Ping‐Chih Ho

16.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
112 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Ping‐Chih Ho is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping‐Chih Ho has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Immunology, 43 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ping‐Chih Ho's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (45 papers), Immune cells in cancer (44 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (23 papers). Ping‐Chih Ho is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (45 papers), Immune cells in cancer (44 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (23 papers). Ping‐Chih Ho collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Taiwan. Ping‐Chih Ho's co-authors include Fabien Franco, Chin‐Hsien Tsai, Giusy Di Conza, Po‐Tsun Liu, Sarah‐Maria Fendt, Pedro Romero, Daniel E. Speiser, Grégory Verdeil, Xiaoyun Li and Wan-Chen Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ping‐Chih Ho

105 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

Phosphoenolpyruvate Is a Metabolic Checkpoint of Anti-tum... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2017 2018 2020 2019 250 500 750 1000
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  1. Phosphoenolpyruvate Is a Metabolic Checkpoint of Anti-tumor T Cell Responses
    2015 1.1k citations Ping‐Chih Ho, Jason W. Locasale et al. profile →
  2. α-ketoglutarate orchestrates macrophage activation through metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming
    2017 882 citations Po‐Tsun Liu, Tung Chao et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  3. A transcriptionally and functionally distinct PD-1+ CD8+ T cell pool with predictive potential in non-small-cell lung cancer treated with PD-1 blockade
    2018 733 citations Ping‐Chih Ho, Alfred Zippelius et al. profile →
  4. Lactate modulation of immune responses in inflammatory versus tumour microenvironments
    2020 615 citations Ping‐Chih Ho et al. profile →
  5. Navigating metabolic pathways to enhance antitumour immunity and immunotherapy
    2019 509 citations Stanley Ching‐Cheng Huang, Sarah‐Maria Fendt et al. profile →
  6. CD36-mediated metabolic adaptation supports regulatory T cell survival and function in tumors
    2020 477 citations Fabien Franco, Xin Xie et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  7. Regulatory circuits of T cell function in cancer
    2016 418 citations Daniel E. Speiser, Ping‐Chih Ho et al. profile →
  8. Disturbed mitochondrial dynamics in CD8+ TILs reinforce T cell exhaustion
    2020 370 citations Yi-Ru Yu, Hana Imrichová et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  9. Metabolic communication in the tumour–immune microenvironment
    2022 198 citations Kung‐Chi Kao, Ping‐Chih Ho et al. profile →
  10. Microenvironment-driven metabolic adaptations guiding CD8+ T cell anti-tumor immunity
    2023 180 citations Jaeoh Park, Ping‐Chih Ho et al. Immunity profile →
  11. PERK is a critical metabolic hub for immunosuppressive function in macrophages
    2022 164 citations Lydia Raines, Haoxin Zhao et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  12. CD40 signal rewires fatty acid and glutamine metabolism for stimulating macrophage anti-tumorigenic functions
    2023 133 citations Xin Xie, Sweta Parik et al. Nature 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
Ping‐Chih Ho Switzerland 43 5.3k 3.9k 3.3k 2.5k 908 112 10.0k
Greg M. Delgoffe United States 48 7.7k 1.5× 3.8k 1.0× 4.3k 1.3× 2.2k 0.9× 627 0.7× 109 11.9k
Ann Richmond United States 62 5.4k 1.0× 5.1k 1.3× 6.3k 1.9× 1.9k 0.8× 825 0.9× 166 12.9k
Karin E. de Visser Netherlands 37 5.8k 1.1× 3.7k 0.9× 5.7k 1.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 80 11.7k
Paulo C. Rodrı́guez United States 52 10.6k 2.0× 3.6k 0.9× 5.1k 1.5× 1.7k 0.7× 878 1.0× 124 15.2k
Chih‐Hao Chang United States 22 6.2k 1.2× 3.9k 1.0× 2.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 452 0.5× 36 10.4k
David O’Sullivan New Zealand 16 5.2k 1.0× 3.3k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 398 0.4× 26 8.7k
Elaine Y. Lin United States 31 3.9k 0.7× 3.5k 0.9× 4.0k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 621 0.7× 41 8.5k
Augusto C. Ochoa United States 52 10.4k 2.0× 3.2k 0.8× 4.9k 1.5× 1.5k 0.6× 794 0.9× 127 14.4k
Yiwei Chu China 50 3.6k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 591 0.7× 182 7.7k
Jonathan D. Curtis United States 14 5.1k 1.0× 2.8k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 354 0.4× 15 8.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ping‐Chih Ho

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chang, Tzu-Hsuan & Ping‐Chih Ho. (2025). Interferon-driven Metabolic Reprogramming and Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling. Immune Network. 25(1). e8–e8. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Weixin, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial lipid metabolism in tumor immunosurveillance and evasion. Trends in Immunology. 46(12). 766–778.
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Kim, Youngjun, et al.. (2025). Role of oxygen sensing and hypoxia-inducible factors in orchestrating innate immune responses. Nature Immunology. 26(12). 2138–2147.
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Tsai, Chung‐Ying, Cheng-Lung Hsu, Tzong-Shyuan Tai, et al.. (2025). Asparagine deprivation enhances T cell antitumour response in patients via ROS-mediated metabolic and signal adaptations. Nature Metabolism. 7(5). 918–927. 9 indexed citations
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Hope, Helen Carrasco, Jana de Sostoa, Massimo Andreatta, et al.. (2025). Age-associated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide decline drives CAR-T cell failure. Nature Cancer. 6(9). 1524–1536. 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Haoxin, Jaeoh Park, Yuzhu Wang, et al.. (2025). Cancer suppresses mitochondrial chaperone activity in macrophages to drive immune evasion. Nature Immunology. 26(12). 2185–2200.
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Ma, Kaili, Hongcheng Cheng, Lin Wang, et al.. (2025). Succinate preserves CD8+ T cell fitness to augment antitumor immunity. Immunity. 58(10). 2505–2523.e8. 4 indexed citations
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Bevilacqua, Alessio, Fabien Franco, Kung‐Chi Kao, et al.. (2024). PPARβ/δ-orchestrated metabolic reprogramming supports the formation and maintenance of memory CD8 + T cells. Science Immunology. 9(98). eadn2717–eadn2717. 11 indexed citations
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Girotra, Mukul, Mélanie Charmoy, Helen Carrasco Hope, et al.. (2023). Induction of mitochondrial recycling reverts age-associated decline of the hematopoietic and immune systems. Nature Aging. 3(9). 1057–1066. 38 indexed citations
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Gao, Qingxiang, Lishan Zhang, Jia Zhang, et al.. (2023). The glycolysis/HIF-1α axis defines the inflammatory role of IL-4-primed macrophages. Cell Reports. 42(5). 112471–112471. 81 indexed citations
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Franco, Fabien, Alessio Bevilacqua, Kung‐Chi Kao, et al.. (2023). Regulatory circuits of mitophagy restrict distinct modes of cell death during memory CD8 + T cell formation. Science Immunology. 8(87). eadf7579–eadf7579. 22 indexed citations
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Park, Jaeoh, et al.. (2023). cDC1 craves glutamine for its glory. Nature Immunology. 24(9). 1405–1406. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Yingxi, et al.. (2023). Mitochondria Dictate Function and Fate of HSCs and T Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 11(10). 1303–1313. 9 indexed citations
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Bevilacqua, Alessio, Ping‐Chih Ho, & Fabien Franco. (2023). Metabolic reprogramming in inflammaging and aging in T cells. PubMed. 2(5). load028–load028. 5 indexed citations
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Fernández-García, Juan, Fabien Franco, Sweta Parik, et al.. (2022). CD8+ T cell metabolic rewiring defined by scRNA-seq identifies a critical role of ASNS expression dynamics in T cell differentiation. Cell Reports. 41(7). 111639–111639. 21 indexed citations
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Xin, Gang, Chen Yao, Paytsar Topchyan, et al.. (2021). Targeting PIM1-Mediated Metabolism in Myeloid Suppressor Cells to Treat Cancer. Cancer Immunology Research. 9(4). 454–469. 38 indexed citations
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Conza, Giusy Di, Héctor Gallart‐Ayala, Yi-Ru Yu, et al.. (2021). Tumor-induced reshuffling of lipid composition on the endoplasmic reticulum membrane sustains macrophage survival and pro-tumorigenic activity. Nature Immunology. 22(11). 1403–1415. 144 indexed citations
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Ma, Min, Soumitra Ghosh, Daniele Tavernari, et al.. (2020). Sustained androgen receptor signaling is a determinant of melanoma cell growth potential and tumorigenesis. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(2). 36 indexed citations
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Yu, Yi-Ru, Hana Imrichová, Haiping Wang, et al.. (2020). Disturbed mitochondrial dynamics in CD8+ TILs reinforce T cell exhaustion. Nature Immunology. 21(12). 1540–1551. 370 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ho, Ping‐Chih, et al.. (2014). Immune-Based Antitumor Effects of BRAF Inhibitors Rely on Signaling by CD40L and IFNγ. Cancer Research. 74(12). 3205–3217. 102 indexed citations

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