K. Christopher García

50.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
298 papers, 28.5k citations indexed

About

K. Christopher García is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Christopher García has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 28.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Immunology, 93 papers in Molecular Biology and 89 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in K. Christopher García's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (115 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (110 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (55 papers). K. Christopher García is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (115 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (110 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (55 papers). K. Christopher García collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. K. Christopher García's co-authors include Ian A. Wilson, Luc Teyton, Per A. Peterson, Massimo Degano, Patrick J. Lupardus, Martin J. Boulanger, Xiao-lin He, Aaron M. Ring, Christoph Thomas and Xinquan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

K. Christopher García

293 papers receiving 28.1k citations

Hit Papers

An αβ T Cell Receptor Str... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2009 2013 2009 2012 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. An αβ T Cell Receptor Structure at 2.5 Å and Its Orientation in the TCR-MHC Complex
    1996 1.1k citations K. Christopher García et al. Science profile →
  2. STIM1 Clusters and Activates CRAC Channels via Direct Binding of a Cytosolic Domain to Orai1
    2009 769 citations K. Christopher García et al. profile →
  3. Activation and allosteric modulation of a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
    2013 712 citations Aaron M. Ring, K. Christopher García et al. Nature profile →
  4. Gabapentin Receptor α2δ-1 Is a Neuronal Thrombospondin Receptor Responsible for Excitatory CNS Synaptogenesis
    2009 704 citations Engin Özkan, K. Christopher García et al. profile →
  5. Structural Basis of Wnt Recognition by Frizzled
    2012 635 citations Claudia Y. Janda, Deepa Waghray et al. Science profile →
  6. Structural Basis of Plasticity in T Cell Receptor Recognition of a Self Peptide-MHC Antigen
    1998 586 citations K. Christopher García et al. Science profile →
  7. Hexameric Structure and Assembly of the Interleukin-6/IL-6 α-Receptor/gp130 Complex
    2003 521 citations K. Christopher García et al. Science profile →
  8. Screening and large-scale expression of membrane proteins in mammalian cells for structural studies
    2014 503 citations Suzanne Fischer, K. Christopher García et al. profile →
  9. In vivo molecular imaging for immunotherapy using ultra-bright near-infrared-IIb rare-earth nanoparticles
    2019 487 citations K. Christopher García et al. profile →
  10. Adrenaline-activated structure of β2-adrenoceptor stabilized by an engineered nanobody
    2013 408 citations Aaron M. Ring, K. Christopher García et al. Nature profile →
  11. Selective targeting of engineered T cells using orthogonal IL-2 cytokine-receptor complexes
    2018 275 citations Jonathan T. Sockolosky, Eleonora Trotta et al. Science profile →
  12. Surrogate Wnt agonists that phenocopy canonical Wnt and β-catenin signalling
    2017 263 citations Claudia Y. Janda, Luke T. Dang et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. Christopher García United States 95 14.2k 10.6k 6.7k 3.7k 3.6k 298 28.5k
Roland Martinꝉ United States 82 14.0k 1.0× 6.8k 0.6× 4.8k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 461 28.2k
Francisco Sánchez‐Madrid Spain 99 16.7k 1.2× 16.7k 1.6× 5.5k 0.8× 3.7k 1.0× 859 0.2× 525 39.9k
Michael L. Dustin United States 115 31.7k 2.2× 13.2k 1.2× 7.7k 1.1× 6.6k 1.8× 1.9k 0.5× 391 52.0k
Tomohiro Kurosaki Japan 96 15.6k 1.1× 10.6k 1.0× 3.7k 0.5× 2.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 316 28.3k
E. Yvonne Jones United Kingdom 87 8.5k 0.6× 10.2k 1.0× 2.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 282 22.5k
Brian Seed United States 77 11.8k 0.8× 17.8k 1.7× 5.0k 0.7× 3.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 155 33.2k
Arthur Weiss United States 100 23.5k 1.7× 13.2k 1.2× 7.8k 1.2× 4.4k 1.2× 705 0.2× 312 34.7k
Avi Ashkenazi United States 80 9.3k 0.7× 23.8k 2.2× 6.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.3× 2.3k 0.6× 200 33.2k
Paul B. Fisher United States 89 7.4k 0.5× 16.6k 1.6× 10.4k 1.5× 1.2k 0.3× 2.2k 0.6× 568 31.4k
Dietmar Vestweber Germany 101 9.2k 0.7× 13.9k 1.3× 4.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.3× 1.1k 0.3× 323 30.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xiang, Xinyu, Kevin M. Jude, Yang Zhao, et al.. (2025). De novo design and structure of a peptide–centric TCR mimic binding module. Science. 389(6758). 375–379. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaojing, et al.. (2025). Solution mapping of MHC-I:TCR interactions using a minimalistic protein system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(24). e2506016122–e2506016122.
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Caveney, Nathanael A., Marta T. Borowska, Steven C. Wilson, et al.. (2024). Structure of the interleukin-5 receptor complex exemplifies the organizing principle of common beta cytokine signaling. Molecular Cell. 84(10). 1995–2005.e7. 5 indexed citations
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Borowska, Marta T., Nathanael A. Caveney, Kevin M. Jude, et al.. (2024). Orientation-dependent CD45 inhibition with viral and engineered ligands. Science Immunology. 9(100). eadp0707–eadp0707.
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Caveney, Nathanael A., Robert A. Saxton, Deepa Waghray, et al.. (2023). Structural basis of Janus kinase trans-activation. Cell Reports. 42(3). 112201–112201. 27 indexed citations
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Yamada, Chiaki, et al.. (2023). Effects of IL‐34 and anti‐IL‐34 neutralizing mAb on alveolar bone loss in a ligature‐induced model of periodontitis. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 39(3). 93–102. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Aerin, Kevin M. Jude, Ben Lai, et al.. (2023). Deploying synthetic coevolution and machine learning to engineer protein-protein interactions. Science. 381(6656). eadh1720–eadh1720. 18 indexed citations
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Tsutsumi, Naotaka, Shoji Maeda, Qianhui Qu, et al.. (2022). Atypical structural snapshots of human cytomegalovirus GPCR interactions with host G proteins. Science Advances. 8(3). eabl5442–eabl5442. 21 indexed citations
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García, K. Christopher, et al.. (2021). Identification of a Family of Vibrio Type III Secretion System Effectors That Contain a Conserved Serine/Threonine Kinase Domain. mSphere. 6(4). e0059921–e0059921. 8 indexed citations
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Paula, Viviane S. De, Kevin M. Jude, Santrupti Nerli, et al.. (2020). Interleukin-2 druggability is modulated by global conformational transitions controlled by a helical capping switch. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(13). 7183–7192. 16 indexed citations
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Wilmes, Stephan, Maximillian Hafer, Julie A. Tucker, et al.. (2020). Mechanism of homodimeric cytokine receptor activation and dysregulation by oncogenic mutations. Science. 367(6478). 643–652. 115 indexed citations
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Sockolosky, Jonathan T., Eleonora Trotta, Giulia Parisi, et al.. (2018). Selective targeting of engineered T cells using orthogonal IL-2 cytokine-receptor complexes. Science. 359(6379). 1037–1042. 275 indexed citations breakdown →
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Janda, Claudia Y., Luke T. Dang, Changjiang You, et al.. (2017). Surrogate Wnt agonists that phenocopy canonical Wnt and β-catenin signalling. Nature. 545(7653). 234–237. 263 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carbone, Catherine B., Nadja Kern, Ricardo A. Fernandes, et al.. (2017). In vitro reconstitution of T cell receptor-mediated segregation of the CD45 phosphatase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(44). E9338–E9345. 63 indexed citations
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Luca, Vincent C., Kevin M. Jude, Nathan W. Pierce, et al.. (2015). Structural basis for Notch1 engagement of Delta-like 4. Science. 347(6224). 847–853. 197 indexed citations
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Weiskopf, Kipp, Aaron M. Ring, Chia Chi M. Ho, et al.. (2013). Engineered SIRPα Variants as Immunotherapeutic Adjuvants to Anticancer Antibodies. Science. 341(6141). 88–91. 376 indexed citations
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Janda, Claudia Y., Deepa Waghray, Aron M. Levin, Christoph Thomas, & K. Christopher García. (2012). Structural Basis of Wnt Recognition by Frizzled. Science. 337(6090). 59–64. 635 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rogers, Claude J., Peter M. Clark, Sarah E. Tully, et al.. (2011). Elucidating glycosaminoglycan–protein–protein interactions using carbohydrate microarray and computational approaches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(24). 9747–9752. 91 indexed citations
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Zheng, Binhai, Jasvinder K. Atwal, Carole Ho, et al.. (2005). Genetic deletion of the Nogo receptor does not reduce neurite inhibition in vitro or promote corticospinal tract regeneration in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(4). 1205–1210. 215 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinquan, Mathias Rickert, & K. Christopher García. (2005). Structure of the Quaternary Complex of Interleukin-2 with Its α, ß, and γ c Receptors. Science. 310(5751). 1159–1163. 364 indexed citations

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