Soon Sim Tan

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Soon Sim Tan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Soon Sim Tan has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Soon Sim Tan's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (10 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (4 papers). Soon Sim Tan is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (10 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (4 papers). Soon Sim Tan collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, Netherlands and Brazil. Soon Sim Tan's co-authors include Sai Kiang Lim, Ruenn Chai Lai, Yijun Yin, Andre Choo, Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, Bin Zhang, Bin Zhang, Fatih Arslan, Siu Kwan Sze and Dominique PV de Kleijn and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Soon Sim Tan

14 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Mesenchymal stem cell: An efficient mass producer of exosomes for drug delivery

2012 697 citations Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, Ruenn Chai Lai et al. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews profile →
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Secrete Immunologically Active Exosomes

2013 551 citations Bin Zhang, Yijun Yin et al. Stem Cells and Development profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Soon Sim Tan Singapore	11	2.2k	1.3k	654	280	243	14	2.6k
Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo Singapore	13	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	552 0.8×	263 0.9×	224 0.9×	15	2.5k
S. Rubina Baglio Italy	18	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	488 0.7×	288 1.0×	208 0.9×	24	2.6k
May May Lee Singapore	9	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	646 1.0×	439 1.6×	112 0.5×	12	2.6k
Tian Sheng Chen Singapore	8	2.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	875 1.3×	575 2.1×	144 0.6×	10	3.2k
Daniele Reverberi Italy	18	869 0.4×	423 0.3×	664 1.0×	266 0.9×	314 1.3×	46	1.6k
Maria G. Roubelakis Greece	28	1.1k 0.5×	476 0.4×	929 1.4×	731 2.6×	215 0.9×	60	2.2k
Mark S. Dooner United States	32	2.0k 0.9×	778 0.6×	1.0k 1.6×	380 1.4×	472 1.9×	105	3.3k
Fengxia Ma China	19	1.3k 0.6×	477 0.4×	396 0.6×	227 0.8×	620 2.6×	48	2.1k
Matti Korhonen Finland	34	1.2k 0.5×	356 0.3×	622 1.0×	390 1.4×	459 1.9×	80	3.1k
Roberta Tasso Italy	25	1.3k 0.6×	589 0.4×	1.6k 2.4×	708 2.5×	411 1.7×	45	3.1k

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14 of 14 papers shown

Tan, Soon Sim, Luciano de Souza Viana, André Lopes Carvalho, et al.. (2019). A preliminary investigation of circulating extracellular vesicles and biomarker discovery associated with treatment response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Cancer. 19(1). 373–373. 25 indexed citations

Tan, Soon Sim, Sai Kiang Lim, Luciano de Souza Viana, et al.. (2019). High expression of MLANA in the plasma of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma as a predictor of tumor progression. Head & Neck. 41(5). 1199–1205. 4 indexed citations

Tan, Soon Sim, Sai Kiang Lim, Hui Sun Leong, et al.. (2019). Circulating extracellular vesicle-associated TGFβ3 modulates response to cytotoxic therapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Carcinogenesis. 40(12). 1452–1461. 17 indexed citations

Tan, Kok Hian, et al.. (2017). Extracellular vesicles yield predictive pre‐eclampsia biomarkers. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 6(1). 1408390–1408390. 26 indexed citations

Lai, Ruenn Chai, Soon Sim Tan, Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, et al.. (2016). MSC secretes at least 3 EV types each with a unique permutation of membrane lipid, protein and RNA. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 5(1). 29828–29828. 207 indexed citations

Tan, Kok Hian, et al.. (2014). Plasma biomarker discovery in preeclampsia using a novel differential isolation technology for circulating extracellular vesicles. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 211(4). 380.e1–380.e13. 65 indexed citations

Zhang, Bin, Yijun Yin, Ruenn Chai Lai, et al.. (2013). Mesenchymal Stem Cells Secrete Immunologically Active Exosomes. Stem Cells and Development. 23(11). 1233–1244. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

Tan, Soon Sim, Yijun Yin, Ruenn Chai Lai, et al.. (2013). Therapeutic MSC exosomes are derived from lipid raft microdomains in the plasma membrane. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 2(1). 148 indexed citations

Yeo, Ronne Wee Yeh, Ruenn Chai Lai, Bin Zhang, et al.. (2012). Mesenchymal stem cell: An efficient mass producer of exosomes for drug delivery. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 65(3). 336–341. 697 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lai, Ruenn Chai, Soon Sim Tan, Siu Kwan Sze, et al.. (2012). Proteolytic Potential of the MSC Exosome Proteome: Implications for an Exosome-Mediated Delivery of Therapeutic Proteasome. PubMed. 2012. 1–14. 389 indexed citations

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Chen, Tian Sheng, Fatih Arslan, Yijun Yin, et al.. (2011). Enabling a robust scalable manufacturing process for therapeutic exosomes through oncogenic immortalization of human ESC-derived MSCs. Journal of Translational Medicine. 9(1). 47–47. 322 indexed citations

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Lai, Ruenn Chai, Fatih Arslan, Soon Sim Tan, et al.. (2010). Derivation and characterization of human fetal MSCs: An alternative cell source for large-scale production of cardioprotective microparticles. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 48(6). 1215–1224. 119 indexed citations

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Chen, Tian Sheng, Soon Sim Tan, Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, et al.. (2010). Delineating Biological Pathways Unique to Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Insulin-Producing Cell Lines from Their Noninsulin-Producing Progenitor Cell Lines. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 95(7). 3558–3558. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Tian Sheng, Soon Sim Tan, Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, et al.. (2010). Delineating Biological Pathways Unique to Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Insulin-Producing Cell Lines from Their Noninsulin-Producing Progenitor Cell Lines. Endocrinology. 151(8). 3600–3610. 2 indexed citations

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