Cindy Kok

13.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Cindy Kok is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Cindy Kok has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Cindy Kok's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (14 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Cindy Kok is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (14 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers). Cindy Kok collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Japan and United States. Cindy Kok's co-authors include Atsushi Miyajima, Shinya Tsurusaki, Hiroyasu Nakano, Hitoshi Okochi, Tomoko Koumura, Misaki Nakasone, Hirotaka Imai, Taro Sakamoto, Minoru Tanaka and Masaki Matsuoka and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Cindy Kok

39 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Hepatic ferroptosis plays an important role as the trigger for initiating inflammation in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

2019 399 citations Shinya Tsurusaki, Yuichi Tsuchiya et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cindy Kok Australia	16	458	328	230	221	169	43	1.3k
Tian‐Biao Zhou China	24	626 1.4×	225 0.7×	127 0.6×	114 0.5×	171 1.0×	144	1.9k
Yasuaki Hirooka Japan	24	595 1.3×	216 0.7×	206 0.9×	185 0.8×	243 1.4×	88	1.4k
Hoon Young Choi South Korea	24	651 1.4×	309 0.9×	96 0.4×	158 0.7×	425 2.5×	97	2.6k
Solveig Wållberg‐Jonsson Sweden	24	250 0.5×	208 0.6×	72 0.3×	209 0.9×	250 1.5×	50	2.5k
Zbigniew Gaciong Poland	19	831 1.8×	229 0.7×	168 0.7×	121 0.5×	250 1.5×	108	1.9k
Manuel Naves‐Díaz Spain	23	478 1.0×	296 0.9×	126 0.5×	107 0.5×	281 1.7×	80	2.4k
María C. Izquierdo Spain	17	643 1.4×	161 0.5×	208 0.9×	170 0.8×	211 1.2×	26	1.8k
Lu Wu China	21	356 0.8×	264 0.8×	234 1.0×	184 0.8×	386 2.3×	68	1.3k
Ken‐ichi Miyoshi Japan	20	410 0.9×	195 0.6×	114 0.5×	161 0.7×	204 1.2×	63	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cindy Kok

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cindy Kok. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cindy Kok based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cindy Kok. Cindy Kok is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Rao, Renuka, T Titus, Shinya Tsurusaki, et al.. (2025). High-throughput evaluation of cardiac-specific promoters for adeno-associated virus mediated cardiac gene therapy. Gene Therapy.

Kok, Cindy, Renuka Rao, Shinya Tsurusaki, et al.. (2024). Overexpression of multidrug resistance‐associated protein 1 protects against cardiotoxicity by augmenting the doxorubicin efflux from cardiomyocytes. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 26(3). e3681–e3681. 1 indexed citations

Sasaki, Natsuki, Cindy Kok, Adrian Westhaus, et al.. (2023). In Search of Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors With Enhanced Cardiac Tropism for Gene Therapy. Heart Lung and Circulation. 32(7). 816–824. 6 indexed citations

Kok, Cindy, Lauren M. MacLean, Renuka Rao, Shinya Tsurusaki, & Eddy Kizana. (2023). Promoter Optimization Circumvents Bcl-2 Transgene-Mediated Suppression of Lentiviral Vector Production. Biomolecules. 13(9). 1397–1397. 7 indexed citations

Rao, Renuka, Grant J. Logan, Cindy Kok, et al.. (2022). Performance of Cardiotropic rAAV Vectors Is Dependent on Production Method. Viruses. 14(8). 1623–1623. 2 indexed citations

Kok, Cindy, et al.. (2021). Potential Applications for Targeted Gene Therapy to Protect Against Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity. JACC CardioOncology. 3(5). 650–662. 9 indexed citations

Tsurusaki, Shinya, Yuichi Tsuchiya, Tomoko Koumura, et al.. (2019). Hepatic ferroptosis plays an important role as the trigger for initiating inflammation in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Cell Death and Disease. 10(6). 449–449. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

Okada, Hajime, Minami Yamada, Kenji Kamimoto, et al.. (2018). The transcription factor Klf5 is essential for intrahepatic biliary epithelial tissue remodeling after cholestatic liver injury. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(17). 6214–6229. 15 indexed citations

Bubb, Kristen J., Cindy Kok, Owen Tang, et al.. (2017). The NRF2 activator DH404 attenuates adverse ventricular remodeling post-myocardial infarction by modifying redox signalling. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 108. 585–594. 33 indexed citations

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Bubb, Kristen J., Cindy Kok, Owen Tang, et al.. (2016). Abstract 15540: NRF2 Upregulation Attenuates Post-Infarct Ventricular Remodeling by Modifying Redox Signalling. Circulation. 134. 1 indexed citations

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Durvasula, Seeta, Rebecca S. Mason, Cindy Kok, et al.. (2015). Outdoor areas of Australian residential aged care facilities do not facilitate appropriate sun exposure. Australian Health Review. 39(4). 406–410. 3 indexed citations

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Dane, Allison, Sharon C. Cunningham, Cindy Kok, Grant J. Logan, & Ian E. Alexander. (2015). Transient suppression of hepatocellular replication in the mouse liver following transduction with recombinant adeno-associated virus. Gene Therapy. 22(11). 917–922. 1 indexed citations

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Durvasula, Seeta, Peter Gies, Rebecca S. Mason, et al.. (2014). Vitamin D response of older people in residential aged care to sunlight-derived ultraviolet radiation. Archives of Osteoporosis. 9(1). 197–197. 14 indexed citations

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Sànchez-Riera, Lídia, Emily Carnahan, Theo Vos, et al.. (2014). The global burden attributable to low bone mineral density. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 73(9). 1635–1645. 134 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Sharon C., et al.. (2013). AAV-encoded OTC activity persisting to adulthood following delivery to newborn spfash mice is insufficient to prevent shRNA-induced hyperammonaemia. Gene Therapy. 20(12). 1184–1187. 15 indexed citations

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Ford, Jane B., et al.. (2011). Hospital Data Reporting on Postpartum Hemorrhage: Under-Estimates Recurrence and Over-Estimates the Contribution of Uterine Atony. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 16(7). 1542–1548. 15 indexed citations

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Sànchez-Riera, Lídia, Nicholas Wilson, Joan M. Nolla, et al.. (2010). Osteoporosis and fragility fractures. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 24(6). 793–810. 3 indexed citations

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Kok, Cindy & Philip N. Sambrook. (2009). Secondary osteoporosis in patients with an osteoporotic fracture. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 23(6). 769–779. 42 indexed citations

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Kok, Cindy, Marina Kennerson, Penelope J. Spring, et al.. (2003). A Locus for Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy with Cough and Gastroesophageal Reflux on Chromosome 3p22-p24. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 73(3). 632–637. 49 indexed citations

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Kampman, Ellen, et al.. (1994). Reproductive and hormonal factors in male and female colon cancer. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 3(4). 329–336. 25 indexed citations

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