Hongbo Chi

30.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
163 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

Hongbo Chi is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongbo Chi has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Immunology, 74 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Hongbo Chi's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (86 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (65 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (26 papers). Hongbo Chi is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (86 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (65 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (26 papers). Hongbo Chi collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Hongbo Chi's co-authors include Nicole M. Chapman, Geoffrey Neale, Peter Vogel, Hu Zeng, Lewis Z. Shi, Kai Yang, Douglas R. Green, Gonghua Huang, Ruoning Wang and Richard A. Flavell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hongbo Chi

162 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Transcription Factor Myc Controls Metabolic Reprogramming upon T Lymphocyte Activation

2011 1.6k citations Hongbo Chi et al. Immunity profile →
HIF1α–dependent glycolytic pathway orchestrates a metabolic checkpoint for the differentiation of TH17 and Treg cells

2011 1.4k citations Peter Vogel, Geoffrey Neale et al. profile →
Regulation and function of mTOR signalling in T cell fate decisions

2012 761 citations Hongbo Chi profile →
mTORC1 couples immune signals and metabolic programming to establish Treg-cell function

2013 614 citations Hu Zeng, Kai Yang et al. Nature profile →
Metabolic coordination of T cell quiescence and activation

2019 476 citations Nicole M. Chapman, Hongbo Chi et al. profile →
Helper T cell differentiation

2019 353 citations Jordy Saravia, Nicole M. Chapman et al. Cellular and Molecular Immunology profile →
Lipid signalling enforces functional specialization of Treg cells in tumours

2021 286 citations Seon Ah Lim, Jun Wei et al. Nature profile →
Lipid metabolism in T cell signaling and function

2022 172 citations Seon Ah Lim, Wei Su et al. profile →
SLC38A2 and glutamine signalling in cDC1s dictate anti-tumour immunity

2023 154 citations Chuansheng Guo, Zhiyuan You et al. Nature profile →
Principles and therapeutic applications of adaptive immunity

2024 106 citations Hongbo Chi, Paul G. Thomas et al. profile →
VDAC2 loss elicits tumour destruction and inflammation for cancer therapy

2025 17 citations Sujing Yuan, Renqiang Sun et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongbo Chi

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	VDAC2 loss elicits tumour destruction and inflammation for cancer therapy breakdown → 2025 ·Nature ·Sujing Yuan, Renqiang Sun, Hao Shi, Nicole M. Chapman, Haoran Hu, Cliff Guy, Sherri L. Rankin, Anil KC, (unknown), Xiaoxi Meng, (unknown), Peipei Zhou, (unknown), Stephen Gottschalk, Hongbo Chi	17
2	GPR65 Inactivation in Tumor Cells Drives Antigen-Independent CAR T-cell Resistance via Macrophage Remodeling 2025 ·Cancer Discovery ·Jayadev Mavuluri, Yogesh Dhungana, Lindsay L. Jones, (unknown), Hao Shi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hongbo Chi, Jiyang Yu, Terrence L. Geiger	2
3	Parameters and Morphological Changes of Erythrocytes and Platelets of COVID-19 Subjects: A Longitudinal Cohort Study 2023 ·Infection and Drug Resistance ·(unknown), Linping Chen, Hongbo Chi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yi Jiang, Tao‐Hsin Tung, (unknown), Kai Zhou, Bo Shen, Jiaqin Xu	4
4	Metabolic programs of T cell tissue residency empower tumour immunity 2023 ·Nature ·Miguel Reina‐Campos, Maximilian Heeg, (unknown), Ian T. Mathews, Giovanni Galletti, (unknown), (unknown), Hongling Huang, J. Justin Milner, Kenneth H. Hu, (unknown), (unknown), Brigid S. Boland, John T. Chang, Mohit Jain, Sonia Sharma, Matthew F. Krummel, Hongbo Chi, Steven J. Bensinger, Ananda W. Goldrath	73
5	SLC38A2 and glutamine signalling in cDC1s dictate anti-tumour immunity breakdown → 2023 ·Nature ·Chuansheng Guo, Zhiyuan You, Hao Shi, Yu Sun, Xingrong Du, Gustavo Palacios, Cliff Guy, Sujing Yuan, Nicole M. Chapman, Seon Ah Lim, (unknown), Jordy Saravia, Sherri L. Rankin, Yogesh Dhungana, Hongbo Chi	154
6	NetBID2 provides comprehensive hidden driver analysis 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Xinran Dong, Liang Ding, Andrew Thrasher, Xinge Wang, Jingjing Liu, Qingfei Pan, (unknown), Yogesh Dhungana, Xu Yang, (unknown), Yuxin Li, Lei Yan, Michael Rusch, Clay McLeod, Koon‐Kiu Yan, Junmin Peng, Hongbo Chi, Jinghui Zhang, Jiyang Yu	10
7	Lipid signalling enforces functional specialization of Treg cells in tumours breakdown → 2021 ·Nature ·Seon Ah Lim, Jun Wei, Thanh-Long M. Nguyen, Hao Shi, Wei Su, Gustavo Palacios, Yogesh Dhungana, Nicole M. Chapman, Lingyun Long, Jordy Saravia, Peter Vogel, Hongbo Chi	286
8	Homeostasis and transitional activation of regulatory T cells require c-Myc 2020 ·Science Advances ·Jordy Saravia, Hu Zeng, Yogesh Dhungana, Daniel Bastardo Blanco, (unknown), Nicole M. Chapman, Yanyan Wang, Apurva Kanneganti, (unknown), Jana Raynor, Peter Vogel, Geoffrey Neale, Peter Carmeliet, Hongbo Chi	60
9	Diet-induced dyslipidemia induces metabolic and migratory adaptations in regulatory T cells 2020 ·Cardiovascular Research ·Jacob Amersfoort, Frank H. Schaftenaar, (unknown), Peter J. van Santbrink, Gijs H.M. van Puijvelde, Bram Slütter, Amanda C. Foks, Amy C. Harms, Estefanía Moreno-Gordaliza, Yanyan Wang, Thomas Hankemeier, Ilze Bot, Hongbo Chi, Johan Kuiper	24
10	Signaling networks in immunometabolism 2020 ·Cell Research ·Jordy Saravia, Jana Raynor, Nicole M. Chapman, Seon Ah Lim, Hongbo Chi	158
11	Upregulation of PD-L1 via HMGB1-Activated IRF3 and NF-κB Contributes to UV Radiation-Induced Immune Suppression 2019 ·Cancer Research ·Wei Wang, Nicole M. Chapman, Bo Zhang, Mingqi Li, Meiyun Fan, R. Nicholas Laribee, M. Raza Zaidi, Lawrence M. Pfeffer, Hongbo Chi, Zhao‐Hui Wu	91
12	LKB1 orchestrates dendritic cell metabolic quiescence and anti-tumor immunity 2019 ·Cell Research ·Yanyan Wang, Xingrong Du, Jun Wei, Lingyun Long, Haiyan Tan, Cliff Guy, Yogesh Dhungana, Chenxi Qian, Geoffrey Neale, Yang‐Xin Fu, Jiyang Yu, Junmin Peng, Hongbo Chi	53
13	Helper T cell differentiation breakdown → 2019 ·Cellular and Molecular Immunology ·Jordy Saravia, Nicole M. Chapman, Hongbo Chi	353
14	Metabolic signaling directs the reciprocal lineage decisions of αβ and γδ T cells 2018 ·Science Immunology ·Kai Yang, Daniel Bastardo Blanco, Xiang Chen, Pradyot Dash, Geoffrey Neale, Celeste Rosencrance, John Easton, Wenan Chen, Changde Cheng, Yogesh Dhungana, Anil KC, Walid Awad, Xi-zhi J. Guo, Paul G. Thomas, Hongbo Chi	62
15	Hippo Kinases Mst1 and Mst2 Sense and Amplify IL-2R-STAT5 Signaling in Regulatory T Cells to Establish Stable Regulatory Activity 2018 ·Immunity ·Hao Shi, (unknown), Haiyan Tan, Yuxin Li, Thanh-Long M. Nguyen, Yogesh Dhungana, Cliff Guy, Peter Vogel, Geoffrey Neale, Sherri L. Rankin, Yongqiang Feng, Junmin Peng, Wufan Tao, Hongbo Chi	87
16	Discrete roles and bifurcation of PTEN signaling and mTORC1-mediated anabolic metabolism underlie IL-7–driven B lymphopoiesis 2018 ·Science Advances ·Hu Zeng, Mei Yu, Haiyan Tan, Yuxin Li, Wei Su, Hao Shi, Yogesh Dhungana, Cliff Guy, Geoffrey Neale, Caryn Cloer, Junmin Peng, Demin Wang, Hongbo Chi	35
17	Metabolic signaling directs the reciprocal lineage decisions of αβ and γδ T cells 2018 ·PMC ·(unknown), Daniel Bastardo Blanco, Xiang Chen, Pradyot Dash, Geoffrey Neale, Celeste Rosencrance, John Easton, Wenan Chen, Changde Cheng, Yogesh Dhungana, Anil KC, Walid Awad, Xi-zhi J. Guo, Paul G. Thomas, Hongbo Chi	14
18	Tristetraprolin Limits Inflammatory Cytokine Production in Tumor-Associated Macrophages in an mRNA Decay–Independent Manner 2015 ·Cancer Research ·Franz Kratochvill, Nina Gratz, Joseph E. Qualls, Lee-Ann Van de Velde, Hongbo Chi, Pavel Kovarik, Peter J. Murray	36
19	iNKT cells require TSC1 for terminal maturation and effector lineage fate decisions 2014 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Jinhong Wu, Jialong Yang, Kai Yang, Hongxia Wang, Balachandra K. Gorentla, Jinwook Shin, Yu‐Rong Qiu, Loretta G. Que, W. Michael Foster, Zhenwei Xia, Hongbo Chi, Xiao‐Ping Zhong	49
20	Epigenetic and Transcriptional Programs Lead to Default IFN-γ Production by γδ T Cells 2007 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Liang Chen, Weifeng He, Sean Kim, Jian Tao, Yunfei Gao, Hongbo Chi, Andrew M. Intlekofer, Bohdan P. Harvey, Steven L. Reiner, Zhinan Yin, Richard A. Flavell, Joe Craft	54

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