Jiafu Ou

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Jiafu Ou is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jiafu Ou has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Jiafu Ou's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (7 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (5 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (4 papers). Jiafu Ou is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (7 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (5 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (4 papers). Jiafu Ou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Jiafu Ou's co-authors include Michael S. Brown, Joseph L. Goldstein, Guosheng Liang, Yuriy K. Bashmakov, Bei Shan, David J. Mangelsdorf, Iichiro Shimomura, Joyce J. Repa, J GOLDSTEIN and Russell A. DeBose‐Boyd and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Jiafu Ou

15 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Regulation of mouse sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c gene (SREBP-1c) by oxysterol receptors, LXRα and LXRβ

2000 1.4k citations Joyce J. Repa, Guosheng Liang et al. Genes & Development profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jiafu Ou United States	12	2.0k	1.7k	767	733	593	16	3.1k
Michiyo Amemiya-Kudo Japan	19	1.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	861 1.1×	454 0.6×	827 1.4×	22	3.9k
Damien C. Wilpitz United States	11	1.9k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	341 0.4×	996 1.4×	316 0.5×	11	3.4k
Robert Walczak France	15	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	320 0.4×	582 0.8×	297 0.5×	26	2.6k
Hilde I. Nebb Norway	26	951 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	839 1.1×	405 0.6×	430 0.7×	38	2.6k
Omar L. Francone United States	34	3.6k 1.8×	2.5k 1.5×	528 0.7×	1.6k 2.2×	485 0.8×	71	5.2k
Futoshi Shionoiri Japan	17	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	837 1.1×	191 0.3×	453 0.8×	18	2.8k
Abraham K. Gebre United States	25	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	244 0.3×	575 0.8×	293 0.5×	44	2.3k
Heidi R. Kast-Woelbern United States	14	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	204 0.3×	1.8k 2.5×	532 0.9×	16	3.1k
Virginie Bocher France	10	848 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	303 0.4×	381 0.5×	272 0.5×	11	2.0k
Motohiro Sekiya Japan	27	615 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	391 0.5×	238 0.3×	746 1.3×	58	2.5k

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Xia, Yu, et al.. (2025). Hemodynamic characteristics of dilated ascending aorta in patients with bicuspid aortic valve. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 20(1). 354–354.

Zhu, Shuai, Zhiyu Qiao, Jiafu Ou, et al.. (2019). Acute Aortic Dissection in Young Adult Patients: Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Perioperative Outcomes. Journal of Investigative Surgery. 33(3). 211–217. 16 indexed citations

Halatchev, Ilia G., et al.. (2018). Wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTRwt-CA), previously known as senile cardiac amyloidosis: clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and emerging therapies. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 10(3). 2034–2045. 15 indexed citations

Zhu, Shuai, Jiafu Ou, Weigang Fang, et al.. (2018). Treatment with Corticosteroid and/or Immunosuppressive Agents before Surgery can Effectively Improve the Surgical Outcome in Patients with Takayasu's Arteritis. Journal of Investigative Surgery. 32(3). 220–227. 18 indexed citations

Kasus‐Jacobi, Anne, Jiafu Ou, David G. Birch, et al.. (2005). Functional Characterization of Mouse RDH11 as a Retinol Dehydrogenase Involved in Dark Adaptation in Vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(21). 20413–20420. 36 indexed citations

Chen, Guoxun, Guosheng Liang, Jiafu Ou, Joseph L. Goldstein, & Michael S. Brown. (2004). Central role for liver X receptor in insulin-mediated activation of Srebp-1c transcription and stimulation of fatty acid synthesis in liver. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(31). 11245–11250. 445 indexed citations

Kasus‐Jacobi, Anne, Jiafu Ou, Yuriy K. Bashmakov, et al.. (2003). Characterization of Mouse Short-chain Aldehyde Reductase (SCALD), an Enzyme Regulated by Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(34). 32380–32389. 41 indexed citations

Ou, Jiafu, et al.. (2001). Unsaturated Fatty Acids Down-regulate SREBP Isoforms 1a and 1c by Two Mechanisms in HEK-293 Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(6). 4365–4372. 376 indexed citations

DeBose‐Boyd, Russell A., Jiafu Ou, Joseph L. Goldstein, & Michael S. Brown. (2001). Expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c (SREBP-1c) mRNA in rat hepatoma cells requires endogenous LXR ligands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(4). 1477–1482. 211 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiandi, Jiafu Ou, Yuriy K. Bashmakov, et al.. (2001). Insulin inhibits transcription of IRS-2 gene in rat liver through an insulin response element (IRE) that resembles IREs of other insulin-repressed genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(7). 3756–3761. 90 indexed citations

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Ou, Jiafu, Hua Tu, Bei Shan, et al.. (2001). Unsaturated fatty acids inhibit transcription of the sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) gene by antagonizing ligand-dependent activation of the LXR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(11). 6027–6032. 403 indexed citations

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Repa, Joyce J., Guosheng Liang, Jiafu Ou, et al.. (2000). Regulation of mouse sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c gene (SREBP-1c) by oxysterol receptors, LXRα and LXRβ. Genes & Development. 14(22). 2819–2830. 1431 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saku, Keijiro, Jiafu Ou, Shiro Jimi, et al.. (1999). A Missense Mutation of the Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) Gene (Glu298Asp) in Five Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Angiology. 50(8). 671–676. 6 indexed citations

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Ou, Jiafu, Keijiro Saku, Shiro Jimi, et al.. (1999). Combined Effects of Probucol and Bezafibrate on Lipoprotein Metabolism and Liver Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein mRNA in Cholesterol-Fed Rabbits. Japanese Circulation Journal. 63(6). 471–477. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Kan, Jiafu Ou, Keijiro Saku, et al.. (1999). Efficient Nuclear Delivery of Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides and Selective Inhibition of CETP Expression by Apo E Peptide in a Human CETP–Stably Transfected CHO Cell Line. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 19(9). 2207–2213. 7 indexed citations

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Ou, Jiafu, Shiro Jimi, Takao Ohta, et al.. (1998). Mechanism of action of probucol on cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mRNA in a Chinese hamster ovary cell line that had been stably transfected with a human CETP gene. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 1393(1). 153–160. 11 indexed citations

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