Karen W. Makar

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Karen W. Makar is a scholar working on Oncology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen W. Makar has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Oncology, 24 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Karen W. Makar's work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (18 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (14 papers) and Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (12 papers). Karen W. Makar is often cited by papers focused on Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (18 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (14 papers) and Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (12 papers). Karen W. Makar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and New Zealand. Karen W. Makar's co-authors include Christopher Wilson, David Fitzpatrick, John D. Potter, William M. Weaver, Polly A. Newcomb, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Heidi K. Jessup, Marianne T. Sweetser, Anne Kelso and Sophie M. Lehar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Immunity and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Karen W. Makar

77 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Critical Role for Dnmt1 and DNA Methylation in T Cell Development, Function, and Survival

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen W. Makar United States	32	1.4k	1.3k	995	601	582	78	3.7k
Andrea Rinaldi Italy	39	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	807 0.8×	661 1.1×	363 0.6×	190	5.1k
Tilman T. Rau Germany	33	1.1k 0.8×	732 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	567 0.9×	623 1.1×	113	3.8k
Linda V. Sinclair United Kingdom	25	1.7k 1.2×	2.8k 2.2×	862 0.9×	412 0.7×	645 1.1×	51	4.7k
Hisashi Tsurumi Japan	37	1.1k 0.8×	563 0.4×	909 0.9×	943 1.6×	412 0.7×	201	3.7k
Dilip K. Deb United States	31	1.1k 0.8×	586 0.5×	567 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	299 0.5×	41	3.3k
Jean‐Baptiste Demoulin Belgium	41	2.2k 1.5×	778 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	419 0.7×	593 1.0×	93	4.6k
Seiichi Kitagawa Japan	38	1.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.5×	911 0.9×	203 0.3×	469 0.8×	128	4.1k
Salvatore Mancuso Italy	40	1.6k 1.1×	612 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	431 0.7×	373 0.6×	149	5.1k
Qiang You China	30	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	647 0.7×	184 0.3×	718 1.2×	69	3.3k
Osamu Wada‐Hiraike Japan	35	1.1k 0.8×	678 0.5×	481 0.5×	252 0.4×	412 0.7×	161	3.4k

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Coghill, Anna E., Andrea N. Burnett‐Hartman, Karen W. Makar, et al.. (2020). BRAF Mutation Status and Survival after Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis According to Patient and Tumor Characteristics. UNC Libraries. 3 indexed citations

Yuan, Zixu, Kelsey K. Baker, Mary W. Redman, et al.. (2017). Dynamic plasma microRNAs are biomarkers for prognosis and early detection of recurrence in colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 117(8). 1202–1210. 42 indexed citations

Hagman, Derek, Ilona Larson, Jessica N. Kuzma, et al.. (2017). The short-term and long-term effects of bariatric/metabolic surgery on subcutaneous adipose tissue inflammation in humans. Metabolism. 70. 12–22. 56 indexed citations

Hardikar, Sheetal, Polly A. Newcomb, Peter T. Campbell, et al.. (2015). Prediagnostic Physical Activity and Colorectal Cancer Survival: Overall and Stratified by Tumor Characteristics. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(7). 1130–1137. 30 indexed citations

Yu, Ming, Kelly Carter, Karen W. Makar, et al.. (2015). MethyLight droplet digital PCR for detection and absolute quantification of infrequently methylated alleles. Epigenetics. 10(9). 803–809. 62 indexed citations

Adams, Scott V., Martin M. Shafer, Karen W. Makar, et al.. (2015). Genetic variation in metallothionein and metal-regulatory transcription factor 1 in relation to urinary cadmium, copper, and zinc. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 289(3). 381–388. 28 indexed citations

Makar, Karen W., Clare Abbenhardt, Liren Xiao, et al.. (2014). No Effect of Caloric Restriction or Exercise on Radiation Repair Capacity. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 47(5). 896–904. 21 indexed citations

Campbell, Kristin L., Karen E. Foster‐Schubert, Karen W. Makar, et al.. (2013). Gene Expression Changes in Adipose Tissue with Diet- and/or Exercise-Induced Weight Loss. Cancer Prevention Research. 6(3). 217–231. 53 indexed citations

Burnett‐Hartman, Andrea N., Polly A. Newcomb, John D. Potter, et al.. (2013). Genomic Aberrations Occurring in Subsets of Serrated Colorectal Lesions but not Conventional Adenomas. Cancer Research. 73(9). 2863–2872. 74 indexed citations

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Phipps, Amanda I., Daniel D. Buchanan, Karen W. Makar, et al.. (2012). BRAF Mutation Status and Survival after Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis According to Patient and Tumor Characteristics. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 21(10). 1792–1798. 97 indexed citations

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Barry, Elizabeth L., Elizabeth M. Poole, John A. Baron, et al.. (2012). CYP2C9 variants increase risk of colorectal adenoma recurrence and modify associations with smoking but not aspirin treatment. Cancer Causes & Control. 24(1). 47–54. 11 indexed citations

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Raccor, Brianne S., Jean Dinh, Julie R. Park, et al.. (2011). Potential Contribution of Cytochrome P450 2B6 to Hepatic 4-Hydroxycyclophosphamide Formation In Vitro and In Vivo. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 40(1). 54–63. 45 indexed citations

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Poole, Elizabeth M., Karen Curtin, Li Hsu, et al.. (2011). Genetic variability in IL23R and risk of colorectal adenoma and colorectal cancer. Cancer Epidemiology. 36(2). e104–e110. 18 indexed citations

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Poole, Elizabeth M., Li Hsu, Liren Xiao, et al.. (2010). Genetic Variation in Prostaglandin E2 Synthesis and Signaling, Prostaglandin Dehydrogenase, and the Risk of Colorectal Adenoma. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 19(2). 547–557. 24 indexed citations

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Wernli, Karen J., Polly A. Newcomb, Yinghui Wang, et al.. (2010). Body size, IGF and growth hormone polymorphisms, and colorectal adenomas and hyperplastic polyps. Growth Hormone & IGF Research. 20(4). 305–309. 26 indexed citations

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Yong, Mellissa, Stephen M. Schwartz, Charlotte Atkinson, et al.. (2010). Associations between polymorphisms in glucuronidation and sulfation enzymes and sex steroid concentrations in premenopausal women in the United States. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 124(1-2). 10–18. 16 indexed citations

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Coghill, Anna E., Michael N. Passarelli, Karen W. Makar, et al.. (2010). Abstract B73: Body mass index modifies the association between SMAD7 polymorphism rs4939827 and colorectal cancer risk. Cancer Prevention Research. 3(12_Supplement). B73–B73.

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Navarro, Sandi L., Sabrina Peterson, Chu Chen, et al.. (2009). Cruciferous Vegetable Feeding Alters UGT1A1 Activity: Diet- and Genotype-Dependent Changes in Serum Bilirubin in a Controlled Feeding Trial. Cancer Prevention Research. 2(4). 345–352. 48 indexed citations

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Dong, Linda M., Cornelia M. Ulrich, Li Hsu, et al.. (2009). Vitamin D Related Genes, CYP24A1 and CYP27B1, and Colon Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 18(9). 2540–2548. 51 indexed citations

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Berndt, Sonja I., John D. Potter, Aditi Hazra, et al.. (2008). Pooled analysis of genetic variation at chromosome 8q24 and colorectal neoplasia risk. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(17). 2665–2672. 58 indexed citations

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