Leo D. Wang

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 924 citations indexed

About

Leo D. Wang is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo D. Wang has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 924 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Leo D. Wang's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (7 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers) and Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (4 papers). Leo D. Wang is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (7 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers) and Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (4 papers). Leo D. Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Macao and France. Leo D. Wang's co-authors include Amy J. Wagers, Diana Gumber, Marcus R. Clark, Christine E. Brown, Silke E. Lindner, Shereé M. Johnson, Phi T. Nguyen, Anthony B. Cooper, R. Grant Rowe and Antony Rodríguez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Leo D. Wang

23 papers receiving 913 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.

Improving CAR-T immunotherapy: Overcoming the challenges of T cell exhaustion

2022 248 citations Diana Gumber, Leo D. Wang EBioMedicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leo D. Wang United States	13	396	336	330	170	139	25	924
Tatsunori Goto Japan	14	435 1.1×	216 0.6×	240 0.7×	152 0.9×	163 1.2×	48	723
Haiyan Xing China	22	626 1.6×	591 1.8×	380 1.2×	323 1.9×	108 0.8×	85	1.2k
Sanfang Tu China	16	582 1.5×	297 0.9×	201 0.6×	166 1.0×	144 1.0×	52	858
Simon Völkl Germany	23	392 1.0×	340 1.0×	461 1.4×	144 0.8×	111 0.8×	58	1.0k
Rachel Koldej Australia	17	247 0.6×	293 0.9×	162 0.5×	158 0.9×	34 0.2×	59	771
Francis Mussai United Kingdom	18	510 1.3×	438 1.3×	591 1.8×	296 1.7×	93 0.7×	40	1.4k
Sunil S. Raikar United States	13	405 1.0×	205 0.6×	252 0.8×	108 0.6×	79 0.6×	37	639
Christian Seitz Germany	11	338 0.9×	246 0.7×	205 0.6×	62 0.4×	63 0.5×	40	663
Gerrit Weber United States	19	993 2.5×	437 1.3×	677 2.1×	245 1.4×	314 2.3×	28	1.5k
Yuki Kagoya Japan	18	944 2.4×	687 2.0×	574 1.7×	304 1.8×	240 1.7×	53	1.6k

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Rotiroti, Maria Caterina, Aidan M. Tousley, Marco Herrera‐Barrera, et al.. (2025). Engineering T cells with a membrane-tethered version of SLP-76 overcomes antigen-low resistance to CAR T cell therapy. Nature Cancer. 6(12). 1940–1954.

Li, Junyan, Ziyi Wang, Ruifeng Luo, et al.. (2025). Tumor Microenvironment Triggered In Situ Coagulation of Supramolecularly Engineered Platelets for Precise Tumor Embolization. Advanced Science. 12(26). e2414879–e2414879. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yiling Elaine, Xinzhou Ge, Scott B. Ficarro, et al.. (2024). APIR: Aggregating Universal Proteomics Database Search Algorithms for Peptide Identification with FDR Control. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 22(2). 2 indexed citations

Xie, Beibei, Lin Dong, Leo D. Wang, Ruibing Wang, & Chunlai Li. (2024). Supramolecularly engineered bacteria mediated calcium overload and immunotherapy of tumors. Theranostics. 14(17). 6560–6570. 6 indexed citations

Hinz, Stefan, Masaru Miyano, Antigoni Manousopoulou, et al.. (2023). Abstract A016: Aging-dependent emergent mechanical properties of single epithelial cells exploited for detection of breast cancer susceptibility. Cancer Research. 83(2_Supplement_1). A016–A016.

Gumber, Diana & Leo D. Wang. (2022). Improving CAR-T immunotherapy: Overcoming the challenges of T cell exhaustion. EBioMedicine. 77. 103941–103941. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

Ge, Xinzhou, Yiling Elaine Chen, Dongyuan Song, et al.. (2021). Clipper: p-value-free FDR control on high-throughput data from two conditions. Genome biology. 22(1). 288–288. 27 indexed citations

Hinz, Stefan, Antigoni Manousopoulou, Masaru Miyano, et al.. (2021). Deep proteome profiling of human mammary epithelia at lineage and age resolution. iScience. 24(9). 103026–103026. 7 indexed citations

Kouakanou, Léonce, Christian Peters, Christine E. Brown, Dieter Kabelitz, & Leo D. Wang. (2021). Vitamin C, From Supplement to Treatment: A Re-Emerging Adjunct for Cancer Immunotherapy?. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 765906–765906. 13 indexed citations

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Lindner, Silke E., et al.. (2020). Arhgap25 Deficiency Leads to Decreased Numbers of Peripheral Blood B Cells and Defective Germinal Center Reactions. ImmunoHorizons. 4(5). 274–281. 4 indexed citations

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Lindner, Silke E., Shereé M. Johnson, Christine E. Brown, & Leo D. Wang. (2020). Chimeric antigen receptor signaling: Functional consequences and design implications. Science Advances. 6(21). eaaz3223–eaaz3223. 109 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Jill M., Mohammadsharif Tabebordbar, Kexian Zhu, et al.. (2019). In Situ Modification of Tissue Stem and Progenitor Cell Genomes. Cell Reports. 27(4). 1254–1264.e7. 35 indexed citations

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Rao, Tata Nageswara, Manoj Gupta, Samir Softic, et al.. (2018). Attenuation of PKC δ enhances metabolic activity and promotes expansion of blood progenitors. The EMBO Journal. 37(24). 5 indexed citations

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Pawłowska, Anna, Nicole Karras, Jerry C. Cheng, et al.. (2017). HLA-Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplant with Pre-Transplant Immunosuppression for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. Blood. 130. 5478–5478. 1 indexed citations

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Pawłowska, Anna, Jerry C. Cheng, Nicole Karras, et al.. (2017). HLA Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplant with Pretransplant Immunosuppression for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 24(1). 185–189. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Leo D., Scott B. Ficarro, John N. Hutchinson, et al.. (2016). Phosphoproteomic profiling of mouse primary HSPCs reveals new regulators of HSPC mobilization. Blood. 128(11). 1465–1474. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Leo D., et al.. (2013). Overlapping roles for endothelial selectins in murine hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell homing to bone marrow. Experimental Hematology. 41(7). 588–596. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Leo D. & Amy J. Wagers. (2011). Dynamic niches in the origination and differentiation of haematopoietic stem cells. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 12(10). 643–655. 247 indexed citations

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Clark, Marcus R., Anthony B. Cooper, Leo D. Wang, & Iannis Aifantis. (2005). The pre-B cell Receptor in B Cell Development: Recent Advances, Persistent Questions and Conserved Mechanisms. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 290. 87–103. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Leo D. & Marcus R. Clark. (2003). B‐cell antigen‐receptor signalling in lymphocyte development. Immunology. 110(4). 411–420. 62 indexed citations

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