Peter D. Sun

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Peter D. Sun is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter D. Sun has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Immunology, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Peter D. Sun's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (40 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (32 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (19 papers). Peter D. Sun is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (40 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (32 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (19 papers). Peter D. Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Peter D. Sun's co-authors include Sergei Radaev, Jeffrey C. Boyington, Jinghua Lu, Andrëw G. Brööks, Zhongcheng Zou, Shawn A. Motyka, D. R. Davies, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Sergei V. Khangulov and Thressa C. Stadtman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter D. Sun

102 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Protection from Obesity and Diabetes by Blockade of TGF-β/Smad3 Signaling

2011 553 citations Hariom Yadav, Celia Quijano et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter D. Sun United States	43	3.0k	2.3k	923	765	555	102	6.1k
Rong Xiang China	62	2.9k 1.0×	6.6k 2.8×	510 0.6×	3.3k 4.3×	870 1.6×	278	12.0k
Wei Ge China	40	1.0k 0.3×	4.5k 1.9×	323 0.3×	627 0.8×	1.1k 1.9×	169	7.5k
Patrice N. Marche France	42	2.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	439 0.5×	470 0.6×	762 1.4×	227	5.7k
Huang‐Ge Zhang United States	54	3.2k 1.1×	7.9k 3.3×	166 0.2×	1.2k 1.5×	733 1.3×	112	11.0k
Yong Wang China	48	1.5k 0.5×	3.9k 1.7×	432 0.5×	1.5k 1.9×	538 1.0×	246	8.6k
Pinku Mukherjee United States	45	1.9k 0.6×	3.0k 1.3×	590 0.6×	2.1k 2.7×	300 0.5×	122	6.8k
Susheela Tridandapani United States	49	3.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	842 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	413 0.7×	115	6.4k
In‐San Kim South Korea	50	1.5k 0.5×	4.6k 1.9×	363 0.4×	1.0k 1.3×	338 0.6×	166	7.7k
Yoshinobu Takakura Japan	61	2.4k 0.8×	10.3k 4.4×	594 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	429 0.8×	360	14.6k
Makiya Nishikawa Japan	56	2.2k 0.7×	9.1k 3.9×	403 0.4×	959 1.3×	426 0.8×	313	12.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter D. Sun

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Sim, Malcolm J. W., Ken‐ichi Hanada, Zhiya Yu, et al.. (2024). Identification and structural characterization of a mutant KRAS‐G12V specific TCR restricted by HLA‐A3. European Journal of Immunology. 54(9). e2451079–e2451079. 1 indexed citations

He, Qingqing, Yushun Zeng, Laiming Jiang, et al.. (2023). Growing recyclable and healable piezoelectric composites in 3D printed bioinspired structure for protective wearable sensor. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6477–6477. 53 indexed citations

Lu, Jinghua, François Van Laethem, Ingrid Saba, et al.. (2020). Structure of MHC-Independent TCRs and Their Recognition of Native Antigen CD155. The Journal of Immunology. 204(12). 3351–3359. 8 indexed citations

Sim, Malcolm J. W., Sumati Rajagopalan, Daniel M. Altmann, et al.. (2019). Human NK cell receptor KIR2DS4 detects a conserved bacterial epitope presented by HLA-C. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(26). 12964–12973. 61 indexed citations

Zou, Zhongcheng, et al.. (2017). Over-expression of a human CD62L ecto-domain and a potential role of RNA pseudoknot structures in recombinant protein expression. Protein Expression and Purification. 140. 65–73. 1 indexed citations

Tikhonova, Anastasia N., François Van Laethem, Ken‐ichi Hanada, et al.. (2011). αβ T Cell Receptors that Do Not Undergo Major Histocompatibility Complex-Specific Thymic Selection Possess Antibody-like Recognition Specificities. Immunity. 36(1). 79–91. 82 indexed citations

Yadav, Hariom, Celia Quijano, Anil K. Kamaraju, et al.. (2011). Protection from Obesity and Diabetes by Blockade of TGF-β/Smad3 Signaling. Cell Metabolism. 14(1). 67–79. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Jinghua, Jeff L. Ellsworth, Nels Hamacher, Allen S. W. Oak, & Peter D. Sun. (2011). Crystal Structure of Fcγ Receptor I and Its Implication in High Affinity γ-Immunoglobulin Binding. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(47). 40608–40613. 72 indexed citations

Lu, Jinghua, et al.. (2010). The structural mechanism of Serum Amyloid A -mediated Secondary amyloid formation (135.34). The Journal of Immunology. 184(Supplement_1). 135.34–135.34. 1 indexed citations

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Radaev, Sergei, Zhongcheng Zou, Pavel Tolar, et al.. (2010). Structural and Functional Studies of Igαβ and Its Assembly with the B Cell Antigen Receptor. Structure. 18(8). 934–943. 44 indexed citations

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Radaev, Sergei, Johnson Agniswamy, & Peter D. Sun. (2009). A case of structure determination using pseudosymmetry. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 65(12). 1334–1340. 2 indexed citations

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Jiang, Lubin, Sai Duriseti, Peter D. Sun, & Louis H. Miller. (2009). Molecular basis of binding of the Plasmodium falciparum receptor BAEBL to erythrocyte receptor glycophorin C. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 168(1). 49–54. 22 indexed citations

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Radaev, Sergei, Sean Li, & Peter D. Sun. (2006). A survey of protein–protein complex crystallizations. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 62(6). 605–612. 27 indexed citations

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Gupta, Neil, James Arthos, Prateeti Khazanie, et al.. (2005). Targeted lysis of HIV-infected cells by natural killer cells armed and triggered by a recombinant immunoglobulin fusion protein: implications for immunotherapy. Virology. 332(2). 491–497. 30 indexed citations

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Sun, Peter D.. (2003). Conserved in Structure but Diverse in Recognition. Structure. 11(4). 362–363. 5 indexed citations

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Radaev, Sergei, Michael G. Kattah, Zhongcheng Zou, Marco Colonna, & Peter D. Sun. (2002). Making Sense of the Diverse Ligand Recognition by NKG2D. The Journal of Immunology. 169(11). 6279–6285. 28 indexed citations

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Boyington, Jeffrey C. & Peter D. Sun. (2002). A structural perspective on MHC class I recognition by killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors. Molecular Immunology. 38(14). 1007–1021. 141 indexed citations

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Boyington, Jeffrey C., Andrëw G. Brööks, & Peter D. Sun. (2001). Structure of killer cell immunoglobulin‐like receptors and their recognition of the class I MHC molecules. Immunological Reviews. 181(1). 66–78. 81 indexed citations

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Boyington, Jeffrey C., Shawn A. Motyka, Peter Schuck, Andrëw G. Brööks, & Peter D. Sun. (2000). Crystal structure of an NK cell immunoglobulin-like receptor in complex with its class I MHC ligand. Nature. 405(6786). 537–543. 321 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yihong, et al.. (1999). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the lipopolysaccharide core biosynthetic enzyme ADP-L-glycero-D-mannoheptose 6-epimerase fromEscherichia coliK-12. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 55(3). 685–688. 3 indexed citations

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