Joseph C. Sun

20.0k citations

132 papers · 12.6k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Immunology top 0.05%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immune responses and vaccinations
- Immune cells in cancer
Virology top 1%

Papers in

Immunology 125
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 115
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 84
- IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways 27
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 19
- Reproductive System and Pregnancy 12
- Immune cells in cancer 9
Hematology 10

Co-authors: Lewis L. Lanier Michael J. Bevan Joshua Beilke Timothy E. O’Sullivan Sharline Madera Matthew A. Williams Nicholas M. Adams Colleen M. Lau
Journals: The Journal of Immunology (22 papers)The Journal of Experimental Medicine (18 papers)Nature Immunology (13 papers)Immunity (11 papers)Cell Reports (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Joseph C. Sun

129 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

STING inhibits the reactivation of dormant metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma 2023 · 138 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature
2020 Nature reviews. Immunology
2012 Immunity
2011 Nature reviews. Immunology
2009 Nature
2004 Nature Immunology
2003 Science

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Co-authors

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Defining molecular circuits of CD8+ T cell responses in tissues during latent viral infection The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Endi K. Santosa, J Zhang, J. J. Sauter, Mariah Lee, Brandon D. Ng, Sigrun V. Stulz, Meril Takizawa, Simon Grassmann, Orr-El Weizman, Nicholas M. Adams, Ronan Chaligné, Annette Oxenius, Georg Gasteiger, Colleen M. Lau, Joseph C. Sun	2025	1
2	An activating Stat1 mutant disrupts normal STAT4 innate lymphocyte programs during viral infection Science Immunology ·Rachael L. Philips, Yi-Chu Liao, Colleen M. Lau, Tasha Morrison, Kan Jiang, Andrew T. Hutchinson, Justin Shayne, Chen Yao, Joseph C. Sun, Heather D. Hickman, Joshua D. Milner, Steven M. Holland, Yuka Kanno, Michail S. Lionakis, John J. O’Shea	2025	1
3	Interferon-γ orchestrates leptomeningeal anti-tumour response Nature ·Ján Remšík, Xinran Tong, Russell Kunes, Minjun Li, Rachel Estrera, Jenna Snyder, Christopher W. Thomson, Ahmed M. Osman, Kiana Chabot, Uğur Sener, Jessica Wilcox, Danielle Isakov, Helen G. Wang, Tejus Bale, Ronan Chaligné, Joseph C. Sun, Chrysothemis C. Brown, Dana Pe’er, Adrienne Boire	2025	8
4	Distinct developmental pathways generate functionally distinct populations of natural killer cells Nature Immunology ·Yi Ding, Marieke Lavaert, Simon Grassmann, Victor I. Band, Liang Chi, Arundhoti Das, Sumit Das, Christelle Harly, Susannah C. Shissler, Justin Malin, Dingkang Peng, Yongge Zhao, Jinfang Zhu, Yasmine Belkaid, Joseph C. Sun, Avinash Bhandoola	2024	19
5	Fatty acid oxidation fuels natural killer cell responses against infection and cancer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sam Sheppard, Katja Srpan, Wendy Lin, Mariah Lee, Rebecca B. Delconte, Mark Owyong, Peter Carmeliet, Daniel M. Davis, João B. Xavier, Katharine C. Hsu, Joseph C. Sun	2024	30
6	Nilabh Shastri 1952–2021 Nature Immunology ·Gianna Hammer, Susan R. Schwab, Joseph C. Sun	2021	0
7	Human Cytomegalovirus Infection Promotes Expansion of a Functionally Superior Cytoplasmic CD3+ NK Cell Subset with a Bcl11b-Regulated T Cell Signature The Journal of Immunology ·Zeguang Wu, Colleen M. Lau, Rosa Sottile, Jean-Benoît Le Luduec, M. Kazim Panjwani, Peter Conaty, Katja Srpan, Kerstin Laib Sampaio, Thomas Mertens, Stuart P. Adler, Ann B. Hill, Juliet N. Barker, Nai‐Kong V. Cheung, Joseph C. Sun, Katharine C. Hsu	2021	7
8	Human cytomegalovirus expands a CD8 ⁺ T cell population with loss of BCL11B expression and gain of NK cell identity Science Immunology ·Rosa Sottile, M. Kazim Panjwani, Colleen M. Lau, Anthony F. Daniyan, Kento Tanaka, Juliet N. Barker, Renier J. Brentjens, Joseph C. Sun, Jean-Benoît Le Luduec, Katharine C. Hsu	2021	36
9	Dynamic variability in SHP-1 abundance determines natural killer cell responsiveness Science Signaling ·Zeguang Wu, Soohyung Park, Colleen M. Lau, 義夫田中, Sam Sheppard, Joseph C. Sun, Jayajit Das, Grégoire Altan‐Bonnet, Katharine C. Hsu	2021	18
10	Deconvoluting global cytokine signaling networks in natural killer cells Nature Immunology ·Gabriela M. Wiedemann, Endi K. Santosa, Simon Grassmann, Sam Sheppard, Jean-Benoît Le Luduec, Nicholas M. Adams, Celeste Dang, Katharine C. Hsu, Joseph C. Sun, Colleen M. Lau	2021	42
11	Cutting Edge: STAT1-Mediated Epigenetic Control of Rsad2 Promotes Clonal Expansion of Antiviral NK Cells The Journal of Immunology ·Gabriela M. Wiedemann, Clair D. Geary, Colleen M. Lau, Joseph C. Sun	2020	11
12	Interleukin-17D and Nrf2 mediate initial innate immune cell recruitment and restrict MCMV infection Scientific Reports ·Ruth Seelige, Robert Saddawi‐Konefka, Nicholas M. Adams, Gaëlle Picarda, Joseph C. Sun, Chris A. Benedict, Jack D. Bui	2018	27
13	Core-binding factor β and Runx transcription factors promote adaptive natural killer cell responses Science Immunology ·Moritz Rapp, Colleen M. Lau, Nicholas M. Adams, Orr-El Weizman, Timothy E. O’Sullivan, Clair D. Geary, Joseph C. Sun	2017	65
14	Type I IFN promotes NK cell expansion during viral infection by protecting NK cells against fratricide The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Sharline Madera, Moritz Rapp, Matthew A. Firth, Joshua Beilke, Lewis L. Lanier, Joseph C. Sun	2016	154
15	Systemic 4-1BB activation induces a novel T cell phenotype driven by high expression of Eomesodermin The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Michael A. Curran, Theresa L. Geiger, Welby Montalvo, Myoungjoo Kim, Steven L. Reiner, Aymen Al‐Shamkhani, Joseph C. Sun, James P. Allison	2013	134
16	Nfil3-independent lineage maintenance and antiviral response of natural killer cells The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Matthew A. Firth, Sharline Madera, Aimee M. Beaulieu, Georg Gasteiger, Eliseo F. Castillo, Kimberly S. Schluns, Masato Kubo, Paul B. Rothman, Éric Vivier, Joseph C. Sun	2013	119
17	Proinflammatory cytokine signaling required for the generation of natural killer cell memory The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Joseph C. Sun, Sharline Madera, Natalie Bezman, Joshua Beilke, Mark H. Kaplan, Lewis L. Lanier	2012	242
18	Extrathymic development of murine T cells after bone marrow transplantation Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Amanda M. Holland, Johannes L. Zakrzewski, Jennifer J. Tsai, Alan M. Hanash, Jarrod A. Dudakov, Odette M. Smith, Mallory L. West, Natalie V. Singer, Jessie Brill, Joseph C. Sun, Marcel R.M. van den Brink	2012	15
19	Defective CD8 T Cell Memory Following Acute Infection Without CD4 T Cell Help Science ·Joseph C. Sun, Michael J. Bevan Hit paper breakdown →	2003	1016
20	4 Soil Liquefaction Earthquake Spectra ·Jonathan P. Stewart, Daniel B. Chu, Raymond B. Seed, J. W. Ju, William J. Perkins, Ross W. Boulanger, Yao-Chung Chen, Chang‐Yu Ou, Joseph C. Sun, Ming-Shan Yu	2001	12

About Joseph C. Sun

Joseph C. Sun is a scholar working on Immunology, Hematology, Epidemiology, Virology and Oncology, having authored 132 papers that have together received 12.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (115 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (84 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (27 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (22 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (19 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (12 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (11 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (10.5k citations), Virology (454 citations), Oncology (1.9k citations), Infectious Diseases (980 citations) and Epidemiology (1.8k citations). Joseph C. Sun has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Lewis L. Lanier, Michael J. Bevan, Joshua Beilke, Timothy E. O’Sullivan, Sharline Madera, Matthew A. Williams, Nicholas M. Adams, Colleen M. Lau, Orr-El Weizman and Natalie Bezman. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Immunology, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Nature Immunology, Immunity and Cell Reports.

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