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  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Nancy A. Speck is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has a research focus spanning several interconnected disciplines within biomedical science. Their work covers Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Immunology and Microbiology. The scientist's subfields of study primarily include Immunology, Hematology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Their recent scholarly output includes several papers published in prominent scientific journals. Notable publications include:

  • Alternating high-fat diet enhances atherosclerosis by neutrophil reprogramming, 2024, Nature
  • In vivo CD8+ T cell CRISPR screening reveals control by Fli1 in infection and cancer, 2021, Cell
  • Developmental trajectory of prehematopoietic stem cell formation from endothelium, 2020, Blood
  • Runx1 negatively regulates inflammatory cytokine production by neutrophils in response to Toll-like receptor signaling, 2020, Blood Advances
  • Transcriptional regulatory network controlling the ontogeny of hematopoietic stem cells, 2020, Genes & Development

Common coauthors collaborating frequently with Nancy A. Speck include Joanna Tober, Kai Tan, Laura Bennett, Peng Gao, and Elizabeth D. Howell.

The scientist's publication record shows strong ties to several journals with multiple contributions, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood
  • Experimental Hematology
  • Genes & Development
  • Stem Cell Reports

The research topics addressed by Nancy A. Speck demonstrate a focus on both fundamental and applied biological processes. Key topics include:

  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments

In 2019, Nancy A. Speck was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Disruption of the Cbfa2 gene causes necrosis and hemorrhaging in the central nervous system and blocks definitive hematopoiesis.

    Qing Wang;Terryl Stacy;Michael Binder;Miguel Marin-Padilla

  • Haploinsufficiency of CBFA2 causes familial thrombocytopenia with propensity to develop acute myelogenous leukaemia

    W.-J. Song;M. G. Sullivan;R. D. Legare;S. Hutchings

  • Runx1 is required for the endothelial to haematopoietic cell transition but not thereafter

    Michael J. Chen;Tomomasa Yokomizo;Brandon M. Zeigler;Elaine Dzierzak

  • Of lineage and legacy: the development of mammalian hematopoietic stem cells

    Elaine Dzierzak;Nancy A Speck

  • Definitive hematopoietic stem cells first develop within the major arterial regions of the mouse embryo

    Marella F.T.R. de Bruijn;Nancy A. Speck;Marian C.E. Peeters;Elaine Dzierzak

  • The CBFβ Subunit Is Essential for CBFα2 (AML1) Function In Vivo

    Qing Wang;Terryl Stacy;Janelle D. Miller;Amy F. Lewis

  • Cbfa2 is required for the formation of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters.

    Trista North;Ting-Lei Gu;Terryl Stacy;Qing Wang

  • Core-binding factors in haematopoiesis and leukaemia.

    Nancy A. Speck;D. Gary Gilliland

  • Runx1 expression marks long-term repopulating hematopoietic stem cells in the midgestation mouse embryo

    Trista E North;Marella F.T.R de Bruijn;Terryl Stacy;Laleh Talebian

  • Cloning and characterization of subunits of the T-cell receptor and murine leukemia virus enhancer core-binding factor.

    Shuwen Wang;Qing Wang;Barbara E Crute;Irena N Melnikova

  • Loss of Runx1 perturbs adult hematopoiesis and is associated with a myeloproliferative phenotype

    Joseph D. Growney;Hirokazu Shigematsu;Zhe Li;Benjamin H. Lee

  • Embryonic lethality and impairment of haematopoiesis in mice heterozygous for an AML1-ETO fusion gene.

    Donald A. Yergeau;Christopher J. Hetherington;Qing Wang;Pu Zhang

  • Failure of Embryonic Hematopoiesis andLethal Hemorrhages in Mouse Embryos Heterozygousfor a Knocked-In Leukemia Gene CBFB–MYH11

    Lucio H Castilla;Cisca Wijmenga;Qing Wang;Terryl Stacy

  • Six distinct nuclear factors interact with the 75-base-pair repeat of the Moloney murine leukemia virus enhancer.

    Nancy A. Speck;David Baltimore

  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Arrival Triggers Dynamic Remodeling of the Perivascular Niche

    Owen J. Tamplin;Ellen M. Durand;Logan A. Carr;Sarah J. Childs

  • Core-binding factors in hematopoiesis and immune function

    Marella F. T. R. De Bruijn;Nancy A. Speck

  • Runx1 is essential for hematopoietic commitment at the hemangioblast stage of development in vitro.

    Georges Lacaud;Lia Gore;Marion Kennedy;Valerie Kouskoff

  • HUMAN DEFINITIVE HAEMOGENIC ENDOTHELIUM AND ARTERIAL VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM REPRESENT DISTINCT LINEAGES

    Andrea Ditadi;Christopher M Sturgeon;Joanna Tober;Geneve Awong

  • Erythroid/Myeloid Progenitors and Hematopoietic Stem Cells Originate from Distinct Populations of Endothelial Cells

    Michael J. Chen;Yan Li;Maria Elena De Obaldia;Qi Yang

  • PU.1 is a major downstream target of AML1 (RUNX1) in adult mouse hematopoiesis.

    Gang Huang;Pu Zhang;Hideyo Hirai;Hideyo Hirai;Shannon Elf

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Bushweller
John H. Bushweller University of Virginia
Kai Tan
Kai Tan Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Elaine Dzierzak
Elaine Dzierzak University of Edinburgh
Susan K. Pierce
Susan K. Pierce National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Trista E. North
Trista E. North Boston Children's Hospital
Deborah L. French
Deborah L. French Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Warren S. Pear
Warren S. Pear University of Pennsylvania
Miguel Marin-Padilla
Miguel Marin-Padilla Dartmouth College
D. Gary Gilliland
D. Gary Gilliland Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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