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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
18027
World Ranking
19439
National Ranking
7928

Jill A. McMahon publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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This scientist: 64 publications — 1st percentile

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Jill A. McMahon 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 Jill A. McMahon sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Jill A. McMahon is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Specific subfields of focus include Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Genetics.

The scientist's main topics of work center on renal health and disease. These include:

  • Renal and related cancers
  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Biotin and Related Studies
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
  • Click Chemistry and Applications

Jill A. McMahon has contributed to various academic journals, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell stem cell
  • Developmental Cell
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

The following are selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Jill A. McMahon:

  • A scalable organoid model of human autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease for disease mechanism and drug discovery, 2022, Cell stem cell
  • Generation of patterned kidney organoids that recapitulate the adult kidney collecting duct system from expandable ureteric bud progenitors, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Proteomics of protein trafficking by in vivo tissue-specific labeling, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Spatial transcriptional mapping of the human nephrogenic program, 2021, Developmental Cell
  • Renoprotective and Immunomodulatory Effects of GDF15 following AKI Invoked by Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Andrew P. McMahon
  • Jinjin Guo
  • Riana K. Parvez
  • Matthew E. Thornton
  • Albert D. Kim

Best Publications

  • Sonic hedgehog, a member of a family of putative signaling molecules, is implicated in the regulation of CNS polarity

    Yann Echelard;Douglas J. Epstein;Benoit St-Jacques;Liya Shen

  • Derivation of embryonic stem-cell lines from human blastocysts.

    Chad A. Cowan;Irinha Klimanskaya;Jill Mcmahon;Jocelyn Atienza

  • Conservation of the hedgehog/patched signaling pathway from flies to mice: induction of a mouse patched gene by Hedgehog.

    Lisa V. Goodrich;Ronald L. Johnson;Ljiljana Milenkovic;Jill A. McMahon

  • Noggin-mediated antagonism of BMP signaling is required for growth and patterning of the neural tube and somite

    Jill A. McMahon;Shinji Takada;Lyle B. Zimmerman;Chen-Ming Fan

  • Noggin, Cartilage Morphogenesis, and Joint Formation in the Mammalian Skeleton

    Lisa J. Brunet;Jill A. McMahon;Jill A. McMahon;Andrew P. McMahon;Andrew P. McMahon;Richard M. Harland;Richard M. Harland

  • Wnt-3a regulates somite and tailbud formation in the mouse embryo.

    Shinji Takada;Kevin L. Stark;Martin J. Shea;Galya Vassileva

  • The midbrain-hindbrain phenotype of Wnt-1−Wnt-1− mice results from stepwise deletion of engrailed-expressing cells by 9.5 days postcoitum

    A.P. McMahon;A.L. Joyner;A. Bradley;J.A. McMahon

  • Sonic hedgehog signaling is essential for hair development

    B. St-Jacques;H.R. Dassule;I. Karavanova;V.A. Botchkarev

  • Multistep signaling requirements for pituitary organogenesis in vivo

    Mathias Treier;Anatoli S. Gleiberman;Shawn M. O’Connell;Daniel P. Szeto

  • The organizer factors Chordin and Noggin are required for mouse forebrain development

    Daniel Bachiller;John Klingensmith;C. Kemp;J. A. Belo

  • Canonical Wnt Signaling Regulates Organ-Specific Assembly and Differentiation of CNS Vasculature

    Jan M. Stenman;Jay Rajagopal;Thomas J. Carroll;Makoto Ishibashi;Makoto Ishibashi

  • Essential function of Wnt-4 in mammary gland development downstream of progesterone signaling

    Cathrin Brisken;Anna Heineman;Tony Chavarria;Brian Elenbaas

  • Xwnt-8, a Xenopus Wnt-1/int-1-related gene responsive to mesoderm-inducing growth factors, may play a role in ventral mesodermal patterning during embryogenesis.

    Jan L. Christian;Jill A. McMahon;Andrew P. McMahon;Randall T. Moon

  • Wnt11 and Ret/Gdnf pathways cooperate in regulating ureteric branching during metanephric kidney development.

    Arindam Majumdar;Seppo Vainio;Andreas Kispert;Jill McMahon

  • Noggin is a mesenchymally derived stimulator of hair-follicle induction

    Vladimir A. Botchkarev;Natalia V. Botchkareva;Wera Roth;Motonobu Nakamura

  • Cholesterol Modification of Sonic Hedgehog Is Required for Long-Range Signaling Activity and Effective Modulation of Signaling by Ptc1

    Paula M. Lewis;Matthew P. Dunn;Jill A. McMahon;Malcolm Logan

  • Ihh signaling is directly required for the osteoblast lineage in the endochondral skeleton

    Fanxin Long;Ung-il Chung;Shinsuke Ohba;Jill McMahon

  • Osr1 expression demarcates a multi-potent population of intermediate mesoderm that undergoes progressive restriction to an Osr1-dependent nephron progenitor compartment within the mammalian kidney.

    Joshua W. Mugford;Petra Sipilä;Jill A. McMahon;Andrew P. McMahon

  • Wnt expression patterns in chick embryo nervous system.

    Margaret Hollyday;Jill A. McMahon;Andrew P. McMahon

  • A direct requirement for Hedgehog signaling for normal specification of all ventral progenitor domains in the presumptive mammalian spinal cord

    Mark Wijgerde;Jill A. McMahon;Michael Rule;Andrew P. McMahon

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew P. McMahon
Andrew P. McMahon University of Southern California
Andrew D. Smith
Andrew D. Smith University of Southern California
Shinji Takada
Shinji Takada National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Olga G. Troyanskaya
Olga G. Troyanskaya Princeton University
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University
Melissa H. Little
Melissa H. Little Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Vladimir A. Botchkarev
Vladimir A. Botchkarev Boston University
David J. Anderson
David J. Anderson California Institute of Technology
David H. Ellison
David H. Ellison Oregon Health & Science University
Ralf Paus
Ralf Paus University of Miami

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