Joan C. Krepinsky

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Joan C. Krepinsky is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nephrology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan C. Krepinsky has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Nephrology and 21 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Joan C. Krepinsky's work include Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (18 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (13 papers) and Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (12 papers). Joan C. Krepinsky is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (18 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (13 papers) and Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (12 papers). Joan C. Krepinsky collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Joan C. Krepinsky's co-authors include Alistair J. Ingram, Bo Gao, Dongcheng Wu, Fang-Fang Peng, Baifang Zhang, Jeffrey G. Dickhout, Lalita Uttarwar, Renzhong Li, Bo Gao and Catherine M. Clase and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Joan C. Krepinsky

68 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Endoplasmic reticulum stress as a driver and therapeutic target for kidney disease

2025 16 citations Jae Hyun Byun, Paul Lebeau et al. Nature Reviews Nephrology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joan C. Krepinsky Canada	28	894	543	464	267	205	68	1.9k
Rebecca R. Foster United Kingdom	24	911 1.0×	674 1.2×	178 0.4×	211 0.8×	96 0.5×	46	2.2k
Martine Burtin France	20	721 0.8×	616 1.1×	144 0.3×	193 0.7×	118 0.6×	47	1.7k
Xuejing Zhu China	20	701 0.8×	478 0.9×	131 0.3×	169 0.6×	144 0.7×	34	1.5k
Sumant S. Chugh United States	21	777 0.9×	1.3k 2.3×	138 0.3×	238 0.9×	211 1.0×	40	2.2k
Frank Chinga United States	5	860 1.0×	576 1.1×	131 0.3×	244 0.9×	112 0.5×	5	1.7k
Sabrina Prudente Italy	24	825 0.9×	144 0.3×	323 0.7×	393 1.5×	430 2.1×	69	1.8k
Thati Madhusudhan Germany	18	497 0.6×	372 0.7×	146 0.3×	180 0.7×	75 0.4×	33	1.4k
Miguel Arévalo Spain	24	909 1.0×	559 1.0×	84 0.2×	337 1.3×	134 0.7×	56	2.1k
Chaoyong He China	20	1.0k 1.2×	209 0.4×	207 0.4×	296 1.1×	285 1.4×	39	2.2k
Ming‐Jiang Xu China	22	626 0.7×	458 0.8×	87 0.2×	230 0.9×	128 0.6×	37	1.7k

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Byun, Jae Hyun, Paul Lebeau, Nikhil Uppal, et al.. (2025). Endoplasmic reticulum stress as a driver and therapeutic target for kidney disease. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 21(5). 299–313. 16 indexed citations breakdown →

Voth, Jennifer, et al.. (2024). Whole body resistance training on functional outcomes of patients with Stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease: A systematic review. Physiological Reports. 12(15). e16151–e16151. 1 indexed citations

Li, Renzhong, et al.. (2024). Modulators of Alpha-2 Macroglobulin Upregulation by High Glucose in Glomerular Mesangial Cells. Biomolecules. 14(11). 1444–1444. 2 indexed citations

Platko, Khrystyna, Paul Lebeau, Melissa E. MacDonald, et al.. (2024). GDF10 is a negative regulator of vascular calcification. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(11). 107805–107805. 1 indexed citations

Li, Renzhong, Dan Zhang, Bo Gao, et al.. (2023). A therapeutic target for CKD: activin A facilitates TGFβ1 profibrotic signaling. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 28(1). 10–10. 7 indexed citations

Lanktree, Matthew B., Nicolas Perrot, Andrew Smyth, et al.. (2023). A novel multi-ancestry proteome-wide Mendelian randomization study implicates extracellular proteins, tubular cells, and fibroblasts in estimated glomerular filtration rate regulation. Kidney International. 104(6). 1170–1184. 12 indexed citations

Byun, Jae Hyun, Paul Lebeau, Khrystyna Platko, et al.. (2022). Inhibitory Antibodies against PCSK9 Reduce Surface CD36 and Mitigate Diet-Induced Renal Lipotoxicity. Kidney360. 3(8). 1394–1410. 23 indexed citations

Li, Renzhong, et al.. (2022). Integrin β1/Cell Surface GRP78 Complex Regulates TGFβ1 and Its Profibrotic Effects in Response to High Glucose. Biomedicines. 10(9). 2247–2247. 5 indexed citations

Li, Renzhong, Yaseelan Palarasah, Stéphan Troyanov, et al.. (2021). Activated Alpha 2-Macroglobulin Is a Novel Mediator of Mesangial Cell Profibrotic Signaling in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Biomedicines. 9(9). 1112–1112. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Renzhong, et al.. (2021). Activin A and Cell-Surface GRP78 Are Novel Targetable RhoA Activators for Diabetic Kidney Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(6). 2839–2839. 7 indexed citations

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Krepinsky, Joan C.. (2021). Activin B , a new player in kidney fibrosis? ^†. The Journal of Pathology. 256(4). 363–365. 5 indexed citations

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Mehta, Neel, Renzhong Li, Dan Zhang, et al.. (2021). miR299a-5p promotes renal fibrosis by suppressing the antifibrotic actions of follistatin. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 88–88. 6 indexed citations

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Mehta, Neel, Dan Zhang, Renzhong Li, et al.. (2019). Caveolin-1 regulation of Sp1 controls production of the antifibrotic protein follistatin in kidney mesangial cells. Cell Communication and Signaling. 17(1). 37–37. 21 indexed citations

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Krieken, Richard Van, Neel Mehta, Renzhong Li, et al.. (2019). Cell surface expression of 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78) mediates diabetic nephropathy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(19). 7755–7768. 38 indexed citations

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Platko, Khrystyna, Paul Lebeau, Jae Hyun Byun, et al.. (2019). GDF10 blocks hepatic PPARγ activation to protect against diet-induced liver injury. Molecular Metabolism. 27. 62–74. 21 indexed citations

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Al‐Hashimi, Ali, Edward G. Lynn, Šárka Lhoták, et al.. (2018). Anti-GRP78 autoantibodies induce endothelial cell activation and accelerate the development of atherosclerotic lesions. JCI Insight. 3(24). 36 indexed citations

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Li, Renzhong, et al.. (2018). Regulation of profibrotic responses by ADAM17 activation in high glucose requires its C-terminus and FAK. Journal of Cell Science. 131(4). 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Xing, Renzhong Li, Bo Gao, et al.. (2014). SREBP-1 Mediates Angiotensin II-Induced TGF-β1 Upregulation and Glomerular Fibrosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 26(8). 1839–1854. 43 indexed citations

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Krepinsky, Joan C., Yanxia Li, Lieqi Liu, et al.. (2005). Akt Mediates Mechanical Strain-Induced Collagen Production by Mesangial Cells. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 16(6). 1661–1672. 42 indexed citations

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Krepinsky, Joan C., Dongcheng Wu, Alistair J. Ingram, James W. Scholey, & Damu Tang. (2002). Developments in mitogen-induced extracellular kinase 1 inhibitors and their use in the treatment of disease. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 12(12). 1795–1811. 8 indexed citations

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