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Stanley F. Nelson is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant focus also in Medicine. Their work covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research emphasizes key topics such as Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, RNA modifications and cancer, Congenital heart defects research, RNA Research and Splicing, and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

Recent publications include:

  • Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Treated with Interferon-γ and Dupilumab, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Ppp1r1b-lncRNA inhibits PRC2 at myogenic regulatory genes to promote cardiac and skeletal muscle development in mouse and human, 2020, RNA
  • Variant-specific changes in RAC3 function disrupt corticogenesis in neurodevelopmental phenotypes, 2022, Brain
  • Single nuclei transcriptomics of muscle reveals intra-muscular cell dynamics linked to dystrophin loss and rescue, 2022, Communications Biology
  • GATAD2B-associated neurodevelopmental disorder (GAND): clinical and molecular insights into a NuRD-related disorder, 2020, Genetics in Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stanley F. Nelson include:

  • Hane Lee
  • Julián A. Martínez-Agosto
  • Emilie D. Douine
  • Florian Barthélémy
  • Alden Huang

In terms of publishing venues, Stanley F. Nelson has contributed substantially to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 9 publications
  • Genetics in Medicine, 6 publications
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics, 3 publications
  • Neurology, 3 publications
  • Nature Communications, 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Melanomas acquire resistance to B-RAF(V600E) inhibition by RTK or N-RAS upregulation

    Ramin Nazarian;Hubing Shi;Qi Wang;Xiangju Kong

  • Shotgun bisulphite sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome reveals DNA methylation patterning

    Shawn J. Cokus;Suhua Feng;Xiaoyu Zhang;Zugen Chen

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Alistair T. Pagnamenta;Lambertus Klei;Richard Anney

  • Rare Structural Variants Disrupt Multiple Genes in Neurodevelopmental Pathways in Schizophrenia

    Tom Walsh;Jon M. McClellan;Shane E. McCarthy;Anjené M. Addington

  • Resolving individuals contributing trace amounts of DNA to highly complex mixtures using high-density SNP genotyping microarrays.

    Nils Homer;Nils Homer;Szabolcs Szelinger;Margot Redman;David Duggan

  • Assessing the significance of chromosomal aberrations in cancer: Methodology and application to glioma

    Rameen Beroukhim;Gad Getz;Leia Nghiemphu;Jordi Barretina

  • High-throughput oncogene mutation profiling in human cancer

    Roman K. Thomas;Alissa C. Baker;Ralph M. DeBiasi;Ralph M. DeBiasi;Wendy Winckler;Wendy Winckler

  • Dna Sequencing of Maternal Plasma to Detect Down Syndrome: An International Clinical Validation Study

    Glenn E. Palomaki;Edward M. Kloza;Geralyn M. Lambert-Messerlian;James E. Haddow

  • Clinical Exome Sequencing for Genetic Identification of Rare Mendelian Disorders

    Hane Lee;Joshua L. Deignan;Naghmeh Dorrani;Samuel P. Strom

  • Linkage, Association, and Gene-Expression Analyses Identify CNTNAP2 as an Autism-Susceptibility Gene

    Maricela Alarcón;Brett S. Abrahams;Jennifer L. Stone;Jacqueline A. Duvall

  • Gene Expression Profiling of Gliomas Strongly Predicts Survival

    William A. Freije;F. Edmundo Castro-Vargas;Zixing Fang;Steve Horvath

  • Melanoma whole-exome sequencing identifies (V600E)B-RAF amplification-mediated acquired B-RAF inhibitor resistance.

    Hubing Shi;Gatien Moriceau;Xiangju Kong;Mi Kyung Lee

  • Analysis of oncogenic signaling networks in glioblastoma identifies ASPM as a molecular target

    S. Horvath;B. Zhang;M. Carlson;K. V. Lu

  • Genome Sequencing Highlights the Dynamic Early History of Dogs

    Adam H. Freedman;Ilan Gronau;Rena Schweizer;Diego Ortega-Del Vecchyo

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • DNA sequencing of maternal plasma reliably identifies trisomy 18 and trisomy 13 as well as Down syndrome: an international collaborative study

    Glenn E. Palomaki;Cosmin Deciu;Edward M. Kloza;Geralyn M. Lambert-Messerlian

  • BFAST: an alignment tool for large scale genome resequencing.

    Nils Homer;Barry Merriman;Stanley F. Nelson

  • A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism

    Richard Anney;Lambertus Klei;Dalila Pinto;Regina Regan

  • Linkage, Association, and Gene-Expression Analyses Identify CNTNAP2 as an Autism-Susceptibility Gene. Commentary

    Dietrich A. Stephan;Maricela Alarcon;Brett S. Abrahams;Jennifer L. Stone

Frequent Co-Authors

Hane Lee
Hane Lee University of California, Los Angeles
Timothy F. Cloughesy
Timothy F. Cloughesy University of California, Los Angeles
Paul S. Mischel
Paul S. Mischel Stanford University
Linda M. Liau
Linda M. Liau University of California, Los Angeles
Susan L. Smalley
Susan L. Smalley University of California, Los Angeles
Bruno Reversade
Bruno Reversade Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
James J. McGough
James J. McGough University of California, Los Angeles
Rita M. Cantor
Rita M. Cantor University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Vilain
Eric Vilain George Washington University

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