Da Sun

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 969 citations indexed

About

Da Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Da Sun has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 969 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Da Sun's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (16 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (10 papers). Da Sun is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (16 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (10 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (10 papers). Da Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Da Sun's co-authors include Zheng‐Rong Lu, Amita Vaidya, Krzysztof Palczewski, Zhanhu Sun, Nadia Ayat, Fanglian Yao, Rebecca M. Schur, Akiko Maeda, Songqi Gao and Junjie Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Nano and Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Da Sun

31 papers receiving 961 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.

Structure and Function of Cationic and Ionizable Lipids for Nucleic Acid Delivery

2023 144 citations Da Sun, Zheng‐Rong Lu Pharmaceutical Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Da Sun United States	18	654	211	162	155	97	33	969
Aristides D. Tagalakis United Kingdom	27	1.1k 1.7×	128 0.6×	163 1.0×	246 1.6×	294 3.0×	54	1.6k
Dhananjay Jere South Korea	19	964 1.5×	111 0.5×	181 1.1×	262 1.7×	323 3.3×	36	1.3k
Raisa Y. Kiseleva United States	14	442 0.7×	49 0.2×	300 1.9×	239 1.5×	44 0.5×	17	916
Claudia Zylberberg United States	13	482 0.7×	37 0.2×	244 1.5×	263 1.7×	52 0.5×	29	996
Kameron V. Kilchrist United States	15	689 1.1×	110 0.5×	201 1.2×	267 1.7×	60 0.6×	21	959
Jae Young You United States	8	488 0.7×	280 1.3×	168 1.0×	40 0.3×	11 0.1×	14	757
Christian Marín‐Müller United States	7	474 0.7×	230 1.1×	250 1.5×	288 1.9×	38 0.4×	12	1.2k
Ting Guo China	15	326 0.5×	127 0.6×	174 1.1×	168 1.1×	24 0.2×	42	701
Romênia R. Domingues Brazil	16	373 0.6×	115 0.5×	104 0.6×	31 0.2×	36 0.4×	36	741
Ron B. Shmueli United States	13	307 0.5×	26 0.1×	98 0.6×	116 0.7×	71 0.7×	21	537

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Da Sun

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Wang, Yanqing, et al.. (2025). Challenges and opportunities on achieving an adequate delivery efficiency and immunogenicity with peptide-based anticancer vaccines. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 225. 115675–115675. 1 indexed citations

Vos, Sarah C., Jose‐Andres C. Portillo, Rachel V. Aaron, et al.. (2025). CD40 INDUCES UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE, UPREGULATION OF VEGF AND VASCULAR LEAKAGE IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY. Diabetes. 74(5). 798–811. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Weijie, et al.. (2025). Synergistic integration of extracellular vesicles and metal-organic frameworks: unlocking new opportunities in disease diagnosis and therapy. Theranostics. 15(16). 8609–8638. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Da, et al.. (2025). Mechanism of pH-sensitive Amphiphilic Endosomal Escape of Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for Cytosolic Nucleic Acid Delivery. Pharmaceutical Research. 42(7). 1065–1077. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Da, Wenyu Sun, Songqi Gao, et al.. (2024). Intravitreal Delivery of PEGylated-ECO Plasmid DNA Nanoparticles for Gene Therapy of Stargardt Disease. Pharmaceutical Research. 41(4). 807–817. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Ya, Lan Li, Shaokui Yi, et al.. (2024). Deep learning-assisted detection of psychoactive water pollutants using behavioral profiling of zebrafish embryos. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 136358–136358.

Kim, Jiyoon, Da Sun, Ryan Hall, et al.. (2023). Evaluating Dual-Targeted ECO/siRNA Nanoparticles against an Oncogenic lncRNA for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Therapy with Magnetic Resonance Molecular Imaging. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(5). 461–470. 18 indexed citations

Sun, Da & Zheng‐Rong Lu. (2023). Structure and Function of Cationic and Ionizable Lipids for Nucleic Acid Delivery. Pharmaceutical Research. 40(1). 27–46. 144 indexed citations breakdown →

Yu, Guan-Ping, Songqi Gao, Zhiqian Dong, et al.. (2021). Peptide Derivatives of Retinylamine Prevent Retinal Degeneration with Minimal Side Effects on Vision in Mice. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 32(3). 572–583. 5 indexed citations

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Vaidya, Amita, et al.. (2021). Optimization of Synthesis of the Amino Lipid ECO for Effective Delivery of Nucleic Acids. Pharmaceuticals. 14(10). 1016–1016. 5 indexed citations

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Ayat, Nadia, Amita Vaidya, Ryan Hall, et al.. (2021). Efficacy of Targeted ECO/miR-200c Nanoparticles for Modulating Tumor Microenvironment and Treating Triple Negative Breast Cancer as Non-invasively Monitored by MR Molecular Imaging. Pharmaceutical Research. 38(8). 1405–1418. 25 indexed citations

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Sun, Da, Rebecca M. Schur, Avery E. Sears, et al.. (2020). Stable Retinoid Analogue Targeted Dual pH-Sensitive Smart Lipid ECO/pDNA Nanoparticles for Specific Gene Delivery in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 3(5). 3078–3086. 13 indexed citations

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Sun, Da, Wenyu Sun, Songqi Gao, et al.. (2020). Formulation and efficacy of ECO/pRHO-ABCA4-SV40 nanoparticles for nonviral gene therapy of Stargardt disease in a mouse model. Journal of Controlled Release. 330. 329–340. 19 indexed citations

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Vaidya, Amita, Zhanhu Sun, Nadia Ayat, et al.. (2019). Systemic Delivery of Tumor-Targeting siRNA Nanoparticles against an Oncogenic LncRNA Facilitates Effective Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Therapy. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 30(3). 907–919. 142 indexed citations

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Sun, Da, Rebecca M. Schur, Avery E. Sears, et al.. (2019). Efficient Non-viral Gene Therapy for Stargardt’s Disease with pH-Sensitive Multifunctional Lipid ECO Plasmid DNA Nanoparticles. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 60(9). 2915–2915. 1 indexed citations

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Ayat, Nadia, Zhanhu Sun, Da Sun, et al.. (2019). Formulation of Biocompatible Targeted ECO/siRNA Nanoparticles with Long-Term Stability for Clinical Translation of RNAi. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 29(4). 195–207. 26 indexed citations

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Sun, Da, Rebecca M. Schur, Avery E. Sears, et al.. (2019). Non-viral Gene Therapy for Stargardt Disease with ECO/pRHO-ABCA4 Self-Assembled Nanoparticles. Molecular Therapy. 28(1). 293–303. 40 indexed citations

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Yuan, Caideng, Meng Zhao, Da Sun, et al.. (2018). Preparation and properties of few‐layer graphene modified waterborne epoxy coatings. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 135(41). 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Da, Hiroshi Maeno, Maneesh Gujrati, et al.. (2015). Self‐Assembly of a Multifunctional Lipid With Core–Shell Dendrimer DNA Nanoparticles Enhanced Efficient Gene Delivery at Low Charge Ratios into RPE Cells. Macromolecular Bioscience. 15(12). 1663–1672. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jun, Lin Chen, Da Sun, et al.. (2014). �-Elemene Reverses Chemoresistance of Breast Cancer via Regulating MDR-Related MicroRNA Expression. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 34(6). 2027–2037. 53 indexed citations

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