Lance C. Kam

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

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Lance C. Kam is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lance C. Kam has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 28 papers in Cell Biology and 26 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Lance C. Kam's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (27 papers), Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (22 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (20 papers). Lance C. Kam is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (27 papers), Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (22 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (20 papers). Lance C. Kam collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Czechia. Lance C. Kam's co-authors include Steven G. Boxer, Michael L. Dustin, K. Robert Shen, William Shain, James N. Turner, Morgan Huse, M. Isaacson, Weiyang Jin, Sudha Kumari and Stephen W. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lance C. Kam

77 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

Cytotoxic T Cells Use Mechanical Force to Potentiate Target Cell Killing

2016 345 citations Roshni Basu, Benjamin M. Whitlock et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lance C. Kam United States	36	1.9k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	769	78	4.6k
Yingxiao Wang United States	43	1.6k 0.8×	2.9k 2.3×	472 0.4×	2.4k 2.0×	839 1.1×	159	6.2k
James E. Bear United States	45	1.3k 0.7×	3.9k 3.0×	887 0.7×	4.1k 3.5×	743 1.0×	97	8.9k
Polina Goichberg Israel	24	941 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	754 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	915 1.2×	38	4.6k
Emad Moeendarbary United Kingdom	31	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	276 0.2×	2.3k 2.0×	889 1.2×	73	4.5k
Yi Wu United States	34	715 0.4×	2.3k 1.8×	335 0.3×	1.7k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	81	5.7k
Alexander R. Dunn United States	38	977 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	225 0.2×	2.4k 2.1×	741 1.0×	106	4.9k
Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti‐Adam Germany	34	2.9k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	174 0.1×	2.2k 1.9×	347 0.5×	101	5.6k
Claudia Tanja Mierke Germany	38	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	365 0.3×	2.0k 1.7×	866 1.1×	85	4.0k
Sanjay Kumar United States	46	3.7k 1.9×	2.2k 1.7×	285 0.2×	5.0k 4.3×	1.4k 1.8×	139	8.4k
Wesley R. Legant United States	27	2.2k 1.1×	2.6k 2.0×	233 0.2×	2.2k 1.8×	294 0.4×	47	6.2k

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Kam, Lance C., et al.. (2024). Improving regulatory T cell production through mechanosensing. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 112(7). 1138–1148. 7 indexed citations

Pfeifer, Charlotte R., Anurag Sharma, Lance C. Kam, et al.. (2023). Morphogens enable interacting supracellular phases that generate organ architecture. Science. 382(6673). eadg5579–eadg5579. 26 indexed citations

Tamzalit, Fella, Diana Tran, Weiyang Jin, et al.. (2020). Centrioles control the capacity, but not the specificity, of cytotoxic T cell killing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 4310–4319. 27 indexed citations

Chaudhuri, Parthiv Kant, Mitchell S. Wang, Charles T. Black, Morgan Huse, & Lance C. Kam. (2020). Modulating T Cell Activation Using Depth Sensing Topographic Cues. Advanced Biosystems. 4(9). e2000143–e2000143. 11 indexed citations

Brown, Genevieve, Samuel T. Robinson, Andrew D. Baik, et al.. (2018). Mechanically induced Ca2+ oscillations in osteocytes release extracellular vesicles and enhance bone formation. Bone Research. 6(1). 6–6. 131 indexed citations

Jin, Weiyang, Charles T. Black, Lance C. Kam, & Morgan Huse. (2017). Probing Synaptic Biomechanics Using Micropillar Arrays. Methods in molecular biology. 1584. 333–346. 6 indexed citations

Basu, Roshni, Benjamin M. Whitlock, Julien Husson, et al.. (2016). Cytotoxic T Cells Use Mechanical Force to Potentiate Target Cell Killing. Cell. 165(1). 100–110. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

Dutta, Debjit & Lance C. Kam. (2014). Micropatterned, Multicomponent Supported Lipid Bilayers for Cellular Systems. Methods in cell biology. 120. 53–67. 9 indexed citations

Dustin, Michael L., et al.. (2013). Micron-scale exclusion of CD45 enhances activation of TCR zeta associated protein of 70 kDa tyrosine kinase. The Journal of Immunology. 190. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Ying, Zhen Xu, Lance C. Kam, & Peng Shi. (2013). Site‐Specific Differentiation of Neural Stem Cell Regulated by Micropatterned Multicomponent Interfaces. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 3(2). 214–220. 21 indexed citations

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Nedelec, Stéphane, Mirza Peljto, Peng Shi, et al.. (2012). Concentration-Dependent Requirement for Local Protein Synthesis in Motor Neuron Subtype-Specific Response to Axon Guidance Cues. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(4). 1496–1506. 36 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Roddy S., et al.. (2012). Substrate rigidity regulates human T cell activation and proliferation (52.9). The Journal of Immunology. 188(1_Supplement). 52.9–52.9. 1 indexed citations

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Choudhuri, Kaushik, Jaime Llodrá, Lance C. Kam, David L. Stokes, & Michael L. Dustin. (2012). Antigen-induced release and retroviral subversion of TCR-enriched microvesicles at the CD4+ T cell immunological synapse (58.5). The Journal of Immunology. 188(1_Supplement). 58.5–58.5.

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Judokusumo, Edward, Erdem D. Tabdanov, Sudha Kumari, Michael L. Dustin, & Lance C. Kam. (2012). Mechanosensing in T Lymphocyte Activation. Biophysical Journal. 102(2). L5–L7. 232 indexed citations

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Tsai, Jones, K. Robert Shen, Michael L. Dustin, Michael C. Milone, & Lance C. Kam. (2010). Microscale Colocalization of CD3 and CD28 is Required for Activation of Human CD4+ T Cells. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 406a–406a. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Peng, Stéphane Nedelec, Hynek Wichterle, & Lance C. Kam. (2010). Combined microfluidics/protein patterning platform for pharmacological interrogation of axon pathfinding. Lab on a Chip. 10(8). 1005–1005. 50 indexed citations

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Shen, K. Robert, Michael C. Milone, Michael L. Dustin, & Lance C. Kam. (2009). Nanoengineering of Immune Cell Function. MRS Proceedings. 1209. 5 indexed citations

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Shi, Peng, K. Robert Shen, & Lance C. Kam. (2007). Local presentation of L1 and N‐cadherin in multicomponent, microscale patterns differentially direct neuron function in vitro. Developmental Neurobiology. 67(13). 1765–1776. 48 indexed citations

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Turner, Andrea M. P., Stephen W. Turner, Lance C. Kam, et al.. (2000). Attachment of astroglial cells to microfabricated pillar arrays of different geometries. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 51(3). 430–441. 144 indexed citations

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John, Pamela M. St., Lance C. Kam, Stephen W. Turner, et al.. (1997). Preferential glial cell attachment to microcontact printed surfaces. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 75(2). 171–177. 71 indexed citations

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