Lucas B. Sullivan

9.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
36 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Lucas B. Sullivan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucas B. Sullivan has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cancer Research and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Lucas B. Sullivan's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (18 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (7 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (7 papers). Lucas B. Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (18 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (7 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (7 papers). Lucas B. Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Finland. Lucas B. Sullivan's co-authors include Navdeep S. Chandel, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Dan Y. Gui, Aaron M. Hosios, William W. Wheaton, Elizaveta Freinkman, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Andrew R. Mullen, Éric Dufour and Tzuling Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Lucas B. Sullivan

33 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Reductive carboxylation supports growth in tumour cells with defective mitochondria

2011 1.0k citations Andrew R. Mullen, William W. Wheaton et al. Nature profile →
Metformin inhibits mitochondrial complex I of cancer cells to reduce tumorigenesis

2014 858 citations William W. Wheaton, Samuel E. Weinberg et al. eLife profile →
Supporting Aspartate Biosynthesis Is an Essential Function of Respiration in Proliferating Cells

2015 779 citations Lucas B. Sullivan, Dan Y. Gui et al. Cell profile →
Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species and cancer

2014 603 citations Lucas B. Sullivan, Navdeep S. Chandel profile →
Environment Impacts the Metabolic Dependencies of Ras-Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

2016 554 citations Thales Papagiannakopoulos, Benjamin A. Olenchock et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis

2020 351 citations Alba Luengo, Zhaoqi Li et al. Molecular Cell profile →
A non-canonical tricarboxylic acid cycle underlies cellular identity

2022 172 citations Paige K. Arnold, Benjamin T. Jackson et al. Nature profile →

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Anne Le United States

George Poulogiannis United Kingdom

Dan Y. Gui United States

Irina Tchernyshyov United States

Gina M. DeNicola United States

Weiwei Yang China

Georgia Hatzivassiliou United States

Maria V. Liberti United States

Koen Brusselmans Belgium

Jurre J. Kamphorst United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucas B. Sullivan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hippe, Daniel S., Eli Grunblatt, Pritha Chanana, et al.. (2025). In vivo functional screens reveal KEAP1 loss as a driver of chemoresistance in small cell lung cancer. Science Advances. 11(17). eadq7084–eadq7084.

Cranmer, Lee D., Eric Q. Konnick, Angela Jacobson, et al.. (2024). Combined Germline and Mosaic SDHA Mutation Is Associated With a Multicancer Syndrome Including Neuroblastoma, Renal Cancer, and Multifocal GI Tumor. JCO Precision Oncology. 8(8). e2300455–e2300455.

Davidsen, Kristian, Jonathan S. Marvin, Abhi Aggarwal, Timothy A. Brown, & Lucas B. Sullivan. (2024). An engineered biosensor enables dynamic aspartate measurements in living cells. eLife. 12. 6 indexed citations

Davidsen, Kristian, Jonathan S. Marvin, Abhi Aggarwal, Timothy A. Brown, & Lucas B. Sullivan. (2023). An engineered biosensor enables dynamic aspartate measurements in living cells. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhaoqi, Brian W. Ji, Purushottam D. Dixit, et al.. (2022). Cancer cells depend on environmental lipids for proliferation when electron acceptors are limited. Nature Metabolism. 4(6). 711–723. 46 indexed citations

Arnold, Paige K., Benjamin T. Jackson, Katrina I. Paras, et al.. (2022). A non-canonical tricarboxylic acid cycle underlies cellular identity. Nature. 603(7901). 477–481. 172 indexed citations breakdown →

Crist, Sarah B., Travis Nemkov, Ruth F. Dumpit, et al.. (2022). Unchecked oxidative stress in skeletal muscle prevents outgrowth of disseminated tumour cells. Nature Cell Biology. 24(4). 538–553. 34 indexed citations

Augert, Arnaud, Haritha Mathsyaraja, Ali H. Ibrahim, et al.. (2020). MAX Functions as a Tumor Suppressor and Rewires Metabolism in Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Cell. 38(1). 97–114.e7. 51 indexed citations

Li, Yingzhong, Nikola A. Ivica, Ting Dong, et al.. (2020). MFSD7C switches mitochondrial ATP synthesis to thermogenesis in response to heme. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4837–4837. 32 indexed citations

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Luengo, Alba, Zhaoqi Li, Dan Y. Gui, et al.. (2020). Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis. Molecular Cell. 81(4). 691–707.e6. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sullivan, Lucas B., Alba Luengo, Laura V. Danai, et al.. (2018). Aspartate is an endogenous metabolic limitation for tumour growth. Nature Cell Biology. 20(7). 782–788. 243 indexed citations

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McLellan, Catherine A., Benjamin Vincent, Norma V. Solis, et al.. (2017). Inhibiting mitochondrial phosphate transport as an unexploited antifungal strategy. Nature Chemical Biology. 14(2). 135–141. 37 indexed citations

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Olenchock, Benjamin A., Javid J. Moslehi, Alan H. Baik, et al.. (2016). EGLN1 Inhibition and Rerouting of α-Ketoglutarate Suffice for Remote Ischemic Protection. Cell. 164(5). 884–895. 107 indexed citations

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Papagiannakopoulos, Thales, Benjamin A. Olenchock, Julia E. Heyman, et al.. (2016). Environment Impacts the Metabolic Dependencies of Ras-Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cell Metabolism. 23(3). 517–528. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sullivan, Lucas B., et al.. (2015). Supporting Aspartate Biosynthesis Is an Essential Function of Respiration in Proliferating Cells. Cell. 162(3). 552–563. 779 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wheaton, William W., Samuel E. Weinberg, Robert B. Hamanaka, et al.. (2014). Metformin inhibits mitochondrial complex I of cancer cells to reduce tumorigenesis. eLife. 3. e02242–e02242. 858 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sullivan, Lucas B., Eva Martínez-García, Hien Nguyen, et al.. (2013). The Proto-oncometabolite Fumarate Binds Glutathione to Amplify ROS-Dependent Signaling. Molecular Cell. 51(2). 273–273. 6 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Lucas B., Eva Martínez-García, Hien P. Nguyen, et al.. (2013). The Proto-oncometabolite Fumarate Binds Glutathione to Amplify ROS-Dependent Signaling. Molecular Cell. 51(2). 236–248. 239 indexed citations

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Mullen, Andrew R., William W. Wheaton, Eunsook S. Jin, et al.. (2011). Reductive carboxylation supports growth in tumour cells with defective mitochondria. Nature. 481(7381). 385–388. 1004 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sullivan, Lucas B.. (1977). Sickle cell: the significance of screening.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 27(7). 17–8. 2 indexed citations

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