Merced Leiker

504 total citations
17 papers, 393 citations indexed

About

Merced Leiker is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Merced Leiker has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 393 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Surgery, 6 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Merced Leiker's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (7 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (4 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (4 papers). Merced Leiker is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (7 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (4 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (4 papers). Merced Leiker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Singapore. Merced Leiker's co-authors include Gen Suzuki, Techung Lee, Kenneth L. Seldeen, Bruce R. Troen, Manhui Pang, Vijay Iyer, John M. Canty, Brian R. Weil, Kirkwood E. Personius and Curtis Johnston and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, PLoS ONE and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Merced Leiker

15 papers receiving 389 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Merced Leiker United States 10 157 137 122 110 55 17 393
Kitipong Uaesoontrachoon United States 15 473 3.0× 79 0.6× 85 0.7× 120 1.1× 12 0.2× 25 615
Kathleen M. Broughton United States 14 354 2.3× 232 1.7× 58 0.5× 66 0.6× 15 0.3× 22 608
Victoria Florea United States 11 144 0.9× 148 1.1× 98 0.8× 48 0.4× 6 0.1× 14 373
Takahiro Tosaki Japan 11 88 0.6× 92 0.7× 155 1.3× 92 0.8× 6 0.1× 16 444
Giulia Ruozi Italy 11 242 1.5× 121 0.9× 92 0.8× 160 1.5× 4 0.1× 13 569
Alfredo D. Guerron United States 12 540 3.4× 208 1.5× 74 0.6× 132 1.2× 8 0.1× 20 809
Natalia Zinchenko United States 14 225 1.4× 171 1.2× 57 0.5× 66 0.6× 8 0.1× 20 608
Olivier Le Coz France 9 250 1.6× 113 0.8× 133 1.1× 72 0.7× 3 0.1× 15 463
David Contador Chile 10 189 1.2× 133 1.0× 178 1.5× 82 0.7× 3 0.1× 11 510
Megumi Miyabe Japan 11 79 0.5× 81 0.6× 166 1.4× 59 0.5× 5 0.1× 17 374

Countries citing papers authored by Merced Leiker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merced Leiker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merced Leiker

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Rosenbohm, Jordan, Eunju Kim, Kristina Seiffert-Sinha, et al.. (2025). Desmosomal cadherin tension loss in pemphigus vulgaris mediated by the inhibition of active RhoA at cell-cell adhesions. iScience. 28(8). 113081–113081. 2 indexed citations
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Seldeen, Kenneth L., Aref Shahini, Ramkumar Thiyagarajan, et al.. (2021). Short-term nicotinamide riboside treatment improves muscle quality and function in mice and increases cellular energetics and differentiating capacity of myogenic progenitors. Nutrition. 87-88. 111189–111189. 17 indexed citations
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Seiffert-Sinha, Kristina, Merced Leiker, & Animesh A. Sinha. (2021). 014 A novel Pemphigus vulgaris patient-derived antibody with sequence homology to antibodies directed against desmosomal and non-desmosomal targets induces keratinocyte dissociation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 141(5). S3–S3.
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Seldeen, Kenneth L., et al.. (2019). High intensity interval training improves physical performance in aged female mice: A comparison of mouse frailty assessment tools. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 180. 49–62. 21 indexed citations
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Seiffert-Sinha, Kristina, et al.. (2019). 041 Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies target a cytoplasmic protein in keratinocytes and may contribute to blister formation in pemphigus vulgaris. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139(5). S7–S7.
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Seldeen, Kenneth L., et al.. (2019). Short Session High Intensity Interval Training and Treadmill Assessment in Aged Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 10 indexed citations
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Seldeen, Kenneth L., et al.. (2019). Short Session High Intensity Interval Training and Treadmill Assessment in Aged Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations
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Seldeen, Kenneth L., Manhui Pang, Merced Leiker, et al.. (2018). Chronic vitamin D insufficiency impairs physical performance in C57BL/6J mice. Aging. 10(6). 1338–1355. 16 indexed citations
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Seldeen, Kenneth L., et al.. (2017). High Intensity Interval Training Improves Physical Performance and Frailty in Aged Mice. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 73(4). 429–437. 83 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Gen, Rebeccah F. Young, Merced Leiker, & Takayuki Suzuki. (2016). Heart‐Derived Stem Cells in Miniature Swine with Coronary Microembolization: Novel Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Model to Assess the Efficacy of Cell‐Based Therapy. Stem Cells International. 2016(1). 6940195–6940195. 10 indexed citations
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Weil, Brian R., Gen Suzuki, Merced Leiker, James A. Fallavollita, & John M. Canty. (2015). Comparative Efficacy of Intracoronary Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Cardiosphere-Derived Cells in Swine with Hibernating Myocardium. Circulation Research. 117(7). 634–644. 50 indexed citations
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Shabbir, Arsalan, David Zisa, Merced Leiker, et al.. (2009). Muscular Dystrophy Therapy by Nonautologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Muscle Regeneration Without Immunosuppression and Inflammation. Transplantation. 87(9). 1275–1282. 65 indexed citations
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Leiker, Merced, et al.. (2008). Assessment of a Nuclear Affinity Labeling Method for Tracking Implanted Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Cell Transplantation. 17(8). 911–922. 79 indexed citations

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