Cecilia O’Kane

9.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
107 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Cecilia O’Kane is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cecilia O’Kane has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 31 papers in Epidemiology and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Cecilia O’Kane's work include Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (43 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (25 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (24 papers). Cecilia O’Kane is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (43 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (25 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (24 papers). Cecilia O’Kane collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Cecilia O’Kane's co-authors include Daniel F. McAuley, Jon S. Friedland, Anna Krasnodembskaya, Paul Elkington, Adrien Kissenpfennig, Megan Jackson, Thomas Morrison, Michael A. Matthay, Carolyn S. Calfee and Erin Cunningham and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Cecilia O’Kane

104 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Modulate Macrophages in Clinica... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2017 2016 2014 2022 2024 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Modulate Macrophages in Clinically Relevant Lung Injury Models by Extracellular Vesicle Mitochondrial Transfer
    2017 584 citations Thomas Morrison, Megan Jackson et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  2. Mitochondrial Transfer via Tunneling Nanotubes is an Important Mechanism by Which Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Macrophage Phagocytosis in the In Vitro and In Vivo Models of ARDS
    2016 410 citations Megan Jackson, Thomas Morrison et al. profile →
  3. Simvastatin in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    2014 307 citations Daniel F. McAuley, John G. Laffey et al. profile →
  4. Acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults: diagnosis, outcomes, long-term sequelae, and management
    2022 197 citations Cecilia O’Kane, Daniel F. McAuley et al. profile →
  5. Vascular leak in sepsis: physiological basis and potential therapeutic advances
    2024 44 citations Daniel F. McAuley, Cecilia O’Kane et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cecilia O’Kane United Kingdom 39 2.2k 1.5k 1.4k 962 745 107 5.3k
Claúdia C. dos Santos Canada 45 2.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 846 0.6× 938 1.0× 421 0.6× 173 6.0k
Rachel L. Zemans United States 31 2.7k 1.3× 1.7k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.6× 458 0.6× 66 6.0k
Steven Idell United States 42 3.2k 1.5× 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 796 0.8× 355 0.5× 226 6.3k
Angela J. Rogers United States 38 1.2k 0.6× 1.8k 1.2× 863 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 117 5.7k
Gustavo Matute‐Bello United States 37 3.4k 1.6× 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 2.2k 2.3× 354 0.5× 69 6.7k
C. Erik Hack Netherlands 43 722 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 1.8k 1.9× 409 0.5× 131 7.0k
Hidesaku Asakura Japan 40 888 0.4× 695 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 419 0.6× 283 6.0k
Simone Rosseau Germany 37 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 341 0.5× 94 5.0k
Sascha David Germany 40 674 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 746 0.8× 681 0.9× 153 4.6k
Daniel Duerschmied Germany 33 820 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 615 0.5× 1.8k 1.9× 640 0.9× 198 5.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cecilia O’Kane

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All Works

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Linden, Dermot, Melanie L. Bailey, J. Michael Conlon, et al.. (2025). Effects of Hyperoxia on Pulmonary Inflammation and organ injury in a human in vivo model (HIPI): study protocol of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 12(1). e002393–e002393. 1 indexed citations
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Antcliffe, David, Yuxin Mi, Shalini Santhakumaran, et al.. (2024). Patient stratification using plasma cytokines and their regulators in sepsis: relationship to outcomes, treatment effect and leucocyte transcriptomic subphenotypes. Thorax. 79(6). 515–523. 9 indexed citations
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López‐Martínez, Cecilia, Inés López-Alonso, Laura Amado‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2024). Mechanical Stretch Induces Senescence of Lung Epithelial Cells and Drives Fibroblast Activation by Paracrine Mechanisms. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 72(2). 195–205. 4 indexed citations
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Dunne, Orla M., Lorraine Martin, Gerard P. Sergeant, et al.. (2024). TRPV2 modulates mechanically Induced ATP Release from Human bronchial epithelial cells. Respiratory Research. 25(1). 188–188. 3 indexed citations
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Krasnodembskaya, Anna, Gunnar N. Schroeder, Declan Doherty, et al.. (2024). Human mesenchymal stromal cells inhibitMycobacterium aviumreplication in clinically relevant models of lung infection. Thorax. 79(8). 778–787. 4 indexed citations
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Mehta, Puja, Rebecca C. Coll, Andrew Boyle, et al.. (2023). Elevated ferritin, mediated by IL-18 is associated with systemic inflammation and mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Thorax. 79(3). 227–235. 11 indexed citations
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Shankar‐Hari, Manu, Shalini Santhakumaran, A Toby Prevost, et al.. (2021). Defining phenotypes and treatment effect heterogeneity to inform acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis trials: secondary analyses of three RCTs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(10). 1–104. 17 indexed citations
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Boyle, Andrew, Jonathan Hackett, Michael S. McCloskey, et al.. (2021). Hyperoxaemia and hypoxaemia are associated with harm in patients with ARDS. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 21(1). 285–285. 13 indexed citations
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Soni, Sanooj, Kieran P. O’Dea, Miroslav Malešević, et al.. (2021). Secreted Extracellular Cyclophilin A Is a Novel Mediator of Ventilator-induced Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 204(4). 421–430. 11 indexed citations
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Horie, Shahd, Emanuele Rezoagli, Tài Pham, et al.. (2020). Emerging pharmacological therapies for ARDS: COVID-19 and beyond. Intensive Care Medicine. 46(12). 2265–2283. 67 indexed citations
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Dumigan, Amy, M Fitzgerald, Joana Sá‐Pessoa, et al.. (2019). A Porcine Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Model To Investigate Bacterial Pathogenesis. mBio. 10(6). 18 indexed citations
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Morrison, Thomas, Megan Jackson, Erin Cunningham, et al.. (2017). Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Modulate Macrophages in Clinically Relevant Lung Injury Models by Extracellular Vesicle Mitochondrial Transfer. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(10). 1275–1286. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jackson, Megan, Thomas Morrison, Daniel F. McAuley, et al.. (2016). American Thoracic Society Meeting 2016.: Mitochondrial Transfer Via Tunnelling Nanotubes (TNT) Is a Novel Mechanism by Which Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Enhance Macrophage Phagocytosis in In Vivo Models of Acute Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 193. 1 indexed citations
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Muir, Roshell, Alice V. Dubois, Emma Doran, et al.. (2015). Innate Lymphoid Cells Are the Predominant Source of IL-17A during the Early Pathogenesis of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 193(4). 407–416. 98 indexed citations
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Duffy, Martin, Cecilia O’Kane, Michael R. Stevenson, et al.. (2015). A randomized clinical trial of ascorbic acid in open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental. 3(1). 50–50. 6 indexed citations
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Shyamsundar, Murali, Daniel F. McAuley, Rebecca J. Ingram, et al.. (2014). Keratinocyte Growth Factor Promotes Epithelial Survival and Resolution in a Human Model of Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 189(12). 1520–1529. 85 indexed citations
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Craig, Thelma, Martin Duffy, Murali Shyamsundar, et al.. (2010). A Randomized Clinical Trial of Hydroxymethylglutaryl– Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibition for Acute Lung Injury (The HARP Study). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 183(5). 620–626. 152 indexed citations
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Shyamsundar, Murali, Scott McKeown, Cecilia O’Kane, et al.. (2009). Simvastatin Decreases Lipopolysaccharide-induced Pulmonary Inflammation in Healthy Volunteers. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 179(12). 1107–1114. 194 indexed citations
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Elkington, Paul, Robert K. Nuttall, Joseph J. Boyle, et al.. (2005). Mycobacterium tuberculosis , but Not Vaccine BCG, Specifically Upregulates Matrix Metalloproteinase-1. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 172(12). 1596–1604. 85 indexed citations
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Elkington, Paul, Jenny E. Emerson, Cecilia O’Kane, et al.. (2005). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Up-Regulates Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 Secretion from Human Airway Epithelial Cells via a p38 MAPK Switch. The Journal of Immunology. 175(8). 5333–5340. 97 indexed citations

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