Publications and associated numbers were identified in ISI Web of Knowledge using search terms: stem cells[topic] AND Singapore [address]. PubMed links to the listed publication are provided. All publications for 2008 and 2009 are provided and only highly cited publications from 2003-07.

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Top 20 cited articles from Singapore-based stem cell scientist.
(primary research articles with the first and/or last author from Singapore. Citation count as of 9 March 2010)

Embryonic stem cell lines from human blastocysts: somatic differentiation in vitro.

Reubinoff BE, Pera MF, Fong CY, Trounson A, Bongso A.
Nat Biotechnol. 2000 Apr;18(4):399-404. Erratum in: Nat Biotechnol 2000 May;18(5):559.

PMID: 10748519 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 1,204

The Oct4 and Nanog transcription network regulates pluripotency in mouse embryonic stem cells.

Loh YH, Wu Q, Chew JL, Vega VB, Zhang W, Chen X, Bourque G, George J, Leong B, Liu J, Wong KY, Sung KW, Lee CW, Zhao XD, Chiu KP, Lipovich L, Kuznetsov VA, Robson P, Stanton LW, Wei CL, Ruan Y, Lim B, Ng HH.
Nat Genet. 2006 Apr;38(4):431-40. Epub 2006 Mar 5.

PMID : 16518401 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 610

Electrospinning of nano/micro scale poly(L-lactic acid) aligned fibers and their potential in neural tissue engineering.

Yang F, Murugan R, Wang S, Ramakrishna S.
Biomaterials. 2005 May;26(15):2603-10.

PMID : 15585263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 339

Human feeders support prolonged undifferentiated growth of human inner cell masses and embryonic stem cells.

Richards M, Fong CY, Chan WK, Wong PC, Bongso A.
Nat Biotechnol. 2002 Sep;20(9):933-6. Epub 2002 Aug 5.

PMID : 12161760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 295

Integration of external signaling pathways with the core transcriptional network in embryonic stem cells

Chen X, Xu H, Yuan P, Fang F, Huss M, Vega VB, Wong E, Orlov YL, Zhang W, Jiang J, Loh YH, Yeo HC, Yeo ZX, Narang V, Govindarajan KR, Leong B, Shahab A, Ruan Y, Bourque G, Sung WK, Clarke ND, Wei CL, Ng HH.
Cell. 2008 June: 133(6):1106-17

PMID: 18555785 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 278

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Transcriptional regulation of Nanog by Oct4 and Sox2.

Rodda DJ, Chew JL, Lim LH, Loh YH, Wang B, Ng HH, Robson P.
J Biol Chem. 2005 Jul 1;280(26):24731-7. Epub 2005 Apr 27.

PMID: 15860457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 232

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The transcriptome profile of human embryonic stem cells as defined by SAGE.

Richards M, Tan SP, Tan JH, Chan WK, Bongso A.
Stem Cells. 2004;22(1):51-64.

PMID: 14688391 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 200

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A protein trap strategy to detect GFP-tagged proteins expressed from their endogenous loci in Drosophila

Morin X, Daneman R, Zavortink M, Chia W.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Dec 18;98(26):15050-5. Epub 2001 Dec 11.

PMID: 11742088 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 194

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MicroRNAs to Nanog, Oct4 and Sox2 coding regions modulate embryonic stem cell differentiation.

Tay Y, Zhang J, Thomson AM, Lim B, Rigoutsos I.
Nature. 2008 Oct 23;455(7216):1124-8. Epub 2008 Sep 17.

PMID: 18806776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 176

Reciprocal transcriptional regulation of Pou5f1 and Sox2 via the Oct4/Sox2 complex in embryonic stem cells.

Chew JL, Loh YH, Zhang W, Chen X, Tam WL, Yeap LS, Li P, Ang YS, Lim B, Robson P, Ng HH.
Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Jul;25(14):6031-46.

PMID: 15988017 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 160

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Whole-genome mapping of histone H3 Lys4 and 27 trimethylations reveals distinct genomic compartments in human embryonic stem cells.

Zhao XD, Han X, Chew JL, Liu J, Chiu KP, Choo A, Orlov YL, Sung WK, Shahab A, Kuznetsov VA, Bourque G, Oh S, Ruan Y, Ng HH, Wei CL
Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Sep 13;1(3):286-98.

PMID: 18371363 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 142

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A core Klf circuitry regulates self-renewal of embryonic stem cells.

Jiang J, Chan YS, Loh YH, Cai J, Tong GQ, Lim CA, Robson P, Zhong S, Ng HH.
Nat Cell Biol. 2008 Mar;10(3):353-60. Epub 2008 Feb 10.

PMID: 18264089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 141

Comparative evaluation of various human feeders for prolonged undifferentiated growth of human embryonic stem cells.

Richards M, Tan S, Fong CY, Biswas A, Chan WK, Bongso A.
Stem Cells. 2003;21(5):546-56.

PMID: 12968109 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 139

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Interactions of chemokines and chemokine receptors mediate the migration of mesenchymal stem cells to the impaired site in the brain after hypoglossal nerve injury.

Ji JF, He BP, Dheen ST, Tay SS
Stem Cells. 2004;22(3):415-27.

PMID: 15153618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 133

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Sall4 modulates embryonic stem cell pluripotency and early embryonic development by the transcriptional regulation of Pou5f1.

Zhang J, Tam WL, Tong GQ, Wu Q, Chan HY, Soh BS, Lou Y, Yang J, Ma Y, Chai L, Ng HH, Lufkin T, Robson P, Lim B.
Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Oct;8(10):1114-23. Epub 2006 Sep 17.

PMID: 16980957 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 125

Fabrication of nano-structured porous PLLA scaffold intended for nerve tissue engineering.

Yang F, Murugan R, Ramakrishna S, Wang X, Ma YX, Wang S.
Biomaterials. 2004 May;25(10):1891-900.

PMID: 14738853 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 120

Jmjd1a and Jmjd2c histone H3 Lys 9 demethylases regulate self-renewal in embryonic stem cells.

Loh YH, Zhang W, Chen X, George J, Ng HH.
Genes Dev. 2007 Oct 15;21(20):2545-57.

PMID: 17938240 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 115

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Transformation of adult mesenchymal stem cells isolated from the fatty tissue into cardiomyocytes.

Rangappa S, Fen C, Lee EH, Bongso A, Sim EK.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Mar;75(3):775-9. Erratum in: Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 May;77(5):1880. Wei, Eugene Sim Kwang [corrected to Sim, Eugene Kwang Wei].

PMID: 12645692 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 111

Karyotype of human ES cells during extended culture.

Buzzard JJ, Gough NM, Crook JM, Colman A.
Nat Biotechnol. 2004 Apr;22(4):381-2; author reply 382. No abstract available.

PMID: 15060545 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 106

Limbal transplantation.

Tan DT, Ficker LA, Buckley RJ.
Ophthalmology. 1996 Jan;103(1):29-36.

PMID: 8628556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 104

Isolation and culture of inner cell mass cells from human blastocysts.

Bongso A, Fong CY, Ng SC, Ratnam S.
Hum Reprod. 1994 Nov;9(11):2110-7.

PMID: 7868682 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Times Cited: 104