TW Mak

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

TW Mak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, TW Mak has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in TW Mak's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (4 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). TW Mak is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (4 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (4 papers). TW Mak collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Italy. TW Mak's co-authors include Thorsten Berger, David R. McIlwain, H Griesser, Tao Ma, Meenakshi A. Chellaiah, Michael J. Rogers, Éric Champagne, He Liu, Hans‐Uwe Simon and Mario P. Tschan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Blood and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

TW Mak

20 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Caspase Functions in Cell Death and Disease

2013 2.1k citations David R. McIlwain, Thorsten Berger et al. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
TW Mak Canada	9	1.4k	448	387	253	249	20	2.5k
George R. Oliver United States	8	1.9k 1.4×	405 0.9×	398 1.0×	295 1.2×	304 1.2×	10	2.8k
Sek C. Chow Sweden	30	1.9k 1.4×	715 1.6×	345 0.9×	258 1.0×	283 1.1×	72	3.4k
Enriqué Cepero United States	9	1.5k 1.1×	308 0.7×	633 1.6×	196 0.8×	354 1.4×	11	2.5k
Mary Benedict United States	17	2.3k 1.7×	505 1.1×	560 1.4×	217 0.9×	345 1.4×	22	2.9k
Michael L. Sprengart Singapore	6	1.8k 1.3×	301 0.7×	460 1.2×	185 0.7×	205 0.8×	6	2.5k
Hee Yong Chung South Korea	33	1.9k 1.4×	507 1.1×	508 1.3×	323 1.3×	459 1.8×	90	3.1k
Khaled Méflah France	33	1.9k 1.4×	730 1.6×	580 1.5×	182 0.7×	259 1.0×	115	3.2k
Walter K. Nishioka United States	16	1.6k 1.2×	470 1.0×	542 1.4×	215 0.8×	196 0.8×	19	2.5k
Frederik H. Igney Germany	12	1.5k 1.1×	708 1.6×	626 1.6×	212 0.8×	343 1.4×	21	2.5k
Kelly M. Boatright United States	9	2.0k 1.4×	503 1.1×	403 1.0×	329 1.3×	311 1.2×	9	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by TW Mak

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Fields of papers citing papers by TW Mak

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of TW Mak

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mak, TW, Ollie Yiru Yu, Victor Lee, et al.. (2025). HPV Vaccine Communication and Administration for the Prevention of Oropharyngeal Cancer in Dental Primary Care: Perspectives of Professionals and Students—A Systematic Review. Vaccines. 13(3). 242–242. 1 indexed citations

He, Zhiyong, He Liu, Massimiliano Agostini, et al.. (2013). p73 regulates autophagy and hepatocellular lipid metabolism through a transcriptional activation of the ATG5 gene. Cell Death and Differentiation. 20(10). 1415–1424. 70 indexed citations

Berger, Thorsten, et al.. (2013). Dissection of Signaling in Inflammation: Three Novel Inflammatory Regulators. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 78(0). 141–147. 8 indexed citations

McIlwain, David R., Thorsten Berger, & TW Mak. (2013). Caspase Functions in Cell Death and Disease. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 5(4). a008656–a008656. 2070 indexed citations breakdown →

Ma, Tao, et al.. (2007). Actin polymerization modulates CD44 surface expression, MMP‐9 activation, and osteoclast function. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 213(3). 710–720. 59 indexed citations

White, Eric S., Binwu Hu, Vuk Stambolic, et al.. (2006). Negative regulation of myofibroblast differentiation by PTEN. 1 indexed citations

White, Eric S., David M. Aronoff, Vuk Stambolic, et al.. (2005). Prostaglandin E2 inhibits fibroblast migration by EP2 receptor-mediated increase in PTEN activity. 1 indexed citations

Suzuki, Akira, Takehiko Sasaki, TW Mak, & Toru Nakano. (2004). Functional analysis of the tumour suppressor gene PTEN in murine B cells and keratinocytes. Biochemical Society Transactions. 32(2). 362–365. 6 indexed citations

Suzuki, Akira, M Fukumoto, Motohiro Hashiyama, et al.. (1996). CD34-deficient mice have reduced eosinophil accumulation after allergen exposure and show a novel crossreactive 90-kD protein. Blood. 87(9). 3550–3562. 107 indexed citations

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Fung‐Leung, Wai‐Ping, et al.. (1994). Impairment and delay of neutralizing antiviral antibody responses by virus-specific cytotoxic T cells. The Journal of Immunology. 152(5). 2635–2635. 5 indexed citations

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Champagne, Éric, et al.. (1989). The T-cell receptor delta chain locus is disrupted in the T-ALL associated t(11;14)(p13;q11) translocation. Blood. 73(6). 1672–1676. 24 indexed citations

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Champagne, Éric, et al.. (1989). Relationship between rearrangement and transcription of the T-cell receptor alpha, beta, and gamma genes in B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood. 73(2). 500–508. 27 indexed citations

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Champagne, Éric, et al.. (1989). The T-cell receptor delta chain locus is disrupted in the T-ALL associated t(11;14)(p13;q11) translocation. Blood. 73(6). 1672–1676. 2 indexed citations

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Biondi, Andrea, Éric Champagne, Valentina Rossi, et al.. (1989). T-cell receptor delta gene rearrangement in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood. 73(8). 2133–2138. 2 indexed citations

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Griesser, H, et al.. (1989). Gene rearrangements and translocations in lymphoproliferative diseases. Blood. 73(6). 1402–1415. 107 indexed citations

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Griesser, H, Y Takihara, Éric Champagne, et al.. (1988). Rearrangement of T-cell delta locus in lymphoproliferative disorders. Blood. 72(1). 353–357. 1 indexed citations

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Minden, MD & TW Mak. (1986). The structure of the T cell antigen receptor genes in normal and malignant T cells. Blood. 68(2). 327–336. 6 indexed citations

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Feller, A.C., et al.. (1986). Lymphoepithelioid lymphoma (Lennert's lymphoma) is a monoclonal proliferation of helper/inducer T cells. Blood. 68(3). 663–667. 2 indexed citations

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Mak, TW, et al.. (1980). Host Control of Sequences Specific to Friend Erythroleukemia Virus in Normal and Leukemic Mice. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 44(0). 893–899. 14 indexed citations

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McCool, D., TW Mak, & Alan Bernstein. (1979). Cellular regulation in friend virus induced erythroleukemia. Studies with anemic mice of genotype SI/SI(d). The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 149(4). 837–846. 12 indexed citations

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