Hua Lu

13.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
225 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Hua Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Hua Lu has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Molecular Biology, 98 papers in Oncology and 36 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Hua Lu's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (89 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (45 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (39 papers). Hua Lu is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (89 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (45 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (39 papers). Hua Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Hua Lu's co-authors include Mu‐Shui Dai, Shelya X. Zeng, Xiang Zhou, Yanping Zhang, Yetao Jin, Arnold J. Levine, Jun‐Ming Liao, Xiao‐Xin Sun, Peng Liao and Qian Hao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Hua Lu

216 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ribosomal proteins: functions beyond the ribosome

2015 488 citations Xiang Zhou, Wenjuan Liao et al. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Hua Lu	7.4k	3.7k	1.5k	759	624	225	10.1k
Xinbin Chen	7.5k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	625 0.8×	977 1.6×	176	9.8k
Goberdhan P. Dimri	7.3k 1.0×	2.7k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	795 1.0×	445 0.7×	70	11.5k
Andrew H. Wyllie	5.6k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	549 0.7×	330 0.5×	57	9.2k
David K. Ann	5.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	641 0.8×	382 0.6×	171	8.3k
Dan A. Liebermann	7.4k 1.0×	3.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	745 1.0×	610 1.0×	138	11.1k
Sam W. Lee	5.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	906 1.2×	335 0.5×	93	7.1k
Olivia M. Pereira‐Smith	9.6k 1.3×	3.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	819 1.3×	108	14.3k
Eiji Hara	7.1k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	805 1.1×	360 0.6×	108	11.3k
Wenwei Hu	7.5k 1.0×	4.7k 1.3×	3.8k 2.5×	682 0.9×	605 1.0×	142	11.7k
John C. Reed	6.7k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	657 0.9×	620 1.0×	37	9.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Hua Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hua Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hua Lu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zuo, Bin, Zhanchao Wang, Hua Lu, & Hao Shen. (2025). Discovery of lipid metabolism-related diagnostic biomarkers and construction of diagnostic model in steroid-induced osteonecrosis of femoral head. Open Medicine. 20(1). 20251145–20251145.

Lu, Hua, Yao Liu, Jiabei Wang, et al.. (2025). Micropeptide hSPAR regulates glutamine levels and suppresses mammary tumor growth via a TRIM21-P27KIP1-mTOR axis. The EMBO Journal. 44(5). 1414–1441. 3 indexed citations

Nguyen, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Anti-cancer small-molecule Inauhzin-C confines its cytotoxicity to cancer cells by targeting GRP78. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 189. 118248–118248.

Li, Qianpeng, Yang Zhang, Sicheng Luo, et al.. (2024). Identify Non-mutational p53 Functional Deficiency in Human Cancers. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 22(5).

Zhang, Yi, Xuemei Wang, Jun Lin, et al.. (2024). A microbial metabolite inhibits the HIF-2α-ceramide pathway to mediate the beneficial effects of time-restricted feeding on MASH. Cell Metabolism. 36(8). 1823–1838.e6. 26 indexed citations

Lee, Hyemin, et al.. (2023). Extracellular and intracellular functions of coiled-coil domain containing 3. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 15(6). 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Guangjian, et al.. (2023). Endovascular treatment of multiple intracranial aneurysms in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: one or multiple sessions?. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1196725–1196725. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Jieqiong, Yajie Chen, Canhua Huang, et al.. (2021). Valosin-Containing Protein Stabilizes Mutant p53 to Promote Pancreatic Cancer Growth. Cancer Research. 81(15). 4041–4053. 13 indexed citations

Lin, Chao, Nan Li, Zheng Li, et al.. (2020). Dual effects of thyroid hormone on neurons and neurogenesis in traumatic brain injury. Cell Death and Disease. 11(8). 671–671. 35 indexed citations

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Petrella, Teresa M., Pascal N. Tyrrell, Frances C. Wright, et al.. (2019). The clinical significance of indeterminate pulmonary nodules in melanoma patients at baseline and during follow-up chest CT. European Journal of Radiology Open. 6. 85–90. 10 indexed citations

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Shao, Jia, Linlin Xu, Limin Chen, et al.. (2017). Arl13b Promotes Gastric Tumorigenesis by Regulating Smo Trafficking and Activation of the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway. Cancer Research. 77(15). 4000–4013. 34 indexed citations

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Liao, Wenjuan, Hongbing Liu, Yiwei Zhang, et al.. (2017). Ccdc3: A New P63 Target Involved in Regulation Of Liver Lipid Metabolism. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9020–9020. 19 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Daniel, Wenjuan Liao, Shelya X. Zeng, & Hua Lu. (2017). Reviving the guardian of the genome: Small molecule activators of p53. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 178. 92–108. 58 indexed citations

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Lee, Kwan Young, et al.. (2017). Mdm2 mediates FMRP- and Gp1 mGluR-dependent protein translation and neural network activity. Human Molecular Genetics. 26(20). 3895–3908. 13 indexed citations

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Jung, Ji Hoon, Jun‐Ming Liao, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2015). Inauhzin(c) Inactivates c-Myc Independently of p53. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 16(3). 412–419. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yiwei, Qi Zhang, Shelya X. Zeng, et al.. (2012). Inauhzin and Nutlin3 synergistically activate p53 and suppress tumor growth. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 13(10). 915–924. 24 indexed citations

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Yui, Naofumi, Hua Lu, Richard Bouley, & Dennis Brown. (2011). AQP2 is necessary for vasopressin- and forskolin-mediated filamentous actin depolymerization in renal epithelial cells. Biology Open. 1(2). 101–108. 31 indexed citations

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Ding, Yi, et al.. (2006). Interferon-Inducible Protein IFIXα1 Functions as a Negative Regulator of HDM2. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(5). 1979–1996. 36 indexed citations

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Dai, Mu‐Shui, Shelya X. Zeng, Yetao Jin, et al.. (2004). Ribosomal Protein L23 Activates p53 by Inhibiting MDM2 Function in Response to Ribosomal Perturbation but Not to Translation Inhibition. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(17). 7654–7668. 409 indexed citations

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Zeng, Xiaoya, Lihong Chen, Christine A. Jost, et al.. (1999). MDM2 Suppresses p73 Function without Promoting p73 Degradation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(5). 3257–3266. 289 indexed citations

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