Bryan K. Sun

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Bryan K. Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan K. Sun has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Bryan K. Sun's work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (6 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (3 papers). Bryan K. Sun is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (6 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (3 papers). Bryan K. Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Ukraine. Bryan K. Sun's co-authors include Jeannie T. Lee, Paul A. Khavari, Zurab Siprashvili, Ji‐Joon Song, Jing Zhao, Jennifer A. Erwin, Philip A. Beachy, Yuya Ogawa, Aimée M. Deaton and Stephen C. Ekker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Bryan K. Sun

29 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Polycomb Proteins Targeted by a Short Repeat RNA to the Mouse X Chromosome

2008 1.2k citations Jing Zhao, Bryan K. Sun et al. Science profile →
Advances in skin grafting and treatment of cutaneous wounds

2014 745 citations Bryan K. Sun, Paul A. Khavari et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bryan K. Sun United States	17	2.7k	1.2k	775	521	326	31	3.8k
Zurab Siprashvili United States	28	3.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	1.7k 2.2×	580 1.1×	428 1.3×	46	5.6k
Thomas Andl United States	36	4.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	548 0.7×	579 1.1×	188 0.6×	83	7.5k
Fernando Larcher Spain	41	2.5k 0.9×	380 0.3×	727 0.9×	576 1.1×	566 1.7×	102	4.6k
James D. Zieske United States	52	1.6k 0.6×	471 0.4×	309 0.4×	481 0.9×	214 0.7×	116	7.1k
Patricia Rousselle France	44	1.8k 0.6×	712 0.6×	325 0.4×	919 1.8×	616 1.9×	117	5.9k
Janet A. Sawicki United States	27	2.0k 0.7×	294 0.2×	565 0.7×	169 0.3×	181 0.6×	61	3.3k
Hua Gu China	30	2.8k 1.0×	944 0.8×	529 0.7×	197 0.4×	89 0.3×	70	5.1k
Spiro Getsios United States	37	1.9k 0.7×	463 0.4×	259 0.3×	162 0.3×	104 0.3×	70	4.0k
Wei Song China	33	1.3k 0.5×	579 0.5×	276 0.4×	123 0.2×	408 1.3×	121	3.3k
James L. Funderburgh United States	48	1.8k 0.7×	413 0.3×	468 0.6×	211 0.4×	481 1.5×	112	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bryan K. Sun

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Peng, Shaohong, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive secretome profiling and CRISPR screen identifies SFRP1 as a key inhibitor of epidermal progenitor proliferation. PubMed. 16(1). 360–360. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Peng, Christina N. Kraus, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Spatial and Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveal Keratinocytes as Key Players in Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus Pathogenesis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 146(3). 678–698.e5.

Sun, Wujianan, Auke B.C. Otten, Pengfei Cai, et al.. (2024). Alternative mRNA splicing events and regulators in epidermal differentiation. Cell Reports. 43(3). 113814–113814. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Bryan K., et al.. (2024). Emerging Techniques in Spatial Multiomics: Fundamental Principles and Applications to Dermatology. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 145(5). 1017–1032. 1 indexed citations

Andújar, Isabel, et al.. (2023). Non-coding RNAs as skin disease biomarkers, molecular signatures, and therapeutic targets. Human Genetics. 143(7). 801–812. 4 indexed citations

Tai‐Seale, Ming, Sally L. Baxter, Marlene Millen, et al.. (2023). Association of physician burnout with perceived EHR work stress and potentially actionable factors. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 30(10). 1665–1672. 19 indexed citations

Sun, Bryan K., et al.. (2021). Spectrum of severe ocular complications following dupilumab exposure: A perspective from the ophthalmology clinic. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 87(2). 469–472. 1 indexed citations

Otten, Auke B.C. & Bryan K. Sun. (2020). Research Techniques Made Simple: CRISPR Genetic Screens. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 140(4). 723–728.e1. 13 indexed citations

Otten, Auke B.C., et al.. (2019). 194 A CRISPR-interference screen identifies PRANCR and other novel long non-coding RNAs controlling human epidermis formation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139(9). S248–S248. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Pengfei, Auke B.C. Otten, Wen Zhang, et al.. (2019). A genome-wide long noncoding RNA CRISPRi screen identifies PRANCR as a novel regulator of epidermal homeostasis. Genome Research. 30(1). 22–34. 56 indexed citations

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Rieger, Kerri E., Angela J. Rogers, Joyce Teng, et al.. (2016). 406 Postzygotic mutations in the actin gene ACTB causes Becker’s nevus and Becker’s nevus syndrome. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 136(5). S72–S72. 3 indexed citations

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Sarin, Kavita Y., Bryan K. Sun, Charles D. Bangs, et al.. (2013). ActivatingHRASMutation in Agminated Spitz Nevi Arising in a Nevus Spilus. JAMA Dermatology. 149(9). 1077–1077. 34 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jing, Bryan K. Sun, Jennifer A. Erwin, Ji‐Joon Song, & Jeannie T. Lee. (2008). Polycomb Proteins Targeted by a Short Repeat RNA to the Mouse X Chromosome. Science. 322(5902). 750–756. 1245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Bryan K. & Hensin Tsao. (2008). Small RNAs in development and disease. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 59(5). 725–737. 54 indexed citations

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Sun, Bryan K., Aimée M. Deaton, & Jeannie T. Lee. (2006). A Transient Heterochromatic State in Xist Preempts X Inactivation Choice without RNA Stabilization. Molecular Cell. 21(5). 617–628. 244 indexed citations

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Anguera, Montserrat C., et al.. (2006). X-Chromosome Kiss and Tell: How the Xs Go Their Separate Ways. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 71(0). 429–437. 23 indexed citations

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Hacia, Joseph G., Jian‐Bing Fan, Oliver A. Ryder, et al.. (1999). Determination of ancestral alleles for human single-nucleotide polymorphisms using high-density oligonucleotide arrays. Nature Genetics. 22(2). 164–167. 288 indexed citations

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Hacia, Joseph G., Bryan K. Sun, Keith Edgemon, et al.. (1998). Strategies for Mutational Analysis of the Large Multiexon ATM Gene Using High-Density Oligonucleotide Arrays. Genome Research. 8(12). 1245–1258. 93 indexed citations

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Hacia, J., Keith Edgemon, Bryan K. Sun, et al.. (1998). Two color hybridization analysis using high density oligonucleotide arrays and energy transfer dyes. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(16). 3865–3866. 22 indexed citations

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Sun, Bryan K., Deborah A. Hursh, Donald Jackson, & Philip A. Beachy. (1995). Ultrabithorax protein is necessary but not sufficient for full activation of decapentaplegic expression in the visceral mesoderm.. The EMBO Journal. 14(3). 520–535. 75 indexed citations

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