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Last published 2026
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Adam Corken

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Associate Staff Scientist

Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2024–2026); University of Illinois Chicago (2013); Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (2022–2024)

Staff Researcher

10 h-index 23 pubs 1,121 cited

  • Blood Platelets
  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Thrombosis
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Inflammation
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
  • Hemostasis
  • Signal Transduction
  • Female
  • Sepsis
  • Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex
  • Leukocytes

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Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Adam Corken's research focuses on the role of platelets in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and related inflammatory processes. His work investigates how platelets contribute to disease progression and dysregulation in patients with advanced stages of CKD. Corken has explored the differential effects of antiplatelet medications, such as ticagrelor and clopidogrel, on platelet aggregation and inflammation in CKD patients. His studies also examine the broader impact of diet, such as a Western diet, on platelet activation profiles in animal models. Additionally, Corken has investigated the interaction between platelets and other cellular components, including leukocytes within perivascular adipose tissue, and has explored novel roles for platelet glycoproteins, such as glycoprotein Ibα, in radiation protection. He has published 23 papers, with an h-index of 10 and over 1,100 citations. Key collaborators include Keshari Thakali, Jerry Ware, Nishank Jain, and James D. Sikes, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 23
  • Citations: 1,121

Selected Publications

  • Platelet glycoprotein <scp>VI</scp> modulates leukocyte characteristics in sepsis‐induced systemic inflammatory response in male mice (2026)
    Physiological Reports DOI OpenAlex
  • Postweaning diet affects offspring metabolic outcomes more than maternal diet in male and female mice (2026)
    Physiological Reports DOI OpenAlex
  • Platelets Modulate Leukocyte Population Composition Within Perivascular Adipose Tissue (2025)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Western Diet Modifies Platelet Activation Profiles in Male Mice (2024)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Platelets, inflammation, and purinergic receptors in chronic kidney disease (2024)
    Kidney International 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Ticagrelor inhibits platelet aggregation and reduces inflammatory burden more than clopidogrel in patients with stages 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease (2023)
    Vascular Pharmacology 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Platelet-Dependent Inflammatory Dysregulation in Patients with Stages 4 or 5 Chronic Kidney Disease: A Mechanistic Clinical Study (2022)
    Kidney360 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Maternal Obesity Programming of Perivascular Adipose Tissue and Associated Immune Cells: An Understudied Area With Few Answers and Many Questions (2022)
    Frontiers in Physiology 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Platelet glycoprotein Ibα provides radiation protection (2021)
    Radiotherapy and Oncology 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Role of Platelets in Chronic Kidney Disease (2021)
    Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 47 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Hemostasis vs. homeostasis: Platelets are essential for preserving vascular barrier function in the absence of injury or inflammation (2020)
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 85 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Platelet Glycoprotein VI Haplotypes and the Presentation of Paediatric Sepsis (2018)
    Thrombosis and Haemostasis 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A dynamic platelet—tumor cell axis (2018)
    Annals of Blood DOI OpenAlex
  • The varied distribution and impact of <i>RAS</i> codon and other key DNA alterations across the translocation cyclin D subgroups in multiple myeloma (2017)
    Oncotarget 32 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Platelets (2015)
    Atherosclerosis DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

  • Platelet glycoprotein Ib-IX in endotoxemia and sepsis (Funded by: American Heart Association (SouthWest Affiliate))
  • GR037176 Do platelets play a role in obesity and the modulation of perivascular adipose tissue function? UAMS ACHRI Flow Through

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