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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Eric G. Neilson is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of medicine, with particular focus on molecular biology, oncology, public health, family practice, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their recent scholarly contributions include publications in several notable journals. These include:

  • The Accomplished Life of William G. Couser, MD, 2025, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • The Story of Aldosterone Escape, 2025, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Origin and functional heterogeneity of fibroblasts, 2020, The FASEB Journal
  • Medical education in the time of COVID-19, 2020, Science Advances

Eric G. Neilson frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Science Advances

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension

Frequent collaborators of Eric G. Neilson include Valerie S. LeBleu, Diane B. Wayne, Marianne Green, Richard J. Johnson, and Dillan Prasad. These collaborations have contributed to interdisciplinary research across various aspects of medicine and medical education.

Eric G. Neilson has received recognition in the scientific community, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016, as well as election to the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and its implications for fibrosis.

    Raghu Kalluri;Eric G. Neilson

  • Biomarkers for epithelial-mesenchymal transitions

    Michael Zeisberg;Eric G. Neilson

  • Stromal fibroblasts in cancer initiation and progression

    Neil A. Bhowmick;Eric G. Neilson;Harold L. Moses

  • Evidence that fibroblasts derive from epithelium during tissue fibrosis

    Masayuki Iwano;David Plieth;Theodore M. Danoff;Theodore M. Danoff;Chengsen Xue

  • Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition contributes to cardiac fibrosis

    Elisabeth M Zeisberg;Oleg Tarnavski;Michael Zeisberg;Adam L Dorfman

  • TGF-ß Signaling in Fibroblasts Modulates the Oncogenic Potential of Adjacent Epithelia

    Neil A. Bhowmick;Anna Chytil;David Plieth;Agnieszka E. Gorska

  • Identification and characterization of a fibroblast marker: FSP1.

    Frank Strutz;Hirokazu Okada;Cecilia W. Lo;Theodore Danoff

  • Heart repair by reprogramming non-myocytes with cardiac transcription factors

    Kunhua Song;Young Jae Nam;Xiang Luo;Xiaoxia Qi

  • Alport's Syndrome, Goodpasture's Syndrome, and Type IV Collagen

    Billy G. Hudson;Karl Tryggvason;Munirathinam Sundaramoorthy;Eric G. Neilson;Eric G. Neilson

  • Mechanisms of Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis

    Michael Zeisberg;Eric G. Neilson

  • KAP-1, a novel corepressor for the highly conserved KRAB repression domain.

    Josh R. Friedman;William J. Fredericks;David E. Jensen;David W. Speicher

  • Role of basic fibroblast growth factor-2 in epithelial-mesenchymal transformation.

    Frank Strutz;Michael Zeisberg;Fuad N. Ziyadeh;Chang Qing Yang

  • Early role of Fsp1 in epithelial-mesenchymal transformation

    Hirokazu Okada;Theodore M. Danoff;Raghuram Kalluri;Eric G. Neilson

  • Inhibition of calcium oxalate crystal growth in vitro by uropontin: another member of the aspartic acid-rich protein superfamily.

    H Shiraga;W Min;W Min;W J VanDusen;M D Clayman;M D Clayman

  • Contribution of epithelial-derived fibroblasts to bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis.

    Harikrishna Tanjore;Xiaochuan C. Xu;Vasiliy V. Polosukhin;Amber L. Degryse

  • Antipyretics: mechanisms of action and clinical use in fever suppression

    David M Aronoff;Eric G Neilson

  • Characterization of a renal tubular epithelial cell line which secretes the autologous target antigen of autoimmune experimental interstitial nephritis

    Thomas P. Haverty;Carolyn J. Kelly;William H. Hines;Peter S. Amenta

  • Angiotensin II stimulates the proliferation and biosynthesis of type I collagen in cultured murine mesangial cells.

    Gunter Wolf;Uwe Haberstroh;Eric G. Neilson

  • Angiotensin II as a renal growth factor.

    Gunter Wolf;Gunter Wolf;Eric G. Neilson

  • Mechanisms of tubulointerstitial fibrosis.

    Gerald S. Kuncio;Eric G. Neilson;Thomas Haverty

Frequent Co-Authors

Raghu Kalluri
Raghu Kalluri The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Billy G. Hudson
Billy G. Hudson Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fuad N. Ziyadeh
Fuad N. Ziyadeh American University of Beirut
Raymond C. Harris
Raymond C. Harris Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peter S. Heeger
Peter S. Heeger Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alberto Ortiz
Alberto Ortiz Autonomous University of Madrid
Michael P. Madaio
Michael P. Madaio Augusta University
Neil A. Bhowmick
Neil A. Bhowmick Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Harold L. Moses
Harold L. Moses Vanderbilt University
Nicholas A. Kefalides
Nicholas A. Kefalides University of Pennsylvania

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