Im‐Hong Sun

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Im‐Hong Sun is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Im‐Hong Sun has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Im‐Hong Sun's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Im‐Hong Sun is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Im‐Hong Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and New Zealand. Im‐Hong Sun's co-authors include Jonathan D. Powell, Min Hee Oh, Chirag H. Patel, Jiayu Wen, Ada Tam, Richard L. Blosser, Judson M. Englert, Liang Zhao, Matthew L. Arwood and Adam T. Waickman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Im‐Hong Sun

22 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Glutamine blockade induces divergent metabolic programs to overcome tumor immune evasion

2019 813 citations Robert D. Leone, Liang Zhao et al. Science profile →
Targeting glutamine metabolism enhances tumor-specific immunity by modulating suppressive myeloid cells

2020 323 citations Min Hee Oh, Im‐Hong Sun et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Im‐Hong Sun United States	13	1.3k	1.0k	708	623	163	23	2.3k
Valeria Tosello Italy	26	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	328 0.5×	782 1.3×	180 1.1×	59	3.1k
Michel DuPage United States	13	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	457 0.6×	1.4k 2.2×	195 1.2×	20	3.2k
Peter Ping Lin United States	32	608 0.5×	802 0.8×	638 0.9×	950 1.5×	167 1.0×	69	2.5k
Yasuto Akiyama Japan	27	708 0.6×	878 0.8×	332 0.5×	937 1.5×	148 0.9×	128	2.2k
Tomohiko Fukuda Japan	36	1.1k 0.8×	2.3k 2.2×	385 0.5×	469 0.8×	132 0.8×	87	3.2k
Gwenola Manic Italy	20	963 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	597 0.8×	868 1.4×	83 0.5×	30	2.6k
Takuro Noguchi Japan	13	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	889 1.3×	1.6k 2.6×	114 0.7×	49	3.3k
Kenkichi Masutomi Japan	28	592 0.5×	2.0k 1.9×	447 0.6×	807 1.3×	217 1.3×	57	3.2k
Francisco J. Sánchez‐Rivera United States	22	515 0.4×	1.9k 1.9×	483 0.7×	809 1.3×	369 2.3×	34	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Im‐Hong Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Im‐Hong Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Im‐Hong Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Im‐Hong Sun 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 Im‐Hong Sun. Im‐Hong Sun 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

Sun, Im‐Hong, Anita Qualls, Jiaxi Wang, et al.. (2025). RORγt eTACs mediate oral tolerance and Treg induction. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222(8). 10 indexed citations

Sun, Im‐Hong & James M. Gardner. (2024). uLIPSTIC: A universal tool for in vivo tracking of cellular interaction networks. American Journal of Transplantation. 24(7). 1098–1099. 2 indexed citations

Arwood, Matthew L., Im‐Hong Sun, Chirag H. Patel, et al.. (2023). Serendipitous Discovery of T Cell–Produced KLK1b22 as a Regulator of Systemic Metabolism. ImmunoHorizons. 7(6). 493–507. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Wei, Chirag H. Patel, Liang Zhao, et al.. (2023). GOT1 regulates CD8+ effector and memory T cell generation. Cell Reports. 42(1). 111987–111987. 23 indexed citations

Marín-González, Alberto, Chirag H. Patel, Im‐Hong Sun, et al.. (2023). SIKs Regulate HDAC7 Stabilization and Cytokine Recall in Late-Stage T Cell Effector Differentiation. The Journal of Immunology. 211(12). 1767–1782. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Im‐Hong, Eva Mae Gillis-Buck, Tippi C. MacKenzie, & James M. Gardner. (2022). Thymic and extrathymic Aire‐expressing cells in maternal‐fetal tolerance*. Immunological Reviews. 308(1). 93–104. 4 indexed citations

Patel, Chirag H., Emily Heikamp, Wei Xu, et al.. (2022). Cutting Edge: mTORC2 Regulates CD8+ Effector and Memory T Cell Differentiation through Serum and Glucocorticoid Kinase 1. The Journal of Immunology. 209(12). 2287–2291. 4 indexed citations

Collins, Samuel L., Min Hee Oh, Im‐Hong Sun, et al.. (2021). mTORC1 Signaling Regulates Proinflammatory Macrophage Function and Metabolism. The Journal of Immunology. 207(3). 913–922. 42 indexed citations

Oh, Min Hee, Im‐Hong Sun, Liang Zhao, et al.. (2020). Targeting glutamine metabolism enhances tumor-specific immunity by modulating suppressive myeloid cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(7). 3865–3884. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leone, Robert D., Liang Zhao, Judson M. Englert, et al.. (2019). Glutamine blockade induces divergent metabolic programs to overcome tumor immune evasion. Science. 366(6468). 1013–1021. 813 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oh, Min Hee, Meghan Travers, Stephen M. Brown, et al.. (2019). Abstract LB-022: Targeting glutamine metabolism as a mean of treating a murine model of ovarian cancer and ascites development. Cancer Research. 79(13_Supplement). LB–22. 1 indexed citations

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Leone, Robert D., Min Hee Oh, Im‐Hong Sun, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of the adenosine A2a receptor modulates expression of T cell coinhibitory receptors and improves effector function for enhanced checkpoint blockade and ACT in murine cancer models. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 67(8). 1271–1284. 148 indexed citations

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Sun, Im‐Hong, Min Hee Oh, Liang Zhao, et al.. (2018). mTOR Complex 1 Signaling Regulates the Generation and Function of Central and Effector Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 201(2). 481–492. 104 indexed citations

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Oh, Min Hee, Samuel L. Collins, Im‐Hong Sun, et al.. (2017). mTORC2 Signaling Selectively Regulates the Generation and Function of Tissue-Resident Peritoneal Macrophages. Cell Reports. 20(10). 2439–2454. 47 indexed citations

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Pollizzi, Kristen, Im‐Hong Sun, Chirag H. Patel, et al.. (2016). Asymmetric inheritance of mTORC1 kinase activity during division dictates CD8+ T cell differentiation. Nature Immunology. 17(6). 704–711. 176 indexed citations

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Kalin, Jay H., Im‐Hong Sun, Mohammed A. Amin, et al.. (2016). An Fc–Small Molecule Conjugate for Targeted Inhibition of the Adenosine 2A Receptor. ChemBioChem. 17(20). 1951–1960. 3 indexed citations

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Pollizzi, Kristen, Adam T. Waickman, Chirag H. Patel, Im‐Hong Sun, & Jonathan D. Powell. (2015). Cellular Size as a Means of Tracking mTOR Activity and Cell Fate of CD4+ T Cells upon Antigen Recognition. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0121710–e0121710. 36 indexed citations

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Pollizzi, Kristen, Chirag H. Patel, Im‐Hong Sun, et al.. (2015). mTORC1 and mTORC2 selectively regulate CD8+ T cell differentiation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 125(5). 2090–2108. 317 indexed citations

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Heikamp, Emily, Chirag H. Patel, Adam T. Waickman, et al.. (2014). The AGC kinase SGK1 regulates TH1 and TH2 differentiation downstream of the mTORC2 complex. Nature Immunology. 15(5). 457–464. 155 indexed citations

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Nan, Beiyan, et al.. (2010). A multi-protein complex from Myxococcus xanthus required for bacterial gliding motility. Molecular Microbiology. 76(6). 1539–1554. 67 indexed citations

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