En Cai

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 963 citations indexed

About

En Cai is a scholar working on Biophysics, Immunology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, En Cai has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 963 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Biophysics, 6 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in En Cai's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (8 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (4 papers). En Cai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (8 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (4 papers). En Cai collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. En Cai's co-authors include Matthew F. Krummel, Paul R. Selvin, Casey Beppler, Yong Wang, Sang Hak Lee, Tony Ng, Gilbert O. Fruhwirth, Peter Beemiller, Audrey Gérard and Matthew G. Rubashkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

En Cai

19 papers receiving 951 citations

Hit Papers

Spatiotemporal co-dependency between macrophages and exha... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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  1. Spatiotemporal co-dependency between macrophages and exhausted CD8+ T cells in cancer
    2022 188 citations Kelly Kersten, Kenneth H. Hu et al. Cancer Cell profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
En Cai United States 11 407 308 229 198 170 20 963
Markus Axmann Austria 16 424 1.0× 442 1.4× 193 0.8× 126 0.6× 213 1.3× 30 1.1k
Rosanna La Rocca Italy 15 168 0.4× 280 0.9× 190 0.8× 111 0.6× 407 2.4× 25 1.0k
Tiffany M. Heaster United States 11 83 0.2× 358 1.2× 153 0.7× 348 1.8× 394 2.3× 16 974
Masahiro Kitano Japan 13 536 1.3× 215 0.7× 82 0.4× 62 0.3× 137 0.8× 18 993
Е. С. Корнилова Russia 14 87 0.2× 314 1.0× 152 0.7× 95 0.5× 95 0.6× 69 707
Shaoying Lu United States 24 151 0.4× 823 2.7× 312 1.4× 176 0.9× 364 2.1× 49 1.7k
Yoshihisa Kaizuka Japan 11 313 0.8× 406 1.3× 80 0.3× 62 0.3× 139 0.8× 24 857
Sara Löchte Germany 11 227 0.6× 294 1.0× 143 0.6× 47 0.2× 60 0.4× 13 573
Daniel R. Matthews United Kingdom 16 71 0.2× 445 1.4× 56 0.2× 243 1.2× 210 1.2× 30 939
Jie Yao China 21 87 0.2× 1.2k 3.8× 136 0.6× 104 0.5× 104 0.6× 53 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by En Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by En Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of En Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of En Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of En Cai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with En Cai. En Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kersten, Kelly, Kenneth H. Hu, Alexis J. Combes, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal co-dependency between macrophages and exhausted CD8+ T cells in cancer. Cancer Cell. 40(6). 624–638.e9. 188 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beppler, Casey, En Cai, Carlos A. Castellanos, et al.. (2022). Hyperstabilization of T cell microvilli contacts by chimeric antigen receptors. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(3). 10 indexed citations
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Cai, En, et al.. (2022). T cells use distinct topographical and membrane receptor scanning strategies that individually coalesce during receptor recognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(32). e2203247119–e2203247119. 10 indexed citations
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Ruhland, Megan K., Edward W. Roberts, En Cai, et al.. (2020). Visualizing Synaptic Transfer of Tumor Antigens among Dendritic Cells. Cancer Cell. 37(6). 786–799.e5. 160 indexed citations
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Cai, En, Peter Beemiller, Casey Beppler, et al.. (2018). Visualizing Dynamic Microvillar Search and Stabilization during Ligand Detection by T Cells. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 547a–548a.
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Lee, Sang Hak, En Cai, Pinghua Ge, et al.. (2017). Super-resolution imaging of synaptic and Extra-synaptic AMPA receptors with different-sized fluorescent probes. eLife. 6. 60 indexed citations
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Cai, En, Peter Beemiller, Casey Beppler, et al.. (2017). Visualizing dynamic microvillar search and stabilization during ligand detection by T cells. Science. 356(6338). 200 indexed citations
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Cai, En, Pinghua Ge, Sang Hak Lee, et al.. (2014). Development of Stable Small Quantum Dots for AMPA Receptor Tracking at Neuronal Synapses. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 605a–606a. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanxin, John E. Stone, En Cai, et al.. (2014). VMD as a Software for Visualization and Quantitative Analysis of Super Resolution Imaging and Single Particle Tracking. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 202a–202a. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Yong, Gilbert O. Fruhwirth, En Cai, Tony Ng, & Paul R. Selvin. (2014). 3D Super-Resolution Imaging with Blinking Quantum Dots. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 200a–200a. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, En, Pinghua Ge, Sang Hak Lee, et al.. (2014). Stable Small Quantum Dots for Synaptic Receptor Tracking on Live Neurons. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(46). 12484–12488. 62 indexed citations
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Wang, Yong, et al.. (2014). Fluorescence Imaging with One-nanometer Accuracy (FIONA). Journal of Visualized Experiments. 51774–51774. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Yong, En Cai, Tobias Rosenkranz, et al.. (2014). Small Quantum Dots Conjugated to Nanobodies as Immunofluorescence Probes for Nanometric Microscopy. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 25(12). 2205–2211. 27 indexed citations
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Cai, En, Pinghua Ge, Sang Hak Lee, et al.. (2014). Stable Small Quantum Dots for Synaptic Receptor Tracking on Live Neurons. Angewandte Chemie. 126(46). 12692–12696. 9 indexed citations
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Yong, Wang, et al.. (2014). Fluorescence Imaging with One-nanometer Accuracy (FIONA). Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Yong, Gilbert O. Fruhwirth, En Cai, Tony Ng, & Paul R. Selvin. (2013). 3D Super-Resolution Imaging with Blinking Quantum Dots. Nano Letters. 13(11). 5233–5241. 96 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang Hak, Murat Baday, Paul D. Simonson, et al.. (2012). Using fixed fiduciary markers for stage drift correction. Optics Express. 20(11). 12177–12177. 70 indexed citations
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Cai, En, Bin Tang, W.R. Fahrner, & Lipu Zhou. (2011). Characterization of the Surfaces Generated by Diamond Cutting of Crystalline Silicon. EU PVSEC. 1884–1886. 13 indexed citations
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Losovyj, Ya. B., En Cai, Jiandi Zhang, et al.. (2008). The electronic structure of surface chains in the layered semiconductor In4Se3(100). Applied Physics Letters. 92(12). 29 indexed citations
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Wu, Ning, Renat Sabirianov, Chun‐Gang Duan, et al.. (2008). The surface stability of CoS2(100). Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 20(21). 215231–215231. 3 indexed citations

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