Charles E. Alpers

44.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
389 papers, 25.2k citations indexed

About

Charles E. Alpers is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles E. Alpers has authored 389 papers receiving a total of 25.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Nephrology, 97 papers in Molecular Biology and 77 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Charles E. Alpers's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (150 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (63 papers) and Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes (35 papers). Charles E. Alpers is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (150 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (63 papers) and Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes (35 papers). Charles E. Alpers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Charles E. Alpers's co-authors include Kelly L. Hudkins, Richard J. Johnson, William G. Couser, Kevin D. O’Brien, Jürgen Floege, P Pritzl, Agnes B. Fogo, Katherine Gordon, Cecilia M. Giachelli and Stuart J. Shankland and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Charles E. Alpers

387 papers receiving 24.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

VEGF Inhibition and Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy

2008 1.1k citations Jolanta Kowalewska, Mark Haas et al. profile →
Mouse Models of Diabetic Nephropathy

2009 680 citations Charles E. Alpers et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

1993 660 citations Richard J. Johnson, William G. Couser et al. profile →
Revision of the International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society classification for lupus nephritis: clarification of definitions, and modified National Institutes of Health activity and chronicity indices

2018 595 citations Charles E. Alpers, H. Terence Cook et al. Kidney International profile →
Osteopontin is elevated during neointima formation in rat arteries and is a novel component of human atherosclerotic plaques.

1993 558 citations Charles E. Alpers et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Renal injury from angiotensin II-mediated hypertension.

1992 469 citations Richard J. Johnson, Charles E. Alpers et al. profile →
Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets for diabetic kidney disease

2022 349 citations Katherine R. Tuttle, Charles E. Alpers et al. Kidney International profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles E. Alpers United States	86	9.2k	6.8k	4.5k	3.8k	3.6k	389	25.2k
Kerstin Amann Germany	74	7.5k 0.8×	6.7k 1.0×	4.3k 1.0×	3.3k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	584	24.4k
Jeffrey B. Kopp United States	88	10.8k 1.2×	8.6k 1.3×	2.7k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	377	25.3k
Hui Y. Lan Hong Kong	102	12.3k 1.3×	16.2k 2.4×	7.1k 1.6×	4.2k 1.1×	4.8k 1.3×	467	37.4k
Vivette D. D’Agati United States	104	16.0k 1.7×	12.9k 1.9×	5.8k 1.3×	4.8k 1.3×	4.1k 1.1×	494	37.8k
Hans‐Joachim Anders Germany	86	8.2k 0.9×	8.3k 1.2×	9.5k 2.1×	3.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	421	25.8k
Eric G. Neilson United States	72	6.1k 0.7×	13.8k 2.0×	3.4k 0.8×	5.7k 1.5×	3.9k 1.1×	206	29.5k
Linda L. Demer United States	65	3.6k 0.4×	5.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	3.5k 1.0×	162	17.5k
Robert B. Colvin United States	91	3.9k 0.4×	4.8k 0.7×	8.3k 1.8×	3.3k 0.9×	9.6k 2.7×	423	28.8k
Giovanni Camussi Italy	89	3.9k 0.4×	19.8k 2.9×	5.3k 1.2×	2.6k 0.7×	5.4k 1.5×	572	33.7k
Mark Haas United States	71	6.7k 0.7×	3.8k 0.6×	3.7k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	238	16.5k

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Trachtman, Howard, Jai Radhakrishnan, Michelle N. Rheault, et al.. (2024). Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Patient Baseline Characteristics in the Sparsentan Phase 3 DUPLEX Study. Kidney International Reports. 9(4). 1020–1030. 2 indexed citations

Kramer, Farah, Shreeram Akilesh, Charles E. Alpers, et al.. (2024). Elevated apolipoprotein C3 augments diabetic kidney disease and associated atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes. JCI Insight. 9(12). 3 indexed citations

Zelnick, Leila R., Behzad Najafian, Nicole K. Andeen, et al.. (2020). Histopathologic and Clinical Features in Patients with Diabetes and Kidney Disease. Kidney360. 1(11). 1217–1225. 12 indexed citations

Haas, Mark, Jacobien C. Verhave, Zhihong Liu, et al.. (2016). A Multicenter Study of the Predictive Value of Crescents in IgA Nephropathy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 28(2). 691–701. 216 indexed citations

Fogo, Agnes B., Mark A. Lusco, Behzad Najafian, & Charles E. Alpers. (2016). AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology: Ischemic Acute Tubular Injury. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 67(5). e25–e25. 15 indexed citations

Lusco, Mark A., Behzad Najafian, Charles E. Alpers, & Agnes B. Fogo. (2016). AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology: Arterionephrosclerosis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 67(4). e21–e22. 10 indexed citations

Lusco, Mark A., Agnes B. Fogo, Behzad Najafian, & Charles E. Alpers. (2016). AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology: Sickle Cell Nephropathy. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 68(1). e1–e3. 5 indexed citations

Meek, Rick L., Renee Leboeuf, Sandeep Saha, et al.. (2013). Glomerular cell death and inflammation with high-protein diet and diabetes. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 28(7). 1711–1720. 37 indexed citations

Becker-Herman, Shirly, Almut Meyer‐Bahlburg, Marc A. Schwartz, et al.. (2011). WASp-deficient B cells play a critical, cell-intrinsic role in triggering autoimmunity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 208(10). 2033–2042. 127 indexed citations

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Najafian, Behzad, Charles E. Alpers, & Agnes B. Fogo. (2011). Pathology of Human Diabetic Nephropathy. Contributions to nephrology. 170. 36–47. 178 indexed citations

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Ohse, Takamoto, Jeffrey W. Pippin, George Jarad, et al.. (2009). A new function for parietal epithelial cells: a second glomerular barrier. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 297(6). F1566–F1574. 58 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Kevin D., Elina Minami, Jin Kyu Kim, et al.. (2009). Abstract 1369: A New Murine Model of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: The Female Leptin-Deficient, Black and Tan Brachyuric Mouse. Circulation. 120. 2 indexed citations

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Guo, Shunhua, Jolanta Kowalewska, Tomasz Wietecha, et al.. (2008). Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade Is Renoprotective in Immune Complex–Mediated Glomerulonephritis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19(6). 1168–1176. 31 indexed citations

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Alpers, Charles E. & Jolanta Kowalewska. (2007). Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis and Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19(1). 34–37. 85 indexed citations

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Hudkins, Kelly L., Debra G. Gilbertson, Matthew D. Carling, et al.. (2004). Exogenous PDGF-D Is a Potent Mesangial Cell Mitogen and Causes a Severe Mesangial Proliferative Glomerulopathy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 15(2). 286–298. 52 indexed citations

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Alpers, Charles E., Che‐Chung Tsai, Kelly L. Hudkins, et al.. (1997). Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Primates Infected with a Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 13(5). 413–424. 25 indexed citations

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Pichler, Raimund, Christian Hugo, Stuart J. Shankland, et al.. (1996). SPARC is expressed in renal interstitial fibrosis and in renal vascular injury. Kidney International. 50(6). 1978–1989. 85 indexed citations

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Nikkari, Seppo T., Randolph L. Geary, Thomas S. Hatsukami, et al.. (1996). Expression of collagen, interstitial collagenase, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 in restenosis after carotid endarterectomy.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 148(3). 777–83. 60 indexed citations

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E, Eng, Volkhard Lindner, Charles E. Alpers, et al.. (1992). Rat glomerular mesangial cells synthesize basic fibroblast growth factor. Release, upregulated synthesis, and mitogenicity in mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 90(6). 2362–2369. 119 indexed citations

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Floege, Jürgen, Charles E. Alpers, Mark W. Burns, et al.. (1992). Glomerular cells, extracellular matrix accumulation, and the development of glomerulosclerosis in the remnant kidney model.. PubMed. 66(4). 485–97. 171 indexed citations

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