Jiang Ren

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Jiang Ren is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jiang Ren has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Oncology and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Jiang Ren's work include TGF-β signaling in diseases (8 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers). Jiang Ren is often cited by papers focused on TGF-β signaling in diseases (8 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers). Jiang Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Sweden. Jiang Ren's co-authors include Peter ten Dijke, Sijia Liu, Long Zhang, Fangfang Zhou, Hans van Dam, Zhi Zong, Josephine Iaria, Yujun Wei, Hong‐Jian Zhu and Wen Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Jiang Ren

33 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Targeting TGFβ signal transduction for cancer therapy

2021 261 citations Sijia Liu, Jiang Ren et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →
Emerging roles of lysine lactyltransferases and lactylation

2025 20 citations Zhi Zong, Jiang Ren et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jiang Ren China	21	772	499	289	212	130	34	1.3k
Jenny G. Parvani United States	15	712 0.9×	587 1.2×	257 0.9×	175 0.8×	106 0.8×	19	1.2k
Prerna Suri India	8	1.1k 1.4×	852 1.7×	282 1.0×	238 1.1×	105 0.8×	9	1.6k
Damian J. Junk United States	17	777 1.0×	695 1.4×	341 1.2×	320 1.5×	100 0.8×	27	1.4k
Alison M. Karst United States	18	927 1.2×	578 1.2×	407 1.4×	200 0.9×	150 1.2×	21	1.8k
Francesca Di Modugno Italy	20	681 0.9×	519 1.0×	284 1.0×	234 1.1×	107 0.8×	43	1.3k
Sachi Horibata United States	16	838 1.1×	477 1.0×	281 1.0×	550 2.6×	123 0.9×	31	1.6k
Shilpee Dutt India	21	902 1.2×	295 0.6×	199 0.7×	269 1.3×	74 0.6×	48	1.5k
Meike de Wit Netherlands	21	666 0.9×	408 0.8×	295 1.0×	92 0.4×	205 1.6×	43	1.2k
Viswanathan Muthusamy United States	17	996 1.3×	483 1.0×	208 0.7×	273 1.3×	64 0.5×	28	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Jiang Ren

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jiang Ren

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zong, Zhi, Jiang Ren, Bing Yang, Long Zhang, & Fangfang Zhou. (2025). Emerging roles of lysine lactyltransferases and lactylation. Nature Cell Biology. 27(4). 563–574. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

Ren, Jiang, et al.. (2024). TGFβ family signaling in human stem cell self-renewal and differentiation. Cell Regeneration. 13(1). 26–26. 3 indexed citations

Ren, Jiang, et al.. (2024). Inhibitor of differentiation 3 confers the robust anti‐tumor activity of Kupffer cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(9). e708–e708.

Ren, Jiang, Peng Yu, Sijia Liu, et al.. (2023). Deubiquitylating Enzymes in Cancer and Immunity. Advanced Science. 10(36). e2303807–e2303807. 49 indexed citations

Ren, Jiang, et al.. (2023). Ras homolog family member J (RHOJ): a key regulator of chemoresistance associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 8(1). 376–376. 2 indexed citations

Okita, Yukari, Shady Younis, Jens Eriksson, et al.. (2022). TGFβ selects for pro‐stemness over pro‐invasive phenotypes during cancer cell epithelial–mesenchymal transition. Molecular Oncology. 16(12). 2330–2354. 9 indexed citations

Li, Chao, Jin Ma, Arwin Groenewoud, et al.. (2022). Establishment of Embryonic Zebrafish Xenograft Assays to Investigate TGF-β Family Signaling in Human Breast Cancer Progression. Methods in molecular biology. 2488. 67–80. 5 indexed citations

Ren, Jiang, Midory Thorikay, Maarten van Dinther, et al.. (2021). Inhibiting Endothelial Cell Function in Normal and Tumor Angiogenesis Using BMP Type I Receptor Macrocyclic Kinase Inhibitors. Cancers. 13(12). 2951–2951. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Sijia, Jiang Ren, & Peter ten Dijke. (2021). Targeting TGFβ signal transduction for cancer therapy. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 6(1). 8–8. 261 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zong, Zhi, Yujun Wei, Jiang Ren, Long Zhang, & Fangfang Zhou. (2021). The intersection of COVID-19 and cancer: signaling pathways and treatment implications. Molecular Cancer. 20(1). 76–76. 45 indexed citations

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Ren, Jiang, et al.. (2020). Reactivation of BMP signaling by suboptimal concentrations of MEK inhibitor and FK506 reduces organ-specific breast cancer metastasis. Cancer Letters. 493. 41–54. 24 indexed citations

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Almaas, Eivind, Jiang Ren, Sen Zhao, et al.. (2019). GREM1 is associated with metastasis and predicts poor prognosis in ER-negative breast cancer patients. Cell Communication and Signaling. 17(1). 140–140. 39 indexed citations

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Ren, Jiang, Marcel Smid, Josephine Iaria, et al.. (2019). Cancer-associated fibroblast-derived Gremlin 1 promotes breast cancer progression. Breast Cancer Research. 21(1). 109–109. 119 indexed citations

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Ren, Jiang, et al.. (2017). Invasive Behavior of Human Breast Cancer Cells in Embryonic Zebrafish. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 36 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Weihan Yang, Qiang Pu, et al.. (2015). The effects and mechanisms of SLC34A2 in tumorigenesis and progression of human non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Biomedical Science. 22(1). 52–52. 34 indexed citations

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Yang, Weihan, Yu Wang, Qiang Pu, et al.. (2014). Elevated expression of SLC34A2 inhibits the viability and invasion of A549 cells. Molecular Medicine Reports. 10(3). 1205–1214. 19 indexed citations

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Ma, Qingping, Qianqian Jiang, Qiang Pu, et al.. (2013). MicroRNA-143 Inhibits Migration and Invasion of Human Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Its Relative Mechanism. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 9(7). 680–692. 58 indexed citations

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Ren, Jiang, et al.. (2012). Cationic Lipids Containing Cyclen and Ammonium Moieties as Gene Delivery Vectors. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 79(6). 879–887. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Weihan, Yu Wang, Qingping Ma, et al.. (2012). Cationic liposome-mediated nitric oxide synthase gene therapy enhances the antitumor effects of cisplatin in lung cancer. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 31(1). 33–42. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yang, Jiang Ren, Yun Fu, et al.. (2011). Cyclen-Based Cationic Lipids for Highly Efficient Gene Delivery towards Tumor Cells. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e23134–e23134. 27 indexed citations

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