Sheldon Chen

8.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
63 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Sheldon Chen is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheldon Chen has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Nephrology, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sheldon Chen's work include Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (37 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (16 papers) and Electrolyte and hormonal disorders (11 papers). Sheldon Chen is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (37 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (16 papers) and Electrolyte and hormonal disorders (11 papers). Sheldon Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Lebanon. Sheldon Chen's co-authors include Fuad N. Ziyadeh, M. Carmen Iglesias‐de la Cruz, Soon Won Hong, Dong Cheol Han, Yashpal S. Kanwar, Motohide Isono, Günter Wolf, Lin Sun, Günter Wolf and Ping Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sheldon Chen

61 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Long-term prevention of renal insufficiency, excess matrix gene expression, and glomerular mesangial matrix expansion by treatment with monoclonal antitransforming growth factor-β antibody indb/dbdiabetic mice

2000 790 citations Fuad N. Ziyadeh, Dong Cheol Han et al. profile →
Leptin and renal disease

2002 730 citations Sheldon Chen, Fuad N. Ziyadeh et al. profile →
A Glimpse of Various Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Diabetic Nephropathy

2011 617 citations Yashpal S. Kanwar, Lin Sun et al. profile →
Diabetic Nephropathy: Mechanisms of Renal Disease Progression

2008 523 citations Yashpal S. Kanwar, Jun Wada et al. Experimental Biology and Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sheldon Chen United States	37	3.1k	2.5k	1.1k	1.1k	895	63	7.0k
Greg H. Tesch Australia	49	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	966 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	602 0.7×	113	7.9k
Juan F. Navarro‐González Spain	45	3.8k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	871 1.0×	212	8.1k
Carmen Mora‐Fernández Spain	38	3.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	611 0.7×	101	6.3k
Hanna E. Abboud United States	57	2.3k 0.7×	3.7k 1.5×	809 0.7×	914 0.8×	885 1.0×	166	9.0k
Lin Sun China	50	2.8k 0.9×	4.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	869 0.8×	568 0.6×	207	9.6k
Naoki Kashihara Japan	42	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	441 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	878 1.0×	251	6.2k
Seiya Okuda Japan	46	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	1.9k 2.1×	201	8.7k
Sergio Mezzano Chile	42	2.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	361 0.3×	881 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	131	6.2k
Frank C. Brosius United States	54	2.3k 0.7×	4.1k 1.7×	761 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.8×	146	9.6k
Sharon G. Adler United States	43	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	581 0.5×	921 0.8×	798 0.9×	113	5.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gu, Shi, et al.. (2024). Vitamin D Prevents Gestational Diabetes Mellitus via Modulating Glucose Metabolism in a Mouse Model. Physiological Research. 73(4). 613–623. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Sheldon, et al.. (2021). In creatinine kinetics, the glomerular filtration rate always moves the serum creatinine in the opposite direction. Physiological Reports. 9(16). e14957–e14957. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Sheldon, et al.. (2021). Utility of Liquid Chromatography in Monitoring Methotrexate Levels After Glucarpidase for Methotrexate Toxicity. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 32(10S). 577–577.

Chen, Sheldon, et al.. (2020). Improving on the Adrogué–Madias Formula. Kidney360. 2(2). 365–370. 7 indexed citations

Mamlouk, Omar, Umut Selamet, Maen Abdelrahim, et al.. (2019). Nephrotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors beyond tubulointerstitial nephritis: single-center experience. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 7(1). 2–2. 199 indexed citations

Chen, Sheldon. (2018). Kinetic glomerular filtration rate equation can accommodate a changing body volume: Derivation and usage of the formula. Mathematical Biosciences. 306. 97–106. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Sheldon, et al.. (2018). Response to “Kinetic sodium equation”. 2(1). 33–34. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Sheldon & Fuad N. Ziyadeh. (2008). Vascular endothelial growth factor and diabetic nephropathy. Current Diabetes Reports. 8(6). 470–476. 43 indexed citations

Kanwar, Yashpal S., Jun Wada, Lin Sun, et al.. (2008). Diabetic Nephropathy: Mechanisms of Renal Disease Progression. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 233(1). 4–11. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Sheldon, et al.. (2007). Evaluation and management of hyponatremia: an emerging role for vasopressin receptor antagonists. Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology. 3(2). 82–95. 18 indexed citations

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Wysocki, Jan, Minghao Ye, María José Soler, et al.. (2006). ACE and ACE2 Activity in Diabetic Mice. Diabetes. 55(7). 2132–2139. 274 indexed citations

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Chen, Sheldon, Joseph S. Lee, M. Carmen Iglesias‐de la Cruz, et al.. (2005). Angiotensin II stimulates α3(IV) collagen production in mouse podocytes via TGF-β and VEGF signalling: implications for diabetic glomerulopathy. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 20(7). 1320–1328. 82 indexed citations

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Cohen, Margo P., Sheldon Chen, Fuad N. Ziyadeh, et al.. (2005). Evidence linking glycated albumin to altered glomerular nephrin and VEGF expression, proteinuria, and diabetic nephropathy. Kidney International. 68(4). 1554–1561. 61 indexed citations

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Isono, Motohide, Sheldon Chen, Soon Won Hong, M. Carmen Iglesias‐de la Cruz, & Fuad N. Ziyadeh. (2002). Smad pathway is activated in the diabetic mouse kidney and Smad3 mediates TGF-β-induced fibronectin in mesangial cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 296(5). 1356–1365. 160 indexed citations

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Ziyadeh, Fuad N., Makoto Isono, & Sheldon Chen. (2002). Involvement of the transforming growth factor-β system in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 6(3). 125–129. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Sheldon, Margo P. Cohen, Gregory T. Lautenslager, Clyde W. Shearman, & Fuad N. Ziyadeh. (2001). Glycated albumin stimulates TGF-βbgr;1 production and protein kinase C activity in glomerular endothelial cells. Kidney International. 59(2). 673–681. 96 indexed citations

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Cruz, M. Carmen Iglesias‐de la, María Piedad Ruiz‐Torres, José Alcamı́, et al.. (2001). Hydrogen peroxide increases extracellular matrix mRNA through TGF-β in human mesangial cells. Kidney International. 59(1). 87–95. 198 indexed citations

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Hong, Soon Won, Motohide Isono, Sheldon Chen, et al.. (2001). Increased Glomerular and Tubular Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β1, Its Type II Receptor, and Activation of the Smad Signaling Pathway in the db/db Mouse. American Journal Of Pathology. 158(5). 1653–1663. 177 indexed citations

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Isono, Motohide, M. Carmen Iglesias‐de la Cruz, Sheldon Chen, Soon Won Hong, & Fuad N. Ziyadeh. (2000). Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Mediates Stimulation of TGF-β1 and Matrix by High Glucose in Mesangial Cells. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 11(12). 2222–2230. 109 indexed citations

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Chen, Sheldon, CH Fry, H Illner, et al.. (1993). The regulation of intracellular Mg2+ in guinea‐pig heart, studied with Mg(2+)‐selective microelectrodes and fluorochromes. Experimental Physiology. 78(2). 221–233. 38 indexed citations

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