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Jan A. Nolta publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan A. Nolta sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 357 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Jan A. Nolta D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan A. Nolta sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jan A. Nolta is affiliated with the University of California, Davis, in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and molecular biology, focusing notably on mesenchymal stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Their published work reflects an emphasis on topics such as tissue engineering, biomedical ethics, pluripotent stem cells, and cancer-related studies.

The main fields of study for Nolta include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Key subfields in their research involve:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Oncology
  • Physiology

Nolta's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

The scientist has published extensively, with frequent contributions to these venues:

  • Cytotherapy
  • Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • Stem Cells
  • Gastroenterology
  • Annals of Translational Medicine

Recent publications by Jan A. Nolta include:

  • "Improved MSC Minimal Criteria to Maximize Patient Safety: A Call to Embrace Tissue Factor and Hemocompatibility Assessment of MSC Products," 2022, Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • "Mesenchymal stromal cell variables influencing clinical potency: the impact of viability, fitness, route of administration and host predisposition," 2021, Cytotherapy
  • "Combination product of dermal matrix, human mesenchymal stem cells, and timolol promotes diabetic wound healing in mice," 2020, Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • "PPP2R5D-Related Intellectual Disability and Neurodevelopmental Delay: A Review of the Current Understanding of the Genetics and Biochemical Basis of the Disorder," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Improving mesenchymal stem/stromal cell potency and survival," 2020, Cytotherapy

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nolta include:

  • Jacques Galipeau
  • Whitney Cary
  • Mauro Krampera
  • Sowmya Viswanathan
  • Ping Zhou

Jan A. Nolta was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Hypoxic preconditioning results in increased motility and improved therapeutic potential of human mesenchymal stem cells.

    Ivana Rosová;Mo Dao;Ben Capoccia;Daniel Link

  • Mesenchymal stem versus stromal cells: International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT®) Mesenchymal Stromal Cell committee position statement on nomenclature.

    S. Viswanathan;Y. Shi;Y. Shi;J. Galipeau;M. Krampera

  • Engraftment of gene-modified umbilical cord blood cells in neonates with adenosine deaminase deficiency.

    D B Kohn;K I Weinberg;J A Nolta;L N Heiss

  • Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease

    Nanette Joyce;Geralyn Annett;Louisa Wirthlin;Scott Olson

  • Comprehensive proteomic analysis of mesenchymal stem cell exosomes reveals modulation of angiogenesis via nuclear factor-kappaB signaling

    Johnathon D. Anderson;Henrik J. Johansson;Calvin S. Graham;Mattias Vesterlund

  • Functional characterization of highly purified human hematopoietic repopulating cells isolated according to aldehyde dehydrogenase activity

    David A. Hess;Todd E. Meyerrose;Louisa Wirthlin;Timothy P. Craft

  • Generation of human vascularized brain organoids.

    Missy T. Pham;Kari M. Pollock;Melanie D. Rose;Whitney A. Cary

  • 19F magnetic resonance imaging for stem/progenitor cell tracking with multiple unique perfluorocarbon nanobeacons

    Kathryn C. Partlow;Junjie Chen;Jason A. Brant;Anne M. Neubauer

  • T lymphocytes with a normal ADA gene accumulate after transplantation of transduced autologous umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells in ADA-deficient SCID neonates

    Kohn Db;Hershfield Ms;Carbonaro D;Shigeoka A

  • Albumin-expressing hepatocyte-like cells develop in the livers of immune-deficient mice that received transplants of highly purified human hematopoietic stem cells

    Xiuli Wang;Shundi Ge;George McNamara;Qian-Lin Hao

  • Selection based on CD133 and high aldehyde dehydrogenase activity isolates long-term reconstituting human hematopoietic stem cells

    David A. Hess;Louisa Wirthlin;Louisa Wirthlin;Timothy P. Craft;Timothy P. Craft;Phillip E. Herrbrich;Phillip E. Herrbrich

  • Sustained Human Hematopoiesis in Immunodeficient Mice by Cotransplantation of Marrow Stroma Expressing Human Interleukin-3: Analysis of Gene Transduction of Long-Lived Progenitors

    Jan A. Nolta;Mary Beth Hanley;Donald B. Kohn

  • Concise review: Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells: progress toward safe clinical products.

    Yunjoon Jung;Gerhard Bauer;Jan A. Nolta

  • Directing mesenchymal stem cells to bone to augment bone formation and increase bone mass

    Min Guan;Wei Yao;Ruiwu Liu;Kit S Lam

  • Long-term persistence of donor nuclei in a Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient receiving bone marrow transplantation

    Emanuela Gussoni;Richard R. Bennett;Kristina R. Muskiewicz;Todd Meyerrose

  • Migration of mesenchymal stem cells to heart allografts during chronic rejection.

    Gordon D. Wu;Jan A. Nolta;Yang-Sun Jin;Mark L. Barr

  • Transduction of pluripotent human hematopoietic stem cells demonstrated by clonal analysis after engraftment in immune-deficient mice

    J A Nolta;M A Dao;S Wells;E M Smogorzewska

  • EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION AND HEDGEHOG SIGNALING ACTIVATION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMORESISTANCE AND INVASION OF HEPATOMA SUBPOPULATIONS

    Xiaoli Chen;Shilpa Lingala;Shiva Khoobyari;Jan Nolta

  • In vivo distribution of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in novel xenotransplantation models.

    Todd E. Meyerrose;Daniel A. De Ugarte;A. Alex Hofling;Phillip E. Herrbrich

  • Retroviral transfer of the glucocerebrosidase gene into CD34+ cells from patients with Gaucher disease: in vivo detection of transduced cells without myeloablation.

    Cynthia E. Dunbar;Donald B. Kohn;Raphael Schiffmann;Norman W. Barton

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald B. Kohn
Donald B. Kohn University of California, Los Angeles
John F. DiPersio
John F. DiPersio Washington University in St. Louis
David Piwnica-Worms
David Piwnica-Worms The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kenneth I. Weinberg
Kenneth I. Weinberg Stanford University
Kit S. Lam
Kit S. Lam University of California, Davis
Daniel C. Link
Daniel C. Link Washington University in St. Louis
Robertson Parkman
Robertson Parkman University of Southern California
Mark S. Sands
Mark S. Sands Washington University in St. Louis
Mark A. Zern
Mark A. Zern University of California, Davis
Jian Wu
Jian Wu Fudan University

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