Karthik Nathan

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Karthik Nathan is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karthik Nathan has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Karthik Nathan's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (9 papers), Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (8 papers) and Bone and Joint Diseases (7 papers). Karthik Nathan is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (9 papers), Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (8 papers) and Bone and Joint Diseases (7 papers). Karthik Nathan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Chile. Karthik Nathan's co-authors include Stuart B. Goodman, Laura Lu, Zhenyu Yao, Jukka Pajarinen, Tzuhua Lin, Emmanuel Gibon, Masahiro Maruyama, Yusuke Kohno, Akira Nabeshima and Eemeli Jämsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, The FASEB Journal and Journal of Orthopaedic Research®.

In The Last Decade

Karthik Nathan

21 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Mesenchymal stem cell-macrophage crosstalk and bone healing

2018 730 citations Jukka Pajarinen, Tzuhua Lin et al. Biomaterials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karthik Nathan United States	14	507	462	445	431	229	22	1.5k
Tzuhua Lin United States	18	555 1.1×	596 1.3×	472 1.1×	564 1.3×	276 1.2×	24	1.8k
Yusuke Kohno Japan	19	451 0.9×	428 0.9×	327 0.7×	606 1.4×	197 0.9×	46	1.6k
Claudia Schlundt Germany	12	513 1.0×	526 1.1×	253 0.6×	378 0.9×	179 0.8×	15	1.4k
Anke Dienelt Germany	17	494 1.0×	441 1.0×	242 0.5×	346 0.8×	112 0.5×	23	1.3k
Florence Loi United States	16	609 1.2×	621 1.3×	322 0.7×	585 1.4×	345 1.5×	17	1.9k
Dimitrios Kouroupis United States	21	379 0.7×	485 1.0×	693 1.6×	495 1.1×	164 0.7×	56	1.6k
Janette N. Zara United States	24	576 1.1×	852 1.8×	554 1.2×	610 1.4×	151 0.7×	30	2.2k
Andy Wu Australia	20	391 0.8×	743 1.6×	253 0.6×	310 0.7×	296 1.3×	35	1.7k
Satoru Otsuru United States	26	262 0.5×	750 1.6×	624 1.4×	408 0.9×	202 0.9×	65	2.1k
Akira Nabeshima Japan	18	211 0.4×	435 0.9×	233 0.5×	353 0.8×	197 0.9×	49	1.2k

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Nathan, Karthik, Lasun O. Oladeji, Samuel A. Taylor, et al.. (2025). Inconsistent reporting of risk factors for acromial stress fractures following reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 34(11). e975–e984.

Nathan, Karthik, et al.. (2020). Do-Not-Resuscitate status is an independent risk factor for medical complications and mortality among geriatric patients sustaining hip fractures. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 14. 65–68. 5 indexed citations

Nathan, Karthik, et al.. (2020). Variability in opioid prescribing following fracture fixation: A retrospective cohort analysis. Current Orthopaedic Practice. 31(2). 101–104. 2 indexed citations

Goodnough, L. Henry, Jayme Koltsov, Tianyi Wang, et al.. (2019). Decreased estimated blood loss in lateral trans-psoas versus anterior approach to lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis. Journal of Spine Surgery. 5(2). 185–193. 16 indexed citations

Lin, Tzu‐Hua, Yusuke Kohno, Mónica Romero-López, et al.. (2019). Preconditioned or IL4-Secreting Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhanced Osteogenesis at Different Stages. Tissue Engineering Part A. 25(15-16). 1096–1103. 28 indexed citations

Lin, Tzu‐Hua, Jukka Pajarinen, Yusuke Kohno, et al.. (2019). Increased NF-κB Activity in Osteoprogenitor-Lineage Cells Impairs the Balance of Bone Versus Fat in the Marrow of Skeletally Mature Mice. Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine. 6(1). 69–77. 1 indexed citations

Nathan, Karthik, Laura Lu, Tzuhua Lin, et al.. (2019). Precise immunomodulation of the M1 to M2 macrophage transition enhances mesenchymal stem cell osteogenesis and differs by sex. Bone and Joint Research. 8(10). 481–488. 70 indexed citations

Jämsen, Eemeli, Jukka Pajarinen, Tzuhua Lin, et al.. (2019). Effect of Aging on the Macrophage Response to Titanium Particles. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 38(2). 405–416. 8 indexed citations

Kohno, Yusuke, Tzuhua Lin, Jukka Pajarinen, et al.. (2019). Treating Titanium Particle-Induced Inflammation with Genetically Modified NF-κB Sensing IL-4 Secreting or Preconditioned Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Vitro. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 5(6). 3032–3038. 8 indexed citations

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Pajarinen, Jukka, Tzuhua Lin, Emmanuel Gibon, et al.. (2018). Mesenchymal stem cell-macrophage crosstalk and bone healing. Biomaterials. 196. 80–89. 730 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Tzu‐Hua, Yusuke Kohno, Mónica Romero-López, et al.. (2018). NFκB sensing IL‐4 secreting mesenchymal stem cells mitigate the proinflammatory response of macrophages exposed to polyethylene wear particles. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 106(10). 2744–2752. 32 indexed citations

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Lin, Tzu‐Hua, Jukka Pajarinen, Yusuke Kohno, et al.. (2018). Transplanted interleukin-4--secreting mesenchymal stromal cells show extended survival and increased bone mineral density in the murine femur. Cytotherapy. 20(8). 1028–1036. 20 indexed citations

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Lin, Tzu‐Hua, Jukka Pajarinen, Yusuke Kohno, et al.. (2018). Trained murine mesenchymal stem cells have anti‐inflammatory effect on macrophages, but defective regulation on T‐cell proliferation. The FASEB Journal. 33(3). 4203–4211. 26 indexed citations

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Lu, Laura, Florence Loi, Karthik Nathan, et al.. (2017). Pro‐inflammatory M1 macrophages promote Osteogenesis by mesenchymal stem cells via the COX‐2‐prostaglandin E2 pathway. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 35(11). 2378–2385. 184 indexed citations

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Pajarinen, Jukka, Akira Nabeshima, Tzu‐Hua Lin, et al.. (2017). ^{Murine Model of Progressive Orthopedic Wear Particle-Induced Chronic Inflammation and Osteolysis}. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 23(12). 1003–1011. 17 indexed citations

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Gibon, Emmanuel, Laura Lu, Karthik Nathan, & Stuart B. Goodman. (2017). Inflammation, ageing, and bone regeneration. Journal of Orthopaedic Translation. 10. 28–35. 107 indexed citations

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Lin, Tzuhua, Jukka Pajarinen, Akira Nabeshima, et al.. (2017). Preconditioning of murine mesenchymal stem cells synergistically enhanced immunomodulation and osteogenesis. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 8(1). 277–277. 91 indexed citations

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Lin, Tzuhua, Jukka Pajarinen, Akira Nabeshima, et al.. (2017). Establishment of NF-κB sensing and interleukin-4 secreting mesenchymal stromal cells as an “on-demand” drug delivery system to modulate inflammation. Cytotherapy. 19(9). 1025–1034. 44 indexed citations

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Lin, Tzuhua, Jukka Pajarinen, Akira Nabeshima, et al.. (2017). Orthopaedic wear particle‐induced bone loss and exogenous macrophage infiltration is mitigated by local infusion of NF‐κB decoy oligodeoxynucleotide. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 105(11). 3169–3175. 13 indexed citations

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Pajarinen, Jukka, Tzuhua Lin, Akira Nabeshima, et al.. (2016). Mesenchymal stem cells in the aseptic loosening of total joint replacements. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 105(4). 1195–1207. 44 indexed citations

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