Jiang‐Fan Chen

27.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
285 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Jiang‐Fan Chen is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jiang‐Fan Chen has authored 285 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Physiology, 102 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 81 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jiang‐Fan Chen's work include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (145 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (48 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (37 papers). Jiang‐Fan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (145 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (48 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (37 papers). Jiang‐Fan Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Portugal. Jiang‐Fan Chen's co-authors include Michael A. Schwarzschild, Bertil B. Fredholm, Rodrigo A. Cunha, Holger K. Eltzschig, J. Stephen Fink, Jean‐Marie Vaugeois, Joel Linden, Zhi‐Li Huang, Detlev Boison and Hai‐Ying Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Jiang‐Fan Chen

277 papers receiving 21.1k 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.

Adenosine generation catalyzed by CD39 and CD73 expressed on regulatory T cells mediates immune suppression

2007 1.8k citations Jiang‐Fan Chen et al. profile →
A2A adenosine receptor protects tumors from antitumor T cells

2006 817 citations Akio Ohta, Elieser Gorelik et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Adenosine receptors as drug targets — what are the challenges?

2013 714 citations Jiang‐Fan Chen et al. profile →
Adenosine A1 receptors mediate local anti-nociceptive effects of acupuncture

2010 614 citations Jiang‐Fan Chen et al. profile →
Adenosine and Brain Function

2005 555 citations Jiang‐Fan Chen, Rodrigo A. Cunha et al. profile →
Age, geochemistry, and tectonic implications of a late Paleozoic stitching pluton in the North Tian Shan suture zone, western China

2009 427 citations Jiang‐Fan Chen et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jiang‐Fan Chen	9.3k	5.8k	5.7k	3.2k	2.7k	285	21.4k
Kazuhide Inoue	6.1k 0.6×	4.8k 0.8×	6.9k 1.2×	6.4k 2.0×	2.0k 0.7×	290	19.7k
Makoto Tsuda	3.7k 0.4×	3.5k 0.6×	5.9k 1.0×	4.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	281	15.7k
Maria P. Abbracchio	8.6k 0.9×	5.5k 0.9×	3.6k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	233	14.8k
Michael W. Salter	2.1k 0.2×	9.4k 1.6×	12.3k 2.2×	4.7k 1.5×	1.1k 0.4×	180	25.1k
Charles Kennedy	5.4k 0.6×	4.6k 0.8×	4.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	417 0.2×	180	16.7k
Raymond A. Swanson	1.4k 0.2×	7.4k 1.3×	6.6k 1.2×	5.1k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	184	19.1k
Michael A. Moskowitz	1.2k 0.1×	12.8k 2.2×	7.6k 1.3×	8.6k 2.7×	3.1k 1.1×	230	35.7k
Giorgio Bernardi	1.6k 0.2×	10.6k 1.8×	19.1k 3.4×	5.9k 1.8×	1.9k 0.7×	615	35.2k
Stephen D. Skaper	900 0.1×	5.5k 0.9×	6.2k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	277	15.4k
Michael F. Jarvis	5.8k 0.6×	4.4k 0.8×	3.1k 0.5×	713 0.2×	550 0.2×	251	12.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jiang‐Fan Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jia, Yujuan, et al.. (2025). Therapeutic potential of 40 Hz flickering light stimulation in Alzheimer's disease: Mechanisms, evidence, and controversies. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 108(4). 1441–1451.

Wang, Meng C., Wei Guo, & Jiang‐Fan Chen. (2024). Caffeine: a potential mechanism for anti-obesity. Purinergic Signalling. 21(4). 893–909. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Tao, Xin Liu, Xin Lin, et al.. (2024). Abnormal α-Synuclein Aggregates Cause Synaptic- and Microcircuit-Specific Deficits in the Retinal Rod Pathway. American Journal Of Pathology. 194(5). 796–809. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Chenyu, et al.. (2024). Enhancement of low gamma oscillations by volitional conditioning of local field potential in the primary motor and visual cortex of mice. Cerebral Cortex. 34(2). 1 indexed citations

Fang, Zheng, et al.. (2023). Driver vigilance detection based on deep learning with fused thermal image information for public transportation. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 124. 106604–106604. 15 indexed citations

Huang, Keke, Hui Guo, Qiuqin Sun, et al.. (2023). Targeting ZDHHC9 potentiates anti-programmed death-ligand 1 immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer by modifying the tumor microenvironment. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 161. 114567–114567. 26 indexed citations

Li, Peijun, Zewen Li, Wu Zheng, et al.. (2023). Lateral septum adenosine A2A receptors control stress-induced depressive-like behaviors via signaling to the hypothalamus and habenula. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1880–1880. 44 indexed citations

Zhao, Fuxin, Hui Zhou, Wei Chen, et al.. (2021). Declines in PDE4B activity promote myopia progression through downregulation of scleral collagen expression. Experimental Eye Research. 212. 108758–108758. 19 indexed citations

Li, Ting, et al.. (2021). Adenosine A2A receptor modulates microglia-mediated synaptic pruning of the retinogeniculate pathway during postnatal development. Neuropharmacology. 200. 108806–108806. 10 indexed citations

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Hong, Sa‐Ik, Seungwoo Kang, Jiang‐Fan Chen, & Doo‐Sup Choi. (2019). Indirect Medium Spiny Neurons in the Dorsomedial Striatum Regulate Ethanol-Containing Conditioned Reward Seeking. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(36). 7206–7217. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Hongmei, Jun‐Sub Jung, Ju‐Suk Nam, et al.. (2018). G2A Protects Mice against Sepsis by Modulating Kupffer Cell Activation: Cooperativity with Adenosine Receptor 2b. The Journal of Immunology. 202(2). 527–538. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Rong, Cun Wang, Bin Lin, et al.. (2015). Chronic treatment of caffeine and adenosine A2A receptor antagonist KW6002 selectively protects against oxygen-induced retinal neovascular damage in mice. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 56(7). 214–214. 1 indexed citations

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Kaster, Manuella P., Nuno J. Machado, Henrique B. Silva, et al.. (2015). Caffeine acts through neuronal adenosine A _2A receptors to prevent mood and memory dysfunction triggered by chronic stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(25). 7833–7838. 258 indexed citations

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Wang, Tan, et al.. (2014). Chronic caffeine treatment protects against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice: Therapeutic window and receptor subtype mechanism. Neuropharmacology. 86. 203–211. 35 indexed citations

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Matos, Marco, Elisabete Augusto, Paula Agostinho, Rodrigo A. Cunha, & Jiang‐Fan Chen. (2013). Antagonistic Interaction between Adenosine A_2AReceptors and Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase-α₂Controlling Glutamate Uptake in Astrocytes. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(47). 18492–18502. 100 indexed citations

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Augusto, Elisabete, Marco Matos, Jean Sévigny, et al.. (2013). Ecto-5'-Nucleotidase (CD73)-Mediated Formation of Adenosine Is Critical for the Striatal Adenosine A2A Receptor Functions. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(28). 11390–11399. 136 indexed citations

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An, Jianhong, et al.. (2012). Effects of Dopamine D2 Receptor on the Development of Form-Deprivation Myopia in Mice. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 3436–3436. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiangtian, et al.. (2012). cAMP Regulates Visual Development and Myopia Occurrence in Guinea Pigs Probably via Reducing Scleral Collagen Synthesis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 4661–4661. 2 indexed citations

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Ohta, Akio, Elieser Gorelik, Simon J. Prasad, et al.. (2006). A2A adenosine receptor protects tumors from antitumor T cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(35). 13132–13137. 817 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Yunjuan, et al.. (2001). Manufacture of complementary DNA arrays on amino-modified slides. PROGRESS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS. 28(1). 1 indexed citations

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