Ethan Lee

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Ethan Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ethan Lee has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ethan Lee's work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (39 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (34 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (16 papers). Ethan Lee is often cited by papers focused on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (39 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (34 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (16 papers). Ethan Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Ethan Lee's co-authors include Marc W. Kirschner, Adrian Salic, Alfred G. Gilman, Stephen R. Sprang, David E. Coleman, Jorge A. Iñiguez‐Lluhí, Bruce A. Posner, M. A. Wall, Curtis A. Thorne and Laura A. Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ethan Lee

98 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The structure of the G protein heterotrimer Giα1β1γ2

1995 950 citations Ethan Lee et al. profile →
The Roles of APC and Axin Derived from Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of the Wnt Pathway

2003 549 citations Ethan Lee, Adrian Salic et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ethan Lee United States	39	5.0k	1.0k	781	513	512	103	6.2k
Jens Peter von Kries Germany	32	5.0k 1.0×	552 0.5×	878 1.1×	315 0.6×	560 1.1×	86	6.2k
Frank N. van Leeuwen Netherlands	45	3.3k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	593 0.8×	373 0.7×	353 0.7×	112	6.7k
Anne Marie Quinn United States	17	5.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	791 1.0×	472 0.9×	583 1.1×	32	6.7k
Robert Latek United States	17	5.4k 1.1×	812 0.8×	936 1.2×	328 0.6×	496 1.0×	31	7.6k
Henrik Daub Germany	35	5.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 2.2×	703 1.4×	305 0.6×	56	7.6k
Michael F. Moran Canada	44	5.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	379 0.7×	435 0.8×	120	7.3k
Anne Fernandez France	43	5.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.6×	1.4k 1.7×	417 0.8×	553 1.1×	72	6.8k
Pradipta Ghosh United States	40	3.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	643 0.8×	240 0.5×	330 0.6×	146	5.3k
Jeffrey Field United States	45	4.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.6×	984 1.3×	494 1.0×	631 1.2×	87	6.7k
Jill Meisenhelder United States	23	4.1k 0.8×	736 0.7×	897 1.1×	338 0.7×	311 0.6×	45	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ethan Lee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ethan Lee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ethan Lee

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ethan Lee. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ethan Lee 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 Ethan Lee. Ethan Lee is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Robbins, David J., et al.. (2024). Wnt signalosomes: What we know that we do not know. BioEssays. 47(2). e2400110–e2400110. 4 indexed citations

An, Zhenyi, Qi-Wen Fan, Linyu Wang, et al.. (2024). EGFR and EGFRvIII coopt host defense pathways promoting progression in glioblastoma. Neuro-Oncology. 27(2). 383–397. 4 indexed citations

Benchabane, Hassina, Kai Yuan, Andres M. Lebensohn, et al.. (2023). The USP46 deubiquitylase complex increases Wingless/Wnt signaling strength by stabilizing Arrow/LRP6. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6174–6174. 4 indexed citations

Pilat, Jennifer M., Rachel E. Brown, Zhengyi Chen, et al.. (2023). SELENOP modifies sporadic colorectal carcinogenesis and WNT signaling activity through LRP5/6 interactions. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(13). 11 indexed citations

Bauer, Joshua A., David Westover, Barbara Murphy, et al.. (2022). Utilizing Three-Dimensional Culture Methods to Improve High-Throughput Drug Screening in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma. Cancers. 14(8). 1855–1855. 2 indexed citations

Loberg, Matthew A., et al.. (2022). Wnt Signaling in the Phenotype and Function of Tumor-Associated Macrophages. Cancer Research. 83(1). 3–11. 16 indexed citations

Khodo, Stellor Nlandu, Lauren Scarfe, Haichun Yang, et al.. (2020). Tubular β-catenin and FoxO3 interactions protect in chronic kidney disease. JCI Insight. 5(10). 23 indexed citations

Saito‐Diaz, Kenyi, Hassina Benchabane, Ajit Tiwari, et al.. (2018). APC Inhibits Ligand-Independent Wnt Signaling by the Clathrin Endocytic Pathway. Developmental Cell. 44(5). 566–581.e8. 66 indexed citations

Neitzel, Leif R., Nailing Zhang, Heather A. Wallace, et al.. (2018). Characterization of acdc14null allele inDrosophila melanogaster. Biology Open. 7(7). 6 indexed citations

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Khodo, Stellor Nlandu, Marika Manolopoulou, Gautam Bhave, et al.. (2017). Blocking TGF-β and β-Catenin Epithelial Crosstalk Exacerbates CKD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 28(12). 3490–3503. 48 indexed citations

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Schneider, Craig S., Qingguo Xu, Nicholas J. Boylan, et al.. (2017). Nanoparticles that do not adhere to mucus provide uniform and long-lasting drug delivery to airways following inhalation. Science Advances. 3(4). e1601556–e1601556. 237 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhiqiang, Xiaoqing Han, Ke Jin, et al.. (2016). The Small Molecule IMR-1 Inhibits the Notch Transcriptional Activation Complex to Suppress Tumorigenesis. Cancer Research. 76(12). 3593–3603. 59 indexed citations

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Ma, Yufang, Lihong Wang, Leif R. Neitzel, et al.. (2016). The MAPK Pathway Regulates Intrinsic Resistance to BET Inhibitors in Colorectal Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(8). 2027–2037. 56 indexed citations

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Li, Bin, Dennis Liang Fei, Colin A. Flaveny, et al.. (2014). Pyrvinium Attenuates Hedgehog Signaling Downstream of Smoothened. Cancer Research. 74(17). 4811–4821. 65 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenghan, et al.. (2013). Toggling a conformational switch in Wnt/β‐catenin signaling: Regulation of Axin phosphorylation. BioEssays. 35(12). 1063–1070. 22 indexed citations

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Barham, Whitney, Andrea L. Frump, Taylor P. Sherrill, et al.. (2013). Targeting the Wnt Pathway in Synovial Sarcoma Models. Cancer Discovery. 3(11). 1286–1301. 57 indexed citations

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Singh, Samer, Zhiqiang Wang, Dennis Liang Fei, et al.. (2011). Hedgehog-Producing Cancer Cells Respond to and Require Autocrine Hedgehog Activity. Cancer Research. 71(13). 4454–4463. 40 indexed citations

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Jernigan, Kristin K., Curtis A. Thorne, Alison Hanson, et al.. (2010). Gβγ Activates GSK3 to Promote LRP6-Mediated β-Catenin Transcriptional Activity. Science Signaling. 3(121). ra37–ra37. 47 indexed citations

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Jernigan, Kristin K., et al.. (2008). LRP6 transduces a canonical Wnt signal independently of Axin degradation by inhibiting GSK3's phosphorylation of β-catenin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(23). 8032–8037. 163 indexed citations

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Tahinci, Emilios, Curtis A. Thorne, Jeffrey L. Franklin, et al.. (2007). Lrp6 is required for convergent extension during Xenopus gastrulation. Development. 134(22). 4095–4106. 59 indexed citations

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