Donald S. Fredrickson
Donald Sharp "Don" Fredrickson was an American medical researcher, principally of the lipid and cholesterol metabolism, and director of National Institutes of Health and subsequently the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Donald Sharp "Don" Fredrickson was an American medical researcher, principally of the lipid and cholesterol metabolism, and director of National Institutes of Health and subsequently the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Top Publications
- Estimation of the Concentration of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Plasma, Without Use of the Preparative Ultracentrifuge (1972) - 32,650 citations
- Fat Transport in Lipoproteins — An Integrated Approach to Mechanisms and Disorders (1967) - 1,911 citations
- Fat Transport in Lipoproteins — An Integrated Approach to Mechanisms and Disorders (1967) - 750 citations
- A specific apoprotein activator for lipoprotein lipase (1970) - 668 citations
- Transport of Fatty Acids (1958) - 582 citations
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- Full name
- Donald S. Fredrickson
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- https://openalex.org/A5114008161
Research interests
- Lipid metabolism and disorders, Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, History of Science and Medicine, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
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- 32,650OpenAlex citations
- Fat Transport in Lipoproteins — An Integrated Approach to Mechanisms and Disorders ↗1967 · New England Journal of Medicine1,911OpenAlex citations
- Fat Transport in Lipoproteins — An Integrated Approach to Mechanisms and Disorders ↗1967 · New England Journal of Medicine750OpenAlex citations
- A specific apoprotein activator for lipoprotein lipase ↗1970 · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications668OpenAlex citations
- Transport of Fatty Acids ↗1958 · Physiological Reviews582OpenAlex citations
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- Fat Transport in Lipoproteins — An Integrated Approach to Mechanisms and Disorders ↗1967 · New England Journal of Medicine
- Fat Transport in Lipoproteins — An Integrated Approach to Mechanisms and Disorders ↗1967 · New England Journal of Medicine
- A specific apoprotein activator for lipoprotein lipase ↗1970 · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
- Transport of Fatty Acids ↗1958 · Physiological Reviews
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