2026 Deborah J. Nelson: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	55	14925	13706	6247	5589	104	12686

Overview

Deborah J. Nelson is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a specialized focus on molecular biology and several related subfields.

The main topics addressed in Deborah J. Nelson's work include:

Extracellular vesicles in disease
MicroRNA in disease regulation
Heterotopic Ossification and Related Conditions
RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
Bone health and treatments
Ion channel regulation and function

The scientist has published extensively on extracellular vesicles and their role in various diseases. Recent papers include:

Current challenges and future directions for engineering extracellular vesicles for heart, lung, blood and sleep diseases (2023), Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
Real time imaging of single extracellular vesicle pH regulation in a microfluidic cross-flow filtration platform (2022), Communications Biology
Kinetic Separation of Oxidative and Non-oxidative Metabolism in Single Phagosomes from Alveolar Macrophages: Impact on Bacterial Killing (2020), iScience
Phylogeny and chemistry of biological mineral transport (2020), Bone
Growth and mineralization of osteoblasts from mesenchymal stem cells on microporous membranes: Epithelial-like growth with transmembrane resistance and pH gradient (2021), Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Deborah J. Nelson frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

Vladimir Riazanski
Irina L. Tourkova
Paul H. Schlesinger
Harry C. Blair
Quitterie C. Larrouture

The most common venues for the scientist's work encompass:

iScience
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Communications Biology

Best Publications

Modulating Innate and Adaptive Immunity by (R)-Roscovitine: Potential Therapeutic Opportunity in Cystic Fibrosis

Laurent Meijer;Deborah J Nelson;Vladimir Riazanski;Aida G Gabdoulkhakova

1584
Citations
CFTR regulates phagosome acidification in macrophages and alters bactericidal activity

Anke Di;Mary E. Brown;Ludmila V. Deriy;Chunying Li

578
Citations
Osteoblast differentiation and bone matrix formation in vivo and in vitro

Harry C. Blair;Quitterie C. Larrouture;Yanan Li;Hang Lin

439
Citations
Regulation of CFTR chloride channels by syntaxin and Munc18 isoforms

Anjaparavanda P. Naren;Deborah J. Nelson;Weiwen Xie;Biljana Jovov

262
Citations
Spatiotemporal coupling of cAMP transporter to CFTR chloride channel function in the gut epithelia.

Chunying Li;Partha C. Krishnamurthy;Himabindu Penmatsa;Kevin L. Marrs

243
Citations
Priming of insulin granules for exocytosis by granular Cl(-) uptake and acidification

Sebastian Barg;Ping Huang;Lena Eliasson;Deborah J. Nelson

236
Citations
Syntaxin 1A inhibits CFTR chloride channels by means of domain-specific protein–protein interactions

Anjaparavanda P. Naren;Michael W. Quick;James F. Collawn;Deborah J. Nelson

197
Citations
Regulation of Human CLC-3 Channels by Multifunctional Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase

Ping Huang;Jie Liu;Anke Di;Nicole C. Robinson

187
Citations
Single-channel recordings of apical membrane chloride conductance in A6 epithelial cells.

Deborah J. Nelson;John M. Tang;Lawrence G. Palmer

186
Citations
A process for controlling intracellular bacterial infections induced by membrane injury.

Deepannita Roy;David R. Liston;Vincent J. Idone;Anke Di

182
Citations
Lysophosphatidic acid inhibits cholera toxin-induced secretory diarrhea through CFTR-dependent protein interactions.

Chunying Li;Keanna S. Dandridge;Anke Di;Kevin L. Marrs

177
Citations
Disease-causing Mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Determine the Functional Responses of Alveolar Macrophages

Ludmila V. Deriy;Erwin A. Gomez;Guangping Zhang;Daniel W. Beacham

149
Citations
Inositol 3,4,5,6-Tetrakisphosphate Inhibits the Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II-activated Chloride Conductance in T84 Colonic Epithelial Cells

Weiwen Xie;Marcia A. Kaetzel;Karol S. Bruzik;John R. Dedman

143
Citations
Membrane Capacitance Changes Associated with Particle Uptake during Phagocytosis in Macrophages

Kathleen O. Holevinsky;Deborah J. Nelson

136
Citations
A role for annexin IV in epithelial cell function. Inhibition of calcium-activated chloride conductance.

M. A. Kaetzel;Hsiao Chang Chan;W. P. Dubinsky;J. R. Dedman

136
Citations
The distribution, activity, and function of the cilia in the frog brain

Deborah J. Nelson;Ernest M. Wright

131
Citations
Structural determinant for assembly of mammalian K+ channels.

T.E. Lee;L.H. Philipson;A. Kuznetsov;D.J. Nelson

129
Citations
Calcium signaling in cultured rat oligodendrocytes

Margaret Takeda;Deborah J. Nelson;Betty Soliven

126
Citations
CFTR chloride channels are regulated by a SNAP-23/syntaxin 1A complex

Estelle Cormet-Boyaka;Anke Di;Steven Y. Chang;Anjaparavanda P. Naren

118
Citations
Annexin IV inhibits calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-activated chloride conductance. A novel mechanism for ion channel regulation.

Hsiao Chang Chan;M. A. Kaetzel;A. L. Gotter;J. R. Dedman

117
Citations