Cailian Liu

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Cailian Liu is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cailian Liu has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Immunology, 23 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Cailian Liu's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (18 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (15 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (14 papers). Cailian Liu is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (18 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (15 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (14 papers). Cailian Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Cailian Liu's co-authors include Jedd D. Wolchok, Taha Merghoub, Sadna Budhu, Alan N. Houghton, Hong Zhong, Miguel‐Angel Perales, Adam D. Cohen, Gabrielle Rizzuto, Yanyun Li and Roberta Zappasodi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Cailian Liu

32 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Blockade of the AHR restricts a Treg-macrophage suppressive axis induced by L-Kynurenine

2020 335 citations Luís Felipe Campesato, Sadna Budhu et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Cailian Liu

IMMUN

ONCOL

GENET

Shui Cao China

Helena Harlin United States

Xuguang Tai United States

Eva Ellebæk Denmark

Zoe Briggs United Kingdom

Montaser Shaheen United States

Glenn R. Bantug Switzerland

Sung Hoon Cho United States

Meixiao Long United States

Mengkun Zhang United States

Shui Cao China

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906 ×0.7

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355 ×0.7

92 ×0.5

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209 ×1.4

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cailian Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Min, Lei Feng, Cailian Liu, et al.. (2025). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding whole-course management among patients with gastrointestinal cancers: a cross-sectional study. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 23(1). 45–45.

Michels, Judith, Divya Venkatesh, Cailian Liu, et al.. (2023). APR-246 increases tumor antigenicity independent of p53. Life Science Alliance. 7(1). e202301999–e202301999. 4 indexed citations

Budhu, Sadna, Rachel Giese, Aditi Gupta, et al.. (2021). Targeting Phosphatidylserine Enhances the Anti-tumor Response to Tumor-Directed Radiation Therapy in a Preclinical Model of Melanoma. Cell Reports. 34(2). 108620–108620. 31 indexed citations

Hirschhorn, Daniel, Allison Betof Warner, Rachana Maniyar, et al.. (2021). Cyclophosphamide enhances the antitumor potency of GITR engagement by increasing oligoclonal cytotoxic T cell fitness. JCI Insight. 6(20). 5 indexed citations

Campesato, Luís Felipe, Sadna Budhu, Jeremy H. Tchaicha, et al.. (2020). Blockade of the AHR restricts a Treg-macrophage suppressive axis induced by L-Kynurenine. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4011–4011. 335 indexed citations breakdown →

Mangarin, Levi, Cailian Liu, Roberta Zappasodi, et al.. (2020). 493 Tired and hungry: a potential role for CD47 in T cell exhaustion. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A304.2–A305. 3 indexed citations

Zappasodi, Roberta, Cynthia A. Sirard, Yanyun Li, et al.. (2019). Rational design of anti-GITR-based combination immunotherapy. Nature Medicine. 25(5). 759–766. 177 indexed citations

Zappasodi, Roberta, Cynthia A. Sirard, Yanyun Li, et al.. (2019). Abstract 2711: Rational combination of GITR agonism with PD-1 blockade. Immunology. 2711–2711. 1 indexed citations

Ricca, Jacob, Anton Oseledchyk, Tyler Walther, et al.. (2018). Pre-existing Immunity to Oncolytic Virus Potentiates Its Immunotherapeutic Efficacy. Molecular Therapy. 26(4). 1008–1019. 111 indexed citations

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Zappasodi, Roberta, Sadna Budhu, Matthew D. Hellmann, et al.. (2018). Non-conventional Inhibitory CD4+Foxp3−PD-1hi T Cells as a Biomarker of Immune Checkpoint Blockade Activity. Cancer Cell. 33(6). 1017–1032.e7. 113 indexed citations

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Budhu, Sadna, Nicholas F. Kuhn, Cailian Liu, et al.. (2016). Clonal Abundance of Tumor-Specific CD4 + T Cells Potentiates Efficacy and Alters Susceptibility to Exhaustion. Immunity. 44(1). 179–193. 39 indexed citations

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Nissan, Moriah H., Christine A. Pratilas, Alexis M. Jones, et al.. (2014). Loss of NF1 in Cutaneous Melanoma Is Associated with RAS Activation and MEK Dependence. Cancer Research. 74(8). 2340–2350. 219 indexed citations

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Snyder, Alexandra, Vladimir Makarov, Taha Merghoub, et al.. (2014). The neoantigen landscape underlying clinical response to ipilimumab.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 32(15_suppl). 3003–3003. 10 indexed citations

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Schaer, David, Sadna Budhu, Cailian Liu, et al.. (2013). GITR Pathway Activation Abrogates Tumor Immune Suppression through Loss of Regulatory T-cell Lineage Stability. Cancer Immunology Research. 1(5). 320–331. 121 indexed citations

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Hirschhorn-Cymerman, Daniel, Sadna Budhu, Shigehisa Kitano, et al.. (2012). Induction of tumoricidal function in CD4+ T cells is associated with concomitant memory and terminally differentiated phenotype. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 209(11). 2113–2126. 115 indexed citations

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Cohen, Adam D., David Schaer, Cailian Liu, et al.. (2010). Agonist Anti-GITR Monoclonal Antibody Induces Melanoma Tumor Immunity in Mice by Altering Regulatory T Cell Stability and Intra-Tumor Accumulation. PLoS ONE. 5(5). e10436–e10436. 199 indexed citations

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Duan, Fei, Yun Lin, Cailian Liu, et al.. (2009). Immune Rejection of Mouse Tumors Expressing Mutated Self. Cancer Research. 69(8). 3545–3553. 12 indexed citations

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Engelhorn, Manuel E., José A. Guevara-Patiño, Taha Merghoub, et al.. (2008). Mechanisms of Immunization Against Cancer Using Chimeric Antigens. Molecular Therapy. 16(4). 773–781. 13 indexed citations

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Cohen, Adam D., Adi Diab, Miguel‐Angel Perales, et al.. (2006). Agonist Anti-GITR Antibody Enhances Vaccine-Induced CD8+ T-Cell Responses and Tumor Immunity. Cancer Research. 66(9). 4904–4912. 165 indexed citations

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Hamabata, Takashi, Cailian Liu, & Yoshifumi Takeda. (2002). Positive and negative regulation of water channel aquaporins in human small intestine by cholera toxin. Microbial Pathogenesis. 32(6). 273–277. 25 indexed citations

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