William Bosron

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

William Bosron is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Bosron has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in William Bosron's work include Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (53 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (16 papers) and Aldose Reductase and Taurine (15 papers). William Bosron is often cited by papers focused on Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (53 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (16 papers) and Aldose Reductase and Taurine (15 papers). William Bosron collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. William Bosron's co-authors include Ting‐Kai Li, Thomas D. Hurley, Howard J. Edenberg, Ting‐Kai Li, David W. Crabb, Tsai‐Kun Li, Bert L. Vallée, Carol L. Stone, Sonal P. Sanghani and Ting Kai Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

William Bosron

105 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Genetic polymorphism of human liver alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases, and their relationship to alcohol metabolism and alcoholism

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Bosron United States	50	2.8k	2.8k	1.4k	1.2k	980	105	7.4k
Dennis R. Petersen United States	53	1.8k 0.6×	4.4k 1.6×	466 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	630 0.6×	177	9.2k
Emanuel Rubin United States	57	3.9k 1.4×	3.5k 1.2×	355 0.3×	2.7k 2.2×	1.3k 1.3×	228	10.9k
Dean J. Tuma United States	51	3.4k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	300 0.2×	2.7k 2.2×	445 0.5×	261	8.3k
Dennis R. Koop United States	54	2.0k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	626 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	4.0k 4.1×	130	8.8k
C S Lieber United States	50	3.9k 1.4×	1.7k 0.6×	306 0.2×	2.7k 2.2×	1.6k 1.6×	133	7.1k
Emanuele Albano Italy	62	3.2k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	344 0.2×	4.0k 3.3×	2.1k 2.2×	227	11.9k
Partha Mukhopadhyay United States	59	1.7k 0.6×	3.3k 1.2×	3.3k 2.4×	1.3k 1.0×	260 0.3×	122	10.3k
Mario Comporti Italy	48	834 0.3×	2.6k 0.9×	237 0.2×	822 0.7×	876 0.9×	144	7.7k
Anna Colell Spain	50	1.2k 0.4×	4.9k 1.8×	250 0.2×	2.2k 1.8×	535 0.5×	93	8.8k
Thomas R. Tephly United States	54	1.1k 0.4×	4.2k 1.5×	882 0.6×	255 0.2×	4.2k 4.3×	175	10.4k

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Mello, Tommaso, et al.. (2008). Expression of carboxylesterase and lipase genes in rat liver cell-types. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 374(3). 460–464. 39 indexed citations

Sun, Zejin, Daryl J. Murry, Sonal P. Sanghani, et al.. (2004). Methylphenidate Is Stereoselectively Hydrolyzed by Human Carboxylesterase CES1A1. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 310(2). 469–476. 159 indexed citations

Sanghani, Paresh C., et al.. (2003). Structure–function relationships in human Class III alcohol dehydrogenase (formaldehyde dehydrogenase). Chemico-Biological Interactions. 143-144. 195–200. 16 indexed citations

Kedishvili, Natalia Y., Wendy H. Gough, Ellen A.G. Chernoff, et al.. (1997). cDNA Sequence and Catalytic Properties of a Chick Embryo Alcohol Dehydrogenase That Oxidizes Retinol and 3β,5α-Hydroxysteroids. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(11). 7494–7500. 27 indexed citations

Kedishvili, Natalia Y., Trent L. Abraham, Monica R. Brzezinski, et al.. (1997). Purification and Cloning of a Broad Substrate Specificity Human Liver Carboxylesterase That Catalyzes the Hydrolysis of Cocaine and Heroin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(23). 14769–14775. 183 indexed citations

Bosron, William, et al.. (1997). Structure of human χχ alcohol dehydrogenase: a glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 265(3). 330–343. 76 indexed citations

Davis, Gerard J., et al.. (1996). X-ray Structure of Human β3β3 Alcohol Dehydrogenase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(29). 17057–17061. 38 indexed citations

Ma, Yuanfang, William Bosron, Giorgina Mieli‐Vergani, & Diego Vergani. (1995). 100 ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 20(4). 470–470. 2 indexed citations

Kedishvili, Natalia Y., William Bosron, Carol L. Stone, et al.. (1995). Cloning and Expression of a Human Stomach Alcohol Dehydrogenase Isozyme. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 372. 341–347. 1 indexed citations

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Dean, Ralph A., et al.. (1995). Tissue distribution of cocaine methyl esterase and ethyl transferase activities: correlation with carboxylesterase protein.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 275(2). 965–971. 47 indexed citations

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Davis, Gerard J., et al.. (1994). Comparative Roles of Histidine-51 in Human β1β1 and Threonine-51 in ππ Alcohol Dehydrogenases. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 311(2). 307–312. 16 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhongning, et al.. (1994). Catalytic Efficiency of Human Alcohol Dehydrogenases for Retinol Oxidation and Retinal Reduction. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 18(3). 587–591. 144 indexed citations

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Hurley, Thomas D., William Bosron, Carol L. Stone, & L. Mario Amzel. (1994). Structures of Three Human β Alcohol Dehydrogenase Variants. Journal of Molecular Biology. 239(3). 415–429. 73 indexed citations

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Hurley, Thomas D., Zhongning Yang, William Bosron, & Henry Weiner. (1993). Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Analysis of Bovine Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenase and Human Glutathione-Dependent Formaldehyde Dehydrogenase. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 328. 245–250. 3 indexed citations

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Stone, Carol L., et al.. (1993). Purification and Partial Amino Acid Sequence of a High‐Activity Human Stomach Alcohol Dehydrogenase. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 17(4). 911–918. 43 indexed citations

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Ehrig, Torsten, William Bosron, & Ting‐Kai Li. (1990). ALCOHOL AND ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE*. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 25(2-3). 105–116. 106 indexed citations

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Crabb, David W., Howard J. Edenberg, William Bosron, & Tsai‐Kun Li. (1989). Genotypes for aldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency and alcohol sensitivity. The inactive ALDH2(2) allele is dominant.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 83(1). 314–316. 462 indexed citations

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Crabb, David W., William Bosron, & T.-K. Li. (1987). Ethanol metabolism. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 34(1). 59–73. 94 indexed citations

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Rex, Douglas K., William Bosron, John E. Smialek, & Ting‐Kai Li. (1985). Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes in North American Indians. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 9(2). 147–152. 41 indexed citations

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Bosron, William, et al.. (1984). ヒト肝アルコールデヒドロゲナーゼの多形性等電点電気泳動による日本人のADH 2 2-1とADH 2 2-2表現型の同定. Biochemical Genetics. 22. 169–180. 4 indexed citations

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