Nancy Allen, MD

Education
Fellow, 2021 - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California - San Francisco
Resident, 2018 - Internal Medicine, University of California - San Francisco
Intern, 2017 - Internal Medicine, University of California - San Francisco
MD, 2016 - , Yale University School of Medicine
PhD, 2015 - Immunobiology, Yale University
B.S., 2005 - Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California - Los Angeles
Honors and Awards
  • Bakar Aging Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, UCSF, 2023
  • Nina Ireland Program for Lung Health Innovative Grant, UCSF, 2023
  • ABIM Certification in Critical Care Medicine, 2022
  • ABIM Certification in Pulmonology, 2021
  • ABIM Certification in Internal Medicine, 2019
Publications

  1. Lee JY, Reyes N, Woo SH, Allen NC, Kadota T, Lechner A, Biswas R, Goel S, Stratton F, Kuang C, Tsukui T, Auyeung V, Mansfield AS, LaFave LM, Peng T. Senolytic-sensitive p16Ink4a+ fibroblasts in the tumor stroma rewire lung cancer metabolism and plasticity. Cell stem cell 2025. PMID: 41187746


  2. Allen NC, Ringler C, Lee JY, Reyes N, Biswas R, Caryotakis S, Magnen M, Ruivo P, Auyeung V, Looney M, Ma A, Molofsky AB, Peng T. Fibroblast orchestration of inflammaging via NF-kB activation. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025. PMID: 41256682


  3. Brazee P, Allen N, Knipe R, Redente EF, Le Saux CJ. Peeling Back the Layers of the Bleomycin Model of Lung Fibrosis: Lessons Learned, Factors to Consider, and Future Directions. Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine 2025. PMID: 40803339


  4. Wang C, Hyams B, Allen NC, Cautivo K, Monahan K, Zhou M, Dahlgren MW, Lizama CO, Matthay M, Wolters P, Molofsky AB, Peng T. Dysregulated lung stroma drives emphysema exacerbation by potentiating resident lymphocytes to suppress an epithelial stem cell reservoir. Immunity 2023. PMID: 36822205


  5. Reyes NS, Krasilnikov M, Allen NC, Lee JY, Hyams B, Zhou M, Ravishankar S, Cassandras M, Wang C, Khan I, Matatia P, Johmura Y, Molofsky A, Matthay M, Nakanishi M, Sheppard D, Campisi J, Peng T. Sentinel p16INK4a+ cells in the basement membrane form a reparative niche in the lung. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2022. PMID: 36227993


  6. Allen NC, Reyes NS, Lee JY, Peng T. Intersection of Inflammation and Senescence in the Aging Lung Stem Cell Niche. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 2022. PMID: 35912114


  7. Allen NC, Philip NH, Hui L, Zhou X, Franklin RA, Kong Y, Medzhitov R. Desynchronization of the molecular clock contributes to the heterogeneity of the inflammatory response. Science signaling 2019. PMID: 30837303


  8. Goddard LM, Murphy TJ, Org T, Enciso JM, Hashimoto-Partyka MK, Warren CM, Domigan CK, McDonald AI, He H, Sanchez LA, Allen NC, Orsenigo F, Chao LC, Dejana E, Tontonoz P, Mikkola HK, Iruela-Arispe ML. Progesterone receptor in the vascular endothelium triggers physiological uterine permeability preimplantation. Cell 2014. PMID: 24485460


  9. Brugmann SA, Allen NC, James AW, Mekonnen Z, Madan E, Helms JA. A primary cilia-dependent etiology for midline facial disorders. Human molecular genetics 2010. PMID: 20106874


  10. Rinn JL, Wang JK, Allen N, Brugmann SA, Mikels AJ, Liu H, Ridky TW, Stadler HS, Nusse R, Helms JA, Chang HY. A dermal HOX transcriptional program regulates site-specific epidermal fate. Genes & development 2008. PMID: 18245445


  11. Eames BF, Allen N, Young J, Kaplan A, Helms JA, Schneider RA. Skeletogenesis in the swell shark Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. Journal of anatomy 2007. PMID: 17451531