Chunfang Gu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Chunfang Gu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Chunfang Gu has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Chunfang Gu's work include Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (8 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers). Chunfang Gu is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (8 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers). Chunfang Gu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Chunfang Gu's co-authors include Xiaoxia Li, Ling Wu, Stephen B. Shears, Huanchen Wang, Henning J. Jessen, Caini Liu, Xing Chen, Xingyao Li, Dorothea Fiedler and Christopher Wittwer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chunfang Gu

28 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

IL-17 family: Cytokines, receptors and signaling

2013 466 citations Chunfang Gu, Ling Wu et al. Cytokine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chunfang Gu United States	21	572	469	256	200	187	28	1.5k
Jing Xu China	22	726 1.3×	203 0.4×	113 0.4×	119 0.6×	259 1.4×	113	1.6k
Liyun Zhang China	26	911 1.6×	485 1.0×	131 0.5×	58 0.3×	177 0.9×	119	2.2k
Sandeep Kumar United States	22	767 1.3×	322 0.7×	129 0.5×	65 0.3×	351 1.9×	62	1.6k
Xiaoxia Zuo China	29	1.1k 1.9×	658 1.4×	94 0.4×	295 1.5×	146 0.8×	116	2.5k
Masatoshi Shimizu Japan	24	752 1.3×	597 1.3×	108 0.4×	79 0.4×	238 1.3×	71	2.2k
Long Yi China	27	776 1.4×	273 0.6×	135 0.5×	73 0.4×	284 1.5×	117	2.2k
Yuchun Luo United States	21	1.1k 2.0×	725 1.5×	103 0.4×	479 2.4×	523 2.8×	27	2.1k
Daming Zuo China	26	697 1.2×	765 1.6×	159 0.6×	43 0.2×	248 1.3×	81	1.9k
Sue‐Yun Hwang South Korea	17	751 1.3×	477 1.0×	112 0.4×	51 0.3×	178 1.0×	31	1.6k
Yoshimi Miki Japan	22	888 1.6×	325 0.7×	204 0.8×	35 0.2×	121 0.6×	41	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Chunfang Gu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chunfang Gu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chunfang Gu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chunfang Gu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chunfang Gu 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 Chunfang Gu. Chunfang Gu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sahu, Soumyadip, Jacob Gordon, Chunfang Gu, et al.. (2023). Nucleolar Architecture Is Modulated by a Small Molecule, the Inositol Pyrophosphate 5-InsP7. Biomolecules. 13(1). 153–153. 10 indexed citations

Gu, Chunfang, Xingyao Li, Guangning Zong, Huanchen Wang, & Stephen B. Shears. (2023). IP8: A quantitatively minor inositol pyrophosphate signaling molecule that punches above its weight. Advances in Biological Regulation. 91. 101002–101002. 6 indexed citations

Zhou, Yubai, Molee Chakraborty, Chunfang Gu, et al.. (2022). Development of Novel IP6K Inhibitors for the Treatment of Obesity and Obesity-Induced Metabolic Dysfunctions. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(9). 6869–6887. 21 indexed citations

Sahu, Soumyadip, Zhenzhen Wang, Xinfu Jiao, et al.. (2020). InsP₇is a small-molecule regulator of NUDT3-mediated mRNA decapping and processing-body dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(32). 19245–19253. 24 indexed citations

Qiu, Danye, Miranda Wilson, Verena B. Eisenbeis, et al.. (2020). Analysis of inositol phosphate metabolism by capillary electrophoresis electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6035–6035. 99 indexed citations

Li, Xingyao, Chunfang Gu, Sarah Hostachy, et al.. (2020). Control of XPR1-dependent cellular phosphate efflux by InsP ₈ is an exemplar for functionally-exclusive inositol pyrophosphate signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(7). 3568–3574. 85 indexed citations

Randall, Thomas A., Chunfang Gu, Xingyao Li, Huanchen Wang, & Stephen B. Shears. (2019). A two-way switch for inositol pyrophosphate signaling: Evolutionary history and biological significance of a unique, bifunctional kinase/phosphatase. Advances in Biological Regulation. 75. 100674–100674. 35 indexed citations

Chen, Xing, Gang Cai, Caini Liu, et al.. (2018). IL-17R–EGFR axis links wound healing to tumorigenesis in Lrig1+ stem cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 216(1). 195–214. 88 indexed citations

Yousaf, Rizwan, Chunfang Gu, Zubair M. Ahmed, et al.. (2018). Mutations in Diphosphoinositol-Pentakisphosphate Kinase PPIP5K2 are associated with hearing loss in human and mouse. PLoS Genetics. 14(3). e1007297–e1007297. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Huanchen, Chunfang Gu, Ronda J. Rolfes, Henning J. Jessen, & Stephen B. Shears. (2018). Structural and biochemical characterization of Siw14: A protein-tyrosine phosphatase fold that metabolizes inositol pyrophosphates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(18). 6905–6914. 24 indexed citations

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Gu, Chunfang, et al.. (2018). Inositol pyrophosphate synthesis by diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate kinase-1 is regulated by phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate. Bioscience Reports. 38(2). 12 indexed citations

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Kim, Jaeyoon, Jesper Gromada, Stephen B. Shears, et al.. (2018). Inositol hexakisphosphate kinase 1 is a metabolic sensor in pancreatic β-cells. Cellular Signalling. 46. 120–128. 21 indexed citations

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Gu, Chunfang, Hoai‐Nghia Nguyen, Alexandre Hofer, et al.. (2017). The Significance of the Bifunctional Kinase/Phosphatase Activities of Diphosphoinositol Pentakisphosphate Kinases (PPIP5Ks) for Coupling Inositol Pyrophosphate Cell Signaling to Cellular Phosphate Homeostasis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(11). 4544–4555. 67 indexed citations

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Gu, Chunfang, Miranda Wilson, Henning J. Jessen, Adolfo Saiardi, & Stephen B. Shears. (2016). Inositol Pyrophosphate Profiling of Two HCT116 Cell Lines Uncovers Variation in InsP8 Levels. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0165286–e0165286. 38 indexed citations

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Shears, Stephen B., et al.. (2016). The significance of the 1-kinase/1-phosphatase activities of the PPIP5K family. Advances in Biological Regulation. 63. 98–106. 25 indexed citations

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Wu, Ling, Xing Chen, Junjie Zhao, et al.. (2015). A novel IL-17 signaling pathway controlling keratinocyte proliferation and tumorigenesis via the TRAF4–ERK5 axis. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 212(10). 1571–1587. 178 indexed citations

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Gu, Chunfang, Ling Wu, & Xiaoxia Li. (2013). IL-17 family: Cytokines, receptors and signaling. Cytokine. 64(2). 477–485. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zepp, Jarod A., Caini Liu, Muhammet F. Gülen, et al.. (2013). 296. Cytokine. 63(3). 313–313. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Mo, Chunfang Gu, Jianguo Wu, & Ying Zhu. (2006). Amino acids 1 to 422 of the spike protein of SARS associated coronavirus are required for induction of cyclooxygenase-2. Virus Genes. 33(3). 309–317. 22 indexed citations

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Zhu, Ying, Mo Liu, Jianlin Zhang, et al.. (2005). Isolation of Virus from a SARS Patient and Genome-wide Analysis of Genetic Mutations Related to Pathogenesis and Epidemiology from 47 SARS-CoV Isolates. Virus Genes. 30(1). 93–102. 35 indexed citations

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