Hou‐Zao Chen

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Hou‐Zao Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hou‐Zao Chen has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology and 18 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Hou‐Zao Chen's work include Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (37 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers). Hou‐Zao Chen is often cited by papers focused on Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (37 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers). Hou‐Zao Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Hou‐Zao Chen's co-authors include De‐Pei Liu, Xiaoqiang Tang, Ran Zhang, Chih‐Chuan Liang, Zhu‐Qin Zhang, Shuang Zhou, De‐Long Hao, Hua Cai, Yuxuan Luo and Peng Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Hou‐Zao Chen

106 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Loss of Cardiac Ferritin H Facilitates Cardiomyopathy via Slc7a11-Mediated Ferroptosis

2020 569 citations Xuexian Fang, Zhaoxian Cai et al. Circulation Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Hou‐Zao Chen	2.7k	1.3k	1.2k	905	803	109	5.7k
Keizo Kanasaki	2.4k 0.9×	648 0.5×	829 0.7×	747 0.8×	526 0.7×	143	6.6k
Yasuhiro Maejima	3.0k 1.1×	644 0.5×	934 0.8×	467 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	121	6.2k
Ming‐Hui Zou	3.1k 1.2×	335 0.3×	1.8k 1.5×	633 0.7×	920 1.1×	82	6.2k
Toshiro Sugimoto	2.1k 0.8×	473 0.4×	843 0.7×	360 0.4×	607 0.8×	100	5.3k
Peiyong Zhai	5.5k 2.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	672 0.7×	2.0k 2.5×	97	10.0k
Mahesh P. Gupta	4.0k 1.5×	2.7k 2.1×	1.8k 1.5×	500 0.6×	1.4k 1.7×	119	7.6k
Hiroyasu Yamamoto	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.7×	503 0.6×	324 0.4×	61	7.0k
Nichola Figg	2.6k 1.0×	229 0.2×	727 0.6×	643 0.7×	628 0.8×	67	5.6k
Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum	4.4k 1.6×	325 0.3×	837 0.7×	989 1.1×	2.1k 2.6×	124	7.4k
Xiaoqiang Tang	1.5k 0.6×	527 0.4×	653 0.6×	300 0.3×	402 0.5×	53	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hou‐Zao Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Yu, Hou‐Zao Chen, & Xiaoqiang Tang. (2025). Crotonyl-coenzyme A (crotonyl-CoA). Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 36(12). 1154–1155.

Lv, Cheng, Xiao Xiao, Fei Wang, et al.. (2025). Somatic NAP1L1 p.D349E promotes cardiac hypertrophy through cGAS-STING-IFN signaling. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3140–3140. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Jinmin, Chanyuan Wu, Xiaoman Wang, et al.. (2025). Monocyte–macrophage dynamics as key in disparate lung and peripheral immune responses in severe anti‐melanoma differentiation‐associated gene 5‐positive dermatomyositis‐related interstitial lung disease. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 15(2). e70226–e70226. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Youwei, Qike Li, Ye Jin, et al.. (2025). Structural Insights into Isovaleryl-Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase: Mechanisms of Substrate Specificity and Implications of Isovaleric Acidemia-Associated Mutations. Research. 8. 661–661.

Zhang, Peng, Lele Liu, Xiang Zhao, et al.. (2024). Enhancing homology-directed repair efficiency with HDR-boosting modular ssDNA donor. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6843–6843. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Lei, Menglin Zhang, Jinlong Huang, et al.. (2024). Klf9 is essential for cardiac mitochondrial homeostasis. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 3(11). 1318–1336. 4 indexed citations

Guo, Ziwei, Qing Wan, De‐Pei Liu, et al.. (2024). Disruption of PCSK9 Suppresses Inflammation and Attenuates Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 45(1). e1–e14. 7 indexed citations

Gong, Ke, Chao Xue, Mengyao Wang, et al.. (2024). Intestinal Nogo-B reduces GLP1 levels by binding to proglucagon on the endoplasmic reticulum to inhibit PCSK1 cleavage. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6845–6845. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Jun, Ziyu Wei, Yu Nie, & Hou‐Zao Chen. (2024). Therapeutic potential of alternative splicing in cardiovascular diseases. EBioMedicine. 101. 104995–104995. 10 indexed citations

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Dong, Tingting, Weilong Zhang, Zhaohui Zhu, et al.. (2023). Mic60 is essential to maintain mitochondrial integrity and to prevent encephalomyopathy. Brain Pathology. 33(4). e13157–e13157. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yang, Xiaoman Wang, Heping Wang, et al.. (2023). Sirtuin 2 deficiency aggravates ageing-induced vascular remodelling in humans and mice. European Heart Journal. 44(29). 2746–2759. 49 indexed citations

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Ding, Yang-Nan, Tingting Wang, Xiaoqiang Tang, et al.. (2023). SIRT6 is an epigenetic repressor of thoracic aortic aneurysms via inhibiting inflammation and senescence. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 8(1). 255–255. 24 indexed citations

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Song, Shen, Qianqian Yin, Bin Zhou, et al.. (2023). EZH2 controls epicardial cell migration during heart development. Life Science Alliance. 6(6). e202201765–e202201765. 8 indexed citations

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Fang, Xuexian, Zhaoxian Cai, Hao Wang, et al.. (2020). Loss of Cardiac Ferritin H Facilitates Cardiomyopathy via Slc7a11-Mediated Ferroptosis. Circulation Research. 127(4). 486–501. 569 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pei, Jian-Fei, Wenqi Li, Qian Gao, et al.. (2019). Diurnal oscillations of endogenous H2O2 sustained by p66Shc regulate circadian clocks. Nature Cell Biology. 21(12). 1553–1564. 89 indexed citations

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Tang, Xiaoqiang, Xiaofeng Chen, Xiaoman Wang, et al.. (2017). SIRT2 Acts as a Cardioprotective Deacetylase in Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy. Circulation. 136(21). 2051–2067. 256 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dandan, Jian Xiong, Mulin Jun Li, et al.. (2017). Long noncoding RNA LINC00305 promotes inflammation by activating the AHRR-NF-κB pathway in human monocytes. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 46204–46204. 54 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuan, Jing Xu, Yuxuan Luo, et al.. (2014). Overexpression of Mitofilin in the Mouse Heart Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy in Response to Hypertrophic Stimuli. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 21(12). 1693–1707. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Li, Huina Zhang, Hou‐Zao Chen, et al.. (2011). SIRT1 Acts as a Modulator of Neointima Formation Following Vascular Injury in Mice. Circulation Research. 108(10). 1180–1189. 151 indexed citations

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Liu, Jinjing, Xi Yang, Ruifeng Yang, et al.. (2011). Two novel cis-elements involved in hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α regulation of acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 expression. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 44(2). 162–171. 2 indexed citations

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