Karen A. West

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Karen A. West is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen A. West has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ophthalmology and 5 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Karen A. West's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (12 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (9 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (7 papers). Karen A. West is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (12 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (9 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (7 papers). Karen A. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. Karen A. West's co-authors include John W. Crabb, Masaru Miyagi, Yan Lin, Joe G. Hollyfield, Motohiro Kamei, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Mary E. Rayborn, Azeem Hasan, K.G. Shadrach and Xiaorong Gu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Karen A. West

23 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

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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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen A. West United States	19	1.5k	1.2k	536	315	276	23	2.5k
Marta García‐Ramírez Spain	34	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.4×	789 1.5×	150 0.5×	216 0.8×	66	3.8k
Takeshi Iwata Japan	30	2.4k 1.6×	1.8k 1.5×	741 1.4×	202 0.6×	192 0.7×	164	3.5k
Rebecca J. Kapphahn United States	19	1.2k 0.8×	759 0.6×	235 0.4×	117 0.4×	185 0.7×	33	1.7k
Jingsheng Tuo United States	38	1.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.6×	790 1.5×	131 0.4×	479 1.7×	109	3.6k
K.G. Shadrach United States	14	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	641 1.2×	83 0.3×	241 0.9×	26	2.2k
Benbo Gao United States	18	642 0.4×	346 0.3×	228 0.4×	116 0.4×	157 0.6×	33	1.4k
Sonny Khin United States	12	955 0.7×	827 0.7×	405 0.8×	116 0.4×	95 0.3×	24	1.8k
Bärbel Rohrer United States	31	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	463 0.9×	150 0.5×	591 2.1×	88	2.6k
Cassandra L. Schlamp United States	24	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	275 0.5×	70 0.2×	79 0.3×	42	2.2k
Antonio Feliciello Italy	37	2.4k 1.6×	101 0.1×	58 0.1×	351 1.1×	219 0.8×	67	3.5k

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Falick, Arnold M., Jeffrey A. Kowalak, William S. Lane, et al.. (2008). ABRF-PRG05: de novo peptide sequence determination.. PubMed. 19(4). 251–7. 6 indexed citations

West, Karen A., et al.. (2005). Proteomic analysis of vitreous from diabetic macular edema. Experimental Eye Research. 81(2). 176–182. 84 indexed citations

Bonilha, Vera L., Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya, Karen A. West, et al.. (2004). Proteomic Characterization of Isolated Retinal Pigment Epithelium Microvilli. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 3(11). 1119–1127. 41 indexed citations

Nawrot, Maria, Karen A. West, Jing Huang, et al.. (2004). Cellular Retinaldehyde-Binding Protein Interacts with ERM-Binding Phosphoprotein 50 in Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(2). 393–393. 64 indexed citations

Golovleva, Irina, Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya, Zhiping Wu, et al.. (2003). Disease-causing Mutations in the Cellular Retinaldehyde Binding Protein Tighten and Abolish Ligand Interactions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(14). 12397–12402. 57 indexed citations

Wu, Zhiping, Yanwu Yang, Natacha Shaw, et al.. (2003). Mapping the Ligand Binding Pocket in the Cellular Retinaldehyde Binding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(14). 12390–12396. 14 indexed citations

West, Karen A., Lin Yan, K.G. Shadrach, et al.. (2003). Protein Database, Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 2(1). 37–49. 49 indexed citations

Xi, Quansheng, Gayle J. Pauer, Karen A. West, John W. Crabb, & Stephanie A. Hagstrom. (2003). Retinal Degeneration Caused by Mutations in Tulip1. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 533. 303–308. 7 indexed citations

Nagaraj, Ram H., Tomoko Oya‐Ito, Pius S. Padayatti, et al.. (2003). Enhancement of Chaperone Function of α-Crystallin by Methylglyoxal Modification. Biochemistry. 42(36). 10746–10755. 100 indexed citations

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Duh, Elia J., Hoseong S. Yang, Izumi Suzuma, et al.. (2002). Pigment epithelium-derived factor suppresses ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization and VEGF-induced migration and growth.. PubMed. 43(3). 821–9. 248 indexed citations

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Crabb, John W., June O’Neil, Masaru Miyagi, Karen A. West, & Henry F. Hoff. (2002). Hydroxynonenal inactivates cathepsin B by forming Michael adducts with active site residues. Protein Science. 11(4). 831–840. 90 indexed citations

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Miyagi, Masaru, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Ruth M. Darrow, et al.. (2002). Evidence That Light Modulates Protein Nitration in Rat Retina. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 1(4). 293–303. 93 indexed citations

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Crabb, John W., Masaru Miyagi, Xiaorong Gu, et al.. (2002). Drusen proteome analysis: An approach to the etiology of age-related macular degeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(23). 14682–14687. 970 indexed citations breakdown →

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West, Karen A., Lin Yan, Masaru Miyagi, et al.. (2001). Proteome Survey of Proliferating and Differentiating Rat RPE-J Cells. Experimental Eye Research. 73(4). 479–491. 37 indexed citations

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Aulak, Kulwant S., Masaru Miyagi, Yan Lin, et al.. (2001). Proteomic method identifies proteins nitrated in vivo during inflammatory challenge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(21). 12056–12061. 307 indexed citations

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Miyagi, Masaru, Kevin W. Hallgren, Karen A. West, et al.. (2000). Identification of the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase active site: Cys-99 and Cys-450 are required for both epoxidation and carboxylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(24). 13033–13038. 32 indexed citations

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Crabb, John W., Yang Chen, Karen A. West, et al.. (1998). Structural and functional characterization of recombinant human cellular retinaldehyde‐binding protein. Protein Science. 7(3). 746–757. 32 indexed citations

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Crabb, John W., Yang Chen, Jeffrey D. Hulmes, et al.. (1998). Cellular Retinaldehyde-binding Protein Ligand Interactions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(33). 20712–20720. 37 indexed citations

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Crabb, John W., et al.. (1998). Methods for Producing Recombinant Human Cellular Retinaldehyde-Binding Protein. Humana Press eBooks. 89. 91–104. 22 indexed citations

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Kapron, James T., George M. Hilliard, Johnathon N. Lakins, et al.. (1997). Identification and characterization of glycosylation sites in human serum clusterin. Protein Science. 6(10). 2120–2133. 109 indexed citations

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