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Overview

Nancy J. Olsen is affiliated with the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with 84 and 41 publications respectively. The subfields of study include Immunology, Rheumatology, Genetics, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered by Olsen's work include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes and associated disorders, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, as well as Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Olsen has contributed to research published in several prominent venues. These include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Lupus Science & Medicine

Frequent co-authors of Olsen consist of Song Guo Zheng, David R. Karp, Ziaur S. M. Rahman, Dajiang J. Liu, and Rongzhen Liang, highlighting ongoing collaboration in their fields of study.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Olsen include:

  • New developments implicating IL-21 in autoimmune disease, 2021, Journal of Autoimmunity
  • The progress and prospect of regulatory T cells in autoimmune diseases, 2020, Journal of Autoimmunity
  • Multi-ancestry and multi-trait genome-wide association meta-analyses inform clinical risk prediction for systemic lupus erythematosus, 2023, Nature Communications
  • High salt diet accelerates the progression of murine lupus through dendritic cells via the p38 MAPK and STAT1 signaling pathways, 2020, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Induced, but not natural, regulatory T cells retain phenotype and function following exposure to inflamed synovial fibroblasts, 2020, Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Mycophenolate Mofetil versus Cyclophosphamide for Induction Treatment of Lupus Nephritis

    Gerald B. Appel;Gabriel Contreras;Mary Anne Dooley;Ellen M. Ginzler

  • Premature coronary-artery atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Yu Asanuma;Annette Oeser;Ayumi K. Shintani;Elizabeth Turner

  • Treatment of Active Rheumatoid Arthritis With Leflunomide Compared With Placebo and Methotrexate

    Vibeke Strand;Stanley Cohen;Michael Schiff;Arthur Weaver

  • New drugs for rheumatoid arthritis.

    Nancy J. Olsen;C. Michael Stein

  • Gonadal steroids and immunity

    Nancy J. Olsen;William J. Kovacs

  • Mycophenolate versus azathioprine as maintenance therapy for lupus nephritis

    Mary Anne Dooley;David Jayne;Ellen M. Ginzler;David Isenberg

  • Vascular permeability factor/endothelial growth factor (VPF/VEGF): accumulation and expression in human synovial fluids and rheumatoid synovial tissue.

    Roy A. Fava;Nancy J. Olsen;George Spencer-Green;Kiang Teck Yeo

  • Vitamin D and Chronic Diseases

    Hanmin Wang;Weiwen Chen;Dongqing Li;Xiaoe Yin

  • Two-year, blinded, randomized, controlled trial of treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis with leflunomide compared with methotrexate

    Stanley Cohen;Grant W. Cannon;Michael Schiff;Arthur Weaver

  • Treatment of Lupus Nephritis with Abatacept: The Abatacept and Cyclophosphamide Combination Efficacy and Safety Study

    Anca Askanase;Margie Byron;Lynette Keyes-Elstein

  • Safety profile and clinical activity of sifalimumab, a fully human anti-interferon α monoclonal antibody, in systemic lupus erythematosus: a phase I, multicentre, double-blind randomised study

    Joan T. Merrill;Daniel J. Wallace;Michelle Petri;Kyriakos A. Kirou

  • Active and latent forms of transforming growth factor beta activity in synovial effusions.

    R Fava;N Olsen;J Keski-Oja;H Moses

  • A randomized, controlled double-blind study comparing the efficacy and safety of dose-ranging voclosporin with placebo in achieving remission in patients with active lupus nephritis.

    Brad H. Rovin;Neil Solomons;William F. Pendergraft;Mary Anne Dooley

  • Multicenter study of recombinant human erythropoietin in correction of anemia in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Theodore Pincus;Nancy J. Olsen;I.Jon Russell;Frederick Wolfe

  • Self-report questionnaire scores in rheumatoid arthritis compared with traditional physical, radiographic, and laboratory measures.

    Theodore Pincus;Leigh F. Callahan;Raye H. Brooks;Howard A. Fuchs

  • Comparison of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F Versus Sulfasalazine in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Trial

    Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky;Mildred Wilson;Roy Fleischmann;Nancy Olsen

  • Androgen receptors in thymic epithelium modulate thymus size and thymocyte development.

    Nancy J. Olsen;Gary Olson;Susan M. Viselli;Xiujing Gu

  • Alterations in the regulation of androgen-sensitive Cyp 4a monooxygenases cause hypertension

    Vijaykumar R. Holla;Fadi Adas;John D. Imig;Xueying Zhao

  • Cutting edge: Molecular portrait of human autoimmune disease

    Kevin Maas;Sanny Chan;Joel Parker;Angela Slater

  • Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) induced neutrophil recruitment to synovial tissues: implications for TGF-beta-driven synovial inflammation and hyperplasia.

    R A Fava;N J Olsen;A E Postlethwaite;K N Broadley

Frequent Co-Authors

Song Guo Zheng
Song Guo Zheng Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Thomas M. Aune
Thomas M. Aune Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Quan Zhen Li
Quan Zhen Li The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Edward K. Wakeland
Edward K. Wakeland The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Judith A. James
Judith A. James Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Theodore Pincus
Theodore Pincus Rush University Medical Center
John B. Harley
John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Peter Stastny
Peter Stastny The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jason H. Moore
Jason H. Moore University of Pennsylvania
Patrick M. Gaffney
Patrick M. Gaffney Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

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