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William B. Stallcup

William B. Stallcup

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
20866
World Ranking
4349
National Ranking
2120

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1977 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

William B. Stallcup was affiliated with the Discovery Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Medicine, with contributions spanning several subfields including Physiology, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, and Oncology.

The scientist's main topics of work involved:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Acute Kidney Injury Research
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation

Among the published research, two notable papers included:

  • "Parallel Lineage-Tracing Studies Establish Fibroblasts as the Prevailing In Vivo Adipocyte Progenitor," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Folic acid-mediated fibrosis is driven by C5a receptor 1-mediated activation of kidney myeloid cells," 2022, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology

Frequent collaborators in their research projects were:

  • Paola Cattaneo
  • Debanjan Mukherjee
  • Simone Spinozzi
  • Lunfeng Zhang
  • Veronica Larcher

The venues that frequently published their work included:

  • Cell Reports
  • American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology

William B. Stallcup was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1977.

Best Publications

  • A myocardial lineage derives from Tbx18 epicardial cells

    Chen-Leng Cai;Jody C. Martin;Yunfu Sun;Li Cui

  • NG2 proteoglycan is expressed exclusively by mural cells during vascular morphogenesis

    Ugur Ozerdem;Kathryn A. Grako;Kimberlee Dahlin-Huppe;Edward Monosov

  • Co-localization of NG2 proteoglycan and PDGF alpha-receptor on O2A progenitor cells in the developing rat brain.

    A. Nishiyama;X.-H. Lin;N. Giese;C.-H. Heldin

  • PDGFRβ + perivascular progenitor cells in tumours regulate pericyte differentiation and vascular survival

    Steven Song;Andrew J. Ewald;William Stallcup;Zena Werb

  • NG2 Is a Major Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Produced after Spinal Cord Injury and Is Expressed by Macrophages and Oligodendrocyte Progenitors

    Leonard L. Jones;Yu Yamaguchi;William B. Stallcup;Mark H. Tuszynski;Mark H. Tuszynski

  • Resident fibroblast lineages mediate pressure overload–induced cardiac fibrosis

    Thomas Moore-Morris;Nuno Guimarães-Camboa;Indroneal Banerjee;Alexander C. Zambon

  • Pericytes of Multiple Organs Do Not Behave as Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vivo

    Nuno Guimarães-Camboa;Nuno Guimarães-Camboa;Paola Cattaneo;Yunfu Sun;Thomas Moore-Morris

  • NG2 Proteoglycan Promotes Endothelial Cell Motility and Angiogenesis via Engagement of Galectin-3 and α3β1 Integrin

    Jun Ichi Fukushi;Irwan T. Makagiansar;William B. Stallcup

  • The NG2 proteoglycan: Past insights and future prospects

    William B. Stallcup

  • Matrix metalloproteinase-9 facilitates remyelination in part by processing the inhibitory NG2 proteoglycan.

    Peter H. Larsen;Jennifer E. Wells;William B. Stallcup;Ghislain Opdenakker

  • Alterations in the surface properties of cells responsive to nerve growth factor.

    D. Schubert;M. Lacorbiere;C. Whitlock;C. Whitlock;W. Stallcup

  • Early contribution of pericytes to angiogenic sprouting and tube formation

    Ugur Ozerdem;William B. Stallcup

  • Half-of-the-sites reactivity and the conformational states of cytidine triphosphate synthetase.

    Alexander Levitzki;William B. Stallcup;D. E. Koshland

  • The primary structure of NG2, a novel membrane-spanning proteoglycan.

    A Nishiyama;K J Dahlin;J T Prince;S R Johnstone

  • Epitope distance to the target cell membrane and antigen size determine the potency of T cell-mediated lysis by BiTE antibodies specific for a large melanoma surface antigen

    Claudia Bluemel;Susanne Hausmann;Petra Fluhr;Mirnalini Sriskandarajah

  • High-affinity Binding of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Platelet-derived Growth Factor-AA to the Core Protein of the NG2 Proteoglycan

    Lothar Goretzki;Michael A. Burg;Kathryn A. Grako;William B. Stallcup

  • Binding of the NG2 Proteoglycan to Type VI Collagen and Other Extracellular Matrix Molecules

    Michael A. Burg;Emmanuelle Tillet;Emmanuelle Tillet;Rupert Timpl;William B. Stallcup

  • The Brain Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Brevican Associates with Astrocytes Ensheathing Cerebellar Glomeruli and Inhibits Neurite Outgrowth from Granule Neurons

    Hidekazu Yamada;Barbara Fredette;Kenya Shitara;Kazuki Hagihara

  • Interaction between NG2 proteoglycan and PDGF alpha-receptor on O2A progenitor cells is required for optimal response to PDGF

    A. Nishiyama;X.-H. Lin;N. Giese;C.-H. Heldin

  • NG2 proteoglycan-binding peptides target tumor neovasculature.

    Michael A. Burg;Renata Pasqualini;Wadih Arap;Erkki Ruoslahti

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Perris
Roberto Perris University of Parma
Yu Yamaguchi
Yu Yamaguchi Discovery Institute
Sylvia M. Evans
Sylvia M. Evans University of Montana
Ju Chen
Ju Chen University of California, San Diego
Tomas Mustelin
Tomas Mustelin University of Washington
Erkki Ruoslahti
Erkki Ruoslahti Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Akiko Nishiyama
Akiko Nishiyama University of Connecticut
Paolo Bonaldo
Paolo Bonaldo University of Padua
Patrick N. Anderson
Patrick N. Anderson University College London
Kenji Sakimura
Kenji Sakimura Niigata University

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