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D-Index
112
Citations
54240
World Ranking
885
National Ranking
553

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Lewis T. Williams is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, focusing particularly on oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, physiology, infectious diseases, and immunology.

Their recent published works cover a diverse range of topics and include the following papers:

  • FGF6 and FGF9 regulate UCP1 expression independent of brown adipogenesis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Rapid detection of monkeypox virus using a CRISPR-Cas12a mediated assay: a laboratory validation and evaluation study, 2023, The Lancet Microbe
  • A highly photostable and versatile two-photon fluorescent probe for the detection of a wide range of intracellular nitric oxide concentrations in macrophages and endothelial cells, 2022, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
  • Killing in self-defense: proapoptotic drugs to eliminate intracellular pathogens, 2022, Current Opinion in Immunology
  • PathoGD: an integrative genomics approach for CRISPR-based target design of rapid pathogen diagnostics, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist's frequent coauthors include Soo Jen Low, Matthew T. O'Neill, William J. Kerry, Marcelina Krysiak, and Marc Pellegrini, each having collaborated on multiple publications.

Williams has contributed to various publication venues, with multiple articles in Blood and Antibody Reports, alongside singular publications in Nature Communications, The Lancet Microbe, and the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology.

Their key research topics include:

  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks

Williams was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1997.

Best Publications

  • The fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase, a Receptor for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

    C de Vries;JA Escobedo;H Ueno;K Houck

  • Structural and Functional Diversity in the FGf Receptor Multigene Family

    Daniel E. Johnson;Lewis T. Williams

  • Caspase-3-Generated Fragment of Gelsolin: Effector of Morphological Change in Apoptosis

    Srinivas Kothakota;Toshifumi Azuma;Toshifumi Azuma;Toshifumi Azuma;Christoph Reinhard;Christoph Reinhard;Christoph Reinhard;Anke Klippel;Anke Klippel;Anke Klippel

  • Structure of the receptor for platelet-derived growth factor helps define a family of closely related growth factor receptors

    Y. Yarden;J. A. Escobedo;W. J. Kuang;T. L. Yang-Feng

  • Signalling by Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

    Wendy J. Fantl;Daniel E. Johnson;Lewis T. Williams

  • Mice Lacking Expression of Secondary Lymphoid Organ Chemokine Have Defects in Lymphocyte Homing and Dendritic Cell Localization

    Michael D. Gunn;Shigeru Kyuwa;Carmen Tam;Terutaka Kakiuchi

  • A chemokine expressed in lymphoid high endothelial venules promotes the adhesion and chemotaxis of naive T lymphocytes

    Michael D. Gunn;Kirsten Tangemann;Carmen Tam;Jason G. Cyster

  • Fetal liver kinase 1 is a receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor and is selectively expressed in vascular endothelium

    T P Quinn;K G Peters;C De Vries;N Ferrara

  • Discovery of a Cytokine and Its Receptor by Functional Screening of the Extracellular Proteome

    Haishan Lin;Ernestine Lee;Kevin Hestir;Cindy Leo

  • A B-cell-homing chemokine made in lymphoid follicles activates Burkitt's lymphoma receptor-1.

    Michael D. Gunn;Vu N. Ngo;K. Mark Ansel;Eric H. Ekland

  • Purification and complementary DNA cloning of a receptor for basic fibroblast growth factor

    Pauline L. Lee;Daniel E. Johnson;Lawrence S. Cousens;Victor A. Fried

  • Signal transduction by the platelet-derived growth factor receptor

    Lewis T. Williams

  • Distinct phosphotyrosines on a growth factor receptor bind to specific molecules that mediate different signaling pathways

    Wendy J. Fantl;Jaime A. Escobedo;George A. Martin;Christoph W. Turck

  • cDNA cloning of a Novel 85 kd protein that has SH2 domains and regulates binding of PI3-kinase to the PDGF β-receptor

    Jaime A. Escobedo;Sutip Navankasattusas;W.Michael Kavanaugh;Dale Milfay

  • Thyroid hormone regulation of beta-adrenergic receptor number.

    L T Williams;R J Lefkowitz;A M Watanabe;D R Hathaway

  • Large induction of keratinocyte growth factor expression in the dermis during wound healing

    Sabine Werner;Kevin G. Peters;Michael T. Longaker;Frances Fuller-Pace

  • Two FGF receptor genes are differentially expressed in epithelial and mesenchymal tissues during limb formation and organogenesis in the mouse.

    K.G. Peters;S. Werner;G. Chen;L.T. Williams

  • An alternative to SH2 domains for binding tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins

    WM Kavanaugh;LT Williams

  • The function of KGF in morphogenesis of epithelium and reepithelialization of wounds

    Sabine Werner;Hans Smola;Xiang Liao;Michael T. Longaker

  • Specific receptor sites for chemotactic peptides on human polymorphonuclear leukocytes

    Lewis T. Williams;Ralph Snyderman;Marilyn C. Pike;Robert J. Lefkowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaime Escobedo
Jaime Escobedo Novartis (Switzerland)
Robert J. Lefkowitz
Robert J. Lefkowitz Duke University
Kevin G. Peters
Kevin G. Peters Procter & Gamble (United States)
Anthony J. Muslin
Anthony J. Muslin Washington University in St. Louis
Sabine Werner
Sabine Werner ETH Zurich
Daniel E. Johnson
Daniel E. Johnson University of California, San Francisco
Shaun R. Coughlin
Shaun R. Coughlin University of California, San Francisco
Akira Kikuchi
Akira Kikuchi Osaka University
Michael D. Gunn
Michael D. Gunn Duke University
Christoph W. Turck
Christoph W. Turck Max Planck Society

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