George Bou–Gharios

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

George Bou–Gharios is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Bou–Gharios has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Genetics and 21 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in George Bou–Gharios's work include Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research (20 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (19 papers) and Connective tissue disorders research (17 papers). George Bou–Gharios is often cited by papers focused on Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research (20 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (19 papers) and Connective tissue disorders research (17 papers). George Bou–Gharios collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. George Bou–Gharios's co-authors include Terence A. Partridge, David Abraham, Carol M. Black, Shiwen Xu, Christopher P. Denton, Andrew Leask, Qi Long Lu, Elisabetta Renzoni, David Abraham and Jeremy D. Pearson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

George Bou–Gharios

156 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Systemic delivery of antisense oligoribonucleotide restores dystrophin expression in body-wide skeletal muscles

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
George Bou–Gharios United Kingdom	44	3.4k	995	927	842	834	158	6.6k
Hitoshi Okochi Japan	36	3.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	474 0.5×	722 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	108	6.3k
Lucy Liaw United States	52	4.9k 1.4×	927 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	556 0.7×	365 0.4×	136	9.8k
Slobodan Vukičević Croatia	51	4.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.7×	475 0.5×	560 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	181	9.2k
Riitta Herva Finland	39	3.4k 1.0×	872 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	393 0.5×	622 0.7×	124	6.6k
Beate Eckes Germany	50	2.2k 0.6×	605 0.6×	641 0.7×	895 1.1×	311 0.4×	117	7.1k
Franck Verrecchia France	40	3.4k 1.0×	600 0.6×	919 1.0×	749 0.9×	373 0.4×	99	6.2k
Hans-Peter Gerber United States	13	4.7k 1.4×	924 0.9×	988 1.1×	346 0.4×	591 0.7×	16	8.9k
Gaetano Magro Italy	39	1.5k 0.4×	978 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	792 0.9×	310 0.4×	300	5.7k
Serena Zacchigna Italy	42	4.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	577 0.6×	273 0.3×	497 0.6×	112	7.2k
Setsuro Komiya Japan	50	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 2.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	412 0.5×	272	8.8k

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Lunn, Sharna, David A. Turner, Ke Liu, et al.. (2025). Skeletal progenitor LRP1 deficiency causes severe and persistent skeletal defects with Wnt pathway dysregulation. Bone Research. 13(1). 17–17. 2 indexed citations

Ooi, Kazuhiro, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Yutaka Kobayashi, et al.. (2025). Temporomandibular joint degeneration arises spontaneously in STR/ort mice and is prevented by targeted aggrecanase inhibition. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. 7(2). 100599–100599. 1 indexed citations

Norman, Brendan P., Hazel Sutherland, Peter J. Wilson, et al.. (2024). Hepatobiliary circulation and dominant urinary excretion of homogentisic acid in a mouse model of alkaptonuria. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 47(4). 664–673.

Vincent, Krista M., et al.. (2024). Cancer-associated Fibroblast–specific Expression of the Matricellular Protein CCN1 Coordinates Neovascularization and Stroma Deposition in Melanoma Metastasis. Cancer Research Communications. 4(2). 556–570. 13 indexed citations

Ranganath, L., Milad Khedr, Anna M. Milan, et al.. (2023). Increased prevalence of Parkinson's disease in alkaptonuria. JIMD Reports. 64(4). 282–292. 3 indexed citations

Ooi, Nicola, Brendan P. Norman, James A. Gallagher, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Homogentisic Acid, a Prospective Antibacterial Agent Highlighted by the Suitability of Nitisinone in Alkaptonuria 2 (SONIA 2) Clinical Trial. Cells. 12(13). 1683–1683. 1 indexed citations

Quan, Taihao, Wei Xia, Tianyuan He, et al.. (2023). Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 Expression in Fibroblasts Accelerates Dermal Aging and Promotes Papilloma Development in Mouse Skin. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 143(9). 1700–1707.e1. 22 indexed citations

Marcélis, Lionel, Georges Casimir, Philippe Goyens, et al.. (2023). Hereditary Tyrosinemia Type 1 Mice under Continuous Nitisinone Treatment Display Remnants of an Uncorrected Liver Disease Phenotype. Genes. 14(3). 693–693. 3 indexed citations

Bou–Gharios, George, Peter Clegg, Riaz Akhtar, et al.. (2022). Collagen (I) homotrimer potentiates the osteogenesis imperfecta (oim) mutant allele and reduces survival in male mice. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 15(9). 7 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Kazuhiro, Carsten Scavenius, Ida B. Thøgersen, et al.. (2022). A top-down approach to uncover the hidden ligandome of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 in cartilage. Matrix Biology. 112. 190–218. 14 indexed citations

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Kanakis, Ioannis, Peter Milner, Andrew Leask, et al.. (2020). Post-traumatic osteoarthritis development is not modified by postnatal chondrocyte deletion of Ccn2. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 13(7). 5 indexed citations

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Quan, Taihao, Yaping Xiang, Yingchun Liu, et al.. (2020). Dermal Fibroblast CCN1 Expression in Mice Recapitulates Human Skin Dermal Aging. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 141(4). 1007–1016. 14 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Kazuhiro, D. Wilkinson, & George Bou–Gharios. (2020). Targeting Dysregulation of Metalloproteinase Activity in Osteoarthritis. Calcified Tissue International. 109(3). 277–290. 39 indexed citations

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Kanakis, Ioannis, Ke Liu, B. Poulet, et al.. (2018). Targeted Inhibition of Aggrecanases Prevents Articular Cartilage Degradation and Augments Bone Mass in the STR/Ort Mouse Model of Spontaneous Osteoarthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 71(4). 571–582. 11 indexed citations

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Moschidou, Dafni, Michelangelo Corcelli, Jacques Behmoaras, et al.. (2016). Human Chorionic Stem Cells: Podocyte Differentiation and Potential for the Treatment of Alport Syndrome. Stem Cells and Development. 25(5). 395–404. 16 indexed citations

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Fragiadaki, Maria, George Bou–Gharios, Terence Cook, et al.. (2012). Hyperglycemia Causes Renal Cell Damage via CCN2-Induced Activation of the TrkA Receptor. Diabetes. 61(9). 2280–2288. 22 indexed citations

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Xu, Shiwen, Laura Kennedy, Daphne Pala, et al.. (2006). CCN2 Is Necessary for Adhesive Responses to Transforming Growth Factor-β1 in Embryonic Fibroblasts. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(16). 10715–10726. 136 indexed citations

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Russo, Francesco Paolo, Malcolm Alison, Brian Bigger, et al.. (2006). The Bone Marrow Functionally Contributes to Liver Fibrosis. Gastroenterology. 130(6). 1807–1821. 371 indexed citations

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Chen, Yunliang, Shiwen Xu, Laura Kennedy, et al.. (2005). Matrix Contraction by Dermal Fibroblasts Requires Transforming Growth Factor-β/Activin-Linked Kinase 5, Heparan Sulfate-Containing Proteoglycans, and MEK/ERK. American Journal Of Pathology. 167(6). 1699–1711. 119 indexed citations

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Xu, Shiwen, Yunliang Chen, Christopher P. Denton, et al.. (2004). Endothelin-1 Promotes Myofibroblast Induction through the ETA Receptor via a rac/Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Akt-dependent Pathway and Is Essential for the Enhanced Contractile Phenotype of Fibrotic Fibroblasts. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(6). 2707–2719. 287 indexed citations

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