Damo Xu

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Damo Xu is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Damo Xu has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Immunology, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Damo Xu's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (6 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Damo Xu is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (6 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Damo Xu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Damo Xu's co-authors include Foo Y. Liew, Iain B. McInnes, Yufeng Zhou, Woon Ling Chan, Bernard P. Leung, Jinrong Fu, Xueru Xie, Lan Yang, Paul Garside and Xiaoqing Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Damo Xu

28 papers receiving 2.0k 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 proinflammatory role for IL-18 in rheumatoid arthritis

1999 537 citations J. Alastair Gracie, Rosalyn Forsey et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
The signal pathways and treatment of cytokine storm in COVID-19

2021 393 citations Lan Yang, Xueru Xie et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Damo Xu United Kingdom	15	966	718	317	286	252	28	2.1k
Sanae Ben Mkaddem France	26	931 1.0×	589 0.8×	171 0.5×	226 0.8×	150 0.6×	44	2.1k
Martin Kolev United Kingdom	19	1.7k 1.8×	577 0.8×	263 0.8×	188 0.7×	94 0.4×	41	2.6k
Anton T. J. Tool Netherlands	30	1.5k 1.6×	650 0.9×	460 1.5×	427 1.5×	171 0.7×	67	2.9k
Margarita Hurtado-Nédelec France	25	759 0.8×	528 0.7×	278 0.9×	127 0.4×	247 1.0×	42	1.9k
Caroline E. Sutton Ireland	17	2.9k 3.0×	940 1.3×	290 0.9×	264 0.9×	241 1.0×	25	4.2k
Florence Vallelian Switzerland	25	974 1.0×	738 1.0×	389 1.2×	259 0.9×	60 0.2×	56	2.6k
Atsuhisa Ueda Japan	28	560 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	176 0.6×	140 0.5×	514 2.0×	90	2.6k
Gregory J. Tsay Taiwan	29	543 0.6×	663 0.9×	136 0.4×	282 1.0×	567 2.3×	107	2.4k
Todd N. Eagar United States	25	2.0k 2.1×	599 0.8×	221 0.7×	321 1.1×	218 0.9×	57	3.6k
Hossein Khorramdelazad Iran	29	905 0.9×	662 0.9×	136 0.4×	237 0.8×	196 0.8×	124	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Damo Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Damo Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Damo Xu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fang, Zhangfu, Yu Fu, Zhe Chen, et al.. (2025). Neural control of the pathophysiology of allergic airway disease and its clinical implications: A focus on allergic rhinitis and asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 156(2). 259–269. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, Bingshao Liang, Xiaojun Xiao, et al.. (2024). Neutrophil-activating protein in Bacillus spores inhibits casein allergy via TLR2 signaling. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1428079–1428079. 2 indexed citations

Ji, Yuan, Konstantinos Stravodimos, Damo Xu, et al.. (2023). Deregulated Expression of IL-37 in Patients with Bladder Urothelial Cancer: The Diagnostic Potential of the IL-37e Isoform. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(11). 9258–9258. 4 indexed citations

Tu, Wei, Xiaojun Xiao, Xiaoyu Liu, et al.. (2023). Vanadium exposure exacerbates allergic airway inflammation and remodeling through triggering reactive oxidative stress. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 1099509–1099509. 17 indexed citations

Jin, Zheng, Fei Peng, Chao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Expression, regulating mechanism and therapeutic target of KIF20A in multiple cancer. Heliyon. 9(2). e13195–e13195. 26 indexed citations

Cui, Haiyan, Yi He, Damo Xu, et al.. (2022). FoxO1 suppresses IL-10 producing B cell differentiation via negatively regulating Blimp-1 expression and contributes to allergic asthma progression. Mucosal Immunology. 15(3). 459–470. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Lan, et al.. (2021). The signal pathways and treatment of cytokine storm in COVID-19. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 6(1). 255–255. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Lan, et al.. (2021). Correction: The signal pathways and treatment of cytokine storm in COVID-19. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 6(1). 326–326. 7 indexed citations

Li, Yan, Mi Zhou, Xiaojin Liu, et al.. (2014). Adenovirus expressing IFN-λ1 (IL-29) attenuates allergic airway inflammation and airway hyperreactivity in experimental asthma. International Immunopharmacology. 21(1). 156–162. 19 indexed citations

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Qiu, Chuan, Yan Li, Mi Zhou, et al.. (2014). Hydrodynamic delivery of IL-28B (IFN-λ3) gene ameliorates lung inflammation induced by cigarette smoke exposure in mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 447(3). 513–519. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, Feifei Luo, Yuchan Cai, et al.. (2011). TLR1/TLR2 Agonist Induces Tumor Regression by Reciprocal Modulation of Effector and Regulatory T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 186(4). 1963–1969. 100 indexed citations

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al-Ramadi, Basel K., Maria J. Fernández-Cabezudo, Suhail Al‐Salam, et al.. (2008). Attenuated Bacteria as Effectors in Cancer Immunotherapy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1138(1). 351–357. 27 indexed citations

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Xu, Damo, et al.. (2003). Administration of exogenous interleukin‐18 and interleukin‐12 prevents the induction of oral tolerance. Immunology. 108(2). 196–203. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, N, Jang‐Ming Lee, Miguel P. Soares, et al.. (2001). TH2 cytokines regulate gene expression and proinflammatory responses in xenografts. Transplantation Proceedings. 33(1-2). 776–777. 2 indexed citations

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Gracie, J. Alastair, Rosalyn Forsey, Woon Ling Chan, et al.. (1999). A proinflammatory role for IL-18 in rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 104(10). 1393–1401. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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Piedrafita, David, Lorna Proudfoot, Andrei V. Nikolaev, et al.. (1999). Regulation of macrophage IL-12 synthesis by Leishmania phosphoglycans. European Journal of Immunology. 29(1). 235–244. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Damo, Woon Ling Chan, Bernard P. Leung, et al.. (1998). Selective Expression and Functions of Interleukin 18 Receptor on T Helper (Th) Type 1 but not Th2 Cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 188(8). 1485–1492. 305 indexed citations

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Taylor‐Robinson, Andrew W., Alison Severn, Damo Xu, et al.. (1994). Regulation of the immune response by nitric oxide differentially produced by T helper type 1 and T helper type 2 cells. European Journal of Immunology. 24(4). 980–984. 319 indexed citations

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Severn, Alison, Damo Xu, Jacqueline Doyle, et al.. (1993). Pre‐exposure of murine macrophages to lipopolysaccharide inhibits the induction of nitric oxide synthase and reduces leishmanicidal activity. European Journal of Immunology. 23(7). 1711–1714. 59 indexed citations

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Cunha, Fernando Q., et al.. (1993). Repeated induction of nitric oxide synthase and leishmanicidal activity in murine macrophages. European Journal of Immunology. 23(6). 1385–1388. 37 indexed citations

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