Caijun Zhao

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Caijun Zhao is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Caijun Zhao has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Caijun Zhao's work include Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows (18 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (12 papers). Caijun Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows (18 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (12 papers). Caijun Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China and Australia. Caijun Zhao's co-authors include Naisheng Zhang, Xiaoyu Hu, Lijuan Bao, Yunhe Fu, Yunhe Fu, Min Qiu, Lianjun Feng, Keyi Wu, Yongguo Cao and Yihong Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The FASEB Journal and Free Radical Biology and Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Caijun Zhao

43 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated autophagy activation is involved in cadmium-induced ferroptosis of renal tubular epithelial cells

2021 181 citations Caijun Zhao, Duo Yu et al. Free Radical Biology and Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caijun Zhao China	19	664	395	226	200	158	45	1.4k
Shiyu Tao China	33	1.1k 1.7×	346 0.9×	137 0.6×	302 1.5×	40 0.3×	91	2.3k
Xiaowei Zhao China	23	560 0.8×	222 0.6×	51 0.2×	218 1.1×	57 0.4×	103	1.4k
Junhu Yao China	28	654 1.0×	813 2.1×	119 0.5×	171 0.9×	53 0.3×	121	2.2k
Genlin Wang China	24	669 1.0×	328 0.8×	178 0.8×	48 0.2×	77 0.5×	96	1.9k
Ruihua Zhang China	20	350 0.5×	137 0.3×	287 1.3×	36 0.2×	68 0.4×	91	1.4k
Chunyan Wu China	25	992 1.5×	49 0.1×	150 0.7×	72 0.4×	93 0.6×	99	2.2k
Marie‐France Palin Canada	30	641 1.0×	798 2.0×	257 1.1×	40 0.2×	38 0.2×	112	3.1k
Hongrong Wang China	27	711 1.1×	758 1.9×	149 0.7×	188 0.9×	33 0.2×	144	2.2k
Ibrahim Marai Israel	24	132 0.2×	577 1.5×	111 0.5×	97 0.5×	123 0.8×	91	2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caijun Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Caijun Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Caijun Zhao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Caijun Zhao. Caijun Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Zhao, Yihong, Hang Yu, Haiqi Li, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial DNA contributes to dysbiosis-associated mastitis via activation of the cGAS-STING pathway. International Immunopharmacology. 167. 115717–115717.

Zhang, Yue, et al.. (2025). Associations of ruminal microbiota with susceptibility to subacute ruminal acidosis in dairy goats. Microbial Pathogenesis. 206. 107727–107727. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaochun, Jiawen Xu, Yuan Wei‐jie, et al.. (2025). Yeast-fermented feed improves high-concentrate diet-induced mastitis in dairy goats by regulating rumen microbiota. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1582314–1582314. 1 indexed citations

Qiu, Min, Lijuan Bao, Keyi Wu, et al.. (2024). Elevated muramyl dipeptide by sialic acid-facilitated postantibiotic pathobiont expansion contributes to gut dysbiosis-induced mastitis in mice. Journal of Advanced Research. 74. 667–680. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Wencheng, Jianhua Song, Kaihe Xiang, et al.. (2024). The rumen microbiota contributed to the development of mastitis induced by subclinical ketosis. Microbial Pathogenesis. 187. 106509–106509. 8 indexed citations

Qiu, Min, Xiaotong Zhao, Chen‐Yu Zou, et al.. (2024). Succinate exacerbates mastitis in mice via extracellular vesicles derived from the gut microbiota: a potential new mechanism for mastitis. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 712–712. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Yihong, et al.. (2024). Endogenous retroviruses modulate the susceptibility of mice to Staphylococcus aureus-induced mastitis by activating cGAS-STING signaling. International Immunopharmacology. 142(Pt B). 113171–113171. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Caijun, Xiaoyu Hu, Min Qiu, et al.. (2023). Sialic acid exacerbates gut dysbiosis-associated mastitis through the microbiota-gut-mammary axis by fueling gut microbiota disruption. Microbiome. 11(1). 78–78. 55 indexed citations

Bao, Lijuan, Hao Sun, Yihong Zhao, et al.. (2023). Hexadecanamide alleviates Staphylococcus aureus-induced mastitis in mice by inhibiting inflammatory responses and restoring blood-milk barrier integrity. PLoS Pathogens. 19(11). e1011764–e1011764. 22 indexed citations

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He, Yuhong, et al.. (2023). ZEA mediates autophagy through the ROS-AMPK-m-TOR pathway to enhance the susceptibility of mastitis induced by Staphylococcus aureus in mice. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 266. 115548–115548. 5 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaoyu, Zhaoqi He, Caijun Zhao, et al.. (2023). Gut/rumen-mammary gland axis in mastitis: Gut/rumen microbiota–mediated “gastroenterogenic mastitis”. Journal of Advanced Research. 55. 159–171. 32 indexed citations

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Zhao, Caijun, Keyi Wu, Yihong Zhao, et al.. (2023). Gut microbiota-mediated secondary bile acid alleviates Staphylococcus aureus-induced mastitis through the TGR5-cAMP-PKA-NF-κB/NLRP3 pathways in mice. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 9(1). 8–8. 72 indexed citations

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Bao, Lijuan, Caijun Zhao, Lianjun Feng, et al.. (2022). Ferritinophagy is involved in Bisphenol A-induced ferroptosis of renal tubular epithelial cells through the activation of the AMPK-mTOR-ULK1 pathway. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 163. 112909–112909. 51 indexed citations

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Zhao, Caijun, Duo Yu, Zhaoqi He, et al.. (2021). Endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated autophagy activation is involved in cadmium-induced ferroptosis of renal tubular epithelial cells. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 175. 236–248. 181 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Caijun, Keyi Wu, Lijuan Bao, et al.. (2021). Kynurenic acid protects against mastitis in mice by ameliorating inflammatory responses and enhancing blood-milk barrier integrity. Molecular Immunology. 137. 134–144. 22 indexed citations

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Zhao, Caijun, Xiaoyu Hu, Lijuan Bao, et al.. (2021). Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation by Lactobacillus reuteri tryptophan metabolism alleviates Escherichia coli-induced mastitis in mice. PLoS Pathogens. 17(7). e1009774–e1009774. 99 indexed citations

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Yu, Huiyuan, et al.. (2020). DNaseI protects lipopolysaccharide-induced endometritis in mice by inhibiting neutrophil extracellular traps formation. Microbial Pathogenesis. 150. 104686–104686. 11 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaoyu, Zhaoqi He, Kecheng Wang, et al.. (2019). Neutralization of Interleukin-17A Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Mastitis by Inhibiting Neutrophil Infiltration and the Inflammatory Response. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 39(9). 577–584. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaoyu, Jian Guo, Mingyue Xu, et al.. (2019). Clostridium tyrobutyricum alleviates Staphylococcus aureus-induced endometritis in mice by inhibiting endometrial barrier disruption and inflammatory response. Food & Function. 10(10). 6699–6710. 35 indexed citations

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Zhao, Caijun, Zhaoqi He, Xin Yuan, et al.. (2019). Dimethyl itaconate protects against lippolysacchride-induced mastitis in mice by activating MAPKs and Nrf2 and inhibiting NF-κB signaling pathways. Microbial Pathogenesis. 133. 103541–103541. 44 indexed citations

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