Jen‐Kun Cheng

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Jen‐Kun Cheng is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jen‐Kun Cheng has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Physiology, 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 28 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jen‐Kun Cheng's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (48 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers). Jen‐Kun Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (48 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers). Jen‐Kun Cheng collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and Czechia. Jen‐Kun Cheng's co-authors include Ru‐Rong Ji, Ling Zhang, Yasuhiko Kawasaki, Lih‐Chu Chiou, Hsien‐Yu Peng, Cheng‐Yuan Lai, Yu‐Cheng Ho, Ping-Heng Tan, Kuender D. Yang and Yat‐Pang Chau and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, The Journal of Physiology and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jen‐Kun Cheng

78 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Cytokine Mechanisms of Central Sensitization: Distinct and Overlapping Role of Interleukin-1β, Interleukin-6, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Regulating Synaptic and Neuronal Activity in the Superficial Spinal Cord

2008 971 citations Yasuhiko Kawasaki, Ling Zhang et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jen‐Kun Cheng Taiwan	27	2.0k	1.2k	1.1k	409	362	80	3.5k
Ke Ren United States	29	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	583 0.5×	488 1.2×	289 0.8×	72	3.3k
Seo Yeon Yoon South Korea	36	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	738 1.8×	358 1.0×	126	4.2k
Gary J. Brenner United States	25	2.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	348 0.9×	200 0.6×	50	4.4k
Bradley J. Kerr Canada	33	1.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	327 0.8×	238 0.7×	76	4.2k
Yasuhiko Kawasaki United States	16	2.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.4×	720 0.7×	486 1.2×	222 0.6×	22	3.7k
Bared Safieh‐Garabedian Lebanon	28	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	746 0.7×	384 0.9×	240 0.7×	66	3.8k
Ping K. Yip United Kingdom	34	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	289 0.7×	291 0.8×	78	4.1k
David C. Yeomans United States	40	2.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	897 0.8×	641 1.6×	584 1.6×	123	4.7k
Andrew Allchorne United Kingdom	23	2.9k 1.5×	2.2k 1.9×	1.2k 1.1×	787 1.9×	445 1.2×	33	5.4k
Hidemasa Furue Japan	35	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	398 1.0×	250 0.7×	112	3.7k

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Lin, Jhen‐Bin, et al.. (2025). Impact of radiation dose to the swallowing organs on death from aspiration pneumonia in oral cavity cancer. Oral Oncology. 164. 107291–107291. 1 indexed citations

Lai, Cheng‐Yuan, Ming‐Chun Hsieh, Tzer‐Bin Lin, et al.. (2024). CtBP1 is essential for epigenetic silencing of μ-opioid receptor genes in the dorsal root ganglion in spinal nerve ligation-induced neuropathic pain. Neurotherapeutics. 22(1). e00493–e00493.

Hsieh, Ming‐Chun, Cheng‐Yuan Lai, Po‐Sheng Yang, et al.. (2023). Phosphorylated Upstream Frameshift 1–dependent Nonsense-mediated μ-Opioid Receptor mRNA Decay in the Spinal Cord Contributes to the Development of Neuropathic Allodynia–like Behavior in Rats. Anesthesiology. 138(6). 634–655. 3 indexed citations

Cheng, Jen‐Kun, et al.. (2017). K⁺Channel Modulatory Subunits KChIP and DPP Participate in Kv4-Mediated Mechanical Pain Control. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(16). 4391–4404. 27 indexed citations

Peng, Hsien‐Yu, et al.. (2017). Continuous Intrathecal Infusion of Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists Attenuates Nerve Ligation–Induced Pain in Rats. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 42(4). 499–506. 16 indexed citations

Hou, Wen‐Hsien, et al.. (2016). Wiring Specificity and Synaptic Diversity in the Mouse Lateral Central Amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(16). 4549–4563. 22 indexed citations

Cheng, Jen‐Kun, et al.. (2015). Camptothecin promotes the production of nitric oxide that triggers subsequent S-nitrosoproteome-mediated signaling cascades in endothelial cells. Vascular Pharmacology. 90. 27–35. 5 indexed citations

Lin, Tzer-Bin, Ming-Chun Hsieh, Cheng‐Yuan Lai, et al.. (2015). Fbxo3-Dependent Fbxl2 Ubiquitination Mediates Neuropathic Allodynia through the TRAF2/TNIK/GluR1 Cascade. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(50). 16545–16560. 33 indexed citations

Tsaur, Meei‐Ling, et al.. (2015). Chronic intrathecal infusion of mibefradil, ethosuximide and nickel attenuates nerve ligation-induced pain in rats. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 115(1). 105–111. 21 indexed citations

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Lin, Tzer-Bin, Cheng‐Yuan Lai, Ming-Chun Hsieh, et al.. (2015). VPS26A–SNX27 Interaction-Dependent mGluR5 Recycling in Dorsal Horn Neurons Mediates Neuropathic Pain in Rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(44). 14943–14955. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Shih‐Chia, Chi Chen, Ching‐Hu Chung, et al.. (2014). Inhibitory Effects of Butein on Cancer Metastasis and Bioenergetic Modulation. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62(37). 9109–9117. 21 indexed citations

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Ho, Yu‐Cheng, Jen‐Kun Cheng, & Lih‐Chu Chiou. (2013). Hypofunction of Glutamatergic Neurotransmission in the Periaqueductal Gray Contributes to Nerve-Injury-Induced Neuropathic Pain. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(18). 7825–7836. 52 indexed citations

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Chiang, Po‐Han, Pu‐Yeh Wu, Yu‐Chao Liu, et al.. (2012). GABA Is Depolarizing in Hippocampal Dentate Granule Cells of the Adolescent and Adult Rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(1). 62–67. 48 indexed citations

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Tsaur, Meei‐Ling, et al.. (2011). Chronic intrathecal infusion of gabapentin prevents nerve ligation-induced pain in rats. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 106(5). 699–705. 23 indexed citations

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Tsaur, Meei‐Ling, et al.. (2009). Intrathecal gabapentin does not act as a hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel activator in the rat formalin test. European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 26(10). 821–824.

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Kawasaki, Yasuhiko, Ling Zhang, Jen‐Kun Cheng, & Ru‐Rong Ji. (2008). Cytokine Mechanisms of Central Sensitization: Distinct and Overlapping Role of Interleukin-1β, Interleukin-6, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Regulating Synaptic and Neuronal Activity in the Superficial Spinal Cord. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(20). 5189–5194. 971 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, Jen‐Kun, et al.. (2007). Effects of intrathecal injection of T-type calcium channel blockers in the rat formalin test. Behavioural Pharmacology. 18(1). 1–8. 22 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jen‐Kun & Lih‐Chu Chiou. (2006). Mechanisms of the Antinociceptive Action of Gabapentin. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 100(5). 471–486. 201 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jen‐Kun, et al.. (2005). The Antiallodynic Action Target of Intrathecal Gabapentin: Ca2+ Channels, KATP Channels or N-Methyl-d-Aspartic Acid Receptors?. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 102(1). 182–187. 24 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jen‐Kun, Hui‐Lin Pan, & James C. Eisenach. (2000). Antiallodynic Effect of Intrathecal Gabapentin and Its Interaction with Clonidine in a Rat Model of Postoperative Pain. Anesthesiology. 92(4). 1126–1131. 76 indexed citations

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