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Kathryn S. E. Cheah

Kathryn S. E. Cheah

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
16173
World Ranking
9100
National Ranking
278

Overview

Kathryn S. E. Cheah is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research focuses primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Rheumatology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy

Among their recent publications are:

  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations, 2021, Cell
  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations, 2021, Cell
  • Directed Differentiation of Notochord-like and Nucleus Pulposus-like Cells Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, 2020, Cell Reports
  • DIPPER, a spatiotemporal proteomics atlas of human intervertebral discs for exploring ageing and degeneration dynamics, 2020, eLife
  • IRX3 and IRX5 Inhibit Adipogenic Differentiation of Hypertrophic Chondrocytes and Promote Osteogenesis, 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Kathryn S. E. Cheah frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • European Spine Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • Cell Reports

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Danny Chan
  • Dino Samartzis
  • Pak C. Sham
  • Lilja Stefánsdóttir
  • Jason Pui Yin Cheung

Best Publications

  • SOX9 directly regulates the type-II collagen gene.

    Donald M. Bell;Keith K.H. Leung;Susan C. Wheatley;Ling Jim Ng

  • Hypertrophic chondrocytes can become osteoblasts and osteocytes in endochondral bone formation

    Liu Yang;Kwok Yeung Tsang;Hoi Ching Tang;Danny Chan

  • SOX9 Binds DNA, Activates Transcription, and Coexpresses with Type II Collagen during Chondrogenesis in the Mouse

    Ling-Jim Ng;Susan Wheatley;George E.O Muscat;John Conway-Campbell

  • Genomic instability in laminopathy-based premature aging

    Baohua Liu;Jianming Wang;Kui Ming Chan;Wai Mui Tjia

  • Sox18 induces development of the lymphatic vasculature in mice

    Mathias Francois;Andrea Caprini;Brett Hosking;Fabrizio Orsenigo

  • Sox2 is required for sensory organ development in the mammalian inner ear

    Amy E. Kiernan;Anna L. Pelling;Keith K. H. Leung;Anna S. P. Tang

  • Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc

    Daisuke Sakai;Yoshihiko Nakamura;Tomoko Nakai;Taishi Mishima

  • Autosomal dominant and recessive osteochondrodysplasias associated with the COL11A2 locus

    Miikka Vikkula;Edwin C.M Madman;Vincent C.H Lui;Natalia I Zhidkova

  • Sox2 signaling in prosensory domain specification and subsequent hair cell differentiation in the developing cochlea

    Alain Dabdoub;Chandrakala Puligilla;Jennifer M. Jones;Bernd Fritzsch

  • SOX9 induces and maintains neural stem cells

    Charlotte E Scott;Sarah L Wynn;Sarah L Wynn;Abdul Sesay;Catarina Cruz

  • Expression of the mouse alpha 1(II) collagen gene is not restricted to cartilage during development.

    Kathryn S. E. Cheah;Elizabeth T. Lau;Patrick K. C. Au;Patrick P. L. Tam

  • Requirement for Pbx1 in skeletal patterning and programming chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation

    Licia Selleri;Michael J. Depew;Yakop Jacobs;Sumit K. Chanda

  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations

    Cindy G Boer;Konstantinos Hatzikotoulas;Lorraine Southam;Lilja Stefánsdóttir

  • Mechanism of Regulatory Target Selection by the SOX High-Mobility-Group Domain Proteins as Revealed by Comparison of SOX1/2/3 and SOX9

    Yusuke Kamachi;Kathryn S. E. Cheah;Hisato Kondoh

  • Oncogenicity of the Developmental Transcription Factor Sox9

    Ander Matheu;Manuel Collado;Clare Wise;Lorea Manterola

  • SOX9 governs differentiation stage-specific gene expression in growth plate chondrocytes via direct concomitant transactivation and repression.

    Victor Y. L. Leung;Bo Gao;Keith K. H. Leung;Ian G. Melhado

  • Abnormal Compartmentalization of Cartilage Matrix Components in Mice Lacking Collagen X: Implications for Function

    Kin Ming Kwan;Michael K.M. Pang;Sheila Zhou;Soot Keng Cowan

  • PREDISPOSITION TO FAMILIAL OSTEOARTHROSIS LINKED TO TYPE II COLLAGEN GENE

    A Palotie;P Väisänen;J Ott;L Ryhänen

  • The developmental roles of the extracellular matrix: beyond structure to regulation.

    Kwok Yeung Tsang;Martin C. H. Cheung;Danny Chan;Kathryn S. E. Cheah

  • The TRP2 allele of COL9A2 is an age-dependent risk factor for the development and severity of intervertebral disc degeneration.

    Jeffrey J T Jim;Noora Noponen-Hietala;Kenneth M C Cheung;Jürg Ott

Frequent Co-Authors

Pak C. Sham
Pak C. Sham University of Hong Kong
You-Qiang Song
You-Qiang Song University of Hong Kong
Jaro Karppinen
Jaro Karppinen University of Oulu
Keith D. K. Luk
Keith D. K. Luk University of Hong Kong
Vivian W.Y. Tam
Vivian W.Y. Tam Western Sydney University
Patrick P.L. Tam
Patrick P.L. Tam University of Sydney
Jian-Dong Huang
Jian-Dong Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Robin Lovell-Badge
Robin Lovell-Badge The Francis Crick Institute
Michael Q. Zhang
Michael Q. Zhang The University of Texas at Dallas
Christopher M. Overall
Christopher M. Overall University of British Columbia

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