Ben J. Gu

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Ben J. Gu is a scholar working on Physiology, Speech and Hearing and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben J. Gu has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Physiology, 19 papers in Speech and Hearing and 18 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ben J. Gu's work include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (45 papers), Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (19 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (10 papers). Ben J. Gu is often cited by papers focused on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (45 papers), Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (19 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (10 papers). Ben J. Gu collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Ben J. Gu's co-authors include James S. Wiley, Colin L. Masters, Jun Wang, Yan‐Jiang Wang, Ronald Sluyter, Stephen J. Fuller, Steven Petrou, Linda J. Bendall, Leanne Stokes and Kristen K. Skarratt and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ben J. Gu

69 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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 systemic view of Alzheimer disease — insights from amyloid-β metabolism beyond the brain

2017 620 citations Jun Wang, Ben J. Gu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben J. Gu Australia	32	2.5k	950	779	668	606	71	4.0k
Juana María Sanz Italy	28	1.7k 0.7×	879 0.9×	521 0.7×	492 0.7×	230 0.4×	75	3.2k
Anna Lisa Giuliani Italy	27	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	677 0.9×	260 0.4×	322 0.5×	70	3.5k
Paola Chiozzi Italy	38	4.8k 1.9×	1.7k 1.8×	1.5k 1.9×	428 0.6×	779 1.3×	55	6.3k
Alba Clara Sarti Italy	23	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	707 0.9×	234 0.4×	258 0.4×	27	3.3k
Leanne Stokes Australia	26	1.6k 0.7×	649 0.7×	435 0.6×	231 0.3×	239 0.4×	55	2.4k
Marta Fumagalli Italy	37	2.2k 0.9×	1.9k 2.0×	662 0.8×	604 0.9×	104 0.2×	70	4.9k
Laurie Erb United States	43	3.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.8×	418 0.5×	818 1.2×	93 0.2×	69	4.4k
Jean‐Marie Boeynaems Belgium	46	5.1k 2.1×	2.8k 2.9×	996 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	226 0.4×	131	7.4k
Didier Communi Belgium	31	2.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	685 0.9×	497 0.7×	102 0.2×	61	3.8k
A.D. Michel United Kingdom	30	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	339 0.4×	299 0.4×	185 0.3×	58	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben J. Gu

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Kincaid, J. Peter, et al.. (2025). Is Ti-Coated PEEK Superior to PEEK for Lumbar and Cervical Fusion Procedures? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(21). 7696–7696.

Huang, Xin, Christopher Fowler, Qiao‐Xin Li, et al.. (2023). Amyloid‐β and monocytes in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S12). 1 indexed citations

Li, Yihan & Ben J. Gu. (2023). Non-human Primate Models of Alzheimer’s Disease. 0(0). 0–0. 6 indexed citations

Bu, Xian‐Le, Pu‐Yang Sun, Dong‐Yu Fan, et al.. (2022). Associations of plasma soluble CD22 levels with brain amyloid burden and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Science Advances. 8(13). eabm5667–eabm5667. 17 indexed citations

Turner, Brandon E., Christopher J. Magnani, Alexander Frolov, et al.. (2021). Neurology trial registrations on ClinicalTrials.gov between 2007 and 2018: A cross-sectional analysis of characteristics, early discontinuation, and results reporting. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 428. 117579–117579. 7 indexed citations

Fletcher, Erica L., Andrew I. Jobling, Matt Rutar, et al.. (2019). Targeting P2X7 receptors as a means for treating retinal disease. Drug Discovery Today. 24(8). 1598–1605. 24 indexed citations

Han, Gang, Ben J. Gu, Caorui Lin, et al.. (2019). Hexose Potentiates Peptide-Conjugated Morpholino Oligomer Efficacy in Cardiac Muscles of Dystrophic Mice in an Age-Dependent Manner. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 18. 341–350. 7 indexed citations

Gu, Ben J., et al.. (2019). Assays to Measure Purinoceptor Pore Dilation. Methods in molecular biology. 2041. 323–334. 1 indexed citations

Gu, Ben J., et al.. (2019). P2X7 receptor signaling during adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Neural Regeneration Research. 14(10). 1684–1684. 26 indexed citations

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Gu, Ben J., Xin Huang, Alan Rembach, et al.. (2016). Innate phagocytosis by peripheral blood monocytes is altered in Alzheimer’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 132(3). 377–389. 46 indexed citations

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Han, Gang, Ben J. Gu, Limin Cao, et al.. (2016). Hexose enhances oligonucleotide delivery and exon skipping in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10981–10981. 40 indexed citations

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Gao, Xianjun, Xiaoyong Shen, Xue Dong, et al.. (2015). Peptide Nucleic Acid Promotes Systemic Dystrophin Expression and Functional Rescue in Dystrophin-deficient mdx Mice. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 4. e255–e255. 21 indexed citations

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Wesselius, Anke, Martijn J.L. Bours, Niklas Rye Jørgensen, et al.. (2012). Non-synonymous polymorphisms in the P2RX 4 are related to bone mineral density and osteoporosis risk in a cohort of Dutch fracture patients. Purinergic Signalling. 9(1). 123–130. 14 indexed citations

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Wiley, James S., Ronald Sluyter, Ben J. Gu, Leanne Stokes, & Stephen J. Fuller. (2011). The human P2X7 receptor and its role in innate immunity. Tissue Antigens. 78(5). 321–332. 166 indexed citations

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Sluyter, Ronald, et al.. (2007). A quantitative method for routine measurement of cell surface P2X7 receptor function in leucocyte subsets by two-colour time-resolved flow cytometry. Journal of Immunological Methods. 325(1-2). 67–77. 26 indexed citations

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Gu, Ben J., Ronald Sluyter, Kristen K. Skarratt, et al.. (2004). An Arg307 to Gln Polymorphism within the ATP-binding Site Causes Loss of Function of the Human P2X7 Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(30). 31287–31295. 124 indexed citations

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Barden, Julian A., Ronald Sluyter, Ben J. Gu, & James S. Wiley. (2003). Specific detection of non‐functional human P2X₇ receptors in HEK293 cells and B‐lymphocytes. FEBS Letters. 538(1-3). 159–162. 28 indexed citations

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Smart, Megan L., Ben J. Gu, Rekha G. Panchal, et al.. (2003). P2X7 Receptor Cell Surface Expression and Cytolytic Pore Formation Are Regulated by a Distal C-terminal Region. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(10). 8853–8860. 148 indexed citations

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Conigrave, Arthur D., Ben J. Gu, Vitomir Tasevski, et al.. (2001). P2Y11 receptor expression by human lymphocytes: evidence for two cAMP-linked purinoceptors. European Journal of Pharmacology. 426(3). 157–163. 30 indexed citations

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Gu, Ben J., Weiyi Zhang, Rebecca A. Worthington, et al.. (2001). A Glu-496 to Ala Polymorphism Leads to Loss of Function of the Human P2X7 Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(14). 11135–11142. 269 indexed citations

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