| Role of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms in exacerbations of COPD IE Rascon-Aguilar, M Pamer, P Wludyka, J Cury, D Coultas, LR Lambiase, ... Chest 130 (4), 1096-1101, 2006 | 218 | 2006 |
| Health disparities in colorectal cancer among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States CS Jackson, M Oman, AM Patel, KJ Vega Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 7 (Suppl 1), S32, 2016 | 214 | 2016 |
| Heart transplantation is associated with an increased risk for pancreaticobiliary disease KJ Vega, I Pina, B Krevsky Annals of internal medicine 124 (11), 980-983, 1996 | 180 | 1996 |
| Dclk1, a tumor stem cell marker, regulates pro-survival signaling and self-renewal of intestinal tumor cells P Chandrakesan, J Yao, D Qu, R May, N Weygant, Y Ge, N Ali, ... Molecular Cancer 16, 1-14, 2017 | 110 | 2017 |
| Overuse of acid suppression therapy in hospitalized patients. R Gupta, P Garg, R Kottoor, JC Munoz, MM Jamal, LR Lambiase, KJ Vega Southern medical journal 103 (3), 207-211, 2010 | 91 | 2010 |
| Identification of the putative intestinal stem cell marker doublecortin and CaM kinase‐like‐1 in Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma KJ Vega, R May, SM Sureban, SA Lightfoot, D Qu, A Reed, N Weygant, ... Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 27 (4), 773-780, 2012 | 86 | 2012 |
| Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for gastrointestinal cancer among American veterans MM Jamal, EJ Yoon, KJ Vega, M Hashemzadeh, KJ Chang World Journal of Gastroenterology: WJG 15 (42), 5274, 2009 | 81 | 2009 |
| Gastrointestinal Kaposi’s sarcoma: case report and review of the literature AJ Lee, L Brenner, B Mourad, C Monteiro, KJ Vega, JC Munoz World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics 6 (3), 89, 2015 | 66 | 2015 |
| Alternative splice variants of DCLK1 mark cancer stem cells, promote self‐renewal and drug‐resistance, and can be targeted to inhibit tumorigenesis in kidney cancer Y Ge, N Weygant, D Qu, R May, WL Berry, J Yao, P Chandrakesan, ... International journal of cancer 143 (5), 1162-1175, 2018 | 59 | 2018 |
| Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract: case reports and literature review WJ Salyers, KJ Vega, JC Munoz, BW Trotman, SS Tanev World journal of gastrointestinal oncology 6 (8), 301, 2014 | 56 | 2014 |
| Viral hepatitis in minority America RA Rawls, KJ Vega Journal of clinical gastroenterology 39 (2), 144-151, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
| Potential proton pump inhibitor–related adverse effects IE Perry, I Sonu, C Scarpignato, J Akiyama, M Hongo, KJ Vega Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1481 (1), 43-58, 2020 | 50 | 2020 |
| High-resolution endoluminal sonography assessment of the hematocystic spots of esophageal varices TD Schiano, AL Adrain, KJ Vega, JB Liu, M Black, LS Miller Gastrointestinal endoscopy 49 (4), 424-427, 1999 | 50 | 1999 |
| Intestinal stem cells and the colorectal cancer microenvironment BA Ong, KJ Vega, CW Houchen World Journal of Gastroenterology: WJG 20 (8), 1898, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
| DCLK1 is detectable in plasma of patients with Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma J Whorton, SM Sureban, R May, D Qu, SA Lightfoot, M Madhoun, ... Digestive diseases and sciences 60, 509-513, 2015 | 45 | 2015 |
| Declining hospitalization rate of esophageal variceal bleeding in the United States MM Jamal, JB Samarasena, M Hashemzadeh, KJ Vega Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 6 (6), 689-695, 2008 | 34 | 2008 |
| Survival of patients with gastrointestinal cancers can be predicted by a surrogate microRNA signature for cancer stem–like cells marked by DCLK1 kinase N Weygant, Y Ge, D Qu, JS Kaddis, WL Berry, R May, P Chandrakesan, ... Cancer research 76 (14), 4090-4099, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
| Do HbA1C levels correlate with delayed gastric emptying in diabetic patients? S Reddy, K Ramsubeik, KJ Vega, J Federico, C Palacio Journal of Neurogastroenterology and motility 16 (4), 414, 2010 | 28 | 2010 |
| Changing pattern of esophageal cancer incidence in New Mexico KJ Vega, MM Jama Official journal of the American College of Gastroenterology| ACG 95 (9 …, 2000 | 27 | 2000 |
| African Americans with Barrett’s esophagus are less likely to have dysplasia at biopsy JE Khoury, S Chisholm, M Mazen Jamal, C Palacio, S Pudhota, KJ Vega Digestive diseases and sciences 57, 419-423, 2012 | 25 | 2012 |
