Alvin Lu

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Alvin Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alvin Lu has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alvin Lu's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (12 papers), interferon and immune responses (6 papers) and PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (4 papers). Alvin Lu is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (12 papers), interferon and immune responses (6 papers) and PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (4 papers). Alvin Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Alvin Lu's co-authors include Hao Wu, Jianbin Ruan, Qian Yin, Edward H. Egelman, Venkat Giri Magupalli, Maninjay Atianand, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Matthijn Vos, Gunnar F. Schröder and Tian‐Min Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alvin Lu

25 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

Unified Polymerization Mechanism for the Assembly of ASC-Dependent Inflammasomes

2014 1.1k citations Alvin Lu, Venkat Giri Magupalli et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alvin Lu United States	18	2.3k	1.2k	286	215	193	27	2.8k
Qian Yin United States	32	3.3k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	312 1.1×	201 0.9×	349 1.8×	72	4.7k
Huabin He China	12	3.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	227 0.8×	522 2.4×	496 2.6×	18	4.2k
José Alexandre Marzagão Barbuto Brazil	25	762 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	151 0.5×	196 0.9×	199 1.0×	91	2.3k
Yongliang Zhang Singapore	31	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	187 0.7×	167 0.8×	320 1.7×	87	3.5k
Michael Schnoor Mexico	29	1.2k 0.5×	709 0.6×	291 1.0×	38 0.2×	202 1.0×	81	2.7k
Sannula Kesavardhana United States	20	3.3k 1.5×	1.9k 1.6×	215 0.8×	253 1.2×	633 3.3×	30	4.3k
Parimal Samir United States	20	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	165 0.6×	131 0.6×	543 2.8×	42	4.0k
Yonghua Sheng Australia	25	950 0.4×	666 0.6×	378 1.3×	75 0.3×	234 1.2×	46	2.5k

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He, Pengjie, et al.. (2025). A GA-BP neural network algorithm for fault detection of transmission tower bolts. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. 10. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jie, et al.. (2024). DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REMOTE MONITORING TERMINAL FOR TRANSMISSION LINE SAG, 1-8.. International Journal of Power and Energy Systems. 44(10).

He, Pengjie, et al.. (2024). Discussion on multi-condition load capacity evaluation algorithm of transmission line based on fusion algorithm. Australian Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. 22(2). 226–232.

Lu, Alvin, et al.. (2021). Key Part Detection of Transmission Line Fitting based on Keypoint Regression. 29–32. 2 indexed citations

Wigle, Tim J., Laurie B. Schenkel, Yue Ren, et al.. (2020). In Vitro and Cellular Probes to Study PARP Enzyme Target Engagement. Cell chemical biology. 27(7). 877–887.e14. 17 indexed citations

Lu, Alvin, Ryan Abo, Yue Ren, et al.. (2019). Enabling drug discovery for the PARP protein family through the detection of mono-ADP-ribosylation. Biochemical Pharmacology. 167. 97–106. 39 indexed citations

Choi, Youn Jung, Stephanie Kim, Younho Choi, et al.. (2019). SERPINB1-mediated checkpoint of inflammatory caspase activation. Nature Immunology. 20(3). 276–287. 97 indexed citations

Shen, Chen, Alvin Lu, Wen Jun Xie, et al.. (2019). Molecular mechanism for NLRP6 inflammasome assembly and activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(6). 2052–2057. 91 indexed citations

Li, Yang, Tian‐Min Fu, Alvin Lu, et al.. (2018). Cryo-EM structures of ASC and NLRC4 CARD filaments reveal a unified mechanism of nucleation and activation of caspase-1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(43). 10845–10852. 113 indexed citations

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Wang, Huaimin, et al.. (2017). Instant Hydrogelation Inspired by Inflammasomes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(26). 7579–7583. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Huaimin, et al.. (2017). Instant Hydrogelation Inspired by Inflammasomes. Angewandte Chemie. 129(26). 7687–7691. 8 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Florian I., Alvin Lu, Jeff W. Chen, et al.. (2016). A single domain antibody fragment that recognizes the adaptor ASC defines the role of ASC domains in inflammasome assembly. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 213(5). 771–790. 138 indexed citations

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Fu, Tian‐Min, Yang Li, Alvin Lu, et al.. (2016). Cryo-EM Structure of Caspase-8 Tandem DED Filament Reveals Assembly and Regulation Mechanisms of the Death-Inducing Signaling Complex. Molecular Cell. 64(2). 236–250. 140 indexed citations

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Lu, Alvin, Yang Li, Florian I. Schmidt, et al.. (2016). Molecular basis of caspase-1 polymerization and its inhibition by a new capping mechanism. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(5). 416–425. 136 indexed citations

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Lu, Alvin, Yang Li, Qian Yin, et al.. (2015). Plasticity in PYD assembly revealed by cryo-EM structure of the PYD filament of AIM2. Cell Discovery. 1(1). 77 indexed citations

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Vajjhala, Parimala R., Alvin Lu, Darren L. Brown, et al.. (2015). The Inflammasome Adaptor ASC Induces Procaspase-8 Death Effector Domain Filaments. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(49). 29217–29230. 79 indexed citations

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Lu, Alvin, Venkat Giri Magupalli, Jianbin Ruan, et al.. (2014). Unified Polymerization Mechanism for the Assembly of ASC-Dependent Inflammasomes. Cell. 156(6). 1193–1206. 1069 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lu, Alvin, Venkataraman Kabaleeswaran, Tian‐Min Fu, Venkat Giri Magupalli, & Hao Wu. (2014). Crystal Structure of the F27G AIM2 PYD Mutant and Similarities of Its Self-Association to DED/DED Interactions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 426(7). 1420–1427. 47 indexed citations

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Lu, Alvin & Hao Wu. (2014). Structural mechanisms of inflammasome assembly. FEBS Journal. 282(3). 435–444. 176 indexed citations

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Yin, Qian, David P. Sester, Yuan Tian, et al.. (2013). Molecular Mechanism for p202-Mediated Specific Inhibition of AIM2 Inflammasome Activation. Cell Reports. 4(2). 327–339. 77 indexed citations

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