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Plant Science and Agronomy
USA
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
116
Citations
48046
World Ranking
78
National Ranking
26

Genetics

D-Index
118
Citations
50800
World Ranking
413
National Ranking
213

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award

Overview

Hong Ma is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States, with a primary research focus in the field of Medicine. Their scholarly work spans over multiple subfields including Oncology, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Surgery. This diverse expertise reflects an interdisciplinary approach to both medical and biological sciences.

The research topics covered by Hong Ma include:

  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Hong Ma has contributed to several scientific publications, with recent papers addressing advanced cancer therapies and anesthetic impacts. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Claudin18.2-specific CAR T cells in gastrointestinal cancers: phase 1 trial interim results" (2022) published in Nature Medicine
  • "Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Glypican-3 T-Cell Therapy for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results of Phase I Trials" (2020) published in Clinical Cancer Research
  • "Effect of Etomidate vs Propofol for Total Intravenous Anesthesia on Major Postoperative Complications in Older Patients" (2022) published in JAMA Surgery
  • "Results from Lummicar-2: A Phase 1b/2 Study of Fully Human B-Cell Maturation Antigen-Specific CAR T Cells (CT053) in Patients with Relapsed and/or Refractory Multiple Myeloma" (2020) published in Blood
  • "Two-Year Follow-up of Investigator-Initiated Phase 1 Trials of the Safety and Efficacy of Fully Human Anti-Bcma CAR T Cells (CT053) in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma" (2020) published in Blood

The main journals and conference venues where Hong Ma frequently publishes include:

  • Blood
  • Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Nature Medicine
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • JAMA Surgery

Hong Ma often collaborates with fellow researchers. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Zonghai Li
  • Yujun Han
  • Ying Sun
  • Huamao Wang
  • Daijing Yuan

Best Publications

  • Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms

    Yuannian Jiao;Norman J. Wickett;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam;André S. Chanderbali

  • The protein encoded by the Arabidopsis homeotic gene agamous resembles transcription factors

    Martin F. Yanofsky;Martin F. Yanofsky;Hong Ma;Hong Ma;John L. Bowman;Gary N. Drews

  • Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos

    Hong Ma;Nuria Marti-Gutierrez;Sang Wook Park;Jun Wu

  • A small molecule inhibitor of β-catenin/cyclic AMP response element-binding protein transcription

    Katayoon H. Emami;Cu Nguyen;Hong Ma;Dae Hoon Kim

  • Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication

    Ertao Wang;Jianjun Wang;Xudong Zhu;Wei Hao

  • Patterns of gene action in plant development revealed by enhancer trap and gene trap transposable elements.

    Venkatesan Sundaresan;Patricia Springer;Thomas Volpe;Samuel Haward;Samuel Haward

  • Human Embryonic Stem Cells Derived by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

    Masahito Tachibana;Paula Amato;Michelle Sparman;Nuria Marti Gutierrez

  • Widespread genome duplications throughout the history of flowering plants

    Liying Cui;P. Kerr Wall;James H. Leebens-Mack;Bruce G. Lindsay

  • The SCFCOI1 Ubiquitin-Ligase Complexes Are Required for Jasmonate Response in Arabidopsis

    Linghui Xu;Fuquan Liu;Esther Lechner;Pascal Genschik

  • The Rice Tapetum Degeneration Retardation Gene Is Required for Tapetum Degradation and Anther Development

    Na Li;Da-Sheng Zhang;Hai-Sheng Liu;Chang-Song Yin

  • AGL1-AGL6, an Arabidopsis gene family with similarity to floral homeotic and transcription factor genes

    Hong Ma;Martin F. Yanofsky;Elliot M. Meyerowitz

  • MOLECULAR GENETIC ANALYSES OF MICROSPOROGENESIS AND MICROGAMETOGENESIS IN FLOWERING PLANTS

    Hong Ma

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of Basic/Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor Family in Rice and Arabidopsis

    Xiaoxing Li;Xuepeng Duan;Haixiong Jiang;Yujin Sun

  • Plasmid construction by homologous recombination in yeast

    Hong Ma;Sam Kunes;Peter J. Schatz;David Botstein

  • Identification of an SCF ubiquitin–ligase complex required for auxin response in Arabidopsis thaliana

    William M. Gray;William M. Gray;J. Carlos del Pozo;J. Carlos del Pozo;Loni Walker;Lawrence Hobbie;Lawrence Hobbie

  • Mitochondrial gene replacement in primate offspring and embryonic stem cells

    Masahito Tachibana;Michelle Sparman;Hathaitip Sritanaudomchai;Hong Ma

  • Ectopic expression of the floral homeotic gene AGAMOUS in transgenic Arabidopsis plants alters floral organ identity

    Yukiko Mizukami;Hong Ma

  • Regulation of Arabidopsis tapetum development and function by DYSFUNCTIONAL TAPETUM1 (DYT1) encoding a putative bHLH transcription factor

    Wei Zhang;Yujin Sun;Ljudmilla Timofejeva;Changbin Chen

  • The EXCESS MICROSPOROCYTES1 gene encodes a putative leucine-rich repeat receptor protein kinase that controls somatic and reproductive cell fates in the Arabidopsis anther

    Da Zhong Zhao;Guan Fang Wang;Brooke Speal;Hong Ma

  • Patterns of gene duplication in the plant SKP1 gene family in angiosperms: evidence for multiple mechanisms of rapid gene birth.

    Hongzhi Kong;Lena L. Landherr;Michael W. Frohlich;Jim Leebens-Mack

  • Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos

    Ma H;Marti-Gutierrez N;Park Sw;Wu J

Frequent Co-Authors

Shoukhrat Mitalipov
Shoukhrat Mitalipov Oregon Health & Science University
Claude W. dePamphilis
Claude W. dePamphilis Pennsylvania State University
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Don P. Wolf
Don P. Wolf Oregon Health & Science University
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Hai Huang
Hai Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gregory P. Copenhaver
Gregory P. Copenhaver University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas R. Shearer
Thomas R. Shearer Oregon Health & Science University
Dabing Zhang
Dabing Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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