Zea Borok

13.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
171 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Zea Borok is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Zea Borok has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Molecular Biology, 93 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 32 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Zea Borok's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (72 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (29 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (18 papers). Zea Borok is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (72 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (29 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (18 papers). Zea Borok collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Zea Borok's co-authors include Brigham C. Willis, Edward D. Crandall, Parviz Minoo, Beiyun Zhou, Janice M. Liebler, Kwang‐Jin Kim, Changgong Li, Spencer I. Danto, James H. Roum and Per Flodby and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Zea Borok

170 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

TGF-β-induced EMT: mechanisms and implications for fibrotic lung disease

2007 897 citations Brigham C. Willis, Zea Borok American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology profile →
Induction of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Alveolar Epithelial Cells by Transforming Growth Factor-β1

2005 783 citations Brigham C. Willis, Janice M. Liebler et al. American Journal Of Pathology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Zea Borok	5.2k	4.1k	1.5k	894	876	171	9.7k
Mélanie Königshoff	4.5k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	770 0.9×	614 0.7×	145	8.2k
Patricia J. Sime	4.1k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	996 0.7×	973 1.1×	719 0.8×	169	9.6k
Geoffrey J. Laurent	4.8k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	804 0.9×	163	11.0k
Robin J. McAnulty	3.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	793 0.5×	901 1.0×	589 0.7×	121	7.4k
Luis A. Ortiz	2.6k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	490 0.5×	479 0.5×	71	7.0k
Jeanine D’Armiento	2.1k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	961 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	140	8.6k
Mark Griffiths	2.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	842 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	505 0.6×	154	7.1k
Edward D. Crandall	3.5k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	898 0.6×	730 0.8×	458 0.5×	161	7.3k
Kazuhisa Takahashi	3.5k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	2.1k 2.4×	2.5k 2.8×	536	10.3k
Rachel C. Chambers	4.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	744 0.5×	695 0.8×	491 0.6×	130	8.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zea Borok

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Kim, Seongjae, et al.. (2024). RBL2 represses the transcriptional activity of Multicilin to inhibit multiciliogenesis. Cell Death and Disease. 15(1). 81–81. 3 indexed citations

Berhan, Asres, Hongjun Wang, Yanbin Ji, et al.. (2024). Integrated multiomic analysis identifies TRIP13 as a mediator of alveolar epithelial type II cell dysfunction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1871(3). 167572–167572. 2 indexed citations

Shen, Hua, Per Flodby, Michael Koss, et al.. (2023). Abstract 5: Alveolar epithelial type 1 cells can serve as a cell of origin for lung adenocarcinoma with distinct molecular and phenotypic presentation. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 5–5. 1 indexed citations

Afshar, Kamyar, Jessica Pham, Samir Patel, et al.. (2023). Rapid Low-ischemic Time Lung Explant Tissue Collection at the University of California San Diego. A2271–A2271. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Hua, Per Flodby, Rania Bassiouni, et al.. (2023). Alveolar type I cells can give rise to KRAS-induced lung adenocarcinoma. Cell Reports. 42(12). 113286–113286. 7 indexed citations

Ikonomou, Laertis, Mattias Magnusson, Ruben Dries, et al.. (2022). Stem cells, cell therapies, and bioengineering in lung biology and disease 2021. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 323(3). L341–L354. 7 indexed citations

Zayed, Yazan, et al.. (2021). Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Hydrocortisone in the Treatment of Sepsis: A Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 37(3). 327–336. 28 indexed citations

Ichida, Justin K., et al.. (2020). Protocol for Differentiation of Human iPSCs into Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells. STAR Protocols. 1(2). 100068–100068. 4 indexed citations

Castillo, Jonathan, Daniel J. Mullen, Alexander Alvarado, et al.. (2019). LINC00261 Is an Epigenetically Regulated Tumor Suppressor Essential for Activation of the DNA Damage Response. Cancer Research. 79(12). 3050–3062. 70 indexed citations

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Borok, Zea, Masafumi Horie, Per Flodby, et al.. (2019). Grp78 Loss in Epithelial Progenitors Reveals an Age-linked Role for Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 201(2). 198–211. 121 indexed citations

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Stueve, Theresa Ryan, Wenqing Li, Jianxin Shi, et al.. (2017). Epigenome-wide analysis of DNA methylation in lung tissue shows concordance with blood studies and identifies tobacco smoke-inducible enhancers. Human Molecular Genetics. 26(15). 3014–3027. 70 indexed citations

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Marconett, Crystal N., Beiyun Zhou, Megan E. Rieger, et al.. (2013). Integrated Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Analysis of Primary Human Lung Epithelial Cell Differentiation. PLoS Genetics. 9(6). e1003513–e1003513. 37 indexed citations

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Tiozzo, Caterina, Gianni Carraro, Denise Al Alam, et al.. (2012). Mesodermal Pten inactivation leads to alveolar capillary dysplasia-like phenotype. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(11). 3862–3872. 14 indexed citations

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Zhou, Beiyun, Yixin Liu, Michaël Kahn, et al.. (2012). Interactions Between β-Catenin and Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling Pathways Mediate Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Are Dependent on the Transcriptional Co-activator cAMP-response Element-binding Protein (CREB)-binding Protein (CBP). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(10). 7026–7038. 221 indexed citations

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Xing, Yiming, Aimin Li, Zea Borok, Changgong Li, & Parviz Minoo. (2012). NOTCH1 Is Required for Regeneration of Clara Cells During Repair of Airway Injury. Stem Cells. 30(5). 946–955. 61 indexed citations

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Henderson, William R., Y. Emil, Xin Ye, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin/CREB binding protein (CBP) signaling reverses pulmonary fibrosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(32). 14309–14314. 378 indexed citations

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Xing, Yiming, Changgong Li, Aimin Li, et al.. (2010). Signaling via Alk5 controls the ontogeny of lung Clara cells. Development. 137(5). 825–833. 47 indexed citations

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Zhong, Qian, Beiyun Zhou, David K. Ann, et al.. (2010). Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition of Alveolar Epithelial Cells. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 45(3). 498–509. 161 indexed citations

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Uchiyama, Tomomi, Kwang‐Jin Kim, Zea Borok, et al.. (2007). Molecular and Functional Expression of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein-1 in Primary Cultured Rat Alveolar Epithelial Cells. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 97(6). 2340–2349. 7 indexed citations

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Willis, Brigham C., Janice M. Liebler, Katherine Luby‐Phelps, et al.. (2005). Induction of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Alveolar Epithelial Cells by Transforming Growth Factor-β1. American Journal Of Pathology. 166(5). 1321–1332. 783 indexed citations breakdown →

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