Katherine Wu

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Katherine Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine Wu has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Katherine Wu's work include Cancer Research and Treatments (4 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (3 papers). Katherine Wu is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Research and Treatments (4 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (3 papers). Katherine Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Finland. Katherine Wu's co-authors include Tuomas Tammela, Tyler Jacks, Thales Papagiannakopoulos, Lon J. Wilson, Feng Liang, Xinfeng Shi, Balaji Sitharaman, Quynh P. Pham, Antonios G. Mikos and W. E. Billups and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Katherine Wu

18 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Anatomically and Functionally Distinct Lung Mesenchymal P... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2024 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Anatomically and Functionally Distinct Lung Mesenchymal Populations Marked by Lgr5 and Lgr6
    2017 256 citations Joo‐Hyeon Lee, Tuomas Tammela et al. Cell profile →
  2. The pleiotropic functions of reactive oxygen species in cancer
    2024 94 citations Katherine Wu, Ahmed E. El Zowalaty et al. Nature Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katherine Wu United States 14 548 321 284 277 237 18 1.3k
Yun Zhu China 23 522 1.0× 253 0.8× 409 1.4× 221 0.8× 244 1.0× 63 1.3k
Tadahiko Kubo Japan 24 882 1.6× 336 1.0× 219 0.8× 548 2.0× 342 1.4× 62 1.9k
Shuyang Sun China 25 884 1.6× 502 1.6× 319 1.1× 232 0.8× 354 1.5× 46 1.6k
Yuliang Ran China 23 689 1.3× 345 1.1× 225 0.8× 143 0.5× 348 1.5× 55 1.5k
Dongwang Zhu China 23 805 1.5× 371 1.2× 224 0.8× 156 0.6× 511 2.2× 56 1.5k
Maonan Wang China 14 663 1.2× 483 1.5× 314 1.1× 162 0.6× 394 1.7× 35 1.5k
Alessandro De Vita Italy 24 588 1.1× 654 2.0× 460 1.6× 445 1.6× 244 1.0× 74 1.7k
Yasuyuki Aoyagi Japan 16 295 0.5× 395 1.2× 348 1.2× 136 0.5× 186 0.8× 24 1.3k
Jorge S. Burns Italy 24 1.3k 2.3× 702 2.2× 359 1.3× 194 0.7× 305 1.3× 52 2.6k
Wei‐Yun Lai Taiwan 18 500 0.9× 167 0.5× 287 1.0× 101 0.4× 119 0.5× 29 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Katherine Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katherine Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katherine Wu

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Wu, Katherine, Jozef P. Bossowski, Toshitaka Nakamura, et al.. (2025). Targeting FSP1 triggers ferroptosis in lung cancer. Nature. 649(8096). 487–495. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Katherine, Ahmed E. El Zowalaty, Volkan I. Sayin, & Thales Papagiannakopoulos. (2024). The pleiotropic functions of reactive oxygen species in cancer. Nature Cancer. 5(3). 384–399. 94 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pitter, Kenneth L., Olivera Grbovic-Huezo, Simon Joost, et al.. (2022). Systematic Comparison of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Models Identifies a Conserved Highly Plastic Basal Cell State. Cancer Research. 82(19). 3549–3560. 11 indexed citations
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Brown, Rebecca E., et al.. (2022). The RNA export and RNA decay complexes THO and TRAMP prevent transcription-replication conflicts, DNA breaks, and CAG repeat contractions. PLoS Biology. 20(12). e3001940–e3001940. 10 indexed citations
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Ding, Hongyu, Zihong Chen, Katherine Wu, et al.. (2021). Activation of the NRF2 antioxidant program sensitizes tumors to G6PD inhibition. Science Advances. 7(47). eabk1023–eabk1023. 57 indexed citations
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Chang, Kwang‐Yu, Nai‐Jung Chiang, Chia-Jui Yen, et al.. (2021). Phase 1b study of pegylated arginine deiminase (ADI-PEG 20) plus Pembrolizumab in advanced solid cancers. OncoImmunology. 10(1). 1943253–1943253. 30 indexed citations
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Lähde, Marianne, Seppo Kaijalainen, Andrey Anisimov, et al.. (2020). Expression of R-Spondin 1 in Apc Mice Suppresses Growth of Intestinal Adenomas by Altering Wnt and Transforming Growth Factor Beta Signaling. Gastroenterology. 160(1). 245–259. 32 indexed citations
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Guimarães, Pedro Pires Goulart, Tuomas Tammela, Katherine Wu, et al.. (2018). Potent in vivo lung cancer Wnt signaling inhibition via cyclodextrin-LGK974 inclusion complexes. Journal of Controlled Release. 290. 75–87. 42 indexed citations
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Wu, Katherine, Eleanor Dagostino, Mario Meng-Chiang Kuo, et al.. (2018). TRAIL stabilization and cancer cell sensitization to its pro-apoptotic activity achieved through genetic fusion with arginine deiminase. Oncotarget. 9(97). 36914–36928. 18 indexed citations
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Tammela, Tuomas, Francisco J. Sánchez‐Rivera, Naniye Mallı Cetinbas, et al.. (2017). A Wnt-producing niche drives proliferative potential and progression in lung adenocarcinoma. Nature. 545(7654). 355–359. 235 indexed citations
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Lee, Joo‐Hyeon, Tuomas Tammela, Matan Hofree, et al.. (2017). Anatomically and Functionally Distinct Lung Mesenchymal Populations Marked by Lgr5 and Lgr6. Cell. 170(6). 1149–1163.e12. 256 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heeg, Steffen, Koushik K. Das, Maximilian Reichert, et al.. (2016). ETS-Transcription Factor ETV1 Regulates Stromal Expansion and Metastasis in Pancreatic Cancer. Gastroenterology. 151(3). 540–553.e14. 49 indexed citations
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Ifkovits, Jamie L., Katherine Wu, Robert L. Mauck, & Jason A. Burdick. (2010). The Influence of Fibrous Elastomer Structure and Porosity on Matrix Organization. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e15717–e15717. 23 indexed citations
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Shi, Xinfeng, Balaji Sitharaman, Quynh P. Pham, et al.. (2007). Fabrication of porous ultra-short single-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Biomaterials. 28(28). 4078–4090. 231 indexed citations
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Marks, Jeffrey R., Peter A. Humphrey, Katherine Wu, et al.. (1994). Overexpression of p53 and HER-2/neu Proteins as Prognostic Markers in Early Stage Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgery. 219(4). 332–341. 96 indexed citations

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