Ryan Urak

1.9k citations

31 papers · 1.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 15

Impact in

Oncology top 5%
- CAR-T cell therapy research
Immunology top 10%
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Papers in ⓘ

Oncology 27
- CAR-T cell therapy research 27
Immunology 15
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 8
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 5
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 5

Co-authors: Stephen J. Forman (27 shared papers)Xiuli Wang (26 shared papers)Christine E. Brown (11 shared papers)Renate Starr (2 shared papers)Xin Yang (2 shared papers)Laura Lim (9 shared papers)Miriam Walter (7 shared papers)ChingLam W. Wong (5 shared papers)
Journals: Blood (9 papers)Molecular Therapy (3 papers)OncoImmunology (3 papers)Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (3 papers)Clinical Cancer Research (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia Brazil

In The Last Decade

Ryan Urak

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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IL15 Enhances CAR-T Cell Antitumor Activity by Reducing mTORC1 Activity and Preserving Their Stem Cell Memory Phenotype 2019 · 324 citations

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1	IL15 Enhances CAR-T Cell Antitumor Activity by Reducing mTORC1 Activity and Preserving Their Stem Cell Memory Phenotype Cancer Immunology Research ·Darya Alizadeh, Robyn A. Wong, Xin Yang, Dongrui Wang, Joseph R. Pecoraro, Cheng-Fu Kuo, Brenda Aguilar, Yue Qi, David K. Ann, Renate Starr, Ryan Urak, Xiuli Wang, Stephen J. Forman, Christine E. Brown Hit paper breakdown →	2019	324
2	Lenalidomide Enhances the Function of CS1 Chimeric Antigen Receptor–Redirected T Cells Against Multiple Myeloma Clinical Cancer Research ·Xiuli Wang, Miriam Walter, Ryan Urak, Lihong Weng, Christian Huynh, Laura Lim, ChingLam W. Wong, Wen-Chung Chang, Sandra H. Thomas, James F. Sanchez, Lu Yang, Christine E. Brown, Flavia Pichiorri, Myo Htut, Amrita Krishnan, Stephen J. Forman	2017	149
3	Chimeric Antigen Receptors With Mutated IgG4 Fc Spacer Avoid Fc Receptor Binding and Improve T Cell Persistence and Antitumor Efficacy Molecular Therapy ·Mahesh Jonnalagadda, Armen Mardiros, Ryan Urak, Xiuli Wang, Lauren Hoffman, Alyssa Bernanke, Wen-Chung Chang, William Bretzlaff, Renate Starr, Saul J. Priceman, Julie R. Ostberg, Stephen J. Forman, Christine E. Brown	2014	144
4	Co-stimulatory signaling determines tumor antigen sensitivity and persistence of CAR T cells targeting PSCA+ metastatic prostate cancer OncoImmunology ·Saul J. Priceman, Ethan Gerdts, Dileshni Tilakawardane, Kelly T. Kennewick, John P. Murad, Anthony K. Park, Brook Jeang, Yukiko Yamaguchi, Xin Yang, Ryan Urak, Lihong Weng, Wen-Chung Chang, Sarah Wright, Sumanta K. Pal, Robert E. Reiter, Anna M. Wu, Christine E. Brown, Stephen J. Forman	2017	120
5	Ex vivo Akt inhibition promotes the generation of potent CD19CAR T cells for adoptive immunotherapy Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer ·Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, Laura Lim, ChingLam W. Wong, Lihua E. Budde, Sandra H. Thomas, Stephen J. Forman, Xiuli Wang	2017	85
6	CMVpp65 Vaccine Enhances the Antitumor Efficacy of Adoptively Transferred CD19-Redirected CMV-Specific T Cells Clinical Cancer Research ·Xiuli Wang, ChingLam W. Wong, Ryan Urak, Armen Mardiros, Lihua E. Budde, Wen-Chung Chang, Sandra H. Thomas, Christine E. Brown, Corinna La Rosa, Don J. Diamond, Michael C. Jensen, Ryotaro Nakamura, John A. Zaia, Stephen J. Forman	2015	52
7	Targeted Activation of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Molecular Therapy ·Olga Villamizar, Shafagh A. Waters, Tristan Scott, Sheena Saayman, Nicole Grepo, Ryan Urak, Alicia Davis, Adam Jaffé, Kevin V. Morris	2019	27
8	Preclinical data support leveraging CS1 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for systemic light chain amyloidosis Cytotherapy ·Michael Rosenzweig, Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, Laura Lim, James F. Sanchez, Amrita Krishnan, Stephen J. Forman, Xiuli Wang	2017	23
9	Comparison of naïve and central memory derived CD8 ⁺ effector cell engraftment fitness and function following adoptive transfer OncoImmunology ·Xiuli Wang, ChingLam W. Wong, Ryan Urak, Ellie Taus, Brenda Aguilar, Wen-Chung Chang, Armen Mardiros, Lihua E. Budde, Christine E. Brown, Carolina Berger, Stephen J. Forman, Michael C. Jensen	2015	23
10	Improved Cas9 activity by specific modifications of the tracrRNA Scientific Reports ·Tristan Scott, Ryan Urak, Citradewi Soemardy, Kevin V. Morris	2019	22
11	Lenalidomide Enhances the Function of CS1 Chimeric Antigen Receptor Redirected-T Cells Against Multiple Myeloma Blood ·Xiuli Wang, Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, Lihong Weng, Laura Lim, Ching Wong, Wen-Chung Chang, Sandra H. Thomas, Myo Htut, Amrita Krishnan, Stephen J. Forman	2016	21
12	Regulation of miR-34b/c-targeted gene expression program by SUMOylation Nucleic Acids Research ·Yijia Li, Li Du, Grace Aldana-Masangkay, Xiuli Wang, Ryan Urak, Stephen J. Forman, Steven T. Rosen, Yuan Chen	2018	19
13	Genetic Structure of the Rice Blast Pathogen (Magnaporthe oryzae) over a Decade in North Central California Rice Fields Microbial Ecology ·Deborah Pagliaccia, Ryan Urak, Frank Wong, L. I. Douhan, C. A. Greer, Georgios Vidalakis, Greg W. Douhan	2017	16
14	Large-scale manufacturing and characterization of CMV-CD19CAR T cells Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer ·Xiuli Wang, Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, Min Guan, Tianxu Han, Vibhuti Vyas, Sheng‐Hsuan Chien, Brenna Gittins, Mary C. Clark, Sally Mokhtari, Angelo A. Cardoso, Don J. Diamond, John A. Zaia, Stephen J. Forman, Ryotaro Nakamura	2022	14
15	Single-cell analysis by mass cytometry reveals CD19 CAR T cell spatiotemporal plasticity in patients OncoImmunology ·Lior Goldberg, Eric Haas, Vibhuti Vyas, Ryan Urak, Stephen J. Forman, Xiuli Wang	2022	14
16	Dexamethasone potentiates chimeric antigen receptor T cell persistence and function by enhancing IL-7Rα expression Molecular Therapy ·Ashlie Munoz, Ryan Urak, Ellie Taus, Hui-Ju Hsieh, Dennis Awuah, Vibhuti Vyas, Laura Lim, Katherine Jin, Shu‐Hong Lin, Saul J. Priceman, Mary C. Clark, Lior Goldberg, Stephen J. Forman, Xiuli Wang	2023	10
17	Conditionally Replicating Vectors Mobilize Chimeric Antigen Receptors against HIV Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development ·Ryan Urak, Citradewi Soemardy, Roslyn M. Ray, Shirley Li, Galina Shevchenko, Tristan Scott, Laura Lim, Xiuli Wang, Kevin V. Morris	2020	6
18	Immunometabolic Adaptation of CD19-Targeted CAR T Cells in the Central Nervous System Microenvironment of Patients Promotes Memory Development Cancer Research ·Lior Goldberg, Eric R. Haas, Ryan Urak, Vibhuti Vyas, Khyatiben V. Pathak, Krystine Garcia‐Mansfield, Patrick Pirrotte, Jyotsana Singhal, James L. Figarola, Ibrahim Aldoss, Stephen J. Forman, Xiuli Wang	2024	4
19	Phase I Studies of Cellular Immunotherapy Using Central Memory Derived-CD19-Specific T Cells Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with High-Risk Intermediate Grade B-Lineage Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Blood ·Leslie Popplewell, Xiuli Wang, Araceli Naranjo, Suzette Blanchard, Jamie R. Wagner, ChingLam Wong, Ryan Urak, Wen-Chung Chang, Samer K. Khaled, Tanya Siddiqi, Elizabeth Budde, Jingying Xu, Brenda Chang, Sandra H. Thomas, Stanley R. Riddell, Christine E. Brown, Michael C. Jensen, Stephen J. Forman	2015	3
20	The Cerebroventricular Environment Reprograms Locally Infused CAR T Cells for Superior Activity Against Both CNS and Systemic B Cell Lymphoma Blood ·Xiuli Wang, Christian Huynh, Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, Lihong Weng, Laura Lim, Vibhuti Vyas, Brenda Aguilar, Alfonso Brito, Aniee Sarkissian, Achini Bandara, Elizabeth Budde, Leslie Popplewell, Tanya Siddiqi, Christine E. Brown, Stephen J. Forman	2018	3

About Ryan Urak

Ryan Urak is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology, Hematology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 31 papers that have together received 1.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include CAR-T cell therapy research (27 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (7 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (6 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oncology (910 citations), Immunology (402 citations), Genetics (254 citations), Hematology (77 citations) and Biomedical Engineering (301 citations). Ryan Urak has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Stephen J. Forman, Xiuli Wang, Christine E. Brown, Renate Starr, Xin Yang, Laura Lim, Miriam Walter, ChingLam W. Wong, Sandra H. Thomas and Brenda Aguilar. Their work appears in journals such as Blood, Molecular Therapy, OncoImmunology, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer and Clinical Cancer Research.

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