Eric N. Olson

171.7k total citations · 67 hit papers
761 papers, 135.3k citations indexed

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Eric N. Olson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric N. Olson has authored 761 papers receiving a total of 135.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 690 papers in Molecular Biology, 135 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 106 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Eric N. Olson's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (215 papers), Congenital heart defects research (135 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (116 papers). Eric N. Olson is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (215 papers), Congenital heart defects research (135 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (116 papers). Eric N. Olson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Eric N. Olson's co-authors include James A. Richardson, Rhonda Bassel‐Duby, Joseph A. Hill, Timothy A. McKinsey, John McAnally, Eva van Rooij, Jeffery D. Molkentin, Xiaoxia Qi, Lillian B. Sutherland and John M. Shelton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Eric N. Olson

750 papers receiving 133.3k citations

Hit Papers

A Calcineurin-Dependent Transcriptional Pathway for Cardi... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1998 2002 2008 2011 2008 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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  1. A Calcineurin-Dependent Transcriptional Pathway for Cardiac Hypertrophy
    1998 2.1k citations James A. Richardson, Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  2. Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1α drives the formation of slow-twitch muscle fibres
    2002 2.1k citations Eric N. Olson, Rhonda Bassel‐Duby et al. Nature profile →
  3. The many roles of histone deacetylases in development and physiology: implications for disease and therapy
    2008 2.0k citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  4. Transient Regenerative Potential of the Neonatal Mouse Heart
    2011 1.8k citations Joseph A. Hill, James A. Richardson et al. profile →
  5. Dysregulation of microRNAs after myocardial infarction reveals a role of miR-29 in cardiac fibrosis
    2008 1.5k citations Joseph A. Hill, Eric N. Olson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. The Endothelial-Specific MicroRNA miR-126 Governs Vascular Integrity and Angiogenesis
    2008 1.5k citations John McAnally, Joseph A. Hill et al. profile →
  7. MicroRNAs in Stress Signaling and Human Disease
    2012 1.4k citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  8. Control of Stress-Dependent Cardiac Growth and Gene Expression by a MicroRNA
    2007 1.3k citations James A. Richardson, Joseph A. Hill et al. profile →
  9. A signature pattern of stress-responsive microRNAs that can evoke cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure
    2006 1.2k citations Ning Liu, John McAnally et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Cardiac Hypertrophy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
    2003 1.2k citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  11. Muscle deficiency and neonatal death in mice with a targeted mutation in the myogenin gene
    1993 1.1k citations Allan Bradley, Eric N. Olson et al. Nature profile →
  12. NFAT Signaling
    2002 1.1k citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  13. Delivery of MicroRNA-126 by Apoptotic Bodies Induces CXCL12-Dependent Vascular Protection
    2009 1.1k citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  14. Pervasive roles of microRNAs in cardiovascular biology
    2011 978 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Nature profile →
  15. p53-Independent Expression of p21 Cip1 in Muscle and Other Terminally Differentiating Cells
    1995 925 citations Alan Rawls, Allan Bradley et al. profile →
  16. Requirement of the transcription factor GATA4 for heart tube formation and ventral morphogenesis.
    1997 925 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  17. A Micropeptide Encoded by a Putative Long Noncoding RNA Regulates Muscle Performance
    2015 906 citations Catherine A. Makarewich, John McAnally et al. profile →
  18. Heart repair by reprogramming non-myocytes with cardiac transcription factors
    2012 860 citations Young-Jae Nam, Wei Tan et al. Nature profile →
  19. Signal-dependent nuclear export of a histone deacetylase regulates muscle differentiation
    2000 852 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Nature profile →
  20. TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT BY MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR-2 (MEF2) PROTEINS
    1998 851 citations Brian L. Black, Eric N. Olson profile →
  21. Control of Mouse Cardiac Morphogenesis and Myogenesis by Transcription Factor MEF2C
    1997 848 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  22. A calcineurin-dependent transcriptional pathway controls skeletal muscle fiber type
    1998 839 citations Eric N. Olson, James A. Richardson et al. profile →
  23. Glycogen synthase kinase-3β mediates convergence of protection signaling to inhibit the mitochondrial permeability transition pore
    2004 832 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  24. Cardiac Plasticity
    2008 826 citations Joseph A. Hill, Eric N. Olson profile →
  25. The Distinct Metabolic Profile of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Reflects Their Location in a Hypoxic Niche
    2010 808 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  26. Expression of Cre recombinase in the developing mouse limb bud driven by a Prxl enhancer
    2002 806 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  27. Class II Histone Deacetylases Act as Signal-Responsive Repressors of Cardiac Hypertrophy
    2002 793 citations Joseph A. Hill, Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  28. A Family of microRNAs Encoded by Myosin Genes Governs Myosin Expression and Muscle Performance
    2009 784 citations James A. Richardson, Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  29. Gene Regulatory Networks in the Evolution and Development of the Heart
    2006 768 citations Eric N. Olson profile →
  30. Linking actin dynamics and gene transcription to drive cellular motile functions
    2010 765 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  31. A gene with homology to the myc similarity region of MyoD1 is expressed during myogenesis and is sufficient to activate the muscle differentiation program.
    1989 764 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  32. Deacetylase inhibition promotes the generation and function of regulatory T cells
    2007 754 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  33. Activation of Cardiac Gene Expression by Myocardin, a Transcriptional Cofactor for Serum Response Factor
    2001 726 citations James A. Richardson, Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  34. Analysis of the tendon cell fate using Scleraxis, a specific marker for tendons and ligaments
    2001 708 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Development profile →
  35. Cooperative activation of muscle gene expression by MEF2 and myogenic bHLH proteins
    1995 707 citations Brian L. Black, Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  36. MyoD family: a paradigm for development?
    1990 706 citations Eric N. Olson profile →
  37. Postnatal genome editing partially restores dystrophin expression in a mouse model of muscular dystrophy
    2015 701 citations John McAnally, Hui Li et al. profile →
  38. Hippo pathway effector Yap promotes cardiac regeneration
    2013 689 citations John McAnally, Wei Tan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  39. Hypertrophy of the Heart
    2004 673 citations Eric N. Olson, Joseph A. Hill et al. profile →
  40. MEF2: a central regulator of diverse developmental programs
    2007 669 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Development profile →
  41. Signaling Pathways in Skeletal Muscle Remodeling
    2006 644 citations Rhonda Bassel‐Duby, Eric N. Olson profile →
  42. Histone Deacetylase 4 Controls Chondrocyte Hypertrophy during Skeletogenesis
    2004 640 citations Ana C. Barbosa, John McAnally et al. profile →
  43. microRNA-133a regulates cardiomyocyte proliferation and suppresses smooth muscle gene expression in the heart
    2008 635 citations Ning Liu, James A. Richardson et al. profile →
  44. bHLH factors in muscle development: dead lines and commitments, what to leave in and what to leave out.
    1994 612 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  45. Macrophages are required for neonatal heart regeneration
    2014 610 citations Wei Tan, Joseph A. Hill et al. profile →
  46. MicroRNA-206 Delays ALS Progression and Promotes Regeneration of Neuromuscular Synapses in Mice
    2009 588 citations John McAnally, Rhonda Bassel‐Duby et al. profile →
  47. A peptide encoded by a transcript annotated as long noncoding RNA enhances SERCA activity in muscle
    2016 584 citations Catherine A. Makarewich, John McAnally et al. profile →
  48. MEF2: a calcium-dependent regulator of cell division, differentiation and death
    2002 579 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  49. Histone deacetylases 1 and 2 redundantly regulate cardiac morphogenesis, growth, and contractility
    2007 572 citations Joseph A. Hill, James A. Richardson et al. profile →
  50. Regulation of neonatal and adult mammalian heart regeneration by the miR-15 family
    2012 564 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  51. Prevention of muscular dystrophy in mice by CRISPR/Cas9–mediated editing of germline DNA
    2014 554 citations John McAnally, Rhonda Bassel‐Duby et al. profile →
  52. IGF-1 induces skeletal myocyte hypertrophy through calcineurin in association with GATA-2 and NF-ATc1
    1999 539 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Nature profile →
  53. Regulation of cardiac mesodermal and neural crest development by the bHLH transcription factor, dHAND
    1997 532 citations Deepak Srivastava, Qing Lin et al. profile →
  54. A Twist Code Determines the Onset of Osteoblast Differentiation
    2004 532 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  55. A new myocyte-specific enhancer-binding factor that recognizes a conserved element associated with multiple muscle-specific genes.
    1989 532 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  56. MicroRNAs miR-143 and miR-145 modulate cytoskeletal dynamics and responsiveness of smooth muscle cells to injury
    2009 523 citations John McAnally, James A. Richardson et al. profile →
  57. MicroRNA-126-5p promotes endothelial proliferation and limits atherosclerosis by suppressing Dlk1
    2014 520 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  58. MicroRNA therapeutics for cardiovascular disease: opportunities and obstacles
    2012 514 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  59. Conditional inactivation of FGF receptor 2 reveals an essential role for FGF signaling in the regulation of osteoblast function and bone growth
    2003 513 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Development profile →
  60. Regulation of tendon differentiation by scleraxis distinguishes force-transmitting tendons from muscle-anchoring tendons
    2007 449 citations Eric N. Olson et al. Development profile →
  61. Systemic nanoparticle delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoproteins for effective tissue specific genome editing
    2020 448 citations Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  62. Myomaker is a membrane activator of myoblast fusion and muscle formation
    2013 394 citations Rhonda Bassel‐Duby, Eric N. Olson et al. Nature profile →
  63. Gene editing restores dystrophin expression in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
    2018 386 citations Hui Li, Efrain Sanchez‐Ortiz et al. profile →
  64. Mending broken hearts: cardiac development as a basis for adult heart regeneration and repair
    2013 358 citations Eric N. Olson, Rhonda Bassel‐Duby et al. profile →
  65. Therapeutic approaches for cardiac regeneration and repair
    2018 302 citations Eric N. Olson, Rhonda Bassel‐Duby et al. profile →
  66. Precise correction of Duchenne muscular dystrophy exon deletion mutations by base and prime editing
    2021 172 citations Francesco Chemello, Andreas C. Chai et al. profile →
  67. Base editing correction of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in human cardiomyocytes and humanized mice
    2023 102 citations Andreas C. Chai, Miao Cui et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric N. Olson United States 199 109.1k 24.0k 20.7k 15.5k 13.4k 761 135.3k
Nahum Sonenberg Canada 160 77.5k 0.7× 12.8k 0.5× 10.2k 0.5× 8.7k 0.6× 3.4k 0.3× 673 97.8k
Peter Carmeliet Belgium 151 53.1k 0.5× 27.4k 1.1× 5.8k 0.3× 5.4k 0.3× 9.4k 0.7× 729 100.0k
George D. Yancopoulos United States 161 55.1k 0.5× 11.9k 0.5× 6.8k 0.3× 6.1k 0.4× 7.9k 0.6× 430 103.1k
James A. Richardson United States 121 35.9k 0.3× 8.8k 0.4× 7.8k 0.4× 6.2k 0.4× 7.6k 0.6× 363 57.6k
Napoleone Ferrara United States 140 61.5k 0.6× 23.9k 1.0× 3.4k 0.2× 4.6k 0.3× 9.5k 0.7× 259 99.3k
Kari Alitalo Finland 161 56.8k 0.5× 12.5k 0.5× 3.8k 0.2× 4.4k 0.3× 14.6k 1.1× 716 94.3k
Gregg L. Semenza United States 164 64.3k 0.6× 69.1k 2.9× 3.8k 0.2× 15.1k 1.0× 7.0k 0.5× 423 116.8k
Christopher K. Glass United States 149 61.4k 0.6× 12.2k 0.5× 2.4k 0.1× 17.9k 1.2× 8.8k 0.7× 375 96.6k
Joan Massagué United States 184 95.5k 0.9× 22.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.1× 9.3k 0.6× 7.6k 0.6× 362 137.5k
Josef Penninger Austria 133 40.9k 0.4× 7.5k 0.3× 8.0k 0.4× 3.9k 0.3× 4.9k 0.4× 582 78.3k

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Eijgenraam, Tim R., Elisabeth M. Schouten, Diederik W.D. Kuster, et al.. (2023). DWORF Extends Life Span in a PLN-R14del Cardiomyopathy Mouse Model by Reducing Abnormal Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Clusters. Circulation Research. 133(12). 1006–1021. 18 indexed citations
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Chai, Andreas C., Miao Cui, Francesco Chemello, et al.. (2023). Base editing correction of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in human cardiomyocytes and humanized mice. Nature Medicine. 29(2). 401–411. 102 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nishiyama, Takahiko, Yu Zhang, Miao Cui, et al.. (2022). Precise genomic editing of pathogenic mutations in RBM20 rescues dilated cardiomyopathy. Science Translational Medicine. 14(672). eade1633–eade1633. 103 indexed citations
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Nam, Young-Jae, Minoti Bhakta, Tong Zang, et al.. (2014). Induction of diverse cardiac cell types by reprogramming fibroblasts with cardiac transcription factors. Development. 141(22). 4267–4278. 101 indexed citations
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Hill, Joseph A., Eric N. Olson, Kathy K. Griendling, et al.. (2012). Muscle : fundamental biology and mechanisms of disease. Academic Press eBooks. 55 indexed citations
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Vo, Ngan, et al.. (2010). Affinity purification of microRNA-133a with the cardiac transcription factor, Hand2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(45). 19231–19236. 50 indexed citations
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Tsuchihashi, Takatoshi, Jun Maeda, Chong Hyun Shin, et al.. (2010). Hand2 function in second heart field progenitors is essential for cardiogenesis. Developmental Biology. 351(1). 62–69. 90 indexed citations
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Barbosa, Ana C., Noriko Funato, Shelby L. Chapman, et al.. (2007). Hand transcription factors cooperatively regulate development of the distal midline mesenchyme. Developmental Biology. 310(1). 154–168. 59 indexed citations
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Han, Zhe, Peng Yi, Xiumin Li, & Eric N. Olson. (2006). Hand, an evolutionarily conserved bHLH transcription factor required forDrosophilacardiogenesis and hematopoiesis. Development. 133(6). 1175–1182. 86 indexed citations
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Han, Zhe & Eric N. Olson. (2005). Handis a direct target of Tinman and GATA factors duringDrosophilacardiogenesis and hematopoiesis. Development. 132(15). 3525–3536. 105 indexed citations
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Olson, Eric N.. (2005). A genetic blueprint for growth and development of the heart.. PubMed. 98. 41–64. 15 indexed citations
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McFadden, David G., Ana C. Barbosa, James A. Richardson, et al.. (2004). The Hand1 and Hand2 transcription factors regulate expansion of the embryonic cardiac ventricles in a gene dosage-dependent manner. Development. 132(1). 189–201. 263 indexed citations
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Ruest, L. Bruno, Hiromi Yanagisawa, Jeroen Charité, et al.. (2003). Dhand-cre transgenic mice reveal specific potential functions of dHAND during craniofacial development. Developmental Biology. 257(2). 263–277. 44 indexed citations
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Srivastava, Deepak, Paul Gottlieb, & Eric N. Olson. (2002). Molecular Mechanisms of Ventricular Hypoplasia. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 67(0). 121–126. 8 indexed citations
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Asou, Yoshinori, Akira Nifuji, Kunikazu Tsuji, et al.. (2002). Coordinated expression of scleraxis and Sox9 genes during embryonic development of tendons and cartilage. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 20(4). 827–833. 82 indexed citations
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Charité, Jeroen, David G. McFadden, & Eric N. Olson. (2000). The bHLH transcription factor dHAND controls Sonic hedgehog expression and establishment of the zone of polarizing activity during limb development. Development. 127(11). 2461–2470. 199 indexed citations
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Charng, Min-Ji, Peter Frenkel, Qing Lin, et al.. (1998). A Constitutive Mutation ofALK5Disrupts Cardiac Looping and Morphogenesis in Mice. Developmental Biology. 199(1). 72–79. 33 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, Akira Nifuji, Masato Tamura, et al.. (1997). Scleraxis messenger ribonucleic acid is expressed in C2C12 myoblasts and its level is down-regulated by bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP2). Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 67(1). 66–74. 15 indexed citations
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Burgess, Rob, Alan Rawls, Doris Brown, Allan Bradley, & Eric N. Olson. (1996). Requirement of the paraxis gene for somite formation and musculoskeletal patterning. Nature. 384(6609). 570–573. 196 indexed citations
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Black, Brian L., Keith L. Ligon, Yuan Zhang, & Eric N. Olson. (1996). Cooperative Transcriptional Activation by the Neurogenic Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein MASH1 and Members of the Myocyte Enhancer Factor-2 (MEF2) Family. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(43). 26659–26663. 64 indexed citations

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