Sean P. Palecek

20.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
194 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Sean P. Palecek is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean P. Palecek has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 32 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sean P. Palecek's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (71 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (44 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (30 papers). Sean P. Palecek is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (71 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (44 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (30 papers). Sean P. Palecek collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and Switzerland. Sean P. Palecek's co-authors include Eric V. Shusta, Samira M. Azarin, Timothy J. Kamp, Xiaojun Lian, Douglas A. Lauffenburger, Alan F. Horwitz, Juan Pablo, Cheston Hsiao, Laurie B. Hazeltine and Kexian Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sean P. Palecek

187 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

Robust cardiomyocyte differentiation fr... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2012 2012 1997 2009 2012 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Robust cardiomyocyte differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells via temporal modulation of canonical Wnt signaling
    2012 1.2k citations Xiaojun Lian, Gisela F. Wilson et al. profile →
  2. Directed cardiomyocyte differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells by modulating Wnt/β-catenin signaling under fully defined conditions
    2012 1.2k citations Xiaojun Lian, Samira M. Azarin et al. profile →
  3. Integrin-ligand binding properties govern cell migration speed through cell-substratum adhesiveness
    1997 1.1k citations Sean P. Palecek, Joseph C. Loftus et al. Nature profile →
  4. Functional Cardiomyocytes Derived From Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
    2009 1.0k citations Jianhua Zhang, Gisela F. Wilson et al. profile →
  5. Derivation of blood-brain barrier endothelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells
    2012 563 citations Ethan S. Lippmann, Samira M. Azarin et al. profile →
  6. Hypoxia-enhanced Blood-Brain Barrier Chip recapitulates human barrier function and shuttling of drugs and antibodies
    2019 452 citations Tae‐Eun Park, Nur Mustafaoğlu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sean P. Palecek United States 59 8.6k 4.5k 2.9k 2.1k 1.8k 194 14.9k
Christopher C.W. Hughes United States 58 5.6k 0.6× 3.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 675 0.4× 136 14.0k
Patrìcia A. D'Amore United States 86 17.0k 2.0× 1.7k 0.4× 3.3k 1.1× 3.0k 1.4× 1.4k 0.8× 233 30.0k
Calvin J. Kuo United States 67 10.9k 1.3× 2.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 985 0.5× 139 20.9k
M. Luisa Iruela‐Arispe United States 82 12.5k 1.5× 1.1k 0.3× 2.0k 0.7× 3.2k 1.5× 643 0.4× 202 21.4k
Xandra O. Breakefield United States 85 27.1k 3.2× 3.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 285 38.1k
George E. Davis United States 64 6.9k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 1.3k 0.4× 2.8k 1.3× 480 0.3× 149 12.4k
Joseph A. Madri United States 85 8.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.2× 2.5k 0.9× 2.9k 1.3× 977 0.5× 241 21.0k
Christine L. Mummery Netherlands 82 18.0k 2.1× 5.1k 1.1× 6.4k 2.2× 1.4k 0.7× 273 0.2× 405 24.8k
Valentin Djonov Switzerland 64 6.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 255 0.1× 282 14.5k
Peter Bałuk United States 53 6.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.2× 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 455 0.3× 107 13.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean P. Palecek

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Feeney, Austin K., et al.. (2025). Enhancing human pluripotent stem cell differentiation to cardiomyocytes through cardiac progenitor reseeding and cryopreservation. iScience. 28(5). 112452–112452. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Fengrui, et al.. (2025). Proto-SLIPS: Slippery Liquid-Infused Surfaces that Release Highly Water-Soluble Agents. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(38). 54166–54180.
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Shusta, Eric V., et al.. (2023). Defined Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Brain Microvascular Endothelial-Like Cells for Modeling the Blood-Brain Barrier. Methods in molecular biology. 2683. 113–133. 1 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Hideaki, Sylvain Perriot, Benjamin D. Gastfriend, et al.. (2022). Intrinsic blood–brain barrier dysfunction contributes to multiple sclerosis pathogenesis. Brain. 145(12). 4334–4348. 84 indexed citations
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Gregorich, Zachery R., Ran Tao, Pratik A Lalit, et al.. (2022). Cardiac differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells using defined extracellular matrix proteins reveals essential role of fibronectin. eLife. 11. 12 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Hideaki, et al.. (2021). Differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells to brain microvascular endothelial cell-like cells suitable to study immune cell interactions. STAR Protocols. 2(2). 100563–100563. 20 indexed citations
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Palecek, Sean P., et al.. (2021). Rational, Unbiased Selection of Reference Genes for Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 27(5). 322–336. 4 indexed citations
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Song, Hannah, et al.. (2020). Transcriptomic comparison of human and mouse brain microvessels. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 12358–12358. 98 indexed citations
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Lippmann, Ethan S., Samira M. Azarin, Sean P. Palecek, & Eric V. Shusta. (2020). Commentary on human pluripotent stem cell-based blood–brain barrier models. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 17(1). 64–64. 72 indexed citations
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Wesley, Umadevi V., Vijesh J. Bhute, James F. Hatcher, Sean P. Palecek, & Robert J. Dempsey. (2019). Local and systemic metabolic alterations in brain, plasma, and liver of rats in response to aging and ischemic stroke, as detected by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Neurochemistry International. 127. 113–124. 38 indexed citations
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Park, Tae‐Eun, Nur Mustafaoğlu, Anna Herland, et al.. (2019). Hypoxia-enhanced Blood-Brain Barrier Chip recapitulates human barrier function and shuttling of drugs and antibodies. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2621–2621. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qian, Tongcheng, et al.. (2017). Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells to blood-brain barrier endothelial cells. Science Advances. 3(11). e1701679–e1701679. 173 indexed citations
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Loring, Jeanne F., Todd C. McDevitt, Sean P. Palecek, et al.. (2014). A Global Assessment of Stem Cell Engineering. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(19-20). 2575–2589. 5 indexed citations
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Leydon, Ciara, et al.. (2013). Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Epithelial Cells in a Novel In Vitro Model of Vocal Mucosa. Tissue Engineering Part A. 19(19-20). 2233–2241. 24 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Gargi, Xiaojun Lian, Stephen J. Kron, & Sean P. Palecek. (2012). Properties of resistant cells generated from lung cancer cell lines treated with EGFR inhibitors. BMC Cancer. 12(1). 95–95. 32 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Gargi, et al.. (2012). Activity Assay of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Using Peptide-Conjugated Magnetic Beads. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 11(1). 44–51. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jianhua, Kunil Raval, Xiaojun Lian, et al.. (2010). Abstract 20724: Matrix-Promoted Efficient Cardiac Differentiation of Human iPS and ES Cells. Circulation. 122. 3 indexed citations
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Metallo, Christian M., et al.. (2009). Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Keratinocytes Exhibit an Epidermal Transcription Program and Undergo Epithelial Morphogenesis in Engineered Tissue Constructs. Tissue Engineering Part A. 16(1). 213–223. 33 indexed citations
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Palecek, Sean P., Joseph C. Loftus, Mark H. Ginsberg, Douglas A. Lauffenburger, & Alan F. Horwitz. (1997). Integrin-ligand binding properties govern cell migration speed through cell-substratum adhesiveness. Nature. 385(6616). 537–540. 1130 indexed citations breakdown →

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