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Patricia A. Labosky publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricia A. Labosky sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 72 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Patricia A. Labosky D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricia A. Labosky sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Patricia A. Labosky is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biomedicine, with a primary focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, along with significant contributions to medicine. Their scholarly activity emphasizes molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, pharmacology, anesthesiology and pain medicine, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their recent publications illustrate a diverse scientific interest. Notable papers include:

  • Predicting chronic postsurgical pain: current evidence and a novel program to develop predictive biomarker signatures (2023, Pain)
  • The NIH "BEST" programs: Institutional programs, the program evaluation, and early data (2020, The FASEB Journal)
  • Extracellular RNA communication: A decade of NIH common fund support illuminates exRNA biology (2025, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles)
  • Early Findings from the NIH BEST Cross-Site Evaluation (2020, The FASEB Journal)
  • Endocardial cells are a distinct endothelial lineage derived from Flk1+ multipotent cardiovascular progenitors (2021, UNC Libraries)

Their research topics frequently address areas such as pain management and placebo effects, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, pain management and opioid use, and health and medical research impacts. Additionally, their work touches on doctoral education challenges and solutions, scientometrics and bibliometrics research, and the role of extracellular vesicles in disease.

Labosky has collaborated with multiple researchers throughout their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rebecca N. Lenzi
  • Nicolas Johnston
  • John S. Satterlee
  • Kathleen A. Sluka
  • Tor D. Wager

Their studies have been published in several journals, with recurring publications in The FASEB Journal and UNC Libraries, alongside contributions to Pain, the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, and Ból.

Best Publications

  • Bone morphogenetic protein-4 is required for mesoderm formation and patterning in the mouse.

    Glenn Winnier;M. Blessing;P. A. Labosky;B. L.M. Hogan

  • PDX-1 is required for pancreatic outgrowth and differentiation of the rostral duodenum

    Martin F. Offield;Tom L. Jetton;Patricia A. Labosky;Michael Ray

  • HIF-2α regulates Oct-4: effects of hypoxia on stem cell function, embryonic development, and tumor growth

    Kelly L. Covello;James Kehler;Hongwei Yu;John D. Gordan

  • Effects on blood pressure and exploratory behaviour of mice lacking angiotensin II type-2 receptor

    T. Ichiki;P. A. Labosky;C. Shiota;S. Okuyama

  • A dermal niche for multipotent adult skin-derived precursor cells

    Karl J. L. Fernandes;Ian A. McKenzie;Ian A. McKenzie;Pleasantine Mill;Kristen M. Smith

  • Intestinal tumorigenesis is suppressed in mice lacking the metalloproteinase matrilysin

    Carole L. Wilson;Kathleen J. Heppner;Patricia A. Labosky;Brigid L. M. Hogan

  • The zinc-finger transcription factor Klf4 is required for terminal differentiation of goblet cells in the colon.

    Jonathan P. Katz;Nathalie Perreault;Bree G. Goldstein;Catherine S. Lee

  • Gene targeting in mice reveals a requirement for angiotensin in the development and maintenance of kidney morphology and growth factor regulation.

    F Niimura;P A Labosky;J Kakuchi;S Okubo

  • Requirement for Foxd3 in maintaining pluripotent cells of the early mouse embryo

    Lynn A. Hanna;Ruth K. Foreman;Illya A. Tarasenko;Daniel S. Kessler

  • Mouse embryonic germ (EG) cell lines : transmission through the germline and differences in the methylation imprint of insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (Igf2r) gene compared with embryonic stem (ES) cell lines

    Patricia A. Labosky;Denise P. Barlow;Brigid L. M. Hogan

  • Conditional gene targeting in mouse pancreatic β-cells: Analysis of ectopic Cre transgene expression in the brain

    Barton Wicksteed;Marcela Brissova;Wenbo Yan;Darren M. Opland

  • The winged-helix transcription factor Foxd3 suppresses interneuron differentiation and promotes neural crest cell fate

    Mirella Dottori;Michael K. Gross;Patricia Labosky;Martyn Goulding

  • The gene encoding bone morphogenetic protein 8B is required for the initiation and maintenance of spermatogenesis in the mouse.

    G.-Q. Zhao;K. Deng;P. A. Labosky;L. Liaw

  • Failure of ventral body wall closure in mouse embryos lacking a procollagen C-proteinase encoded by Bmp1, a mammalian gene related to Drosophila tolloid

    Noboru Suzuki;Patricia A. Labosky;Yasuhide Furuta;Linda Hargett

  • Requirement for Foxd3 in the maintenance of neural crest progenitors

    Lu Teng;Nathan A. Mundell;Audrey Y. Frist;Qiaohong Wang

  • SULF1 and SULF2 regulate heparan sulfate-mediated GDNF signaling for esophageal innervation

    Xingbin Ai;Toshio Kitazawa;Anh Tri Do;Marion Kusche-Gullberg

  • BMP signaling is essential for development of skeletogenic and neurogenic cranial neural crest.

    Benoît Kanzler;Ruth K. Foreman;Patricia A. Labosky;Moisés Mallo

  • The Pem homeobox gene is X-linked and exclusively expressed in extraembryonic tissues during early murine development.

    Tzu-Ping Lin;Patricia A. Labosky;Laura B. Grabel;Christine A. Kozak

  • Identification of Arx transcriptional targets in the developing basal forebrain

    Carl T. Fulp;Ginam Cho;Eric D. Marsh;Ilya M. Nasrallah

  • Neural crest stem cell multipotency requires Foxd3 to maintain neural potential and repress mesenchymal fates

    Nathan A. Mundell;Patricia A. Labosky

Frequent Co-Authors

Brigid L.M. Hogan
Brigid L.M. Hogan Duke University
Alvin C. Powers
Alvin C. Powers Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jeffrey A. Golden
Jeffrey A. Golden Brigham and Women's Hospital
Agnes B. Fogo
Agnes B. Fogo Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mark A. Magnuson
Mark A. Magnuson Vanderbilt University
Chaya Kalcheim
Chaya Kalcheim Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Martyn Goulding
Martyn Goulding Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Eric D. Marsh
Eric D. Marsh Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Denise P. Barlow
Denise P. Barlow Austrian Academy of Sciences
Klaus H. Kaestner
Klaus H. Kaestner University of Pennsylvania

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