Huazhen Liu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Huazhen Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Huazhen Liu has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Immunology and 14 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Huazhen Liu's work include Gut microbiota and health (12 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (10 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (9 papers). Huazhen Liu is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (12 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (10 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (9 papers). Huazhen Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and United States. Huazhen Liu's co-authors include Abdur Rahman Ansari, Muhammad Faheem Akhtar, Deshi Shi, Ziyu Ma, Xiaolong Zhang, Yan Chen, Jawaria Ali Khan, Kemei Peng, Lei Cui and Yafang Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Huazhen Liu

61 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Gut microbiota-derived short chain fatty acids are potential mediators in gut inflammation

2021 217 citations Muhammad Faheem Akhtar, Yan Chen et al. Animal nutrition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Huazhen Liu China	21	549	314	188	167	145	63	1.4k
Xu Han China	22	476 0.9×	290 0.9×	89 0.5×	115 0.7×	51 0.4×	77	1.4k
Ruitang Deng United States	29	506 0.9×	208 0.7×	121 0.6×	179 1.1×	325 2.2×	46	2.3k
Paweł Janczyk Germany	26	602 1.1×	517 1.6×	84 0.4×	153 0.9×	224 1.5×	59	1.6k
Jiajie Sun China	31	1.7k 3.1×	294 0.9×	165 0.9×	216 1.3×	67 0.5×	151	3.0k
M. A. Qureshi United States	23	204 0.4×	843 2.7×	305 1.6×	235 1.4×	193 1.3×	61	1.6k
Xiuying Wang China	29	1.0k 1.9×	278 0.9×	461 2.5×	198 1.2×	96 0.7×	109	2.3k
Meimei Geng China	16	378 0.7×	372 1.2×	64 0.3×	63 0.4×	51 0.4×	24	993
Xiangfang Tang China	20	499 0.9×	236 0.8×	117 0.6×	153 0.9×	55 0.4×	62	1.2k
Jinquan Wang China	20	424 0.8×	394 1.3×	77 0.4×	233 1.4×	94 0.6×	90	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huazhen Liu

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

All Works

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Xiao, Jian, et al.. (2025). Multiple Intra-Articular Injections of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Canine Osteoarthritis Treatment. Cells. 14(5). 323–323.

Liu, Qiyao, Muhammad Faheem Akhtar, Na Kong, et al.. (2025). Early fecal microbiota transplantation continuously improves chicken growth performance by inhibiting age-related Lactobacillus decline in jejunum. Microbiome. 13(1). 49–49. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Yan, Muhammad Faheem Akhtar, Ziyu Ma, et al.. (2023). Chicken cecal microbiota reduces abdominal fat deposition by regulating fat metabolism. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 9(1). 28–28. 43 indexed citations

Ma, Ziyu, Muhammad Faheem Akhtar, Hong Pan, et al.. (2023). Fecal microbiota transplantation improves chicken growth performance by balancing jejunal Th17/Treg cells. Microbiome. 11(1). 137–137. 39 indexed citations

Liu, Huazhen, et al.. (2022). BIRC7 is Beneficial for Melanoma Progression and Hypoxic Response. Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology. Volume 15. 1109–1117. 2 indexed citations

Qiu, Feifei, Weihui Lu, Shulin Ye, et al.. (2021). Berberine Promotes Induction of Immunological Tolerance to an Allograft via Downregulating Memory CD8+ T-Cells Through Altering the Gut Microbiota. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 646831–646831. 8 indexed citations

Akhtar, Muhammad Faheem, Yan Chen, Ziyu Ma, et al.. (2021). Gut microbiota-derived short chain fatty acids are potential mediators in gut inflammation. Animal nutrition. 8. 350–360. 217 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Huazhen, Guoping Wang, Zuokun Yang, et al.. (2020). Identification and Characterization of a Pear Chlorotic Leaf Spot-Associated Virus, a Novel Emaravirus Associated with a Severe Disease of Pear Trees in China. Plant Disease. 104(11). 2786–2798. 29 indexed citations

Cui, Lei, Xiaolong Zhang, Ranran Cheng, et al.. (2020). Sex differences in growth performance are related to cecal microbiota in chicken. Microbial Pathogenesis. 150. 104710–104710. 50 indexed citations

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Ansari, Abdur Rahman, Muhammad Arshad, Saima Masood, et al.. (2018). Salmonella infection may alter the expression of toll like receptor 4 and immune related cells in chicken bursa of Fabricius. Microbial Pathogenesis. 121. 59–64. 11 indexed citations

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Khaliq, Haseeb, Jing Wang, Ke Xiao, et al.. (2018). Boron Affects the Development of the Kidney Through Modulation of Apoptosis, Antioxidant Capacity, and Nrf2 Pathway in the African Ostrich Chicks. Biological Trace Element Research. 186(1). 226–237. 28 indexed citations

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Ansari, Abdur Rahman & Huazhen Liu. (2017). Acute Thymic Involution and Mechanisms for Recovery. Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. 65(5). 401–420. 31 indexed citations

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Xiao, Bo, et al.. (2016). La expresión de microARN-133 inhibe la transición epitelio-mesenquimatosa en las células del cáncer de pulmón apuntando directamente al FOXQ1. Archivos de Bronconeumología. 52(10). 505–511. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Congcong, Huabin He, An Liu, et al.. (2016). Natural Functional SNPs in miR-155 Alter Its Expression Level, Blood Cell Counts, and Immune Responses. Frontiers in Immunology. 7. 295–295. 12 indexed citations

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Ansari, Abdur Rahman, et al.. (2015). Expression Patterns of Toll-Like Receptor 4 in Pig Uterus during Pregnancy. Pakistan Veterinary Journal. 35(4). 466–469. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Haibo, Ke Xiao, Keli Yang, et al.. (2015). Increased Thymic Cell Turnover under Boron Stress May Bypass TLR3/4 Pathway in African Ostrich. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0129596–e0129596. 10 indexed citations

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Ansari, Abdur Rahman, et al.. (2015). Lipopolysaccharide stimulation upregulated Toll-like receptor 4 expression in chicken cerebellum. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 166(3-4). 145–150. 10 indexed citations

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Peng, Kemei, Erhui Jin, Yong Zhang, et al.. (2011). Effect of Additional Boron on Tibias of African Ostrich Chicks. Biological Trace Element Research. 144(1-3). 538–549. 41 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiaxiang, et al.. (2009). Distribution and morphology of argyrophilic cells in the digestive tract of the African ostrich. Tissue and Cell. 42(1). 65–68. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Huazhen. (2005). The Effect of Energy on Serotonin-Like Neurons in Duck Hypothalamus. Agricultural Sciences in China. 4(2). 156–160. 1 indexed citations

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