Akintunde Akinleye

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Akintunde Akinleye is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akintunde Akinleye has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 5 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Akintunde Akinleye's work include Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (5 papers), Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (3 papers). Akintunde Akinleye is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (5 papers), Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (3 papers). Akintunde Akinleye collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Nigeria. Akintunde Akinleye's co-authors include Delong Liu, Muhammad Furqan, Nikhil Mukhi, Yamei Chen, Yongping Song, Varun Mittal, Yongping Song, Shundong Cang, Chaitanya Iragavarapu and A.A. Ajayi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Hematology & Oncology and Oncotarget.

In The Last Decade

Akintunde Akinleye

12 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Immune checkpoint inhibitors of PD-L1 as cancer therapeutics 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Immune checkpoint inhibitors of PD-L1 as cancer therapeutics
    2019 539 citations Akintunde Akinleye et al. Journal of Hematology & Oncology profile →

Peers

Akintunde Akinleye
Yongping Song China
Ling Cen United States
Joe Stephenson United States
Christine Fritsch Switzerland
Ludovica Ciuffreda Italy
Shundong Cang China
Linda Mora United States
Theresa A. Mays United States
Clara Campàs Spain
Jafar Karami Iran
Yongping Song China
Akintunde Akinleye
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akintunde Akinleye

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Akinleye, Akintunde, et al.. (2025). Complexities of managing refractory hypoglycemia in a rare case of metastatic grade 2 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 43(16_suppl).
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Akinleye, Akintunde, et al.. (2019). Immune checkpoint inhibitors of PD-L1 as cancer therapeutics. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 12(1). 92–92. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Iragavarapu, Chaitanya, Akintunde Akinleye, Muhammad Furqan, et al.. (2015). Novel ALK inhibitors in clinical use and development. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 8(1). 17–17. 82 indexed citations
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Akinleye, Akintunde, Chaitanya Iragavarapu, Muhammad Furqan, Shundong Cang, & Delong Liu. (2015). Novel agents for advanced pancreatic cancer. Oncotarget. 6(37). 39521–39537. 26 indexed citations
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Furqan, Muhammad, Akintunde Akinleye, Judy Sarungbam, et al.. (2014). Management of mantle cell leukemia with cardiac involvement leading to cardiogenic shock. Frontiers of Medicine. 8(2). 254–258. 2 indexed citations
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Akinleye, Akintunde, et al.. (2013). MEK and the inhibitors: from bench to bedside. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 6(1). 27–27. 236 indexed citations
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Furqan, Muhammad, Akintunde Akinleye, Nikhil Mukhi, et al.. (2013). STAT inhibitors for cancer therapy. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 6(1). 90–90. 154 indexed citations
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Wu, Mei‐Hwan, Akintunde Akinleye, & Xiongpeng Zhu. (2013). Novel agents for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 6(1). 36–36. 24 indexed citations
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Akinleye, Akintunde, Muhammad Furqan, & Oluwaseyi Adekunle. (2013). Ibrutinib and Indolent B-Cell Lymphomas. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. 14(4). 253–260. 13 indexed citations
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Akinleye, Akintunde, Yamei Chen, Nikhil Mukhi, Yongping Song, & Delong Liu. (2013). Ibrutinib and novel BTK inhibitors in clinical development. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 6(1). 59–59. 186 indexed citations
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Akinleye, Akintunde, et al.. (2013). Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors as cancer therapeutics. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 6(1). 88–88. 219 indexed citations
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Ajayi, A.A., et al.. (1991). The effects of prednisolone and niacin on chloroquine-induced pruritus in malaria. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 41(4). 383–385. 12 indexed citations
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Ajayi, A.A., et al.. (1989). Epidemiology of antimalarial-induced pruritus in Africans. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 37(5). 539–540. 37 indexed citations

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