Kyle W. McCracken

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kyle W. McCracken is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyle W. McCracken has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kyle W. McCracken's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (10 papers), Renal and related cancers (7 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers). Kyle W. McCracken is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (10 papers), Renal and related cancers (7 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers). Kyle W. McCracken collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Kyle W. McCracken's co-authors include James M. Wells, Jason R. Spence, Jonathan C. Howell, Christopher N. Mayhew, Katie L. Sinagoga, Michael A. Schumacher, Yu-Hwai Tsai, Yana Zavros, Taylor Broda and John M. Shannon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Kyle W. McCracken

22 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Modelling human development and disease in pluripotent stem-cell-derived gastric organoids

2014 718 citations Kyle W. McCracken, Katie L. Sinagoga et al. Nature profile →

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Carey L. Watson United States

Michael A. Schumacher United States

Matthew Kuhar United States

Yana Zavros United States

Yu-Hwai Tsai United States

Nambirajan Sundaram United States

Elizabeth E. Hoskins United States

Katie L. Sinagoga United States

Roy Nattiv United States

Nathan Lee United States

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Cai, Hongwei, Chunhui Tian, Lei Chen, et al.. (2025). Vascular network-inspired diffusible scaffolds for engineering functional midbrain organoids. Cell stem cell. 32(5). 824–837.e5. 7 indexed citations

Shi, Min, Nambirajan Sundaram, Naomi Pode‐Shakked, et al.. (2025). Integrating collecting systems in human kidney organoids through fusion of distal nephron to ureteric bud. Cell stem cell. 32(7). 1055–1070.e8. 4 indexed citations

Shi, Min, Ping Fu, Joseph V. Bonventre, & Kyle W. McCracken. (2023). Directed differentiation of ureteric bud and collecting duct organoids from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Protocols. 18(8). 2485–2508. 5 indexed citations

Pode‐Shakked, Naomi, Nambirajan Sundaram, Ruth Schreiber, et al.. (2023). RAAS-deficient organoids indicate delayed angiogenesis as a possible cause for autosomal recessive renal tubular dysgenesis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8159–8159. 14 indexed citations

Yu, Lissa, et al.. (2023). Müllerian Agenesis in a patient with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome: A Case Series and Review of the Overlapping Developmental Biologic Pathways. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 37(1). 67–71. 1 indexed citations

Krishnamurthy, Mansa, Daniel O. Kechele, Taylor Broda, et al.. (2022). Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Organoids to Identify New Pathologies in Patients With PDX1 Mutations. Gastroenterology. 163(4). 1053–1063.e7. 14 indexed citations

Shi, Min, Kyle W. McCracken, Ankit Patel, et al.. (2022). Human ureteric bud organoids recapitulate branching morphogenesis and differentiate into functional collecting duct cell types. Nature Biotechnology. 41(2). 252–261. 57 indexed citations

Li, Li, Pierre Galichon, Xiaoyan Xiao, et al.. (2021). Orphan nuclear receptor COUP‐TFII enhances myofibroblast glycolysis leading to kidney fibrosis. EMBO Reports. 22(6). e51169–e51169. 27 indexed citations

Broda, Taylor, Kyle W. McCracken, & James M. Wells. (2018). Generation of human antral and fundic gastric organoids from pluripotent stem cells. Nature Protocols. 14(1). 28–50. 62 indexed citations

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Rankin, Scott A., Kyle W. McCracken, Lu Han, et al.. (2017). Timing is everything: Reiterative Wnt, BMP and RA signaling regulate developmental competence during endoderm organogenesis. Developmental Biology. 434(1). 121–132. 34 indexed citations

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McCracken, Kyle W. & James M. Wells. (2017). Mechanisms of embryonic stomach development. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 66. 36–42. 44 indexed citations

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McCracken, Kyle W., Eitaro Aihara, Baptiste Martin, et al.. (2017). Wnt/β-catenin promotes gastric fundus specification in mice and humans. Nature. 541(7636). 182–187. 164 indexed citations

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Rankin, Scott A., Lu Han, Kyle W. McCracken, et al.. (2016). A Retinoic Acid-Hedgehog Cascade Coordinates Mesoderm-Inducing Signals and Endoderm Competence during Lung Specification. Cell Reports. 16(1). 66–78. 84 indexed citations

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McCracken, Kyle W., Katie L. Sinagoga, Michael A. Schumacher, et al.. (2014). Modelling human development and disease in pluripotent stem-cell-derived gastric organoids. Nature. 516(7531). 400–404. 718 indexed citations breakdown →

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Magenheim, Judith, Miri Stolovich-Rain, Ayat Hija, et al.. (2013). Gastrin: A Distinct Fate of Neurogenin3 Positive Progenitor Cells in the Embryonic Pancreas. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e70397–e70397. 47 indexed citations

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Du, Aiping, Kyle W. McCracken, Erik R. Walp, et al.. (2012). Arx is required for normal enteroendocrine cell development in mice and humans. Developmental Biology. 365(1). 175–188. 55 indexed citations

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McCracken, Kyle W., Jonathan C. Howell, James M. Wells, & Jason R. Spence. (2011). Generating human intestinal tissue from pluripotent stem cells in vitro. Nature Protocols. 6(12). 1920–1928. 335 indexed citations

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Gimelli, Stefania, Gianluca Caridi, Silvana Beri, et al.. (2010). Mutations in SOX17 are associated with congenital anomalies of the kidney and the urinary tract. Human Mutation. 31(12). 1352–1359. 42 indexed citations

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McCracken, Kyle W., et al.. (1997). Airway goblet cell mucin: its structure and regulation of secretion. European Respiratory Journal. 10(11). 2644–2649. 78 indexed citations

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Ko, Kwang Ho, et al.. (1997). ATP-Induced Mucin Release from Cultured Airway Goblet Cells Involves, in Part, Activation of Protein Kinase C. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 16(2). 194–198. 20 indexed citations

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