Dan Liu

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Dan Liu is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Liu has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Physiology, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Dan Liu's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (28 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers). Dan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (28 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers). Dan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Dan Liu's co-authors include Ling‐Qiang Zhu, Peter J. Hornsby, Youming Lu, Jianguo Chen, Jian‐Zhi Wang, Heng‐Ye Man, Fan Hu, Pei Pang, Qing Tian and Wen Bao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Dan Liu

74 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Loss of ferroportin induces memory impairment by promoting ferroptosis in Alzheimer’s disease

2021 499 citations Wen Bao, Pei Pang et al. Cell Death and Differentiation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dan Liu China	31	1.7k	1.2k	745	633	497	80	3.6k
Amalia M. Dolga Netherlands	36	2.1k 1.2×	629 0.5×	431 0.6×	825 1.3×	525 1.1×	121	3.8k
Tobías Engel Ireland	43	2.5k 1.5×	821 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	1.4k 2.2×	242 0.5×	134	5.5k
Youming Lu China	35	2.4k 1.4×	758 0.6×	789 1.1×	1.5k 2.3×	451 0.9×	76	4.3k
Jan Lewerenz Germany	29	1.9k 1.1×	580 0.5×	471 0.6×	950 1.5×	566 1.1×	79	4.5k
Na Zhao China	31	1.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	354 0.5×	612 1.0×	185 0.4×	139	4.9k
Tao Ma China	32	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	298 0.4×	829 1.3×	127 0.3×	189	4.1k
Shao‐Hua Yang United States	41	1.6k 1.0×	881 0.7×	379 0.5×	752 1.2×	202 0.4×	89	4.5k
Karen Gertz Germany	37	1.4k 0.9×	520 0.4×	359 0.5×	686 1.1×	271 0.5×	80	4.7k
Ülkan Kılıç Türkiye	36	1.5k 0.9×	715 0.6×	277 0.4×	648 1.0×	149 0.3×	101	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Dan Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dan Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dan Liu 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 Dan Liu. Dan Liu 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

Huang, He‐Zhou, et al.. (2025). Alcohol addiction and Alzheimer’s disease: a molecular collision course. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 410–410.

Zhou, Yuan, Wenlian Li, Yang Zhou, et al.. (2025). A new lens on Alzheimer's disease: Insights into the Edinger-Westphal nucleus and its circuits. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 107(4). 1325–1339.

Zhang, Juan, Zhiqiang Liu, Shiping Wu, et al.. (2025). Cpeb1 remodels cell type–specific translational program to promote fear extinction. Science Advances. 11(2). eadr8687–eadr8687.

Zhou, Yang, Wenlian Li, Zhiqiang Liu, et al.. (2025). Spinal cord Tau pathology induces tactile deficits and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease via dysregulation of CCK neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 29(2). 358–373.

Liu, Zhiqiang, Ziyuan Guo, Heng‐Ye Man, et al.. (2024). Postsynaptic lncRNA Sera/Pkm2 pathway orchestrates the transition from social competition to rank by remodeling the neural ensemble in mPFC. Cell Discovery. 10(1). 87–87. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Dan, et al.. (2024). Predictors and prognostic significance of the volume load trajectory: a longitudinal study in patients on peritoneal dialysis. Renal Failure. 46(2). 2405561–2405561.

Cheng, Ying, et al.. (2023). Clinical characteristics of antithyroid drug-induced aplastic anemia cases over the past 30 years. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1064723–1064723. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Fei, Jun Zeng, Dan Liu, et al.. (2023). A novel frameshift mutation in DNAH6 associated with male infertility and asthenoteratozoospermia. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1122004–1122004. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Moxin, Zhiying Chen, Min Jiang, et al.. (2023). Friend or foe: role of pathological tau in neuronal death. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(6). 2215–2227. 19 indexed citations

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Zheng, Kai, Fan Hu, Yang Zhou, et al.. (2021). miR-135a-5p mediates memory and synaptic impairments via the Rock2/Adducin1 signaling pathway in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1903–1903. 68 indexed citations

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Bao, Wen, Pei Pang, Fan Hu, et al.. (2021). Loss of ferroportin induces memory impairment by promoting ferroptosis in Alzheimer’s disease. Cell Death and Differentiation. 28(5). 1548–1562. 499 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bao, Wen, Xiaoting Zhou, Lanting Zhou, et al.. (2020). Targeting miR‐124/Ferroportin signaling ameliorated neuronal cell death through inhibiting apoptosis and ferroptosis in aged intracerebral hemorrhage murine model. Aging Cell. 19(11). e13235–e13235. 136 indexed citations

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Hou, Tongyao, Yang Zhou, Xiong Wang, et al.. (2020). Correcting abnormalities in miR‐124/PTPN1 signaling rescues tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Neurochemistry. 154(4). 441–457. 48 indexed citations

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Liu, Dan, et al.. (2020). Characterisation of the novel clinical isolate X-4 containing a new tp0548 sequence-type. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 97(2). 120–125. 3 indexed citations

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Su, Ying, Man‐Fei Deng, Wan Xiong, et al.. (2018). MicroRNA-26a/Death-Associated Protein Kinase 1 Signaling Induces Synucleinopathy and Dopaminergic Neuron Degeneration in Parkinson’s Disease. Biological Psychiatry. 85(9). 769–781. 100 indexed citations

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Fu, Peng, Chengye Yao, Jianguo Chen, et al.. (2017). Long Non-coding RNAs, Novel Culprits, or Bodyguards in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 10. 269–276. 56 indexed citations

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Tang, Hui, Na Shen, Huijuan Jin, et al.. (2013). GSK-3β Polymorphism Discriminates Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia: A Systematic Meta-Analysis. Molecular Neurobiology. 48(3). 404–411. 27 indexed citations

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Yang, Ying, Xiaogang Shu, Dan Liu, et al.. (2012). EPAC Null Mutation Impairs Learning and Social Interactions via Aberrant Regulation of miR-124 and Zif268 Translation. Neuron. 73(4). 774–788. 156 indexed citations

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Dai, Limeng, Dan Liu, Hong Guo, Yanyan Wang, & Yun Bai. (2011). Association between polymorphism in the promoter region of Interleukin 6 (-174 G/C) and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: a meta-analysis. Journal of Neurology. 259(3). 414–419. 24 indexed citations

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Hu, Juan, Xiang Wang, Dan Liu, Qun Wang, & Ling‐Qiang Zhu. (2011). Olfactory deficits induce neurofilament hyperphosphorylation. Neuroscience Letters. 506(2). 180–183. 17 indexed citations

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