Cynthia Hajal

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Cynthia Hajal is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Oncology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cynthia Hajal has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 8 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Cynthia Hajal's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (7 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers) and Barrier Structure and Function Studies (5 papers). Cynthia Hajal is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (7 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers) and Barrier Structure and Function Studies (5 papers). Cynthia Hajal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Italy. Cynthia Hajal's co-authors include Roger D. Kamm, Yoojin Shin, Valeria Chiono, Marco Campisi, Tatsuya Osaki, Giovanni S. Offeddu, Fabian Spill, Muhammad H. Zaman, R. J. Seager and Michelle B. Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Materials and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Cynthia Hajal

20 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

3D self-organized microvascular model of the human blood-brain barrier with endothelial cells, pericytes and astrocytes

2018 541 citations Marco Campisi, Yoojin Shin et al. Biomaterials profile →
Engineered human blood–brain barrier microfluidic model for vascular permeability analyses

2022 152 citations Cynthia Hajal, Giovanni S. Offeddu et al. Nature Protocols profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cynthia Hajal United States	15	816	484	475	350	192	20	1.6k
Marco Campisi United States	11	604 0.7×	648 1.3×	350 0.7×	275 0.8×	161 0.8×	14	1.6k
Michelle B. Chen United States	17	927 1.1×	616 1.3×	711 1.5×	188 0.5×	154 0.8×	23	2.1k
Giulia Adriani Singapore	21	1.1k 1.4×	817 1.7×	636 1.3×	200 0.6×	323 1.7×	45	2.3k
Barbara Hempstead United States	10	770 0.9×	867 1.8×	345 0.7×	66 0.2×	223 1.2×	12	2.1k
Ryo Sudo Japan	27	1.4k 1.7×	635 1.3×	365 0.8×	80 0.2×	326 1.7×	78	2.3k
Zhong‐Dong Shi United States	18	375 0.5×	985 2.0×	206 0.4×	114 0.3×	130 0.7×	25	1.8k
Duc T. T. Phan United States	14	999 1.2×	408 0.8×	299 0.6×	108 0.3×	171 0.9×	14	1.4k
John C. Chappell United States	23	298 0.4×	777 1.6×	118 0.2×	139 0.4×	97 0.5×	38	1.4k
Nur Mustafaoğlu United States	13	668 0.8×	684 1.4×	111 0.2×	208 0.6×	135 0.7×	21	1.3k
Jonathan W. Song United States	23	1.5k 1.9×	799 1.7×	442 0.9×	42 0.1×	170 0.9×	55	2.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bellamy, Charlotte, Cynthia Hajal, Keith L. Ligon, & Mehdi Touat. (2025). Revisiting an old therapy for new, promising combinations: Biology and perspectives of lomustine in glioma treatment. Neuro-Oncology. 27(12). 3043–3057. 1 indexed citations

Hajal, Cynthia, et al.. (2024). The tumor microenvironment in therapy resistance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1 indexed citations

Hajal, Cynthia, Simona Dalin, Seth Malinowski, et al.. (2023). DDDR-09. FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND CHEMOTHERAPY RESISTANCE SCREENING IDENTIFIES BIOMARKERS AND TARGETABLE MECHANISMS OF CCNU RESISTANCE IN GLIOMAS. Neuro-Oncology. 25(Supplement_5). v106–v107. 1 indexed citations

Hajal, Cynthia, Giovanni S. Offeddu, Yoojin Shin, et al.. (2022). Engineered human blood–brain barrier microfluidic model for vascular permeability analyses. Nature Protocols. 17(1). 95–128. 152 indexed citations breakdown →

Hajal, Cynthia, et al.. (2022). Omentum-on-a-chip: A multicellular, vascularized microfluidic model of the human peritoneum for the study of ovarian cancer metastases. Biomaterials. 288. 121728–121728. 39 indexed citations

Straehla, Joelle P., Cynthia Hajal, Hannah C. Safford, et al.. (2022). A predictive microfluidic model of human glioblastoma to assess trafficking of blood–brain barrier-penetrant nanoparticles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(23). e2118697119–e2118697119. 100 indexed citations

Offeddu, Giovanni S., et al.. (2021). The cancer glycocalyx mediates intravascular adhesion and extravasation during metastatic dissemination. Communications Biology. 4(1). 255–255. 55 indexed citations

Hajal, Cynthia, Yoojin Shin, Leanne Li, et al.. (2021). The CCL2-CCR2 astrocyte-cancer cell axis in tumor extravasation at the brain. Science Advances. 7(26). 47 indexed citations

Cherubini, Marta, et al.. (2021). Classical and Non-classical Fibrosis Phenotypes Are Revealed by Lung and Cardiac Like Microvascular Tissues On-Chip. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 735915–735915. 16 indexed citations

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Hajal, Cynthia, et al.. (2021). Biology and Models of the Blood–Brain Barrier. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering. 23(1). 359–384. 96 indexed citations

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Hajal, Cynthia, et al.. (2020). The effects of luminal and trans-endothelial fluid flows on the extravasation and tissue invasion of tumor cells in a 3D in vitro microvascular platform. Biomaterials. 265. 120470–120470. 48 indexed citations

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Straehla, Joelle P., Cynthia Hajal, Hannah C. Safford, et al.. (2020). DDEL-04. ENGINEERED NANOCARRIERS TO ENHANCE DRUG DELIVERY ACROSS THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER. Neuro-Oncology. 22(Supplement_3). iii284–iii284. 1 indexed citations

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Haase, Kristina, Mark R. Gillrie, Cynthia Hajal, & Roger D. Kamm. (2019). Pericytes Contribute to Dysfunction in a Human 3D Model of Placental Microvasculature through VEGF‐Ang‐Tie2 Signaling. Advanced Science. 6(23). 1900878–1900878. 73 indexed citations

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Straehla, Joelle P., Cynthia Hajal, Tamara G. Dacoba, Roger D. Kamm, & Paula T. Hammond. (2019). THER-15. FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLE TRAFFICKING ASSESSED IN A NOVEL MICROFLUIDIC MODEL OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER WITH HIGH GRADE GLIOMA SPHEROIDS. Neuro-Oncology. 21(Supplement_2). ii117–ii117. 1 indexed citations

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Hajal, Cynthia, Marco Campisi, Clara Mattu, Valeria Chiono, & Roger D. Kamm. (2018). In vitro models of molecular and nano-particle transport across the blood-brain barrier. Biomicrofluidics. 12(4). 42213–42213. 58 indexed citations

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Fröse, Julia, Michelle B. Chen, Katie E. Hebron, et al.. (2018). Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Induces Podocalyxin to Promote Extravasation via Ezrin Signaling. Cell Reports. 24(4). 962–972. 55 indexed citations

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Chen, Michelle B., Cynthia Hajal, David C. Benjamin, et al.. (2018). Inflamed neutrophils sequestered at entrapped tumor cells via chemotactic confinement promote tumor cell extravasation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(27). 7022–7027. 149 indexed citations

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Campisi, Marco, Yoojin Shin, Tatsuya Osaki, et al.. (2018). 3D self-organized microvascular model of the human blood-brain barrier with endothelial cells, pericytes and astrocytes. Biomaterials. 180. 117–129. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saxena, Mayur, Shuaimin Liu, Bo Yang, et al.. (2017). EGFR and HER2 activate rigidity sensing only on rigid matrices. Nature Materials. 16(7). 775–781. 59 indexed citations

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Seager, R. J., Cynthia Hajal, Fabian Spill, Roger D. Kamm, & Muhammad H. Zaman. (2017). Dynamic interplay between tumour, stroma and immune system can drive or prevent tumour progression. PubMed. 3(3). 34002–34002. 138 indexed citations

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