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R. Acton

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R. Acton — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 38
Works: 246
Citations: 6,079

Most-cited papers

Hemochromatosis and iron-overload screening in a racially diverse population.
P. Adams, D. Reboussin, J. C. Barton, C. McLaren +12 more
2005New England Journal of Medicine763 citations Open access
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Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment and Counseling: Recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors
A. Trepanier, M. Ahrens, W. Mckinnon, J. Peters +17 more
2004Journal of Genetic Counseling266 citations Open access
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Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening (HEIRS) Study Design for an Evaluation of 100,000 Primary Care-Based Adults
C. McLaren, J. C. Barton, P. Adams, E. Harris +13 more
2003American Journal of the Medical Sciences147 citations
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HFE gene: structure, function, mutations, and associated iron abnormalities
J. C. Barton, C. Q. Edwards, R. Acton
2015Gene137 citations Open access
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Relationships of serum ferritin, transferrin saturation, and HFE mutations and self-reported diabetes in the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening (HEIRS) study.
R. Acton, J. C. Barton, Leah V. Passmore, P. Adams +9 more
2005Diabetes Care93 citations
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Biological variability of transferrin saturation and unsaturated iron-binding capacity.
P. Adams, D. Reboussin, R. Press, J. C. Barton +8 more
2007American Journal of Medicine89 citations Open access
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Initial Screening Transferrin Saturation Values, Serum Ferritin Concentrations, and HFE Genotypes in Whites and Blacks in the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study
J. C. Barton, R. Acton, F. Dawkins, P. Adams +9 more
2005Genetic Testing76 citations
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Clinical manifestations of hemochromatosis in HFE C282Y homozygotes identified by screening.
G. Mclaren, C. McLaren, P. Adams, J. C. Barton +10 more
2008Canadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie73 citations Open access
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Diabetes in HFE Hemochromatosis
J. C. Barton, R. Acton
2017Journal of Diabetes Research64 citations Open access
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Hemochromatosis and Vibrio vulnificus Wound Infections
J. C. Barton, R. Acton
2009Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology62 citations
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Genetics and cardiovascular disease.
R. Acton, R. Go, J. Roseman
2004Ethnicity & Disease62 citations
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Genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity of African Americans with primary iron overload.
J. C. Barton, R. Acton, C. Rivers, L. Bertoli +3 more
2003Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases62 citations
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Associations between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Iron-Related Genes and Iron Status in Multiethnic Populations
C. McLaren, S. McLachlan, C. Garner, C. Vulpe +10 more
2011PLoS ONE61 citations Open access
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Serum ferritin and transferrin saturation in Asians and Pacific Islanders.
E. Harris, C. McLaren, D. Reboussin, V. Gordeuk +11 more
2007Archives of Internal Medicine59 citations
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Association of ferroportin Q248H polymorphism with elevated levels of serum ferritin in African Americans in the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening (HEIRS) Study.
C. Rivers, J. C. Barton, V. Gordeuk, R. Acton +9 more
2007Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases54 citations Open access
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Liver diseases in the hemochromatosis and iron overload screening study.
P. Adams, Leah V. Passmore, S. Chakrabarti, D. Reboussin +10 more
2006Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology54 citations
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Prevalence of iron deficiency in 62,685 women of seven race/ethnicity groups: The HEIRS Study
J. C. Barton, Howard H. Wiener, R. Acton, P. Adams +7 more
2020PLoS ONE46 citations Open access
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Screening for iron overload: lessons from the hemochromatosis and iron overload screening (HEIRS) study.
P. Adams, J. C. Barton, G. Mclaren, R. Acton +12 more
2009Canadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie45 citations Open access
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HLA haplotype A*03-B*07 in hemochromatosis probands with HFE C282Y homozygosity: frequency disparity in men and women and lack of association with severity of iron overload.
J. C. Barton, H. Wiener, R. Acton, R. Go
2005Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases42 citations
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Association Between Celiac Disease and Iron Deficiency in Caucasians, but not Non-Caucasians
J. Murray, S. McLachlan, P. Adams, J. Eckfeldt +12 more
2013Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology41 citations Open access
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Geographic and racial/ethnic differences in HFE mutation frequencies in the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening (HEIRS) Study.
R. Acton, J. C. Barton, Beverly M. Snively, C. McLaren +8 more
2006Ethnicity & Disease40 citations
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Hepcidin, iron, and bacterial infection.
J. C. Barton, R. Acton
2019Vitamins and hormones38 citations
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Comparison of the unsaturated iron-binding capacity with transferrin saturation as a screening test to detect C282Y homozygotes for hemochromatosis in 101,168 participants in the hemochromatosis and iron overload screening (HEIRS) study.
P. Adams, D. Reboussin, C. Leiendecker-Foster, G. Moses +11 more
2005Clinical Chemistry37 citations Open access
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HLA-A and -B alleles and haplotypes in hemochromatosis probands with HFE C282Y homozygosity in central Alabama
J. C. Barton, R. Acton
2002BMC Medical Genetics36 citations Open access
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Inheritance of two HFE mutations in African Americans: Cases with hemochromatosis phenotypes and estimates of hemochromatosis phenotype frequency
J. C. Barton, R. Acton
2001Genetics in Medicine36 citations Open access
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HFE C282Y Homozygosity Is Associated With Lower Total and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: The Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study
P. Adams, J. Pankow, J. C. Barton, R. Acton +4 more
2009Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics34 citations Open access
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SLC40A1 Q248H allele frequencies and Q248H-associated risk of non-HFE iron overload in persons of sub-Saharan African descent.
J. C. Barton, R. Acton, P. Lee, C. West
2007Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases34 citations Open access
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Dietary iron intake and serum ferritin concentration in 213 patients homozygous for the HFEC282Y hemochromatosis mutation.
V. Gordeuk, L. Lovato, J. C. Barton, M. Vitolins +9 more
2012Canadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie32 citations Open access
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HLA-A and -B alleles and haplotypes in 240 index patients with common variable immunodeficiency and selective IgG subclass deficiency in central Alabama
J. C. Barton, L. Bertoli, R. Acton
2003BMC Medical Genetics32 citations Open access
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Total blood lymphocyte counts in hemochromatosis probands with HFE C282Y homozygosity: relationship to severity of iron overload and HLA-A and -B alleles and haplotypes
J. C. Barton, H. Wiener, R. Acton, R. Go
2005BMC Blood Disorders28 citations Open access
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Genetic screening for iron overload: No evidence of discrimination at 1 year.
M. Hall, J. C. Barton, P. Adams, C. McLaren +6 more
2007Journal of Family Practice27 citations
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Juvenile hemochromatosis in the southeastern United States: a report of seven cases in two kinships.
J. C. Barton, Sreenivas V. Rao, Naveen M Pereira, T. Gelbart +3 more
2002Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases26 citations
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Allele frequencies of hemojuvelin gene (HJV) I222N and G320V missense mutations in white and African American subjects from the general Alabama population
J. C. Barton, Charles A. Rivers, S. Niyongere, S. B. Bohannon +1 more
2004BMC Medical Genetics25 citations Open access
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HFE C282Y and H63D in adults with malignancies in a community medical oncology practice
J. C. Barton, L. Bertoli, R. Acton
2004BMC Cancer24 citations Open access
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HAMP promoter mutation nc.-153C>T in 785 HEIRS Study participants
J. C. Barton, C. Leiendecker‐Foster, Honggui Li, Susie A. Delrio-Lafreniere +2 more
2009Haematologica23 citations Open access
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Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone and Free Thyroxine Levels in Persons with HFE C282Y Homozygosity, a Common Hemochromatosis Genotype: The HEIRS Study
J. C. Barton, C. Leiendecker‐Foster, D. Reboussin, P. Adams +2 more
2008Thyroid21 citations Open access
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Patient acceptability of genotypic testing for hemochromatosis in primary care
Roger T. Anderson, N. Press, D. Tucker, Beverly M. Snively +7 more
2005Genetics in Medicine21 citations Open access
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Hemochromatosis Detection in a Health Screening Program at an Alabama Forest Products Mill
J. C. Barton, Susan M. Cheatwood, T. Key, R. Acton
2002Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine20 citations
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Effects of Highly Conserved Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Extended Haplotypes on Iron and Low CD8+ T Lymphocyte Phenotypes in HFE C282Y Homozygous Hemochromatosis Patients from Three Geographically Distant Areas
Mónica Costa, E. Cruz, J. C. Barton, K. Thorstensen +7 more
2013PLoS ONE19 citations Open access
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Countries of ancestry reported by hemochromatosis probands and control subjects in central Alabama.
Ellen H Barton, J. C. Barton, William W Hollowell, R. Acton
2004Ethnicity & Disease18 citations
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Accuracy of family history of hemochromatosis or iron overload: the hemochromatosis and iron overload screening study.
R. Acton, J. C. Barton, Leah V. Passmore, P. Adams +9 more
2008Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology17 citations Open access
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Psychosocial Impact of Genetic Testing for Hemochromatosis in The HEIRS Study: A Comparison of Participants Recruited in Canada And in The United States
Tara E. Power, P. Adams, J. C. Barton, R. Acton +5 more
2007Genetic Testing17 citations
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Common variable immunodeficiency and IgG subclass deficiency in central Alabama hemochromatosis probands homozygous for HFE C282Y.
J. C. Barton, L. Bertoli, R. Acton
2003Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases17 citations
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Three kinships with ALAS2 P520L (c. 1559 C --> T) mutation, two in association with severe iron overload, and one with sideroblastic anemia and severe iron overload.
P. Lee, J. C. Barton, Sreenivas V. Rao, R. Acton +2 more
2006Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases15 citations
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Impact of hemochromatosis screening in patients with indeterminate results: The hemochromatosis and iron overload screening study
Roger T. Anderson, L. Wenzel, A. Walker, A. Ruggiero +10 more
2006Genetics in Medicine15 citations Open access
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Characterization of adult patients with IgG subclass deficiency and subnormal IgG2
J. Barton, J. C. Barton, L. Bertoli, R. Acton
2020PLoS ONE14 citations Open access
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Results communication and patient education after screening for possible hemochromatosis and iron overload: experience from the HEIRS Study of a large ethnically and linguistically diverse group
A. Walker, D. Tucker, M. Hall, K. Lohman +10 more
2007Genetics in Medicine14 citations Open access
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Genetic predictors of coronary heart disease risk factors in premenopausal African-American women.
J. Giger, O. Strickland, Michael T. Weaver, H. Taylor +1 more
2005Ethnicity & Disease14 citations
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Fibromyalgia in 300 adult index patients with primary immunodeficiency.
J. Barton, L. Bertoli, J. C. Barton, R. Acton
2017Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology13 citations
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DMPK‐associated myotonic dystrophy and CTG repeats in Alabama African Americans
R. Acton, C. Rivers, B. Watson, Sj Oh
2007Clinical Genetics13 citations
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