Hua Zhu

34.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
298 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Hua Zhu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Hua Zhu has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Molecular Biology, 107 papers in Epidemiology and 40 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Hua Zhu's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (52 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (47 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (24 papers). Hua Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (52 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (47 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (24 papers). Hua Zhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Hua Zhu's co-authors include Thomas Shenk, Ron Prywes, Jianjie Ma, Tao Tan, Shanzhi Wang, Ying H. Shen, George E. Farmer, Carol Prives, Joseph A. Hill and Beverly A. Rothermel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Hua Zhu

289 papers receiving 13.0k 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.

Cardiac autophagy is a maladaptive response to hemodynamic stress

2007 608 citations Hua Zhu, Paul Tannous et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Functional profiling of a human cytomegalovirus genome

2003 549 citations Hua Zhu et al. profile →
Wild-type p53 activates transcription in vitro

1992 517 citations Hua Zhu et al. profile →
Gasdermin D in pyroptosis

2021 477 citations Hua Zhu, Shanzhi Wang et al. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hua Zhu United States	55	6.5k	4.7k	2.0k	1.8k	1.8k	298	13.1k
Tatsuya Saitoh Japan	48	6.5k 1.0×	6.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	799 0.4×	5.7k 3.2×	82	14.0k
Saeid Ghavami Canada	59	6.2k 0.9×	3.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	305	12.3k
Marek Łoś Canada	61	7.7k 1.2×	2.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	167	13.1k
Wim Declercq Belgium	65	10.3k 1.6×	2.7k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	5.1k 2.8×	133	16.0k
Min Chen China	56	4.4k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	949 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	274	10.7k
Mauro Piacentini Italy	72	8.2k 1.2×	6.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	4.2k 2.3×	287	20.1k
Guo‐Ping Shi United States	72	6.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	5.0k 2.5×	2.2k 1.2×	5.4k 3.0×	266	18.1k
Hiroki Yoshida Japan	54	7.1k 1.1×	1.6k 0.3×	2.4k 1.2×	4.4k 2.4×	5.6k 3.2×	278	16.1k
Mercedes Rincón United States	65	5.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.8k 1.5×	5.9k 3.3×	161	14.1k
Thomas Reinheckel Germany	58	7.1k 1.1×	1.7k 0.4×	3.0k 1.5×	2.3k 1.3×	2.4k 1.4×	187	14.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Hua Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hua Zhu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hua Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hua Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hua Zhu 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 Zhu. Hua Zhu 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

Tsilimigras, Diamantis I., et al.. (2024). Molecular Mechanisms of Cachexia: A Review. Cells. 13(3). 252–252. 13 indexed citations

Yang, Zijian, Youtao Lu, Hua Zhu, et al.. (2024). Single-mitochondrion sequencing uncovers distinct mutational patterns and heteroplasmy landscape in mouse astrocytes and neurons. BMC Biology. 22(1). 162–162. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Wei, Qian Xu, Xinfeng Chen, et al.. (2024). RNA-binding protein DND1 participates in migration, invasion, and EMT of prostate cancer cells by degrading CLIC4.. PubMed. 39(10). 1343–1358. 3 indexed citations

Khawar, Muhammad Babar, et al.. (2023). Purification and characterization of lipase produced from Bacillus cereus (PCSIR NL-37). Bionatura. 8(1). 1–8. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yu, Hongji Zhang, Alessandro La Ferlita, et al.. (2023). Phosphorylation of IWS1 by AKT maintains liposarcoma tumor heterogeneity through preservation of cancer stem cell phenotypes and mesenchymal-epithelial plasticity. Oncogenesis. 12(1). 30–30. 5 indexed citations

Kenney, Adam D., Naresh Kumar, Peng Chen, et al.. (2022). Influenza virus replication in cardiomyocytes drives heart dysfunction and fibrosis. Science Advances. 8(19). eabm5371–eabm5371. 20 indexed citations

Jiang, Lin, Jialiang Liang, Wei Huang, et al.. (2021). CRISPR activation of endogenous genes reprograms fibroblasts into cardiovascular progenitor cells for myocardial infarction therapy. Molecular Therapy. 30(1). 54–74. 32 indexed citations

Zhu, Hua, et al.. (2021). Gasdermin D in pyroptosis. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 11(9). 2768–2782. 477 indexed citations breakdown →

Hu, Ling, et al.. (2020). Changing trends of HIV, syphilis, HCV infections and behavioural factors among female sex workers in Chongqing, China: findings from six serial surveillance surveys. BMJ Open. 10(10). e036654–e036654. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Xiumin Huang, Jian Liu, et al.. (2017). Outer nuclear membrane fusion of adjacent nuclei in varicella-zoster virus-induced syncytia. Virology. 512. 34–38. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Ken, Zaicheng Xu, Yukai Liu, et al.. (2017). Irisin protects mitochondria function during pulmonary ischemia/reperfusion injury. Science Translational Medicine. 9(418). 156 indexed citations

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Litvinov, Rustem I., Marco Mravic, Hua Zhu, et al.. (2017). Unique Transmembrane Domain Interactions Differentially Modulate Platelet αIIbβ3 and αvβ3 Function. Blood. 130. 1019–1019. 1 indexed citations

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Zheng, Bing, Jiahui Mao, Xiaoqing Li, et al.. (2016). Over-expression of DNA-PKcs in renal cell carcinoma regulates mTORC2 activation, HIF-2α expression and cell proliferation. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 29415–29415. 36 indexed citations

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Cheng, Tong, Wei Wang, Ying Huang, et al.. (2016). Functional analysis of human cytomegalovirus UL/b′ region using SCID-hu mouse model. Journal of Medical Virology. 88(8). 1417–1426. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Lisheng, Shuxuan Li, Yajing Liu, et al.. (2015). Construction and characterization of an infectious clone of coxsackievirus A6 that showed high virulence in neonatal mice. Virus Research. 210. 165–168. 21 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yuan, Xin Li, Yuqi Cui, et al.. (2014). Hydrogen peroxide inhibits proliferation and endothelial differentiation of bone marrow stem cells partially via reactive oxygen species generation. Life Sciences. 112(1-2). 33–40. 33 indexed citations

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Markus, Amos, Anna Sloutskin, Michael B. Yee, et al.. (2011). Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Infection of Neurons Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Direct Demonstration of Axonal Infection, Transport of VZV, and Productive Neuronal Infection. Journal of Virology. 85(13). 6220–6233. 69 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hua, Paul Tannous, Janet Johnstone, et al.. (2007). Cardiac autophagy is a maladaptive response to hemodynamic stress. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 117(7). 1782–1793. 608 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jones, Thomas R., et al.. (2004). Postattachment Events Associated with Viral Entry Are Necessary for Induction of Interferon-Stimulated Genes by Human Cytomegalovirus. Journal of Virology. 78(12). 6688–6691. 39 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hua, Kevin Ryan, & Suzie Chen. (1999). Cloning of novel splice variants of mouse mGluR1. Molecular Brain Research. 73(1-2). 93–103. 34 indexed citations

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