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Elizabeth M. McNally

Elizabeth M. McNally

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
27398
World Ranking
2235
National Ranking
1203

Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
27247
World Ranking
11851
National Ranking
6078

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Elizabeth M. McNally is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has produced a substantial body of research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work has a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, and Surgery.

The scientist's research topics include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, as well as Viral Infections and Immunology Research.

Among the most recent papers authored by Elizabeth M. McNally are:

  • Desmoplakin Cardiomyopathy, a Fibrotic and Inflammatory Form of Cardiomyopathy Distinct From Typical Dilated or Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (2020, Circulation)
  • Selection, optimization and validation of ten chronic disease polygenic risk scores for clinical implementation in diverse US populations (2024, Nature Medicine)
  • Genome-wide association and multi-trait analyses characterize the common genetic architecture of heart failure (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Comparison of IgG and neutralizing antibody responses after one or two doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in previously infected and uninfected individuals (2021, EClinicalMedicine)
  • High seroprevalence for SARS-CoV-2 among household members of essential workers detected using a dried blood spot assay (2020, PLoS ONE)

Elizabeth M. McNally frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Alexis R. Demonbreun
  • Megan J. Puckelwartz
  • Lauren A. Vaught
  • Nina L. Reiser
  • Thomas W. McDade

The scientist's research has been published extensively in several venues, with notable numbers of publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation
  • JAMA Cardiology
  • Circulation Research
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation

Among awards, Elizabeth M. McNally was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The ubiquitin-modifying enzyme A20 is required for termination of Toll-like receptor responses.

    David L. Boone;Emre E. Turer;Eric G. Lee;Regina Celeste Ahmad

  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Genetic Determinants and Mechanisms

    Elizabeth M. McNally;Luisa Mestroni

  • Myosin subfragment-1 is sufficient to move actin filaments in vitro.

    Yoko Yano Toyoshima;Stephen J. Kron;Elizabeth M. McNally;Kenneth R. Niebling

  • Mutations in the dystrophin-associated protein γ-sarcoglycan in chromosome 13 muscular dystrophy

    Satoru Noguchi;Elizabeth M. McNally;Kamel Ben Othmane;Yasuko Hagiwara

  • The Dystrophin Glycoprotein Complex: Signaling Strength and Integrity for the Sarcolemma

    Karen A. Lapidos;Rahul Kakkar;Elizabeth M. McNally

  • β–sarcoglycan (A3b) mutations cause autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy with loss of the sarcoglycan complex

    Carsten G. Bönnemann;Raju Modi;Satoru Noguchi;Yuji Mizuno

  • Genetic mutations and mechanisms in dilated cardiomyopathy

    Elizabeth M. McNally;Jessica R. Golbus;Megan J. Puckelwartz

  • The Dystrophin Complex: Structure, Function, and Implications for Therapy.

    Quan Q. Gao;Elizabeth M. McNally

  • Mechanisms of muscle degeneration, regeneration, and repair in the muscular dystrophies.

    Gregory Q. Wallace;Elizabeth M. McNally

  • Filamin 2 (FLN2): A Muscle-specific Sarcoglycan Interacting Protein

    Terri G. Thompson;Yiu Mo Chan;Andrew A. Hack;Melissa Brosius

  • γ-Sarcoglycan Deficiency Leads to Muscle Membrane Defects and Apoptosis Independent of Dystrophin

    Andrew A. Hack;Chantal T. Ly;Fang Jiang;Cynthia J. Clendenin

  • Nesprin-1α self-associates and binds directly to emerin and lamin A in vitro

    John M.K Mislow;James M Holaska;Marian S Kim;Kenneth K Lee

  • Dominant negative myostatin produces hypertrophy without hyperplasia in muscle.

    Xiaolei Zhu;Michele Hadhazy;Michelle Wehling;James G. Tidball

  • Episodic coronary artery vasospasm and hypertension develop in the absence of Sur2 KATP channels

    William A. Chutkow;Jielin Pu;Matthew T. Wheeler;Tomoyuki Wada

  • Desmoplakin Cardiomyopathy, a Fibrotic and Inflammatory Form of Cardiomyopathy Distinct From Typical Dilated or Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.

    Eric D. Smith;Neal K. Lakdawala;Nikolaos Papoutsidakis;Gregory Aubert

  • Caveolin-3 in Muscular Dystrophy

    Elizabeth M. McNally;Elizabeth M. McNally;Eloisa de Sá Moreira;David J. Duggan;Carsten G. Bönnemann

  • Contemporary cardiac issues in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

    Elizabeth M. McNally;Jonathan R. Kaltman;D. Woodrow Benson;Charles E. Canter

  • Differential requirement for individual sarcoglycans and dystrophin in the assembly and function of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex.

    A. A. Hack;M. Y J Lam;L. Cordier;D. I. Shoturma

  • Hormonal modulation of a gene injected into rat heart in vivo.

    Richard N. Kitsis;Peter M. Buttrick;Elizabeth M. McNally;Matthew L. Kaplan

  • The genetics of dilated cardiomyopathy

    Lisa Dellefave;Elizabeth M McNally

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis M. Kunkel
Louis M. Kunkel Boston Children's Hospital
Jeffery D. Molkentin
Jeffery D. Molkentin Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Marcelo A. Nobrega
Marcelo A. Nobrega University of Chicago
Leslie A. Leinwand
Leslie A. Leinwand University of Colorado Boulder
Richard T. D'Aquila
Richard T. D'Aquila Northwestern University
Brian Mustanski
Brian Mustanski Northwestern University
Eric P. Hoffman
Eric P. Hoffman Binghamton University
Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik
Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik Northwestern University
Mayana Zatz
Mayana Zatz Universidade de São Paulo
Mariz Vainzof
Mariz Vainzof Universidade de São Paulo

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