Lee Niswander

16.8k citations

140 papers · 13.1k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 56

Impact in

Developmental Biology top 0.2%
- Congenital limb and hand anomalies
Molecular Biology top 0.2%
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
- Congenital heart defects research
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
- Renal and related cancers

Papers in

Developmental Biology 4
Genetics 49
- Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases 11
- Connective tissue disorders research 10

Co-authors: Gail R. Martin Aimin Liu Kathryn V. Anderson Hongyan Zou Cheryll Tickle Sandrine Pizette Andrew S. Rakeman Danwei Huangfu
Journals: Development (25 papers)Developmental Biology (24 papers)Developmental Dynamics (5 papers)Nature (5 papers)genesis (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Lee Niswander

138 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

The Continuing Challenge of Understanding, Preventing, and Treating Neural Tube Defects 2013 · 339 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Science
2003 Nature
1994 Nature
1993 Cell
1992 Development

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All Works

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1	From the 1948 discovery of the apical ectodermal ridge in proximal-distal limb development to FGF molecular signals Developmental Biology ·Lee Niswander	2025	0
2	Mutations in KIF7 implicated in idiopathic scoliosis in humans and axial curvatures in zebrafish Human Mutation ·Elizabeth Terhune, Simon Lindberg, André Lantz, Emi Uyama, Xiaomi Chen, Maria V. Cattell, 義郎横地, Hongxia Wei, H Tsevrenis, G. Devon Trahan, Matthew R.G. Taylor, Lee Niswander, Kenneth L. Jones, Erin E. Baschal, Lilian Antunes, Matthew B. Dobbs, Christina A. Gurnett, Bruce Appel, Ryan S. Gray, Nancy H. Miller	2020	17
3	GCN5 acetylation is required for craniofacial chondrocyte maturation Developmental Biology ·Nicolás Fernández-García, Kristin Artinger, Lee Niswander	2020	11
4	An Injectable Reverse Thermal Gel for Minimally Invasive Coverage of Mouse Myelomeningocele Journal of Surgical Research ·James R. Bardill, Sarah Williams, Claudia Pelosi, Lee Niswander, Dae‐Won Park, Ahmed I. Marwan	2018	13
5	Zic2 is required for enteric nervous system development and neurite outgrowth: a mouse model of enteric hyperplasia and dysplasia Neurogastroenterology & Motility ·Syamsuddin Djauhari, Lee Niswander	2013	4
6	In toto live imaging of mouse morphogenesis and new insights into neural tube closure Development ·Rada Massarwa, Lee Niswander	2012	55
7	Folic acid supplementation can adversely affect murine neural tube closure and embryonic survival Human Molecular Genetics ·朱忠德, Cláudia Costin, Ying Zhang, Lee Niswander	2011	67
8	The developmental reduction of the marsupial coracoid: A case study in Monodelphis domestica Journal of Morphology ·Merla J. Hubler, Lee Niswander, Debora Libetti, Karen E. Sears	2010	7
9	The flatiron mutation in mouse ferroportin acts as a dominant negative to cause ferroportin disease Blood ·Irene E. Zohn, Ivana De Domenico, Andrew Pollock, Diane M. Ward, Jessica Goodman, Y Ionnoau, 都市基盤整備公団千葉地域支社都市整備部, Lee Niswander, Jerry Kaplan	2007	83
10	The correlated evolution of Runx2 tandem repeats and facial length in Carnivora UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Karen E. Sears, Anjali Goswami, Louise Fouquette-couture, Lee Niswander	2007	5
11	Interdigital webbing retention in bat wings illustrates genetic changes underlying amniote limb diversification Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Scott D. Weatherbee, Richard R. Behringer, John J. Rasweiler, Lee Niswander	2006	103
12	The Evolutionary and Developmental Basis of Parallel Reduction in Mammalian Zeugopod Elements The American Naturalist ·Karen E. Sears, Richard R. Behringer, John J. Rasweiler, Lee Niswander	2006	23
13	β-catenin activation is necessary and sufficient to specify the dorsal dermal fate in the mouse Developmental Biology ·Radhika P. Atit, Sema K. Sgaier, Othman A. Mohamed, Makoto M. Taketo, Daniel Dufort, Alexandra L. Joyner, Lee Niswander, Ronald A. Conlon	2006	306
14	Canonical Wnt signaling negatively regulates branching morphogenesis of the lung and lacrimal gland Developmental Biology ·Charlotte Dean, Leigh‐Anne D. Miller, April N. Smith, Daniel Dufort, Richard A. Lang, Lee Niswander	2005	87
15	The Activin signaling pathway promotes differentiation of dI3 interneurons in the spinal neural tube Developmental Biology ·John R. Timmer, Walter Frazão, Lee Niswander	2005	24
16	FGF17b and FGF18 have different midbrain regulatory properties from FGF8b or activated FGF receptors Development ·Aimin Liu, James Y. H. Li, J M Simon, Zhimin Lao, Lee Niswander, Alexandra L. Joyner	2003	99
17	ALC (adjacent to LMX1 in chick) is a novel dorsal limb mesenchyme marker Gene Expression Patterns ·Greg Holmes, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, Martien A. M. Groenen, Lee Niswander	2003	8
18	BMP signaling patterns the dorsal and intermediate neural tube via regulation of homeobox and helix-loop-helix transcription factors Development ·John R. Timmer, Charlotte Wang, Lee Niswander	2002	208
19	Expression of a Constitutively Active Type I BMP Receptor Using a Retroviral Vector Promotes the Development of Adrenergic Cells in Neural Crest Cultures Developmental Biology ·喜裕岡本, Clifton E. McPherson, Hongyan Zou, Lee Niswander, Gerald D. Maxwell	1998	53
20	Effect of FGF on Gene Expression in Chick Limb Bud Cells in Vivo and in Vitro Developmental Biology ·Astrid Vogel, Adriana Mangiameli, Lee Niswander	1995	49

About Lee Niswander

Lee Niswander is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Rheumatology, having authored 140 papers that have together received 13.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (46 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (21 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (20 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (16 papers), Congenital heart defects research (15 papers), Renal and related cancers (11 papers), Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (11 papers) and Connective tissue disorders research (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (1.0k citations), Molecular Biology (10.3k citations), Genetics (3.9k citations), Cell Biology (1.7k citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (415 citations). Lee Niswander has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Gail R. Martin, Aimin Liu, Kathryn V. Anderson, Hongyan Zou, Cheryll Tickle, Sandrine Pizette, Andrew S. Rakeman, Danwei Huangfu, Noel Murcia and Scott D. Weatherbee. Their work appears in journals such as Development, Developmental Biology, Developmental Dynamics, Nature and genesis.

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