Jian Tan

9.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
49 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Jian Tan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jian Tan has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Jian Tan's work include Gut microbiota and health (20 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (9 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Jian Tan is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (20 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (9 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers). Jian Tan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Jian Tan's co-authors include Laurence Macia, Charles R. Mackay, Craig I. McKenzie, Alison N. Thorburn, Reina E. Mebius, Gera Goverse, Peter Vuillermin, David M. Kaye, Duncan Horlock and Francine Z. Marques and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jian Tan

46 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

The Role of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Health and Disease

2014 1.8k citations Jian Tan, Craig I. McKenzie et al. Advances in immunology profile →
High-Fiber Diet and Acetate Supplementation Change the Gut Microbiota and Prevent the Development of Hypertension and Heart Failure in Hypertensive Mice

2016 782 citations Jian Tan, Charles R. Mackay et al. profile →
Smoking in China

1999 530 citations Jian Tan et al. profile →
Dietary Fiber and Bacterial SCFA Enhance Oral Tolerance and Protect against Food Allergy through Diverse Cellular Pathways

2016 500 citations Jian Tan, Craig I. McKenzie et al. profile →
Dietary Fiber Protects against Diabetic Nephropathy through Short-Chain Fatty Acid–Mediated Activation of G Protein–Coupled Receptors GPR43 and GPR109A

2020 265 citations Yan Jun Li, Xiaochen Chen et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
Dietary fiber and SCFAs in the regulation of mucosal immunity

2022 229 citations Jian Tan, Laurence Macia et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jian Tan	3.1k	1.9k	647	568	545	49	5.5k
Maria Cristina Mele	3.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.2×	839 1.3×	585 1.0×	601 1.1×	128	6.5k
Marco Cintoni	3.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	593 0.9×	546 1.0×	594 1.1×	85	5.4k
Emanuele Rinninella	3.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	638 1.0×	567 1.0×	526 1.0×	101	5.6k
Ara Koh	4.6k 1.5×	2.1k 1.1×	846 1.3×	875 1.5×	338 0.6×	43	6.4k
Francesca Fava	3.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	879 1.5×	578 1.1×	50	6.1k
Rita Ostan	2.9k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	433 0.7×	350 0.6×	777 1.4×	66	5.7k
Yunwei Wang	3.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	622 1.0×	354 0.6×	297 0.5×	52	5.4k
Laurence Macia	3.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	820 1.3×	703 1.2×	460 0.8×	87	7.2k
Susanne Brix	2.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	669 1.0×	436 0.8×	343 0.6×	150	4.8k
Hao Ding	3.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	468 0.7×	534 0.9×	287 0.5×	47	5.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ni, Duan, Jian Tan, Alistair M. Senior, et al.. (2025). High Fat Low Carbohydrate Diet Is Linked to CNS Autoimmunity Protection. Advanced Science. 12(22). e2412236–e2412236. 1 indexed citations

Tan, Jian, et al.. (2025). Antibiotic-mediated dysbiosis leads to activation of inflammatory pathways. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1493991–1493991. 4 indexed citations

Tan, Jian, et al.. (2025). Association between arterial stiffness and MASLD in US young adults: base on NHANES 2005-2018. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 22. 101003–101003.

Jiang, Xiaolong, et al.. (2025). Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy in overcoming tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance in a patient with malignant pleural effusion: a case report. Translational Lung Cancer Research. 14(1). 292–299.

Au, Alice L.S., Jian Tan, Gabriela Veronica Pinget, et al.. (2024). Myeloperoxidase Gene Deletion Causes Drastic Microbiome Shifts in Mice and Does Not Mitigate Dextran Sodium Sulphate-Induced Colitis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(8). 4258–4258. 5 indexed citations

Ribeiro, Rosilene V., Alistair M. Senior, Stephen J. Simpson, et al.. (2024). Rapid benefits in older age from transition to whole food diet regardless of protein source or fat to carbohydrate ratio: Arandomised control trial. Aging Cell. 23(11). e14276–e14276. 4 indexed citations

Zheng, Yuzhen, et al.. (2024). Addition of bevacizumab to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in advanced NSCLC: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1238579–1238579. 1 indexed citations

Tan, Jian, et al.. (2023). Dysbiotic Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites and Their Role in Non-Communicable Diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(20). 15256–15256. 19 indexed citations

Tan, Jian, Rosilene V. Ribeiro, Christopher Barker, et al.. (2023). Functional profiling of gut microbial and immune responses toward different types of dietary fiber: a step toward personalized dietary interventions. Gut Microbes. 15(2). 2274127–2274127. 10 indexed citations

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Ni, Duan, Jian Tan, R. Robert, et al.. (2023). GPR109A expressed on medullary thymic epithelial cells affects thymic Treg development. European Journal of Immunology. 53(11). e2350521–e2350521. 3 indexed citations

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Berry, Stuart N., et al.. (2023). A macrocyclic fluorescent probe for the detection of citrate. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 21(42). 8548–8553. 8 indexed citations

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Tan, Jian, Duan Ni, Gabriela Veronica Pinget, et al.. (2022). Dietary protein increases T-cell-independent sIgA production through changes in gut microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4336–4336. 59 indexed citations

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Tan, Jian, Duan Ni, Rosilene V. Ribeiro, Gabriela Veronica Pinget, & Laurence Macia. (2021). How Changes in the Nutritional Landscape Shape Gut Immunometabolism. Nutrients. 13(3). 823–823. 24 indexed citations

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Tan, Jian, Duan Ni, Jibran A. Wali, et al.. (2021). Dietary carbohydrate, particularly glucose, drives B cell lymphopoiesis and function. iScience. 24(8). 102835–102835. 21 indexed citations

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Eberhard, Joerg, Jian Tan, Thilini N. Jayasinghe, et al.. (2021). A randomized clinical trial to investigate the effect of dietary protein sources on periodontal health. Journal Of Clinical Periodontology. 49(4). 388–400. 16 indexed citations

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Pinget, Gabriela Veronica, Jian Tan, Paula Niewold, et al.. (2020). Immune Modulation of Monocytes Dampens the IL-17+ γδ T Cell Response and Associated Psoriasis Pathology in Mice. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 140(12). 2398–2407.e1. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Yan Jun, Xiaochen Chen, Tony Kwan, et al.. (2020). Dietary Fiber Protects against Diabetic Nephropathy through Short-Chain Fatty Acid–Mediated Activation of G Protein–Coupled Receptors GPR43 and GPR109A. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 31(6). 1267–1281. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Huiling, Julian Singer, Tony Kwan, et al.. (2020). Gut Microbial Metabolites Induce Donor-Specific Tolerance of Kidney Allografts through Induction of T Regulatory Cells by Short-Chain Fatty Acids. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 31(7). 1445–1461. 61 indexed citations

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Chevalier, Nina, Jian Tan, Linda J. Mason, et al.. (2016). Avenues to autoimmune arthritis triggered by diverse remote inflammatory challenges. Journal of Autoimmunity. 73. 120–129. 4 indexed citations

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Tan, Jian, et al.. (2014). The Role of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Health and Disease. Advances in immunology. 121. 91–119. 1822 indexed citations breakdown →

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