Ken Dower

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ken Dower is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Dower has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Virology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ken Dower's work include RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers), Poxvirus research and outbreaks (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Ken Dower is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers), Poxvirus research and outbreaks (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Ken Dower collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and France. Ken Dower's co-authors include Michael Rosbash, Torben Heick Jensen, Domenico Libri, Lih‐Ling Lin, Jocelyne Boulay, Rune Thomsen, Nicolas Kuperwasser, Kathryn A. Saraf, Debra Ellis and Scott A. Jelinsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ken Dower

24 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Identification of a broadly fibrogenic macrophage subset induced by type 3 inflammation

2023 157 citations Thomas Fabre, Alex Barron et al. Science Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Dower United States	19	1.0k	351	126	101	74	25	1.4k
Jue Zhang China	18	770 0.8×	402 1.1×	166 1.3×	223 2.2×	51 0.7×	25	1.4k
Yuan Lin China	20	792 0.8×	187 0.5×	255 2.0×	98 1.0×	165 2.2×	63	1.5k
Pia M. Martensen Denmark	24	647 0.6×	482 1.4×	97 0.8×	86 0.9×	186 2.5×	41	1.3k
Bennett O. V. Shum Australia	8	536 0.5×	617 1.8×	200 1.6×	51 0.5×	70 0.9×	13	1.1k
Paul D. De Jesus United States	14	407 0.4×	417 1.2×	152 1.2×	47 0.5×	76 1.0×	17	937
Catelijne Stortelers Belgium	16	824 0.8×	240 0.7×	164 1.3×	51 0.5×	172 2.3×	22	1.3k
Alyssa B. Long United States	11	832 0.8×	493 1.4×	167 1.3×	138 1.4×	86 1.2×	20	1.1k
Jürgen Neumann Germany	11	556 0.6×	369 1.1×	166 1.3×	266 2.6×	195 2.6×	16	1.2k
Qiana L. Matthews United States	19	866 0.9×	245 0.7×	178 1.4×	419 4.1×	186 2.5×	57	1.4k
Tamiko Nakajima Japan	18	623 0.6×	192 0.5×	69 0.5×	178 1.8×	57 0.8×	63	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Dower

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ken Dower. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ken Dower 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 Ken Dower. Ken Dower is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Fabre, Thomas, Alex Barron, Stephen M. Christensen, et al.. (2023). Identification of a broadly fibrogenic macrophage subset induced by type 3 inflammation. Science Immunology. 8(82). eadd8945–eadd8945. 157 indexed citations breakdown →

Ju, Wang, Agustin Casimiro‐Garcia, Bryce G. Johnson, et al.. (2023). A protein kinase C α and β inhibitor blunts hyperphagia to halt renal function decline and reduces adiposity in a rat model of obesity-driven type 2 diabetes. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 16919–16919.

Zhang, Chi, Ken Dower, Baohong Zhang, et al.. (2018). Computational identification and validation of alternative splicing in ZSF1 rat RNA-seq data, a preclinical model for type 2 diabetic nephropathy. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7624–7624. 7 indexed citations

Homer, Bruce L. & Ken Dower. (2018). 41-Week Study of Progressive Diabetic Nephropathy in the ZSF1 fa/fa^CP Rat Model. Toxicologic Pathology. 46(8). 976–977. 4 indexed citations

Dower, Ken, Shanrong Zhao, Franklin Schlerman, et al.. (2017). High resolution molecular and histological analysis of renal disease progression in ZSF1 fa/faCP rats, a model of type 2 diabetic nephropathy. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0181861–e0181861. 13 indexed citations

Filone, Claire Marie, Ken Dower, Glenn S. Cowley, Lisa E. Hensley, & John H. Connor. (2015). Probing the Virus Host Interaction in High Containment: An Approach Using Pooled Short Hairpin RNA. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 13(1). 34–43. 4 indexed citations

Cushing, Leah, Wayne R. Stochaj, Marshall M. Siegel, et al.. (2014). Interleukin 1/Toll-like Receptor-induced Autophosphorylation Activates Interleukin 1 Receptor-associated Kinase 4 and Controls Cytokine Induction in a Cell Type-specific Manner. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(15). 10865–10875. 50 indexed citations

Rozelle, Dan, Claire Marie Filone, Ken Dower, & John H. Connor. (2014). Vaccinia Reporter Viruses for Quantifying Viral Function at All Stages of Gene Expression. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

Filone, Claire Marie, Ignacio Caballero, Ken Dower, et al.. (2014). The Master Regulator of the Cellular Stress Response (HSF1) Is Critical for Orthopoxvirus Infection. PLoS Pathogens. 10(2). e1003904–e1003904. 39 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanyu, et al.. (2012). Stimulation of TLR4 by recombinant HSP70 requires structural integrity of the HSP70 protein itself. Journal of Inflammation. 9(1). 11–11. 31 indexed citations

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Dower, Ken, Kathleen Rubins, Lisa E. Hensley, & John H. Connor. (2011). Development of Vaccinia reporter viruses for rapid, high content analysis of viral function at all stages of gene expression. Antiviral Research. 91(1). 72–80. 27 indexed citations

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Simpson-Holley, Martha, Nancy Kedersha, Ken Dower, et al.. (2010). Formation of Antiviral Cytoplasmic Granules during Orthopoxvirus Infection. Journal of Virology. 85(4). 1581–1593. 79 indexed citations

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Dower, Ken, Debra Ellis, Kathryn A. Saraf, Scott A. Jelinsky, & Lih‐Ling Lin. (2008). Innate Immune Responses to TREM-1 Activation: Overlap, Divergence, and Positive and Negative Cross-Talk with Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide. The Journal of Immunology. 180(5). 3520–3534. 145 indexed citations

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Abruzzi, Katharine C., Dmitry A. Belostotsky, Julia A. Chekanova, Ken Dower, & Michael Rosbash. (2006). 3′‐end formation signals modulate the association of genes with the nuclear periphery as well as mRNP dot formation. The EMBO Journal. 25(18). 4253–4262. 63 indexed citations

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Dower, Ken, Nicolas Kuperwasser, Houra Merrikh, & Michael Rosbash. (2004). A synthetic A tail rescues yeast nuclear accumulation of a ribozyme-terminated transcript. RNA. 10(12). 1888–1899. 96 indexed citations

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Kuperwasser, Nicolas, Saverio Brogna, Ken Dower, & Michael Rosbash. (2004). Nonsense-mediated decay does not occur within the yeast nucleus. RNA. 10(12). 1907–1915. 22 indexed citations

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Jensen, Torben Heick, Ken Dower, Domenico Libri, & Michael Rosbash. (2003). Early Formation of mRNP. Molecular Cell. 11(5). 1129–1138. 101 indexed citations

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Dower, Ken & Michael Rosbash. (2002). T7 RNA polymerase-directed transcripts are processed in yeast and link 3??? end formation to mRNA nuclear export. RNA. 8(5). 686–697. 82 indexed citations

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Dower, Ken, et al.. (2000). Nuclear Export of Heat Shock and Non-Heat-Shock mRNA Occurs via Similar Pathways. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(11). 3996–4005. 41 indexed citations

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Viswanathan, Mohan, Ken Dower, & Susan T. Lovett. (1998). Identification of a Potent DNase Activity Associated with RNase T of Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(52). 35126–35131. 25 indexed citations

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