Spencer C. Wei

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
14 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Spencer C. Wei is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Spencer C. Wei has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Oncology, 6 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Spencer C. Wei's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (5 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers). Spencer C. Wei is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (5 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers). Spencer C. Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Macao. Spencer C. Wei's co-authors include James P. Allison, Colm R. Duffy, Jing Yang, Dana Pe’er, Nana-Ama A.S. Anang, Jacob Levine, Miles C. Andrews, Alexandria P. Cogdill, Jennifer A. Wargo and Yang Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Spencer C. Wei

13 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Fundamental Mechanisms of Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapy

2018 2.2k citations Spencer C. Wei, Colm R. Duffy et al. Cancer Discovery profile →
Distinct Cellular Mechanisms Underlie Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade

2017 928 citations Spencer C. Wei, Jacob Levine et al. Cell profile →
Matrix stiffness drives epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumour metastasis through a TWIST1–G3BP2 mechanotransduction pathway

2015 710 citations Spencer C. Wei, Laurent Fattet et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Spencer C. Wei United States	10	3.0k	2.0k	1.1k	593	533	14	4.5k
Michael W. Pickup United States	22	1.9k 0.6×	929 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	416 0.7×	812 1.5×	32	4.0k
Neta Erez Israel	35	3.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	2.6k 2.3×	710 1.2×	300 0.6×	61	5.7k
Tobias Schatton United States	27	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	2.2k 2.0×	289 0.5×	344 0.6×	40	4.4k
David A. Barbie United States	30	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	2.7k 2.4×	630 1.1×	255 0.5×	81	5.0k
Ilaria Malanchi United Kingdom	26	2.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	2.6k 2.3×	457 0.8×	772 1.4×	44	5.4k
Carola H. Ries Germany	25	1.7k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	566 1.0×	120 0.2×	38	3.7k
Maja H. Oktay United States	32	1.7k 0.6×	893 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	309 0.5×	492 0.9×	84	3.5k
Viviana Cremasco United States	22	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	391 0.7×	128 0.2×	31	3.3k
Viola Heinzelmann‐Schwarz Switzerland	29	1.8k 0.6×	848 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	375 0.6×	274 0.5×	120	4.2k
Todd D. Prickett United States	34	4.0k 1.3×	3.2k 1.6×	2.3k 2.1×	307 0.5×	290 0.5×	52	5.9k

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Yang, Yongqing, Ziqiang Liu, Shuai Lü, et al.. (2025). A case report of bacteriophage therapy for the treatment of lung infection due to carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 33512–33512. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Ziqiang, Shuai Lü, Yongqing Yang, et al.. (2025). Efficacy of precisely tailored phage cocktails targeting carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii reveals evolutionary trade-offs: a proof-of-concept study. EBioMedicine. 120. 105942–105942. 1 indexed citations

Gowen, Benjamin G., Jean L. Chan, Aaron J. Cantor, et al.. (2024). Identification of a Guide RNA Targeting an Ultraconserved Element for Evaluation of Cas9 Genome Editors Across Mammalian Species. The CRISPR Journal. 7(6). 306–309.

Ma, Ying, Jun Li, Huamin Wang, et al.. (2020). Combination of PD-1 Inhibitor and OX40 Agonist Induces Tumor Rejection and Immune Memory in Mouse Models of Pancreatic Cancer. Gastroenterology. 159(1). 306–319.e12. 107 indexed citations

Wei, Spencer C., Roshan Sharma, Nana-Ama A.S. Anang, et al.. (2019). Negative Co-stimulation Constrains T Cell Differentiation by Imposing Boundaries on Possible Cell States. Immunity. 50(4). 1084–1098.e10. 68 indexed citations

Wei, Spencer C., Nana-Ama A.S. Anang, Roshan Sharma, et al.. (2019). Combination anti–CTLA-4 plus anti–PD-1 checkpoint blockade utilizes cellular mechanisms partially distinct from monotherapies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(45). 22699–22709. 226 indexed citations

Gregus, Ann M., Matthew W. Buczynski, Darren S. Dumlao, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of spinal 15-LOX-1 attenuates TLR4-dependent, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug–unresponsive hyperalgesia in male rats. Pain. 159(12). 2620–2629. 12 indexed citations

Wei, Spencer C., Colm R. Duffy, & James P. Allison. (2018). Fundamental Mechanisms of Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapy. Cancer Discovery. 8(9). 1069–1086. 2200 indexed citations breakdown →

Wei, Spencer C., Jacob Levine, Alexandria P. Cogdill, et al.. (2017). Distinct Cellular Mechanisms Underlie Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade. Cell. 170(6). 1120–1133.e17. 928 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wei, Spencer C., Jacob Levine, Dana Pe’er, & James P. Allison. (2017). Abstract 592: Distinct cellular mechanisms mediate anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 checkpoint blockade. Cancer Research. 77(13_Supplement). 592–592. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, Spencer C. & Jing Yang. (2015). Forcing through Tumor Metastasis: The Interplay between Tissue Rigidity and Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition. Trends in Cell Biology. 26(2). 111–120. 170 indexed citations

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Wei, Spencer C., Laurent Fattet, Jeff H. Tsai, et al.. (2015). Matrix stiffness drives epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumour metastasis through a TWIST1–G3BP2 mechanotransduction pathway. Nature Cell Biology. 17(5). 678–688. 710 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gregus, Ann M., Darren S. Dumlao, Spencer C. Wei, et al.. (2013). Systematic analysis of rat 12/15‐lipoxygenase enzymes reveals critical role for spinal eLOX3 hepoxilin synthase activity in inflammatory hyperalgesia. The FASEB Journal. 27(5). 1939–1949. 41 indexed citations

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Blanvillain, Robert, Spencer C. Wei, Pengcheng Wei, Jong H. Kim, & David W. Ow. (2011). Stress tolerance to stress escape in plants: role of the OXS2 zinc‐finger transcription factor family. The EMBO Journal. 30(18). 3812–3822. 75 indexed citations

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