Kate Downes

17.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kate Downes is a scholar working on Hematology, Genetics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kate Downes has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Hematology, 21 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kate Downes's work include Platelet Disorders and Treatments (18 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (12 papers) and Hemophilia Treatment and Research (10 papers). Kate Downes is often cited by papers focused on Platelet Disorders and Treatments (18 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (12 papers) and Hemophilia Treatment and Research (10 papers). Kate Downes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Kate Downes's co-authors include John A. Todd, Neil Walker, Deborah J. Smyth, Vincent Plagnol, Jason D. Cooper, Jennie H. M. Yang, Barry Healy, Joanna M. M. Howson, David Clayton and Helen Stevens and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kate Downes

56 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Shared and Distinct Genetic Variants in Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease

2008 538 citations Deborah J. Smyth, Vincent Plagnol et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kate Downes United Kingdom	26	1.2k	959	630	592	535	59	3.1k
Hitoshi Kohno Japan	40	614 0.5×	367 0.4×	1.2k 2.0×	1.5k 2.5×	784 1.5×	135	5.2k
Tilman T. Rau Germany	33	462 0.4×	732 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	622 1.1×	90 0.2×	113	3.8k
Zhenhua Xu United States	31	949 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	356 0.6×	214 0.4×	35 0.1×	85	3.0k
Véronique Barbu France	35	565 0.5×	248 0.3×	1.5k 2.4×	1.2k 2.0×	186 0.3×	85	4.1k
Nobuyuki Matsuhashi Japan	35	359 0.3×	619 0.6×	1.2k 1.9×	1.8k 3.1×	273 0.5×	175	4.4k
Siegfried Matern Germany	34	214 0.2×	258 0.3×	617 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	217 0.4×	79	3.8k
Shotaro Sakisaka Japan	33	297 0.2×	213 0.2×	806 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	78 0.1×	181	3.9k
Fabio Maria Vecchio Italy	36	223 0.2×	265 0.3×	1.0k 1.6×	1.7k 2.8×	594 1.1×	130	5.0k
Abby R. Saniabadi Japan	25	1.2k 1.0×	975 1.0×	271 0.4×	315 0.5×	173 0.3×	65	2.5k
Markus J. Mäkinen Finland	39	212 0.2×	568 0.6×	1.2k 1.8×	858 1.4×	687 1.3×	115	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kate Downes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kate Downes

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All Works

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Thomas, Patrick, Joana Batista, Carly Kempster, et al.. (2023). A signature of platelet reactivity in CBC scattergrams reveals genetic predictors of thrombotic disease risk. Blood. 142(22). 1895–1908. 5 indexed citations

Induruwa, Isuru, Carly Kempster, Patrick Thomas, et al.. (2023). Platelet Receptor Glycoprotein VI-Dimer Is Overexpressed in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation at High Risk of Ischemic Stroke. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(4). e294–e302. 2 indexed citations

Heubel-Moenen, Floor, Sanne L. N. Brouns, Natalie J. Jooss, et al.. (2022). Multiparameter platelet function analysis of bleeding patients with a prolonged platelet function analyser closure time. British Journal of Haematology. 196(6). 1388–1400. 8 indexed citations

Heubel-Moenen, Floor, Paul Verhezen, Rick J. H. Wetzels, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness and costs of a stepwise versus an all‐in‐one approach to diagnose mild bleeding disorders. British Journal of Haematology. 200(6). 792–801. 2 indexed citations

Sioofy‐Khojine, Amir‐Babak, Sarah J. Richardson, Jonathan M. Locke, et al.. (2022). Detection of enterovirus RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells correlates with the presence of the predisposing allele of the type 1 diabetes risk gene IFIH1 and with disease stage. Diabetologia. 65(10). 1701–1709. 9 indexed citations

Tolios, Alexander, Stefanie Hofer, Cihan Ay, et al.. (2021). Elevated levels of tissue factor pathway inhibitor in patients with mild to moderate bleeding tendency. Blood Advances. 5(2). 391–398. 20 indexed citations

Mégy, Karyn, Kate Downes, Marie‐Christine Morel‐Kopp, et al.. (2021). GoldVariants, a resource for sharing rare genetic variants detected in bleeding, thrombotic, and platelet disorders: Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Genomics in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 19(10). 2612–2617. 34 indexed citations

Thomas, Will, Kate Downes, Gillian Evans, et al.. (2021). Current practice and registration patterns among United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Doctors’ Organisation centers for patients with unclassified bleeding disorders. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 19(11). 2738–2743. 10 indexed citations

Westbury, Sarah K., Claire S. Whyte, Jonathan Stephens, et al.. (2020). A new pedigree with thrombomodulin‐associated coagulopathy in which delayed fibrinolysis is partially attenuated by co‐inherited TAFI deficiency. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 18(9). 2209–2214. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Jun, Ricardo C. Ferreira, Kate Downes, et al.. (2018). TNFR2 ligation in human T regulatory cells enhances IL2-induced cell proliferation through the non-canonical NF-κB pathway. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12079–12079. 31 indexed citations

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Rorbach, Joanna, et al.. (2017). Macropinocytic entry of isolated mitochondria in epidermal growth factor-activated human osteosarcoma cells. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12886–12886. 36 indexed citations

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Marneth, Anna E., Ruud van Oorschot, Saskia M. Bergevoet, et al.. (2015). ANALYSIS OF NEW GFI1B VARIANTS IN PATIENTS WITH INHERITED BLEEDING AND PLATELET DISORDERS. Haematologica. 100. 174–174. 2 indexed citations

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Downes, Kate, M. Loredana Marcovecchio, Clarke Pamela, et al.. (2013). Plasma concentrations of soluble IL-2 receptor α (CD25) are increased in type 1 diabetes and associated with reduced C-peptide levels in young patients. Diabetologia. 57(2). 366–372. 28 indexed citations

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Yang, Jennie H. M., Kate Downes, Joanna M. M. Howson, et al.. (2011). Evidence of association with type 1 diabetes in the SLC11A1 gene region. BMC Medical Genetics. 12(1). 59–59. 22 indexed citations

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Persengiev, Stephan P., Bobby P. C. Koeleman, Kate Downes, et al.. (2010). Association analysis of myosin IXB and type 1 diabetes. Human Immunology. 71(6). 598–601. 10 indexed citations

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Heap, Graham, Jennie H. M. Yang, Kate Downes, et al.. (2009). Genome-wide analysis of allelic expression imbalance in human primary cells by high-throughput transcriptome resequencing. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(1). 122–134. 144 indexed citations

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Cooper, Jason D., Neil Walker, Barry Healy, et al.. (2009). Analysis of 55 autoimmune disease and type II diabetes loci: further confirmation of chromosomes 4q27, 12q13.2 and 12q24.13 as type I diabetes loci, and support for a new locus, 12q13.3–q14.1. Genes and Immunity. 10(S1). S95–S120. 21 indexed citations

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Maier, Lisa M., Christopher E. Lowe, Jason D. Cooper, et al.. (2009). IL2RA Genetic Heterogeneity in Multiple Sclerosis and Type 1 Diabetes Susceptibility and Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor Production. PLoS Genetics. 5(1). e1000322–e1000322. 186 indexed citations

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Cooper, Jonathan D., Neil Walker, Deborah J. Smyth, et al.. (2009). Follow-up of 1715 SNPs from the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium genome-wide association study in type I diabetes families. Genes and Immunity. 10(S1). S85–S94. 49 indexed citations

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Downes, Kate, et al.. (2007). Development of phoma stem canker (Leptosphaeria maculans) and light leaf spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae) on current and historical oilseed rape cultivars in 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 UK growing seasons. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 2 indexed citations

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