Yardena Samuels

22.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
78 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Yardena Samuels is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yardena Samuels has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Oncology and 18 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Yardena Samuels's work include Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (19 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (15 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (14 papers). Yardena Samuels is often cited by papers focused on Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (19 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (15 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (14 papers). Yardena Samuels collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Yardena Samuels's co-authors include Victor E. Velculescu, Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Steve Szabo, Natalie Silliman, Janine Ptak, Steven A. Rosenberg, Hai Yan, Kajsa Ericson and Alberto Bardelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yardena Samuels

78 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

High Frequency of Mutations of the PIK3CA Gene in Human C... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2013 2005 2004 2022 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. High Frequency of Mutations of the PIK3CA Gene in Human Cancers
    2004 2.7k citations Yardena Samuels, Zhenghe Wang et al. Science profile →
  2. Mining exomic sequencing data to identify mutated antigens recognized by adoptively transferred tumor-reactive T cells
    2013 806 citations Paul F. Robbins, Yong‐Chen Lu et al. profile →
  3. Mutant PIK3CA promotes cell growth and invasion of human cancer cells
    2005 727 citations Yardena Samuels, Luis A. Díaz et al. Cancer Cell profile →
  4. The PIK3CA gene is mutated with high frequency in human breast cancers
    2004 519 citations Yardena Samuels, Natalie Silliman et al. profile →
  5. Mechanisms of immune activation and regulation: lessons from melanoma
    2022 149 citations Shelly Kalaora, Yardena Samuels et al. profile →

Peers

Yardena Samuels
Joan Seoane Spain
Andrea L. Richardson United States
J. William Harbour United States
Roger S. Lo United States
Gideon Bollag United States
Morag Park Canada
Federico Rojo Spain
Elisa de Stanchina United States
Yevgeniy Antipin United States
Martin McMahon United States
Joan Seoane Spain
Yardena Samuels
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Countries citing papers authored by Yardena Samuels

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yardena Samuels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yardena Samuels

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Brien, Hugh, Max Salm, Laura T. Morton, et al.. (2023). Breaking the performance ceiling for neoantigen immunogenicity prediction. Nature Cancer. 4(12). 1618–1621. 5 indexed citations
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Salomon, Nadja, et al.. (2023). The landscape of T cell antigens for cancer immunotherapy. Nature Cancer. 4(7). 937–954. 67 indexed citations
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Levy, Ronen, Wayne Paes, Osnat Bartok, et al.. (2023). Large-Scale Immunopeptidome Analysis Reveals Recurrent Posttranslational Splicing of Cancer- and Immune-Associated Genes. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 22(4). 100519–100519. 11 indexed citations
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Wolf, Yochai & Yardena Samuels. (2022). Intratumor Heterogeneity and Antitumor Immunity Shape One Another Bidirectionally. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(14). 2994–3001. 28 indexed citations
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Mehrabadi, Farid Rashidi, Salem Malikić, Osnat Bartok, et al.. (2020). PhISCS-BnB: a fast branch and bound algorithm for the perfect tumor phylogeny reconstruction problem. Bioinformatics. 36(Supplement_1). i169–i176. 14 indexed citations
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Arafeh, Rand, et al.. (2020). MEK Inhibition Reverses Aberrant Signaling in Melanoma Cells through Reorganization of NRas and BRAF in Self Nanoclusters. Cancer Research. 81(5). 1279–1292. 2 indexed citations
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Revach, Or‐Yam, Oded Sandler, Yardena Samuels, & Benjamin Geiger. (2019). Cross-Talk between Receptor Tyrosine Kinases AXL and ERBB3 Regulates Invadopodia Formation in Melanoma Cells. Cancer Research. 79(10). 2634–2648. 34 indexed citations
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Madigan, James P., Jared J. Gartner, Jimmy Lin, et al.. (2019). Exome Sequencing of ABCB5 Identifies Recurrent Melanoma Mutations that Result in Increased Proliferative and Invasive Capacities. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139(9). 1985–1992.e10. 9 indexed citations
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Kalaora, Shelly & Yardena Samuels. (2018). Cancer Exome-Based Identification of Tumor Neo-Antigens Using Mass Spectrometry. Methods in molecular biology. 1884. 203–214. 5 indexed citations
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Gotea, Valer, Jared J. Gartner, Nouar Qutob, Laura Elnitski, & Yardena Samuels. (2015). The functional relevance of somatic synonymous mutations in melanoma and other cancers. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 28(6). 673–684. 41 indexed citations
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Lu, Yong‐Chen, Xin Yao, Jessica S. Crystal, et al.. (2014). Efficient Identification of Mutated Cancer Antigens Recognized by T Cells Associated with Durable Tumor Regressions. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(13). 3401–3410. 304 indexed citations
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Parker, Stephen C.J., Jared J. Gartner, Xiaomu Wei, et al.. (2012). Mutational Signatures of De-Differentiation in Functional Non-Coding Regions of Melanoma Genomes. PLoS Genetics. 8(8). e1002871–e1002871. 8 indexed citations
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Solomon, David A., Taeyeon Kim, Laura A. Díaz-Martínez, et al.. (2011). Mutational Inactivation of STAG2 Causes Aneuploidy in Human Cancer. Science. 333(6045). 1039–1043. 311 indexed citations
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Wei, Xiaomu, Todd D. Prickett, Cristina G. Viloria, et al.. (2010). Mutational and Functional Analysis Reveals ADAMTS18 Metalloproteinase as a Novel Driver in Melanoma. Molecular Cancer Research. 8(11). 1513–1525. 41 indexed citations
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Ericson, Kajsa, Christine Gan, Ian Cheong, et al.. (2010). Genetic inactivation of AKT1 , AKT2 , and PDPK1 in human colorectal cancer cells clarifies their roles in tumor growth regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(6). 2598–2603. 106 indexed citations
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Solomon, David A., Jung-Sik Kim, Julia C. Cronin, et al.. (2008). Mutational Inactivation of PTPRD in Glioblastoma Multiforme and Malignant Melanoma. Cancer Research. 68(24). 10300–10306. 102 indexed citations
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Huang, Chuan‐Hsiang, Diana Mandelker, Oleg Schmidt‐Kittler, et al.. (2007). The Structure of a Human p110α/p85α Complex Elucidates the Effects of Oncogenic PI3Kα Mutations. Science. 318(5857). 1744–1748. 446 indexed citations
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Samuels, Yardena & Kajsa Ericson. (2005). Oncogenic PI3K and its role in cancer. Current Opinion in Oncology. 18(1). 77–82. 415 indexed citations
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Samuels, Yardena, Luis A. Díaz, Oleg Schmidt‐Kittler, et al.. (2005). Mutant PIK3CA promotes cell growth and invasion of human cancer cells. Cancer Cell. 7(6). 561–573. 727 indexed citations breakdown →
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Samuels, Yardena, Zhenghe Wang, Alberto Bardelli, et al.. (2004). High Frequency of Mutations of the PIK3CA Gene in Human Cancers. Science. 304(5670). 554–554. 2708 indexed citations breakdown →

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