John Kolega

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

John Kolega is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John Kolega has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Neurology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in John Kolega's work include Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (34 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (19 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (14 papers). John Kolega is often cited by papers focused on Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (34 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (19 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (14 papers). John Kolega collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. John Kolega's co-authors include Hui Meng, Jennifer M. Dolan, Eleni Metaxa, Ling Gao, Daniel D. Swartz, Yiemeng Hoi, Adnan H. Siddiqui, D. Lansing Taylor, Zhijie Wang and Xuefeng Li and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John Kolega

66 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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Complex Hemodynamics at the Apex of an Arterial Bifurcation Induces Vascular Remodeling Resembling Cerebral Aneurysm Initiation

2007 485 citations Hui Meng, Zhijie Wang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Kolega United States	33	1.5k	1.3k	1.0k	980	660	69	4.0k
Junichi Hata Japan	37	2.0k 1.3×	991 0.8×	2.6k 2.6×	222 0.2×	221 0.3×	234	6.5k
Sung‐Hye Park South Korea	41	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	247 0.3×	60 0.1×	383	6.9k
Yoshiki Arakawa Japan	33	676 0.4×	372 0.3×	955 1.0×	510 0.5×	61 0.1×	223	3.4k
Costanza Giampietro Switzerland	25	417 0.3×	211 0.2×	1.5k 1.5×	698 0.7×	157 0.2×	63	3.2k
M. Beatriz S. Lopes United States	46	1.2k 0.8×	469 0.4×	957 1.0×	153 0.2×	76 0.1×	169	6.2k
Gabriel Acevedo‐Bolton United States	20	634 0.4×	893 0.7×	510 0.5×	232 0.2×	1.0k 1.5×	34	2.5k
Lucien J. Rubinstein United States	51	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	2.0k 2.0×	463 0.5×	80 0.1×	109	6.6k
Jun Ikeda Japan	32	590 0.4×	520 0.4×	739 0.7×	260 0.3×	145 0.2×	151	3.4k
Akira Matsuno Japan	26	803 0.5×	234 0.2×	683 0.7×	276 0.3×	179 0.3×	247	2.8k
Marc A. Brockmann Germany	28	679 0.4×	553 0.4×	822 0.8×	96 0.1×	87 0.1×	196	3.5k

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Patel, Tatsat R., Jay P. Shah, A. Scotti, et al.. (2025). Effect of neutrophil extracellular traps on thrombolysis by tPA characterized by clot mechanical properties and CT radiomics. 40–40.

Brazzo, Joseph A., Kerry E. Poppenberg, Vincent M. Tutino, et al.. (2023). Survivin as a mediator of stiffness-induced cell cycle progression and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells. APL Bioengineering. 7(4). 46108–46108. 5 indexed citations

Tutino, Vincent M., Hamidreza Rajabzadeh-Oghaz, Lee Chaves, et al.. (2021). RNA Sequencing Data from Human Intracranial Aneurysm Tissue Reveals a Complex Inflammatory Environment Associated with Rupture. Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy. 25(6). 775–790. 8 indexed citations

Kolega, John, Kerry E. Poppenberg, Hee‐Woong Lim, et al.. (2021). Identification of intima-to-media signals for flow-induced vascular remodeling using correlative gene expression analysis. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 16142–16142. 6 indexed citations

Poppenberg, Kerry E., Vincent M. Tutino, Li Lü, et al.. (2020). Classification models using circulating neutrophil transcripts can detect unruptured intracranial aneurysm. Journal of Translational Medicine. 18(1). 392–392. 17 indexed citations

Poppenberg, Kerry E., Lu Li, Muhammad Waqas, et al.. (2020). Whole blood transcriptome biomarkers of unruptured intracranial aneurysm. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0241838–e0241838. 15 indexed citations

Poppenberg, Kerry E., Kaiyu Jiang, Michael K. Tso, et al.. (2019). Epigenetic landscapes suggest that genetic risk for intracranial aneurysm operates on the endothelium. BMC Medical Genomics. 12(1). 149–149. 11 indexed citations

Tutino, Vincent M., Kerry E. Poppenberg, Kaiyu Jiang, et al.. (2018). Circulating neutrophil transcriptome may reveal intracranial aneurysm signature. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0191407–e0191407. 29 indexed citations

Tutino, Vincent M., Kerry E. Poppenberg, Lu Li, et al.. (2018). Biomarkers from circulating neutrophil transcriptomes have potential to detect unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Journal of Translational Medicine. 16(1). 373–373. 35 indexed citations

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Tutino, Vincent M., Joseph A. Spernyak, Ciprian N. Ionita, et al.. (2016). Assessment of Vascular Geometry for Bilateral Carotid Artery Ligation to Induce Early Basilar Terminus Aneurysmal Remodeling in Rats. Current Neurovascular Research. 13(1). 82–92. 13 indexed citations

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Fox, Jennifer M., et al.. (2014). Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase and Superoxide Mediate Hemodynamic Initiation of Intracranial Aneurysms. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101721–e101721. 24 indexed citations

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Dolan, Jennifer M., John Kolega, & Hui Meng. (2012). High Wall Shear Stress and Spatial Gradients in Vascular Pathology: A Review. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 41(7). 1411–1427. 303 indexed citations

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Kolega, John, Ling Gao, Max Mandelbaum, et al.. (2011). Cellular and Molecular Responses of the Basilar Terminus to Hemodynamics during Intracranial Aneurysm Initiation in a Rabbit Model. Journal of Vascular Research. 48(5). 429–442. 97 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhijie, John Kolega, Yiemeng Hoi, et al.. (2009). MOLECULAR ALTERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANEURYSMAL REMODELING ARE LOCALIZED IN THE HIGH HEMODYNAMIC STRESS REGION OF A CREATED CAROTID BIFURCATION. Neurosurgery. 65(1). 169–178. 92 indexed citations

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Metaxa, Eleni, et al.. (2008). Endothelial Cell Layer Subjected to Impinging Flow Mimicking the Apex of an Arterial Bifurcation. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 36(10). 1681–1689. 70 indexed citations

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Meng, Hui, Daniel D. Swartz, Zhijie Wang, et al.. (2006). A MODEL SYSTEM FOR MAPPING VASCULAR RESPONSES TO COMPLEX HEMODYNAMICS AT ARTERIAL BIFURCATIONS IN VIVO. Neurosurgery. 59(5). 1094–1101. 68 indexed citations

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Kolega, John. (2006). The Role of Myosin II Motor Activity in Distributing Myosin Asymmetrically and Coupling Protrusive Activity to Cell Translocation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17(10). 4435–4445. 66 indexed citations

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Kolega, John & D. Lansing Taylor. (1993). Gradients in the concentration and assembly of myosin II in living fibroblasts during locomotion and fiber transport.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4(8). 819–836. 68 indexed citations

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Giuliano, K. A., John Kolega, R L DeBiasio, & D. Lansing Taylor. (1992). Myosin II phosphorylation and the dynamics of stress fibers in serum-deprived and stimulated fibroblasts.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3(9). 1037–1048. 47 indexed citations

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Kolega, John, Motomu Manabe, & Tung‐Tien Sun. (1989). Basement membrane heterogeneity and variation in corneal epithelial differentiation. Differentiation. 42(1). 54–63. 82 indexed citations

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