Gan Zhao

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Gan Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Gan Zhao has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Gan Zhao's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (10 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (10 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers). Gan Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (10 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (10 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers). Gan Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Gan Zhao's co-authors include Kangfeng Jiang, Haichong Wu, Shuai Guo, Ganzhen Deng, Jing Yang, Andrew E. Vaughan, Changwei Qiu, Aaron I. Weiner, Bin Wang and Michael J. Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Gan Zhao

68 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Rational Design of Bisphosphonate Lipid-like Materials for mRNA Delivery to the Bone Microenvironment

2022 124 citations Lulu Xue, Ningqiang Gong et al. profile →
High-throughput barcoding of nanoparticles identifies cationic, degradable lipid-like materials for mRNA delivery to the lungs in female preclinical models

2024 83 citations Lulu Xue, Alex G. Hamilton et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gan Zhao China	23	769	472	286	233	203	69	1.7k
Liying Wang China	24	718 0.9×	390 0.8×	90 0.3×	184 0.8×	203 1.0×	113	1.9k
Qing Sun China	26	698 0.9×	247 0.5×	104 0.4×	345 1.5×	185 0.9×	109	2.1k
Tingting Liu China	19	386 0.5×	528 1.1×	206 0.7×	64 0.3×	159 0.8×	102	1.5k
Liping Yang China	27	995 1.3×	327 0.7×	259 0.9×	363 1.6×	145 0.7×	114	1.9k
Yibing Wang China	23	661 0.9×	215 0.5×	108 0.4×	112 0.5×	142 0.7×	63	1.6k
Xiangwei Wang China	22	728 0.9×	167 0.4×	97 0.3×	251 1.1×	77 0.4×	95	1.4k
Qiang Fu China	27	943 1.2×	212 0.4×	140 0.5×	592 2.5×	69 0.3×	135	2.1k
Ronan Kapétanovic Australia	23	727 0.9×	766 1.6×	133 0.5×	115 0.5×	85 0.4×	39	1.8k
Xing Liu China	22	498 0.6×	354 0.8×	496 1.7×	134 0.6×	42 0.2×	133	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gan Zhao

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

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Cheng, Xin, Hongxing Pan, Zhijian Wang, et al.. (2025). Immunogenicity and safety of a COVID-19 DNA vaccine in healthy adults and elderly: A randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 21(1). 2448405–2448405. 1 indexed citations

Morley, Michael P., Dakota L. Jones, Gan Zhao, et al.. (2024). Airway epithelial cell identity and plasticity are constrained by Sox2 during lung homeostasis, tissue regeneration, and in human disease. npj Regenerative Medicine. 9(1). 2–2. 3 indexed citations

Han, Xuexiang, Junchao Xu, Ying Xu, et al.. (2024). In situ combinatorial synthesis of degradable branched lipidoids for systemic delivery of mRNA therapeutics and gene editors. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1762–1762. 41 indexed citations

Gong, Ningqiang, Wenqun Zhong, Mohamad‐Gabriel Alameh, et al.. (2024). Tumour-derived small extracellular vesicles act as a barrier to therapeutic nanoparticle delivery. Nature Materials. 23(12). 1736–1747. 31 indexed citations

Zhao, Gan, Prashant Chandrasekaran, Xinyuan Li, et al.. (2024). Dynamic behavior and lineage plasticity of the pulmonary venous endothelium. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 3(12). 1584–1600. 3 indexed citations

Xue, Lulu, Alex G. Hamilton, Gan Zhao, et al.. (2024). High-throughput barcoding of nanoparticles identifies cationic, degradable lipid-like materials for mRNA delivery to the lungs in female preclinical models. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1884–1884. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Jones, Dakota L., Michael P. Morley, Yun Ying, et al.. (2024). An injury-induced mesenchymal-epithelial cell niche coordinates regenerative responses in the lung. Science. 386(6727). eado5561–eado5561. 12 indexed citations

Zhao, Gan, Lulu Xue, Christopher V. Cosgriff, et al.. (2024). Vascular endothelial-derived SPARCL1 exacerbates viral pneumonia through pro-inflammatory macrophage activation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4235–4235. 18 indexed citations

Han, Xuexiang, Mohamad‐Gabriel Alameh, Ningqiang Gong, et al.. (2024). Fast and facile synthesis of amidine-incorporated degradable lipids for versatile mRNA delivery in vivo. Nature Chemistry. 16(10). 1687–1697. 44 indexed citations

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An, Yaling, Gan Zhao, Ning Zhang, et al.. (2023). Robust and protective immune responses induced by heterologous prime‐boost vaccination with DNA‐protein dimeric RBD vaccines for COVID‐19. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(7). e28948–e28948. 1 indexed citations

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Pyfrom, Sarah, Aaron I. Weiner, Gan Zhao, et al.. (2023). Unusual X chromosome inactivation maintenance in female alveolar type 2 cells is correlated with increased numbers of X-linked escape genes and sex-biased gene expression. Stem Cell Reports. 18(2). 489–502. 10 indexed citations

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Ding, Yuan, et al.. (2023). A COVID-19 DNA Vaccine Candidate Elicits Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies against Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Variants including the Currently Circulating Omicron BA.5, BF.7, BQ.1 and XBB. Vaccines. 11(4). 778–778. 6 indexed citations

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Weiner, Aaron I., et al.. (2022). ΔNp63 drives dysplastic alveolar remodeling and restricts epithelial plasticity upon severe lung injury. Cell Reports. 41(11). 111805–111805. 26 indexed citations

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Costa, M., Christopher Pastore, Gan Zhao, et al.. (2020). R-spondin 2 mediates neutrophil egress into the alveolar space through increased lung permeability. BMC Research Notes. 13(1). 54–54. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Gan, et al.. (2020). Regeneration of the pulmonary vascular endothelium after viral pneumonia requires COUP-TF2. Science Advances. 6(48). 38 indexed citations

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Weiner, Aaron I., Gan Zhao, Andrew J. Paris, et al.. (2019). Mesenchyme-free expansion and transplantation of adult alveolar progenitor cells: steps toward cell-based regenerative therapies. npj Regenerative Medicine. 4(1). 17–17. 52 indexed citations

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Rane, Chetan K., Christopher Pastore, Gan Zhao, et al.. (2019). Development of solitary chemosensory cells in the distal lung after severe influenza injury. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 316(6). L1141–L1149. 72 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongye, Hua Zheng, Gan Zhao, et al.. (2016). Metabolomic study of corticosterone-induced cytotoxicity in PC12 cells by ultra performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Molecular BioSystems. 12(3). 902–913. 11 indexed citations

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Jiang, Kangfeng, Xiuying Chen, Gan Zhao, et al.. (2016). IFN-τ Plays an Anti-Inflammatory Role in Staphylococcus aureus -Induced Endometritis in Mice Through the Suppression of NF-κB Pathway and MMP9 Expression. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 37(2). 81–89. 39 indexed citations

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Jin, Huali, Youmin Kang, Lin Zhao, et al.. (2008). Induction of Adaptive T Regulatory Cells That Suppress the Allergic Response by Coimmunization of DNA and Protein Vaccines. The Journal of Immunology. 180(8). 5360–5372. 26 indexed citations

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