Tran C. Thai

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Tran C. Thai is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tran C. Thai has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Tran C. Thai's work include interferon and immune responses (5 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (3 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (3 papers). Tran C. Thai is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (5 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (3 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (3 papers). Tran C. Thai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Singapore. Tran C. Thai's co-authors include Haruo Saito, Francesc Posas, Tatsuya Maeda, David A. Barbie, P. O’Grady, Shunsuke Kitajima, Brandon Piel, Shoichiro Tange, Sayuri Masuda and Cloud P. Paweletz and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Tran C. Thai

14 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Yeast HOG1 MAP Kinase Cascade Is Regulated by a Multistep... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 200 400 600
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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. Yeast HOG1 MAP Kinase Cascade Is Regulated by a Multistep Phosphorelay Mechanism in the SLN1–YPD1–SSK1 “Two-Component” Osmosensor
    1996 745 citations Francesc Posas, Tatsuya Maeda et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Tran C. Thai
Amel Mettouchi France
Philip M. Sass United States
Emma W Vaimberg United States
Joseph S. Lipsick United States
G. Schaffner Austria
Shunji Natsuka Japan
Brett K. Kaiser United States
Christopher A. Jones United States
Young Sik Lee South Korea
Chris Kingsley United States
Amel Mettouchi France
Tran C. Thai
Citations per year, relative to Tran C. Thai Tran C. Thai (= 1×) peers Amel Mettouchi

Countries citing papers authored by Tran C. Thai

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tran C. Thai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tran C. Thai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tran C. Thai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tran C. Thai 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 Tran C. Thai. Tran C. Thai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Wang, Haiyang, et al.. (2025). Mechanopharmacology of cellular microenvironment stiffness: Therapeutic strategies for age‐related diseases. British Journal of Pharmacology. 183(4). 945–956.
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Murayama, Takahiko, Navin R. Mahadevan, Catherine B. Meador, et al.. (2024). Targeting TREX1 Induces Innate Immune Response in Drug-Resistant Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Research Communications. 4(9). 2399–2414. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Yufei, Alicia Buck, Brandon Piel, et al.. (2023). 442 CAIX targeted CAR-T cells exhibited antitumor efficacy on renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patient derived organotypic tumor spheroids (PDOTS). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A491–A491. 1 indexed citations
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Thai, Tran C., et al.. (2023). Helicobacter pylori extract induces purified neutrophils to produce reactive oxygen species only in the presence of plasma. Biomedical Reports. 19(6). 89–89. 6 indexed citations
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Kitajima, Shunsuke, Fengkai Li, Nagib Ahsan, et al.. (2023). The germline factor DDX4 contributes to the chemoresistance of small cell lung cancer cells. Communications Biology. 6(1). 65–65. 7 indexed citations
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Hong, Deli, Erik H. Knelson, Yixiang Li, et al.. (2021). Plasticity in the Absence of NOTCH Uncovers a RUNX2-Dependent Pathway in Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Research. 82(2). 248–263. 25 indexed citations
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Campisi, Marco, Shriram K. Sundararaman, Sarah E. Shelton, et al.. (2020). Tumor-Derived cGAMP Regulates Activation of the Vasculature. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 2090–2090. 48 indexed citations
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Li, Fengkai, Shunsuke Kitajima, Susumu Kohno, et al.. (2019). Retinoblastoma Inactivation Induces a Protumoral Microenvironment via Enhanced CCL2 Secretion. Cancer Research. 79(15). 3903–3915. 67 indexed citations
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Zhu, Zehua, Tran C. Thai, Navin R. Mahadevan, et al.. (2019). Phosphorylation of RAB7 by TBK1/IKKϵ Regulates Innate Immune Signaling in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 80(1). 44–56. 44 indexed citations
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Kitajima, Shunsuke, Elena V. Ivanova, Sujuan Guo, et al.. (2018). Suppression of STING Associated with LKB1 Loss in KRAS-Driven Lung Cancer. Cancer Discovery. 9(1). 34–45. 348 indexed citations
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Kitajima, Shunsuke, Fengkai Li, Chaoyang Cheng, et al.. (2017). MicroRNA-140 mediates RB tumor suppressor function to control stem cell-like activity through interleukin-6. Oncotarget. 8(8). 13872–13885. 13 indexed citations
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Yang, Shenghong, Yu Imamura, Russell W. Jenkins, et al.. (2016). Autophagy Inhibition Dysregulates TBK1 Signaling and Promotes Pancreatic Inflammation. Cancer Immunology Research. 4(6). 520–530. 76 indexed citations
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Tu, Daqi, Zehua Zhu, Alicia Y. Zhou, et al.. (2013). Structure and Ubiquitination-Dependent Activation of TANK-Binding Kinase 1. Cell Reports. 3(3). 747–758. 167 indexed citations
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O’Grady, P., Tran C. Thai, & Haruo Saito. (1998). The Laminin–Nidogen Complex is a Ligand for a Specific Splice Isoform of the Transmembrane Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase LAR. The Journal of Cell Biology. 141(7). 1675–1684. 116 indexed citations
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Posas, Francesc, et al.. (1996). Yeast HOG1 MAP Kinase Cascade Is Regulated by a Multistep Phosphorelay Mechanism in the SLN1–YPD1–SSK1 “Two-Component” Osmosensor. Cell. 86(6). 865–875. 745 indexed citations breakdown →

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