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Jean L. Olson, MD

Research and Clinical Interests

My chief clinical interest is renal pathology although I can also provide expertise in electron microscopy. My research interests include hypertension and nonimmunologic mechanisms of renal injury.

Selected Publications

  • Melcher, ML, Olson, JL, Baxter-Lowe, LA, Stock, PG, Posselt, AM, Antibody-Mediated rejection of a pancreas allograft, Am J Transplant, 6:423-8, 2006.
  • Cheng, S, Pollock, AS, Mahimkar, R, Olson, JL, Lovett, DH, Matrix metalloproteinase 2 and basement membrane integrity: A unifying mechanism for progressive renal injury, FASEB J 20:1898-1900, 2006
  • Erdely, A, Freshour, G, Maddox, DA, Olson, JL, Samsell L, Baylis, C, Renal disease in rats with type II diabetes is associated with decreased nitric oxide production, Diabetologia, 47:1672-6, 2004.
  • Hall, YN, Fuentes, EF, Chertow, GF, Olson, JL, Race/ethnicity and disease severity in IgA nephropathy BMC Nephrol 5:10, 2004
  • Deschepper, CF, Olson, JL, Otis, M, Gallo-Payet, N, Characterization of blood pressure and morphological traits in cardiovascular-related organs in 13 different inbred mouse strains, J Appl Physiol 97:369-76, 2004.

Selected Awards

  • 1993 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • 1996 Residents’ Teaching Award, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco

Additional Information

  • Professor of Clinical Pathology, Director, Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy Laboratory
  • Pathology

Specialty Area

Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy

Contact Information

  • UCSF, Dept of Pathology Room S-570
  • 513 Parnassus Box 0102
  • San Francisco, CA 94143

Hospital Affiliation(s)

  • UCSF Medical Center-Parnassus

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