K.S. Wun

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 971 citations indexed

About

K.S. Wun is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, K.S. Wun has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 971 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Immunology, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in K.S. Wun's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (3 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (2 papers). K.S. Wun is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (3 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (2 papers). K.S. Wun collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Singapore and United Kingdom. K.S. Wun's co-authors include Dale I. Godfrey, Jamie Rossjohn, James McCluskey, Gurdyal S. Besra, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Natalie A. Borg, Daniel G. Pellicci, Matthew C. J. Wilce, Mandvi Bharadwaj and In Young Hwang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

K.S. Wun

11 papers receiving 958 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Engineered commensals for targeted nose-to-brain drug delivery

2025 37 citations Haosheng Shen, Nikhil Aggarwal et al. Cell profile →

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Laura Kruijssen Netherlands

Thibault J. Harmand United States

Masashi Watanabe Japan

Ben de Wet United Kingdom

Weijie Dong China

Matthew E. Griffin United States

Sarah Di Somma Italy

Kathrin Nussbaum Switzerland

Tomoharu Takeuchi Japan

Zala Jevnikar Slovenia

Laura Kruijssen Netherlands

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Fields of papers citing papers by K.S. Wun

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by K.S. Wun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by K.S. Wun. The network helps show where K.S. Wun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of K.S. Wun

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Shen, Haosheng, Nikhil Aggarwal, Yuanzhi He, et al.. (2025). Engineered commensals for targeted nose-to-brain drug delivery. Cell. 188(6). 1545–1562.e16. 37 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shen, Haosheng, Changyu Zhang, Yuanmei Liang, et al.. (2024). Prodrug-conjugated tumor-seeking commensals for targeted cancer therapy. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4343–4343. 32 indexed citations

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Shen, Haosheng, Nikhil Aggarwal, K.S. Wun, et al.. (2022). Engineered microbial systems for advanced drug delivery. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 187. 114364–114364. 45 indexed citations

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Wun, K.S., In Young Hwang, & Matthew Wook Chang. (2022). Living building blocks. Nature Materials. 21(4). 382–383. 6 indexed citations

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Wun, K.S., et al.. (2020). Tweak to Treat: Reprograming Bacteria for Cancer Treatment. Trends in cancer. 7(5). 447–464. 113 indexed citations

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Wun, K.S., Onisha Patel, Gurdyal S. Besra, et al.. (2012). Human and Mouse Type I Natural Killer T Cell Antigen Receptors Exhibit Different Fine Specificities for CD1d-Antigen Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(46). 39139–39148. 33 indexed citations

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Wun, K.S., Garth Cameron, Onisha Patel, et al.. (2011). A Molecular Basis for the Exquisite CD1d-Restricted Antigen Specificity and Functional Responses of Natural Killer T Cells. Immunity. 34(3). 327–339. 99 indexed citations

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Wun, K.S., Luke A. Miles, Gabriela A. N. Crespi, et al.. (2008). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the Fab fragment of WO2, an antibody specific for the Aβ peptides associated with Alzheimer's disease. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 64(5). 438–441. 9 indexed citations

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Miles, Luke A., K.S. Wun, Gabriela A. N. Crespi, et al.. (2008). Amyloid-β–Anti-Amyloid-β Complex Structure Reveals an Extended Conformation in the Immunodominant B-Cell Epitope. Journal of Molecular Biology. 377(1). 181–192. 46 indexed citations

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Wun, K.S., Natalie A. Borg, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, et al.. (2008). A minimal binding footprint on CD1d-glycolipid is a basis for selection of the unique human NKT TCR. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(4). 939–949. 78 indexed citations

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Borg, Natalie A., K.S. Wun, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, et al.. (2007). CD1d–lipid-antigen recognition by the semi-invariant NKT T-cell receptor. Nature. 448(7149). 44–49. 473 indexed citations

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