Carol Nelson‐Williams

18.5k citations

56 papers · 10.4k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 33

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 0.2%
Genetics top 1%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 1%
Surgery top 2%

Co-authors: Richard P. Lifton Richard A. Shimkets Bernard C. Rossier Murim Choi Anita Farhi Yin Lu Joni H. Hansson Ute I. Scholl
Topics: Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (19 papers)Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (8 papers)Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers)
Cited by: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Nephrology Molecular Biology
Journals: Science New England Journal of Medicine Cell
Partner nations: United States Sweden United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Carol Nelson‐Williams

55 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Human Hypertension Caused by Mutations in WNK Kinases

2001 1.1k citations Frederick H. Wilson, Sandra Disse-Nicodème et al. Science profile →
Liddle's syndrome: Heritable human hypertension caused by mutations in the β subunit of the epithelial sodium channel

1994 971 citations Carol Nelson‐Williams, Richard P. Lifton et al. profile →
Gitelman's variant of Barter's syndrome, inherited hypokalaemic alkalosis, is caused by mutations in the thiazide-sensitive Na–Cl cotransporter

1996 894 citations David B. Simon, Carol Nelson‐Williams et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Genetic diagnosis by whole exome capture and massively parallel DNA sequencing

2009 885 citations Murim Choi, Ute I. Scholl et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
K ⁺ Channel Mutations in Adrenal Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas and Hereditary Hypertension

2011 679 citations Murim Choi, Ute I. Scholl et al. Science profile →
Mutations in subunits of the epithelial sodium channel cause salt wasting with hyperkalaemic acidosis, pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1

1996 600 citations Yin Lu, Carol Nelson‐Williams et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Hypertension caused by a truncated epithelial sodium channel γ subunit: genetic heterogeneity of Liddle syndrome

1995 583 citations Carol Nelson‐Williams, Yin Lu et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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1	De novo variants disrupt an LDB1 -regulated transcriptional network in congenital ventriculomegaly 2024 ·Brain ·Garrett Allington,Neel H. Mehta,Evan Dennis,(unknown),Benjamin C. Reeves,Emre Kiziltug,Shuang Chen,Shujuan Zhao,Phan Q. Duy,(unknown),Lee Cyn Ang,Baojian Fan,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Andrés Moreno-De-Luca,Shozeb Haider,Richard P. Lifton,Seth L. Alper,(unknown),Sheng Chih Jin,Kristopher T. Kahle	0
2	Protein kinase D1 variant associated with human epilepsy and peripheral nerve hypermyelination 2021 ·Clinical Genetics ·(unknown),Sheng Chih Jin,Rainelli Koumangoye,Stephanie M. Robert,Daniel Durán,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Anita Hüttner,Michael L. DiLuna,Kristopher T. Kahle,Eric Delpire	4
3	De novo mutations in inhibitors of Wnt, BMP, and Ras/ERK signaling pathways in non-syndromic midline craniosynostosis 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Andrew T. Timberlake,Charuta G. Furey,Jungmin Choi,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Erin Loring,(unknown),Kristopher T. Kahle,Derek M. Steinbacher,Dawid Larysz,John A. Persing,Richard P. Lifton,Kaya Bilgüvar,Shrikant Mane,Irina Tikhonova,Christopher Castaldi,James Knight	61
4	Exome analysis of the evolutionary path of hepatocellular adenoma-carcinoma transition, vascular invasion and brain dissemination 2017 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Sílvia Vilarinho,E. Zeynep Erson‐Omay,Kisha Mitchell-Richards,Charles Cha,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Akdes Serin Harmancı,Katsuhito Yasuno,Murat Günel,Tamar H. Taddei	8
5	Digenic mutations of human OCRL paralogs in Dent’s disease type 2 associated with Chiari I malformation 2016 ·Human Genome Variation ·Daniel Durán,Sheng Chih Jin,Tyrone DeSpenza,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Andrea G. Cogal,(unknown),Peter C. Harris,John C. Lieske,(unknown),Shrikant Mane,Kaya Bilgüvar,Michael L. DiLuna,Murat Günel,Richard P. Lifton,Kristopher T. Kahle	9
6	Shifting patterns of genomic variation in the somatic evolution of papillary thyroid carcinoma 2016 ·BMC Cancer ·Jill C. Rubinstein,T Brown,Emily Christison‐Lagay,Yawei Zhang,John W. Kunstman,C. Christofer Juhlin,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Gerald Goh,Courtney Quinn,Glenda G. Callender,Robert Udelsman,Richard P. Lifton,Reju Korah,Tobias Carling	5
7	Characterization of the mutational landscape of anaplastic thyroid cancer via whole-exome sequencing 2015 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·John W. Kunstman,C. Christofer Juhlin,Gerald Goh,T Brown,Adam Stenman,James M. Healy,Jill C. Rubinstein,Murim Choi,Nimrod Kiss,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Shrikant Mane,David L. Rimm,Manju L. Prasad,Anders Höög,Jan Zedenius,Catharina Larsson,Reju Korah,Richard P. Lifton,Tobias Carling	267
8	Mutation of NLRC4 causes a syndrome of enterocolitis and autoinflammation 2014 ·Nature Genetics ·Neil Romberg,Khatoun Al Moussawi,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Amy L. Stiegler,Erin Loring,Murim Choi,John D. Overton,Eric Meffre,Mustafa K. Khokha,Anita Hüttner,Brian L. West,Nikolai A. Podoltsev,Titus J. Boggon,Barbara I. Kazmierczak,Richard P. Lifton	359
9	Identification of Somatic Mutations in Parathyroid Tumors Using Whole-Exome Sequencing 2012 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·M. Kyle Cromer,Lee F. Starker,Murim Choi,Robert Udelsman,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Richard P. Lifton,Tobias Carling	107
10	An Incompletely Penetrant Novel Mutation in COL7A1 Causes Epidermolysis Bullosa Pruriginosa and Dominant Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Phenotypes in an Extended Kindred 2012 ·Pediatric Dermatology ·(unknown),Yin Lu,Anita Farhi,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Michael Kashgarian,Earl J. Glusac,Richard P. Lifton,Richard J. Antaya,Keith Choate	10
11	SeSAME/EAST syndrome—phenotypic variability and delayed activity of the distal convoluted tubule 2012 ·Pediatric Nephrology ·Ute I. Scholl,(unknown),Ming Lu,Anita Farhi,Carol Nelson‐Williams,James A. Listman,Richard P. Lifton	40
12	K ⁺ Channel Mutations in Adrenal Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas and Hereditary Hypertensionbreakdown → 2011 ·Science ·Murim Choi,Ute I. Scholl,Peng Yue,Peyman Björklund,Bixiao Zhao,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Weizhen Ji,Yoonsang Cho,Aniruddh P. Patel,Clara J. Men,Elias Lolis,Max Wisgerhof,David S. Geller,Shrikant Mane,Per Hellman,Gunnar Westin,Göran Åkerström,Wen‐Hui Wang,Tobias Carling,Richard P. Lifton	679
13	Mitotic Recombination in Patients with Ichthyosis Causes Reversion of Dominant Mutations in KRT10 2010 ·Science ·Keith A. Choate,Yin Lu,Jing Zhou,Murim Choi,Peter M. Elias,Anita Farhi,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Debra Crumrine,Mary L. Williams,Amy J. Nopper,Alanna F. Bree,Leonard M. Milstone,Richard P. Lifton	116
14	Genetic diagnosis by whole exome capture and massively parallel DNA sequencingbreakdown → 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Murim Choi,Ute I. Scholl,Weizhen Ji,(unknown),Irina R. Tikhonova,Paul Zumbo,Ahmet Nayır,Ayşı̇n Bakkaloğlu,Seza Özen,Sami A. Sanjad,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Anita Farhi,Shrikant Mane,Richard P. Lifton	885
15	A translocation causing increased α-Klotho level results in hypophosphatemic rickets and hyperparathyroidism 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Catherine A. Brownstein,F.T. Adler,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Junko Iijima,Peining Li,Akihiro Imura,Yo‐ichi Nabeshima,Miguel Reyes‐Múgica,Thomas O. Carpenter,Richard P. Lifton	165
16	LRP6 Mutation in a Family with Early Coronary Disease and Metabolic Risk Factors 2007 ·Science ·Arya Mani,(unknown),He Wang,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Carol Nelson‐Williams,(unknown),Shrikant Mane,Hossein Najmabadi,Dan Wu,Richard P. Lifton	458
17	A Cluster of Metabolic Defects Caused by Mutation in a Mitochondrial tRNA 2004 ·Science ·Frederick H. Wilson,Ali Hariri,Anita Farhi,Hongyu Zhao,Kitt Falk Petersen,Hakan R. Toka,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Khalid Mehmood Raja,Michael Kashgarian,Gerald I. Shulman,Steven J. Scheinman,Richard P. Lifton	256
18	Human Hypertension Caused by Mutations in WNK Kinasesbreakdown → 2001 ·Science ·Frederick H. Wilson,Sandra Disse-Nicodème,Keith A. Choate,Kazuhiko Ishikawa,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Isabelle Desitter,Murat Günel,David V. Milford,Graham Lipkin,Jean‐Michel Achard,Morgan Feely,Bertrand Dussol,Yvon Berland,Robert J. Unwin,Haim Mayan,David B. Simon,Zvi Farfel,Xavier Jeunemaı̂tre,Richard P. Lifton	1114
19	IgA nephropathy, the most common cause of glomerulonephritis, is linked to 6q22–23 2000 ·Nature Genetics ·Ali G. Gharavi,Yan Yan,Francesco Scolari,Francesco Paolo Schena,Giovanni M. Frascà,Gian Marco Ghiggeri,Kerry Cooper,Antonio Amoroso,Battista Fabio Viola,Graziana Battini,Gianluca Caridi,Cristina Canova,Anita Farhi,V. S. Subramanian,Carol Nelson‐Williams,(unknown),Bruce A. Julian,Robert Wyatt,Richard P. Lifton	218
20	Gitelman's variant of Barter's syndrome, inherited hypokalaemic alkalosis, is caused by mutations in the thiazide-sensitive Na–Cl cotransporterbreakdown → 1996 ·Nature Genetics ·David B. Simon,Carol Nelson‐Williams,Margaret J. Bia,David H. Ellison,Fiona E. Karet,Antonio Morey Molina,Ivar Vaara,Fujihiko Iwata,Howard M. Cushner,M. I. Koolen,Francisco Javier Gainza Ríos,Hillel J. Gitelman,Richard P. Lifton	894

About Carol Nelson‐Williams

Carol Nelson‐Williams is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Nephrology and Genetics, having authored 56 papers that have together received 10.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (19 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (8 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (3.2k citations), Nephrology (1.0k citations) and Molecular Biology (6.8k citations). Carol Nelson‐Williams has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Richard P. Lifton, Richard A. Shimkets, Bernard C. Rossier, Murim Choi, Anita Farhi, Yin Lu, Joni H. Hansson, Ute I. Scholl, Shrikant Mane and David B. Simon. Their work appears in journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

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