Karen Jansen‐West

9.0k citations

37 papers · 3.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 25

Molecular Biology top 5%
Neurology top 0.5%
Genetics top 1%
Physiology top 2%
Neurology top 1%

Co-authors: Leonard Petrucelli Dennis W. Dickson Rosa Rademakers Tania F. Gendron Peter E.A. Ash Marka van Blitterswijk Khrista Boylan Thomas R. Caulfield
Topics: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (18 papers)Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers)Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (12 papers)
Cited by: Neurology Genetics
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nucleic Acids Research Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: United States Italy Canada

In The Last Decade

Karen Jansen‐West

37 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Unconventional Translation of C9ORF72 GGGGCC Expansion Generates Insoluble Polypeptides Specific to c9FTD/ALS

2013 804 citations Peter E.A. Ash, Kevin F. Bieniek et al. Neuron profile →
Antisense transcripts of the expanded C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat form nuclear RNA foci and undergo repeat-associated non-ATG translation in c9FTD/ALS

2013 415 citations Tania F. Gendron, Kevin F. Bieniek et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →

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1	Cryptic intronic transcriptional initiation generates efficient endogenous mRNA templates for C9orf72-associated RAN translation 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shannon L. Miller,Katelyn M. Green,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Amy Krans,Karen Jansen‐West,(unknown),(unknown),Leonard Petrucelli,Sami J. Barmada,Alan P. Boyle,Peter K. Todd	1
2	Changes in plasma concentrations of novel vascular and inflammatory biomarkers in obstructive sleep apnea patients pre- and post-stroke 2024 ·Sleep Medicine ·Pritam Das,(unknown),Ramcharan Singh Angom,(unknown),Enfeng Wang,Karen Jansen‐West,Mohammed K. Badi,Owen A. Ross,James F. Meschia,Debabrata Mukhopadhyay	1
3	TDP-43-regulated cryptic RNAs accumulate in Alzheimer’s disease brains 2023 ·Molecular Neurodegeneration ·(unknown),Sarah Pickles,Tiffany W. Todd,Mei Yue,Karen Jansen‐West,Yuping Song,(unknown),(unknown),Michael DeTure,Neill R. Graff‐Radford,Bradley F. Boeve,David S. Knopman,Ronald C. Petersen,Dennis W. Dickson,Keith A. Josephs,Leonard Petrucelli,Mercedes Prudencio	24
4	TDP-43 and other hnRNPs regulate cryptic exon inclusion of a key ALS/FTD risk gene, UNC13A 2023 ·PLoS Biology ·Yuka Koike,Sarah Pickles,(unknown),Karen Jansen‐West,Yue Qi,Ziyi Li,Lillian M. Daughrity,Mei Yue,Yong‐Jie Zhang,Casey Cook,Dennis W. Dickson,Michael E. Ward,Leonard Petrucelli,Mercedes Prudencio	26
5	Investigating the Pathogenic Interplay of Alpha-Synuclein, Tau, and Amyloid Beta in Lewy Body Dementia: Insights from Viral-Mediated Overexpression in Transgenic Mouse Models 2023 ·Biomedicines ·(unknown),Suelen L. Boschen,Aishe Kurti,(unknown),Virginia Phillips,John Denis Fryer,Dennis W. Dickson,Karen Jansen‐West,Leonard Petrucelli,Marion Delenclos,Pamela J. McLean	3
6	Plasma PolyQ-ATXN3 Levels Associate With Cerebellar Degeneration and Behavioral Abnormalities in a New AAV-Based SCA3 Mouse Model 2022 ·Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology ·Karen Jansen‐West,Tiffany W. Todd,Lillian M. Daughrity,Mei Yue,Jimei Tong,Yari Carlomagno,(unknown),Aishe Kurti,(unknown),(unknown),Monica Castanedes‐Casey,Dennis W. Dickson,Zbigniew K. Wszołek,John Denis Fryer,Leonard Petrucelli,Mercedes Prudencio	6
7	Aß40 displays amyloidogenic properties in the non-transgenic mouse brain but does not exacerbate Aß42 toxicity in Drosophila 2020 ·Alzheimer s Research & Therapy ·Lorena de Mena,Michael Smith,Jason Martin,(unknown),Carolina Ceballos‐Diaz,Karen Jansen‐West,Pedro E. Cruz,(unknown),Diego E. Rincón-Limas,Todd E. Golde,Brenda D. Moore,Yona Levites	4
8	Premature termination codon readthrough upregulates progranulin expression and improves lysosomal function in preclinical models of GRN deficiency 2020 ·Molecular Neurodegeneration ·(unknown),Alireza Baradaran‐Heravi,Aruna D. Balgi,Xiujuan Wu,Tyler D. Yan,Steve Arns,(unknown),(unknown),James B. Jaquith,Karen Jansen‐West,Francis C. Lynn,Fen‐Biao Gao,Leonard Petrucelli,Howard Feldman,Ian R. Mackenzie,Michel Roberge,Haakon B. Nygaard	26
9	Tau exhibits unique seeding properties in globular glial tauopathy 2019 ·Acta Neuropathologica Communications ·(unknown),Yari Carlomagno,Casey Cook,Karen Jansen‐West,Lillian M. Daughrity,Laura J. Lewis‐Tuffin,Monica Castanedes‐Casey,Michael DeTure,Dennis W. Dickson,Leonard Petrucelli	32
10	TRIO gene segregation in a family with cerebellar ataxia 2018 ·Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska ·(unknown),Thomas R. Caulfield,Audrey Strongosky,(unknown),Karen Jansen‐West,Mercedes Prudencio,John Denis Fryer,Leonard Petrucelli,Ryan J. Uitti,Zbigniew K. Wszołek	3
11	CUG initiation and frameshifting enable production of dipeptide repeat proteins from ALS/FTD C9ORF72 transcripts 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Ricardos Tabet,Laure Schaeffer,Fernande Freyermuth,Mélanie Jambeau,Michael J. Workman,(unknown),(unknown),Jie Jiang,Karen Jansen‐West,Hussein Abou‐Hamdan,Laurent Désaubry,Tania F. Gendron,Leonard Petrucelli,Franck Martin,Clotilde Lagier‐Tourenne	100
12	Long-read sequencing across the C9orf72 ‘GGGGCC’ repeat expansion: implications for clinical use and genetic discovery efforts in human disease 2018 ·Molecular Neurodegeneration ·Mark Ebbert,(unknown),Jonathon Sens,Karen Jansen‐West,Tania F. Gendron,Mercedes Prudencio,Ian McLaughlin,Brett Bowman,Matthew G. Seetin,Mariely DeJesus‐Hernandez,Jazmyne L. Jackson,Patricia H. Brown,Dennis W. Dickson,Marka van Blitterswijk,Rosa Rademakers,Leonard Petrucelli,John Denis Fryer	85
13	Conserved DNA methylation combined with differential frontal cortex and cerebellar expression distinguishes C9orf72-associated and sporadic ALS, and implicates SERPINA1 in disease 2017 ·Acta Neuropathologica ·Mark Ebbert,Christian Roß,Luc Pregent,(unknown),Cheng Zhang,Rebecca B. Katzman,Karen Jansen‐West,Yuping Song,Edroaldo Lummertz da Rocha,(unknown),Pamela Desaro,A. Robertson,(unknown),Dennis W. Dickson,Khrista Boylan,Rosa Rademakers,Tamás Ördög,Hu Li,Véronique Belzil	28
14	Targeted manipulation of the sortilin–progranulin axis rescues progranulin haploinsufficiency 2013 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Chris W. Lee,Sandra Almeida,Mercedes Prudencio,Thomas R. Caulfield,Yong‐Jie Zhang,William M. Tay,Peter Bauer,Jeannie Chew,Hiroki Sasaguri,Karen Jansen‐West,Tania F. Gendron,Caroline Stetler,NiCole A. Finch,Ian R. Mackenzie,Rosa Rademakers,Fen‐Biao Gao,Leonard Petrucelli	78
15	Unconventional Translation of C9ORF72 GGGGCC Expansion Generates Insoluble Polypeptides Specific to c9FTD/ALSbreakdown → 2013 ·Neuron ·Peter E.A. Ash,Kevin F. Bieniek,Tania F. Gendron,Thomas R. Caulfield,Wen-Lang Lin,Mariely DeJesus‐Hernandez,Marka van Blitterswijk,Karen Jansen‐West,Joseph W. Paul,Rosa Rademakers,Khrista Boylan,Dennis W. Dickson,Leonard Petrucelli	804
16	The Pathological Phenotypes of Human TDP-43 Transgenic Mouse Models Are Independent of Downregulation of Mouse Tdp-43 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),Mercedes Prudencio,(unknown),Jimei Tong,(unknown),Karen Jansen‐West,Caroline Stetler,(unknown),John I. Song,(unknown)	17
17	Progranulin regulates neuronal outgrowth independent of Sortilin 2012 ·Molecular Neurodegeneration ·Jennifer Gass,Chris W. Lee,Casey Cook,NiCole A. Finch,Caroline Stetler,Karen Jansen‐West,Jada Lewis,Christopher D. Link,Rosa Rademakers,Anders Nykjær,Leonard Petrucelli	118
18	Interferon-γ induces progressive nigrostriatal degeneration and basal ganglia calcification 2011 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Paramita Chakrabarty,Carolina Ceballos‐Diaz,Wen-Lang Lin,Amanda Beccard,Karen Jansen‐West,Nikolaus R. McFarland,Christopher Janus,Dennis W. Dickson,Pritam Das,Todd E. Golde	62
19	Lysine 624 of the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Is a Critical Determinant of Amyloid β Peptide Length 2011 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Thomas Kukar,Thomas B. Ladd,Paul Robertson,(unknown),Brenda D. Moore,Maralyssa Bann,Zhao Ren,Karen Jansen‐West,(unknown),Simone Eggert,Hiroko Maruyama,Barbara A. Cottrell,Pritam Das,Guriqbal S. Basi,Edward H. Koo,Todd E. Golde	58
20	Convection-enhanced delivery and systemic mannitol increase gene product distribution of AAV vectors 5, 8, and 9 and increase gene product in the adult mouse brain 2010 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Nikisha Carty,Daniel C. Lee,Chad A. Dickey,Carolina Ceballos‐Diaz,Karen Jansen‐West,Todd E. Golde,Marcia N. Gordon,Dave Morgan,Kevin Nash	59

About Karen Jansen‐West

Karen Jansen‐West is a scholar working on Neurology, Genetics and Neurology, having authored 37 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (18 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (1.6k citations), Genetics (877 citations) and Neurology (546 citations). Karen Jansen‐West has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Leonard Petrucelli, Dennis W. Dickson, Rosa Rademakers, Tania F. Gendron, Peter E.A. Ash, Marka van Blitterswijk, Khrista Boylan, Thomas R. Caulfield, Kevin F. Bieniek and Wen-Lang Lin. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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