2026 Wellington V. Cardoso: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	62	10869	10032	4712	4228	140	12767

Overview

Wellington V. Cardoso is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States, focusing primarily on research in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work emphasizes the study of pulmonary and respiratory medicine, with notable contributions in neonatal respiratory health research and congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics including:

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
Tracheal and airway disorders
Respiratory viral infections research
Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
Congenital heart defects research

Their significant publication output appears in prominent venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
Cell Reports
iScience
Developmental Cell

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wellington V. Cardoso include:

Airway basal cells show regionally distinct potential to undergo metaplastic differentiation, 2022, eLife
Airway basal stem cells generate distinct subpopulations of PNECs, 2021, Cell Reports
Contribution of Trp63CreERT2-labeled cells to alveolar regeneration is independent of tuft cells, 2022, eLife
Prominin 1 and Notch regulate ciliary length and dynamics in multiciliated cells of the airway epithelium, 2022, iScience
Prematurity alters the progenitor cell program of the upper respiratory tract of neonates, 2021, Scientific Reports

The scientist collaborates frequently with several colleagues, including:

Munemasa Mori
Yizhuo Zhou
Ying Yang
Jun Qian
Andrea Califano

The main fields of study for Wellington V. Cardoso encompass:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of their research include:

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Molecular Biology
Surgery
Epidemiology
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

Best Publications

The molecular basis of lung morphogenesis

David Warburton;Margaret Schwarz;Denise Tefft;Guillermo Flores-Delgado

870
Citations
Bone marrow-derived cells as progenitors of lung alveolar epithelium.

Darrell N. Kotton;Bei Yang Ma;Wellington V. Cardoso;Elisabeth A. Sanderson

800
Citations
Regulation of early lung morphogenesis: questions, facts and controversies

Wellington V. Cardoso;Jining Lü

657
Citations
miR-29 Is a Major Regulator of Genes Associated with Pulmonary Fibrosis

Leah Cushing;Ping Ping Kuang;Jun Qian;Fengzhi Shao

530
Citations
FGF-10 is a chemotactic factor for distal epithelial buds during lung development.

William Y. Park;Barbara Miranda;Djamel Lebeche;Gakuji Hashimoto

442
Citations
Notch signaling controls the balance of ciliated and secretory cell fates in developing airways

Po-Nien Tsao;Michelle Vasconcelos;Michelle Vasconcelos;Konstantin I. Izvolsky;Jun Qian

395
Citations
Regulation of retinoic acid signaling during lung morphogenesis

Sarah Malpel;Cathy Mendelsohn;Wellington V. Cardoso

377
Citations
Molecular regulation of lung development.

Wellington V Cardoso

347
Citations
Fibroblast growth factor interactions in the developing lung

Djamel Lebeche;Sarah Malpel;Wellington V. Cardoso

340
Citations
The hippo pathway effector Yap controls patterning and differentiation of airway epithelial progenitors.

John E. Mahoney;Munemasa Mori;Aleksander D. Szymaniak;Xaralabos Varelas

232
Citations
Collagen and Elastin in Human Pulmonary Emphysema

Wellington V. Cardoso;Harmanjatinder S. Sekhon;Dallas M. Hyde;William M. Thurlbeck

229
Citations
Resident cellular components of the human lung: current knowledge and goals for research on cell phenotyping and function.

Teri J. Franks;Thomas V. Colby;William D. Travis;Rubin M. Tuder

226
Citations
FGF-1 and FGF-7 induce distinct patterns of growth and differentiation in embryonic lung epithelium.

Wellington V. Cardoso;Akihide Itoh;Hiroyuki Nogawa;Ivor Mason

226
Citations
miR-129 regulates cell proliferation by downregulating Cdk6 expression

Junjie Wu;Jun Qian;Chun Li;Letty Kwok

219
Citations
A caudorostral wave of RALDH2 conveys anteroposterior information to the cardiac field.

Tatiana Hochgreb;Vania L. Linhares;Diego C. Menezes;Allysson C. Sampaio

204
Citations
Spatial-Temporal Lineage Restrictions of Embryonic p63+ Progenitors Establish Distinct Stem Cell Pools in Adult Airways

Ying Yang;Paul Riccio;Michael Schotsaert;Munemasa Mori

183
Citations
A retinoic acid–dependent network in the foregut controls formation of the mouse lung primordium

Felicia Chen;Yuxia Cao;Jun Qian;Fengzhi Shao

178
Citations
VEGF is deposited in the subepithelial matrix at the leading edge of branching airways and stimulates neovascularization in the murine embryonic lung

Aileen M. Healy;Laura Morgenthau;Xiahui Zhu;Harrison W. Farber

177
Citations
Inhibition of Tgfβ signaling by endogenous retinoic acid is essential for primary lung bud induction

Felicia Chen;Tushar J Desai;Jun Qian;Karen Niederreither

168
Citations
Retinoic acid regulates morphogenesis and patterning of posterior foregut derivatives.

Zengxin Wang;Pascal Dollé;Wellington V. Cardoso;Karen Niederreither

168
Citations