Basak E. Uygun

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

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Basak E. Uygun is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomaterials and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Basak E. Uygun has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Surgery, 26 papers in Biomaterials and 18 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Basak E. Uygun's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (36 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (26 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (25 papers). Basak E. Uygun is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (36 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (26 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (25 papers). Basak E. Uygun collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. Basak E. Uygun's co-authors include Martin L. Yarmush, Korkut Uygun, Maria‐Louisa Izamis, François Berthiaume, Jack M. Milwid, Alejandro Soto–Gutiérrez, Naoya Kobayashi, Hiroshi Yagi, Yaakov Nahmias and Maria Angela Guzzardi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, PLoS ONE and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Basak E. Uygun

73 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Organ reengineering through development of a transplantable recellularized liver graft using decellularized liver matrix

2010 1.0k citations Basak E. Uygun, Maria‐Louisa Izamis et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Basak E. Uygun United States	25	1.9k	1.2k	824	681	405	76	2.8k
Pedro M. Baptista Spain	22	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	790 1.0×	526 0.8×	494 1.2×	49	2.4k
Maria‐Louisa Izamis United States	19	1.8k 1.0×	762 0.6×	531 0.6×	911 1.3×	231 0.6×	37	2.2k
Kazuo Ohashi Japan	33	1.8k 0.9×	555 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 2.0×	1.6k 3.9×	96	4.5k
Hidetaka Hara United States	46	5.5k 2.8×	325 0.3×	216 0.3×	369 0.5×	1.3k 3.1×	198	6.5k
Sarah E. Gilpin United States	22	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	953 1.2×	62 0.1×	645 1.6×	42	3.0k
Nima Saeidi United States	18	786 0.4×	305 0.3×	280 0.3×	256 0.4×	207 0.5×	40	1.7k
Rie Utoh Japan	23	797 0.4×	383 0.3×	849 1.0×	538 0.8×	480 1.2×	64	2.3k
Judith M. Thomas United States	31	1.4k 0.7×	300 0.3×	142 0.2×	111 0.2×	828 2.0×	124	3.6k
P.M. Vogt Germany	25	986 0.5×	343 0.3×	133 0.2×	108 0.2×	260 0.6×	168	2.3k
Toshiaki Takezawa Japan	26	558 0.3×	508 0.4×	754 0.9×	126 0.2×	398 1.0×	80	2.1k

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Kim, Yongdeok, Bradley W. Ellis, Korkut Uygun, et al.. (2025). Vascular Microphysiological System for Investigating Endothelial Barrier Function During Organ Preservation and Reperfusion. Small. 21(11). e2410168–e2410168. 6 indexed citations

Ellis, Bradley W., Gregory R. Wojtkiewicz, Ralph Weissleder, et al.. (2025). Genetically engineered organs for early reporting of transplant rejection. Molecular Therapy. 34(2). 801–816.

Uygun, Basak E., et al.. (2024). Enhanced VCA Storage: A Pilot Study Demonstrating Supercooling in Orthotopic Rodent Hindlimb Transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 56(9). 2039–2045. 2 indexed citations

Ellis, Bradley W., et al.. (2024). Polyethylene glycol and caspase inhibitor emricasan alleviate cold injury in primary rat hepatocytes. Cryobiology. 116. 104926–104926. 1 indexed citations

Dion, Ludivine, Vincent Lavoué, Curtis L. Cetrulo, et al.. (2024). Establishing a Swine Model to Study Uterus Dynamic Preservation and Transplantation. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Acun, Aylin, Ruben Oganesyan, Mark A. Randolph, et al.. (2024). Optimized Decellularization of a Porcine Fasciocutaneaous Flap. Bioengineering. 11(4). 321–321. 4 indexed citations

Lellouch, Alexandre G., Guillaume Goudot, Paul Tawa, et al.. (2023). Towards Optimizing Sub-Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Fasciocutaneous Flaps: A Large Animal Study. Bioengineering. 10(12). 1415–1415. 8 indexed citations

Reyes, José, Nicolas Bertheuil, Basak E. Uygun, et al.. (2023). The Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery Axial Flap to Study Ischemic Preconditioning Effects in a Rat Model. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

Tawa, Paul, Reinier J. de Vries, Ivy A. Rosales, et al.. (2022). Continuous versus Pulsatile Flow in 24-Hour Vascularized Composite Allograft Machine Perfusion in Swine: A Pilot Study. Journal of Surgical Research. 283. 1145–1153. 10 indexed citations

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Bulutoglu, Beyza, Aylin Acun, Alexandre G. Lellouch, et al.. (2022). Combinatorial Use of Therapeutic ELP‐Based Micelle Particles in Tissue Engineering. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 11(13). e2102795–e2102795. 16 indexed citations

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Tawa, Paul, Aylin Acun, Basak E. Uygun, et al.. (2022). A Reliable Porcine Fascio-Cutaneous Flap Model for Vascularized Composite Allografts Bioengineering Studies. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

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Lellouch, Alexandre G., Aylin Acun, Ruben Oganesyan, et al.. (2021). Engineering Vascularized Composite Allografts Using Natural Scaffolds: A Systematic Review. Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews. 28(3). 677–693. 17 indexed citations

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Bulutoglu, Beyza, et al.. (2020). Tissue scaffolds functionalized with therapeutic elastin‐like biopolymer particles. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 117(5). 1575–1583. 9 indexed citations

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Hafiz, Ehab, Beyza Bulutoglu, Soheir S. Mansy, et al.. (2020). Development of liver microtissues with functional biliary ductular network. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 118(1). 17–29. 8 indexed citations

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Jaramillo, María, Heidi Yeh, Martin L. Yarmush, & Basak E. Uygun. (2017). Decellularized human liver extracellular matrix (hDLM)‐mediated hepatic differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hIPSCs). Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 12(4). e1962–e1973. 51 indexed citations

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Geerts, Sharon, Sinan Özer, María Jaramillo, Martin L. Yarmush, & Basak E. Uygun. (2016). Nondestructive Methods for Monitoring Cell Removal During Rat Liver Decellularization. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 22(7). 671–678. 31 indexed citations

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Bruinsma, Bote G., Yeon-Hee Kim, Tim Berendsen, et al.. (2015). Layer-by-layer heparinization of decellularized liver matrices to reduce thrombogenicity of recellularized liver grafts. Journal of Clinical and Translational Research. 1(1). 48–56. 35 indexed citations

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Perk, Sinem, Maria‐Louisa Izamis, Herman Tolboom, et al.. (2012). A fitness index for transplantation of machine-perfused cadaveric rat livers. BMC Research Notes. 5(1). 325–325. 19 indexed citations

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Tolboom, Herman, Maria‐Louisa Izamis, Nripen Sharma, et al.. (2011). Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion at Both 20°C and 30°C Recovers Ischemic Rat Livers for Successful Transplantation. Journal of Surgical Research. 175(1). 149–156. 91 indexed citations

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Uygun, Basak E., et al.. (2009). Effects of Immobilized Glycosaminoglycans on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(11). 3499–3512. 86 indexed citations

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