Karen K. McKee

Johnson University — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

30h-index7.5kcitations55works0.02yr avg
OpenAlex↗ORCID↗Google Scholar↗Lab page↗

Accepting Students?

No reports yet. Know if this professor is taking students?

Research Topics

Cell Adhesion Molecules Research(31), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(13), Muscle Physiology and Disorders(11), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions(10), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors(9)

Publications55 total

Cryo-EM reveals molecular mechanisms underlying the inhibitory effect of netrin-4 on laminin matrix formation
Nature Communications·2025Open Access
Basement Membrane Structural Integrity Dictates Trans-Tissue Deposition of Laminin in Mammals
2025Open Access
Dual transgene amelioration of Lama2-null muscular dystrophy
Matrix Biology·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Cryo-EM reveals the molecular basis of laminin polymerization and LN-lamininopathies
Nature Communications·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
Exogenous laminin exhibits a unique vascular pattern in the brain via binding to dystroglycan and integrins
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Amelioration of muscle and nerve pathology of Lama2-related dystrophy by AAV9-laminin-αLN linker protein
JCI Insight·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
Organization of the laminin polymer node
Matrix Biology·2021· 24 citedOpen Access
CONGENITAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES
Neuromuscular Disorders·2020
A deletion in the N-terminal polymerizing domain of laminin β2 is a new mouse model of chronic nephrotic syndrome
Kidney International·2020· 12 citedOpen Access
A mutation affecting laminin alpha 5 polymerisation gives rise to a syndromic developmental disorder
Development·2020· 33 citedOpen Access
Linker Protein Repair of LAMA2 Dystrophic Neuromuscular Basement Membranes
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience·2019· 20 citedOpen Access
P.332Effect of linker protein expression on LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy (MDC1A)
Neuromuscular Disorders·2019
Chimeric protein identification of dystrophic, Pierson and other laminin polymerization residues
Matrix Biology·2018· 16 citedOpen Access
Pathogenicity of a Human Laminin β2 Mutation Revealed in Models of Alport Syndrome
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology·2017· 34 citedOpen Access
Laminin-deficient muscular dystrophy: Molecular pathogenesis and structural repair strategies
Matrix Biology·2017· 131 citedOpen Access
Linker proteins restore basement membrane and correct <i>LAMA2</i> -related muscular dystrophy in mice
Science Translational Medicine·2017· 93 cited
Chimeric protein repair of laminin polymerization ameliorates muscular dystrophy phenotype
Journal of Clinical Investigation·2017· 45 citedOpen Access
Whole-Genome Sequencing of Invasion-Resistant Cells Identifies Laminin α2 as a Host Factor for Bacterial Invasion
mBio·2017· 31 citedOpen Access
Integrin alpha6 maintains the structural integrity of the kidney collecting system
Matrix Biology·2016· 28 citedOpen Access
Structural decoding of netrin-4 reveals a regulatory function towards mature basement membranes
Nature Communications·2016· 106 citedOpen Access
page 1 of 3Next →

Frequent Co-authors

Peter D. Yurchenco(32), Scott D. Feighner(18), Donna L. Hreniuk(14), Oksana Palyha(14), Carina P. Tan(14), Roy G. Smith(11), Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg(10), Andrew D. Howard(10), Sheng‐Shung Pong(8), Arthur A. Patchett(8), Ravi P. Nargund(8), Andrew Howard(5), Markus A. Rüegg(5), Judith Reinhard(4), Dong‐Hua Yang(4), Sidney Strickland(4), Roy Zent(4), R G Smith(3), Zu‐Lin Chen(3), Jeffrey H. Miner(3)