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  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Neal G. Copeland is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans several key fields, primarily focusing on medicine, immunology and microbiology, with specific work in pathology and forensic medicine, immunology, and oncology. This multidisciplinary approach supports their investigations into complex biological and medical phenomena.

Their recent publication includes the paper titled SL/Kh Pre-B Lymphomas Originate in the Thymus and are a Model for Primary Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-Cell Lymphoma, published in 2024 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). This work contributes to understanding lymphoma origins and models related to thymic large B-cell lymphoma.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Neal G. Copeland include:

  • Tami L. Thomae
  • Si Hui Tan
  • Keiko Akagi
  • Jerrold M. Ward
  • Nancy A. Jenkins

The main topics of research emphasize:

  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • CAR-T cell therapy research

The frequent venues for publications highlight bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) as a platform where some of their findings have been disseminated.

Neal G. Copeland's academic contributions have been recognized by the award of membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2009.

Best Publications

  • The human mutator gene homolog MSH2 and its association with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer.

    Richard Fishel;Mary Kay Lescoe;M.R.S. Rao;Neal G. Copeland

  • Pancreatic cancer genomes reveal aberrations in axon guidance pathway genes

    Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Andrew V. Biankin;Nicola Waddell;Karin S. Kassahn;Marie Claude Gingras

  • An efficient recombination system for chromosome engineering in Escherichia coli

    Daiguan Yu;Hilary M. Ellis;E-Chiang Lee;Nancy A. Jenkins

  • Familial Alzheimer's Disease–Linked Presenilin 1 Variants Elevate Aβ1–42/1–40 Ratio In Vitro and In Vivo

    David R. Borchelt;Gopal Thinakaran;Christopher B. Eckman;Christopher B. Eckman;Michael K. Lee

  • Generalized lymphoproliferative disease in mice, caused by a point mutation in the fas ligand

    Tomohiro Takahashi;Masato Tanaka;Camllynn I. Brannan;Nancy A. Jenkins

  • Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia

    Séverine Boillée;Koji Yamanaka;Christian S. Lobsiger;Neal G. Copeland

  • Simple and highly efficient BAC recombineering using galK selection

    Søren Warming;Nina Costantino;Donald L. Court;Nancy A. Jenkins

  • A highly efficient Escherichia coli-based chromosome engineering system adapted for recombinogenic targeting and subcloning of BAC DNA.

    E-Chiang Lee;Daiguan Yu;J. Martinez de Velasco;Lino Tessarollo

  • An adverse property of a familial ALS-linked SOD1 mutation causes motor neuron disease characterized by vacuolar degeneration of mitochondria

    Philip C Wong;Carlos A Pardo;David R Borchelt;Michael K Lee

  • Mutant presenilins specifically elevate the levels of the 42 residue β-amyloid peptide in vivo: evidence for augmentation of a 42-specific γ secretase

    Joanna L. Jankowsky;Joanna L. Jankowsky;Daniel J. Fadale;Jeffrey Anderson;Guilian M. Xu

  • ALS-Linked SOD1 Mutant G85R Mediates Damage to Astrocytes and Promotes Rapidly Progressive Disease with SOD1-Containing Inclusions

    L. I. Bruijn;M. W. Becher;M. K. Lee;K. L. Anderson

  • Arc, a growth factor and activity-regulated gene, encodes a novel cytoskeleton-associated protein that is enriched in neuronal dendrites

    Gregory L Lyford;Kanato Yamagata;Walter E Kaufmann;Carol A Barnes

  • Correction of X-linked chronic granulomatous disease by gene therapy, augmented by insertional activation of MDS1-EVI1, PRDM16 or SETBP1.

    Marion G Ott;Manfred Schmidt;Kerstin Schwarzwaelder;Stefan Stein

  • Accelerated amyloid deposition in the brains of transgenic mice coexpressing mutant presenilin 1 and amyloid precursor proteins

    David R Borchelt;Tamara Ratovitski;Judy van Lare;Michael K Lee

  • Deletions and a translocation interrupt a cloned gene at the neurofibromatosis type 1 locus.

    David Viskochil;Arthur M. Buchberg;Gangfeng Xu;Richard M. Cawthon

  • ENDOPROTEOLYSIS OF PRESENILIN 1 AND ACCUMULATION OF PROCESSED DERIVATIVES IN VIVO

    Gopal Thinakaran;David R Borchelt;Michael K Lee;Hilda H Slunt

  • Mutations at the mouse microphthalmia locus are associated with defects in a gene encoding a novel basic-helix-loop-helix-zipper protein.

    Colin A. Hodgkinson;Karen J. Moore;Atsuo Nakayama;Eiríkur Steingrímsson

  • A Highly Efficient Recombineering-Based Method for Generating Conditional Knockout Mutations

    Pentao Liu;Nancy A. Jenkins;Neal G. Copeland

  • Cloning, chromosomal localization, and functional analysis of the murine estrogen receptor β

    Gilles B. Tremblay;André Tremblay;Neal G. Copeland;Debra J. Gilbert

  • Limb alterations in brachypodism mice due to mutations in a new member of the TGFβ-superfamily

    Elaine E. Storm;Thanh V. Huynh;Neal G. Copeland;Nancy A. Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy A. Jenkins
Nancy A. Jenkins The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Debra J. Gilbert
Debra J. Gilbert National Institutes of Health
David A. Largaespada
David A. Largaespada University of Minnesota
David R. Borchelt
David R. Borchelt University of Florida
Eirikur Steingrimsson
Eirikur Steingrimsson University of Iceland
Pentao Liu
Pentao Liu University of Hong Kong
Lino Tessarollo
Lino Tessarollo National Institutes of Health
Jerrold M. Ward
Jerrold M. Ward National Institutes of Health
Arthur M. Buchberg
Arthur M. Buchberg Bayer (United States)
Takuro Nakamura
Takuro Nakamura Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research

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