Stella Tran

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Stella Tran is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stella Tran has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 4 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Stella Tran's work include Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers), Renal and related cancers (5 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (4 papers). Stella Tran is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers), Renal and related cancers (5 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (4 papers). Stella Tran collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Stella Tran's co-authors include Daniel J. Bernard, Shaoling Zhang, Isabelle Chénier, Julie R. Ingelfinger, Pankaj Lamba, Yun‐Wen Chen, Simone Giacometti, Matthias Hebrok, Anil Bhushan and John S.D. Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stella Tran

23 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Recapitulating endocrine cell clustering in culture promotes maturation of human stem-cell-derived β cells

2019 338 citations Gopika G. Nair, Jennifer S. Liu et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stella Tran Canada	17	596	430	338	314	195	24	1.2k
Satoru Akazawa Japan	16	251 0.4×	322 0.7×	248 0.7×	284 0.9×	174 0.9×	46	965
Claudia Bănescu Romania	19	347 0.6×	209 0.5×	138 0.4×	65 0.2×	97 0.5×	113	1.1k
Carlos Encinas Dominguez United States	6	345 0.6×	93 0.2×	505 1.5×	239 0.8×	112 0.6×	6	1.8k
Zhimin Huang China	17	330 0.6×	259 0.6×	127 0.4×	440 1.4×	37 0.2×	57	936
Huey-Yi Chen Taiwan	21	357 0.6×	251 0.6×	86 0.3×	51 0.2×	64 0.3×	43	1.1k
Stephan Scharla Germany	15	289 0.5×	64 0.1×	120 0.4×	198 0.6×	66 0.3×	49	980
M. Laloi‐Michelin France	15	269 0.5×	397 0.9×	271 0.8×	401 1.3×	39 0.2×	34	892
Seok Kyo Seo South Korea	24	327 0.5×	114 0.3×	113 0.3×	111 0.4×	52 0.3×	119	1.6k
Ismail H. Al-Abdullah United States	21	485 0.8×	792 1.8×	368 1.1×	389 1.2×	61 0.3×	73	1.3k
Ahmad Hamim Sadewa Indonesia	15	322 0.5×	184 0.4×	97 0.3×	62 0.2×	111 0.6×	120	805

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stella Tran

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kosicki, Michael, Vivian Hecht, Anusri Pampari, et al.. (2025). In vivo mapping of mutagenesis sensitivity of human enhancers. Nature. 643(8072). 839–846. 2 indexed citations

Tran, Stella, et al.. (2025). Chronic pain increases sensitivity to pain-induced reinstatement of ethanol seeking in male mice. Alcohol. 129. 69–78.

Chang, Alice Y., Stella Tran, Dina Polyak, et al.. (2022). 277 Development of a robust manufacturing process for AB-1015, an integrated circuit T cell (ICT) product, using targeted, CRISPR integration of transgenes by electroporation (CITE) editing. Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts. A292–A292. 4 indexed citations

Osterwalder, Marco, Stella Tran, Riana D. Hunter, et al.. (2021). Characterization of Mammalian In Vivo Enhancers Using Mouse Transgenesis and CRISPR Genome Editing. Methods in molecular biology. 2403. 147–186. 17 indexed citations

Lewis, Justin, et al.. (2019). The Recommendation and Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Cases Reported to the California Poison Control System. Journal of Medical Toxicology. 15(3). 169–177. 19 indexed citations

Nair, Gopika G., Jennifer S. Liu, Holger A. Russ, et al.. (2019). Recapitulating endocrine cell clustering in culture promotes maturation of human stem-cell-derived β cells. Nature Cell Biology. 21(2). 263–274. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

Tran, Stella, Ajit Shah, Gao Sun, et al.. (2019). mTORC1-to-AMPK switching underlies β cell metabolic plasticity during maturation and diabetes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(10). 4124–4137. 93 indexed citations

Fortin, Jérôme, Luisina Ongaro, Yining Li, et al.. (2015). Minireview: Activin Signaling in Gonadotropes: What Does the FOX say… to the SMAD?. Molecular Endocrinology. 29(7). 963–977. 31 indexed citations

Tran, Stella, Ying Wáng, Pankaj Lamba, et al.. (2013). The CpG Island in the Murine Foxl2 Proximal Promoter Is Differentially Methylated in Primary and Immortalized Cells. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76642–e76642. 13 indexed citations

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Bernard, Daniel J. & Stella Tran. (2013). Mechanisms of Activin-Stimulated FSH Synthesis: The Story of a Pig and a FOX1. Biology of Reproduction. 88(3). 78–78. 33 indexed citations

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Tran, Stella, Xiang Zhou, Christine Lafleur, et al.. (2013). Impaired Fertility and FSH Synthesis in Gonadotrope-Specific Foxl2 Knockout Mice. Molecular Endocrinology. 27(3). 407–421. 57 indexed citations

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Tran, Stella, Pankaj Lamba, Ying Wang, & Daniel J. Bernard. (2011). SMADs and FOXL2 Synergistically Regulate Murine FSHβ Transcription Via a Conserved Proximal Promoter Element. Molecular Endocrinology. 25(7). 1170–1183. 53 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun‐Wen, et al.. (2010). Maternal diabetes programs hypertension and kidney injury in offspring. Pediatric Nephrology. 25(7). 1319–1329. 54 indexed citations

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Lamba, Pankaj, Jérôme Fortin, Stella Tran, Ying Wang, & Daniel J. Bernard. (2009). A Novel Role for the Forkhead Transcription Factor FOXL2 in Activin A-Regulated Follicle-Stimulating Hormone β Subunit Transcription. Molecular Endocrinology. 23(7). 1001–1013. 72 indexed citations

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Tran, Stella, Isabelle Chénier, John S.D. Chan, et al.. (2008). Maternal Diabetes Modulates Renal Morphogenesis in Offspring. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19(5). 943–952. 79 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun‐Wen, Stella Tran, Isabelle Chénier, et al.. (2008). Deficiency of intrarenal angiotensin II type 2 receptor impairs paired homeo box-2 and N-myc expression during nephrogenesis. Pediatric Nephrology. 23(10). 1769–1777. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, F., Wei Wei, Stella Tran, et al.. (2007). Catalase overexpression attenuates angiotensinogen expression and apoptosis in diabetic mice. Kidney International. 71(9). 912–923. 138 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shaoling, Yun‐Wen Chen, Stella Tran, et al.. (2007). Reactive Oxygen Species in the Presence of High Glucose Alter Ureteric Bud Morphogenesis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 18(7). 2105–2115. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shaoling, Yun‐Wen Chen, Stella Tran, et al.. (2007). Pax-2 and N-myc regulate epithelial cell proliferation and apoptosis in a positive autocrine feedback loop. Pediatric Nephrology. 22(6). 813–824. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, F., et al.. (2006). Reactive oxygen species and nuclear factor-kappa B pathway mediate high glucose-induced Pax-2 gene expression in mouse embryonic mesenchymal epithelial cells and kidney explants. Kidney International. 70(9). 1607–1615. 15 indexed citations

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