Feng Liu

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Feng Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Feng Liu has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Epidemiology and 43 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Feng Liu's work include Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (43 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (40 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (21 papers). Feng Liu is often cited by papers focused on Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (43 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (40 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (21 papers). Feng Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Feng Liu's co-authors include Lily Dong, Meilian Liu, Juli Bai, Paul R. Langlais, Xuming Mao, Fresnida J. Ramos, Lijun Zhou, Chintan K. Kikani, Lixin Wang and Fang Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Feng Liu

147 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

APPL1 binds to adiponectin receptors and mediates adiponectin signalling and function

2006 550 citations Feng Liu, Lily Dong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Feng Liu China	41	2.7k	2.2k	2.0k	1.1k	550	149	6.3k
Karen Inouye United States	24	2.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	697 1.3×	39	6.2k
Lily Dong United States	41	2.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	688 0.6×	506 0.9×	74	5.2k
Laura Herrero Spain	33	2.0k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	659 1.2×	80	6.6k
Pascal Peraldi France	28	2.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	548 0.5×	584 1.1×	51	5.8k
Saswata Talukdar United States	32	3.2k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	48	7.3k
Qiong Wang China	44	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.3×	3.7k 1.8×	1.0k 0.9×	542 1.0×	141	7.6k
Jaswinder K. Sethi United Kingdom	36	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	539 0.5×	469 0.9×	53	5.9k
Hang Shi United States	44	3.2k 1.2×	3.1k 1.4×	3.6k 1.8×	1.6k 1.5×	908 1.7×	103	9.4k
Sandra Galić Australia	33	3.3k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	841 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	54	6.0k
Meilian Liu China	35	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	684 0.6×	443 0.8×	95	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Feng Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Feng Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Feng Liu

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

Liu, Juanhong, Qiuxia Huang, & Feng Liu. (2025). Fat talks first: how adipose tissue sets the pace of aging?. PubMed. 4(5). lnaf028–lnaf028.

Ryu, Jiyoon, M. Smith, Juli Bai, et al.. (2024). Diet-enhanced LRG1 expression promotes insulin hypersecretion and ER stress in pancreatic beta cells. Diabetologia. 68(3). 615–628. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Man, Xiaoyu Tang, Wenjuan Tang, et al.. (2023). STING activation in macrophages by vanillic acid exhibits antineoplastic potential. Biochemical Pharmacology. 213. 115618–115618. 28 indexed citations

Xiao, Yang, Yanfei Wang, Jiyoon Ryu, et al.. (2023). Upregulated TGF-β1 contributes to hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes by potentiating glucagon signalling. Diabetologia. 66(6). 1142–1155. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Chunqing, Xing Zhang, Liping Luo, et al.. (2022). Adipocyte-derived PGE2 is required for intermittent fasting–induced Treg proliferation and improvement of insulin sensitivity. JCI Insight. 7(5). 19 indexed citations

He, Huijing, Li Pan, Dingming Wang, et al.. (2022). Fat-to-Muscle Ratio Is Independently Associated with Hyperuricemia and a Reduced Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Chinese Adults: The China National Health Survey. Nutrients. 14(19). 4193–4193. 12 indexed citations

He, Lili, et al.. (2022). E3 Ubiquitin Ligase RNF125 Suppresses Immune Escape in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Regulating PD-L1 Expression. Molecular Biotechnology. 65(6). 891–903. 10 indexed citations

Xiao, Ting, Wen Meng, Jing Wang, et al.. (2022). miR-182-5p promotes hepatocyte-stellate cell crosstalk to facilitate liver regeneration. Communications Biology. 5(1). 771–771. 11 indexed citations

Ryu, Jiyoon, Zhi Li, Feng Dong, et al.. (2021). Adiponectin Alleviates Diet-Induced Inflammation in the Liver by Suppressing MCP-1 Expression and Macrophage Infiltration. Diabetes. 70(6). 1303–1316. 35 indexed citations

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Zhou, Haiyan, Xinyi Peng, Hairong Luo, et al.. (2021). DsbA-L deficiency in T cells promotes diet-induced thermogenesis through suppressing IFN-γ production. Nature Communications. 12(1). 326–326. 21 indexed citations

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Meng, Wen, Ting Xiao, Jie Wen, et al.. (2021). The miR-182-5p/FGF21/acetylcholine axis mediates the crosstalk between adipocytes and macrophages to promote beige fat thermogenesis. JCI Insight. 6(17). 22 indexed citations

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Zhou, Haiyan, et al.. (2021). Immunological Impact of Intestinal T Cells on Metabolic Diseases. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 639902–639902. 13 indexed citations

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Bai, Juli, Christopher Cervantes, Sijia He, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial stress-activated cGAS-STING pathway inhibits thermogenic program and contributes to overnutrition-induced obesity in mice. Communications Biology. 3(1). 257–257. 73 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaozhou, Jian Pan, Huiling Li, et al.. (2020). DsbA-L mediated renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis in UUO mice. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4467–4467. 84 indexed citations

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Wang, Lu, Yan Luo, Liping Luo, et al.. (2020). Adiponectin restrains ILC2 activation by AMPK-mediated feedback inhibition of IL-33 signaling. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(2). 46 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jingjing & Feng Liu. (2020). The De-, Re-, and trans-differentiation of β-cells: Regulation and function. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 103. 68–75. 19 indexed citations

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Wei, Shijie, et al.. (2015). Successful Single-Stage Operation for Loeys-Dietz Syndrome With Critical Coarctation of the Descending Aorta in a Young Adult. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 32(10). 1260.e15–1260.e17. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Meilian, RuiHua Xiang, Ning Zhang, et al.. (2012). Fat-Specific DsbA-L Overexpression Promotes Adiponectin Multimerization and Protects Mice From Diet-Induced Obesity and Insulin Resistance. Diabetes. 61(11). 2776–2786. 63 indexed citations

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Liu, Meilian, Lijun Zhou, Aimin Xu, et al.. (2008). A disulfide-bond A oxidoreductase-like protein (DsbA-L) regulates adiponectin multimerization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(47). 18302–18307. 171 indexed citations

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Yang, Linda, et al.. (2004). Roles of PDK-1 and PKN in regulating cell migration and cortical actin formation of PTEN-knockout cells. Oncogene. 23(58). 9348–9358. 30 indexed citations

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