Lillian Sun

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 760 citations indexed

About

Lillian Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lillian Sun has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 760 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Lillian Sun's work include Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (2 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (2 papers) and Dermatologic Treatments and Research (2 papers). Lillian Sun is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (2 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (2 papers) and Dermatologic Treatments and Research (2 papers). Lillian Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Lillian Sun's co-authors include Ruoning Wang, E. Dale Abel, Masayuki Kuraoka, Sandra Milasta, Douglas R. Green, Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Garnett Kelsoe, Amanda Nichols, Amanda L. Gavin and Alfredo Caro‐Maldonado and has published in prestigious journals such as Immunity, The Journal of Immunology and Molecular Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Lillian Sun

14 papers receiving 750 citations

Hit Papers

Metabolic Reprogramming Is Required for Antibody Producti... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Metabolic Reprogramming Is Required for Antibody Production That Is Suppressed in Anergic but Exaggerated in Chronically BAFF-Exposed B Cells
    2014 418 citations Alfredo Caro‐Maldonado, Ruoning Wang et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lillian Sun United States 8 371 344 146 132 90 16 760
Marı́a Fedetz Spain 18 397 1.1× 272 0.8× 151 1.0× 134 1.0× 65 0.7× 33 887
Giulia Germena Germany 13 199 0.5× 399 1.2× 73 0.5× 105 0.8× 59 0.7× 21 739
Poching Liu United States 15 330 0.9× 556 1.6× 111 0.8× 57 0.4× 161 1.8× 25 1.2k
Tali Feferman Israel 18 387 1.0× 301 0.9× 210 1.4× 115 0.9× 68 0.8× 34 1.0k
Magali Irla France 22 882 2.4× 357 1.0× 211 1.4× 152 1.2× 162 1.8× 46 1.4k
B. Levi Israel 8 371 1.0× 337 1.0× 237 1.6× 106 0.8× 91 1.0× 12 738
Paola G. Bronson United States 17 374 1.0× 342 1.0× 74 0.5× 190 1.4× 70 0.8× 28 880
Tone Berge Norway 17 268 0.7× 474 1.4× 137 0.9× 65 0.5× 122 1.4× 34 832
Xinzheng V. Guo United States 12 200 0.5× 470 1.4× 220 1.5× 65 0.5× 98 1.1× 19 830
Daechan Park South Korea 17 246 0.7× 602 1.8× 152 1.0× 55 0.4× 104 1.2× 33 979

Countries citing papers authored by Lillian Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lillian Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lillian Sun

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Sun, Lillian, et al.. (2025). Ocular manifestations of reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME) secondary to adenovirus: A case report. American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 39. 102363–102363.
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Tam, Idy, Lillian Sun, Anish Patel, et al.. (2023). Penile keloid formation post‐circumcision: A case series and review of literature. Pediatric Dermatology. 41(3). 483–489.
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Sun, Lillian, et al.. (2022). Characterization and treatment of prominent facial vasculature in the setting of frontal fibrosing alopecia. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 88(1). 174–176. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Lillian & Joshua Arbesman. (2021). Canonical Signaling Pathways in Melanoma. Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 48(4). 551–560. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Lillian, Jennifer S. Ko, Allison T. Vidimos, Shlomo A. Koyfman, & Brian Gastman. (2020). A Distinctive Lineage-Negative Cell Population Produces IL-17A in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 40(8). 418–424. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Lillian, Joshua Arbesman, & Melissa Piliang. (2020). Vitamin D, autoimmunity and immune-related adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors. Archives of Dermatological Research. 313(1). 1–10. 18 indexed citations
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Sun, Lillian & Shuying Sun. (2019). Within-sample co-methylation patterns in normal tissues. BioData Mining. 12(1). 9–9. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Lillian, R Chin, Brian Gastman, et al.. (2019). Association of Disease Recurrence With Survival Outcomes in Patients With Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Treated With Multimodality Therapy. JAMA Dermatology. 155(4). 442–442. 26 indexed citations
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Sun, Lillian, et al.. (2019). Utility of the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio for predicting malignancy risk and prognosis in patients with dermatomyositis. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 45(4). 471–473. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Lillian, et al.. (2019). Preliminary Analysis of Within-Sample Co-methylation Patterns in Normal and Cancerous Breast Samples. Cancer Informatics. 18. 2411626820–2411626820. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Lillian, Pauline Funchain, Jung Min Song, et al.. (2018). Talimogene Laherparepvec combined with anti-PD-1 based immunotherapy for unresectable stage III-IV melanoma: a case series. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 6(1). 36–36. 74 indexed citations
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Ahn, Seungkirl, Biswaranjan Pani, Alem W. Kahsai, et al.. (2018). Small-Molecule Positive Allosteric Modulators of the β2-Adrenoceptor Isolated from DNA-Encoded Libraries. Molecular Pharmacology. 94(2). 850–861. 65 indexed citations
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Caro‐Maldonado, Alfredo, Ruoning Wang, Amanda Nichols, et al.. (2014). Metabolic Reprogramming Is Required for Antibody Production That Is Suppressed in Anergic but Exaggerated in Chronically BAFF-Exposed B Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 192(8). 3626–3636. 418 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gülen, Muhammet F., Katarzyna Bulek, Hui Xiao, et al.. (2012). Inactivation of the Enzyme GSK3α by the Kinase IKKi Promotes AKT-mTOR Signaling Pathway that Mediates Interleukin-1-Induced Th17 Cell Maintenance. Immunity. 37(5). 800–812. 63 indexed citations
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Gupta, Kalpana, Muhammet F. Gülen, Lillian Sun, et al.. (2012). GSK3 is a regulator of RAR-mediated differentiation. Leukemia. 26(6). 1277–1285. 43 indexed citations
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Akbarian, Schahram, Brian Bates, Stephen Skirboll, et al.. (2001). Neurotrophin-3 modulates noradrenergic neuron function and opiate withdrawal. Molecular Psychiatry. 6(5). 593–604. 30 indexed citations

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