Laura E. Niklason

22.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
199 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Laura E. Niklason is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura E. Niklason has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Surgery, 117 papers in Biomaterials and 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Laura E. Niklason's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (131 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (117 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (25 papers). Laura E. Niklason is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (131 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (117 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (25 papers). Laura E. Niklason collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Laura E. Niklason's co-authors include Róbert Langer, Jinming Gao, Jeffrey H. Lawson, Elizabeth A. Calle, Shannon L. M. Dahl, Gabor Forgács, Cyrille Norotte, Liqiong Gui, Karen K. Hirschi and William M. Abbott and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Laura E. Niklason

192 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

Functional Arteries Grown... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2009 2010 2014 2012 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Functional Arteries Grown in Vitro
    1999 1.3k citations Laura E. Niklason, Karen K. Hirschi et al. Science profile →
  2. Scaffold-free vascular tissue engineering using bioprinting
    2009 973 citations Laura E. Niklason et al. Biomaterials profile →
  3. Tissue-Engineered Lungs for in Vivo Implantation
    2010 892 citations Thomas Petersen, Elizabeth A. Calle et al. Science profile →
  4. Repair and Regeneration of the Respiratory System: Complexity, Plasticity, and Mechanisms of Lung Stem Cell Function
    2014 618 citations Laura E. Niklason, Andrew V. Le et al. profile →
  5. Acellular Normal and Fibrotic Human Lung Matrices as a Culture System for In Vitro Investigation
    2012 509 citations Laura E. Niklason et al. profile →
  6. Bioengineered human acellular vessels for dialysis access in patients with end-stage renal disease: two phase 2 single-arm trials
    2016 260 citations Jeffrey H. Lawson, Tomasz Jakimowicz et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Laura E. Niklason 8.4k 7.5k 5.8k 2.6k 2.1k 199 14.0k
Michael J. Yaszemski 6.2k 0.7× 6.2k 0.8× 9.1k 1.6× 2.0k 0.8× 826 0.4× 370 18.3k
Simon P. Hoerstrup 6.0k 0.7× 5.6k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 230 10.4k
Thomas W. Gilbert 10.8k 1.3× 8.7k 1.2× 4.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 911 0.4× 81 12.9k
Frederick J. Schoen 8.2k 1.0× 4.3k 0.6× 3.4k 0.6× 3.2k 1.2× 2.6k 1.3× 254 18.0k
Lawrence J. Bonassar 5.5k 0.7× 3.0k 0.4× 6.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 532 0.3× 308 14.5k
Harald C. Ott 6.0k 0.7× 4.0k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 106 7.6k
Raymund E. Horch 6.3k 0.8× 2.3k 0.3× 3.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 832 0.4× 566 11.6k
Shay Söker 8.0k 1.0× 5.5k 0.7× 5.5k 1.0× 9.8k 3.8× 1.2k 0.6× 226 22.1k
Tatsuya Shimizu 6.6k 0.8× 5.0k 0.7× 5.5k 0.9× 3.6k 1.4× 216 0.1× 238 11.8k
Jennifer H. Elisseeff 3.6k 0.4× 4.1k 0.5× 4.3k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 388 0.2× 183 13.9k

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All Works

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Rajani, Ravi R., Fulton Velez, Luigi Pascarella, et al.. (2025). Short-term performance of Symvess (acellular tissue engineered vessel-tyod) compared to external control data for autologous vein in treatment of extremity arterial injury. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 10(4). e001814–e001814.
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Leiby, Katherine L., Yifan Yuan, Micha Sam Brickman Raredon, et al.. (2023). Rational engineering of lung alveolar epithelium. npj Regenerative Medicine. 8(1). 22–22. 12 indexed citations
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Greaney, Allison M., Abhay B. Ramachandra, Yifan Yuan, et al.. (2023). Decellularization compromises mechanical and structural properties of the native trachea. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 100074–100074. 5 indexed citations
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Jakimowicz, Tomasz, Stanisław Przywara, Alison Pilgrim, et al.. (2022). Five Year Outcomes in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease Who Received a Bioengineered Human Acellular Vessel for Dialysis Access. EJVES Vascular Forum. 54. 58–63. 22 indexed citations
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Raredon, Micha Sam Brickman, Junchen Yang, Neeharika Kothapalli, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive visualization of cell–cell interactions in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics with NICHES. Bioinformatics. 39(1). 35 indexed citations
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Wang, Juan, Mehmet H. Kural, Jonathan Wu, et al.. (2021). An ex vivo physiologic and hyperplastic vessel culture model to study intra-arterial stent therapies. Biomaterials. 275. 120911–120911. 14 indexed citations
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Niklason, Laura E. & Jeffrey H. Lawson. (2020). Bioengineered human blood vessels. Science. 370(6513). 181 indexed citations
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Park, Jin‐Kyu, Christopher W. Anderson, Lorenzo R. Sewanan, et al.. (2019). Modular design of a tissue engineered pulsatile conduit using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Acta Biomaterialia. 102. 220–230. 24 indexed citations
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Raredon, Micha Sam Brickman, Taylor Adams, Yasir Suhail, et al.. (2019). Single-cell connectomic analysis of adult mammalian lungs. Science Advances. 5(12). eaaw3851–eaaw3851. 116 indexed citations
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Kim, Diana, et al.. (2018). Neuropilin-1 Mediated Arterial Differentiation of Murine Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 27(7). 441–455. 13 indexed citations
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Wu, Wei, Andrew V. Le, Julio J. Mendez, et al.. (2015). Osteogenic Performance of Donor-Matched Human Adipose and Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Cells Under Dynamic Culture. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(9-10). 1621–1632. 36 indexed citations
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Calle, Elizabeth A., Julio J. Mendez, Mahboobe Ghaedi, et al.. (2015). Fate of Distal Lung Epithelium Cultured in a Decellularized Lung Extracellular Matrix. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(11-12). 1916–1928. 20 indexed citations
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Mendez, Julio J., Mahboobe Ghaedi, Derek M. Steinbacher, & Laura E. Niklason. (2014). Epithelial Cell Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Decellularized Lung Scaffolds. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(11-12). 1735–1746. 53 indexed citations
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Gui, Liqiong, Michael J. Boyle, Angela Huang, et al.. (2013). Construction of Tissue-Engineered Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts in Fibrin Scaffolds in 30 Days. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(9-10). 1499–1507. 45 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pei, Angela Huang, Jacopo Ferruzzi, et al.. (2011). Inhibition of MicroRNA-29 Enhances Elastin Levels in Cells Haploinsufficient for Elastin and in Bioengineered Vessels—Brief Report. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 32(3). 756–759. 84 indexed citations
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Petersen, Thomas, Elizabeth A. Calle, Liping Zhao, et al.. (2010). Tissue-Engineered Lungs for in Vivo Implantation. Science. 329(5991). 538–541. 892 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pang, Zhengyu, Laura E. Niklason, & George A. Truskey. (2010). Porcine Endothelial Cells Cocultured with Smooth Muscle Cells Became Procoagulant In Vitro. Tissue Engineering Part A. 16(6). 1835–1844. 5 indexed citations
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Gui, Liqiong, et al.. (2010). Development of Novel Biodegradable Polymer Scaffolds for Vascular Tissue Engineering. Tissue Engineering Part A. 17(9-10). 1191–1200. 31 indexed citations
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Gong, Zhaodi, et al.. (2008). Influence of Culture Medium on Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation from Human Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(2). 319–330. 74 indexed citations

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