Ryan Urak

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ryan Urak is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Urak has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Oncology, 15 papers in Immunology and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ryan Urak's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (27 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (7 papers). Ryan Urak is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (27 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (7 papers). Ryan Urak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Brazil. Ryan Urak's co-authors include Stephen J. Forman, Xiuli Wang, Christine E. Brown, Renate Starr, Xin Yang, Laura Lim, ChingLam W. Wong, Sandra H. Thomas, Miriam Walter and Brenda Aguilar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Blood and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Urak

29 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

IL15 Enhances CAR-T Cell Antitumor Activity by Reducing mTORC1 Activity and Preserving Their Stem Cell Memory Phenotype

2019 324 citations Darya Alizadeh, Robyn A. Wong et al. Cancer Immunology Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan Urak United States	15	910	425	402	301	254	31	1.1k
ChingLam W. Wong United States	7	944 1.0×	359 0.8×	381 0.9×	312 1.0×	323 1.3×	8	1.0k
Chuang Sun United States	15	870 1.0×	389 0.9×	390 1.0×	329 1.1×	232 0.9×	18	1.1k
Virna Marin Italy	14	948 1.0×	338 0.8×	534 1.3×	217 0.7×	374 1.5×	26	1.1k
Yinmeng Yang United States	9	662 0.7×	338 0.8×	325 0.8×	174 0.6×	210 0.8×	18	877
Scott E. James United States	9	1.0k 1.1×	374 0.9×	482 1.2×	304 1.0×	392 1.5×	12	1.2k
Simon Thomas United Kingdom	10	677 0.7×	279 0.7×	201 0.5×	266 0.9×	215 0.8×	28	773
Aruna Mahendravada United States	7	1.2k 1.3×	368 0.9×	544 1.4×	442 1.5×	419 1.6×	15	1.3k
Connie P.M. Duong United States	15	1.1k 1.2×	379 0.9×	683 1.7×	259 0.9×	313 1.2×	24	1.4k
Jessica Hartmann Germany	16	864 0.9×	471 1.1×	483 1.2×	168 0.6×	379 1.5×	25	1.2k
Mary A. Black United States	11	1.1k 1.3×	478 1.1×	681 1.7×	206 0.7×	295 1.2×	16	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan Urak

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Park, Anthony K., Isabel Monroy, Yuwei Ren, et al.. (2025). Universal off-the-shelf combination immunotherapy using oncolytic viruses to redirect T cell engagers to target solid tumors. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 13(8). e011051–e011051.

Urak, Ryan, et al.. (2025). Capivasertib enhances chimeric antigen receptor T cell activity in preclinical models of B cell lymphoma. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 33(1). 101421–101421.

Stern, Lawrence A., Vibhuti Vyas, Laura Lim, et al.. (2024). Development and characterization of a low-affinity humanized CD19 chimeric antigen receptor for B-cell malignancies. PubMed. 1(4). 100048–100048. 2 indexed citations

Goldberg, Lior, Ryan Urak, Vibhuti Vyas, et al.. (2024). Immunometabolic Adaptation of CD19-Targeted CAR T Cells in the Central Nervous System Microenvironment of Patients Promotes Memory Development. Cancer Research. 84(7). 1048–1064. 4 indexed citations

Urak, Ryan, Nicole Grepo, Lior Goldberg, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the Elements of Short Hairpin RNAs in Developing shRNA-Containing CAR T Cells. Cancers. 15(10). 2848–2848. 2 indexed citations

Awuah, Dennis, Lin Li, Lindsay A. Williams, et al.. (2023). Ex-vivo CS1-OKT3 dual specific bivalent antibody-armed effector T cells mediate cellular immunity against multiple myeloma. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 20853–20853. 1 indexed citations

Urak, Ryan, Dennis Awuah, Vibhuti Vyas, et al.. (2023). Dexamethasone potentiates chimeric antigen receptor T cell persistence and function by enhancing IL-7Rα expression. Molecular Therapy. 32(2). 527–539. 10 indexed citations

Awuah, Dennis, Lawrence A. Stern, Joseph R. Cohen, et al.. (2021). Developing a Safer Anti-CD44v6 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Against Hematological Cancers By Mitigating on-Target Off-Tumor Toxicity. Blood. 138(Supplement 1). 2796–2796. 2 indexed citations

Urak, Ryan, Roslyn M. Ray, Tristan Scott, et al.. (2020). Conditionally Replicating Vectors Mobilize Chimeric Antigen Receptors against HIV. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 19. 285–294. 6 indexed citations

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Alizadeh, Darya, Robyn A. Wong, Xin Yang, et al.. (2019). IL15 Enhances CAR-T Cell Antitumor Activity by Reducing mTORC1 Activity and Preserving Their Stem Cell Memory Phenotype. Cancer Immunology Research. 7(5). 759–772. 324 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scott, Tristan, et al.. (2019). Improved Cas9 activity by specific modifications of the tracrRNA. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16104–16104. 22 indexed citations

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Waters, Shafagh A., Tristan Scott, Sheena Saayman, et al.. (2019). Targeted Activation of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator. Molecular Therapy. 27(10). 1737–1748. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiuli, Miriam Walter, Ryan Urak, et al.. (2019). Large-Scale Manufacturing of CMV-CD19CAR T Cells and Characterization of Their Biologic and Immunologic Properties. Blood. 134(Supplement_1). 3247–3247. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiuli, Miriam Walter, Ryan Urak, et al.. (2017). Lenalidomide Enhances the Function of CS1 Chimeric Antigen Receptor–Redirected T Cells Against Multiple Myeloma. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(1). 106–119. 149 indexed citations

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Priceman, Saul J., Ethan Gerdts, Dileshni Tilakawardane, et al.. (2017). Co-stimulatory signaling determines tumor antigen sensitivity and persistence of CAR T cells targeting PSCA+ metastatic prostate cancer. OncoImmunology. 7(2). e1380764–e1380764. 120 indexed citations

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Urak, Ryan, Miriam Walter, Laura Lim, et al.. (2017). Ex vivo Akt inhibition promotes the generation of potent CD19CAR T cells for adoptive immunotherapy. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 5(1). 26–26. 85 indexed citations

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Pagliaccia, Deborah, et al.. (2017). Genetic Structure of the Rice Blast Pathogen (Magnaporthe oryzae) over a Decade in North Central California Rice Fields. Microbial Ecology. 75(2). 310–317. 16 indexed citations

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Rosenzweig, Michael, Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, et al.. (2017). Preclinical data support leveraging CS1 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for systemic light chain amyloidosis. Cytotherapy. 19(7). 861–866. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiuli, ChingLam W. Wong, Ryan Urak, et al.. (2015). CMVpp65 Vaccine Enhances the Antitumor Efficacy of Adoptively Transferred CD19-Redirected CMV-Specific T Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(13). 2993–3002. 52 indexed citations

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Jonnalagadda, Mahesh, Armen Mardiros, Ryan Urak, et al.. (2014). Chimeric Antigen Receptors With Mutated IgG4 Fc Spacer Avoid Fc Receptor Binding and Improve T Cell Persistence and Antitumor Efficacy. Molecular Therapy. 23(4). 757–768. 144 indexed citations

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