Michael C. Nelson
Impact in
- Physiology top 0.5%
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Molecular Biology top 1%
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Papers in
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- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors 11
- Gut microbiota and health 8
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer 6
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- Biofuel production and bioconversion 6
- Co-authors
- Ronald M. Evans (17 shared papers)Estelita S. Ong (3 shared papers)Yaacov Barak (3 shared papers)Zhongtang Yu (9 shared papers)Pilar Ruiz‐Lozano (1 shared paper)Ying Jones (1 shared paper)Kenneth R. Chien (1 shared paper)Ruth T. Yu (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (6 papers)Bioresource Technology (5 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2 papers)Nature (2 papers)Cell (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomFrance
In The Last Decade
Michael C. Nelson
45 papers receiving 10.3k citations
Michael C. Nelson's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 148
- Physiology 2.7k
- Molecular Biology 5.9k
- Pharmacology 673
- Biochemistry 538
- Cancer Research 845
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | PPARγ Is Required for Placental, Cardiac, and Adipose Tissue Development Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 1704 |
| 2 | AMPK and PPARδ Agonists Are Exercise Mimetics Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 1010 |
| 3 | Regulation of Muscle Fiber Type and Running Endurance by PPARδ Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 917 |
| 4 | Role of CBP/P300 in nuclear receptor signalling Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 848 |
| 5 | Adipose-specific peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ knockout causes insulin resistance in fat and liver but not in muscle Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 833 |
| 6 | An essential role for nuclear receptors SXR/PXR in detoxification of cholestatic bile acids Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 639 |
| 7 | Humanized xenobiotic response in mice expressing nuclear receptor SXR Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 570 |
| 8 | Activators of the nuclear receptor PPARγ enhance colon polyp formation Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 511 |
| 9 | Effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ on placentation, adiposity, and colorectal cancer Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 508 |
| 10 | 2010 | 429 | |
| 11 | 2012 | 341 | |
| 12 | 2014 | 327 | |
| 13 | 2006 | 264 | |
| 14 | 2014 | 254 | |
| 15 | 2009 | 227 | |
| 16 | 2004 | 159 | |
| 17 | 2010 | 152 | |
| 18 | 2014 | 111 | |
| 19 | 2000 | 94 | |
| 20 | 2008 | 84 |
About Michael C. Nelson
Michael C. Nelson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology, Physiology and Building and Construction, having authored 46 papers that have together received 10.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (11 papers), Gut microbiota and health (8 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (7 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers), Leech Biology and Applications (7 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (6 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (6 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (2.7k citations), Molecular Biology (5.9k citations), Pharmacology (673 citations), Biochemistry (538 citations) and Cancer Research (845 citations). Michael C. Nelson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Ronald M. Evans, Estelita S. Ong, Yaacov Barak, Zhongtang Yu, Pilar Ruiz‐Lozano, Ying Jones, Kenneth R. Chien, Ruth T. Yu, Henry Juguilon and Heonjoong Kang. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Bioresource Technology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Nature and Cell.
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