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Virginia B. Kraus

Virginia B. Kraus

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Medicine

D-Index
106
Citations
40012
World Ranking
6559
National Ranking
3484

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Virginia B. Kraus is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on rheumatology, surgery, molecular biology, pharmacology, and physiology.

Their primary topics of study include:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

Virginia B. Kraus has contributed extensively to several publication venues. These include:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • UNC Libraries
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Synovial cell cross-talk with cartilage plays a major role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Effect of long-term caloric restriction on DNA methylation measures of biological aging in healthy adults from the CALERIE trial," 2023, Nature Aging
  • "Synergistic Roles of Macrophages and Neutrophils in Osteoarthritis Progression," 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • "Meteorin-like facilitates skeletal muscle repair through a Stat3/IGF-1 mechanism," 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • "Faecal microbiota transplantation from metabolically compromised human donors accelerates osteoarthritis in mice," 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Virginia B. Kraus has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Janet L. Huebner
  • Joanne M. Jordan
  • William E. Kraus
  • Kim M. Huffman
  • Yvonne M. Golightly

Virginia B. Kraus has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee, hip, and polyarticular osteoarthritis

    Raveendhara Bannuru;M. C. Osani;E. E. Vaysbrot;Nigel Arden;Nigel Arden

  • Adenovirus E1A, simian virus 40 tumor antigen, and human papillomavirus E7 protein share the capacity to disrupt the interaction between transcription factor E2F and the retinoblastoma gene product.

    S Chellappan;V B Kraus;B Kroger;K Munger

  • Colchicine—Update on mechanisms of action and therapeutic uses

    Ying Ying Leung;Ying Ying Leung;Laura Li Yao Hui;Virginia B. Kraus

  • Call for standardized definitions of osteoarthritis and risk stratification for clinical trials and clinical use.

    V B Kraus;F J Blanco;M Englund;M A Karsdal

  • Progress in intra-articular therapy

    Christopher H. Evans;Virginia Byers Kraus;Lori A. Setton

  • Basic methods in histopathology of joint tissues.

    N. Schmitz;S. Laverty;V.B. Kraus;T. Aigner

  • Classification of osteoarthritis biomarkers: a proposed approach

    D. C. Bauer;D. J. Hunter;S. B. Abramson;M. Attur

  • The role of biomechanics and inflammation in cartilage injury and repair.

    Farshid Guilak;Beverley Fermor;Francis J Keefe;Virginia B Kraus

  • Republished: Value of biomarkers in osteoarthritis: current status and perspectives

    M. Lotz;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Claus Christiansen;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • Value of biomarkers in osteoarthritis: current status and perspectives

    M. Lotz;Johanne Martel-Pelletier;Claus Christiansen;Maria Luisa Brandi

  • A comparative assessment of alignment angle of the knee by radiographic and physical examination methods.

    Virginia B. Kraus;T. Parker Vail;Ted Worrell;Gary McDaniel

  • Serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein reflects osteoarthritis presence and severity: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project

    Amy G. Clark;Joanne Marie Jordan;Vladimir Vilim;Jordan B Renner

  • Application of biomarkers in the development of drugs intended for the treatment of osteoarthritis

    V. B. Kraus;B. Burnett;J. Coindreau;S. Cottrell

  • Pain Catastrophizing and Pain-Related Fear in Osteoarthritis Patients: Relationships to Pain and Disability

    Tamara J. Somers;Francis J. Keefe;Jennifer J. Pells;Kim E. Dixon

  • Disease-modifying treatments for osteoarthritis (DMOADs) of the knee and hip: lessons learned from failures and opportunities for the future

    M.A. Karsdal;M. Michaelis;C. Ladel;A.S. Siebuhr

  • Uric acid is a danger signal of increasing risk for osteoarthritis through inflammasome activation.

    Anna E. Denoble;Kim M. Huffman;Thomas V. Stabler;Susan J. Kelly

  • Changes in serum and synovial fluid biomarkers after acute injury (NCT00332254)

    Jonathan B Catterall;Thomas V Stabler;Carl R Flannery;Virginia B Kraus

  • The role of innate immunity in osteoarthritis: when our first line of defense goes on the offensive.

    Eric W. Orlowsky;Virginia Byers Kraus

  • SERUM CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN REFLECTS OSTEOARTHRITIS PRESENCE AND SEVERITY

    Amy G. Clark;Joanne M. Jordan;Vladimir Vilim;Jordan B. Renner

  • The role of biomechanics and inflammation in cartilage injury and repair : Symposium

    Farshid Guilak;Beverley Fermor;Francis J. Keefe;Virginia B. Kraus

Frequent Co-Authors

Farshid Guilak
Farshid Guilak Washington University in St. Louis
Yi Zeng
Yi Zeng Peking University
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
William E. Kraus
William E. Kraus Duke University
Carl F. Pieper
Carl F. Pieper Duke University
Ali Guermazi
Ali Guermazi Boston University
Elena Losina
Elena Losina Brigham and Women's Hospital
Frank W. Roemer
Frank W. Roemer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Marc C. Hochberg
Marc C. Hochberg University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jeffrey N. Katz
Jeffrey N. Katz Brigham and Women's Hospital

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