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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

George D. Yancopoulos is affiliated with Regeneron in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with specific work in Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The scientist's research covers major topics including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Frequent coauthors of George D. Yancopoulos include:

  • Gary Herman
  • Andrew Murphy
  • David M. Weinreich
  • Neil Stahl

The main venues where George D. Yancopoulos publishes are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • The Lancet
  • Blood

Some of their notable recent papers are:

  • "REGN-COV2, a Neutralizing Antibody Cocktail, in Outpatients with Covid-19", 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Antibody cocktail to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein prevents rapid mutational escape seen with individual antibodies", 2020, Science
  • "Studies in humanized mice and convalescent humans yield a SARS-CoV-2 antibody cocktail", 2020, Science
  • "Exome sequencing and analysis of 454,787 UK Biobank participants", 2021, Nature
  • "Cemiplimab monotherapy for first-line treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with PD-L1 of at least 50%: a multicentre, open-label, global, phase 3, randomised, controlled trial", 2021, The Lancet

Best Publications

  • Identification of Ubiquitin Ligases Required for Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

    Sue C. Bodine;Esther Latres;Susanne Baumhueter;Venus K.-M. Lai

  • Vessel Cooption, Regression, and Growth in Tumors Mediated by Angiopoietins and VEGF

    J. Holash;P. C. Maisonpierre;D. Compton;P. Boland

  • Akt/mTOR pathway is a crucial regulator of skeletal muscle hypertrophy and can prevent muscle atrophy in vivo.

    Sue C. Bodine;Trevor N. Stitt;Michael Gonzalez;William O. Kline

  • Intravitreal aflibercept (VEGF trap-eye) in wet age-related macular degeneration.

    Jeffrey S. Heier;David M. Brown;Victor Chong;Jean Francois Korobelnik

  • The IGF-1/PI3K/Akt Pathway Prevents Expression of Muscle Atrophy-Induced Ubiquitin Ligases by Inhibiting FOXO Transcription Factors

    Trevor N. Stitt;Doreen Drujan;Brian A. Clarke;Frank Panaro

  • Two Phase 3 Trials of Dupilumab versus Placebo in Atopic Dermatitis

    Eric L. Simpson;Thomas Bieber;Emma Guttman-Yassky;Lisa A. Beck

  • Dupilumab Efficacy and Safety in Moderate-to-Severe Uncontrolled Asthma

    Mario Castro;Jonathan Corren;Ian D. Pavord;Jorge Maspero

  • BDNF is a neurotrophic factor for dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra.

    Carolyn Hyman;Magdalena Hofer;Yves-Alain Barde;Melissa Juhasz

  • Mediation of IGF-1-induced skeletal myotube hypertrophy by PI(3)K/Akt/mTOR and PI(3)K/Akt/GSK3 pathways

    Christian Rommel;Sue C. Bodine;Brian A. Clarke;Roni Rossman

  • Genomic Instability and Aging-like Phenotype in the Absence of Mammalian SIRT6

    Raul Mostoslavsky;Katrin F. Chua;Katrin F. Chua;David B. Lombard;Wendy W. Pang

  • Regulation of the Germinal Center Response by MicroRNA-155

    To-Ha Thai;Dinis Pedro Calado;Stefano Casola;K. Mark Ansel

  • NT-3, BDNF, and NGF in the developing rat nervous system: parallel as well as reciprocal patterns of expression.

    Peter C. Maisonpierre;Leonardo Belluscio;Beth Friedman;Ralph F. Alderson

  • REGN-COV2, a Neutralizing Antibody Cocktail, in Outpatients with Covid-19.

    David M Weinreich;Sumathi Sivapalasingam;Thomas Norton;Shazia Ali

  • Dupilumab in persistent asthma with elevated eosinophil levels.

    Sally Wenzel;Linda Ford;David Pearlman;Sheldon Spector

  • Mammalian Sir2 homolog SIRT3 regulates global mitochondrial lysine acetylation.

    David B. Lombard;Frederick W. Alt;Hwei Ling Cheng;Jakob Bunkenborg

  • SIRT4 Inhibits Glutamate Dehydrogenase and Opposes the Effects of Calorie Restriction in Pancreatic β Cells

    Marcia C. Haigis;Raul Mostoslavsky;Kevin M. Haigis;Kamau Fahie

  • Antibody cocktail to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein prevents rapid mutational escape seen with individual antibodies.

    Alina Baum;Benjamin O. Fulton;Elzbieta Wloga;Richard Copin

  • Choice of STATs and other substrates specified by modular tyrosine-based motifs in cytokine receptors

    Neil Stahl;Thomas J. Farruggella;Teri G. Boulton;Zhong Zhong

  • Association and activation of Jak-Tyk kinases by CNTF-LIF-OSM-IL-6 beta receptor components.

    Neil Stahl;Teri G. Boulton;Thomas Farruggella;Nancy Y. Ip

  • PD-1 blockade with cemiplimab in advanced cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma

    Michael R. Migden;Danny Rischin;Chrysalyne D. Schmults;Alexander Guminski

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Murphy
Andrew J. Murphy St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
David M. Valenzuela
David M. Valenzuela Regeneron (United States)
Stanley J. Wiegand
Stanley J. Wiegand Regeneron (United States)
Aris N. Economides
Aris N. Economides Regeneron (United States)
David J. Glass
David J. Glass Regeneron (United States)
Nancy Y. Ip
Nancy Y. Ip Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Nicholas W. Gale
Nicholas W. Gale Regeneron (United States)
Ronald M. Lindsay
Ronald M. Lindsay Zebra Biologics (United States)
Jesper Gromada
Jesper Gromada Regeneron (United States)
Frederick W. Alt
Frederick W. Alt Boston Children's Hospital

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