Kirk Bergstrom

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Kirk Bergstrom is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Bergstrom has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Immunology and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Kirk Bergstrom's work include Gut microbiota and health (16 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (10 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (10 papers). Kirk Bergstrom is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (16 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (10 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (10 papers). Kirk Bergstrom collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Kirk Bergstrom's co-authors include Bruce A. Vallance, Lijun Xia, Deanna L. Gibson, B. Brett Finlay, Caixia Ma, Ho Pan Sham, Tina Huang, Natasha R. Ryz, Marinieve Montero and Yanet Valdez and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Bergstrom

36 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Muc2 Protects against Lethal Infectious Colitis by Disassociating Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria from the Colonic Mucosa

2010 488 citations Kirk Bergstrom, Vanessa Kissoon‐Singh et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirk Bergstrom Canada	26	2.0k	974	635	556	547	39	3.2k
Caixia Ma China	25	1.6k 0.8×	897 0.9×	480 0.8×	513 0.9×	378 0.7×	64	3.0k
Ho Pan Sham Canada	24	1.5k 0.7×	741 0.8×	545 0.9×	644 1.2×	338 0.6×	29	2.7k
George Birchenough Sweden	20	2.3k 1.2×	642 0.7×	639 1.0×	451 0.8×	613 1.1×	33	3.9k
Justin C. Paglino United States	9	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	433 0.7×	632 1.1×	485 0.9×	9	3.6k
Chin Wen Png Singapore	22	1.9k 0.9×	504 0.5×	460 0.7×	505 0.9×	461 0.8×	35	3.1k
Pieter Rottiers Belgium	25	1.4k 0.7×	719 0.7×	513 0.8×	418 0.8×	319 0.6×	46	3.0k
Sabine Nuding Germany	17	1.4k 0.7×	770 0.8×	555 0.9×	344 0.6×	346 0.6×	21	2.8k
Sho Kitamoto United States	29	3.0k 1.5×	561 0.6×	575 0.9×	652 1.2×	635 1.2×	48	4.7k
Keiichiro Suzuki Japan	23	1.6k 0.8×	2.4k 2.5×	328 0.5×	778 1.4×	354 0.6×	31	4.1k
Jan Hendrik Niess Switzerland	31	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 2.0×	310 0.5×	422 0.8×	357 0.7×	75	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirk Bergstrom

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Kazemian, Negin, Janet Irungu, Geoff B. Coombs, et al.. (2025). Linking gut, heart and metabolic health through cholesterol conversion by Akkermansia muciniphila. Chemical Engineering Journal. 522. 167391–167391.

Han, Xiao, Hyungjun Yang, Jocelyn Chan, et al.. (2025). Defining enteric bacterial pathogenesis using organoids: Citrobacter rodentium uses EspC, an atypical mucinolytic protease, to penetrate mouse colonic mucus. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2494717–2494717.

Gorman, Hayley, France Moreau, Wesley F. Zandberg, et al.. (2025). Using MUC2 mucin producing tumorigenic human goblet-like cells to uncover functional properties of the mucus barrier. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2542385–2542385.

Coletto, Erika, George M. Savva, Dimitrios Latousakis, et al.. (2023). Role of mucin glycosylation in the gut microbiota-brain axis of core 3 O-glycan deficient mice. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13982–13982. 10 indexed citations

Bergstrom, Kirk, et al.. (2023). Extraction and Verification of Mouse and Human Mucins from Tissue and Fecal Material. Methods in molecular biology. 2657. 197–205. 1 indexed citations

Parrish, Colin R., et al.. (2023). A21 ROLE OF SIALIC ACID O-ACETYLATION IN MAINTAINING MUCUS INTEGRITY AND HOMEOSTASIS OF THE COLONIC MUCOSA. Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 6(Supplement_1). 11–12. 1 indexed citations

Song, Kai, Jianxin Fu, Jianhua Song, et al.. (2017). Loss of mucin-type O-glycans impairs the integrity of the glomerular filtration barrier in the mouse kidney. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(40). 16491–16497. 22 indexed citations

Bergstrom, Kirk, Xiaowei Liu, Yiming Zhao, et al.. (2016). Defective Intestinal Mucin-Type O-Glycosylation Causes Spontaneous Colitis-Associated Cancer in Mice. Gastroenterology. 151(1). 152–164.e11. 118 indexed citations

Bergstrom, Kirk, Jianxin Fu, Malin Johansson, et al.. (2016). Core 1– and 3–derived O-glycans collectively maintain the colonic mucus barrier and protect against spontaneous colitis in mice. Mucosal Immunology. 10(1). 91–103. 132 indexed citations

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Song, Kai, Brett H. Herzog, Jianxin Fu, et al.. (2015). Loss of Core 1-derived O-Glycans Decreases Breast Cancer Development in Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(33). 20159–20166. 26 indexed citations

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Bergstrom, Kirk, Vijay Morampudi, Justin M. Chan, et al.. (2015). Goblet Cell Derived RELM-β Recruits CD4+ T Cells during Infectious Colitis to Promote Protective Intestinal Epithelial Cell Proliferation. PLoS Pathogens. 11(8). e1005108–e1005108. 76 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiujuan, Vijay Morampudi, Natasha R. Ryz, et al.. (2015). Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide Promotes Intestinal Barrier Homeostasis and Protection Against Colitis in Mice. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0125225–e0125225. 53 indexed citations

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Assi, Kiran, Kirk Bergstrom, Bruce A. Vallance, David Owen, & Baljinder Salh. (2013). Requirement of epithelial integrin-linked kinase for facilitation of Citrobacter rodentium-induced colitis. BMC Gastroenterology. 13(1). 137–137. 10 indexed citations

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Bergstrom, Kirk & Lijun Xia. (2013). Mucin-type O-glycans and their roles in intestinal homeostasis. Glycobiology. 23(9). 1026–1037. 253 indexed citations

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Wlodarska, Marta, Benjamin P. Willing, Kristie M. Keeney, et al.. (2011). Antibiotic Treatment Alters the Colonic Mucus Layer and Predisposes the Host to Exacerbated Citrobacter rodentium -Induced Colitis. Infection and Immunity. 79(4). 1536–1545. 301 indexed citations

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Dupaul-Chicoine, Jeremy, Garabet Yeretssian, Karine Doiron, et al.. (2010). Control of Intestinal Homeostasis, Colitis, and Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer by the Inflammatory Caspases. Immunity. 32(3). 367–378. 431 indexed citations

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Bergstrom, Kirk, Vanessa Kissoon‐Singh, Deanna L. Gibson, et al.. (2010). Muc2 Protects against Lethal Infectious Colitis by Disassociating Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria from the Colonic Mucosa. PLoS Pathogens. 6(5). e1000902–e1000902. 488 indexed citations breakdown →

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Graßl, Guntram A., Yanet Valdez, Kirk Bergstrom, Bruce A. Vallance, & B. Brett Finlay. (2008). Chronic Enteric Salmonella Infection in Mice Leads to Severe and Persistent Intestinal Fibrosis. Gastroenterology. 134(3). 768–780.e2. 130 indexed citations

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Gibson, Deanna L., et al.. (2007). MyD88 signalling plays a critical role in host defence by controlling pathogen burden and promoting epithelial cell homeostasis during Citrobacter rodentium-induced colitis. Cellular Microbiology. 10(3). 618–631. 165 indexed citations

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Bergstrom, Kirk, et al.. (2005). Purification and characterization of a novel mammalian endoribonuclease. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 98(3). 519–537. 13 indexed citations

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