Juan Lu

1.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 838 citations indexed

About

Juan Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Juan Lu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 838 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Juan Lu's work include Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (3 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (3 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (3 papers). Juan Lu is often cited by papers focused on Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (3 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (3 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (3 papers). Juan Lu collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Juan Lu's co-authors include Yuanshuai Su, Zhengyi Bao, Qingfei Chu, Lanjuan Li, Qiuxian Zheng, Qingmiao Shi, Xinyu Gu, Ganglei Li, Xin Yuan and Xue Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell Metabolism, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Juan Lu

22 papers receiving 827 citations

Hit Papers

Tryptophan metabolism in health and disease 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2023 2025 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Tryptophan metabolism in health and disease
    2023 467 citations Xue Chen, Ganglei Li et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  2. Current understanding of the intratumoral microbiome in various tumors
    2023 90 citations Xue Chen, Qingfei Chu et al. Cell Reports Medicine profile →
  3. Wnt signaling pathways in biology and disease: mechanisms and therapeutic advances
    2025 39 citations Xue Chen, Qingfei Chu et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Juan Lu China 11 425 147 111 103 93 24 838
Dongke Yu China 16 515 1.2× 127 0.9× 168 1.5× 242 2.3× 99 1.1× 44 1.1k
Kristaps Klavins Austria 18 566 1.3× 54 0.4× 202 1.8× 64 0.6× 90 1.0× 44 1.0k
Eunkyung Choi South Korea 17 489 1.2× 55 0.4× 92 0.8× 56 0.5× 64 0.7× 50 902
Xiaoling Zhao China 17 332 0.8× 54 0.4× 110 1.0× 52 0.5× 72 0.8× 39 769
Xueting Li China 18 470 1.1× 63 0.4× 48 0.4× 52 0.5× 123 1.3× 60 987
Xiaoya Li China 16 407 1.0× 34 0.2× 163 1.5× 32 0.3× 85 0.9× 49 842
Jiaqi Li China 16 375 0.9× 24 0.2× 91 0.8× 43 0.4× 70 0.8× 99 925
Carlos Vaamonde‐García Spain 17 507 1.2× 38 0.3× 185 1.7× 55 0.5× 187 2.0× 34 1.2k
Yoonhwa Shin South Korea 11 379 0.9× 36 0.2× 107 1.0× 48 0.5× 48 0.5× 15 746

Countries citing papers authored by Juan Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Juan Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Juan Lu

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

All Works

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Chen, Xue, Qingfei Chu, Qingmiao Shi, et al.. (2025). Wnt signaling pathways in biology and disease: mechanisms and therapeutic advances. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 10(1). 106–106. 39 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Yafeng, Shujun Zhang, Wenjuan Chen, et al.. (2025). Lycorine suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma via the reprogramming of myeloid and epithelial cells. Phytomedicine. 150. 157657–157657.
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Xue, Chen, Xinyu Gu, Qingmiao Shi, et al.. (2024). The interaction between intratumoral bacteria and metabolic distortion in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Translational Medicine. 22(1). 237–237. 28 indexed citations
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Liang, Yu, Juan Lu, & Weibo Du. (2024). Tryptophan metabolism in digestive system tumors: unraveling the pathways and implications. Cell Communication and Signaling. 22(1). 174–174. 26 indexed citations
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Lu, Juan, Xinyu Gu, Xue Chen, et al.. (2024). Glycyrrhizic acid alleviates concanavalin A-induced acute liver injury by regulating monocyte-derived macrophages. Phytomedicine. 133. 155586–155586. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoqian, et al.. (2024). The crucial roles and research advances of cGAS‑STING pathway in liver diseases. Annals of Medicine. 56(1). 2394588–2394588. 5 indexed citations
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Xue, Chen, Xinyu Gu, Qiuxian Zheng, et al.. (2023). Effects of 3‐HAA on HCC by Regulating the Heterogeneous Macrophages—A scRNA‐Seq Analysis. Advanced Science. 10(16). e2207074–e2207074. 26 indexed citations
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Chen, Xue, Qingfei Chu, Qiuxian Zheng, et al.. (2023). Current understanding of the intratumoral microbiome in various tumors. Cell Reports Medicine. 4(1). 100884–100884. 90 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Xue, Ganglei Li, Qiuxian Zheng, et al.. (2023). Tryptophan metabolism in health and disease. Cell Metabolism. 35(8). 1304–1326. 467 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Ganglei, Xinyu Gu, Yuanshuai Su, et al.. (2023). Health and Disease:Akkermansia muciniphila, the Shining Star of the Gut Flora. Research. 6. 107–107. 29 indexed citations
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Lu, Juan, Chengbo Yu, Qiongling Bao, Xiaoqian Zhang, & Jie Wang. (2022). Identification and analysis of necroptosis-associated signatures for prognostic and immune microenvironment evaluation in hepatocellular carcinoma. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 973649–973649. 12 indexed citations
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Xue, Chen, Xinyu Gu, Yalei Zhao, et al.. (2022). Prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma prognosis and immunotherapeutic effects based on tryptophan metabolism-related genes. Cancer Cell International. 22(1). 308–308. 10 indexed citations
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Lu, Juan, et al.. (2022). Next Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis of Leptospirosis Combined With Multiple Organ Failure: A Case Report and Literature Review. Frontiers in Medicine. 8. 756592–756592. 5 indexed citations
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Zhu, Danhua, Yanhong Zhang, Xiaoxi Ouyang, et al.. (2022). Expression, Prognostic Value, and Functional Mechanism of Polarity-Related Genes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21). 12784–12784. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Jin-yan, Mei Wang, Juan Lu, et al.. (2020). Fluorine in the environment in an endemic fluorosis area in Southwest, China. Environmental Research. 184. 109300–109300. 45 indexed citations
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Meng, Jie, Jianmin Xing, Yingze Wang, et al.. (2011). Epigenetic modulation of human breast cancer by metallofullerenol nanoparticles: in vivo treatment and in vitro analysis. Nanoscale. 3(11). 4713–4713. 24 indexed citations
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Huang, Linfang, et al.. (1987). [Mutual potentiation of the analgesic effects of [MET5] enkephalin, dynorphin A-(1-13) and morphine in the spinal cord of the rat].. PubMed. 39(5). 454–61. 6 indexed citations

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