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Overview

Nancy B. Schwartz is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Diversity and Career in Medicine
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Congenital heart defects research

Nancy B. Schwartz has published in a range of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • PLoS ONE
  • eLife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Advances in neurobiology

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Nancy B. Schwartz include:

  • "Grant application outcomes for biomedical researchers who participated in the National Research Mentoring Network's Grant Writing Coaching Programs," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Surveying the experience of postdocs in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2022, eLife
  • "Vascular dimorphism ensured by regulated proteoglycan dynamics favors rapid umbilical artery closure at birth," 2020, eLife
  • "Leveraging a collaborative consortium model of mentee/mentor training to foster career progression of underrepresented postdoctoral researchers and promote institutional diversity and inclusion," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Roles of Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans as Regulators of Skeletal Development," 2022, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

This scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including:

  • Miriam S. Domowicz
  • Laurie E. Risner
  • Andréanne Morin
  • Britney A. Helling
  • Seetha Krishnan

Subfields of study within their research encompass:

  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Gender Studies
  • Oncology

Best Publications

  • Identification and synthesis of a recognition signal for the attachment of glycosaminoglycans to proteins.

    Mario A. Bourdon;Tom Krusius;Steven Campbell;Nancy B. Schwartz

  • Stimulation of Synthesis of Free Chondroitin Sulfate Chains by β-D-Xylosides in Cultured Cells

    Nancy B. Schwartz;Leonardo Galligani;Pei-Lee Ho;Albert Dorfman

  • Regulation of chondroitin sulfate synthesis. Effect of beta-xylosides on synthesis of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, chondroitin sulfate chains, and core protein.

    N B Schwartz

  • Cranin: a laminin-binding protein of cell membranes.

    Neil R. Smalheiser;Nancy B. Schwartz

  • A member of a family of sulfate-activating enzymes causes murine brachymorphism.

    Kiyoto Kurima;Matthew L. Warman;Srinivasan Krishnan;Miriam Domowicz

  • Sulfation of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans is necessary for proper Indian hedgehog signaling in the developing growth plate

    Mauricio Cortes;Alexis T. Baria;Nancy B. Schwartz

  • cDNA cloning of chick cartilage chondroitin sulfate (aggrecan) core protein and identification of a stop codon in the aggrecan gene associated with the chondrodystrophy, nanomelia.

    Hao Li;N. B. Schwartz;B. M. Vertel

  • Subcellular localization of hyaluronate synthetase in oligodendroglioma cells.

    L H Philipson;N B Schwartz

  • Defect in 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate formation in brachymorphic mice.

    Kazuyuki Sugahara;Nancy B. Schwartz

  • Chondrodysplasias due to proteoglycan defects.

    Nancy B. Schwartz;Miriam Domowicz

  • Stimulation of synthesis of free chondroitin sulfate chains by beta-D-xylosides in cultured cells.

    L Galligani;J Hopwood;N B Schwartz;A Dorfman

  • Biosynthesis of hyaluronic acid by Streptococcus.

    Kazuyuki Sugahara;Nancy B. Schwartz;Albert Dorfman

  • Xylosylation is an endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi event.

    Barbara Vertel;Linda Walters;Nina Flay;Ann Kearns

  • Topography of glycosylation and UDP-xylose production.

    A E Kearns;B M Vertel;N B Schwartz

  • The Isolation and Characterization of cDNA Encoding the Mouse Bifunctional ATP Sulfurylase-Adenosine 5′-Phosphosulfate Kinase

    Hao Li;Andrea Deyrup;James R. Mensch;Miriam Domowicz

  • Proteoglycans in brain development

    Nancy B. Schwartz;Miriam Domowicz

  • Defect in 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate synthesis in brachymorphic mice. I. Characterization of the defect.

    Kazuyuki Sugahara;Nancy B. Schwartz

  • The biochemically and immunologically distinct CSPG of notochord is a product of the aggrecan gene.

    Miriam Domowicz;Hao Li;Ann Hennig;Judith Henry

  • Proteoglycans in brain development and pathogenesis.

    Nancy B. Schwartz;Miriam S. Domowicz

  • Stimulation of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan production by chondrocytes in monolayer.

    Nancy B. Schwartz;Albert Dorfman

  • Two immunologically and developmentally distinct chondroitin sulfate proteolglycans in embryonic chick brain.

    R C Krueger;A K Hennig;N B Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Dorfman
Albert Dorfman University of Chicago
Glyn Dawson
Glyn Dawson University of Chicago
Steven C. Campbell
Steven C. Campbell Cleveland Clinic
Louis H. Philipson
Louis H. Philipson University of Chicago
Bruce Caterson
Bruce Caterson Cardiff University
Suneel S. Apte
Suneel S. Apte Case Western Reserve University
Jay D. Humphrey
Jay D. Humphrey Yale University
Clare Elizabeth Hughes
Clare Elizabeth Hughes Cardiff University
Erkki Ruoslahti
Erkki Ruoslahti Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Kazuyuki Sugahara
Kazuyuki Sugahara Hokkaido University

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