Dan Xu

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
234 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Dan Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Xu has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cancer Research and 36 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Dan Xu's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (27 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (22 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (15 papers). Dan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (27 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (22 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (15 papers). Dan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Dan Xu's co-authors include Fuqiang Wen, Ling Zhang, Shuhan Sun, Fu Yang, Ji‐hang Yuan, Hidetoshi Tahara, Tao Wang, Xisong Huo, Weiping Zhou and Shengxian Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Dan Xu

217 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Long noncoding RNA high expression in hepatocellular carcinoma facilitates tumor growth through enhancer of zeste homolog 2 in humans

2011 563 citations Dan Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dan Xu China	35	2.8k	1.8k	590	528	515	234	5.1k
Jie Zhang China	37	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	586 1.0×	382 0.7×	431 0.8×	275	4.9k
Agnieszka Łoboda Poland	35	3.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	442 0.7×	401 0.8×	414 0.8×	91	5.9k
Jie He China	37	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	342 0.6×	559 1.1×	279 0.5×	126	4.5k
Dan Ye China	37	2.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	341 0.6×	662 1.3×	744 1.4×	148	5.2k
Yaping Wang China	42	3.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	299 0.5×	536 1.0×	430 0.8×	236	6.2k
Angela Lombardi Italy	35	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	346 0.6×	518 1.0×	371 0.7×	109	4.7k
Shuai Zhang China	40	2.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	294 0.5×	760 1.4×	500 1.0×	223	5.1k
Cheng Zhang China	43	3.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	344 0.6×	535 1.0×	907 1.8×	297	6.3k
Xiang Xue China	40	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	548 0.9×	423 0.8×	405 0.8×	111	4.1k
Jing Chen China	41	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	331 0.6×	370 0.7×	627 1.2×	176	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Dan Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Xu

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

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Gui, Shun‐Hua, Jiang Wu, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Development of two recombinase-aided amplification assays combined with lateral flow dipstick (RAA-LFD) and real-time fluorescence (RF-RAA) for the detection of Frog virus 3-like ranaviruses. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 158. 110154–110154. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Dan, et al.. (2025). Review on wastewater treatment technology in coal-fired power plants towards zero liquid discharge in China. Desalination. 601. 118520–118520. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Yingying, et al.. (2025). Chaihu-longgu-muli decoction exerts antidepressant effects in rats by regulating the NLRP3 pathway. Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine. 15. 100617–100617.

Tan, Dan, Fangchen Gong, Qi Lei, et al.. (2025). Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): from mechanistic insights to therapeutic strategies. MedComm. 6(2). e70074–e70074. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaofeng, Min Ding, Tong Zhou, et al.. (2025). Single‐Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of Peripheral Blood Reveals B‐Cell‐Driven Signature Predictive of Acute Pancreatitis Severity. MedComm. 6(10). e70350–e70350.

Hou, Kai, Ke Pan, Dan Xu, Yunman Li, & Hailong Cao. (2025). Indobufen alleviates apoptosis by the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway in myocardial ischemia‒reperfusion (I/R) injury. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 34400–34400.

Zhao, Lei, et al.. (2024). Integrating evolutionarily conserved mechanism of response to radiation for exploring novel Caenorhabditis elegans radiation-responsive genes for estimation of radiation dose associated with spaceflight. Chemosphere. 351. 141148–141148. 7 indexed citations

Li, Hongbo, Zhenbin Liu, Dan Xu, et al.. (2024). Identification of flavor peptides based on virtual screening and molecular docking from Hypsizygus marmoreuss. Food Chemistry. 448. 139071–139071. 13 indexed citations

Luo, Gan, et al.. (2024). Decompression alone or fusion in single-level lumbar spinal stenosis with spondylolisthesis? A systematic review and meta analysis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 25(1). 726–726. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Dan, et al.. (2023). Identification and verification of ferroptosis-related genes in the pathology of epilepsy: insights from CIBERSORT algorithm analysis. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1275606–1275606. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Jing, et al.. (2023). Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for treating recurrent bleeding of small bowel angioectasias. BMC Gastroenterology. 23(1). 233–233. 1 indexed citations

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Hao, Tingting, Wei Fang, Dan Xu, et al.. (2023). Phosphatidylethanolamine alleviates OX-LDL-induced macrophage inflammation by upregulating autophagy and inhibiting NLRP1 inflammasome activation. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 208. 402–417. 23 indexed citations

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Xu, Dan, et al.. (2022). DKK1 Positively Correlates with Lung Function in COPD Patients and Reduces Airway Inflammation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Qiuchi, Wei Fang, Yanan Shen, et al.. (2022). Suppression of cideb under endoplasmic reticulum stress exacerbated hepatic inflammation by inducing hepatic steatosis and oxidative stress. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 185. 67–75. 10 indexed citations

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Tian, Bingren, et al.. (2022). Proteomic analysis of hexahydro-β-acids/hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin inhibit Listeria monocytogenes. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 106(2). 755–771. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Deqing, Tao Wang, Dan Xu, et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial‐Targeting Antioxidant SS‐31 Suppresses Airway Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Induced by Cigarette Smoke. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2021(1). 6644238–6644238. 27 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaoyu, Tingting Li, Jun Li, et al.. (2020). CTRP9 knockout exaggerates lipotoxicity in cardiac myocytes and high‐fat diet‐induced cardiac hypertrophy through inhibiting the LKB1/AMPK pathway. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(4). 2635–2647. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Tingting, et al.. (2019). CTRP9 induces iNOS expression through JAK2/STAT3 pathway in Raw 264.7 and peritoneal macrophages. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 523(1). 98–104. 10 indexed citations

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Gao, Peng, Jingxian Yang, Xi Gao, et al.. (2015). Salvianolic acid B improves bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell differentiation into alveolar epithelial cells type I via Wnt signaling. Molecular Medicine Reports. 12(2). 1971–1976. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Liyu, Beibei Sun, Dan Xu, et al.. (2010). Cigarette smoke enhances β-defensin 2 expression in rat airwaysvianuclear factor-κB activation. European Respiratory Journal. 36(3). 638–645. 40 indexed citations

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