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Robert P. Erickson is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work is particularly concentrated within the subfields of molecular biology, genetics, oncology, physiology, and immunology.

Erickson's research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Lymphatic System and Diseases
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Frequent collaborators of Erickson include Marlys H. Witte, Mitchell J. Bartlett, Siddhesh Aras, Lawrence I. Grossman, and Caitlin M. Cossaboom. This indicates a networked approach to multidisciplinary research.

The venues where Erickson publishes highlight their participation in genetics and lymphology research, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Applied Genetics
  • Lymphology
  • Mammalian Genome
  • Viruses
  • The American Journal of Medicine

Among Erickson's recent papers are the following:

  • "One Health Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in People and Animals on Multiple Mink Farms in Utah" (2022, Viruses)
  • "Digenic Inheritance of a FOXC2 Mutation and Two PIEZO1 Mutations Underlies Congenital Lymphedema in a Multigeneration Family" (2021, The American Journal of Medicine)
  • "Symposium Highlight: BRAIN LYMPHATICS: REDISCOVERY AND NEW INSIGHTS INTO LYMPHATIC INVOLVEMENT IN DISEASES OF HUMAN BRAINS" (2024, Lymphology)
  • "Autosomal recessive diseases among the Athabaskans of the southwestern United States: anthropological, medical, and scientific aspects" (2021, Journal of Applied Genetics)
  • "Haploinsufficiency of tau decreases survival of the mouse model of Niemann-Pick disease type C1 but does not alter tau phosphorylation" (2020, Journal of Applied Genetics)

Best Publications

  • A Polymorphism* in the 5 ′ Flanking Region of the CD14 Gene Is Associated with Circulating Soluble CD14 Levels and with Total Serum Immunoglobulin E

    Mauro Baldini;I. Carla Lohman;Marilyn Halonen;Robert P. Erickson

  • Association between genetic polymorphisms of the beta2-adrenoceptor and response to albuterol in children with and without a history of wheezing.

    Fernando D. Martinez;Penelope E. Graves;Mauro Baldini;Susan Solomon

  • Mutations in FOXC2 (MFH-1), a forkhead family transcription factor, are responsible for the hereditary lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome.

    Jianming Fang;Susan L. Dagenais;Robert P. Erickson;Martin F. Arlt

  • A cluster of seven tightly linked polymorphisms in the IL-13 gene is associated with total serum IgE levels in three populations of white children

    Penelope E. Graves;Michael Kabesch;Michael Kabesch;Marilyn Halonen;Catharine J. Holberg

  • The absence of mitochondrial thioredoxin 2 causes massive apoptosis, exencephaly, and early embryonic lethality in homozygous mice.

    Larisa Nonn;Ryan R. Williams;Robert P. Erickson;Garth Powis

  • De novo pathogenic SCN8A mutation identified by whole-genome sequencing of a family quartet affected by infantile epileptic encephalopathy and SUDEP

    Krishna R. Veeramah;Janelle E. O'Brien;Miriam H. Meisler;Xiaoyang Cheng

  • Association Between Osteosarcoma and Deleterious Mutations in the RECQL4 Gene in Rothmund–Thomson Syndrome

    Lisa L. Wang;Anu Gannavarapu;Claudia A. Kozinetz;Moise L. Levy

  • Homozygous HOXA1 mutations disrupt human brainstem, inner ear, cardiovascular and cognitive development

    Max A. Tischfield;Thomas M. Bosley;Mustafa A.M. Salih;Ibrahim A. Alorainy

  • Exome sequencing reveals new causal mutations in children with epileptic encephalopathies.

    Krishna R. Veeramah;Laurel Johnstone;Tatiana M. Karafet;Daniel Wolf

  • Characterisation of the coding sequence and fine mapping of the human DFFRY gene and comparative expression analysis and mapping to the Sxrb interval of the mouse Y chromosome of the Dffry gene

    Graeme M. Brown;Robert A. Furlong;Carole A. Sargent;Robert P. Erickson

  • Isolation and characterization of an alphoid centromeric repeat family from the human Y chromosome.

    J. Wolfe;S.M. Darling;R.P. Erickson;I.W. Craig

  • Speech delay and autism spectrum behaviors are frequently associated with duplication of the 7q11.23 Williams-Beuren syndrome region

    Jonathan S. Berg;Nicola Brunetti-Pierri;Sarika U. Peters;Sung Hae L. Kang

  • Microarray‐based CGH detects chromosomal mosaicism not revealed by conventional cytogenetics

    Sau W. Cheung;Chad A. Shaw;Daryl A. Scott;Ankita Patel

  • Cyclodextrins in the treatment of a mouse model of Niemann-Pick C disease

    Fernando Camargo;Robert P. Erickson;William S. Garver;G.Showkat Hossain

  • Somatic gene mutation and human disease other than cancer: An update

    Robert P. Erickson

  • Gene therapy in the United States: a five-year status report

    Gail Ross;Robert Erickson;Debra Knorr;Arno G. Motulsky

  • Defective remodeling and maturation of the lymphatic vasculature in Angiopoietin-2 deficient mice.

    Michael Dellinger;Robert Hunter;Michael Bernas;Nicholas Gale

  • Trisomy 15 with loss of the paternal 15 as a cause of Prader-Willi syndrome due to maternal disomy

    S. B. Cassidy;Li-Wen Lai;R. P. Erickson;L. Magnuson

  • Post-meiotic gene expression

    Robert P. Erickson

  • Natural history of the major histocompatibility complex

    Robert P. Erickson

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Glover
Thomas W. Glover University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Fernando D. Martinez
Fernando D. Martinez University of Arizona
Lawrence I. Grossman
Lawrence I. Grossman Wayne State University
Ankita Patel
Ankita Patel Baylor College of Medicine
Charles F. Sing
Charles F. Sing University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Elizabeth C. Engle
Elizabeth C. Engle Boston Children's Hospital
Trilochan Sahoo
Trilochan Sahoo Baylor College of Medicine
Jan P. Dumanski
Jan P. Dumanski Uppsala University
Michael F. Hammer
Michael F. Hammer University of Arizona
Michael Boehnke
Michael Boehnke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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