Deirdre A. Nelson

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Deirdre A. Nelson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deirdre A. Nelson has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Deirdre A. Nelson's work include Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (13 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (7 papers) and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (6 papers). Deirdre A. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (13 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (7 papers) and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (6 papers). Deirdre A. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Deirdre A. Nelson's co-authors include Eileen White, Kurt Degenhardt, Diana Anderson, Brian Beaudoin, Chandreyee Mukherjee, Kevin Bray, Yufang Shi, Robin Mathew, Yongjun Fan and Céline Gélinas and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Deirdre A. Nelson

42 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Autophagy promotes tumor cell survival and restricts necrosis, inflammation, and tumorigenesis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deirdre A. Nelson United States	21	1.9k	1.3k	627	554	528	45	3.2k
Mario P. Tschan Switzerland	38	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	320 0.5×	767 1.4×	753 1.4×	116	3.6k
Ángeles Durán United States	29	2.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	587 0.9×	880 1.6×	1.0k 1.9×	38	3.9k
Anne M. Strohecker United States	17	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	441 0.7×	368 0.7×	751 1.4×	21	2.9k
Nelofer Syed United Kingdom	27	2.2k 1.1×	828 0.6×	363 0.6×	1.2k 2.2×	834 1.6×	67	3.5k
Frédéric Luciano France	31	2.8k 1.5×	859 0.6×	492 0.8×	596 1.1×	357 0.7×	56	4.3k
Albrecht Piiper Germany	38	2.4k 1.2×	728 0.5×	364 0.6×	590 1.1×	1.1k 2.1×	124	4.2k
Alessandra Tessitore Italy	28	1.2k 0.6×	454 0.3×	308 0.5×	424 0.8×	521 1.0×	80	2.6k
Toshiaki Inoue Japan	25	1.6k 0.8×	502 0.4×	191 0.3×	467 0.8×	433 0.8×	62	2.7k
Mohamed Rahmani United States	47	3.9k 2.0×	717 0.5×	593 0.9×	1.4k 2.5×	554 1.0×	95	5.7k
Arnaud Jacquel France	33	1.7k 0.9×	455 0.3×	424 0.7×	514 0.9×	332 0.6×	64	3.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kenney, J., et al.. (2025). Temporal evolution of fibroblast responses following salivary gland ductal ligation injury. Frontiers in Dental Medicine. 6. 1581376–1581376.

Capilla, Rafael Peña, Xulang Zhang, Deirdre A. Nelson, et al.. (2025). Cryoelectrospun elastin-alginate scaffolds as potential cell delivery vehicles for mesenchymal stromal cell therapy. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 19847–19847.

Nelson, Deirdre A., et al.. (2024). Senescence and fibrosis in salivary gland aging and disease. Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research. 14(3). 231–237. 6 indexed citations

O’Keefe, Kevin J., et al.. (2023). Identifying fibrogenic cells following salivary gland obstructive injury. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1190386–1190386. 11 indexed citations

Nelson, Deirdre A., Kristen L. Mills, James Castracane, et al.. (2022). Engineering cryoelectrospun elastin-alginate scaffolds to serve as stromal extracellular matrices. Biofabrication. 14(3). 35010–35010. 7 indexed citations

Nelson, Deirdre A., et al.. (2022). Raman microspectroscopy fingerprinting of organoid differentiation state. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 27(1). 53–53. 8 indexed citations

O’Keefe, Kevin J., et al.. (2019). Regional Differences following Partial Salivary Gland Resection. Journal of Dental Research. 99(1). 79–88. 9 indexed citations

O’Keefe, Kevin J., et al.. (2019). ROCK inhibitor increases proacinar cells in adult salivary gland organoids. Stem Cell Research. 41. 101608–101608. 27 indexed citations

Peters, Sarah B., et al.. (2014). Biocompatible Tissue Scaffold Compliance Promotes Salivary Gland Morphogenesis and Differentiation. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(11-12). 1632–1642. 35 indexed citations

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Nelson, Deirdre A. & Melinda Larsen. (2014). Heterotypic control of basement membrane dynamics during branching morphogenesis. Developmental Biology. 401(1). 103–109. 12 indexed citations

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Sulzmaier, Florian J., Deirdre A. Nelson, Dirk Geerts, et al.. (2011). PEA-15 potentiates H-Ras-mediated epithelial cell transformation through phospholipase D. Oncogene. 31(30). 3547–3560. 29 indexed citations

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Degenhardt, Kurt, Deirdre A. Nelson, Brian Beaudoin, et al.. (2005). Key roles of BIM-driven apoptosis in epithelial tumors and rational chemotherapy. Cancer Cell. 7(3). 227–238. 239 indexed citations

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Lesné, Sylvain, C. Gabriel, Deirdre A. Nelson, et al.. (2005). Akt-dependent Expression of NAIP-1 Protects Neurons against Amyloid-β Toxicity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(26). 24941–24947. 50 indexed citations

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Dvorzhinski, Dmitri, Paul E. Thomas, Deirdre A. Nelson, et al.. (2004). A novel proteomic coculture model of prostate cancer cell growth. PROTEOMICS. 4(10). 3268–3275. 6 indexed citations

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Nelson, Deirdre A. & Eileen White. (2004). Exploiting different ways to die: Figure 1.. Genes & Development. 18(11). 1223–1226. 65 indexed citations

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Sundararajan, Ramya, Andrea Cuconati, Deirdre A. Nelson, & Eileen White. (2001). Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Induces Bax-Bak Interaction and Apoptosis, Which Is Inhibited by Adenovirus E1B 19K. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(48). 45120–45127. 101 indexed citations

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Ludlow, John W., Deirdre A. Nelson, & Nancy A. Krucher. (1998). Use of Immunocomplexed Substrate for Detecting PP1 Activity. Humana Press eBooks. 93. 137–143. 4 indexed citations

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Nelson, Deirdre A., Nancy A. Krucher, & John W. Ludlow. (1997). High Molecular Weight Protein Phosphatase Type 1 Dephosphorylates the Retinoblastoma Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(7). 4528–4535. 91 indexed citations

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Ludlow, John W. & Deirdre A. Nelson. (1995). Control and activity of type-1 serine/threonine protein phosphatase during the cell cycle. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 6(4). 195–202. 26 indexed citations

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Nelson, Deirdre A., et al.. (1995). Effect of the Kinase Inhibitor 2-Aminopurine on the Cell Cycle Stage-Dependent Phosphorylation State of the Retinoblastoma Protein. Experimental Cell Research. 218(1). 151–154. 5 indexed citations

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