Enchen Zhou

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Enchen Zhou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Enchen Zhou has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Enchen Zhou's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers), Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (5 papers) and Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (5 papers). Enchen Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers), Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (5 papers) and Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (5 papers). Enchen Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and United States. Enchen Zhou's co-authors include Patrick C.N. Rensen, Yanan Wang, Sander Kooijman, Martin Giera, Jimmy F.P. Berbée, Ko Willems van Dijk, Marieke Heijink, Albert K. Groen, Saeed Katiraei and Onno C. Meijer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Immunology and Gut.

In The Last Decade

Enchen Zhou

27 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Butyrate reduces appetite and activates brown adipose tissue via the gut-brain neural circuit

2017 516 citations Zhuang Li, Chun‐Xia Yi et al. Gut profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Enchen Zhou China	14	678	446	183	153	123	27	1.1k
Dina A. Schneider United States	7	391 0.6×	252 0.6×	226 1.2×	194 1.3×	77 0.6×	9	924
Denise E. Lackey United States	12	678 1.0×	531 1.2×	379 2.1×	203 1.3×	120 1.0×	14	1.4k
Dan Gao China	14	346 0.5×	382 0.9×	446 2.4×	179 1.2×	109 0.9×	18	1.3k
Amir I. Mina United States	12	421 0.6×	547 1.2×	306 1.7×	239 1.6×	67 0.5×	21	1.3k
Jibran A. Wali Australia	18	474 0.7×	395 0.9×	167 0.9×	89 0.6×	54 0.4×	31	1.1k
Reeby Thomas Kuwait	22	386 0.6×	281 0.6×	422 2.3×	397 2.6×	116 0.9×	39	1.2k
Fawaz Alzaïd France	15	383 0.6×	182 0.4×	262 1.4×	192 1.3×	63 0.5×	45	958
Desirée Weening Netherlands	11	436 0.6×	525 1.2×	337 1.8×	95 0.6×	55 0.4×	12	1.0k
Julieta Díaz-Delfín Spain	12	501 0.7×	387 0.9×	301 1.6×	75 0.5×	68 0.6×	15	1.1k
Po‐Yin Chu Australia	12	858 1.3×	492 1.1×	63 0.3×	85 0.6×	231 1.9×	16	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Enchen Zhou

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Wang, Ke, Enchen Zhou, Karina Cunha e Rocha, et al.. (2025). ATF4 drives regulatory T cell functional specification in homeostasis and obesity. Science Immunology. 10(105). eadp7193–eadp7193. 1 indexed citations

Gudiksen, Anders, et al.. (2025). Loss of PGC-1α causes depot-specific alterations in mitochondrial capacity, ROS handling and adaptive responses to metabolic stress in white adipose tissue. Mitochondrion. 83. 102034–102034. 1 indexed citations

Slütter, Bram, Joost M. Lambooij, Enchen Zhou, et al.. (2024). DHCR24 inhibitor SH42 increases desmosterol without preventing atherosclerosis development in mice. iScience. 27(6). 109830–109830. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Cong, Milena Schönke, Joost M. Lambooij, et al.. (2023). FGF21 protects against hepatic lipotoxicity and macrophage activation to attenuate fibrogenesis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. eLife. 12. 46 indexed citations

Zhou, Enchen, Hiroyuki Nakashima, Rumei Li, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of DHCR24 activates LXRα to ameliorate hepatic steatosis and inflammation. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 15(8). 19 indexed citations

Bennett, Hunter, Ty D. Troutman, Enchen Zhou, et al.. (2023). Discrimination of cell-intrinsic and environment-dependent effects of natural genetic variation on Kupffer cell epigenomes and transcriptomes. Nature Immunology. 24(11). 1825–1838. 8 indexed citations

Li, Zhuang, Enchen Zhou, Cong Liu, et al.. (2023). Dietary butyrate ameliorates metabolic health associated with selective proliferation of gut Lachnospiraceae bacterium 28-4. JCI Insight. 8(4). 32 indexed citations

Zhou, Enchen, Zhuang Li, Hiroyuki Nakashima, et al.. (2021). Beneficial effects of brown fat activation on top of PCSK9 inhibition with alirocumab on dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis development in APOE*3-Leiden.CETP mice. Pharmacological Research. 167. 105524–105524. 12 indexed citations

Zhou, Enchen, Li Zhuang, Hiroyuki Nakashima, et al.. (2021). Hepatic Scavenger Receptor Class B Type 1 Knockdown Reduces Atherosclerosis and Enhances the Antiatherosclerotic Effect of Brown Fat Activation in APOE*3-Leiden.CETP Mice. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 41(4). 1474–1486. 7 indexed citations

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Zhou, Enchen, et al.. (2020). Oral butyrate induces satiety and improves insulin resistance via gut microbiota. Atherosclerosis. 315. e100–e100. 1 indexed citations

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Thiem, Kathrin, Geerte Hoeke, Anneke Hijmans, et al.. (2019). Deletion of hematopoietic Dectin-2 or CARD9 does not protect against atherosclerotic plaque formation in hyperlipidemic mice. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4337–4337. 7 indexed citations

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Zhou, Enchen, Geerte Hoeke, Li Zhuang, et al.. (2019). Colesevelam enhances the beneficial effects of brown fat activation on hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis development. Cardiovascular Research. 116(10). 1710–1720. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuan, Chun‐Xia Yi, Saeed Katiraei, et al.. (2018). Butyrate via the gut-brain neural circuit reduces appetite and activates brown adipose tissue. Atherosclerosis. 275. e15–e16. 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Boda, Lingyun Zu, Yong Chen, et al.. (2017). Myeloperoxidase-oxidized high density lipoprotein impairs atherosclerotic plaque stability by inhibiting smooth muscle cell migration. Lipids in Health and Disease. 16(1). 3–3. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Zhuang, Chun‐Xia Yi, Saeed Katiraei, et al.. (2017). Butyrate reduces appetite and activates brown adipose tissue via the gut-brain neural circuit. Gut. 67(7). 1269–1279. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fu, Zhiwei, Enchen Zhou, Xu Wang, et al.. (2017). Oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced microparticles promote endothelial monocyte adhesion via intercellular adhesion molecule 1. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 313(5). C567–C574. 31 indexed citations

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Zhou, Boda, Jizhao Li, Shaomin Chen, et al.. (2016). Time course of various cell origin circulating microparticles in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 11(4). 1481–1486. 10 indexed citations

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Zu, Lingyun, Chuan Ren, Bing Pan, et al.. (2015). Endothelial microparticles after antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy inhibit the adhesion of monocytes to endothelial cells. International Journal of Cardiology. 202. 756–759. 21 indexed citations

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Shen, Haitao, Enchen Zhou, Zhiwei Fu, et al.. (2015). High density lipoprotein promotes proliferation of adipose-derived stem cells via S1P1 receptor and Akt, ERK1/2 signal pathways. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 6(1). 95–95. 22 indexed citations

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Song, Rui, Jinge Kong, Jizhao Li, et al.. (2015). Association of endothelial microparticle with NO, eNOS, ET-1, and fractional flow reserve in patients with coronary intermediate lesions. Biomarkers. 20(6-7). 429–435. 14 indexed citations

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