Aijun Sun

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Aijun Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Aijun Sun has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 33 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Aijun Sun's work include Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (17 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (16 papers) and Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (12 papers). Aijun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (17 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (16 papers) and Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (12 papers). Aijun Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Aijun Sun's co-authors include Junbo Ge, Yunzeng Zou, Juying Qian, Hong Zhu, Yunzeng Zou, Junbo Ge, Xiaolei Sun, Junbo Ge, Kai Hu and Shuning Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Aijun Sun

124 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

GSDMD-Mediated Cardiomyoc... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. GSDMD-Mediated Cardiomyocyte Pyroptosis Promotes Myocardial I/R Injury
    2021 244 citations Huairui Shi, Yang Gao et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Aijun Sun 1.7k 1.1k 791 550 465 130 3.8k
Jing‐Song Ou 1.6k 0.9× 623 0.6× 608 0.8× 502 0.9× 817 1.8× 98 3.4k
Maarten Hulsmans 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 400 0.5× 667 1.2× 544 1.2× 26 2.8k
Zia A. Khan 2.0k 1.2× 487 0.4× 910 1.2× 336 0.6× 493 1.1× 78 4.2k
Liansheng Wang 1.3k 0.8× 528 0.5× 478 0.6× 346 0.6× 641 1.4× 154 3.0k
José Martínez‐González 2.0k 1.2× 951 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 1.3k 2.3× 724 1.6× 168 5.1k
Alejandro Chade 999 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 989 1.3× 346 0.6× 302 0.6× 113 4.6k
Jin Endo 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 900 1.1× 534 1.0× 230 0.5× 86 3.5k
Shinji Takai 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 463 0.6× 1.1k 2.1× 324 0.7× 147 3.8k
M. Johan Broekman 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 636 0.8× 681 1.2× 251 0.5× 79 5.2k
Qingwei Zhao 1.4k 0.8× 493 0.4× 565 0.7× 671 1.2× 334 0.7× 98 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aijun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aijun Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aijun Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aijun Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aijun Sun. Aijun Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhang, Xiaokai, Shuai Song, Tongyao Wang, et al.. (2025). Z-DNA-binding protein 1 exacerbates myocardial ischemia‒reperfusion injury by inducing noncanonical cardiomyocyte PANoptosis. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 10(1). 333–333. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Kun, Shumin Zhang, Yunzhi Ling, et al.. (2025). Caspase-12 exhibits non-redundant functions in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress to promote GSDMD-mediated NETosis, leading to thoracic aortic dissection. Translational research. 278. 48–60. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Aijun, Zhiyuan Zhang, Han Dong, et al.. (2024). Investigation on the Different Needs of Practicing Doctors for Continuing Medical Education under the Three-Level Medical System in China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 51(3). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaokai, et al.. (2024). Ubiquitin proteasome system in cardiac fibrosis. Journal of Advanced Research. 76. 501–510. 2 indexed citations
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Ding, Xuesong, et al.. (2023). Effect of Traditional Chinese Formula Dingkun Pill on Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50(5). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yang, et al.. (2023). Pregnancy Outcome of Infertile Patients with Uterine Malformation after Hysteroscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50(12).
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Ye, Li, et al.. (2023). Mitochondria-related signaling pathways involved in breast cancer regulate ferroptosis. Genes & Diseases. 11(1). 358–366. 21 indexed citations
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Wu, Jian, Jifu Jin, Huairui Shi, et al.. (2022). Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) Elicits Protection against Pulmonary Hypertension via Inhibition of ERK1/2‐Mediated Autophagy. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2022(1). 2555476–2555476. 15 indexed citations
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Shi, Hongtao, et al.. (2022). New diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for myocardial infarction via nanomaterials. EBioMedicine. 78. 103968–103968. 70 indexed citations
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Qu, Yanan, Rifeng Gao, Wei Xiang, et al.. (2022). Gasdermin D mediates endoplasmic reticulum stress via FAM134B to regulate cardiomyocyte autophagy and apoptosis in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Cell Death and Disease. 13(10). 901–901. 43 indexed citations
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Chen, Ao, Zhangwei Chen, You Zhou, et al.. (2021). Rosuvastatin protects against coronary microembolization-induced cardiac injury via inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Cell Death and Disease. 12(1). 78–78. 43 indexed citations
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Qi, Zhiyong, Liang Hu, Jianjun Zhang, et al.. (2020). PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin 9) Enhances Platelet Activation, Thrombosis, and Myocardial Infarct Expansion by Binding to Platelet CD36. Circulation. 143(1). 45–61. 169 indexed citations
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Shen, Cheng, Cong Wang, Shasha Han, et al.. (2016). Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 deficiency negates chronic low-to-moderate alcohol consumption-induced cardioprotecion possibly via ROS-dependent apoptosis and RIP1/RIP3/MLKL-mediated necroptosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1863(8). 1912–1918. 37 indexed citations
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Fan, Fan, Ming Liu, Shijun Wang, et al.. (2016). Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 deficiency blunts compensatory cardiac hypertrophy through modulating Akt phosphorylation early after transverse aorta constriction in mice. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1862(9). 1587–1593. 23 indexed citations
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Xu, Lei, Shijun Wang, Bingyu Li, et al.. (2014). A protective role of ciglitazone in ox‐ LDL ‐induced rat microvascular endothelial cells via modulating PPAR γ‐dependent AMPK / eNOS pathway. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 19(1). 92–102. 50 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lei, Yizhou Lu, Hong Jiang, et al.. (2012). Additional Use of Trimetazidine in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(10). 913–922. 104 indexed citations
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Qiu, Zhaohui, Wenbin Zhang, Fan Fan, et al.. (2012). Rosuvastatin‐attenuated heart failure in aged spontaneously hypertensive rats via PKCα/β2 signal pathway. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 16(12). 3052–3061. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hu, Hui Gong, Ming Yang, et al.. (2011). The granulocyte colony-stimulating factor promotes atherosclerosis in high-fat diet rabbits. Heart. 97(Suppl 3). A27.1–A27.

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