Aaron M. Zorn

19.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
126 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Aaron M. Zorn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron M. Zorn has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Surgery and 25 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Aaron M. Zorn's work include Congenital heart defects research (34 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (25 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (16 papers). Aaron M. Zorn is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (34 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (25 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (16 papers). Aaron M. Zorn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Aaron M. Zorn's co-authors include James M. Wells, Scott A. Rankin, Débora Sinner, Jason R. Spence, J. B. Gurdon, Jefferson E. Vallance, Noah F. Shroyer, Susanne I. Wells, Vladimir V. Kalinichenko and Kathryn A. Tolle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Aaron M. Zorn

125 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into intestinal tissue in vitro

2010 1.4k citations Scott A. Rankin, Vladimir V. Kalinichenko et al. profile →
Vertebrate Endoderm Development and Organ Formation

2009 552 citations Aaron M. Zorn, James M. Wells profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron M. Zorn United States	46	6.3k	1.8k	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	126	8.6k
Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes Netherlands	48	9.0k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	993 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	187	12.3k
Stephen Dalton United States	57	11.0k 1.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	841 0.8×	125	14.1k
Nobuo Sasaki Japan	26	3.4k 0.5×	936 0.5×	943 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	869 0.8×	59	5.9k
Ludovic Vallier United Kingdom	52	10.4k 1.6×	2.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.9×	155	13.1k
James M. Wells United States	48	6.6k 1.0×	3.9k 2.2×	2.1k 1.3×	2.8k 2.4×	2.8k 2.7×	127	11.2k
Anna‐Katerina Hadjantonakis United States	68	11.7k 1.9×	1.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	934 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	203	14.4k
Melissa H. Little Australia	62	10.2k 1.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	223	13.2k
Linzhao Cheng United States	60	9.3k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	146	12.5k
Bon‐Kyoung Koo South Korea	46	6.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	3.8k 3.2×	1.8k 1.7×	99	11.7k
Karl Willert United States	42	7.9k 1.2×	816 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	447 0.4×	65	9.8k

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Enriquez, Jacob R., et al.. (2026). Single-cell transcriptomic comparison of the developing human fetal stomach and pluripotent stem cell-derived gastric organoids. Development. 153(4).

Sanchez, J. Guillermo, Scott A. Rankin, Heather A. McCauley, et al.. (2024). RFX6 regulates human intestinal patterning and function upstream of PDX1. Development. 151(9). 4 indexed citations

O’Donnell, Anna, Christina M. Alfieri, Casey O. Swoboda, et al.. (2023). Localized Prox1 Regulates Aortic Valve Endothelial Cell Diversity and Extracellular Matrix Stratification in Mice. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 43(8). 1478–1493. 6 indexed citations

Rankin, Scott A. & Aaron M. Zorn. (2022). The homeodomain transcription factor Ventx2 regulates respiratory progenitor cell number and differentiation timing during Xenopus lung development. Development Growth & Differentiation. 64(7). 347–361. 1 indexed citations

Ramachandran, Janani, Weiqiang Zhou, Talia Nasr, et al.. (2022). Hedgehog regulation of epithelial cell state and morphogenesis in the larynx. eLife. 11. 4 indexed citations

Kishimoto, Keishi, Kentaro Iwasawa, Lu Han, et al.. (2022). Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into diverse organ-specific mesenchyme of the digestive and respiratory systems. Nature Protocols. 17(11). 2699–2719. 18 indexed citations

Rankin, Scott A., Jeffrey D. Steimle, Xinan Yang, et al.. (2021). Tbx5 drives Aldh1a2 expression to regulate a RA-Hedgehog-Wnt gene regulatory network coordinating cardiopulmonary development. eLife. 10. 18 indexed citations

Kingma, Paul S., et al.. (2021). Developmental basis of trachea-esophageal birth defects. Developmental Biology. 477. 85–97. 18 indexed citations

Chaturvedi, Praneet, Scott A. Rankin, Margaret B. Fish, et al.. (2020). Sox17 and β-catenin co-occupy Wnt-responsive enhancers to govern the endoderm gene regulatory network. eLife. 9. 31 indexed citations

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Nasr, Talia, Praneet Chaturvedi, Stephen L. Trisno, et al.. (2020). Disruption of a Hedgehog-Foxf1-Rspo2 signaling axis leads to tracheomalacia and a loss of Sox9+ tracheal chondrocytes. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 14(2). 13 indexed citations

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Han, Lu, Praneet Chaturvedi, Keishi Kishimoto, et al.. (2020). Single cell transcriptomics identifies a signaling network coordinating endoderm and mesoderm diversification during foregut organogenesis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4158–4158. 111 indexed citations

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Rankin, Scott A., et al.. (2012). Suppression of Bmp4 signaling by the zinc-finger repressors Osr1 and Osr2 is required for Wnt/β-catenin-mediated lung specification in Xenopus. Development. 139(16). 3010–3020. 41 indexed citations

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Sinner, Débora, Scott A. Rankin, Qian Wei, et al.. (2006). Global analysis of the transcriptional network controlling Xenopus endoderm formation. Development. 133(10). 1955–1966. 62 indexed citations

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Wells, James M., et al.. (2006). Sox17 influences the differentiation of respiratory epithelial cells. Developmental Biology. 294(1). 192–202. 64 indexed citations

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Tao, Qinghua, et al.. (2005). A novel G protein-coupled receptor, related to GPR4, is required for assembly of the cortical actin skeleton in early Xenopus embryos. Development. 132(12). 2825–2836. 18 indexed citations

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Sinner, Débora, Scott A. Rankin, Monica Lee, & Aaron M. Zorn. (2004). Sox17 and β-catenin cooperate to regulate the transcription of endodermal genes. Development. 131(13). 3069–3080. 243 indexed citations

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McLin, Valérie A. & Aaron M. Zorn. (2003). Organogenesis: Making Pancreas from Liver. Current Biology. 13(3). R96–R98. 7 indexed citations

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Standley, Henrietta J., Aaron M. Zorn, & J. B. Gurdon. (2002). A dynamic requirement for community interactions during Xenopus myogenesis. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46(3). 279–283. 14 indexed citations

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Stennard, Fiona A., Aaron M. Zorn, Kenneth Ryan, Nigel Garrett, & J. B. Gurdon. (1999). Differential expression of VegT and Antipodean protein isoforms in Xenopus. Mechanisms of Development. 86(1-2). 87–98. 71 indexed citations

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Zorn, Aaron M., et al.. (1999). Anterior Endomesoderm Specification inXenopusby Wnt/β-catenin and TGF-β Signalling Pathways. Developmental Biology. 209(2). 282–297. 150 indexed citations

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