Karen Aitken

2.1k total citations
52 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Karen Aitken is a scholar working on Surgery, Urology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Aitken has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Surgery, 19 papers in Urology and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Karen Aitken's work include Urological Disorders and Treatments (16 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (13 papers) and Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (10 papers). Karen Aitken is often cited by papers focused on Urological Disorders and Treatments (16 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (13 papers) and Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (10 papers). Karen Aitken collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Karen Aitken's co-authors include Darius Bägli, Josef Penninger, Peter Liu, Christopher D. Richardson, Wen-Hu Wen, Fayez Dawood, Mary Anne Opavsky, Pauline Johnson, Connie M. Krawczyk and Junko Irie-Sasaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Karen Aitken

51 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers

Karen Aitken

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Hirofumi Nagai Japan

Nicole L. Rosin Canada

Sho Tokumaru Japan

Kathleen R. Braun United States

Jos Grimbergen Netherlands

Jun Dong Germany

Chandra Nataraj United States

Yoshihiko Sawa Japan

Katie A. Sharff United States

Ana Gutiérrez‐Fernández Spain

Hirofumi Nagai Japan

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1.1k ×3.3

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207 ×0.6

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76 ×0.3

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Aitken, Karen, Jiaxin Jiang, Janet White, et al.. (2018). DNA Methylation Reduces the Yes-Associated Protein 1/WW Domain Containing Transcription Regulator 1 Pathway and Prevents Pathologic Remodeling during Bladder Obstruction by Limiting Expression of BDNF. American Journal Of Pathology. 188(10). 2177–2194. 7 indexed citations

Aitken, Karen, et al.. (2017). Nerve-sparing Mid-urethral Obstruction (NeMO) in Female Small Rodents. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

Mokhtari, Reza Bayat, Narges Baluch, Sushil Kumar, et al.. (2017). Acetazolamide potentiates the anti-tumor potential of HDACi, MS-275, in neuroblastoma. BMC Cancer. 17(1). 156–156. 30 indexed citations

Aitken, Karen, Frank J. Penna, Jiaxin Jiang, et al.. (2016). Uropathogenic E.coli (UPEC) Infection Induces Proliferation through Enhancer of Zeste Homologue 2 (EZH2). PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0149118–e0149118. 13 indexed citations

Alali, Sanaz, et al.. (2014). Assessment of local structural disorders of the bladder wall in partial bladder outlet obstruction using polarized light imaging. Biomedical Optics Express. 5(2). 621–621. 25 indexed citations

Jiang, Jiaxin, Karen Aitken, Nicole Zhang, et al.. (2013). Correction: Phenotypic Switching Induced by Damaged Matrix Is Associated with DNA Methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) Activity and Nuclear Localization in Smooth Muscle Cells (SMC). PLoS ONE. 8(10). 1 indexed citations

Tölg, Cornelia, et al.. (2013). Pathologic Bladder Microenvironment Attenuates Smooth Muscle Differentiation of Skin Derived Precursor Cells: Implications for Tissue Regeneration. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e59413–e59413. 8 indexed citations

Wilkins, Simon, John M. Hutson, Darius Bägli, et al.. (2012). Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms in the ΔNp63 Promoter Are a Risk Factor for Bladder Exstrophy Epispadias Complex. PLoS Genetics. 8(12). e1003070–e1003070. 23 indexed citations

Jesus, Lisieux Eyer de, Alberto Schanaider, G. Alexander Patterson, et al.. (2012). Urethral compliance in hypospadias operated by tubularized incised urethral plate (TIP) with and without a dorsal inlay graft: an experimental controlled study. World Journal of Urology. 31(4). 971–975. 9 indexed citations

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Tölg, Cornelia, Nesrin Sabha, Rene Cortese, et al.. (2011). Uropathogenic E. coli infection provokes epigenetic downregulation of CDKN2A (p16INK4A) in uroepithelial cells. Laboratory Investigation. 91(6). 825–836. 66 indexed citations

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Aitken, Karen & Darius Bägli. (2009). The bladder extracellular matrix. Part I: architecture, development and disease. Nature Reviews Urology. 6(11). 596–611. 133 indexed citations

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Aitken, Karen, Cornelia Tölg, Bruno Leslie, et al.. (2009). Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Induces Proliferation and De-Differentiation Responses to Three Coordinate Pathophysiologic Stimuli (Mechanical Strain, Hypoxia, and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling) in Rat Bladder Smooth Muscle. American Journal Of Pathology. 176(1). 304–319. 39 indexed citations

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Aitken, Karen & Darius Bägli. (2009). The bladder extracellular matrix. Part II: regenerative applications. Nature Reviews Urology. 6(11). 612–621. 32 indexed citations

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Halachmi, Sarel, Karen Aitken, Marta Szybowska, et al.. (2006). Role of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) in stretch injury to bladder smooth muscle cells. Cell and Tissue Research. 326(1). 149–158. 23 indexed citations

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Aitken, Karen, Gregory J. Block, Armando J. Lorenzo, et al.. (2006). Mechanotransduction of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases 1 and 2 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activity in Smooth Muscle Is Dependent on the Extracellular Matrix and Regulated by Matrix Metalloproteinases. American Journal Of Pathology. 169(2). 459–470. 47 indexed citations

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Aitken, Karen, et al.. (2001). Stretch-induced bladder smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation is mediated by RHAMM-dependent extracellular-regulated kinase (erk) signaling. Urology. 57(6). 109–109. 8 indexed citations

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Irie-Sasaki, Junko, Takehiko Sasaki, Wataru Matsumoto, et al.. (2001). CD45 is a JAK phosphatase and negatively regulates cytokine receptor signalling. Nature. 409(6818). 349–354. 441 indexed citations

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Liu, Peter, Karen Aitken, Young‐Yun Kong, et al.. (2000). The tyrosine kinase p56lck is essential in coxsackievirus B3-mediated heart disease. Nature Medicine. 6(4). 429–434. 131 indexed citations

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Martino, Tami A., Martin Petric, Martha Brown, et al.. (1998). Cardiovirulent Coxsackieviruses and the Decay-Accelerating Factor (CD55) Receptor. Virology. 244(2). 302–314. 73 indexed citations

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Penninger, Josef, et al.. (1995). The role of transgenic knockout models in defining the pathogenesis of viral heart disease. European Heart Journal. 16(suppl O). 25–27. 17 indexed citations

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