World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
36493
World Ranking
12974
National Ranking
6631

Overview

Eric J. Huang is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas significant to understanding brain function and disease mechanisms. These include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Eric J. Huang has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Alzheimer's & Dementia, Nature, Nature Neuroscience, and The Journal of Cell Biology. Their publishing history includes at least 21 papers in bioRxiv and multiple articles in leading journals such as Nature and Nature Neuroscience.

Representative recent papers by Eric J. Huang include:

  • Astrocyte layers in the mammalian cerebral cortex revealed by a single-cell in situ transcriptomic map, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • The LC3-conjugation machinery specifies the loading of RNA-binding proteins into extracellular vesicles, 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • Outer Radial Glia-like Cancer Stem Cells Contribute to Heterogeneity of Glioblastoma, 2020, Cell Stem Cell
  • Comorbid neuropathological diagnoses in early versus late-onset Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Brain
  • Neurotoxic microglia promote TDP-43 proteinopathy in progranulin deficiency, 2020, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric J. Huang include Bruce L. Miller, Adam L. Boxer, William W. Seeley, Howard J. Rosen, and Arnold R. Kriegstein.

Best Publications

  • Neurotrophins: roles in neuronal development and function.

    Eric J Huang;Louis F Reichardt

  • Trk receptors: roles in neuronal signal transduction.

    Eric J. Huang;Louis F. Reichardt

  • Human hippocampal neurogenesis drops sharply in children to undetectable levels in adults

    Shawn F. Sorrells;Mercedes F. Paredes;Arantxa Cebrian-Silla;Kadellyn Sandoval

  • The hematopoietic growth factor KL is encoded by the Sl locus and is the ligand of the c-kit receptor, the gene product of the W locus.

    Eric Huang;Karl Nocka;David R. Beier;Tang-Yan Chu

  • Acetylation of Tau Inhibits Its Degradation and Contributes to Tauopathy

    Sang Won Min;Seo Hyun Cho;Yungui Zhou;Sebastian Schroeder

  • Corridors of migrating neurons in the human brain and their decline during infancy

    Nader Sanai;Thuhien Nguyen;Rebecca A. Ihrie;Zaman Mirzadeh;Zaman Mirzadeh

  • Progranulin Deficiency Promotes Circuit-Specific Synaptic Pruning by Microglia via Complement Activation.

    Hansen Lui;Jiasheng Zhang;Stefanie R. Makinson;Michelle K. Cahill

  • The behavioural/dysexecutive variant of Alzheimer's disease: clinical, neuroimaging and pathological features.

    Rik Ossenkoppele;Yolande A. L. Pijnenburg;David C. Perry;Brendan I. Cohn-Sheehy

  • Astrocyte layers in the mammalian cerebral cortex revealed by a single-cell in situ transcriptomic map

    Omer Ali Bayraktar;Omer Ali Bayraktar;Omer Ali Bayraktar;Theresa Bartels;Staffan Holmqvist;Vitalii Kleshchevnikov

  • The kit-ligand (steel factor) and its receptor c-kit/W: pleiotropic roles in gametogenesis and melanogenesis

    Peter Besmer;Katia Manova;Regina Duttlinger;Eric J. Huang

  • A dramatic increase of C1q protein in the CNS during normal aging.

    Alexander H. Stephan;Daniel V. Madison;José María Mateos;Deborah A. Fraser

  • Clinicopathological correlations in corticobasal degeneration

    Suzee E. Lee;Gil D. Rabinovici;Mary Catherine Mayo;Stephen M. Wilson;Stephen M. Wilson

  • Existing Pittsburgh Compound-B positron emission tomography thresholds are too high: statistical and pathological evaluation

    Sylvia Villeneuve;Gil D. Rabinovici;Gil D. Rabinovici;Gil D. Rabinovici;Brendan I. Cohn-Sheehy;Brendan I. Cohn-Sheehy;Brendan I. Cohn-Sheehy;Cindee Madison

  • Interaction of FUS and HDAC1 regulates DNA damage response and repair in neurons

    Wen-Yuan Wang;Ling Pan;Ling Pan;Susan C Su;Susan C Su;Emma J Quinn;Emma J Quinn

  • Differential expression and processing of two cell associated forms of the kit-ligand: KL-1 and KL-2.

    E J Huang;K H Nocka;J Buck;P Besmer

  • Amyloid vs FDG-PET in the differential diagnosis of AD and FTLD

    G.D. Rabinovici;H.J. Rosen;A. Alkalay;J. Kornak

  • The expression pattern of the c-kit ligand in gonads of mice supports a role for the c-kit receptor in oocyte growth and in proliferation of spermatogonia.

    K. Manova;E. J. Huang;M. Angeles;V. De Leon

  • NeuroD-null mice are deaf due to a severe loss of the inner ear sensory neurons during development.

    Woo-Young Kim;Bernd Fritzsch;Amanda Serls;Leigh Anne Bakel

  • The LC3-conjugation machinery specifies the loading of RNA-binding proteins into extracellular vesicles.

    Andrew M. Leidal;Hector H. Huang;Timothy Marsh;Tina Solvik

  • Erratum to Acetylation of tau inhibits its degradation and contributes to tauopathy

    Sang Won Min;Seo Hyun Cho;Yungui Zhou;Sebastian Schroeder

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Seeley
William W. Seeley University of California, San Francisco
Bruce L. Miller
Bruce L. Miller University of California, San Francisco
Gil D. Rabinovici
Gil D. Rabinovici University of California, San Francisco
Lea T. Grinberg
Lea T. Grinberg University of California, San Francisco
Howard J. Rosen
Howard J. Rosen University of California, San Francisco
David H. Rowitch
David H. Rowitch University of Cambridge
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Joel H. Kramer
Joel H. Kramer University of California, San Francisco
Louis F. Reichardt
Louis F. Reichardt University of California, San Francisco
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring a career in medicine opens doors to several related pathways in healthcare. For those interested in patient care but looking for flexible entry requirements, you can find a nursing school that doesn't require teas for admission, making the application process more accessible.

If you're interested in the organizational side of healthcare, earning a healthcare administration degree online can prepare you for leadership roles in hospitals, clinics, and beyond. These programs are ideal for those who want to drive policy, manage teams, or oversee healthcare operations.

Registered nurses can advance their careers by bridging educational gaps. The adn to fnp route enables nurses with an associate’s degree to achieve a Family Nurse Practitioner credential, expanding their practice and scope of care.

Those passionate about nutrition and public health might consider earning an online dietitian degree. This career path allows you to help individuals and communities lead healthier lives through evidence-based nutrition.

Best Scientists Citing Eric J. Huang

Trending Scientists