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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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	In vivo functional screens reveal KEAP1 loss as a driver of chemoresistance in small cell lung cancer 2025 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), Daniel S. Hippe, Eli Grunblatt, Pritha Chanana, Feinan Wu, Myung Chang Lee, Zhe Ying, (unknown), Jae Heun Chung, (unknown), Jackson P. Fatherree, Slobodan Beronja, Patrick J. Paddison, Lucas B. Sullivan, Barzin Y. Nabet, David MacPherson	0
2	Combined Germline and Mosaic SDHA Mutation Is Associated With a Multicancer Syndrome Including Neuroblastoma, Renal Cancer, and Multifocal GI Tumor 2024 ·JCO Precision Oncology ·Lee D. Cranmer, Eric Q. Konnick, (unknown), Angela Jacobson, (unknown), Harveshp Mogal, Lucas B. Sullivan, (unknown), Colin C. Pritchard, Marianne Dubard-Gault	0
3	An engineered biosensor enables dynamic aspartate measurements in living cells 2024 ·eLife ·Kristian Davidsen, Jonathan S. Marvin, Abhi Aggarwal, Timothy A. Brown, Lucas B. Sullivan	6
4	An engineered biosensor enables dynamic aspartate measurements in living cells 2023 ·eLife ·Kristian Davidsen, Jonathan S. Marvin, Abhi Aggarwal, Timothy A. Brown, Lucas B. Sullivan	1
5	Cancer cells depend on environmental lipids for proliferation when electron acceptors are limited 2022 ·Nature Metabolism ·Zhaoqi Li, Brian W. Ji, Purushottam D. Dixit, (unknown), Evan C. Lien, Aaron M. Hosios, Keene L. Abbott, Justine C. Rutter, Anna M. Westermark, (unknown), Lucas B. Sullivan, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Dennis Vitkup	46
6	A non-canonical tricarboxylic acid cycle underlies cellular identity breakdown → 2022 ·Nature ·Paige K. Arnold, Benjamin T. Jackson, Katrina I. Paras, Julia S. Brunner, (unknown), Oliver J. Newsom, (unknown), Jennifer E. Endress, Esther Drill, Lucas B. Sullivan, Lydia W.S. Finley	172
7	Unchecked oxidative stress in skeletal muscle prevents outgrowth of disseminated tumour cells 2022 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Sarah B. Crist, Travis Nemkov, Ruth F. Dumpit, Jinxiang Dai, Stephen J. Tapscott, Lawrence D. True, Alexander Swarbrick, Lucas B. Sullivan, Peter S. Nelson, Kirk C. Hansen, Cyrus M. Ghajar	34
8	MAX Functions as a Tumor Suppressor and Rewires Metabolism in Small Cell Lung Cancer 2020 ·Cancer Cell ·Arnaud Augert, Haritha Mathsyaraja, Ali H. Ibrahim, Brian Freie, (unknown), Pei-Feng Cheng, (unknown), Nan Wu, Joseph B. Hiatt, Ryan Basom, Adi F. Gazdar, Lucas B. Sullivan, Robert N. Eisenman, David MacPherson	51
9	MFSD7C switches mitochondrial ATP synthesis to thermogenesis in response to heme 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Yingzhong Li, Nikola A. Ivica, Ting Dong, Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Yanpu He, Douglas Brown, Marianna Kleyman, Guangan Hu, Walter W. Chen, Lucas B. Sullivan, Amanda Del Rosario, Paula T. Hammond, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Jianzhu Chen	32
10	Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis breakdown → 2020 ·Molecular Cell ·Alba Luengo, Zhaoqi Li, Dan Y. Gui, Lucas B. Sullivan, Maria Zagorulya, T. Brian, Raphaël Ferreira, Adi Naamati, Ahmed Ali, Caroline A. Lewis, Craig J. Thomas, Stefani Spranger, Nicholas J. Matheson, Matthew G. Vander Heiden	351
11	Aspartate is an endogenous metabolic limitation for tumour growth 2018 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Lucas B. Sullivan, Alba Luengo, Laura V. Danai, (unknown), Frances F. Diehl, Aaron M. Hosios, Allison N. Lau, (unknown), Scott Malstrom, Caroline A. Lewis, Matthew G. Vander Heiden	243
12	Inhibiting mitochondrial phosphate transport as an unexploited antifungal strategy 2017 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Catherine A. McLellan, Benjamin Vincent, Norma V. Solis, Alex K. Lancaster, Lucas B. Sullivan, (unknown), Willmen Youngsaye, Scott G. Filler, Luke Whitesell, Susan Lindquist	37
13	EGLN1 Inhibition and Rerouting of α-Ketoglutarate Suffice for Remote Ischemic Protection 2016 ·Cell ·Benjamin A. Olenchock, Javid J. Moslehi, Alan H. Baik, Shawn M. Davidson, (unknown), William J. Gibson, Abhishek A. Chakraborty, Kerry A. Pierce, Christine Miller, Eric A. Hanse, Ameeta Kelekar, Lucas B. Sullivan, Amy J. Wagers, Clary B. Clish, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, William G. Kaelin	107
14	Environment Impacts the Metabolic Dependencies of Ras-Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer breakdown → 2016 ·Cell Metabolism ·(unknown), Thales Papagiannakopoulos, Benjamin A. Olenchock, Julia E. Heyman, Mark A. Keibler, Alba Luengo, Matthew R. Bauer, Abhishek Jha, James P. O’Brien, Kerry A. Pierce, Dan Y. Gui, Lucas B. Sullivan, Thomas M. Wasylenko, Lakshmipriya Subbaraj, Christopher R. Chin, (unknown), Bryan T. Mott, Tyler Jacks, Clary B. Clish, Matthew G. Vander Heiden	554
15	Supporting Aspartate Biosynthesis Is an Essential Function of Respiration in Proliferating Cells breakdown → 2015 ·Cell ·Lucas B. Sullivan, Dan Y. Gui, Aaron M. Hosios, (unknown), Elizaveta Freinkman, Matthew G. Vander Heiden	779
16	Metformin inhibits mitochondrial complex I of cancer cells to reduce tumorigenesis breakdown → 2014 ·eLife ·William W. Wheaton, Samuel E. Weinberg, Robert B. Hamanaka, Saul Soberanes, Lucas B. Sullivan, Elena Ansó, Andrea Glasauer, Éric Dufour, Gökhan M. Mutlu, (unknown), Navdeep S. Chandel	858
17	The Proto-oncometabolite Fumarate Binds Glutathione to Amplify ROS-Dependent Signaling 2013 ·Molecular Cell ·Lucas B. Sullivan, Eva Martínez-García, Hien Nguyen, Andrew R. Mullen, Éric Dufour, Sunil Sudarshan, Jonathan D. Licht, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Navdeep S. Chandel	6
18	The Proto-oncometabolite Fumarate Binds Glutathione to Amplify ROS-Dependent Signaling 2013 ·Molecular Cell ·Lucas B. Sullivan, Eva Martínez-García, Hien P. Nguyen, Andrew R. Mullen, Éric Dufour, Sunil Sudarshan, Jonathan D. Licht, Ralph J. DeBerardinis, Navdeep S. Chandel	239
19	Reductive carboxylation supports growth in tumour cells with defective mitochondria breakdown → 2011 ·Nature ·Andrew R. Mullen, William W. Wheaton, Eunsook S. Jin, Pei-Hsuan Chen, Lucas B. Sullivan, Tzuling Cheng, Youfeng Yang, W. Marston Linehan, Navdeep S. Chandel, Ralph J. DeBerardinis	1004
20	Sickle cell: the significance of screening. 1977 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Lucas B. Sullivan	2

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