Kevin Lu

758 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 470 citations indexed

About

Kevin Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Lu has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 470 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Surgery and 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kevin Lu's work include Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (7 papers), Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies (5 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers). Kevin Lu is often cited by papers focused on Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (7 papers), Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies (5 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers). Kevin Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and South Korea. Kevin Lu's co-authors include Yukiko Yamashita, Lei Lei, Karla J. Daniels, Guanghua Huang, Lindy Jensen, Nidhi Sahni, David R. Soll, Thyagarajan Srikantha, Yi Song and George J. Watase and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Biomaterials and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Lu

20 papers receiving 466 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.

Single-cell analysis of human primary prostate cancer reveals the heterogeneity of tumor-associated epithelial cell states

2022 140 citations Hanbing Song, H Weinstein et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Lu United States	10	251	103	92	70	67	21	470
Jason M. Rizzo United States	11	314 1.3×	41 0.4×	25 0.3×	45 0.6×	54 0.8×	17	489
Lian‐Lian Hong China	16	418 1.7×	52 0.5×	103 1.1×	105 1.5×	100 1.5×	33	680
Wenjia Qu Australia	15	518 2.1×	58 0.6×	93 1.0×	42 0.6×	20 0.3×	21	751
Tarcisio Fedrizzi Italy	8	196 0.8×	147 1.4×	131 1.4×	72 1.0×	237 3.5×	14	531
Anders Sundström Sweden	11	349 1.4×	35 0.3×	20 0.2×	67 1.0×	31 0.5×	19	554
Shintaro Shimamura Japan	11	581 2.3×	140 1.4×	24 0.3×	47 0.7×	117 1.7×	17	800
Chun-Feng David Hou United States	15	251 1.0×	45 0.4×	17 0.2×	48 0.7×	48 0.7×	30	472
Laurentijn Tilleman Belgium	14	291 1.2×	46 0.4×	15 0.2×	35 0.5×	53 0.8×	32	541
Monica Ransom United States	9	493 2.0×	49 0.5×	20 0.2×	29 0.4×	51 0.8×	11	653

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Lu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hsu, I‐Chow, Kevin Lu, Katherine C. Fuh, et al.. (2025). Complete response of somatic POLE-ultramutated recurrent undifferentiated uterine sarcoma to pembrolizumab and concurrent radiotherapy. Gynecologic Oncology Reports. 60. 101814–101814.

Yang, Heiko, Hanbing Song, Timothy Gilpatrick, et al.. (2025). Bladder cancer variants share aggressive features including a CA125+ cell state and targetable TM4SF1 expression. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5312–5312. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jian‐Ri, Kevin Lu, Chen‐Li Cheng, et al.. (2023). First-line Chemotherapy Response Is Associated With Clinical Outcome During Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma: A Real World Retrospective Study. Anticancer Research. 43(3). 1331–1339. 3 indexed citations

Chang, Li‐Wen, Sheng-Chun Hung, Chuan-Shu Chen, et al.. (2023). Geriatric nutritional risk index as a prognostic marker for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma receiving radical nephroureterectomy. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4554–4554. 5 indexed citations

Lu, Kevin, Joshua Menke, David P. Ng, et al.. (2022). Cytomorphologic features of pediatric-type follicular lymphoma on fine needle aspiration biopsy: case series and a review of the literature. Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology. 11(5). 281–294. 1 indexed citations

Song, Hanbing, H Weinstein, Paul Allegakoen, et al.. (2022). Single-cell analysis of human primary prostate cancer reveals the heterogeneity of tumor-associated epithelial cell states. Nature Communications. 13(1). 141–141. 140 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Kevin, Kun‐Yuan Chiu, & Chen‐Li Cheng. (2022). Immunotherapy in Genitourinary Malignancy: Evolution in Revolution or Revolution in Evolution. Cancer treatment and research. 183. 201–223. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Kevin, et al.. (2018). Transgenerational dynamics of rDNA copy number in Drosophila male germline stem cells. eLife. 7. 55 indexed citations

Lu, Kevin & Yukiko Yamashita. (2017). Germ cell connectivity enhances cell death in response to DNA damage in the Drosophila testis. eLife. 6. 29 indexed citations

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Lu, Kevin, Lindy Jensen, Lei Lei, & Yukiko Yamashita. (2017). Stay Connected: A Germ Cell Strategy. Trends in Genetics. 33(12). 971–978. 54 indexed citations

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Chen, Chung‐Hsien, et al.. (2017). Nephron-sparing management (distal ureterectomy with reimplantation of ureter) for carcinoma of distal ureter: A single-center experience. Urological Science. 28(4). 206–209. 1 indexed citations

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Kang, Seju, Kevin Lu, Xuebo Hu, et al.. (2013). Virus-mimetic polyplex particles for systemic and inflammation-specific targeted delivery of large genetic contents. Gene Therapy. 20(11). 1042–1052. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Hao-Ming, Lee‐Ren Yeh, & Kevin Lu. (2012). Renal angiomyolipoma with coexistent hemorrhagic aneurysm formation and fatty thrombus in inferior vena cava: a rare presentation. Abdominal Imaging. 38(1). 180–183. 6 indexed citations

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Kang, Sungkwon, Tae Hyun Park, Xiaoyue Chen, et al.. (2011). Tunable physiologic interactions of adhesion molecules for inflamed cell-selective drug delivery. Biomaterials. 32(13). 3487–3498. 29 indexed citations

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Song, Yi, Nidhi Sahni, Karla J. Daniels, et al.. (2011). Alternative Mating Type Configurations (a/α versus a/a or α/α) of Candida albicans Result in Alternative Biofilms Regulated by Different Pathways. PLoS Biology. 9(8). e1001117–e1001117. 73 indexed citations

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Lin, Victor C., et al.. (2011). Gastric Cancer With Bladder Metastasis: Case Report and Literature Review. Urological Science. 22(2). 80–82. 2 indexed citations

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Song, Yi, Nidhi Sahni, Karla J. Daniels, et al.. (2011). Self-Induction of a / a or α/α Biofilms in Candida albicans Is a Pheromone-Based Paracrine System Requiring Switching. Eukaryotic Cell. 10(6). 753–760. 21 indexed citations

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Sahni, Nidhi, Karla J. Daniels, Kevin Lu, et al.. (2011). Utilization of the Mating Scaffold Protein in the Evolution of a New Signal Transduction Pathway for Biofilm Development. mBio. 2(1). e00237–10. 20 indexed citations

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Lin, Victor C., et al.. (2010). Single-session Laparoscopic Total Urinary Tract Exenteration Without Repositioning for Multifocal Urothelial Carcinoma in Dialysis-dependent Patients. Urology. 77(1). 98–103. 11 indexed citations

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Liang, Chi-Cheng, et al.. (2001). Contralateral acute subdural haematoma after burr-hole for chronic subdural haematoma. Injury. 32(6). 499–500. 4 indexed citations

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