Spencer B. Gibson

30.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
163 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Spencer B. Gibson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Spencer B. Gibson has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Genetics and 40 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Spencer B. Gibson's work include Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (59 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (35 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (32 papers). Spencer B. Gibson is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (59 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (35 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (32 papers). Spencer B. Gibson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Ukraine. Spencer B. Gibson's co-authors include Yongqiang Chen, Gary L. Johnson, Christian Widmann, Matthew Jarpe, Elizabeth S. Henson, Meghan B. Azad, Sara J. Israels, Eileen McMillan‐Ward, Jiming Kong and James B. Johnston and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Spencer B. Gibson

155 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase: Conservation of a Three-Kinase Module From Yeast to Human

1999 2.3k citations Spencer B. Gibson et al. profile →
Superoxide is the major reactive oxygen species regulating autophagy

2009 657 citations Yongqiang Chen, Meghan B. Azad et al. profile →
Regulation of Autophagy by Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS): Implications for Cancer Progression and Treatment

2008 655 citations Meghan B. Azad, Yongqiang Chen et al. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling profile →
Oxidative stress induces autophagic cell death independent of apoptosis in transformed and cancer cells

2007 607 citations Yongqiang Chen, Spencer B. Gibson et al. profile →
Ferroptosis is induced following siramesine and lapatinib treatment of breast cancer cells

2016 512 citations Elizabeth S. Henson, Yongqiang Chen et al. profile →
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Regulates Different Types of Cell Death by Acting as a Rheostat

2021 315 citations Spencer B. Gibson et al. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Spencer B. Gibson Canada	53	7.8k	3.0k	2.2k	2.1k	1.8k	163	13.0k
Stephen W. G. Tait United Kingdom	49	10.0k 1.3×	3.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	3.5k 1.6×	1.9k 1.0×	87	15.5k
Emily H. Cheng United States	48	12.6k 1.6×	2.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	2.6k 1.5×	94	16.4k
Andrew Thorburn United States	62	8.9k 1.1×	6.2k 2.1×	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	140	14.0k
Wei‐Xing Zong United States	43	8.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	79	12.0k
Li Li China	57	8.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	493	13.6k
Philippe Marchetti France	62	9.9k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	177	16.1k
Derek A. Mann United Kingdom	64	4.4k 0.6×	4.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	198	12.1k
Sebastian Wesselborg Germany	56	7.2k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	3.9k 1.8×	1.6k 0.9×	136	13.4k
Nathanaël Larochette France	36	8.7k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	3.0k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	48	13.9k
David M. Hockenbery United States	50	10.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	3.2k 1.5×	3.6k 2.0×	124	16.7k

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Morales, Luis Carlos, Cezary Kucharski, Mohammad Nasrullah, et al.. (2025). Lipopolymers as the Basis of Non-Viral Delivery of Therapeutic siRNA Nanoparticles in a Leukemia (MOLM-13) Model. Biomolecules. 15(1). 115–115. 3 indexed citations

Nasrullah, Mohammad, K Bahadur, Cezary Kucharski, et al.. (2025). Suppressing t(4;11) Acute Leukemia by Lipopolymer Nanoparticle Delivery of siRNA Targeting KMT2A::AFF1 with Enhanced Extrahepatic Delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(27). e02019–e02019.

Yang, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2024). Lysosome-Disrupting Agents in Combination with Venetoclax Increase Apoptotic Response in Primary Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Cells Mediated by Lysosomal Cathepsin D Release and Inhibition of Autophagy. Cells. 13(12). 1041–1041. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Xun, Sen Hou, Spencer B. Gibson, et al.. (2023). Elevated expression of interleukin 16 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia is associated with disease burden and abnormal immune microenvironment. Leukemia Research. 131. 107315–107315. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Jiayu, Lin Yang, Oliver Bucher, et al.. (2023). Clinical Outcomes in a Large Canadian Centralized CLL Clinic Based on Treatment and Molecular Factors over a Decade. Current Oncology. 30(7). 6411–6431.

Chen, Yongqiang, Zhaoying Zhang, Elizabeth S. Henson, et al.. (2021). Autophagy inhibition by TSSC4 (tumor suppressing subtransferable candidate 4) contributes to sustainable cancer cell growth. Autophagy. 18(6). 1274–1296. 15 indexed citations

Chowdhury, Subir Roy, Amandeep Singh, James B. Johnston, et al.. (2021). Ex Vivo Mitochondrial Respiration Parallels Biochemical Response to Ibrutinib in CLL Cells. Cancers. 13(2). 354–354. 2 indexed citations

Chowdhury, Subir Roy, Zoann Nugent, Edgard M. Mejia, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial Respiration Correlates with Prognostic Markers in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Is Normalized by Ibrutinib Treatment. Cancers. 12(3). 650–650. 17 indexed citations

Ishdorj, Ganchimeg, Pascal Lambert, Salaheddin M. Mahmud, et al.. (2019). IgA levels at diagnosis predict for infections, time to treatment, and survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood Advances. 3(14). 2188–2198. 20 indexed citations

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Gibson, Spencer B., et al.. (2019). Lysosomal Destabilizing Drug Siramesine and the Dual Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Lapatinib Induce a Synergistic Ferroptosis through Reduced Heme Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) Levels. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2019. 1–14. 69 indexed citations

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Righolt, Christiaan H., Geng Zhang, Xibiao Ye, et al.. (2019). Statin Use and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Incidence: A Nested Case–Control Study in Manitoba, Canada. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 28(9). 1495–1501. 9 indexed citations

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Singh, Amandeep, Meghan B. Azad, Elizabeth S. Henson, et al.. (2018). The BH3 only Bcl-2 family member BNIP3 regulates cellular proliferation. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0204792–e0204792. 22 indexed citations

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Dielschneider, Rebecca, Elizabeth S. Henson, & Spencer B. Gibson. (2017). Lysosomes as Oxidative Targets for Cancer Therapy. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2017(1). 3749157–3749157. 98 indexed citations

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Li, Hongzhao, Xun Wu, Sen Hou, et al.. (2015). Phosphatidylinositol-3,4-Bisphosphate and Its Binding Protein Lamellipodin Regulate Chemotaxis of Malignant B Lymphocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 196(2). 586–595. 14 indexed citations

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Gehrke, Iris, et al.. (2014). On-Target Effect of FK866, a Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyl Transferase Inhibitor, by Apoptosis-Mediated Death in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(18). 4861–4872. 61 indexed citations

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Burton, Teralee, David D. Eisenstat, & Spencer B. Gibson. (2009). BNIP3 (Bcl-2 19 kDa Interacting Protein) Acts as Transcriptional Repressor of Apoptosis-Inducing Factor Expression Preventing Cell Death in Human Malignant Gliomas. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(13). 4189–4199. 44 indexed citations

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Azad, Meghan B., Yongqiang Chen, & Spencer B. Gibson. (2008). Regulation of Autophagy by Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS): Implications for Cancer Progression and Treatment. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 11(4). 777–790. 655 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chinnadurai, G., S. Vijayalingam, & Spencer B. Gibson. (2008). BNIP3 subfamily BH3-only proteins: mitochondrial stress sensors in normal and pathological functions. Oncogene. 27(S1). S114–S127. 177 indexed citations

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Henson, Elizabeth S., James B. Johnston, & Spencer B. Gibson. (2008). The role of TRAIL death receptors in the treatment of hematological malignancies. Leukemia & lymphoma. 49(1). 27–35. 41 indexed citations

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Ishdorj, Ganchimeg, Bonnie A. Graham, Xiaojie Hu, et al.. (2008). Lysophosphatidic Acid Protects Cancer Cells from Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitor-induced Apoptosis through Activation of HDAC. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(24). 16818–16829. 30 indexed citations

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