Heping Xu

2.1k total citations
23 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Heping Xu is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heping Xu has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Immunology, 5 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Heping Xu's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (6 papers). Heping Xu is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (11 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (6 papers). Heping Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Heping Xu's co-authors include Hai Qi, Xiaopeng Ma, Dan Liu, Weiwei Ma, Dan Luo, Changming Shih, Zurong Wan, Xin Chen, Danyang He and Harinder Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Heping Xu

21 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heping Xu China 12 900 178 150 140 71 23 1.2k
Vinko Toševski Switzerland 11 866 1.0× 303 1.7× 155 1.0× 189 1.4× 59 0.8× 16 1.3k
Stanislav Pantelyushin Switzerland 10 936 1.0× 185 1.0× 64 0.4× 233 1.7× 69 1.0× 20 1.2k
Anna Garefalaki United Kingdom 7 918 1.0× 260 1.5× 59 0.4× 168 1.2× 60 0.8× 7 1.2k
Gábor Gyülvészi Switzerland 8 1.1k 1.2× 186 1.0× 140 0.9× 233 1.7× 105 1.5× 9 1.4k
Angela S. Archambault United States 17 452 0.5× 192 1.1× 133 0.9× 179 1.3× 42 0.6× 24 860
Felix Bischof Germany 16 425 0.5× 119 0.7× 98 0.7× 173 1.2× 34 0.5× 26 751
Rachael Bashford-Rogers United Kingdom 19 540 0.6× 393 2.2× 84 0.6× 235 1.7× 35 0.5× 37 1.1k
Dawn Thomas United States 12 441 0.5× 159 0.9× 222 1.5× 237 1.7× 31 0.4× 31 807
Laura Codarri Deak Switzerland 12 1.2k 1.3× 236 1.3× 187 1.2× 325 2.3× 83 1.2× 25 1.6k
Gary E. Grajales‐Reyes United States 13 1.5k 1.7× 434 2.4× 150 1.0× 306 2.2× 52 0.7× 20 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Heping Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heping Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heping Xu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Yan, Di Xu, Haoyang Li, et al.. (2025). Cognate interaction-dependent pathogenicity of meningeal B cells drives neuroinflammation relapse. Immunity. 58(9). 2256–2270.e8. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Zimin, et al.. (2025). Intestinal-region-specific functions of AHR in intrinsic enteric neurons during infections. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115524–115524.
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Li, Qing, Xi Chen, Feng Gao, et al.. (2024). Antibody Fc-receptor FcεR1γ stabilizes cell surface receptors in group 3 innate lymphoid cells and promotes anti-infection immunity. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5981–5981. 3 indexed citations
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Vijay, Godhev K. Manakkat, Ming Zhou, Amanpreet Singh Chawla, et al.. (2024). Temporal dynamics and genomic programming of plasma cell fates. Nature Immunology. 25(6). 1097–1109. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoxuan, Yuxiao Jin, Jinghong Zhao, et al.. (2024). Fate mapping of Spp1 expression reveals age-dependent plasticity of disease-associated microglia-like cells after brain injury. Immunity. 57(2). 349–363.e9. 40 indexed citations
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Li, Zhicheng, Qiuying Wang, Feng Gao, et al.. (2024). Alarmin-loaded extracellular lipid droplets induce airway neutrophil infiltration during type 2 inflammation. Immunity. 57(11). 2514–2529.e7. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Yinsheng, Boya Zhang, Hui Li, et al.. (2023). Retinoid X receptor gamma dictates the activation threshold of group 2 innate lymphoid cells and limits type 2 inflammation in the small intestine. Immunity. 56(11). 2542–2554.e7. 9 indexed citations
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He, Danyang, Heping Xu, Huiyuan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Disruption of the IL-33-ST2-AKT signaling axis impairs neurodevelopment by inhibiting microglial metabolic adaptation and phagocytic function. Immunity. 55(1). 159–173.e9. 94 indexed citations
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Tang, Wenjie, Yifan Zhong, Zhaoxi Deng, et al.. (2022). Ileum tissue single-cell mRNA sequencing elucidates the cellular architecture of pathophysiological changes associated with weaning in piglets. BMC Biology. 20(1). 123–123. 11 indexed citations
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Reiman, Derek, Godhev K. Manakkat Vijay, Heping Xu, et al.. (2021). Pseudocell Tracer—A method for inferring dynamic trajectories using scRNAseq and its application to B cells undergoing immunoglobulin class switch recombination. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(5). e1008094–e1008094. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, Di Xu, Chao Huang, et al.. (2021). Early developing B cells undergo negative selection by central nervous system-specific antigens in the meninges. Immunity. 54(12). 2784–2794.e6. 66 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, Godhev K. Manakkat Vijay, Shujie Fu, et al.. (2021). Coupled analysis of transcriptome and BCR mutations reveals role of OXPHOS in affinity maturation. Nature Immunology. 22(7). 904–913. 71 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifeng, et al.. (2020). Death associated protein kinase 2 suppresses T-B interactions and GC formation. Molecular Immunology. 128. 249–257. 5 indexed citations
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Llorián‐Salvador, María, et al.. (2020). Complement C5a induced Epithelium to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in retinal pigment epithelial cells. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 1 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Domenick E., Adrian T. Grzybowski, Mark Maienschein‐Cline, et al.. (2018). Regulated Capture of Vκ Gene Topologically Associating Domains by Transcription Factories. Cell Reports. 24(9). 2443–2456. 15 indexed citations
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Rydyznski, Carolyn E., Stacey Cranert, Julian Q. Zhou, et al.. (2018). Affinity Maturation Is Impaired by Natural Killer Cell Suppression of Germinal Centers. Cell Reports. 24(13). 3367–3373.e4. 55 indexed citations
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Xu, Heping, Virendra K. Chaudhri, Zhiguo Wu, et al.. (2015). Regulation of bifurcating B cell trajectories by mutual antagonism between transcription factors IRF4 and IRF8. Nature Immunology. 16(12). 1274–1281. 83 indexed citations
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Liu, Dan, Heping Xu, Changming Shih, et al.. (2014). T–B-cell entanglement and ICOSL-driven feed-forward regulation of germinal centre reaction. Nature. 517(7533). 214–218. 311 indexed citations
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Lu, Peiwen, et al.. (2013). Identification of a new isoform of the murine Sh2d1a gene and its functional implications. Science China Life Sciences. 57(1). 81–87. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Heping, Xuanying Li, Dan Liu, et al.. (2013). Follicular T-helper cell recruitment governed by bystander B cells and ICOS-driven motility. Nature. 496(7446). 523–527. 310 indexed citations

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