Jan Kitajewski

22.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
180 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Jan Kitajewski is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Kitajewski has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Oncology and 20 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Jan Kitajewski's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (45 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (40 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (34 papers). Jan Kitajewski is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (45 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (40 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (34 papers). Jan Kitajewski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Japan. Jan Kitajewski's co-authors include Carrie J. Shawber, Yasuhiro Funahashi, Hendrik Uyttendaele, Ian Tattersall, Guangyu Wu, David Sassoon, Martin A. Julius, Kevin L. Stark, John R. Shutter and Marina Vorontchikhina and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jan Kitajewski

175 papers receiving 17.4k 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.

Stromal Elements Act to Restrain, Rather Than Support, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

2014 1.5k citations Andrew D. Rhim, Paul E. Oberstein et al. Cancer Cell profile →
Notch signaling is essential for vascular morphogenesis in mice

2000 839 citations Jan Kitajewski et al. Genes & Development profile →
Endothelial Cells Are Essential for the Self-Renewal and Repopulation of Notch-Dependent Hematopoietic Stem Cells

2010 488 citations Carrie J. Shawber, Jan Kitajewski et al. profile →
Bile Acid and Inflammation Activate Gastric Cardia Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Barrett-Like Metaplasia

2012 357 citations Michael Quante, Govind Bhagat et al. Cancer Cell profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jan Kitajewski	11.6k	3.6k	2.3k	2.3k	1.9k	180	17.7k
Masahide Takahashi	8.9k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	367	16.0k
Hellmut G. Augustin	11.0k 0.9×	4.3k 1.2×	2.7k 1.1×	3.4k 1.5×	1.9k 1.0×	206	19.0k
Shigeki Higashiyama	8.2k 0.7×	4.4k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	279	15.6k
Freddy Radtke	12.7k 1.1×	3.9k 1.1×	5.4k 2.3×	2.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	178	21.7k
M. Luisa Iruela‐Arispe	12.5k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	5.0k 2.2×	2.0k 1.0×	202	21.4k
Charles D. Stiles	11.0k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	139	18.0k
Catherine M. Verfaillie	10.4k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	4.0k 1.7×	1.8k 0.8×	5.3k 2.7×	481	25.2k
Lieve Moons	9.9k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	5.5k 2.4×	1.8k 0.9×	270	19.5k
Jack Lawler	11.8k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	4.7k 2.1×	1.5k 0.8×	206	20.2k
Raphael Kopan	17.5k 1.5×	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	163	25.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Kitajewski

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Anwar, Mumtaz, Prerak Gupta, Mark A. Sanborn, et al.. (2024). Notch transcriptional target tmtc1 maintains vascular homeostasis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 370–370.

Naiche, L.A., et al.. (2023). CLIC4 Regulates Endothelial Barrier Control by Mediating PAR1 Signaling via RhoA. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 43(8). 1441–1454. 13 indexed citations

Naiche, L.A., et al.. (2023). Abstract 3618: The role of endothelial ACKR1 in triple-negative breast cancer metastasis. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 3618–3618.

Phillips, Evan H., Vytautas P. Bindokas, Jan Kitajewski, et al.. (2023). Three‐dimensional spatial quantitative analysis of cardiac lymphatics in the mouse heart. Microcirculation. 30(7). e12826–e12826. 3 indexed citations

Qiu, Wanglong, Richard A. Friedman, Iok In Christine Chio, et al.. (2022). Inactivation of Notch4 Attenuated Pancreatic Tumorigenesis in Mice. Cancer Research Communications. 2(12). 1601–1616. 2 indexed citations

Delgado, Ana C., Angel R. Maldonado‐Soto, Violeta Silva-Vargas, et al.. (2021). Release of stem cells from quiescence reveals gliogenic domains in the adult mouse brain. Science. 372(6547). 1205–1209. 51 indexed citations

Swaminathan, Bhairavi, Hideru Obinata, Yulia Komarova, et al.. (2021). CLIC1 and CLIC4 mediate endothelial S1P receptor signaling to facilitate Rac1 and RhoA activity and function. Science Signaling. 14(679). 18 indexed citations

Muley, Ajit, Minji K. Uh, Bhairavi Swaminathan, et al.. (2021). Unique functions for Notch4 in murine embryonic lymphangiogenesis. Angiogenesis. 25(2). 205–224. 17 indexed citations

Marchetto, Nicole M., et al.. (2020). Endothelial Jagged1 Antagonizes Dll4/Notch Signaling in Decidual Angiogenesis during Early Mouse Pregnancy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(18). 6477–6477. 14 indexed citations

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Tian, Wen, Stanley G. Rockson, Xinguo Jiang, et al.. (2017). Leukotriene B₄antagonism ameliorates experimental lymphedema. Science Translational Medicine. 9(389). 127 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Debarshi, Sonia L. Hernandez, Alejandro J. Garcia, et al.. (2015). Notch Suppresses Angiogenesis and Progression of Hepatic Metastases. Cancer Research. 75(8). 1592–1602. 43 indexed citations

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Kangsamaksin, Thaned, Aino Murtomäki, Natalie Kofler, et al.. (2014). NOTCH Decoys That Selectively Block DLL/NOTCH or JAG/NOTCH Disrupt Angiogenesis by Unique Mechanisms to Inhibit Tumor Growth. Cancer Discovery. 5(2). 182–197. 121 indexed citations

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Rhim, Andrew D., Paul E. Oberstein, Dafydd Thomas, et al.. (2014). Stromal Elements Act to Restrain, Rather Than Support, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Cell. 25(6). 735–747. 1513 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Haixia, Jimmy Zhu, Sinéad M. Smith, et al.. (2012). Notch–RBP-J signaling regulates the transcription factor IRF8 to promote inflammatory macrophage polarization. Nature Immunology. 13(7). 642–650. 353 indexed citations

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Quante, Michael, Govind Bhagat, Julian A. Abrams, et al.. (2012). Bile Acid and Inflammation Activate Gastric Cardia Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Barrett-Like Metaplasia. Cancer Cell. 21(1). 36–51. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

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Funahashi, Yasuhiro, Sonia L. Hernandez, Indranil Das, et al.. (2008). A Notch1 Ectodomain Construct Inhibits Endothelial Notch Signaling, Tumor Growth, and Angiogenesis. Cancer Research. 68(12). 4727–4735. 128 indexed citations

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Shawber, Carrie J. & Jan Kitajewski. (2008). Arterial Regulators Taken Up by Lymphatics. Lymphatic Research and Biology. 6(3-4). 139–143. 3 indexed citations

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Young, C. S. H., Marina Kitamura, Stephen Hardy, & Jan Kitajewski. (1998). Wnt-1 Induces Growth, Cytosolic β-Catenin, and Tcf/Lef Transcriptional Activation in Rat-1 Fibroblasts. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(5). 2474–2485. 141 indexed citations

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Münsterberg, Andrea, Jan Kitajewski, David Bumcrot, Andrew P. McMahon, & Andrew B. Lassar. (1995). Combinatorial signaling by Sonic hedgehog and Wnt family members induces myogenic bHLH gene expression in the somite.. Genes & Development. 9(23). 2911–2922. 437 indexed citations

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Mason, John O., Jan Kitajewski, & Harold Varmus. (1992). Mutational analysis of mouse Wnt-1 identifies two temperature-sensitive alleles and attributes of Wnt-1 protein essential for transformation of a mammary cell line.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3(5). 521–533. 91 indexed citations

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