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Andrew S. Peterson

Andrew S. Peterson

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
40
Citations
7576
World Ranking
3074
National Ranking
1454

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to Computational Electromagnetics and Electrical Engineering Education.

Overview

Andrew S. Peterson is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Neurology, and Epidemiology as subfields.

Their work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism

Peterson's scholarly output features publications in several frequent venues, such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Peterson include:

  • "The role of polygenic risk and susceptibility genes in breast cancer over the course of life," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Validation of a Genome-Wide Polygenic Score for Coronary Artery Disease in South Asians," 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Heterogeneity of Satellite Cells Implicates DELTA1/NOTCH2 Signaling in Self-Renewal," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Apolipoprotein L1-Specific Antibodies Detect Endogenous APOL1 inside the Endoplasmic Reticulum and on the Plasma Membrane of Podocytes," 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • "South Asian medical cohorts reveal strong founder effects and high rates of homozygosity," 2023, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Peterson include:

  • Ravi Gupta
  • Ramesh Menon
  • Eric Stawiski
  • Manjari Deshmukh
  • Sakthivel Murugan

In recognition of contributions to computational electromagnetics and electrical engineering education, Peterson received the IEEE Fellow award in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Loss of the retrograde motor for IFT disrupts localization of Smo to cilia and prevents the expression of both activator and repressor functions of Gli

    Scott R. May;Amir M. Ashique;Mattias Karlen;Baolin Wang

  • The GenomeAsia 100K Project enables genetic discoveries across Asia

    Jeffrey D. Wall;Eric W. Stawiski;Aakrosh Ratan;Hie Lim Kim

  • Retinoic acid from the meninges regulates cortical neuron generation

    Julie A. Siegenthaler;Amir M. Ashique;Konstantinos Zarbalis;Katelin P. Patterson

  • Genetic analysis of monoclonal antibody and HIV binding sites on the human lymphocyte antigen CD4

    Andrew Peterson;Brian Seed

  • A ciliopathy complex at the transition zone protects the cilia as a privileged membrane domain

    Ben Chih;Peter Liu;Yvonne Chinn;Cecile Chalouni

  • A mouse knockout library for secreted and transmembrane proteins.

    Tracy Tang;Li Li;Jerry Tang;Yun Li

  • The Mammalian Cos2 Homolog Kif7 Plays an Essential Role in Modulating Hh Signal Transduction during Development

    Setsu Endoh-Yamagami;Marie Evangelista;Deanna Wilson;Xiaohui Wen

  • Synergistic T cell activation via the physiological ligands for CD2 and the T cell receptor.

    B E Bierer;A Peterson;J C Gorga;S H Herrmann

  • Expression and function of CD4 in a murine T-cell hybridoma.

    Barry P. Sleckman;Andrew Peterson;William K. Jones;Judith A. Foran

  • FRAP/mTOR is required for proliferation and patterning during embryonic development in the mouse.

    Kathryn E. Hentges;Baheya Sirry;Anne Claude Gingeras;Dos Sarbassov

  • Monoclonal antibody and ligand binding sites of the T cell erythrocyte receptor (CD2).

    Andrew Peterson;Brian Seed

  • FGF19 regulates cell proliferation, glucose and bile acid metabolism via FGFR4-dependent and independent pathways.

    Ai-Luen Wu;Sally Coulter;Christopher Liddle;Anne Wong

  • Identification of a Small Peptide That Inhibits PCSK9 Protein Binding to the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor

    Yingnan Zhang;Charles Eigenbrot;Lijuan Zhou;Steven Shia

  • PCSK9 function and physiology

    Andrew S. Peterson;Loren G. Fong;Stephen G. Young

  • Global defects in collagen secretion in a Mia3/TANGO1 knockout mouse

    Deanna G. Wilson;Khanhky Phamluong;Li Li;Mei Sun

  • Glucagon Couples Hepatic Amino Acid Catabolism to mTOR-Dependent Regulation of α-Cell Mass

    Mark J. Solloway;Azadeh Madjidi;Chunyan Gu;Jeff Eastham-Anderson

  • Amelioration of Type 2 Diabetes by Antibody-Mediated Activation of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1

    Ai-Luen Wu;Ganesh Kolumam;Scott Stawicki;Yongmei Chen

  • LRP2 in ependymal cells regulates BMP signaling in the adult neurogenic niche

    Chandresh R. Gajera;Helena Emich;Oleg Lioubinski;Annabel Christ

  • Cortical dysplasia and skull defects in mice with a Foxc1 allele reveal the role of meningeal differentiation in regulating cortical development

    Konstantinos Zarbalis;Julie A. Siegenthaler;Youngshik Choe;Scott R. May;Scott R. May

  • Expression and function of CD8 in a murine T cell hybridoma.

    S E Ratnofsky;A Peterson;J L Greenstein;S J Burakoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Seed
Brian Seed Harvard University
Zora Modrusan
Zora Modrusan Genentech
Jeffrey D. Wall
Jeffrey D. Wall University of California, San Francisco
Pui-Yan Kwok
Pui-Yan Kwok University of California, San Francisco
Christian Fuchsberger
Christian Fuchsberger University of Lübeck
Steven J. Burakoff
Steven J. Burakoff Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Samuel J. Pleasure
Samuel J. Pleasure University of California, San Francisco

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