Ben Lü

6.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
57 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Ben Lü is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Lü has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Immunology and 18 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Ben Lü's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (22 papers), Advanced Glycation End Products research (18 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (16 papers). Ben Lü is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (22 papers), Advanced Glycation End Products research (18 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (16 papers). Ben Lü collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Ben Lü's co-authors include Haichao Wang, Kevin J. Tracey, Jan Andersson, Sangeeta S. Chavan, Jianhua Li, Yiting Tang, Helena Erlandsson-Harris, Huan Yang, Timothy R. Billiar and Kai Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ben Lü

55 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

A critical cysteine is required for HMGB1 binding to Toll-like receptor 4 and activation of macrophage cytokine release

2010 645 citations Huan Yang, Haichao Wang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Novel role of PKR in inflammasome activation and HMGB1 release

2012 632 citations Ben Lü, Jianhua Li et al. profile →
Intrinsic Radical Species Scavenging Activities of Tea Polyphenols Nanoparticles Block Pyroptosis in Endotoxin-Induced Sepsis

2022 138 citations Yuan Chen, Ruiheng Luo et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Lü China	27	1.9k	1.5k	1.0k	478	400	57	3.8k
Xiaoling Qiang United States	23	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	555 1.2×	255 0.6×	45	3.4k
Helena Erlandsson-Harris Sweden	21	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	2.3k 2.2×	447 0.9×	404 1.0×	26	4.5k
Michael Ombrellino United States	8	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.8×	523 1.1×	470 1.2×	12	3.5k
Runkuan Yang United States	32	967 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	648 1.4×	384 1.0×	50	3.9k
Karin Palmblad Sweden	23	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	2.1k 2.0×	362 0.8×	310 0.8×	39	4.1k
Derek Strassheim United States	30	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.4×	524 1.1×	318 0.8×	47	5.1k
Jaideep M. Vishnubhakat United States	7	984 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.8×	538 1.1×	423 1.1×	9	3.5k
Teruto Hashiguchi Japan	36	1.1k 0.6×	781 0.5×	636 0.6×	437 0.9×	216 0.5×	131	4.0k
Melanie J. Scott United States	39	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	368 0.4×	905 1.9×	169 0.4×	109	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Lü

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Lü

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Lü

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Tang, Yiting, et al.. (2025). Habitual Glucosamine Use and Risk of Sepsis: A 16-Year Follow-Up Study. Critical Care Medicine. 53(10). e1906–e1917. 1 indexed citations

Lü, Ben, Wenchuan Jia, Min Wang, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Elastricstatic Layer Jamming for Variable Stiffness Using AC Excitation. 108. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Junru, Jingjing Cai, Yiting Tang, & Ben Lü. (2023). The noncanonical inflammasome-induced pyroptosis and septic shock. Seminars in Immunology. 70. 101844–101844. 14 indexed citations

Chen, Yuan, Ruiheng Luo, Jing Li, et al.. (2022). Intrinsic Radical Species Scavenging Activities of Tea Polyphenols Nanoparticles Block Pyroptosis in Endotoxin-Induced Sepsis. ACS Nano. 16(2). 2429–2441. 138 indexed citations breakdown →

Pu, Huayan, Ben Lü, Min Wang, et al.. (2022). Squeeze damping of giant electrorheological fluid tuned by pulse width modulation. Smart Materials and Structures. 31(10). 105028–105028. 8 indexed citations

Tang, Yiting, Xiangyu Wang, Zhihui He, et al.. (2021). Heparin prevents caspase-11-dependent septic lethality independent of anticoagulant properties. Immunity. 54(3). 454–467.e6. 99 indexed citations

Wang, Xiangyu, Yang Bai, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2021). A small molecule binding HMGB1 inhibits caspase-11-mediated lethality in sepsis. Cell Death and Disease. 12(4). 402–402. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, Yening Zhang, Xueming Xu, et al.. (2021). YAP promotes the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome via blocking K27-linked polyubiquitination of NLRP3. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2674–2674. 105 indexed citations

Zhang, Zinan, Zhenwei Tang, Fang Wang, et al.. (2021). Achieving physical examination competence through optimizing hands-on practice cycles: a prospective cohort comparative study of medical students. PeerJ. 9. e12544–e12544.

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Li, Wenbo, Meihong Deng, Patricia Loughran, et al.. (2020). LPS Induces Active HMGB1 Release From Hepatocytes Into Exosomes Through the Coordinated Activities of TLR4 and Caspase-11/GSDMD Signaling. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 229–229. 113 indexed citations

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Lu, Yanyan, et al.. (2020). Silencing IFNγ inhibits A1 astrocytes and attenuates neurogenesis decline and cognitive impairment in endotoxemia. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 533(4). 1519–1526. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Xinyu, Xiaoye Cheng, Yiting Tang, et al.. (2019). Bacterial Endotoxin Activates the Coagulation Cascade through Gasdermin D-Dependent Phosphatidylserine Exposure. Immunity. 51(6). 983–996.e6. 235 indexed citations

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Tang, Yiting, Qianqian Xue, Ran Meng, et al.. (2018). TRIF signaling is required for caspase-11-dependent immune responses and lethality in sepsis. Molecular Medicine. 24(1). 66–66. 24 indexed citations

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Li, Wenbo, Wei Zhang, Meihong Deng, et al.. (2017). Stearoyl Lysophosphatidylcholine Inhibits Endotoxin-Induced Caspase-11 Activation. Shock. 50(3). 339–345. 28 indexed citations

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Dong, Jie, Ning Ning Wang, Ben Lü, et al.. (2017). ChemSAR: an online pipelining platform for molecular SAR modeling. Journal of Cheminformatics. 9(1). 27–27. 53 indexed citations

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Tang, Yiting, Xin Zhao, Daniel J. Antoine, et al.. (2015). Regulation of Posttranslational Modifications of HMGB1 During Immune Responses. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 24(12). 620–634. 110 indexed citations

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Lü, Ben, Daniel J. Antoine, Kevin Kwan, et al.. (2014). JAK/STAT1 signaling promotes HMGB1 hyperacetylation and nuclear translocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(8). 3068–3073. 298 indexed citations

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Lü, Ben, Kevin Kwan, Yaakov A. Levine, et al.. (2014). α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Signaling Inhibits Inflammasome Activation by Preventing Mitochondrial DNA Release. Molecular Medicine. 20(1). 350–358. 162 indexed citations

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Lü, Ben, Haichao Wang, Jan Andersson, & Kevin J. Tracey. (2013). Regulation of HMGB1 release by inflammasomes. Protein & Cell. 4(3). 163–167. 134 indexed citations

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Valdés‐Ferrer, Sergio Iván, Mauricio Rosas‐Ballina, Peder S. Olofsson, et al.. (2013). High-Mobility Group Box 1 Mediates Persistent Splenocyte Priming in Sepsis Survivors. Shock. 40(6). 492–495. 41 indexed citations

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