Daqian Zhou

577 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 343 citations indexed

About

Daqian Zhou is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daqian Zhou has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 343 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 13 papers in Pharmacology and 11 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Daqian Zhou's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (14 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (11 papers) and Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (8 papers). Daqian Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (14 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (11 papers) and Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (8 papers). Daqian Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Daqian Zhou's co-authors include Chao Song, Kang Cheng, Weiye Cai, Fei Liu, Houyin Shi, Jingwen Chen, Rui Chen, Ziyu Liu, Xin Du and Xiaomin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Medicine, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease and Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Daqian Zhou

21 papers receiving 342 citations

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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.

Research Progress on the Pathogenesis of Knee Osteoarthritis

2023 65 citations Xin Du, Ziyu Liu et al. Orthopaedic Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daqian Zhou China	9	167	140	139	95	48	25	343
Kang Cheng China	10	184 1.1×	152 1.1×	163 1.2×	99 1.0×	54 1.1×	20	384
Weiye Cai China	12	182 1.1×	81 0.6×	139 1.0×	90 0.9×	34 0.7×	27	350
Zhengqi Huang China	11	159 1.0×	79 0.6×	105 0.8×	92 1.0×	73 1.5×	28	336
Houyin Shi China	9	113 0.7×	94 0.7×	113 0.8×	111 1.2×	59 1.2×	20	328
Zhong-Yuan Wan China	12	245 1.5×	95 0.7×	100 0.7×	129 1.4×	68 1.4×	15	394
Annu Näkki Finland	7	117 0.7×	85 0.6×	118 0.8×	37 0.4×	50 1.0×	8	250
Wentian Li China	6	165 1.0×	56 0.4×	86 0.6×	76 0.8×	53 1.1×	10	250
Divya Krishnamoorthy United States	9	206 1.2×	62 0.4×	160 1.2×	50 0.5×	65 1.4×	11	310
Abhishek Mishra India	10	69 0.4×	157 1.1×	47 0.3×	44 0.5×	76 1.6×	35	349
Kathryn T. Weber United States	7	196 1.2×	60 0.4×	183 1.3×	32 0.3×	70 1.5×	10	307

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Song, Chao, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanism of macrophage polarization regulating the cell senescence of nucleus pulposus during intervertebral disc degeneration. International Immunopharmacology. 149. 114131–114131. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Daqian, et al.. (2025). Exploring the mechanisms of PANoptosis in osteoarthritis and the therapeutic potential of andrographolide through bioinformatics and single-cell analysis. Biology Direct. 20(1). 41–41. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Tao, et al.. (2025). The Role of Persistent Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Infected Nonunion: A Narrative Review. Immunity Inflammation and Disease. 13(9). e70260–e70260.

Song, Chao, et al.. (2025). ASIC1a mediated nucleus pulposus cells pyroptosis and glycolytic crosstalk as a molecular basis for intervertebral disc degeneration. Inflammation Research. 74(1). 29–29. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Tao, Xilin Hou, Chao Song, et al.. (2025). Mechanism of glycolysis-pyrolysis crosstalk driving vicious circle of intervertebral disc degeneration. APOPTOSIS. 30(11-12). 3129–3148. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaoqiang, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the Therapeutic Potential of Baicalin in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Integrative Bulk and Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis with Experimental Validation of PANoptosis Inhibition. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 18. 6963–6981. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Tao, Xin Peng, Yao Chen, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanism of mitochondrial autophagy mediating impaired energy metabolism leading to osteoporosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1871(3). 167685–167685. 1 indexed citations

Song, Chao, et al.. (2025). Molecular Mechanisms of Immunoinflammatory Infiltration and Ferroptosis in Arthritis Revealed by a Combination of Bioinformatics and Single-Cell Analysis. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 18. 2409–2432. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Daqian, Chao Song, Tao Liu, et al.. (2024). Analysis of the role of PANoptosis in intervertebral disk degeneration via integrated bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation. International Immunopharmacology. 143(Pt 3). 113528–113528. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Liquan, Chao Song, Kang Cheng, et al.. (2024). Ferroptosis: A New Direction in the Treatment of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 83(1). 33–42. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Yong, Chao Song, Daqian Zhou, et al.. (2024). Chondrocyte Ferritinophagy as a Molecular Mechanism of Arthritis–A Narrative Review. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 83(1). 1021–1033. 3 indexed citations

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Cheng, Kang, et al.. (2024). The bone nonunion microenvironment: A place where osteogenesis struggles with osteoclastic capacity. Heliyon. 10(10). e31314–e31314. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoqiang, Chao Song, Daqian Zhou, et al.. (2024). Exploring the therapeutic potential of puerarin on intervertebral disc degeneration by regulating apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells. JOR Spine. 7(4). e70020–e70020.

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Song, Chao, Yong Liu, Kang Cheng, et al.. (2024). Immunomodulation Pathogenesis and Treatment of Bone Nonunion. Orthopaedic Surgery. 16(8). 1770–1782. 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Daqian, Chao Song, Kang Cheng, et al.. (2023). A review of Duhuo Jisheng decoction mechanisms in intervertebral disc degeneration in vitro and animal studies. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 18(1). 436–436. 16 indexed citations

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Song, Chao, Yulin Xu, Qinghua Peng, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial dysfunction: a new molecular mechanism of intervertebral disc degeneration. Inflammation Research. 72(12). 2249–2260. 33 indexed citations

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Du, Xin, Ziyu Liu, Daqian Zhou, et al.. (2023). Research Progress on the Pathogenesis of Knee Osteoarthritis. Orthopaedic Surgery. 15(9). 2213–2224. 65 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, Kang, Chao Song, Fei Liu, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms of inhibition of nucleus pulposus cells pyroptosis through SDF1/CXCR4-NFkB-NLRP3 axis in the treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration by Duhuo Jisheng Decoction. International Immunopharmacology. 124(Pt A). 110844–110844. 27 indexed citations

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Song, Chao, Daqian Zhou, Kang Cheng, et al.. (2023). Bioinformatics‐based discovery of intervertebral disc degeneration biomarkers and immune‐inflammatory infiltrates. JOR Spine. 7(1). e1311–e1311. 20 indexed citations

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Song, Chao, Yan Zhou, Kang Cheng, et al.. (2023). Cellular senescence – Molecular mechanisms of intervertebral disc degeneration from an immune perspective. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 162. 114711–114711. 70 indexed citations

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