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Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Mackenzie Bender
Yale University
2
Vera Thiel
German Cancer Research Center
3
Winnie Fong
German Cancer Research Center
4
Veena Padmanaban
Rockefeller University
5
Mohammad Balood
Université de Montréal
6
Andrew R Moorman
Kettering University
7
Erez N. Baruch
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
8
Klaire Yixin Fjæstad
Herlev Hospital
9
Victoria S. Pelly
Wellcome Trust
10
Lite Yang
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Papers

1
Neuronal substance P drives metastasis through an extracellular RNA–TLR7 axis
Nature|2024
166 cit.
2
Progressive plasticity during colorectal cancer metastasis
Nature|2024
153 cit.
3
Publication in Nature (2025) [101 citations, W4407625334]
Nature|2025
101 cit.
4
Publication in Nature (2025) [59 citations, W4413345515]
Nature|2025
59 cit.
5
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [13 citations, W4416284120]
Nature Communications|2025
13 cit.
6
Publication in Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts (2024) [3 citations, W4404064954]
Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts|2024
3 cit.
7
The Transcription Factor ELF4 Restrains the Inflammatory Potential of CD4+ T Cells
The Journal of Immunology|2024
0 cit.
8
Investigating the Electrophysiological and Transcriptional Properties of Human Peripheral Sensory Neurons Using Patch-seq
Journal of Pain|2025
0 cit.
9
Publication in Deutsches Ärzteblatt (2025) [W4410214989]
Deutsches Ärzteblatt|2025
0 cit.
10
Assessing the educational potential of an interactive board game to convey meaningful immunological interactions 3974
The Journal of Immunology|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Kanyi Pu
Nanyang Technological University
2
Marlies Meisel
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
3
Xiaolong Liang
Peking University
4
Wantong Song
University of Science and Technology of China
5
Adam C. Soloff
University of Pittsburgh
6
Yu Luo
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
7
Sébastien Talbot
Karolinska Institutet
8
John BL Tey
Woodlands Health Campus
9
Chris Schiering
NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre
10
Santiago Zelenay
Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute

Papers

1
Dietary tryptophan metabolite released by intratumoral Lactobacillus reuteri facilitates immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment
Cell|2023
660 cit.
2
Nociceptor neurons affect cancer immunosurveillance
Nature|2022
325 cit.
3
Nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced afterglow luminescence for tumour-specific theranostics
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2022
252 cit.
4
Molecular radio afterglow probes for cancer radiodynamic theranostics
Nature Materials|2023
190 cit.
5
Renal clearable polyfluorophore nanosensors for early diagnosis of cancer and allograft rejection
Nature Materials|2022
189 cit.
6
A Dual‐Locked Activatable Phototheranostic Probe for Biomarker‐Regulated Photodynamic and Photothermal Cancer Therapy
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
169 cit.
7
Activatable near-infrared probes for the detection of specific populations of tumour-infiltrating leukocytes in vivo and in urine
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2023
157 cit.
8
Catalytical nano-immunocomplexes for remote-controlled sono-metabolic checkpoint trimodal cancer therapy
Nature Communications|2022
139 cit.
9
Activatable Cancer Sono‐Immunotherapy using Semiconducting Polymer Nanobodies
Advanced Materials|2022
132 cit.
10
Chemotherapy-induced COX-2 upregulation by cancer cells defines their inflammatory properties and limits the efficacy of chemoimmunotherapy combinations
Nature Communications|2022
121 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Shamgar Ben‐Eliyahu
Tel Aviv University
2
Anil K. Sood
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
3
Steve W. Cole
APLA Health
4
Christopher Heeschen
Candiolo Cancer Institute
5
Paul S. Frenette
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
6
M. Celeste Simon
Centrum für Integrierte Onkologie
7
Joan Massagué
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
8
Timothy C. Wang
Columbia University
9
Donal J. Buggy
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
10
Benoı̂t J. Van den Eynde
Ludwig Cancer Research

Papers

1
Monitoring dopants by Raman scattering in an electrochemically top-gated graphene transistor
Nature Nanotechnology|2008
3.6k cit.
2
Mesenchymal and haematopoietic stem cells form a unique bone marrow niche
Nature|2010
3.3k cit.
3
Genes that mediate breast cancer metastasis to lung
Nature|2005
3k cit.
4
Distinct Populations of Cancer Stem Cells Determine Tumor Growth and Metastatic Activity in Human Pancreatic Cancer
Cell stem cell|2007
2.9k cit.
5
The tumor microenvironment
Current Biology|2020
2.6k cit.
6
A multigenic program mediating breast cancer metastasis to bone
Cancer Cell|2003
2.6k cit.
7
Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates the expression of fibronectin and collagen and their incorporation into the extracellular matrix.
Journal of Biological Chemistry|1986
2.5k cit.
8
Mechanism of activation of the TGF-β receptor
Nature|1994
2.3k cit.
9
Evidence for a tumoral immune resistance mechanism based on tryptophan degradation by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
Nature Medicine|2003
2.3k cit.
10
Cloning of p27Kip1, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor and a potential mediator of extracellular antimitogenic signals
Cell|1994
2.1k cit.

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