Karine Smans

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Karine Smans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Karine Smans has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Karine Smans's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (7 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (7 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (4 papers). Karine Smans is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (7 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (7 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (4 papers). Karine Smans collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Pakistan. Karine Smans's co-authors include Nousheen Zaidi, Johannes V. Swinnen, Mélanie Chypre, William B. Kinlaw, Nancy B. Kuemmerle, Leslie Lupien, Veerle W. Daniëls, Inès Royaux, Guido Verhoeven and Etienne Waelkens and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Karine Smans

19 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

De novo Lipogenesis Protects Cancer Cells from Free Radicals and Chemotherapeutics by Promoting Membrane Lipid Saturation

2010 572 citations Evelien Rysman, Koen Brusselmans et al. Cancer Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karine Smans Belgium	11	1.2k	1.2k	225	202	164	20	1.9k
Leen Timmermans Belgium	9	933 0.8×	909 0.8×	174 0.8×	171 0.8×	156 1.0×	11	1.4k
Frank Vanderhoydonc Belgium	17	1.1k 0.9×	956 0.8×	174 0.8×	187 0.9×	207 1.3×	24	2.0k
Nikos Koundouros United Kingdom	8	1.1k 0.9×	880 0.8×	136 0.6×	206 1.0×	86 0.5×	11	1.7k
Kayoko Kita Japan	12	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	172 0.8×	221 1.1×	71 0.4×	20	2.1k
Jessica Sudderth United States	16	2.0k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	277 1.2×	265 1.3×	153 0.9×	20	2.8k
Eunsook S. Jin United States	20	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	199 0.9×	122 0.6×	174 1.1×	37	2.2k
Shu‐Wing Ng United States	22	1.1k 0.9×	698 0.6×	138 0.6×	250 1.2×	184 1.1×	41	2.2k
Marco Sciacovelli United Kingdom	22	1.6k 1.3×	803 0.7×	74 0.3×	241 1.2×	167 1.0×	26	2.1k
Ramani Dinavahi United States	6	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	73 0.3×	249 1.2×	78 0.5×	6	1.7k
Nancy B. Kuemmerle United States	18	816 0.7×	557 0.5×	110 0.5×	133 0.7×	90 0.5×	39	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karine Smans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karine Smans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karine Smans based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Karine Smans. Karine Smans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smans, Karine, Katrin Sproesser, Kathryn Packman, et al.. (2024). 144 (PB132): JNJ-79032421 is a novel membrane restricted mesothelin targeting Tcell engaging bispecific antibody for treatment of mesothelin-positive cancers. European Journal of Cancer. 211. 114666–114666.

Bijvelds, Marcel J. C., Gary Tresadern, Karine Smans, et al.. (2018). Selective inhibition of intestinal guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate signaling by small-molecule protein kinase inhibitors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(21). 8173–8181. 8 indexed citations

Munir, Rimsha, et al.. (2014). Atypical plasma lipid profile in cancer patients: Cause or consequence?. Biochimie. 102. 9–18. 36 indexed citations

Daniëls, Veerle W., Karine Smans, Inès Royaux, et al.. (2014). Cancer Cells Differentially Activate and Thrive on De Novo Lipid Synthesis Pathways in a Low-Lipid Environment. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e106913–e106913. 89 indexed citations

Jiang, Lei, Matthew A. Mitsche, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, & Karine Smans. (2014). Reductive carboxylation mediated oxidative stress defense supports anchorage independent cell growth. Cancer & Metabolism. 2(S1). 1 indexed citations

Zaidi, Nousheen, Leslie Lupien, Nancy B. Kuemmerle, et al.. (2013). Lipogenesis and lipolysis: The pathways exploited by the cancer cells to acquire fatty acids. Progress in Lipid Research. 52(4). 585–589. 382 indexed citations

Zaidi, Nousheen, Inès Royaux, Johannes V. Swinnen, & Karine Smans. (2012). ATP Citrate Lyase Knockdown Induces Growth Arrest and Apoptosis through Different Cell- and Environment-Dependent Mechanisms. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 11(9). 1925–1935. 96 indexed citations

Chypre, Mélanie, Nousheen Zaidi, & Karine Smans. (2012). ATP-citrate lyase: A mini-review. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 422(1). 1–4. 181 indexed citations

Zaidi, Nousheen, Johannes V. Swinnen, & Karine Smans. (2012). ATP-Citrate Lyase: A Key Player in Cancer Metabolism. Cancer Research. 72(15). 3709–3714. 420 indexed citations

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Rysman, Evelien, Koen Brusselmans, Katryn Scheys, et al.. (2010). De novo Lipogenesis Protects Cancer Cells from Free Radicals and Chemotherapeutics by Promoting Membrane Lipid Saturation. Cancer Research. 70(20). 8117–8126. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wouters, Mira M., Jean‐Marc Neefs, Alban de Kerchove d’Exaerde, Jean‐Marie Vanderwinden, & Karine Smans. (2006). Downregulation of two novel genes in Sl/Sld and WLacZ/Wv mouse jejunum. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 346(2). 491–500. 3 indexed citations

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Wouters, Mira M., Luc Ver Donck, Eric Delpire, et al.. (2005). Subtractive hybridization unravels a role for the ion cotransporter NKCC1 in the murine intestinal pacemaker. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 290(6). G1219–G1227. 33 indexed citations

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Wouters, Mira M., Karine Smans, & Jean‐Marie Vanderwinden. (2005). W^ZsGreen/+: a new green fluorescent protein knock-in mouse model for the study of KIT-expressing cells in gut and cerebellum. Physiological Genomics. 22(3). 412–421. 19 indexed citations

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Wouters, Mira M., et al.. (2004). Expression of NKCC1, a Na+-K+-2Cl-cotransporter, by myenteric interstitial cells of Cajal in the jejunum. Gastroenterology. 126(4). 2 indexed citations

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Smans, Karine, Patrick C. D’Haese, G.F. van Landeghem, et al.. (2000). Transferrin‐mediated uptake of aluminium by human parathyroid cells results in reduced parathyroid hormone secretion. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 15(9). 1328–1336. 19 indexed citations

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Smans, Karine, et al.. (1999). Bispecific antibody-mediated lysis of primary cultures of ovarian carcinoma cells using multiple target antigens. International Journal of Cancer. 83(2). 270–277. 10 indexed citations

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Lundberg, Pernilla, et al.. (1999). Neuro-hormonal control of bone metabolism:. Regulatory Peptides. 85(1). 47–58. 41 indexed citations

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Smans, Karine, G.F. van Landeghem, Patrick C. D’Haese, Marie M. Couttenye, & Marc E. De Broe. (1996). Is there a link between erythropoietin therapy and adynamic bone disease?. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 11(7). 1248–1249. 5 indexed citations

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Narisawa, Sonoko, Karine Smans, Johanna M. Avis, Marc Hoylaerts, & José Luís Millán. (1993). Transgenic mice expressing the tumor marker germ cell alkaline phosphatase: an in vivo tumor model for human cancer antigens.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(11). 5081–5085. 10 indexed citations

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Smans, Karine, et al.. (1991). Tumor‐cell lysis by in‐situ‐activated human peripheral‐blood mononuclear cells. International Journal of Cancer. 47(3). 431–438. 4 indexed citations

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