Stephen Ma

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Stephen Ma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Ma has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Stephen Ma's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (6 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers). Stephen Ma is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (6 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers). Stephen Ma collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Switzerland. Stephen Ma's co-authors include Ruth M. Kluck, Grant Dewson, Colin Hockings, Iris K. L. Tan, Peter E. Czabotar, Jerry M. Adams, Dana Westphal, A.Y. Robin, W. Douglas Fairlie and Shenggen Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Ma

12 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Bax Crystal Structures Reveal How BH3 Domains Activate Bax and Nucleate Its Oligomerization to Induce Apoptosis

2013 444 citations Peter E. Czabotar, Dana Westphal et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Stephen Ma

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Tobias Kratina Australia

Manish Garg India

Rachelle Kosoff United States

Pilar Lasierra Spain

Susana Gamen Spain

Jane M. Turbov United States

Yun Liang China

Christina Falschlehner Germany

J.J. Keusch Switzerland

Sébastien Apcher France

Tobias Kratina Australia

Stephen Ma

953 ×0.9

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344 ×1.0

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200 ×1.4

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121 ×0.9

EPIDE

107 ×0.9

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Citations per year, relative to Stephen Ma Stephen Ma (= 1×) peers Tobias Kratina

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Ma based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stephen Ma. Stephen Ma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Li, Xiaoqian, Shizhong Wang, Bei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Role and mechanism of piR-0228 targeting RIPK1 to regulate vascular remodeling and aortic dissection. Atherosclerosis. 410. 120459–120459. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Stephen, Janine Campbell, Deborah L. White, et al.. (2024). Laboratory validation and clinical utility of next-generation sequencing-based IGH/TCR clonality testing for the monitoring of measurable residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: real-world experience at Austin Pathology. Pathology. 56(7). 982–992.

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Ma, Stephen, et al.. (2024). The role of exercise in the expression of caspase 3 and microRNAs miR-138 and miR-155 associated with apoptosis in the cerebellum of rats submitted to cerebral ischemia. Genetics and Molecular Research. 23(4). 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Stephen, et al.. (2020). Cryptococcus neoformans var grubii meningoencephalitis in a patient on fingolimod for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: Case report and review of published cases. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 39. 101923–101923. 17 indexed citations

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Wong, Rachel, Jeanne Tie, Margaret Lee, et al.. (2019). The potential role of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the further investigation of colorectal cancer patients with nonspecific findings on standard investigations. International Journal of Cancer. 145(2). 540–547. 16 indexed citations

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Weeden, Clare E., Aliaksei Z. Holik, Richard J. Young, et al.. (2017). Cisplatin Increases Sensitivity to FGFR Inhibition in Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 16(8). 1610–1622. 19 indexed citations

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Weeden, Clare E., Yunshun Chen, Stephen Ma, et al.. (2017). Lung Basal Stem Cells Rapidly Repair DNA Damage Using the Error-Prone Nonhomologous End-Joining Pathway. PLoS Biology. 15(1). e2000731–e2000731. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Xiang, Iris K. L. Tan, Stephen Ma, et al.. (2017). BAK α6 permits activation by BH3-only proteins and homooligomerization via the canonical hydrophobic groove. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(29). 7629–7634. 31 indexed citations

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Ma, Stephen, Thanh Ngoc Nguyen, Iris K. L. Tan, et al.. (2014). Bax targets mitochondria by distinct mechanisms before or during apoptotic cell death: a requirement for VDAC2 or Bak for efficient Bax apoptotic function. Cell Death and Differentiation. 21(12). 1925–1935. 101 indexed citations

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Czabotar, Peter E., Dana Westphal, Grant Dewson, et al.. (2013). Bax Crystal Structures Reveal How BH3 Domains Activate Bax and Nucleate Its Oligomerization to Induce Apoptosis. Cell. 152(3). 519–531. 444 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Stephen, Colin Hockings, Khatira Anwari, et al.. (2013). Assembly of the Bak Apoptotic Pore. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(36). 26027–26038. 60 indexed citations

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Vince, James E., W. Wei‐Lynn Wong, Ian E. Gentle, et al.. (2012). Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins Limit RIP3 Kinase-Dependent Interleukin-1 Activation. Immunity. 36(2). 215–227. 397 indexed citations

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Dewson, Grant, Stephen Ma, Colin Hockings, et al.. (2011). Bax dimerizes via a symmetric BH3:groove interface during apoptosis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 19(4). 661–670. 149 indexed citations

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