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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
111
Citations
42074
World Ranking
944
National Ranking
588

Tung-Tien Sun publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tung-Tien Sun sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 284 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Tung-Tien Sun D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tung-Tien Sun sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Tung-Tien Sun was affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their academic work predominantly focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, they contributed extensively to subfields such as molecular biology, oncology, immunology, cancer research, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research covered several main topics, including probiotics and fermented foods, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, wound healing and treatments, immune cell function and interaction, gut microbiota and health, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and applications involving Ginkgo biloba and cashew.

Among their recent published papers were:

  • "Dominant role of CDKN2B/p15INK4B of 9p21.3 tumor suppressor hub in inhibition of cell-cycle and glycolysis" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "PKM2 Is Essential for Bladder Cancer Growth and Maintenance" (2021, Cancer Research)
  • "Teicoplanin-Decorated Reduced Graphene Oxide Incorporated Silk Protein Hybrid Hydrogel for Accelerating Infectious Diabetic Wound Healing and Preventing Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis" (2024, Advanced Healthcare Materials)
  • "Optimal timing of anti-PD-1 antibody combined with chemotherapy administration in patients with NSCLC" (2024, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer)
  • "CircNF1 modulates the progression and immune evasion of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma through dual regulation of PD-L1" (2025, Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters)

Frequent collaborators included Xue-Ru Wu, Mengru Liu, Zhenquan Yang, Victoria M. Martin, and Yong Xia. The most common publication venues where Tung-Tien Sun's work appeared were Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, Food Bioscience, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PubMed, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Tung-Tien Sun was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Label-retaining cells reside in the bulge area of pilosebaceous unit: Implications for follicular stem cells, hair cycle, and skin carcinogenesis

    George Cotsarelis;Tung Tien Sun;Robert M. Lavker

  • Differentiation-related expression of a major 64K corneal keratin in vivo and in culture suggests limbal location of corneal epithelial stem cells.

    Alexander Schermer;Sharon Galvin;Tung-Tien Sun

  • Existence of slow-cycling limbal epithelial basal cells that can be preferentially stimulated to proliferate: implications on epithelial stem cells.

    George Cotsarelis;Shih Zen Cheng;Gang Dong;Tung Tien Sun

  • Involvement of follicular stem cells in forming not only the follicle but also the epidermis.

    Gina Taylor;Michael S. Lehrer;Pamela J. Jensen;Tung Tien Sun

  • Classification of human epithelia and their neoplasms using monoclonal antibodies to keratins: strategies, applications, and limitations.

    D. Cooper;A. Schermer;Tung-Tien Sun

  • Immunolocalization of keratin polypeptides in human epidermis using monoclonal antibodies.

    Janet Woodcock-Mitchell;Riva Eichner;William G. Nelson;Tung Tien Sun;Tung Tien Sun

  • Correlation of specific keratins with different types of epithelial differentiation: Monoclonal antibody studies

    Scheffer C.G. Tseng;Mikko J. Jarvinen;William G. Nelson;Jing Wei Huang

  • Keratin cytoskeletons in epithelial cells of internal organs.

    Tung-Tien Sun;Chiaho Shih;Howard Green

  • Keratin filaments of cultured human epidermal cells. Formation of intermolecular disulfide bonds during terminal differentiation.

    T T Sun;H Green

  • Strategies of epithelial repair: modulation of stem cell and transit amplifying cell proliferation.

    Michael S. Lehrer;Tung Tien Sun;Robert M. Lavker

  • Differentiation of the epidermal keratinocyte in cell culture: Formation of the cornified envelope

    Tung-Tien Sun;Howard Green

  • Classification of epidermal keratins according to their immunoreactivity, isoelectric point, and mode of expression

    R. Eichner;P. Bonitz;Tung-Tien Sun

  • Keratin classes: molecular markers for different types of epithelial differentiation.

    Tung-Tien Sun;Tung-Tien Sun;Riva Eichner;Riva Eichner;William G. Nelson;William G. Nelson;C.G. Scheffer Tseng;C.G. Scheffer Tseng

  • Epidermal stem cells: Properties, markers, and location

    Robert M. Lavker;Tung Tien Sun

  • Acidic and basic hair/nail ("hard") keratins: their colocalization in upper cortical and cuticle cells of the human hair follicle and their relationship to "soft" keratins.

    M H Lynch;W M O'Guin;C Hardy;L Mak

  • Uroplakin Ia is the urothelial receptor for uropathogenic Escherichia coli: evidence from in vitro FimH binding.

    Ge Zhou;Wen-Jun Mo;Peter Sebbel;Guangwei Min

  • Heterogeneity in epidermal basal keratinocytes: morphological and functional correlations

    Robert M. Lavker;Tung Tien Sun

  • The 50- and 58-kdalton keratin classes as molecular markers for stratified squamous epithelia: cell culture studies.

    W G Nelson;T T Sun

  • Immunofluorescent staining of keratin fibers in cultured cells

    Tung-Tien Sun;Howard Green

  • Corneal epithelial stem cells at the limbus: looking at some old problems from a new angle.

    Robert M. Lavker;Scheffer C.G. Tseng;Tung Tien Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Lavker
Robert M. Lavker Northwestern University
Gert Kreibich
Gert Kreibich New York University
Herbert Lepor
Herbert Lepor New York University
George Cotsarelis
George Cotsarelis University of Pennsylvania
Angel Pellicer
Angel Pellicer New York University
Ueli Aebi
Ueli Aebi University of Basel
Rob DeSalle
Rob DeSalle American Museum of Natural History
William G. Nelson
William G. Nelson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bechara Kachar
Bechara Kachar National Institutes of Health
Robert R. Traut
Robert R. Traut University of California, Davis

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