Allen Zhu

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Allen Zhu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen Zhu has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Allen Zhu's work include RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (5 papers). Allen Zhu is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (5 papers). Allen Zhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Allen Zhu's co-authors include Chuan He, Peng Yin, Jocelyn Y. Kishi, Sylvain W. Lapan, Sinem K. Saka, Brian J. Beliveau, Zhike Lu, Jianzhao Liu, Bryan T. Harada and Ernst Lengyel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Allen Zhu

28 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

m6A mRNA methylation regulates AKT activity to promote the proliferation and tumorigenicity of endometrial cancer

2018 603 citations Jun Liu, Mark A. Eckert et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Programmable self-assembly of three-dimensional nanostructures from 10,000 unique components

2017 329 citations Luvena L. Ong, Nikita Hanikel et al. Nature profile →
Immuno-SABER enables highly multiplexed and amplified protein imaging in tissues

2019 316 citations Sinem K. Saka, Yu Wang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allen Zhu United States	17	2.3k	727	224	197	177	28	2.7k
Zhiwen Zhang China	25	2.1k 0.9×	251 0.3×	283 1.3×	103 0.5×	236 1.3×	91	3.0k
Kazuhiro Mio Japan	24	1.2k 0.5×	229 0.3×	138 0.6×	42 0.2×	128 0.7×	78	2.1k
Lorena Urbanelli Italy	27	1.7k 0.7×	609 0.8×	209 0.9×	26 0.1×	98 0.6×	86	2.7k
Yanan Wu China	27	1.2k 0.5×	386 0.5×	364 1.6×	55 0.3×	121 0.7×	86	1.8k
Danith H. Ly United States	33	2.8k 1.2×	161 0.2×	218 1.0×	189 1.0×	209 1.2×	62	3.5k
Robert K. Nakamoto United States	36	2.6k 1.1×	151 0.2×	91 0.4×	81 0.4×	299 1.7×	77	3.2k
Jackson Wan United States	12	1.1k 0.5×	195 0.3×	252 1.1×	90 0.5×	107 0.6×	14	1.8k
Jonathan K. Watts United States	34	3.5k 1.5×	585 0.8×	221 1.0×	56 0.3×	85 0.5×	80	4.2k
Michael Blank Israel	25	1.8k 0.8×	222 0.3×	394 1.8×	56 0.3×	257 1.5×	54	2.4k
Louis Scampavia United States	24	864 0.4×	154 0.2×	610 2.7×	91 0.5×	264 1.5×	102	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Allen Zhu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allen Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Allen Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Allen Zhu 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 Allen Zhu. Allen Zhu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Malovic, Emir, Phillip J. Hsu, Souvarish Sarkar, et al.. (2024). Epitranscriptomic reader YTHDF2 regulates SEK1(MAP2K4)-JNK-cJUN inflammatory signaling in astrocytes during neurotoxic stress. iScience. 27(9). 110619–110619. 4 indexed citations

Kahl, Michael D., Zhaofa Xu, Saravanan Arumugam, et al.. (2024). m6A RNA methylation regulates mitochondrial function. Human Molecular Genetics. 33(11). 969–980. 11 indexed citations

Yu, Fang, Allen Zhu, Shun Liu, et al.. (2023). RBM33 is a unique m6A RNA-binding protein that regulates ALKBH5 demethylase activity and substrate selectivity. Molecular Cell. 83(12). 2003–2019.e6. 31 indexed citations

Lyu, Ruitu, Tong Wu, Allen Zhu, et al.. (2022). KAS-seq: genome-wide sequencing of single-stranded DNA by N3-kethoxal–assisted labeling. Nature Protocols. 17(2). 402–420. 16 indexed citations

Barajas, Juan M., Hui‐Lung Sun, Frances Alencastro, et al.. (2021). METTL3 Regulates Liver Homeostasis, Hepatocyte Ploidy, and Circadian Rhythm–Controlled Gene Expression in Mice. American Journal Of Pathology. 192(1). 56–71. 32 indexed citations

Gonzalez, Ian E., Chunxia Lü, Warren W. Pan, et al.. (2021). Paraventricular Calcitonin Receptor–Expressing Neurons Modulate Energy Homeostasis in Male Mice. Endocrinology. 162(6). 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Zijie, Kaixuan Luo, Zhongyu Zou, et al.. (2020). Genetic analyses support the contribution of mRNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification to human disease heritability. Nature Genetics. 52(9). 939–949. 136 indexed citations

Hafner, Hannah, et al.. (2020). Lactational metformin exposure programs offspring white adipose tissue glucose homeostasis and resilience to metabolic stress in a sex-dependent manner. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 318(5). E600–E612. 16 indexed citations

Sun, Hui‐Lung, Allen Zhu, Yawei Gao, et al.. (2020). Stabilization of ERK-Phosphorylated METTL3 by USP5 Increases m6A Methylation. Molecular Cell. 80(4). 633–647.e7. 143 indexed citations

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Hao, Ziyang, Tong Wu, Xiaolong Cui, et al.. (2020). N6-Deoxyadenosine Methylation in Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Cell. 78(3). 382–395.e8. 182 indexed citations

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Liu, Shun, Allen Zhu, Chuan He, & Mengjie Chen. (2020). REPIC: a database for exploring the N6-methyladenosine methylome. Genome biology. 21(1). 100–100. 76 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zijie, Qi Zhang, Mark A. Eckert, et al.. (2019). RADAR: differential analysis of MeRIP-seq data with a random effect model. Genome biology. 20(1). 294–294. 73 indexed citations

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Hsu, Phillip J., Hailing Shi, Allen Zhu, et al.. (2019). The RNA-binding protein FMRP facilitates the nuclear export of N6-methyladenosine–containing mRNAs. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(52). 19889–19895. 93 indexed citations

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Saka, Sinem K., Yu Wang, Jocelyn Y. Kishi, et al.. (2019). Immuno-SABER enables highly multiplexed and amplified protein imaging in tissues. Nature Biotechnology. 37(9). 1080–1090. 316 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kishi, Jocelyn Y., Sylvain W. Lapan, Brian J. Beliveau, et al.. (2019). SABER amplifies FISH: enhanced multiplexed imaging of RNA and DNA in cells and tissues. Nature Methods. 16(6). 533–544. 285 indexed citations

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Liu, Jun, Mark A. Eckert, Bryan T. Harada, et al.. (2018). m6A mRNA methylation regulates AKT activity to promote the proliferation and tumorigenicity of endometrial cancer. Nature Cell Biology. 20(9). 1074–1083. 603 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mi, Ruifa, Valentin M. Sluch, Allen Zhu, et al.. (2018). Egr2 overexpression in Schwann cells increases myelination frequency in vitro. Heliyon. 4(11). e00982–e00982. 8 indexed citations

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Ong, Luvena L., Nikita Hanikel, Omar Yaghi, et al.. (2017). Programmable self-assembly of three-dimensional nanostructures from 10,000 unique components. Nature. 552(7683). 72–77. 329 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ashfaq, Adeel, Allen Zhu, Amit Iyengar, et al.. (2016). Impact of an Institutional Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Bacteriology of Surgical Site Infections in Cardiac Surgery. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 31(6). 367–372. 4 indexed citations

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Jo, Sunhwan, Xi Cheng, Shahidul M. Islam, et al.. (2014). CHARMM-GUI PDB Manipulator for Advanced Modeling and Simulations of Proteins Containing Nonstandard Residues. Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology. 96. 235–265. 256 indexed citations

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