Devon A. Lawson

7.1k citations

40 papers · 4.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Cancer Research top 1%
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Oncology top 1%
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Papers in ⓘ

Oncology 19
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis 16
Cancer Research 8
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics 4

Co-authors: Owen N. Witte (9 shared papers)Xin Li (6 shared papers)Zena Werb (14 shared papers)Kai Kessenbrock (11 shared papers)Donghui Cheng (4 shared papers)Rita U. Lukacs (5 shared papers)Andrew S. Goldstein (6 shared papers)Owen N. Witte (5 shared papers)
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)Nature Cell Biology (3 papers)The Journal of Immunology (2 papers)Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology (2 papers)Biotechnology Reports (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Poland Taiwan

In The Last Decade

Devon A. Lawson

40 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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Circadian control of tumor immunosuppression affects efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade 2024 · 44 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Immunology
2018 Nature Cell Biology
2015 Nature

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1	Single-cell analysis reveals a stem-cell program in human metastatic breast cancer cells Nature ·Devon A. Lawson, Nirav R. Bhakta, Kai Kessenbrock, Karin D. Prummel, Ying Yu, Ken Takai, Alicia Y. Zhou, Henok Eyob, Sanjeev Balakrishnan, Chih‐Yang Wang, Paul Yaswen, Andrei Goga, Zena Werb Hit paper breakdown →	2015	690
2	Tumour heterogeneity and metastasis at single-cell resolution Nature Cell Biology ·Devon A. Lawson, Kai Kessenbrock, Ryan T. Davis, Nicholas Pervolarakis, Zena Werb Hit paper breakdown →	2018	413
3	The Sca-1 cell surface marker enriches for a prostate-regenerating cell subpopulation that can initiate prostate tumorigenesis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xin Li, Devon A. Lawson, Owen N. Witte	2005	339
4	Isolation and functional characterization of murine prostate stem cells Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Devon A. Lawson, Xin Li, Rita U. Lukacs, Donghui Cheng, Owen N. Witte	2006	309
5	Trop2 identifies a subpopulation of murine and human prostate basal cells with stem cell characteristics Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Andrew S. Goldstein, Devon A. Lawson, Donghui Cheng, Wenyi Sun, Isla P. Garraway, Owen N. Witte	2008	276
6	Pten deletion leads to the expansion of a prostatic stem/progenitor cell subpopulation and tumor initiation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shunyou Wang, Alejandro J. Garcia, Michelle Wu, Devon A. Lawson, Owen N. Witte, Hong Wu	2006	250
7	Profiling human breast epithelial cells using single cell RNA sequencing identifies cell diversity Nature Communications ·Quy Nguyen, Nicholas Pervolarakis, Kerrigan Blake, Dennis Ma, Ryan T. Davis, Nathan James, Anh The Phung, Elizabeth Willey, Raj Kumar, Eric Jabart, Ian Driver, Jason R. Rock, Andrei Goga, Seema A. Khan, Devon A. Lawson, Zena Werb, Kai Kessenbrock	2018	230
8	Basal epithelial stem cells are efficient targets for prostate cancer initiation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Devon A. Lawson, Yang Zong, Sanaz Memarzadeh, Xin Li, Jiaoti Huang, Owen N. Witte	2010	218
9	Transcriptional diversity and bioenergetic shift in human breast cancer metastasis revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing Nature Cell Biology ·Ryan T. Davis, Kerrigan Blake, Dennis Ma, Mari B. Ishak Gabra, Grace A. Hernandez, Anh The Phung, Ying Yang, Dustin Maurer, Austin E.Y.T. Lefebvre, Hamad Alshetaiwi, Zhengtao Xiao, Juan Liu, Jason W. Locasale, Michelle A. Digman, Eric Mjolsness, Mei Kong, Zena Werb, Devon A. Lawson	2020	200
10	Lgr5-Expressing Cells Are Sufficient and Necessary for Postnatal Mammary Gland Organogenesis Cell Reports ·Vicki Plaks, Audrey Brenot, Devon A. Lawson, Jelena R. Linnemann, Eline C van Kappel, Karren Wong, Frédéric J. de Sauvage, Ophir D. Klein, Zena Werb	2013	168
11	Self-Renewal and Multilineage Differentiation In Vitro from Murine Prostate Stem Cells Stem Cells ·Xin Li, Rita U. Lukacs, Devon A. Lawson, Donghui Cheng, Owen N. Witte	2007	163
12	ETS family transcription factors collaborate with alternative signaling pathways to induce carcinoma from adult murine prostate cells Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yang Zong, Xin Li, Andrew S. Goldstein, Devon A. Lawson, Michael A. Teitell, Owen N. Witte	2009	157
13	Lin−Sca-1+CD49fhigh Stem/Progenitors Are Tumor-Initiating Cells in the Pten -Null Prostate Cancer Model Cancer Research ·David J. Mulholland, Xin Li, Ashkan Morim, Devon A. Lawson, Owen N. Witte, Hong Wu	2009	143
14	Stem cells in prostate cancer initiation and progression Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Devon A. Lawson, Owen N. Witte	2007	137
15	Isolation, cultivation and characterization of adult murine prostate stem cells Nature Protocols ·Rita U. Lukacs, Andrew S. Goldstein, Devon A. Lawson, Donghui Cheng, Owen N. Witte	2010	137
16	Progression of prostate cancer by synergy of AKT with genotropic and nongenotropic actions of the androgen receptor Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xin Li, Michael A. Teitell, Devon A. Lawson, Andrew Kwon, Ingo K. Mellinghoff, Owen N. Witte	2006	128
17	PIM1 kinase inhibition as a targeted therapy against triple-negative breast tumors with elevated MYC expression Nature Medicine ·Dai Horiuchi, Roman Camarda, Alicia Y. Zhou, Christina Yau, Olga Momčilović, Sanjeev Balakrishnan, Alexandra Corella, Henok Eyob, Kai Kessenbrock, Devon A. Lawson, Lindsey A. Marsh, Brittany Anderton, Julia Rohrberg, Ratika Kunder, Alexey V. Bazarov, Paul Yaswen, Michael T. McManus, Hope S. Rugo, Zena Werb, Andrei Goga	2016	122
18	A Role for Matrix Metalloproteinases in Regulating Mammary Stem Cell Function via the Wnt Signaling Pathway Cell stem cell ·Kai Kessenbrock, Gerrit J.P. Dijkgraaf, Devon A. Lawson, Laurie E. Littlepage, Payam Shahi, Ursula Pieper, Zena Werb	2013	103
19	Identification of CD166 as a Surface Marker for Enriching Prostate Stem/Progenitor and Cancer Initiating Cells PLoS ONE ·Jing Jiao, Antreas Hindoyan, Shunyou Wang, Linh M. Tran, Andrew S. Goldstein, Devon A. Lawson, Donghui Chen, Yunfeng Li, Changyong Guo, Baohui Zhang, Ladan Fazli, Martin Gleave, Owen N. Witte, Isla P. Garraway, Hong Wu	2012	93
20	Mechanoresponsive stem cells to target cancer metastases through biophysical cues Science Translational Medicine ·Linan Liu, Shirley X. Zhang, Wenbin Liao, Henry P. Farhoodi, Chi Wut Wong, Claire C. Chen, Aude I. Ségaliny, Jenu V. Chacko, Lily Nguyen, Mengrou Lu, George Polovin, Egest J. Pone, Timothy L. Downing, Devon A. Lawson, Michelle A. Digman, Weian Zhao	2017	78

About Devon A. Lawson

Devon A. Lawson is a scholar working on Oncology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, having authored 40 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (16 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (13 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (8 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (4 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (4 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (3 papers), Xenotransplantation and immune response (3 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (1.3k citations), Oncology (2.3k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (1.5k citations), Molecular Biology (2.8k citations) and Cell Biology (441 citations). Devon A. Lawson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Poland and Taiwan. Frequent co-authors include Owen N. Witte, Xin Li, Zena Werb, Kai Kessenbrock, Donghui Cheng, Rita U. Lukacs, Andrew S. Goldstein, Owen N. Witte, Ryan T. Davis and Nicholas Pervolarakis. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Cell Biology, The Journal of Immunology, Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology and Biotechnology Reports.

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