FuiBoon Kai

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

FuiBoon Kai is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, FuiBoon Kai has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cell Biology, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in FuiBoon Kai's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (2 papers). FuiBoon Kai is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (2 papers). FuiBoon Kai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. FuiBoon Kai's co-authors include Valerie M. Weaver, Allison P. Drain, Hanane Laklai, Timothy Marsh, Jennifer Y. Liu, Jayanta Debnath, Dachuan Zhang, Li Yu, Hector H. Huang and Ariadne Vlahakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Cell Biology, Cancer Research and Cell stem cell.

In The Last Decade

FuiBoon Kai

10 papers receiving 1.1k 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 Extracellular Matrix Modulates the Metastatic Journey

2019 372 citations FuiBoon Kai, Allison P. Drain et al. Developmental Cell profile →
The LC3-conjugation machinery specifies the loading of RNA-binding proteins into extracellular vesicles

2020 349 citations Andrew M. Leidal, Hector H. Huang et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
FuiBoon Kai United States	7	558	353	263	235	151	11	1.1k
Roberta E. Burden United Kingdom	19	555 1.0×	117 0.3×	299 1.1×	515 2.2×	122 0.8×	38	1.1k
Maija Puhka Finland	16	1.2k 2.2×	320 0.9×	138 0.5×	473 2.0×	136 0.9×	26	1.5k
Catherine S. Wegner Norway	13	859 1.5×	278 0.8×	135 0.5×	379 1.6×	123 0.8×	24	1.2k
Elena Ortíz-Zapater United Kingdom	16	611 1.1×	239 0.7×	197 0.7×	118 0.5×	186 1.2×	32	1.0k
Francesca Di Modugno Italy	20	681 1.2×	220 0.6×	519 2.0×	284 1.2×	234 1.5×	43	1.3k
Karla C. Williams Canada	20	683 1.2×	272 0.8×	196 0.7×	328 1.4×	120 0.8×	36	992
Yevgeniy Romin United States	14	627 1.1×	179 0.5×	151 0.6×	115 0.5×	134 0.9×	27	1.1k
Sylvie Monferran France	15	526 0.9×	134 0.4×	256 1.0×	235 1.0×	108 0.7×	20	919
Kevin J. Metcalf United States	11	680 1.2×	350 1.0×	610 2.3×	315 1.3×	267 1.8×	16	1.7k
Daniela Hoeller Germany	17	1.4k 2.5×	376 1.1×	458 1.7×	169 0.7×	188 1.2×	24	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by FuiBoon Kai

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Fields of papers citing papers by FuiBoon Kai

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by FuiBoon Kai. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by FuiBoon Kai. The network helps show where FuiBoon Kai may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of FuiBoon Kai

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Kai, FuiBoon, Andrew M. Leidal, & Valerie M. Weaver. (2025). Tension-induced organelle stress: an emerging target in fibrosis. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 46(2). 117–131. 2 indexed citations

2.

Johannson, Kerri A., et al.. (2025). Extracellular matrix and immune dysfunction: An overlooked relationship in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Experimental Lung Research. 51(1). 123–137.

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Northey, Jason J., Mary-Kate Hayward, Yoshihiro Yui, et al.. (2024). Mechanosensitive hormone signaling promotes mammary progenitor expansion and breast cancer risk. Cell stem cell. 31(1). 106–126.e13. 12 indexed citations

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Gaietta, Guido, FuiBoon Kai, Mark F. Swift, et al.. (2022). Novel cryo-tomography workflow reveals nanometer-scale responses of epithelial cells to matrix stiffness and dimensionality. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 33(14). br28–br28. 1 indexed citations

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Leidal, Andrew M., Hector H. Huang, Timothy Marsh, et al.. (2020). The LC3-conjugation machinery specifies the loading of RNA-binding proteins into extracellular vesicles. Nature Cell Biology. 22(2). 187–199. 349 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kai, FuiBoon, Allison P. Drain, & Valerie M. Weaver. (2019). The Extracellular Matrix Modulates the Metastatic Journey. Developmental Cell. 49(3). 332–346. 372 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kaushik, Shelly, J. Matthew Barnes, Russell Bainer, et al.. (2019). Abstract 1900: A tension-mediated glycocalyx feedback loop promotes glioblastoma. Cancer Research. 79(13_Supplement). 1900–1900. 1 indexed citations

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Shurer, Carolyn R., Marshall J. Colville, Vivek Gupta, et al.. (2017). Genetically Encoded Toolbox for Glycocalyx Engineering: Tunable Control of Cell Adhesion, Survival, and Cancer Cell Behaviors. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 4(2). 388–399. 46 indexed citations

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Woods, Elliot C., FuiBoon Kai, J. Matthew Barnes, et al.. (2017). A bulky glycocalyx fosters metastasis formation by promoting G1 cell cycle progression. eLife. 6. 64 indexed citations

10.

Kai, FuiBoon, Hanane Laklai, & Valerie M. Weaver. (2016). Force Matters: Biomechanical Regulation of Cell Invasion and Migration in Disease. Trends in Cell Biology. 26(7). 486–497. 182 indexed citations

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Grabher, Clemens, Eileen McBride, FuiBoon Kai, et al.. (2011). NUP98‐HOXA9‐transgenic zebrafish develop a myeloproliferative neoplasm and provide new insight into mechanisms of myeloid leukaemogenesis. British Journal of Haematology. 155(2). 167–181. 61 indexed citations

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