga, & K S Wood. (1987). Mechanisms of endothelium-dependent vascular smooth muscle relaxation elicited by bradykinin and VIP. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 253(5). H1074–H1082. 93 indexed citations

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Ignarro, Louis J., R E Byrns, Georgette M. Buga, & K S Wood. (1987). Endothelium-derived relaxing factor from pulmonary artery and vein possesses pharmacologic and chemical properties identical to those of nitric oxide radical.. Circulation Research. 61(6). 866–879. 930 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ignarro, L J, Georgette M. Buga, K S Wood, R E Byrns, & Gautam Chaudhuri. (1987). Endothelium-derived relaxing factor produced and released from artery and vein is nitric oxide.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(24). 9265–9269. 3898 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ignarro, L J, R E Byrns, & K S Wood. (1987). Endothelium-dependent modulation of cGMP levels and intrinsic smooth muscle tone in isolated bovine intrapulmonary artery and vein.. Circulation Research. 60(1). 82–92. 133 indexed citations

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