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Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Yinshan Fang
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2
Benedikt Jaeger
Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine
3
Younus M. Shamam
University of Mosul
4
Shaoyan Gao
Shenzhen Technology University
5
Brooke L. McNeil
TRIUMF
6
Clyde W. Yancy
Brigham and Women's Hospital
7
Lise Mangiante
Stanford University
8
Evan T. Hoffman
University of Pennsylvania
9
Peishuo Yan
Henan Normal University
10
Meng‐Meng Han
China Pharmaceutical University

Papers

1
Publication in Nature (2025) [61 citations, W4407157664]
Nature|2025
61 cit.
2
Publication in Journal of Controlled Release (2024) [32 citations, W4391055561]
Journal of Controlled Release|2024
32 cit.
3
CCT6A alleviates pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting HIF-1α-mediated lactate production
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology|2024
15 cit.
4
Aberrant intermediate alveolar epithelial cells promote pathogenic activation of lung fibroblasts in preclinical fibrosis models
Nature Communications|2025
12 cit.
5
Publication in Cancer Research (2024) [W4393071735]
Cancer Research|2024
0 cit.
6
Publication in Clinical Cancer Research (2025) [W4411285806]
Clinical Cancer Research|2025
0 cit.
7
Publication in Clinical Cancer Research (2025) [W4411286219]
Clinical Cancer Research|2025
0 cit.
8
Publication in Clinical Cancer Research (2026) [W7129639246]
Clinical Cancer Research|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Mette Brimnes Damholt
Copenhagen University Hospital
2
Nan Tang
Shanghai University
3
Purushothama Rao Tata
Duke University
4
Elie El Agha
Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center
5
Louise V. Wain
University of Leicester
6
Guangdun Peng
Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health
7
Yi Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
8
Tien Peng
University of California, San Francisco
9
Chaoqun Wang
Sun Yat-sen University
10
Feng Wu
Nantong University

Papers

1
Human distal lung maps and lineage hierarchies reveal a bipotent progenitor
Nature|2022
363 cit.
2
Peroxidase-like Active Nanomedicine with Dual Glutathione Depletion Property to Restore Oxaliplatin Chemosensitivity and Promote Programmed Cell Death
ACS Nano|2022
186 cit.
3
Sentinel <i>p16</i> <sup>INK4a+</sup> cells in the basement membrane form a reparative niche in the lung
Science|2022
181 cit.
4
Simultaneous profiling of spatial gene expression and chromatin accessibility during mouse brain development
Nature Methods|2023
102 cit.
5
The methyl-CpG-binding domain 2 facilitates pulmonary fibrosis by orchestrating fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation
European Respiratory Journal|2022
84 cit.
6
Dysregulated lung stroma drives emphysema exacerbation by potentiating resident lymphocytes to suppress an epithelial stem cell reservoir
Immunity|2023
82 cit.
7
Transitional cell states sculpt tissue topology during lung regeneration
Cell stem cell|2023
77 cit.
8
Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5 promotes pulmonary fibrosis by modulating β-catenin signaling
Nature Communications|2022
75 cit.
9
Enhanced glycolysis-mediated energy production in alveolar stem cells is required for alveolar regeneration
Cell stem cell|2023
65 cit.
10
Defined conditions for long-term expansion of murine and human alveolar epithelial stem cells in three-dimensional cultures
STAR Protocols|2022
51 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Jacques Rémy
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille
2
Frederick S. Kaplan
University of Pennsylvania
3
Brigid L.M. Hogan
Duke Medical Center
4
Ronald G. Crystal
Cornell University
5
Benjamin Castleman
Harvard University
6
Alexander A. Bankier
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
7
Garabed Eknoyan
Tufts Medical Center
8
S. Nahum Goldberg
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
9
Eileen M. Shore
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (New Zealand)
10
Norman Goldstein
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Papers

1
National Kidney Foundation Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification, and Stratification
Annals of Internal Medicine|2003
4.6k cit.
2
Fleischner Society: Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging
Radiology|2008
4.3k cit.
3
Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)
Kidney International|2005
3.9k cit.
4
Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images: From the Fleischner Society 2017
Radiology|2017
2.4k cit.
5
Definition, evaluation, and classification of renal osteodystrophy: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)
Kidney International|2006
2k cit.
6
Effect of Dialysis Dose and Membrane Flux in Maintenance Hemodialysis
New England Journal of Medicine|2002
1.9k cit.
7
Metastases in carcinoma.Analysis of 1000 autopsied cases
Cancer|1950
1.9k cit.
8
Type 2 alveolar cells are stem cells in adult lung
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2013
1.8k cit.
9
Localized mediastinal lymph-node hyperplasia resembling thymoma
Cancer|1956
1.6k cit.
10
Basal cells as stem cells of the mouse trachea and human airway epithelium
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2009
1.6k cit.

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