Heng Ru

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 933 citations indexed

About

Heng Ru is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Heng Ru has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 933 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Heng Ru's work include interferon and immune responses (5 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (3 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers). Heng Ru is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (5 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (3 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers). Heng Ru collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Heng Ru's co-authors include Hao Wu, Zhi‐Jie Liu, Songying Ouyang, Neil Shaw, Genhong Cheng, Maofu Liao, Fengfeng Niu, Yaya Wang, Alex Tong and Weicheng Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Heng Ru

17 papers receiving 928 citations

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AARS1 and AARS2 sense l-lactate to regulate cGAS as global lysine lactyltransferases

2024 151 citations Heyu Li, Chao Liu et al. Nature profile →

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17 of 17 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cryo-EM structure of an activated GPR4–Gs signaling complex 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Yijie Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Ying Chen, Yueming Xu, Songon An, Yiran Wu, Suwen Zhao, (unknown), Dali Li, Mingyao Liu, Weiqiang Lü, Heng Ru, Gaojie Song	1
2	Structural insights into the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase complexes from highly pathogenic Marburg and Ebola viruses 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Guobao Li, (unknown), Jiening Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaokang Zhang, Long Zhang, Shan Wu, Heng Ru	1
3	Targeting FOXM1 condensates reduces breast tumour growth and metastasis 2025 ·Nature ·Feng Xie, Xiaoxue Zhou, Ran Yu, Ran Li, Jing Zou, (unknown), Peng Su, Xuli Meng, Haiyan Yan, Huasong Lu, Heng Ru, Hai Hu, Zhengwei Mao, Bing Yang, Fangfang Zhou, Long Zhang	13
4	AARS1 and AARS2 sense l-lactate to regulate cGAS as global lysine lactyltransferases breakdown → 2024 ·Nature ·Heyu Li, Chao Liu, Ran Li, Lili Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Huizhe Huang, Huasong Lu, Hai Song, Bing Yang, Heng Ru, Shixian Lin, Long Zhang	151
5	Structural biology and functional features of phage-derived depolymerase Depo32 on Klebsiella pneumoniae with K2 serotype capsular polysaccharides 2023 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·Ruopeng Cai, (unknown), (unknown), Yan Lu, Xinwu Wang, Zhimin Guo, Jinming Song, (unknown), Rui Du, (unknown), Wenyu Han, Heng Ru, Jingmin Gu	16
6	Deactylation by SIRT1 enables liquid–liquid phase separation of IRF3/IRF7 in innate antiviral immunity 2022 ·Nature Immunology ·Ziran Qin, (unknown), (unknown), Zhenyu Ma, Tong Dai, Shuai Wang, Zhi Zong, Huizhe Huang, Heng Ru, Huasong Lu, Bing Yang, Shixian Lin, Fangfang Zhou, Long Zhang	64
7	Crystal structure of the WD40 domain dimer of LRRK2 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Pengfei Zhang, Ying Fan, Heng Ru, Li Wang, Venkat Giri Magupalli, Susan S. Taylor, Dario R. Alessi, Hao Wu	67
8	DNA melting initiates the RAG catalytic pathway 2018 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Heng Ru, Wei Mi, Pengfei Zhang, Frederick W. Alt, David G. Schatz, Maofu Liao, Hao Wu	30
9	Structural gymnastics of RAG-mediated DNA cleavage in V(D)J recombination 2018 ·Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·Heng Ru, Pengfei Zhang, Hao Wu	16
10	Molecular Mechanism of V(D)J Recombination from Synaptic RAG1-RAG2 Complex Structures 2015 ·Cell ·Heng Ru, Melissa G. Chambers, Tian‐Min Fu, Alex Tong, Maofu Liao, Hao Wu	1
11	Molecular Mechanism of V(D)J Recombination from Synaptic RAG1-RAG2 Complex Structures 2015 ·Cell ·Heng Ru, Melissa G. Chambers, Tian‐Min Fu, Alex Tong, Maofu Liao, Hao Wu	121
12	New insights into the structural basis of DNA recognition by HINa and HINb domains of IFI16 2015 ·Journal of Molecular Cell Biology ·(unknown), Heng Ru, Feng Ma, Lixia Zhao, Neil Shaw, Yingang Feng, Wei Ding, Weibin Gong, Qiaofeng Wang, Songying Ouyang, Genhong Cheng, Zhi‐Jie Liu	41
13	Structural analysis of asparaginyl endopeptidase reveals the activation mechanism and a reversible intermediate maturation stage 2014 ·Cell Research ·Lixia Zhao, Tian Hua, Christopher Crowley, Heng Ru, (unknown), Neil Shaw, Lianying Jiao, Wei Ding, Lu Qu, Li‐Wei Hung, Weitong Huang, Lei Liu, Keqiang Ye, Songying Ouyang, Genhong Cheng, Zhi‐Jie Liu	87
14	Structural biology study of human TNF receptor associated factor 4 TRAF domain 2013 ·Protein & Cell ·Fengfeng Niu, Heng Ru, Wei Ding, Songying Ouyang, Zhi‐Jie Liu	18
15	Structural Analysis of the STING Adaptor Protein Reveals a Hydrophobic Dimer Interface and Mode of Cyclic di-GMP Binding 2012 ·Immunity ·Songying Ouyang, Xianqiang Song, Yaya Wang, Heng Ru, Neil Shaw, Yan Jiang, Fengfeng Niu, Yanping Zhu, Weicheng Qiu, Michelle S. Parvatiyar, Yang Li, Rongguang Zhang, Genhong Cheng, Zhi‐Jie Liu	281
16	S-SAD phasing study of death receptor 6 and its solution conformation revealed by SAXS 2012 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·Heng Ru, Lixia Zhao, Wei Ding, Lianying Jiao, Neil Shaw, Wenguang Liang, Liguo Zhang, Li‐Wei Hung, Naohiro Matsugaki, Soichi Wakatsuki, Zhi‐Jie Liu	23
17	Thermus thermophilus-derived protein tags that aid in preparation of insoluble viral proteins 2008 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·N Kondo, Akio Ebihara, Heng Ru, Seiki Kuramitsu, Aikichi Iwamoto, Zihe Rao, Zene Matsuda	2

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