Helen M. Blau
Univ.-Prof. | PhDCorresponding Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences abroad since 2024
- Stanford University School of Medicine
Orcid-ID:
0000-0001-6503-5480
Research Areas:
- Biology
- Stem cell research
- Molecular biology
- Muscle Biology
Profile:
Publications:
Selected Memberships:
- National Academy of Sciences
- National Academy of Medicine
- American Philosophical Society
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering
- Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- American Philosophical Society
- National Academy of Inventors
Selected Prizes:
- Milky Way Foundation Award
- Li Ka Shing Foundation Award
- National Medal of Science (USA)
- NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award
- FASEB Excellence in Science Award
Selected Publications:
- Palla AR, Ravichandran M, Wang YX, Alexandrova L, Yang AV, Kraft P, Holbrook CA, Schürch CM, Ho ATV, Blau HM. Inhibition of prostaglandin-degrading enzyme 15-PGDH rejuvenates aged muscle mass and strength. Science. 2021 Jan 29;371(6528). doi: 10.1126/science.abc8059. Epub 2020 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 33303683; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7938328.
- Sacco A, Doyonnas R, Kraft P, Vitorovic S, Blau HM. Self-renewal and expansion of single transplanted muscle stem cells. Nature 2008 Nov 27;456(7221):502–506. PMCID: PMC2919355.
- Blau HM, Pavlath GK, Hardeman EC, Chiu CP, Silberstein L, Webster SG, Miller SC, Webster C. Plasticity of the differentiated state. Science. 1985 Nov 15;230(4727):758-66. doi: 10.1126/science.2414846. PMID: 2414846
- Gilbert PM, Havenstrite KL, Magnusson KE, Sacco A, Leonardi NA, Kraft P, Nguyen NK, Thrun S, Lutolf MP, Blau HM. Substrate elasticity regulates skeletal muscle stem cell self-renewal in culture. Science. 2010 Aug 27;329(5995):1078-81. doi: 10.1126/science.1191035. Epub 2010 Jul 15. PMID: 20647425
- Bakooshli MA, Wang YX, Monti E, Su S, Kraft P, Nalbandian M, Alexandrova L, Wheeler JR, Vogel H, Blau HM. Regeneration of neuromuscular synapses after acute and chronic denervation by inhibiting the gerozyme 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase. Sci Transl Med. 2023 Oct 11;15(717):eadg1485. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adg1485. Epub 2023 Oct 11. PubMed PMID: 37820010; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10763629.