Patricia Ngai

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Patricia Ngai is a scholar working on Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patricia Ngai has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Immunology, 4 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Patricia Ngai's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (4 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (3 papers). Patricia Ngai is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (4 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (3 papers). Patricia Ngai collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Canada and China. Patricia Ngai's co-authors include Zhen Yang, Chi Keung Marco Lau, Sheung Tat Fan, Chi Tat Lam, David Ho, Ronnie T. P. Poon, Michael Ng, Wan Yu, Patrick Chu and Ka Ho Tam and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Hepatology and Cancer Cell.

In The Last Decade

Patricia Ngai

11 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Significance of CD90+ Cancer Stem Cells in Human Liver Cancer

2008 963 citations Zhen Yang, David Ho et al. Cancer Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patricia Ngai Hong Kong	10	886	776	470	296	279	11	1.6k
Brian Cao United States	17	381 0.4×	638 0.8×	174 0.4×	342 1.2×	92 0.3×	37	1.2k
Sara R. Selitsky United States	21	557 0.6×	937 1.2×	528 1.1×	143 0.5×	470 1.7×	45	1.9k
Yoshihiro Yoshitake Japan	24	636 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	241 0.5×	209 0.7×	644 2.3×	46	2.0k
Norman Woller Germany	20	886 1.0×	467 0.6×	133 0.3×	119 0.4×	595 2.1×	36	1.5k
Astrid E. Greijer Netherlands	17	648 0.7×	590 0.8×	557 1.2×	34 0.1×	140 0.5×	25	1.4k
Paul T. Morrison United States	15	944 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	772 1.6×	183 0.6×	95 0.3×	19	2.6k
Engin Gürlevik Germany	17	564 0.6×	460 0.6×	219 0.5×	74 0.3×	417 1.5×	21	1.1k
Kei Hiraoka Japan	20	1.2k 1.4×	605 0.8×	214 0.5×	48 0.2×	887 3.2×	41	2.1k
Béatrice Quantin France	7	401 0.5×	813 1.0×	437 0.9×	40 0.1×	142 0.5×	8	1.4k
Barbara Marinari Italy	18	425 0.5×	709 0.9×	262 0.6×	57 0.2×	778 2.8×	27	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Patricia Ngai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patricia Ngai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patricia Ngai

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

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11 of 11 papers shown

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McCormick, Sarah, Michael Santosuosso, Cherrie-Lee Small, et al.. (2008). Mucosally Delivered Dendritic Cells Activate T Cells Independently of IL-12 and Endogenous APCs. The Journal of Immunology. 181(4). 2356–2367. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhen, Patricia Ngai, David Ho, et al.. (2008). Identification of local and circulating cancer stem cells in human liver cancer. Hepatology. 47(3). 919–928. 279 indexed citations

3.

Yang, Zhen, David Ho, Michael Ng, et al.. (2008). Significance of CD90+ Cancer Stem Cells in Human Liver Cancer. Cancer Cell. 13(2). 153–166. 963 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Zhen, Chi Keung Marco Lau, Patricia Ngai, et al.. (2008). Cardiotrophin‐1 enhances regeneration of cirrhotic liver remnant after hepatectomy through promotion of angiogenesis and cell proliferation. Liver International. 28(5). 622–631. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhen, Patricia Ngai, David Ho, et al.. (2007). Induction of Long-Term Liver Allograft Survival by Delayed Immunosuppression is Dependent on Interleukin-10. Liver Transplantation. 13(4). 571–578. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhen, Patricia Ngai, Chi Keung Marco Lau, et al.. (2007). Antiinflammatory Properties of IL-10 Rescue Small-for-Size Liver Grafts. Liver Transplantation. 13(4). 558–565. 28 indexed citations

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Lau, Chi Keung Marco, Zhen Yang, Chi Tat Lam, et al.. (2007). Inhibition of Stat3 activity by YC-1 enhances chemo-sensitivity in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 6(12). 1900–1907. 50 indexed citations

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Ngai, Patricia, Sarah McCormick, Xizhong Zhang, et al.. (2007). Gamma Interferon Responses of CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Subsets Are Quantitatively Different and Independent of Each Other during PulmonaryMycobacterium bovisBCG Infection. Infection and Immunity. 75(5). 2244–2252. 45 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xizhong, Maziar Divangahi, Patricia Ngai, et al.. (2006). Intramuscular immunization with a monogenic plasmid DNA tuberculosis vaccine: Enhanced immunogenicity by electroporation and co-expression of GM-CSF transgene. Vaccine. 25(7). 1342–1352. 62 indexed citations

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Malowany, Janet I., Sarah McCormick, Michael Santosuosso, et al.. (2005). Development of Cell-Based Tuberculosis Vaccines: Genetically Modified Dendritic Cell Vaccine Is a Much More Potent Activator of CD4 and CD8 T Cells Than Peptide- or Protein-Loaded Counterparts. Molecular Therapy. 13(4). 766–775. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Jun, Michael Santosuosso, Patricia Ngai, Anna Zganiacz, & Zhou Xing. (2004). Activation of CD8 T Cells by Mycobacterial Vaccination Protects against Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Absence of CD4 T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 173(7). 4590–4597. 70 indexed citations

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