Karen A. West

3.2k citations

23 papers · 2.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 19

Molecular Biology top 5%
Ophthalmology top 0.5%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 2%
Physiology top 10%
Immunology top 10%

Co-authors: John W. Crabb Masaru Miyagi Yan Lin Joe G. Hollyfield Motohiro Kamei Hirokazu Sakaguchi Mary E. Rayborn K.G. Shadrach
Topics: Retinal Development and Disorders (12 papers)Retinal Diseases and Treatments (9 papers)Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (7 papers)
Cited by: Ophthalmology Clinical Biochemistry Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry Biochemistry
Partner nations: United States Sweden Canada

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Karen A. West

23 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Drusen proteome analysis: An approach to the etiology of age-related macular degeneration

2002 970 citations John W. Crabb, Masaru Miyagi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	ABRF-PRG05: de novo peptide sequence determination. 2008 ·PubMed ·Arnold M. Falick,Jeffrey A. Kowalak,William S. Lane,Brett S. Phinney,Christoph W. Turck,Susan T. Weintraub,Karen A. West,Thomas A. Neubert	6
2	ABRF-PRG04: differentiation of protein isoforms. 2007 ·PubMed ·David Arnott,Mary Ann Gawinowicz,Jeffrey A. Kowalak,William S. Lane,Kaye D. Speicher,Christoph W. Turck,Karen A. West,Thomas A. Neubert	12
3	Proteomic analysis of vitreous from diabetic macular edema 2005 ·Experimental Eye Research ·(unknown),Karen A. West,John W. Crabb,Shigeru Kinoshita,Motohiro Kamei	84
4	Proteomic Characterization of Isolated Retinal Pigment Epithelium Microvilli 2004 ·Molecular & Cellular Proteomics ·Vera L. Bonilha,Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya,Karen A. West,Sun Jian,John W. Crabb,Mary E. Rayborn,Joe G. Hollyfield	41
5	Mapping the Ligand Binding Pocket in the Cellular Retinaldehyde Binding Protein 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Zhiping Wu,Yanwu Yang,Natacha Shaw,Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya,Lin Yan,Karen A. West,Karen E. Roth,Noa Noy,Jun Qin,John W. Crabb	14
6	Disease-causing Mutations in the Cellular Retinaldehyde Binding Protein Tighten and Abolish Ligand Interactions 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Irina Golovleva,Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya,Zhiping Wu,Natacha Shaw,Yanwu Yang,Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi,Karen A. West,Marie Burstedt,Kristina Forsman,Gösta Holmgren,Ola Sandgren,Noa Noy,Jun Qin,John W. Crabb	57
7	Retinal Degeneration Caused by Mutations in Tulip1 2003 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·Quansheng Xi,Gayle J. Pauer,Karen A. West,John W. Crabb,Stephanie A. Hagstrom	7
8	Protein Database, Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium 2003 ·Molecular & Cellular Proteomics ·Karen A. West,Lin Yan,K.G. Shadrach,Sun Jian,Azeem Hasan,Masaru Miyagi,John S. Crabb,Joe G. Hollyfield,Alan D. Marmorstein,John W. Crabb	49
9	Enhancement of Chaperone Function of α-Crystallin by Methylglyoxal Modification 2003 ·Biochemistry ·Ram H. Nagaraj,Tomoko Oya‐Ito,Pius S. Padayatti,(unknown),Sachin Mehta,Karen A. West,Bruce S. Levison,(unknown),John W. Crabb,(unknown)	100
10	Pigment epithelium-derived factor suppresses ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization and VEGF-induced migration and growth. 2002 ·PubMed ·Elia J. Duh,Hoseong S. Yang,Izumi Suzuma,Masaru Miyagi,Elaine M. Youngman,Keisuke Mori,Miyuki Katai,Yan Lin,Kiyoshi Suzuma,Karen A. West,(unknown),Patrick Tong,Peter Gehlbach,Joel Pearlman,John W. Crabb,Lloyd Paul Aiello,Peter A. Campochiaro,Donald J. Zack	248
11	Hydroxynonenal inactivates cathepsin B by forming Michael adducts with active site residues 2002 ·Protein Science ·John W. Crabb,June O’Neil,Masaru Miyagi,Karen A. West,Henry F. Hoff	90
12	Evidence That Light Modulates Protein Nitration in Rat Retina 2002 ·Molecular & Cellular Proteomics ·Masaru Miyagi,Hirokazu Sakaguchi,Ruth M. Darrow,Yan Lin,Karen A. West,Kulwant S. Aulak,Dennis J. Stuehr,Joe G. Hollyfield,Daniel T. Organisciak,John W. Crabb	93
13	Proteome Survey of Proliferating and Differentiating Rat RPE-J Cells 2001 ·Experimental Eye Research ·Karen A. West,Lin Yan,Masaru Miyagi,John S. Crabb,Alan D. Marmorstein,Lihua Y. Marmorstein,John W. Crabb	37
14	Proteomic method identifies proteins nitrated in vivo during inflammatory challenge 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kulwant S. Aulak,Masaru Miyagi,Yan Lin,Karen A. West,Duna Massillon,John W. Crabb,Dennis J. Stuehr	307
15	Identification of the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase active site: Cys-99 and Cys-450 are required for both epoxidation and carboxylation 2000 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Masaru Miyagi,Kevin W. Hallgren,Karen A. West,John W. Crabb,Kunio S. Misono,Kathleen L. Berkner	32
16	Pseudechetoxin: A peptide blocker of cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels 1999 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·R. Lane Brown,Tammie L. Haley,Karen A. West,John W. Crabb	104
17	Structural and functional characterization of recombinant human cellular retinaldehyde‐binding protein 1998 ·Protein Science ·John W. Crabb,Yang Chen,(unknown),(unknown),Karen A. West,J D Hulmes,(unknown),Linda A. Luck,Anne B. Carlson,Dean Bok,(unknown)	32
18	Cellular Retinaldehyde-binding Protein Ligand Interactions 1998 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·John W. Crabb,(unknown),Yang Chen,Jeffrey D. Hulmes,Karen A. West,James T. Kapron,Sarah Ruuska,Noa Noy,John C. Saari	37
19	Methods for Producing Recombinant Human Cellular Retinaldehyde-Binding Protein 1998 ·Humana Press eBooks ·John W. Crabb,Chen Yang,(unknown),Karen A. West,James T. Kapron	22
20	Identification and characterization of glycosylation sites in human serum clusterin 1997 ·Protein Science ·James T. Kapron,George M. Hilliard,Johnathon N. Lakins,Martin Tenniswood,Karen A. West,Steven A. Carr,John W. Crabb	109

About Karen A. West

Karen A. West is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Cell Biology and Clinical Biochemistry, having authored 23 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Retinal Development and Disorders (12 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (9 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ophthalmology (1.2k citations), Clinical Biochemistry (182 citations) and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (536 citations). Karen A. West has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. Frequent co-authors include John W. Crabb, Masaru Miyagi, Yan Lin, Joe G. Hollyfield, Motohiro Kamei, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Mary E. Rayborn, K.G. Shadrach, Azeem Hasan and Robert G. Salomon. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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