Kenneth P. Nephew

20.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
264 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Kenneth P. Nephew is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth P. Nephew has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 196 papers in Molecular Biology, 81 papers in Cancer Research and 62 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kenneth P. Nephew's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (89 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (47 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (44 papers). Kenneth P. Nephew is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (89 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (47 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (44 papers). Kenneth P. Nephew collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Kenneth P. Nephew's co-authors include Daniela Matei, Pearlly S. Yan, Curt Balch, Meiyun Fan, Jeanne M. Schilder, Tim H-M. Huang, Robert M. Bigsby, Xinghua Long, Yunlong Liu and Hung‐Cheng Lai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth P. Nephew

256 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identification and Characterization of Ovarian Cancer-Initiating Cells from Primary Human Tumors

2008 1.1k citations Curt Balch, Michael W.Y. Chan et al. Cancer Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth P. Nephew United States	65	8.8k	3.9k	3.0k	2.0k	1.2k	264	13.0k
Ninette Amariglio Israel	66	12.1k 1.4×	4.1k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.7×	266	17.9k
Roy Bicknell United Kingdom	72	10.2k 1.2×	4.2k 1.1×	3.7k 1.2×	978 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	232	16.1k
Leigh C. Murphy Canada	62	5.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	3.2k 1.1×	4.6k 2.3×	1.1k 0.9×	207	10.5k
Pearlly S. Yan United States	50	6.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	760 0.6×	139	8.6k
Patrice J. Morin United States	50	11.7k 1.3×	3.4k 0.9×	3.8k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	82	16.8k
Rakesh Kumar United States	64	7.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	3.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	295	11.5k
Lewis A. Chodosh United States	61	9.6k 1.1×	3.1k 0.8×	4.4k 1.5×	2.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	153	14.4k
Stephen W. Byers United States	47	5.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	578 0.5×	138	8.3k
Alberto Gulino Italy	60	7.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	258	11.7k
David D.L. Bowtell Australia	71	11.6k 1.3×	3.5k 0.9×	5.4k 1.8×	2.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.9×	221	18.4k

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O’Malley, Matthew R., et al.. (2025). MYC and HSF1 Cooperate to Drive Sensitivity to Polo-like Kinase 1 Inhibitor Volasertib in High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Research Communications. 5(2). 253–266.

Wang, Weini, Ji Wang, Ali Özeş, et al.. (2024). Targeting Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells by Dual Inhibition of the Long Noncoding RNA HOTAIR and Lysine Methyltransferase EZH2. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 23(11). 1666–1679. 6 indexed citations

Lang, Julie, Kian Behbakht, Patricia Webb, et al.. (2024). Claudin-4 Stabilizes the Genome via Nuclear and Cell-Cycle Remodeling to Support Ovarian Cancer Cell Survival. Cancer Research Communications. 5(1). 39–53. 3 indexed citations

Fazal, Zeeshan, Ratnakar Singh, Fang Fang, et al.. (2020). Hypermethylation and global remodelling of DNA methylation is associated with acquired cisplatin resistance in testicular germ cell tumours. Epigenetics. 16(10). 1071–1084. 30 indexed citations

Zong, Xingyue, Weini Wang, Ali Özeş, et al.. (2020). EZH2-Mediated Downregulation of the Tumor Suppressor DAB2IP Maintains Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells. Cancer Research. 80(20). 4371–4385. 45 indexed citations

Sriramkumar, Shruthi, Timothy D. Matthews, Samuel A. Miller, et al.. (2020). Platinum-Induced Ubiquitination of Phosphorylated H2AX by RING1A Is Mediated by Replication Protein A in Ovarian Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 18(11). 1699–1710. 9 indexed citations

Özeş, Ali, Yinu Wang, Xingyue Zong, et al.. (2017). Therapeutic targeting using tumor specific peptides inhibits long non-coding RNA HOTAIR activity in ovarian and breast cancer. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 894–894. 111 indexed citations

Chen, Zhong, Xun Lan, Jennifer M. Thomas‐Ahner, et al.. (2014). Agonist and antagonist switch DNA motifs recognized by human androgen receptor in prostate cancer. The EMBO Journal. 34(4). 502–516. 67 indexed citations

Fang, Fang, Joanne M. Munck, Jessica Tang, et al.. (2014). The Novel, Small-Molecule DNA Methylation Inhibitor SGI-110 as an Ovarian Cancer Chemosensitizer. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(24). 6504–6516. 81 indexed citations

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Wang, Yinu, Horacio Cárdenas, Fang Fang, et al.. (2014). Epigenetic Targeting of Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells. Cancer Research. 74(17). 4922–4936. 120 indexed citations

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House, Michael G., et al.. (2012). Role of Neurofilament Light Polypeptide in Head and Neck Cancer Chemoresistance. Molecular Cancer Research. 10(3). 305–315. 24 indexed citations

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Matei, Daniela, Fang Fang, Changyu Shen, et al.. (2012). Epigenetic Resensitization to Platinum in Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Research. 72(9). 2197–2205. 302 indexed citations

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Yo, Yi-Te, Yu-Chi Wang, Curt Balch, et al.. (2012). Growth Inhibition of Ovarian Tumor–Initiating Cells by Niclosamide. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 11(8). 1703–1712. 105 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chunpeng, Liguo Wang, Dayong Wu, et al.. (2011). Definition of a FoxA1 Cistrome That Is Crucial for G1 to S-Phase Cell-Cycle Transit in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 71(21). 6738–6748. 73 indexed citations

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Park, Margaret A., Adly Yacoub, Hossein A. Hamed, et al.. (2011). Sorafenib Enhances Pemetrexed Cytotoxicity through an Autophagy-Dependent Mechanism in Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 71(14). 4955–4967. 97 indexed citations

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Bhat‐Nakshatri, Poornima, et al.. (2010). Prognosis of Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancers: Implications of the Presence of Dysfunctional Transcriptional Networks Activated by Insulin via the Immune Transcription Factor T-bet. Cancer Research. 70(2). 685–696. 20 indexed citations

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Fan, Meiyun, Pearlly S. Yan, Cori Hartman-Frey, et al.. (2006). Diverse Gene Expression and DNA Methylation Profiles Correlate with Differential Adaptation of Breast Cancer Cells to the Antiestrogens Tamoxifen and Fulvestrant. Cancer Research. 66(24). 11954–11966. 194 indexed citations

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Wei, Susan, Curtis Balch, Henry Paik, et al.. (2006). Prognostic DNA Methylation Biomarkers in Ovarian Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 12(9). 2788–2794. 118 indexed citations

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Balch, Curtis, Pearlly S. Yan, Teresa Craft, et al.. (2005). Antimitogenic and chemosensitizing effects of the methylation inhibitor zebularine in ovarian cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 4(10). 1505–1514. 110 indexed citations

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Leu, Yu-Wei, Pearlly S. Yan, Meiyun Fan, et al.. (2004). Loss of Estrogen Receptor Signaling Triggers Epigenetic Silencing of Downstream Targets in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 64(22). 8184–8192. 153 indexed citations

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