Degao Chen

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Degao Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Degao Chen has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Degao Chen's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), Immune cells in cancer (4 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (3 papers). Degao Chen is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), Immune cells in cancer (4 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (3 papers). Degao Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Degao Chen's co-authors include Bo Zhu, Zhongjun Li, Xiaomei Zhang, Bo Zhu, Jingwei Ma, Wenqian Dong, Ke Tang, Xiaoyu Liang, Yuying Liu and Bo Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Degao Chen

19 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Chloroquine modulates antitumor immune response by resetting tumor-associated macrophages toward M1 phenotype

2018 389 citations Degao Chen, Jing Xie et al. Nature Communications profile →
Type I interferon-mediated tumor immunity and its role in immunotherapy

2022 189 citations Bo Zhu, Degao Chen et al. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Degao Chen China	16	857	768	444	347	207	20	1.7k
Feifei Luo China	25	647 0.8×	823 1.1×	693 1.6×	252 0.7×	171 0.8×	57	1.8k
Hong-Wu Xin China	20	796 0.9×	337 0.4×	596 1.3×	413 1.2×	113 0.5×	52	1.6k
Inbal Hazan‐Halevy Israel	25	1.3k 1.5×	540 0.7×	391 0.9×	266 0.8×	168 0.8×	47	2.1k
Wenqian Dong China	16	578 0.7×	470 0.6×	266 0.6×	235 0.7×	200 1.0×	17	1.2k
Xun Sun China	20	498 0.6×	748 1.0×	237 0.5×	219 0.6×	135 0.7×	49	1.5k
Chunxiao Li China	15	619 0.7×	990 1.3×	610 1.4×	300 0.9×	152 0.7×	33	1.8k
Mengjia Song China	15	589 0.7×	819 1.1×	742 1.7×	260 0.7×	130 0.6×	35	1.7k
Krista La Perle United States	15	1.3k 1.5×	379 0.5×	526 1.2×	737 2.1×	205 1.0×	29	2.2k
Sharareh Gholamin United States	16	521 0.6×	619 0.8×	462 1.0×	312 0.9×	129 0.6×	36	1.5k
Yao-Chen Tsui United States	9	827 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	593 1.3×	670 1.9×	63 0.3×	10	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Degao Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Jingzhi, et al.. (2025). The Effect of Cementation on Microstructural Evolution and Particle Characteristics of Calcareous Sand Under Triaxial Loading. Buildings. 15(12). 2041–2041. 1 indexed citations

Yuan, Ting, et al.. (2024). Opportunities and challenges of using circulating tumor DNA to predict lung cancer immunotherapy efficacy. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 150(11). 501–501. 2 indexed citations

Yuan, Ting, Qingzhu Jia, Bo Zhu, Degao Chen, & Haixia Long. (2023). Synergistic immunotherapy targeting cancer-associated anemia: prospects of a combination strategy. Cell Communication and Signaling. 21(1). 117–117. 6 indexed citations

Zhu, Bo, et al.. (2022). Type I interferon-mediated tumor immunity and its role in immunotherapy. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(3). 191–191. 189 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Degao, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhongjun Li, & Bo Zhu. (2020). Metabolic regulatory crosstalk between tumor microenvironment and tumor-associated macrophages. Theranostics. 11(3). 1016–1030. 269 indexed citations

Yang, Xinxin, Degao Chen, Haixia Long, & Bo Zhu. (2020). The mechanisms of pathological extramedullary hematopoiesis in diseases. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(14). 2723–2738. 62 indexed citations

Zhao, Yuetao, Xinxin Wang, Wei Wu, et al.. (2019). EZH2 regulates PD-L1 expression via HIF-1α in non-small cell lung cancer cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 517(2). 201–209. 65 indexed citations

Liu, Yuying, Jiadi Lv, Xiaoyu Liang, et al.. (2018). Fibrin Stiffness Mediates Dormancy of Tumor-Repopulating Cells via a Cdc42-Driven Tet2 Epigenetic Program. Cancer Research. 78(14). 3926–3937. 88 indexed citations

Zhang, Huafeng, Yuandong Yu, Li Zhou, et al.. (2018). Circulating Tumor Microparticles Promote Lung Metastasis by Reprogramming Inflammatory and Mechanical Niches via a Macrophage-Dependent Pathway. Cancer Immunology Research. 6(9). 1046–1056. 48 indexed citations

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Chen, Degao, Jing Xie, Roland Fiskesund, et al.. (2018). Chloroquine modulates antitumor immune response by resetting tumor-associated macrophages toward M1 phenotype. Nature Communications. 9(1). 873–873. 389 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Tao, Degao Chen, Qizhao Ma, et al.. (2018). Quercetin preferentially induces apoptosis in KRAS‐mutant colorectal cancer cells via JNK signaling pathways. Cell Biology International. 43(2). 117–124. 49 indexed citations

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Ma, Ruihua, Tiantian Ji, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2017). A Pck1-directed glycogen metabolic program regulates formation and maintenance of memory CD8+ T cells. Nature Cell Biology. 20(1). 21–27. 151 indexed citations

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Sun, Yanling, Huafeng Zhang, Yuandong Yu, et al.. (2017). Chemotherapeutic tumor microparticles combining low-dose irradiation reprogram tumor-promoting macrophages through a tumor-repopulating cell-curtailing pathway. OncoImmunology. 6(6). e1309487–e1309487. 29 indexed citations

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Dong, Wenqian, Huafeng Zhang, Xiaonan Yin, et al.. (2017). Oral delivery of tumor microparticle vaccines activates NOD2 signaling pathway in ileac epithelium rendering potent antitumor T cell immunity. OncoImmunology. 6(3). e1282589–e1282589. 31 indexed citations

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Wang, Yufang, Degao Chen, Qizhao Ma, et al.. (2016). BAY61-3606 potentiates the anti-tumor effects of TRAIL against colon cancer through up-regulating DR4 and down-regulating NF-κB. Cancer Letters. 383(2). 145–153. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Ran, Yanchun Li, Huafeng Zhang, et al.. (2016). Delivery of oncolytic adenovirus into the nucleus of tumorigenic cells by tumor microparticles for virotherapy. Biomaterials. 89. 56–66. 85 indexed citations

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Jin, Xun, Jingwei Ma, Xiaoyu Liang, et al.. (2016). Pre-instillation of tumor microparticles enhances intravesical chemotherapy of nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer through a lysosomal pathway. Biomaterials. 113. 93–104. 29 indexed citations

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Ma, Ruihua, Tiantian Ji, Degao Chen, et al.. (2016). Tumor cell-derived microparticles polarize M2 tumor-associated macrophages for tumor progression. OncoImmunology. 5(4). e1118599–e1118599. 100 indexed citations

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Wang, Yufang, et al.. (2015). Apoptosis Induced by Ginkgo biloba (EGb761) in Melanoma Cells Is Mcl-1-Dependent. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0124812–e0124812. 25 indexed citations

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Coward, Peter, et al.. (1994). Polymorphism of a CAG trinucleotide repeat within Sry correlates with B6.YDom sex reversal. Nature Genetics. 6(3). 245–250. 91 indexed citations

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