George W. Nelson

15.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
78 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

George W. Nelson is a scholar working on Virology, Immunology and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, George W. Nelson has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Virology, 26 papers in Immunology and 22 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in George W. Nelson's work include HIV Research and Treatment (27 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (22 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers). George W. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (27 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (22 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (21 papers). George W. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. George W. Nelson's co-authors include Stephen J. O’Brien, Cheryl A. Winkler, Mary Carrington, Dilip Kondepudi, Maureen P. Martin, Jeffrey B. Kopp, James J. Goedert, Susan Buchbinder, David Vlahov and Keith Hoots and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

George W. Nelson

77 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kid... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2010 1999 2002 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kidney Disease in African Americans
    2010 1.3k citations Giulio Genovese, David J. Friedman et al. Science profile →
  2. HLAand HIV-1: Heterozygote Advantage andB*35-Cw*04Disadvantage
    1999 928 citations Mary Carrington, George W. Nelson et al. Science profile →
  3. Epistatic interaction between KIR3DS1 and HLA-B delays the progression to AIDS
    2002 923 citations Maureen P. Martin, Xiaojiang Gao et al. profile →

Peers

George W. Nelson
Susan M. Lea United Kingdom
David R. Davies United States
James M. Cunningham United States
Robert R. Redfield United States
Timothy N. C. Wells Switzerland
Yasushi Kawaguchi Japan
Kenneth G. C. Smith United Kingdom
James W. Young United States
Mark R. Wormald United Kingdom
Matthias Geyer Germany
Susan M. Lea United Kingdom
George W. Nelson
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George W. Nelson

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All Works

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An, Ping, Efe Sezgın, Gregory D. Kirk, et al.. (2021). APOL1 variant alleles associate with reduced risk for opportunistic infections in HIV infection. Communications Biology. 4(1). 284–284. 5 indexed citations
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Digitale, Jean, Perri C. Callaway, Maureen P. Martin, et al.. (2020). Association of Inhibitory Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor Ligands With Higher Plasmodium falciparum Parasite Prevalence. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(1). 175–183. 5 indexed citations
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So, Jae Young, Nicolas Skrypek, Howard H. Yang, et al.. (2020). Induction of DNMT3B by PGE2 and IL6 at Distant Metastatic Sites Promotes Epigenetic Modification and Breast Cancer Colonization. Cancer Research. 80(12). 2612–2627. 40 indexed citations
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Bhimma, Rajendra, Victor A. David, Hoosen Coovadia, et al.. (2018). NPHS2 V260E Is a Frequent Cause of Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome in Black South African Children. Kidney International Reports. 3(6). 1354–1362. 14 indexed citations
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Johnson, Randall C., George W. Nelson, Jean‐François Zagury, & Cheryl A. Winkler. (2015). ALDsuite: Dense marker MALD using principal components of ancestral linkage disequilibrium. BMC Genetics. 16(1). 23–23. 2 indexed citations
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Limou, Sophie, George W. Nelson, Laurence Lecordier, et al.. (2015). Sequencing rare and common APOL1 coding variants to determine kidney disease risk. Kidney International. 88(4). 754–763. 22 indexed citations
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Limou, Sophie, George W. Nelson, Jeffrey B. Kopp, & Cheryl A. Winkler. (2014). APOL1 Kidney Risk Alleles: Population Genetics and Disease Associations. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease. 21(5). 426–433. 140 indexed citations
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Atta, Mohamed G., Michelle M. Estrella, Michael Kuperman, et al.. (2012). HIV-associated nephropathy patients with and without apolipoprotein L1 gene variants have similar clinical and pathological characteristics. Kidney International. 82(3). 338–343. 41 indexed citations
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Genovese, Giulio, David J. Friedman, Michael D. Ross, et al.. (2010). Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kidney Disease in African Americans. Science. 329(5993). 841–845. 1329 indexed citations breakdown →
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Freedman, Barry I., Andrew A. Hicks, Meredith A. Bostrom, et al.. (2009). Polymorphisms in the non-muscle myosin heavy chain 9 gene (MYH9) are strongly associated with end-stage renal disease historically attributed to hypertension in African Americans. Kidney International. 75(7). 736–745. 138 indexed citations
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An, Ping, Lihua Wang, George W. Nelson, et al.. (2007). Regulatory Polymorphisms in the Cyclophilin A Gene, PPIA, Accelerate Progression to AIDS. PLoS Pathogens. 3(6). e88–e88. 57 indexed citations
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Winkler, Cheryl A., Houria Hendel, Mary Carrington, et al.. (2004). Dominant Effects of CCR2-CCR5 Haplotypes in HIV-1 Disease Progression. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 37(4). 1534–1538. 25 indexed citations
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An, Ping, George W. Nelson, Lihua Wang, et al.. (2002). Modulating influence on HIV/AIDS by interacting RANTES gene variants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(15). 10002–10007. 153 indexed citations
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Martin, Maureen P., George W. Nelson, Jeong-Hee Lee, et al.. (2002). Cutting Edge: Susceptibility to Psoriatic Arthritis: Influence of Activating Killer Ig-Like Receptor Genes in the Absence of Specific HLA-C Alleles. The Journal of Immunology. 169(6). 2818–2822. 278 indexed citations
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Driscoll, Carlos A., Marilyn Menotti‐Raymond, George W. Nelson, David B. Goldstein, & Stephen J. O’Brien. (2002). Genomic Microsatellites as Evolutionary Chronometers: A Test in Wild Cats. Genome Research. 12(3). 414–423. 79 indexed citations
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Carrington, Mary, George W. Nelson, & Stephen J. O’Brien. (2001). Considering genetic profiles in functional studies of immune responsiveness to HIV-1. Immunology Letters. 79(1-2). 131–140. 47 indexed citations
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An, Ping, Maureen P. Martin, George W. Nelson, et al.. (2000). Influence of CCR5 promoter haplotypes on AIDS progression in African–Americans. AIDS. 14(14). 2117–2122. 63 indexed citations
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Nelson, George W. & Alan S. Perelson. (1995). Modeling defective interfering virus therapy for AIDS: Conditions for DIV survival. Mathematical Biosciences. 125(2). 127–153. 25 indexed citations
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Nelson, George W. & Stephen A. Stohlman. (1993). Localization of the RNA-binding domain of mouse hepatitis virus nucleocapsid protein. Journal of General Virology. 74(9). 1975–1979. 44 indexed citations

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