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Nancy E. Lane is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Rheumatology, Surgery, Physiology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Molecular Biology. The total number of publications attributed to them in Medicine is 425, with subfields distributed as follows: Rheumatology (107), Surgery (93), Physiology (50), Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (48), and Molecular Biology (33).

Their work covers several key topics including Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Bone health and osteoporosis research, Hip disorders and treatments, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies, and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Nancy E. Lane has contributed to numerous academic venues, often publishing in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, where they have 36 publications. Other frequent venues include UNC Libraries (11 publications), The Journals of Gerontology Series A (9), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (9), and Osteoporosis International (8).

The following recent papers from Nancy E. Lane illustrate the diversity of their research topics:

  • Synovial inflammation in osteoarthritis progression, 2022, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Gut microbiome pattern reflects healthy ageing and predicts survival in humans, 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • Lorecivivint, a Novel Intraarticular CDC-like Kinase 2 and Dual-Specificity Tyrosine Phosphorylation-Regulated Kinase 1A Inhibitor and Wnt Pathway Modulator for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Phase II Randomized Trial, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • The evolution of nerve growth factor inhibition in clinical medicine, 2020, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • 2022 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Prevention and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis, 2023, Arthritis & Rheumatology

In their collaborations, Nancy E. Lane has worked frequently with several coauthors, including Michael C. Nevitt, J.A. Lynch, Peggy M. Cawthon, Charles E. McCulloch, and Gabby B. Joseph. The counts of coauthored publications with these collaborators are 41, 37, 32, 31, and 29 respectively.

Best Publications

  • Osteoarthritis: New Insights Part 1: The Disease and Its Risk Factors

    D. T. Felson;R. C. Lawrence;P. A. Dieppe;R. Hirsch

  • Epidemiology, etiology, and diagnosis of osteoporosis

    Nancy E. Lane

  • Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

    Marc C. Hochberg;Mark J. Prashker;Maria Greenwald;Rancho Mirage

  • Recommendations for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: 2001 Update: American College of Rheumatology Ad Hoc Committee on glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis

    L. Buckley;M. Greenwald;M. Hochberg;Nancy E Lane

  • Denosumab treatment effects on structural damage, bone mineral density, and bone turnover in rheumatoid arthritis: a twelve-month, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase II clinical trial.

    Stanley B. Cohen;Robin K. Dore;Nancy E. Lane;Peter A. Ory

  • Parathyroid hormone treatment can reverse corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. Results of a randomized controlled clinical trial.

    Nancy E. Lane;Sarah Sanchez;Gunnar W. Modin;Harry K. Genant

  • Tanezumab for the Treatment of Pain from Osteoarthritis of the Knee

    Nancy E. Lane;Thomas J. Schnitzer;Charles A. Birbara;Masoud Mokhtarani

  • Two-year effects of alendronate on bone mineral density and vertebral fracture in patients receiving glucocorticoids: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled extension trial.

    Jonathan D. Adachi;Kenneth G. Saag;Pierre D. Delmas;Uri A. Liberman

  • 2017 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Prevention and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

    Lenore Buckley;Gordon Guyatt;Howard A. Fink;Michael Cannon

  • The clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis: a position statement from the National Bone Health Alliance Working Group

    E. S. Siris;R. Adler;J. Bilezikian;M. Bolognese

  • Thiazolidinedione use and bone loss in older diabetic adults.

    Ann V. Schwartz;Deborah E. Sellmeyer;Eric Vittinghoff;Lisa Palermo

  • Osteoarthritis: MR imaging findings in different stages of disease and correlation with clinical findings.

    Thomas M. Link;Lynne S. Steinbach;Srinka Ghosh;Michael Ries

  • Athletics and Osteoarthritis

    Joseph A. Buckwalter;Nancy E. Lane

  • 2017 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Prevention and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis: ACR GUIDELINE FOR GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

    Lenore Buckley;Gordon Guyatt;Howard A. Fink;Michael Cannon

  • Classification of osteoarthritis biomarkers: a proposed approach

    D. C. Bauer;D. J. Hunter;S. B. Abramson;M. Attur

  • OARSI-FDA initiative: Defining the disease state of osteoarthritis

    Nancy E Lane;K. Brandt;G. Hawker;E. Peeva

  • Radiographic osteoarthritis of the hip and bone mineral density

    Michael C. Nevitt;Nancy E. Lane;Jean C. Scott;Marc C. Hochberg

  • Glucocorticoid-Treated Mice Have Localized Changes in Trabecular Bone Material Properties and Osteocyte Lacunar Size That Are Not Observed in Placebo-Treated or Estrogen-Deficient Mice†

    Nancy E Lane;Wei Yao;Mehdi Balooch;Ravi K Nalla

  • Long-distance running, bone density, and osteoarthritis

    Nancy E. Lane;Daniel A. Bloch;Henry H. Jones;William H. Marshall

  • Gut microbiome pattern reflects healthy ageing and predicts survival in humans

    Tomasz Wilmanski;Christian Diener;Noa Rappaport;Sushmita Patwardhan

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Nevitt
Michael C. Nevitt University of California, San Francisco
Thomas M. Link
Thomas M. Link University of California, San Francisco
Eric S. Orwoll
Eric S. Orwoll Oregon Health & Science University
Peggy M. Cawthon
Peggy M. Cawthon University of California, San Francisco
Marc C. Hochberg
Marc C. Hochberg University of Maryland, Baltimore
Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota
Charles E. McCulloch
Charles E. McCulloch University of California, San Francisco
John A. Lynch
John A. Lynch University of California, San Francisco
Jane A. Cauley
Jane A. Cauley University of Pittsburgh
David T. Felson
David T. Felson Boston University

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