Julia Chu

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Julia Chu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Julia Chu has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Julia Chu's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (11 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (9 papers). Julia Chu is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (11 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (9 papers). Julia Chu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Julia Chu's co-authors include Song Li, Jennifer S. Park, Aijun Wang, Kyle Kurpinski, Li Song, Zhenyu Tang, Shyam Patel, Falei Yuan, David V. Schaffer and Richard J. Rodeheffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Julia Chu

46 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The effect of matrix stiffness on the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in response to TGF-β

2011 622 citations Jennifer S. Park, Julia Chu et al. Biomaterials profile →
The Frequency of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Series of Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

1992 495 citations Julia Chu et al. profile →
Biophysical regulation of epigenetic state and cell reprogramming

2013 386 citations Timothy L. Downing, Timothée Houssin et al. Nature Materials profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Julia Chu	1.5k	1.4k	1.0k	909	729	49	4.0k
Laoise M. McNamara	1.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.4×	952 0.9×	993 1.1×	503 0.7×	104	4.8k
Christopher J. Drake	2.5k 1.6×	1.5k 1.1×	872 0.9×	884 1.0×	427 0.6×	68	5.0k
Juan M. Melero‐Martin	2.3k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	418 0.4×	1.8k 2.0×	1.3k 1.7×	69	5.2k
José Rivera‐Feliciano	1.6k 1.0×	933 0.7×	686 0.7×	784 0.9×	416 0.6×	10	2.9k
Jeroen Eyckmans	889 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	820 0.8×	697 0.8×	483 0.7×	52	3.0k
Onnik Agbulut	2.4k 1.6×	797 0.6×	579 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	116	4.1k
Richard P. Visconti	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	454 0.4×	695 0.8×	499 0.7×	49	3.6k
Ruei‐Zeng Lin	1.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.8×	481 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	881 1.2×	46	4.3k
Penney M. Gilbert	2.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	715 1.0×	52	4.7k
Erella Livne	2.6k 1.7×	1.1k 0.8×	287 0.3×	1.9k 2.1×	833 1.1×	49	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Julia Chu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Julia Chu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julia Chu

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

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Dvorak, Christopher C., Soohee Cho, Christine S. Higham, et al.. (2025). High Melphalan Exposure Increases the Risk of Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Alpha-Beta T-Cell Depleted Haploidentical Transplantation. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 31(6). 384.e1–384.e15.

Dvorak, Christopher C., Julia Chu, Lena E. Winestone, et al.. (2025). Younger children with nonmalignant disease have increased incidence of mixed myeloid chimerism after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with busulfan-based conditioning. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 31(4). 259.e1–259.e15. 1 indexed citations

Higham, Christine S., Kristin A. Shimano, Sandhya Kharbanda, et al.. (2024). Cyclophosphamide and Thiotepa Increases Risk of Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 30(9). 931.e1–931.e10. 2 indexed citations

Song, Yang, Jennifer Soto, Tyler Hoffman, et al.. (2024). Biphasic regulation of epigenetic state by matrix stiffness during cell reprogramming. Science Advances. 10(7). eadk0639–eadk0639. 18 indexed citations

Dvorak, Christopher C., Janel Long‐Boyle, Sandhya Kharbanda, et al.. (2024). Diagnosing and Grading of Sinusoidal Obstructive Syndrome after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant of Children, Adolescent and Young Adults treated in a Pediatric Institution with Pediatric Protocols. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 30(7). 690.e1–690.e16. 3 indexed citations

Soto, Jennifer, Yang Song, Hyungju Park, et al.. (2023). Reduction of Intracellular Tension and Cell Adhesion Promotes Open Chromatin Structure and Enhances Cell Reprogramming. Advanced Science. 10(24). e2300152–e2300152. 18 indexed citations

Corsini, Nina S., Ábel Vértesy, Theresa O. Scholl, et al.. (2022). Amplification of human interneuron progenitors promotes brain tumors and neurological defects. Science. 375(6579). eabf5546–eabf5546. 99 indexed citations

Zhu, Yiqian, Xian Li, Randall Raphael R. Janairo, et al.. (2018). Matrix stiffness modulates the differentiation of neural crest stem cells in vivo. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 234(5). 7569–7578. 46 indexed citations

Wang, Dong, Aijun Wang, Fan Wu, et al.. (2017). Sox10+ adult stem cells contribute to biomaterial encapsulation and microvascularization. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 40295–40295. 15 indexed citations

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Addicott, Benjamin, et al.. (2016). Congenital Cyst of the Umbilical Cord. Fetal and Pediatric Pathology. 35(5). 344–347. 10 indexed citations

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Downing, Timothy L., Timothée Houssin, Falei Yuan, et al.. (2013). Biophysical regulation of epigenetic state and cell reprogramming. Nature Materials. 12(12). 1154–1162. 386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tang, Zhenyu, Aijun Wang, Falei Yuan, et al.. (2012). Differentiation of multipotent vascular stem cells contributes to vascular diseases. Nature Communications. 3(1). 875–875. 222 indexed citations

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Li, Xian, Julia Chu, Li Yang, & Song Li. (2011). Anisotropic Effects of Mechanical Strain on Neural Crest Stem Cells. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 40(3). 598–605. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Xian, Julia Chu, Aijun Wang, et al.. (2011). Uniaxial Mechanical Strain Modulates the Differentiation of Neural Crest Stem Cells into Smooth Muscle Lineage on Micropatterned Surfaces. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e26029–e26029. 39 indexed citations

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Li, Yuan, Julia Chu, Kyle Kurpinski, et al.. (2011). Biophysical Regulation of Histone Acetylation in Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Biophysical Journal. 100(8). 1902–1909. 144 indexed citations

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Park, Jennifer S., et al.. (2011). The effect of matrix stiffness on the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in response to TGF-β. Biomaterials. 32(16). 3921–3930. 622 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lam, Hayley, Shyam Patel, Aijun Wang, Julia Chu, & Song Li. (2010). In Vitro Regulation of Neural Differentiation and Axon Growth by Growth Factors and Bioactive Nanofibers. Tissue Engineering Part A. 16(8). 2641–2648. 57 indexed citations

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Thakar, Rahul, et al.. (2009). Cell-Shape Regulation of Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation. Biophysical Journal. 96(8). 3423–3432. 167 indexed citations

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Kurpinski, Kyle, Deok‐Jin Jang, Sanchita Bhattacharya, et al.. (2008). Differential Effects of X-Rays and High-Energy 56Fe Ions on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 73(3). 869–877. 40 indexed citations

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Mai, Weiyi, Dong Chen, Tianbing Ding, et al.. (2005). Inhibition ofPkhd1Impairs Tubulomorphogenesis of Cultured IMCD Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(9). 4398–4409. 59 indexed citations

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