Rafet Başar

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicine

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Driven by 29 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

Safety, efficacy and determinants of response of allogeneic CD19-specific CAR-NK cells in CD19+ B cell tumors: a phase 1/2 trial

Nature Medicine(2024)10.1038/s41591-023-02785-8

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4.0DataRank · unranked

468 citations

Ye Li, Rafet Başar, Hind Rafei, May Daher, Jinzhuang Dou +31 more

Blinatumomab maintenance after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Blood(2021)10.1182/blood.2021013290

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2.6DataRank · unranked

87 citations

Pinaki P. Banerjee, Denái R. Milton, Xianli Jiang, Christina Ganesh, Sajad Khazal +24 more

Third-Party BK Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Therapy for Hemorrhagic Cystitis Following Allotransplantation

Journal of Clinical Oncology(2021)10.1200/jco.20.02608

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2.1DataRank · unranked

66 citations

Ruitao Lin, David Marín, Hind Rafei, Mustafa Bdiwi, Peter F. Thall +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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1.6DataRank · unranked

86 citations

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

CRISPR-mediated TGFBR2 knockout renders human ovarian cancer tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes resistant to TGF-β signaling

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer(2022)10.1136/jitc-2021-003750

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1.3DataRank · unranked

44 citations

Marie‐Andrée Forget, Donastas Sakellariou-Thompson, Yunfei Wang, Tamara Griffiths, Minjung Lee +10 more

B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures promote immunotherapy response

Nature(2020)10.1038/s41586-019-1922-8

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1.2DataRank · unranked

2719 citations

Sangeetha M. Reddy, Jianjun Gao, Shaojun Zhang, Rafet Başar, Rohit Thakur +55 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

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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0.832DataRank · unranked

255 citations

Mayra Shanley, Rafet Başar, May Daher, Joy Gumin, Daniel B. Zamler +45 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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0.757DataRank · unranked

154 citations

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

Loss of metabolic fitness drives tumor resistance after CAR-NK cell therapy and can be overcome by cytokine engineering

Science Advances(2023)10.1126/sciadv.add6997

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0.704DataRank · unranked

108 citations

Vakul Mohanty, Jinzhuang Dou, Yuefan Huang, Pinaki P. Banerjee, Qi Miao +25 more

Bi-order multimodal integration of single-cell data

Genome biology(2022)10.1186/s13059-022-02679-x

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0.650DataRank · unranked

75 citations

Shaoheng Liang, Vakul Mohanty, Qi Miao, Yuefan Huang, Qingnan Liang +11 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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0.609DataRank · unranked

57 citations

Rafet Başar, May Daher, Hind Rafei, Ping Li, Nadima Uprety +42 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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0.587DataRank · unranked

49 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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0.553DataRank · unranked

39 citations

Rafet Başar, Jeong-Min Park, Nadima Uprety, Rejeena Shrestha, Francia Reyes Silva +31 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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0.542DataRank · unranked

36 citations

Rafet Başar, Yuefan Huang, Fang Wang, Natalia Baran, Pinaki P. Banerjee +22 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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0.533DataRank · unranked

34 citations

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

Anti–miR-93-5p therapy prolongs sepsis survival by restoring the peripheral immune response

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2023)10.1172/jci158348

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0.529DataRank · unranked

33 citations

Enrique Fuentes‐Mattei, Melanie Winkle, Keishi Okubo, Recep Bayraktar, Erik Knutsen +34 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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0.524DataRank · unranked

32 citations

Anand K. Singh, Rafet Başar, Nadima Uprety, Ye Li, Huihui Fan +45 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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0.385DataRank · unranked

12 citations

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

Phase I/II study of TROP2 CAR engineered IL15-transduced cord blood-derived NK cells delivered intraperitoneally for the management of platinum resistant ovarian cancer, mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma, and pancreatic cancer.

Journal of Clinical Oncology(2024)10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.tps5626

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0.345DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Hind Rafei, Rafet Başar, Pinaki P. Banerjee, Zeyad Metwalli, Kathryn Lito +13 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

Engineered cord blood megakaryocytes evade killing by allogeneic T-cells for refractory thrombocytopenia

Frontiers in Immunology(2022)10.3389/fimmu.2022.1018047

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0.208DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Vahid Afshar‐Kharghan, Mayela Carolina Mendt, Robert Sackstein, Mark R. Tanner, Uday Popat +19 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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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

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

Ab initio Spillover Compensation in CyTOF Data

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.06.14.151225

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Fang Wang, Jinzhuang Dou, Ramiz Iqbal, Muharrem Müftüoğlu, Rafet Başar +4 more

A Bayesian feature allocation model for identifying cell subpopulations using CyTOF data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics)(2023)10.1093/jrsssc/qlad029

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Juhee Lee, Peter F. Thall, May Daher, Katy Rezvani, Rafet Başar +1 more

Optimization of lentiviral delivery of barcoded anti-CD20 chimeric antigen receptors into rhesus macaque and human natural killer cells

Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development(2025)10.1016/j.omtm.2025.101473

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0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Aman A. Mulla, David Allan, Brynn B. Duncan, Saanika Joshi, So Gun Hong +6 more

Agent-based modeling of cellular dynamics in adoptive cell therapy

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.02.17.638701

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Stefano Casarin, May Daher, Vakul Mohanty, Merve Dede, Mayra Shanley +4 more