Benxia Zhang

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 696 citations indexed

About

Benxia Zhang is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Benxia Zhang has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 696 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Oncology, 5 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Benxia Zhang's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (3 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (3 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (3 papers). Benxia Zhang is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (3 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (3 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (3 papers). Benxia Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China. Benxia Zhang's co-authors include Qizhi Ma, Yongsheng Wang, Pei Shu, Kai Li, Yue Chen, Dan Li, Xuejin Ou, Houhui Shi, Wei‐Ting Liao and Yue Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer Research, Cell Death and Differentiation and Molecular Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Benxia Zhang

9 papers receiving 685 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.

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells as immunosuppressive regulators and therapeutic targets in cancer

2021 581 citations Kai Li, Houhui Shi et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benxia Zhang China	6	400	364	184	105	86	10	696
Qizhi Ma China	8	421 1.1×	395 1.1×	224 1.2×	115 1.1×	96 1.1×	17	753
Ihor Arkhypov Germany	10	402 1.0×	286 0.8×	228 1.2×	63 0.6×	71 0.8×	11	677
Carol Cao United States	4	422 1.1×	229 0.6×	264 1.4×	78 0.7×	111 1.3×	5	668
Samantha Lasser Germany	9	427 1.1×	284 0.8×	236 1.3×	57 0.5×	75 0.9×	11	697
Saeed Farajzadeh Valilou Iran	6	309 0.8×	343 0.9×	235 1.3×	79 0.8×	55 0.6×	9	664
Brian Labadie United States	12	344 0.9×	380 1.0×	284 1.5×	121 1.2×	56 0.7×	24	769
Douglas Marvel United States	3	660 1.6×	412 1.1×	198 1.1×	60 0.6×	60 0.7×	6	836
Hannah H. Yan United States	7	377 0.9×	350 1.0×	236 1.3×	49 0.5×	42 0.5×	13	667
Laurel B. Darragh United States	13	407 1.0×	490 1.3×	159 0.9×	117 1.1×	42 0.5×	22	764
Min Hwa Shin United States	12	240 0.6×	271 0.7×	193 1.0×	53 0.5×	41 0.5×	19	550

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benxia Zhang

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Ma, Qizhi, Benxia Zhang, Yue Chen, et al.. (2025). Targeting the poliovirus receptor to activate T cells and induce myeloid-derived suppressor cells to differentiate to pro-inflammatory macrophages via the IFN-γ-p-STAT1-IRF8 axis in cancer therapy. Cell Death and Differentiation. 32(10). 1791–1805. 1 indexed citations

2.

Ma, Qizhi, et al.. (2024). Abstract 172: Targeting the poliovirus receptor to activate T cells and induce myeloid-derived suppressor cells to differentiate to M1-like macrophages via the IFNγ-pSTAT1-IRF8 axis in cancer therapy. Cancer Research. 84(6_Supplement). 172–172.

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Shu, Pei, Yanna Lei, Ge Gao, et al.. (2024). MNK: A Novel Promising Target for Cancer Immunotherapy. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 32(17). 3347–3365. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Ge, Wei‐Ting Liao, Pei Shu, et al.. (2023). Targeting sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 3 inhibits T-cell exhaustion and regulates recruitment of proinflammatory macrophages to improve antitumor efficacy of CAR-T cells against solid tumor. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 11(8). e006343–e006343. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Benxia, Min Hu, Qizhi Ma, et al.. (2023). Optimized CAR-T therapy based on spatiotemporal changes and chemotactic mechanisms of MDSCs induced by hypofractionated radiotherapy. Molecular Therapy. 31(7). 2105–2119. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Benxia, Xue Li, Tao Yin, et al.. (2022). Neurotoxicity of Tumor Immunotherapy: The Emergence of Clinical Attention. Journal of Oncology. 2022. 1–12. 2 indexed citations

7.

Zhao, Jian, Bin Liu, Ning Liu, et al.. (2022). The role of angiogenesis in malignant pleural effusion: from basic research to clinical application.. PubMed. 12(11). 4879–4891. 5 indexed citations

8.

Li, Kai, Houhui Shi, Benxia Zhang, et al.. (2021). Myeloid-derived suppressor cells as immunosuppressive regulators and therapeutic targets in cancer. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 6(1). 362–362. 581 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Ge, Wei‐Ting Liao, Qizhi Ma, et al.. (2020). KRAS G12D mutation predicts lower TMB and drives immune suppression in lung adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer. 149. 41–45. 51 indexed citations

10.

Zhang, Xiaoxuan, Li Wu, Yong Xu, et al.. (2018). Trends in the incidence rate of lung cancer by histological type and gender in Sichuan, China, 1995–2015: A single‐center retrospective study. Thoracic Cancer. 9(5). 532–541. 19 indexed citations

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