Stephen J. Usala

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

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Stephen J. Usala is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Genetics and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Usala has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 17 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Usala's work include Thyroid Disorders and Treatments (27 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (15 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (15 papers). Stephen J. Usala is often cited by papers focused on Thyroid Disorders and Treatments (27 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (15 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (15 papers). Stephen J. Usala collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Stephen J. Usala's co-authors include Samuel Refetoff, Fredric E. Wondisford, B D Weintraub, Bruce D. Weintraub, J B Menke, A. Bale, Robert W. Lash, Neil Gesundheit, Linda Murray and Adrian M. Di Bisceglie and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Usala

49 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

The Syndromes of Resistance to Thyroid Hormone*

1993 592 citations Samuel Refetoff, Stephen J. Usala et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen J. Usala United States	22	1.5k	787	713	204	199	50	2.2k
Marie-Catherine Postel-Vinay France	24	1.3k 0.9×	441 0.6×	661 0.9×	83 0.4×	110 0.6×	34	1.9k
Tony Antakly Canada	22	475 0.3×	441 0.6×	851 1.2×	106 0.5×	93 0.5×	43	1.9k
Carol J. Phelps United States	24	429 0.3×	1.5k 1.9×	990 1.4×	45 0.2×	109 0.5×	79	3.0k
Béatrice Conne Switzerland	20	168 0.1×	409 0.5×	921 1.3×	201 1.0×	383 1.9×	30	1.9k
MARJORIE E. SVOBODA United States	24	1.7k 1.2×	532 0.7×	974 1.4×	55 0.3×	896 4.5×	34	3.1k
Yoshiyuki Ban Japan	28	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	444 0.6×	111 0.5×	16 0.1×	53	2.2k
T Saibara Japan	16	152 0.1×	285 0.4×	239 0.3×	276 1.4×	139 0.7×	34	1.0k
Carol E. Resnick United States	29	1.6k 1.1×	558 0.7×	719 1.0×	47 0.2×	1.3k 6.4×	54	3.3k
R. S. Gilmour United Kingdom	26	745 0.5×	248 0.3×	880 1.2×	70 0.3×	48 0.2×	45	1.9k
Luping Shen United States	16	181 0.1×	172 0.2×	785 1.1×	405 2.0×	38 0.2×	29	1.5k

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Usala, Stephen J.. (2016). A 19-year Story of Adrenal Hemorrhage, Adrenal Insufficiency, and Adrenal Recovery: Dynamic Cosyntropin Results with Treatment Considerations. Acta Endocrinologica (Bucharest). 12(4). 469–474. 2 indexed citations

Usala, Stephen J., et al.. (2012). The elasticity of cervical-vaginal secretions is abnormal in polycystic ovary syndrome: Case report of five PCOS women. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 16(6). 1019–1021. 2 indexed citations

Hayslip, Clifford C., Enhui Hao, & Stephen J. Usala. (1997). The cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene is expressed in the human endocervix throughout the menstrual cycle. Fertility and Sterility. 67(4). 636–640. 21 indexed citations

Zheng, Donghai, Jared P. Jones, Stephen J. Usala, & G. Lynis Dohm. (1996). Differential Expression of ob mRNA in Rat Adipose Tissues in Response to Insulin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 218(2). 434–437. 74 indexed citations

Beck‐Peccoz, P., Krishna Chatterjee, W W Chin, et al.. (1994). Nomenclature of Thyroid Hormone Receptor β Mutations in Resistance to Thyroid Hormone: Consensus Statement from the First Workshop on Thyroid Hormone Resistance, July 10–11th 1993, Cambridge, U.K.. Thyroid. 4(1). 135–137. 2 indexed citations

Usala, Stephen J.. (1994). Resistance to thyroid hormone in children. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 6(4). 468–475. 4 indexed citations

Beck‐Peccoz, P., Krishna Chatterjee, W W Chin, et al.. (1994). Nomenclature of thyroid hormone receptor ß gene mutations in resistance to thyroid hormone First Workshop on Thyroid Hormone Resistance, July 10–11, 1993, Cambridge, U.K.. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 17(4). 283–287. 5 indexed citations

Burman, Kenneth D., Leonard Wartofsky, Henry G. Fein, et al.. (1992). Generalized thyroid hormone resistance: Identification of an arginine to cystine mutation in codon 315 of the c-erb A beta thyroid hormone receptor. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 15(8). 573–579. 20 indexed citations

Lisker‐Melman, Mauricio, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, Stephen J. Usala, et al.. (1992). Development of thyroid disease during therapy of chronic viral hepatitis with interferon alfa. Gastroenterology. 102(6). 2155–2160. 176 indexed citations

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Usala, Stephen J., J B Menke, J Bérard, et al.. (1991). A New Point Mutation in the 3,5,3′-Triiodothyronine-Binding Domain of the c-erbAβThyroid Hormone Receptor Is Tightly Linked to Generalized Thyroid Hormone Resistance. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 72(1). 32–38. 58 indexed citations

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Schwartz, I. David, et al.. (1991). Homozygosity for a Dominant Negative Thyroid Hormone Receptor Gene Responsible for Generalized Resistance to Thyroid Hormone*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 73(5). 990–994. 93 indexed citations

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Usala, Stephen J., J B Menke, Fredric E. Wondisford, et al.. (1991). A Homozygous Deletion in the c-erbAβ Thyroid Hormone Receptor Gene in a Patient with Generalized Thyroid Hormone Resistance: Isolation and Characterization of the Mutant Receptor. Molecular Endocrinology. 5(3). 327–335. 102 indexed citations

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Usala, Stephen J., Barry B. Bercu, & Samuel Refetoff. (1991). Diverse Abnormalities of the c-erbAβ Thyroid Hormone Receptor Gene in Generalized Thyroid Hormone Resistance. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 299. 251–258. 5 indexed citations

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Usala, Stephen J., et al.. (1990). Thyroid hormone and DNA binding properties of A mutant c-erbAβ receptor associated with generalized thyroid hormone resistance. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 171(2). 575–580. 28 indexed citations

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Usala, Stephen J., G E Tennyson, A. Bale, et al.. (1990). A base mutation of the C-erbA beta thyroid hormone receptor in a kindred with generalized thyroid hormone resistance. Molecular heterogeneity in two other kindreds.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 85(1). 93–100. 156 indexed citations

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Usala, Stephen J., A. Bale, Neil Gesundheit, et al.. (1988). Tight Linkage between the Syndrome of Generalized Thyroid Hormone Resistance and the Human c-erbAβ Gene. Molecular Endocrinology. 2(12). 1217–1220. 143 indexed citations

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Usala, Stephen J., et al.. (1988). The Effect of Thyroid Hormone on the Chromatin Structure and Expression of the Malic Enzyme Gene in Hepatocytes. Molecular Endocrinology. 2(7). 619–626. 12 indexed citations

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Bale, A., Stephen J. Usala, Cary Weinberger, B D Weintraub, & O. Wesley McBride. (1988). A cDNA probe (PheA12) from the hc-(ERBA) gene on chromosome 3 detects a high frequency RFLP. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(15). 7756–7756. 5 indexed citations

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Wondisford, Fredric E., Stephen J. Usala, Maija L. Castrén, et al.. (1988). Cloning of the Human Thyrotropin β-Subunit Gene and Transient Expression of Biologically Active Human Thyrotropin after Gene Transfection. Molecular Endocrinology. 2(1). 32–39. 42 indexed citations

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Usala, Stephen J. & G. Schumacher. (1983). Volumetric self-sampling of cervicovaginal fluid: a new approach to ovulation timing. Fertility and Sterility. 39(3). 304–309. 20 indexed citations

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