Kathryn S.E. Cheah

15.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
153 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Kathryn S.E. Cheah is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn S.E. Cheah has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Rheumatology and 39 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kathryn S.E. Cheah's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (34 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (32 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (23 papers). Kathryn S.E. Cheah is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (34 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (32 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (23 papers). Kathryn S.E. Cheah collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United Kingdom and China. Kathryn S.E. Cheah's co-authors include Danny Chan, Patrick Tam, Kwok Yeung Tsang, Donald M. Bell, Kmc Cheung, Keith K. H. Leung, Peter Koopman, Ling Jim Ng, Susan C. Wheatley and Pak C. Sham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn S.E. Cheah

150 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

SOX9 directly regulates the type-ll collagen gene

1997 791 citations Donald M. Bell, Keith K. H. Leung et al. profile →
Prevalence and Pattern of Lumbar Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes in a Population Study of One Thousand Forty-Three Individuals

2009 674 citations Kmc Cheung, Jaro Karppinen et al. Spine profile →
SOX9 Binds DNA, Activates Transcription, and Coexpresses with Type II Collagen during Chondrogenesis in the Mouse

1997 576 citations Donald M. Bell, Kathryn S.E. Cheah et al. profile →
Hypertrophic chondrocytes can become osteoblasts and osteocytes in endochondral bone formation

2014 555 citations Liu Yang, Kwok Yeung Tsang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc

2012 365 citations Danny Chan, Kathryn S.E. Cheah et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathryn S.E. Cheah Hong Kong	50	5.3k	2.4k	2.3k	1.9k	1.5k	153	10.6k
Véronique Lefebvre United States	47	4.7k 0.9×	3.2k 1.3×	1.8k 0.8×	361 0.2×	537 0.4×	103	9.1k
John F. Bateman Australia	57	3.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	372 0.2×	351 0.2×	212	8.5k
Ernestina Schipani United States	60	9.2k 1.8×	2.8k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	744 0.4×	406 0.3×	160	16.6k
E. Helene Sage United States	73	6.7k 1.3×	6.1k 2.6×	1.9k 0.8×	833 0.4×	299 0.2×	182	16.5k
Hiroshi Asahara Japan	61	6.4k 1.2×	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.5×	457 0.2×	523 0.4×	185	11.1k
Karen M. Lyons United States	66	11.2k 2.1×	2.3k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	565 0.3×	202 0.1×	157	15.3k
Jack Lawler United States	77	11.8k 2.2×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	511 0.3×	643 0.4×	206	20.2k
Liliana Attisano Canada	65	16.7k 3.2×	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	215 0.1×	110	20.6k
Douglas A. Marchuk United States	66	5.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	151 0.1×	196	18.3k
Raphael Kopan United States	77	17.5k 3.3×	561 0.2×	2.8k 1.2×	548 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	163	25.2k

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Wu, Stanley Chun Ming, Peng Liao, Kathryn S.E. Cheah, et al.. (2025). Biglycan fragment modulates TGF-β activity in intervertebral disc via an eIF6-coupled intracellular path. Science Advances. 11(7). eadq8545–eadq8545. 1 indexed citations

Su, Zezhuo, et al.. (2024). A single-cell atlas of conventional central chondrosarcoma reveals the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in malignant transformation. Communications Biology. 7(1). 124–124. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Peikai, Anna Xiaodan Yu, Zhijia Tan, et al.. (2023). MMP14 cleaves PTH1R in the chondrocyte-derived osteoblast lineage, curbing signaling intensity for proper bone anabolism. eLife. 12. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Jessica Aijia, et al.. (2020). Fbxo9 functions downstream of Sox10 to determine neuron-glial fate choice in the dorsal root ganglia through Neurog2 destabilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 4199–4210. 15 indexed citations

Tam, Vivian, Peikai Chen, Anita Yee, et al.. (2020). DIPPER, a spatiotemporal proteomics atlas of human intervertebral discs for exploring ageing and degeneration dynamics. eLife. 9. 49 indexed citations

Tan, Zhijia, Kwok Yeung Tsang, Ben Niu, et al.. (2020). IRX3 and IRX5 Inhibit Adipogenic Differentiation of Hypertrophic Chondrocytes and Promote Osteogenesis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 35(12). 2444–2457. 36 indexed citations

Lee, Kelvin C. M., Andy K. S. Lau, Anson H. L. Tang, et al.. (2019). Multi‐ATOM: Ultrahigh‐throughput single‐cell quantitative phase imaging with subcellular resolution. Journal of Biophotonics. 12(7). e201800479–e201800479. 31 indexed citations

Cheung, Martin, Jessica Aijia Liu, Yanxia Rao, et al.. (2017). Asymmetric localization of Dlc1 defines trunk neural crest polarity for directional delamination and migration. Mechanisms of Development. 145. S65–S65. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yinxiang, MH Sham, Haruhiko Akiyama, et al.. (2017). Reprogramming of Dermal Fibroblasts into Osteo-Chondrogenic Cells with Elevated Osteogenic Potency by Defined Transcription Factors. Stem Cell Reports. 8(6). 1587–1599. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Liu, et al.. (2014). Hypertrophic chondrocytes can become osteoblasts and osteocytes in endochondral bone formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(33). 12097–12102. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, Chi, Ben Niu, M.R. Warren, et al.. (2014). Predicting the spatiotemporal dynamics of hair follicle patterns in the developing mouse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(7). 2596–2601. 19 indexed citations

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Matheu, Ander, Manuel Collado, Clare Wise, et al.. (2012). Oncogenicity of the Developmental Transcription Factor Sox9. Cancer Research. 72(5). 1301–1315. 168 indexed citations

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Leung, Vyl, Bo Gao, Keith K. H. Leung, et al.. (2011). SOX9 Governs Differentiation Stage-Specific Gene Expression in Growth Plate Chondrocytes via Direct Concomitant Transactivation and Repression. PLoS Genetics. 7(11). e1002356–e1002356. 169 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Martin K., Laurence Ambroisine, Sarah Wynn, et al.. (2010). SOX9 Elevation in the Prostate Promotes Proliferation and Cooperates with PTEN Loss to Drive Tumor Formation. Cancer Research. 70(3). 979–987. 114 indexed citations

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Cheah, Kathryn S.E., et al.. (2009). Effects of Reconstituted Collagen Matrix on Fates of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Before and After Induction for Chondrogenic Differentiation. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(10). 3071–3085. 18 indexed citations

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Guo, Shengzhen, Jian Zhou, Bo Gao, et al.. (2009). Missense mutations in IHH impair Indian Hedgehog signaling in C3H10T1/2 cells: Implications for brachydactyly type A1, and new targets for Hedgehog signaling. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 15(1). 153–76. 17 indexed citations

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Cheung, Kmc, Danny Chan, Jaro Karppinen, et al.. (2006). Association of the Taq I Allele in Vitamin D Receptor With Degenerative Disc Disease and Disc Bulge in a Chinese Population. Spine. 31(10). 1143–1148. 114 indexed citations

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Kiernan, Amy E., Keith K. H. Leung, Donald M. Bell, et al.. (2005). Sox2 is required for sensory organ development in the mammalian inner ear. Nature. 434(7036). 1031–1035. 434 indexed citations

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Jakt, Lars Martin, Liang Cao, Kathryn S.E. Cheah, & David K. Smith. (2001). Assessing Clusters and Motifs from Gene Expression Data. Genome Research. 11(1). 112–123. 39 indexed citations

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Pope, F M, Kathryn S.E. Cheah, A C Nicholls, Albert Price, & Frank Grosveld. (1984). Lethal osteogenesis imperfecta congenita and a 300 base pair gene deletion for an alpha 1(I)-like collagen.. BMJ. 288(6415). 431–434. 25 indexed citations

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