Kevin Thia

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kevin Thia is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Thia has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Kevin Thia's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (13 papers), Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (8 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers). Kevin Thia is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (13 papers), Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (8 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (8 papers). Kevin Thia collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Sweden. Kevin Thia's co-authors include Mark J. Smyth, Joseph A. Trapani, Shayna E.A. Street, Dale I. Godfrey, Erika Cretney, Duncan MacGregor, Nadine Y. Crowe, Masaru Taniguchi, Tetsu Kawano and Janice M. Kelly and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Thia

26 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Differential Tumor Surveillance by Natural Killer (Nk) and Nkt Cells

2000 628 citations Mark J. Smyth, Kevin Thia et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Thia Australia	17	1.4k	625	465	282	144	26	1.9k
Dorothee Wernet Germany	26	1.1k 0.8×	546 0.9×	717 1.5×	252 0.9×	290 2.0×	64	2.2k
S Tagawa Japan	16	901 0.6×	415 0.7×	602 1.3×	489 1.7×	167 1.2×	47	1.9k
Katherine Verbist United States	17	971 0.7×	198 0.3×	635 1.4×	331 1.2×	195 1.4×	27	1.5k
Ekaterina Nikitina Russia	12	996 0.7×	574 0.9×	358 0.8×	63 0.2×	83 0.6×	19	1.5k
Samuel C. C. Chiang Sweden	21	1.9k 1.3×	338 0.5×	330 0.7×	600 2.1×	312 2.2×	43	2.5k
Simona Carlomagno Italy	24	2.2k 1.6×	611 1.0×	231 0.5×	248 0.9×	190 1.3×	39	2.5k
Sunil S. Metkar United States	18	687 0.5×	205 0.3×	580 1.2×	145 0.5×	197 1.4×	25	1.3k
Diana L. Wallace United Kingdom	21	1.4k 1.0×	322 0.5×	392 0.8×	86 0.3×	268 1.9×	35	1.8k
Alison A. Glass United States	11	679 0.5×	148 0.2×	325 0.7×	273 1.0×	136 0.9×	13	1.3k
Barbara Morandi Italy	22	2.5k 1.8×	740 1.2×	292 0.6×	170 0.6×	176 1.2×	26	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Thia

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Wang, Minyu, Lei Qin, Kevin Thia, et al.. (2024). Cancer cell-specific PD-L1 expression is a predictor of poor outcome in patients with locally advanced oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 12(10). e009617–e009617. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Minyu, Angela Pizzolla, Kevin Thia, et al.. (2022). Characterization of the treatment-naive immune microenvironment in melanoma with BRAF mutation. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 10(4). e004095–e004095. 16 indexed citations

Bernal, Jamie Lopez, Tahereh Noori, Adrian Minson, et al.. (2018). Bi-Allelic Mutations in STXBP2 Reveal a Complementary Role for STXBP1 in Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Killing. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 529–529. 14 indexed citations

Gray, Paul, Bella Shadur, Susan Russell, et al.. (2017). Late-Onset Non-HLH Presentations of Growth Arrest, Inflammatory Arachnoiditis, and Severe Infectious Mononucleosis, in Siblings with Hypomorphic Defects in UNC13D. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 944–944. 9 indexed citations

Gray, Paul, Bella Shadur, Susan Russell, et al.. (2017). Neonatal Cytomegalovirus Palatal Ulceration and Bocavirus Pneumonitis Associated With a Defect of Lymphocyte Cytotoxicity Caused by Mutations in UNC13D. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 8(1). 73–76. 2 indexed citations

Andoniou, Christopher E., Vivien R. Sutton, Matthew E. Wikström, et al.. (2014). A Natural Genetic Variant of Granzyme B Confers Lethality to a Common Viral Infection. PLoS Pathogens. 10(12). e1004526–e1004526. 24 indexed citations

Trapani, Joseph A., Kevin Thia, Miles C. Andrews, et al.. (2013). Human perforin mutations and susceptibility to multiple primary cancers. OncoImmunology. 2(4). e24185–e24185. 48 indexed citations

Chia, Jenny, Kevin Thia, A. J. Brennan, et al.. (2011). Fatal immune dysregulation due to a gain of glycosylation mutation in lymphocyte perforin. Blood. 119(7). 1713–1716. 19 indexed citations

Thia, Kevin & Joseph A. Trapani. (2007). The granzyme B gene is highly polymorphic in wild mice but essentially invariant in common inbred laboratory strains. Tissue Antigens. 70(3). 198–204. 19 indexed citations

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Waterhouse, Nigel J., Karin Sedelies, Vivien R. Sutton, et al.. (2005). Functional dissociation of ΔΨm and cytochrome c release defines the contribution of mitochondria upstream of caspase activation during granzyme B-induced apoptosis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 13(4). 607–618. 48 indexed citations

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Sun, Jiuru, Catherina H. Bird, Kevin Thia, et al.. (2004). Granzyme B Encoded by the Commonly Occurring Human RAH Allele Retains Pro-apoptotic Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(17). 16907–16911. 31 indexed citations

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Trapani, Joseph A., Vivien R. Sutton, Kevin Thia, et al.. (2003). A clathrin/dynamin- and mannose-6-phosphate receptor–independent pathway for granzyme B–induced cell death. The Journal of Cell Biology. 160(2). 223–233. 95 indexed citations

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Smyth, Mark J., Kevin Thia, Erika Cretney, et al.. (1999). Perforin Is a Major Contributor to NK Cell Control of Tumor Metastasis. The Journal of Immunology. 162(11). 6658–6662. 246 indexed citations

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Kelly, Janice M., Michael D. O’Connor, Mark D. Hulett, Kevin Thia, & Mark J. Smyth. (1996). Cloning and expression of the recombinant mouse natural killer cell granzymeMet-ase-1. Immunogenetics. 44(5). 340–350. 24 indexed citations

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Kelly, Janice M., Michael D. O’Connor, Mark D. Hulett, Kevin Thia, & Mark J. Smyth. (1996). Cloning and expression of the recombinant mouse natural killer cell granzyme Met-ase-1. Immunogenetics. 44(5). 340–350. 1 indexed citations

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Smyth, Mark J., et al.. (1995). Expression of Recombinant Human MET-ASE-1: A NK Cell-Specific Granzyme. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 217(2). 675–683. 20 indexed citations

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Thia, Kevin, Nancy A. Jenkins, Debra J. Gilbert, Neal G. Copeland, & Mark J. Smyth. (1995). The natural killer cell serine protease gene Lmet1 maps to mouse chromosome 10. Immunogenetics. 41(1). 47–49. 6 indexed citations

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Smyth, Mark J., Michael J. McGuire, & Kevin Thia. (1995). Expression of recombinant human granzyme B. A processing and activation role for dipeptidyl peptidase I.. The Journal of Immunology. 154(12). 6299–6305. 107 indexed citations

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Smyth, Mark J., et al.. (1994). HYPOTHESIS: CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE GRANULE SERINE PROTEASES ACTIVATE TARGET CELL ENDONUCLEASES TO TRIGGER APOPTOSIS. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 21(1). 67–70. 18 indexed citations

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Thia, Kevin, Mark J. Smyth, & Joseph A. Trapani. (1993). Expression of human perforin in a mouse cytotoxic T lymphocyte cell line: evidence for perturbation of granule-mediated cytotoxicity. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 54(6). 528–533. 3 indexed citations

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