Baoyu Zhao

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Baoyu Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Baoyu Zhao has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Baoyu Zhao's work include interferon and immune responses (10 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (6 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers). Baoyu Zhao is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (10 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (6 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers). Baoyu Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Baoyu Zhao's co-authors include Pingwei Li, Fenglei Du, Banumathi Sankaran, A. Phillip West, Pengbiao Xu, Xinsheng Gao, Yuanjiu Lei, Jun‐Yuan Ji, Robert O. Watson and Chang Shu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Baoyu Zhao

23 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

A conserved PLPLRT/SD motif of STING mediates the recruitment and activation of TBK1

2019 322 citations Baoyu Zhao, Fenglei Du et al. Nature profile →
Mitochondrial ROS promotes susceptibility to infection via gasdermin D-mediated necroptosis

2022 250 citations Samantha L. Bell, Baoyu Zhao et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Baoyu Zhao United States	17	979	946	469	245	211	24	1.8k
Shouheng Jin China	21	648 0.7×	971 1.0×	279 0.6×	188 0.8×	483 2.3×	37	1.6k
Hiroto Kambara United States	18	852 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	247 0.5×	211 0.9×	326 1.5×	26	2.0k
Krishnamurthy Malathi United States	20	844 0.9×	839 0.9×	189 0.4×	112 0.5×	256 1.2×	29	1.6k
Anetta Härtlová Sweden	19	787 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	246 0.5×	68 0.3×	241 1.1×	36	2.0k
Yanhong Ji China	23	994 1.0×	848 0.9×	125 0.3×	134 0.5×	234 1.1×	67	2.1k
Delia Gutman United States	17	1.4k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	678 1.4×	391 1.6×	416 2.0×	18	2.8k
Joseph M. Luna United States	14	570 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	391 0.8×	85 0.3×	378 1.8×	24	1.9k
Yongwen Luo China	24	488 0.5×	733 0.8×	239 0.5×	108 0.4×	179 0.8×	57	1.7k
Laurent Humeau United States	26	542 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	317 0.7×	120 0.5×	250 1.2×	64	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Baoyu Zhao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Baoyu, et al.. (2022). Energy landscape reshaped by strain-specific mutations underlies epistasis in NS1 evolution of influenza A virus. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5775–5775. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Baoyu, Pengbiao Xu, Tao Jing, et al.. (2020). The molecular basis of tight nuclear tethering and inactivation of cGAS. Nature. 587(7835). 673–677. 175 indexed citations

Cho, Jaehyun, Baoyu Zhao, Jie Shi, et al.. (2020). Molecular recognition of a host protein by NS1 of pandemic and seasonal influenza A viruses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(12). 6550–6558. 17 indexed citations

Liu, Jun, Yanyan Huang, Liang Kong, et al.. (2020). The malectin-like receptor-like kinase LETUM1 modulates NLR protein SUMM2 activation via MEKK2 scaffolding. Nature Plants. 6(9). 1106–1115. 46 indexed citations

Xie, Xiaoping, Jin Jin, Lele Zhu, et al.. (2019). Cell type-specific function of TRAF2 and TRAF3 in regulating type I IFN induction. Cell & Bioscience. 9(1). 5–5. 21 indexed citations

Zhao, Baoyu, Fenglei Du, Pengbiao Xu, et al.. (2019). A conserved PLPLRT/SD motif of STING mediates the recruitment and activation of TBK1. Nature. 569(7758). 718–722. 322 indexed citations breakdown →

Ghosh, Arundhati, Lulu Shao, Padmavathi Sampath, et al.. (2019). Oligoadenylate-Synthetase-Family Protein OASL Inhibits Activity of the DNA Sensor cGAS during DNA Virus Infection to Limit Interferon Production. Immunity. 50(1). 51–63.e5. 84 indexed citations

Li, Xin, Meng Deng, Alex Petrucelli, et al.. (2019). Viral DNA Binding to NLRC3, an Inhibitory Nucleic Acid Sensor, Unleashes STING, a Cyclic Dinucleotide Receptor that Activates Type I Interferon. Immunity. 50(3). 591–599.e6. 66 indexed citations

Zhou, Xiaofei, Jiayi Yu, Xuhong Cheng, et al.. (2019). The deubiquitinase Otub1 controls the activation of CD8+ T cells and NK cells by regulating IL-15-mediated priming. Nature Immunology. 20(7). 879–889. 78 indexed citations

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Shi, Jie, et al.. (2018). Molecular Mechanisms of Tight Binding through Fuzzy Interactions. Biophysical Journal. 114(6). 1313–1320. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhiye, Zeyang Ma, Claudia Castillo-González, et al.. (2018). SWI2/SNF2 ATPase CHR2 remodels pri-miRNAs via Serrate to impede miRNA production. Nature. 557(7706). 516–521. 103 indexed citations

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Lahaye, Xavier, Matteo Gentili, Aymeric Silvin, et al.. (2018). NONO Detects the Nuclear HIV Capsid to Promote cGAS-Mediated Innate Immune Activation. Cell. 175(2). 488–501.e22. 167 indexed citations

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Zhao, Baoyu, Guanghui Yi, Fenglei Du, et al.. (2017). Structure and function of the Zika virus full-length NS5 protein. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14762–14762. 151 indexed citations

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Liu, Min, Cai Yuan, Jan K. Jensen, et al.. (2017). The crystal structure of a multidomain protease inhibitor (HAI-1) reveals the mechanism of its auto-inhibition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(20). 8412–8423. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Baoyu, Chang Shu, Xinsheng Gao, et al.. (2016). Structural basis for concerted recruitment and activation of IRF-3 by innate immune adaptor proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(24). E3403–12. 140 indexed citations

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Zhao, Baoyu, Sonu Gandhi, Cai Yuan, et al.. (2015). Mapping the topographic epitope landscape on the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) by surface plasmon resonance and X-ray crystallography. Data in Brief. 5. 107–113. 9 indexed citations

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Jiang, Longguang, Baoyu Zhao, Peng Xu, et al.. (2015). Distinctive binding modes and inhibitory mechanisms of two peptidic inhibitors of urokinase-type plasminogen activator with isomeric P1 residues. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 62. 88–92. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Baoyu, Sonu Gandhi, Cai Yuan, et al.. (2015). Stabilizing a Flexible Interdomain Hinge Region Harboring the SMB Binding Site Drives uPAR into Its Closed Conformation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 427(6). 1389–1403. 24 indexed citations

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Zhao, Baoyu, Peng Xu, Longguang Jiang, et al.. (2014). A Cyclic Peptidic Serine Protease Inhibitor: Increasing Affinity by Increasing Peptide Flexibility. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115872–e115872. 20 indexed citations

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Zhao, Baoyu, Cai Yuan, Rui Li, et al.. (2013). Crystal Structures of Matriptase in Complex with Its Inhibitor Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitor-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(16). 11155–11164. 28 indexed citations

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