John K. Lee

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
99 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

John K. Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John K. Lee has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Oncology and 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in John K. Lee's work include Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (17 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (11 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (10 papers). John K. Lee is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (17 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (11 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (10 papers). John K. Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Africa. John K. Lee's co-authors include Haixin Sui, Bing K. Jap, Peter J. Walian, Bong-Gyoon Han, Owen N. Witte, Robert M. Stroud, Jiaoti Huang, Jung Wook Park, Allan C. Spradling and Margaret de Cuevas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John K. Lee

92 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

Structural basis of water-specific transport through the AQP1 water channel

2001 931 citations John K. Lee et al. profile →
N-Myc Drives Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Initiated from Human Prostate Epithelial Cells

2016 280 citations John K. Lee, B. Smith et al. profile →
Advances in CAR T cell therapy: antigen selection, modifications, and current trials for solid tumors

2025 20 citations John K. Lee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John K. Lee United States	33	2.5k	887	594	521	376	99	4.6k
David Kozono United States	36	3.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 1.7×	658 1.3×	309 0.8×	135	5.3k
Markus Wehland Germany	43	1.4k 0.6×	597 0.7×	422 0.7×	435 0.8×	484 1.3×	137	5.3k
Rong Zhou United States	42	2.7k 1.1×	330 0.4×	648 1.1×	743 1.4×	548 1.5×	173	5.7k
M.D. Brown United Kingdom	42	2.7k 1.1×	469 0.5×	506 0.9×	352 0.7×	265 0.7×	114	5.9k
J. Will Thompson United States	40	3.1k 1.2×	359 0.4×	514 0.9×	312 0.6×	206 0.5×	148	5.9k
Sarah Baatout Belgium	37	1.4k 0.6×	701 0.8×	552 0.9×	345 0.7×	159 0.4×	199	4.5k
Shudong Zhang China	37	2.2k 0.9×	411 0.5×	641 1.1×	402 0.8×	137 0.4×	297	4.8k
Xiaoxia Wang China	44	3.6k 1.4×	399 0.4×	473 0.8×	424 0.8×	287 0.8×	320	6.9k
Ken Takeda Japan	37	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	598 1.0×	501 1.0×	169 0.4×	272	5.6k
Alessandra Cucina Italy	39	1.6k 0.6×	315 0.4×	450 0.8×	292 0.6×	204 0.5×	134	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John K. Lee

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Holzgreve, Adrien, Christine E. Mona, Xinmin Li, et al.. (2025). Liquid Biopsy of Circulating Tumor Cells and DNA in the Context of PSMA Radiopharmaceutical Therapy. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 67(1). 12–14.

Sasaki, Koichi, Vipul Bhatia, Chuyi Wang, et al.. (2025). Collagen-binding IL-12-armoured STEAP1 CAR-T cells reduce toxicity and treat prostate cancer in mouse models. Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Bhatia, Vipul, Koichi Sasaki, Jun Ishihara, & John K. Lee. (2025). Abstract B010: Targeting Metastatic Prostate Cancer with STEAP1 CAR T Cells and Tumor-Localized Immunomodulation. Cancer Immunology Research. 13(2_Supplement). B010–B010.

Murad, John P., Yuwei Ren, Anthony K. Park, et al.. (2025). Solid tumour CAR-T cells engineered with fusion proteins targeting PD-L1 for localized IL-12 delivery. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2 indexed citations

Li, Shan, Alicia Y. W. Wong, Vipul Bhatia, et al.. (2024). A combinatorial genetic strategy for exploring complex genotype–phenotype associations in cancer. Nature Genetics. 56(3). 371–376. 6 indexed citations

Labrecque, Mark P., Lisha G. Brown, Ilsa M. Coleman, et al.. (2023). Targeting the fibroblast growth factor pathway in molecular subtypes of castration‐resistant prostate cancer. The Prostate. 84(1). 100–110. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Ailin, Lisha G. Brown, Ilsa M. Coleman, et al.. (2023). Concurrent Targeting of HDAC and PI3K to Overcome Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Castration-resistant and Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancers. Cancer Research Communications. 3(11). 2358–2374. 9 indexed citations

Zhou, Zhicheng, Deyong Jia, Shan Li, et al.. (2023). Androgen-regulated stromal complement component 7 (C7) suppresses prostate cancer growth. Oncogene. 42(32). 2428–2438. 5 indexed citations

Kerr, Wesley T., John M. Stern, Hiroyuki Tatekawa, et al.. (2023). Amygdala subfield and prefrontal cortex abnormalities in patients with functional seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior. 145. 109278–109278. 2 indexed citations

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Patel, Radhika A., Ilsa Coleman, Martine P. Roudier, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive Assessment of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase in Localized and Metastatic Prostate Cancer Reveals Targetable Alterations. Cancer Research Communications. 2(5). 277–285. 5 indexed citations

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Low, Jin‐Yih, Minjeong Ko, Brian Hanratty, et al.. (2022). Genomic Characterization of Prostatic Basal Cell Carcinoma. American Journal Of Pathology. 193(1). 4–10. 4 indexed citations

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Labrecque, Mark P., Lisha G. Brown, Ilsa M. Coleman, et al.. (2021). RNA Splicing Factors SRRM3 and SRRM4 Distinguish Molecular Phenotypes of Castration-Resistant Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 81(18). 4736–4750. 23 indexed citations

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Lee, John K., Yingming Li, Donald J. Vander Griend, et al.. (2019). PEG10 Promoter–Driven Expression of Reporter Genes Enables Molecular Imaging of Lethal Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 79(21). 5668–5680. 12 indexed citations

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Hall, Jeffrey W., Bruno P. Lima, Tata Gopinath, et al.. (2019). An intramembrane sensory circuit monitors sortase A–mediated processing of streptococcal adhesins. Science Signaling. 12(580). 14 indexed citations

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Corella, Alexandra, Ilsa M. Coleman, Jared M. Lucas, et al.. (2019). Identification of Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Small-cell Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(7). 1667–1677. 32 indexed citations

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Park, Jung Wook, John K. Lee, Katherine M. Sheu, et al.. (2018). Reprogramming normal human epithelial tissues to a common, lethal neuroendocrine cancer lineage. Science. 362(6410). 91–95. 203 indexed citations

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Drake, Justin M., John K. Lee, & Owen N. Witte. (2014). Clinical Targeting of Mutated and Wild-Type Protein Tyrosine Kinases in Cancer. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 34(10). 1722–1732. 77 indexed citations

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Drake, Justin M., Nicholas Graham, John K. Lee, et al.. (2013). Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer reveals intrapatient similarity and interpatient heterogeneity of therapeutic kinase targets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(49). E4762–9. 90 indexed citations

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Mathai, John, Andreas Missner, Philipp Kügler, et al.. (2010). Membrane Transport of Hydrogen Sulfide: No Facilitator Required. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 374a–374a. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Zhihua, et al.. (2007). X-ray crystallographic and NMR studies of protein–protein and protein–nucleic acid interactions involving the KH domains from human poly(C)-binding protein-2. RNA. 13(7). 1043–1051. 49 indexed citations

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