Daniel J. McGrail

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. McGrail is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. McGrail has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Oncology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. McGrail's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (14 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers). Daniel J. McGrail is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (14 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (11 papers). Daniel J. McGrail collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Daniel J. McGrail's co-authors include Michelle Dawson, Kathleen M. McAndrews, Renata Ferrarotto, Eric Jonasch, Leonie Voorwerk, Marleen Kok, Maarten Slagter, S.-Y. Lin, Naoto T. Ueno and JK Litton and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. McGrail

66 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

High tumor mutation burden fails to predict immune checkpoint blockade response across all cancer types

2021 672 citations Daniel J. McGrail, Leonie Voorwerk et al. profile →
Immune checkpoint blockade in glioblastoma: from tumor heterogeneity to personalized treatment

2023 148 citations Víctor A. Arrieta, Crismita Dmello et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel J. McGrail United States	25	1.2k	839	516	481	467	70	2.4k
Donghui Cheng United States	28	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	524 1.0×	554 1.2×	1.1k 2.3×	58	3.0k
Alfred Au United States	20	1.2k 1.0×	636 0.8×	493 1.0×	517 1.1×	293 0.6×	33	2.4k
Daniela Mihic‐Probst Switzerland	28	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	472 0.9×	275 0.6×	237 0.5×	63	2.4k
Martina Rudelius Germany	31	902 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	590 1.1×	366 0.8×	311 0.7×	89	3.0k
Brian P. Marr United States	37	1.3k 1.0×	943 1.1×	399 0.8×	164 0.3×	728 1.6×	155	4.6k
Trisha M. Wise‐Draper United States	30	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	378 0.7×	437 0.9×	418 0.9×	140	2.5k
Mallika Singh United States	27	985 0.8×	2.0k 2.4×	864 1.7×	605 1.3×	260 0.6×	74	3.4k
Paola Spessotto Italy	31	734 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	502 1.0×	449 0.9×	255 0.5×	85	2.6k
Catherine Butori France	24	1.3k 1.1×	503 0.6×	287 0.6×	659 1.4×	786 1.7×	73	2.3k
Christian Kurzeder Germany	15	1.4k 1.2×	675 0.8×	478 0.9×	913 1.9×	271 0.6×	42	2.4k

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Silver, Natalie L., Jin Dai, Akeesha A. Shah, et al.. (2025). HPV status impacts oncobacteria abundance and prognostic relevance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oncogene. 44(26). 2217–2223.

Dobrolecki, Lacey E., Xudong Zhang, Li Yang, et al.. (2024). UBA1 inhibition sensitizes cancer cells to PARP inhibitors. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(12). 101834–101834. 4 indexed citations

McGrail, Daniel J., Kaiyi Li, Faye M. Johnson, et al.. (2024). Neoadjuvant immunotherapy for oropharynx cancer: Correlative studies and long-term outcomes from the CIAO trial.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). 6059–6059. 1 indexed citations

Roy, P., Daniel J. McGrail, Donghui Yang, et al.. (2024). Uncovering cell-type-specific immunomodulatory variants and molecular phenotypes in COVID-19 using structurally resolved protein networks. Cell Reports. 43(11). 114930–114930.

Fan, Cong, J.L. Geiger, Tamara A. Sussman, et al.. (2024). Plasma circulating tumor DNA in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: Initial experience.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). e15034–e15034. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xian-De, Yanting Zhang, Daniel J. McGrail, et al.. (2023). SETD2 Loss and ATR Inhibition Synergize to Promote cGAS Signaling and Immunotherapy Response in Renal Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 29(19). 4002–4015. 8 indexed citations

Arrieta, Víctor A., Crismita Dmello, Daniel J. McGrail, et al.. (2023). Immune checkpoint blockade in glioblastoma: from tumor heterogeneity to personalized treatment. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(2). 148 indexed citations breakdown →

Sousa, Luana Guimarães de, Daniel J. McGrail, Felippe Lazar Neto, et al.. (2023). Spatial Immunoprofiling of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Reveals B7-H4 Is a Therapeutic Target for Aggressive Tumors. Clinical Cancer Research. 29(16). 3162–3171. 12 indexed citations

Mitani, Yoshitsugu, Luana Guimarães de Sousa, Mario L. Marques‐Piubelli, et al.. (2023). Analysis of B7-H4 Expression Across Salivary Gland Carcinomas Reveals Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma–Specific Prognostic Relevance. Modern Pathology. 37(1). 100371–100371. 3 indexed citations

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McGrail, Daniel J., Yang Li, Roger S. Smith, et al.. (2023). Widespread BRCA1/2-independent homologous recombination defects are caused by alterations in RNA-binding proteins. Cell Reports Medicine. 4(11). 101255–101255. 7 indexed citations

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McAndrews, Kathleen M., Toru Miyake, Ehsan A. Ehsanipour, et al.. (2022). Dermal αSMA ⁺ myofibroblasts orchestrate skin wound repair via β1 integrin and independent of type I collagen production. The EMBO Journal. 41(7). e109470–e109470. 54 indexed citations

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Chakravarty, Anupam K., Daniel J. McGrail, David Shih, et al.. (2022). Biomolecular Condensation: A New Phase in Cancer Research. Cancer Discovery. 12(9). 2031–2043. 13 indexed citations

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Lindemann, Antje, Ameeta A. Patel, Lin Tang, et al.. (2021). Combined Inhibition of Rad51 and Wee1 Enhances Cell Killing in HNSCC Through Induction of Apoptosis Associated With Excessive DNA Damage and Replication Stress. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 20(7). 1257–1269. 18 indexed citations

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McGrail, Daniel J., Patrick G. Pilié, Hui Dai, et al.. (2021). Replication stress response defects are associated with response to immune checkpoint blockade in nonhypermutated cancers. Science Translational Medicine. 13(617). eabe6201–eabe6201. 22 indexed citations

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Su, Zhe, Daniel J. McGrail, Yang Li, et al.. (2020). e-MutPath: computational modeling reveals the functional landscape of genetic mutations rewiring interactome networks. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(1). e2–e2. 12 indexed citations

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McGrail, Daniel J., Ming Sun, Dan Qi, et al.. (2020). Integrated Genomic Characterization of the Human Immunome in Cancer. Cancer Research. 80(21). 4854–4867. 10 indexed citations

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Ferrarotto, Renata, Yoshitsugu Mitani, Daniel J. McGrail, et al.. (2020). Proteogenomic Analysis of Salivary Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas Defines Molecular Subtypes and Identifies Therapeutic Targets. Clinical Cancer Research. 27(3). 852–864. 87 indexed citations

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Hensel, Janine, Kathleen M. McAndrews, Daniel J. McGrail, et al.. (2020). Protection against SARS-CoV-2 by BCG vaccination is not supported by epidemiological analyses. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18377–18377. 53 indexed citations

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Maung, Adrian A., Dirk C. Johnson, Thomas Peponis, et al.. (2016). Cervical spine MRI in patients with negative CT. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 82(2). 263–269. 29 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Deepraj, et al.. (2013). Integral Role of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor in Mediating Transforming Growth Factor-β1–Dependent Mesenchymal Stem Cell Stiffening. Stem Cells and Development. 23(3). 245–261. 21 indexed citations

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