Hongxia Niu

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 840 citations indexed

About

Hongxia Niu is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongxia Niu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 840 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Infectious Diseases, 17 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Hongxia Niu's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (15 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (8 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (7 papers). Hongxia Niu is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (15 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (8 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (7 papers). Hongxia Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Norway. Hongxia Niu's co-authors include Ying Zhang, Bingdong Zhu, Peng Cui, Wanliang Shi, Wenhong Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Hongjuan Yu, Lina Hu, Xingming Ma and Yanping Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Hongxia Niu

36 papers receiving 830 citations

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Bacterial persisters: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic development

2024 97 citations Hongxia Niu, Ying Zhang et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongxia Niu China	18	381	329	258	241	116	38	840
Jonathan T. Sullivan United States	10	290 0.8×	356 1.1×	204 0.8×	204 0.8×	59 0.5×	17	668
Juliane Lippmann Germany	10	344 0.9×	289 0.9×	380 1.5×	334 1.4×	65 0.6×	11	805
Marek Fol Poland	18	380 1.0×	351 1.1×	277 1.1×	305 1.3×	76 0.7×	41	1.0k
Beverlie Baquir United States	12	337 0.9×	338 1.0×	272 1.1×	225 0.9×	273 2.4×	14	981
Nicole Pecora United States	15	432 1.1×	430 1.3×	352 1.4×	305 1.3×	176 1.5×	36	1.2k
Sherry L. Kurtz United States	15	318 0.8×	490 1.5×	334 1.3×	229 1.0×	63 0.5×	31	924
Qian Gao China	22	417 1.1×	532 1.6×	138 0.5×	337 1.4×	66 0.6×	43	1.2k
Nikki J. Wagner United States	15	166 0.4×	229 0.7×	162 0.6×	207 0.9×	103 0.9×	26	780
Ala‐Eddine Deghmane France	26	285 0.7×	292 0.9×	379 1.5×	1.2k 4.9×	104 0.9×	90	1.9k
Neelima Sukumar United States	12	368 1.0×	303 0.9×	155 0.6×	321 1.3×	60 0.5×	15	798

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Hu, Qingang, et al.. (2025). The immune mechanisms of the urinary tract against infections. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 15. 1540149–1540149.

Chen, Qiqi, et al.. (2025). Dynamic risk stratification and treatment optimization in sepsis: the role of NLPR. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 16. 1572677–1572677. 2 indexed citations

Niu, Hongxia, et al.. (2024). Rapamycin improves the long-term T-cell memory and protective efficacy of tuberculosis subunit vaccine. Microbial Pathogenesis. 190. 106631–106631. 5 indexed citations

Niu, Hongxia, et al.. (2024). Bacterial persisters: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic development. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 9(1). 174–174. 97 indexed citations breakdown →

Niu, Hongxia, Qianqian Cao, Tingting Zhang, et al.. (2023). Construction and evaluation of a novel multi-antigenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis subunit vaccine candidate BfrB-GrpE/DPC. International Immunopharmacology. 124(Pt B). 111060–111060. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yanyan, Bing Liang, Wujun Chen, et al.. (2023). High antipersister activity of a promising new quinolone drug candidate in eradicating uropathogenic Escherichia coli persisters and persistent infection in mice. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 134(9). 3 indexed citations

Xie, Tao, et al.. (2022). Optimizing the Boosting Schedule of Subunit Vaccines Consisting of BCG and “Non-BCG” Antigens to Induce Long-Term Immune Memory. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 862726–862726. 7 indexed citations

Niu, Hongxia, et al.. (2022). Pyrazinamide enhances persistence of T-cell memory induced by tuberculosis subunit vaccine LT70. Tuberculosis. 135. 102220–102220. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Juan, Qianqian Cao, Fei Li, et al.. (2020). Identification of Novel Genes Involved in Escherichia coli Persistence to Tosufloxacin. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10. 581986–581986. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Xun, et al.. (2019). Persistent stimulation with Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen impairs the proliferation and transcriptional program of hematopoietic cells in bone marrow. Molecular Immunology. 112. 115–122. 11 indexed citations

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Niu, Hongxia, Rebecca Yee, Peng Cui, et al.. (2017). Identification of Agents Active against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 from a Clinical Compound Library. Pathogens. 6(3). 44–44. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Huiyu, Xun Liu, Xingming Ma, et al.. (2017). A New Rabbit-Skin Model to Evaluate Protective Efficacy of Tuberculosis Vaccines. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 842–842. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Jingjing, Hongxia Niu, Ruiying Li, et al.. (2017). Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of multistage vaccine candidates (Mtb8.4-HspX and HspX-Mtb8.4) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice. International Immunopharmacology. 53. 83–89. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Jinxiu Peng, Lina Hu, et al.. (2016). A multistage mycobacterium tuberculosis subunit vaccine LT70 including latency antigen Rv2626c induces long-term protection against tuberculosis. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 12(7). 1–8. 40 indexed citations

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Niu, Hongxia, Peng Cui, Wanliang Shi, et al.. (2015). Identification of Anti-Persister Activity against Uropathogenic Escherichia coli from a Clinical Drug Library. Antibiotics. 4(2). 179–187. 29 indexed citations

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Niu, Hongxia, Peng Cui, Rebecca Yee, et al.. (2015). A Clinical Drug Library Screen Identifies Tosufloxacin as Being Highly Active against Staphylococcus aureus Persisters. Antibiotics. 4(3). 329–336. 21 indexed citations

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Niu, Hongxia, Jinxiu Peng, Xun Liu, et al.. (2015). Multi-Stage Tuberculosis Subunit Vaccine Candidate LT69 Provides High Protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Mice. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130641–e0130641. 29 indexed citations

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Pei, Hanjun, Yongjian Wu, Yuejin Yang, et al.. (2015). [Early clinical outcomes of percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty in treating high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis].. PubMed. 43(1). 34–8. 1 indexed citations

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Niu, Hongxia, Lina Hu, Bingxiang Wang, et al.. (2011). Construction and evaluation of a multistage Mycobacterium tuberculosis subunit vaccine candidate Mtb10.4–HspX. Vaccine. 29(51). 9451–9458. 61 indexed citations

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Niu, Hongxia, Wei Hua, Shu Zhang, et al.. (2007). Prevalence of Dyssynchrony Derived from Echocardiographic Criteria in Heart Failure Patients with Normal or Prolonged QRS Duration. Echocardiography. 24(4). 348–352. 17 indexed citations

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