Kevin Dzobo

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Kevin Dzobo is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Dzobo has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Oncology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Kevin Dzobo's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (14 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (7 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (6 papers). Kevin Dzobo is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (14 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (7 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (6 papers). Kevin Dzobo collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Ghana and United States. Kevin Dzobo's co-authors include Nicholas Ekow Thomford, Collet Dandara, Dimakatso Alice Senthebane, Arielle Rowe, Alfred Maroyi, Palesa Pamela Seele, M. Iqbal Parker, Keolebogile Shirley Motaung, Ambroise Wonkam and Adetola B. Adesida and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Dzobo

53 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Natural Products for Drug Discovery in the 21st Century: Innovations for Novel Drug Discovery

2018 846 citations Nicholas Ekow Thomford, Dimakatso Alice Senthebane et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →
The Tumor Microenvironment in Tumorigenesis and Therapy Resistance Revisited

2023 90 citations Kevin Dzobo, Dimakatso Alice Senthebane et al. Cancers profile →

Peers

Kevin Dzobo

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Nicholas Ekow Thomford South Africa

Amir Abbas Momtazi‐Borojeni Iran

Chanakya Nath Kundu India

Anne Corlu France

Dimakatso Alice Senthebane South Africa

Muhammad Daniyal China

Chih‐Wen Shu Taiwan

Santosh Kumar Singh India

Francesca Sisto Italy

Nicholas Ekow Thomford South Africa

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Citations per year, relative to Kevin Dzobo Kevin Dzobo (= 1×) peers Nicholas Ekow Thomford

Countries citing papers authored by Kevin Dzobo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Dzobo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Dzobo

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

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Sinkala, Musalula, et al.. (2024). Machine learning and bioinformatic analyses link the cell surface receptor transcript levels to the drug response of breast cancer cells and drug off-target effects. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0296511–e0296511. 1 indexed citations

Dzobo, Kevin, Dimakatso Alice Senthebane, & Collet Dandara. (2023). The Tumor Microenvironment in Tumorigenesis and Therapy Resistance Revisited. Cancers. 15(2). 376–376. 90 indexed citations breakdown →

Özdemir, Vural, Simon Springer, Semra Şardaş, et al.. (2021). Thanatechnology and the Living Dead: New Concepts in Digital Transformation and Human-Computer Interaction. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 25(7). 401–407. 7 indexed citations

Dzobo, Kevin & Musalula Sinkala. (2021). Cancer Stem Cell Marker CD44 Plays Multiple Key Roles in Human Cancers: Immune Suppression/Evasion, Drug Resistance, Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition, and Metastasis. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 25(5). 313–332. 41 indexed citations

Dzobo, Kevin, et al.. (2020). Cancer Stem Cell Markers in Relation to Patient Survival Outcomes: Lessons for Integrative Diagnostics and Next-Generation Anticancer Drug Development. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 25(2). 81–92. 19 indexed citations

Dzobo, Kevin, et al.. (2020). Coronavirus Disease-2019 Treatment Strategies Targeting Interleukin-6 Signaling and Herbal Medicine. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 25(1). 13–22. 16 indexed citations

Dzobo, Kevin. (2020). Taking a Full Snapshot of Cancer Biology: Deciphering the Tumor Microenvironment for Effective Cancer Therapy in the Oncology Clinic. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 24(4). 175–179. 46 indexed citations

Dzobo, Kevin, et al.. (2019). Interleukin-6 Induces Myogenic Differentiation via JAK2-STAT3 Signaling in Mouse C2C12 Myoblast Cell Line and Primary Human Myoblasts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(21). 5273–5273. 67 indexed citations

Thomford, Nicholas Ekow, Christian Domilongo Bope, Francis E. Agamah, et al.. (2019). Implementing Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health in Resource-Limited Settings? Top 10 Lessons We Learned in Congenital Heart Defects and Cardiology. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 24(5). 264–277. 27 indexed citations

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Dzobo, Kevin, Nicholas Ekow Thomford, Dimakatso Alice Senthebane, et al.. (2018). Advances in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering: Innovation and Transformation of Medicine. Stem Cells International. 2018. 1–24. 286 indexed citations

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Dzobo, Kevin, et al.. (2018). Three-Dimensional Organoids in Cancer Research: The Search for the Holy Grail of Preclinical Cancer Modeling. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 22(12). 733–748. 23 indexed citations

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Dzobo, Kevin, et al.. (2017). The Future of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine in Africa. Tissue Engineering Part A. 23(19-20). 1023–1025. 3 indexed citations

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Thomford, Nicholas Ekow, et al.. (2017). Bush mint (Hyptis suaveolens) and spreading hogweed (Boerhavia diffusa) medicinal plant extracts differentially affect activities of CYP1A2, CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 enzymes. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 211. 58–69. 24 indexed citations

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Matimba, Alice, et al.. (2017). Disease burden and the role of pharmacogenomics in African populations. PubMed. 2. e1–e1. 26 indexed citations

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Dzobo, Kevin, Arielle Rowe, Karlien Kallmeyer, et al.. (2016). Fibroblast-Derived Extracellular Matrix Induces Chondrogenic Differentiation in Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells in Vitro. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 17(8). 1259–1259. 42 indexed citations

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Dzobo, Kevin, Matjaž Vogelsang, Nicholas Ekow Thomford, et al.. (2016). Wharton’s Jelly‐Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Fibroblast‐Derived Extracellular Matrix Synergistically Activate Apoptosis in a p21‐Dependent Mechanism in WHCO1 and MDA MB 231 Cancer Cells In Vitro. Stem Cells International. 2016(1). 4842134–4842134. 27 indexed citations

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Kaschula, Catherine H., Roger Hunter, Jonathan Cotton, et al.. (2015). The garlic compound ajoene targets protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum of cancer cells. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 55(8). 1213–1228. 37 indexed citations

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Dzobo, Kevin, Matjaž Vogelsang, & M. Iqbal Parker. (2015). Wnt/β-Catenin and MEK-ERK Signaling are Required for Fibroblast-Derived Extracellular Matrix-Mediated Endoderm Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 11(5). 761–773. 22 indexed citations

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Vogelsang, Matjaž, Juliano D. Paccez, Georgia Schäfer, et al.. (2014). Aberrant methylation of the MSH3 promoter and distal enhancer in esophageal cancer patients exposed to first-hand tobacco smoke. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 140(11). 1825–1833. 20 indexed citations

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Dzobo, Kevin, Virna D. Leaner, & M. Iqbal Parker. (2014). Absence of feedback regulation in the synthesis of COL1A1. Life Sciences. 103(1). 25–33. 17 indexed citations

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