Ana Karen Nunez Cortes

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicine

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Driven by 15 papers. Top paper: “Use of CAR-Transduced Natural Killer Cells in CD19-Positive Lymphoid Tumors”.

Use of CAR-Transduced Natural Killer Cells in CD19-Positive Lymphoid Tumors

New England Journal of Medicine(2020)10.1056/nejmoa1910607

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5.4DataRank · unranked

2164 citations

David Marín, Pinaki P. Banerjee, Homer A. Macapinlac, Philip A. Thompson, Rafet Başar +22 more

Targeting a cytokine checkpoint enhances the fitness of armored cord blood CAR-NK cells

Blood(2021)10.1182/blood.2020007748

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0.848DataRank · unranked

284 citations

Rafet Basar, Elif Gokdemir, Natalia Baran, Nadima Uprety, Ana Karen Nunez Cortes +56 more

CD70-Targeting CAR NK Cells Overcome BCMA Downregulation and Improve Survival in High-risk Multiple Myeloma Models

Blood Cancer Discovery(2025)10.1158/2643-3230.bcd-25-0130

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0.279DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Sunil Acharya, Francia Reyes-Silva, Rafet Başar, Nadima Uprety, Luz Yurany Moreno Rueda +24 more

CIS checkpoint deletion enhances the fitness of cord blood derived natural killer cells transduced with a chimeric antigen receptor

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.03.29.014472

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0.224DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Rafet Basar, Elif Gokdemir, Natalia Baran, Nadima Uprety, Ana Karen Nunez Cortes +55 more

Combining AFM13, a Bispecific CD30/CD16 Antibody, with Cytokine-Activated Blood and Cord Blood–Derived NK Cells Facilitates CAR-like Responses Against CD30+ Malignancies

Clinical Cancer Research(2021)10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-0164

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0DataRank · unranked

153 citations

Nancy D. Marín, Mecit Kaplan, Pinaki P. Banerjee, Melissa M. Berrien-Elliott, Michelle Becker‐Hapak +38 more

Generation of glucocorticoid-resistant SARS-CoV-2 T cells for adoptive cell therapy

Cell Reports(2021)10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109432

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34 citations

Nadima Uprety, Emily L. Ensley, May Daher, Kimberly Klein, Fernando D. Martínez +29 more

Activated B cells suppress T-cell function through metabolic competition

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer(2022)10.1136/jitc-2022-005644

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0DataRank · unranked

36 citations

Rafet Başar, Yuefan Huang, Fang Wang, Natalia Baran, Pinaki P. Banerjee +22 more

Data from Combining AFM13, a Bispecific CD30/CD16 Antibody, with Cytokine-Activated Blood and Cord Blood–Derived NK Cells Facilitates CAR-like Responses Against CD30+ Malignancies

(2023)10.1158/1078-0432.c.6530711.v1

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1 citations

Nancy D. Marín, Mecit Kaplan, Pinaki P. Banerjee, Melissa M. Berrien-Elliott, Michelle Becker‐Hapak +38 more

Interleukin-21 engineering enhances NK cell activity against glioblastoma via CEBPD

Cancer Cell(2024)10.1016/j.ccell.2024.07.007

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0DataRank · unranked

86 citations

May Daher, Jinzhuang Dou, Sufang Li, Rafet Başar, Hind Rafei +29 more

Targeting the αv integrin/TGF-β axis improves natural killer cell function against glioblastoma stem cells

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2021)10.1172/jci142116

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0DataRank · unranked

254 citations

Mayra Shanley, Rafet Başar, May Daher, Joy Gumin, Daniel B. Zamler +45 more

BATF is a major driver of NK cell epigenetic reprogramming and dysfunction in AML

Science Translational Medicine(2024)10.1126/scitranslmed.adp0004

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31 citations

Anand K. Singh, Rafet Başar, Nadima Uprety, Ye Li, Huihui Fan +45 more

CREM is a regulatory checkpoint of CAR and IL-15 signalling in NK cells

Nature(2025)10.1038/s41586-025-09087-8

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48 citations

Rafet Başar, Sunil Acharya, Yu-Sung Hsu, Pinghua Liu, Deqiang Zhang +53 more

Genome-wide CRISPR screens identify critical targets to enhance CAR-NK cell antitumor potency

Cancer Cell(2025)10.1016/j.ccell.2025.07.021

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37 citations

Rafet Başar, Jeong-Min Park, Nadima Uprety, Rejeena Shrestha, Francia Reyes Silva +31 more

Overcoming CD226-related immune evasion in acute myeloid leukemia with CD38 CAR-engineered NK cells

Cell Reports(2025)10.1016/j.celrep.2024.115122

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11 citations

Achintyan Gangadharan, Pinaki P. Banerjee, Ye Li, Andy G.X. Zeng, Hind Rafei +18 more

CD28 Costimulation Augments CAR Signaling in NK Cells via the LCK/CD3ζ/ZAP70 Signaling Axis

Cancer Discovery(2024)10.1158/2159-8290.cd-24-0096

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0DataRank · unranked

55 citations

Rafet Başar, May Daher, Hind Rafei, Ping Li, Nadima Uprety +42 more