Junlong Zhao

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Junlong Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Junlong Zhao has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Immunology and 9 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Junlong Zhao's work include Immune cells in cancer (11 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (5 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (5 papers). Junlong Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (11 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (5 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (5 papers). Junlong Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Junlong Zhao's co-authors include Hong‐Yan Qin, Hua Han, Chun-Chen Gao, Shi-Qian Liang, Yuchen Ye, Pengfei Ma, Jian Bai, Junsong Pan, Huanle He and Yan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Junlong Zhao

43 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Bioinspired porous three-coordinated single-atom Fe nanozyme with oxidase-like activity for tumor visual identification via glutathione

2023 130 citations Da Chen, Zhaoming Xia et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junlong Zhao China	23	948	650	347	265	223	45	1.9k
Yingmiao Liu United States	24	1.4k 1.5×	396 0.6×	192 0.6×	75 0.3×	440 2.0×	62	2.2k
Yongwei Sun China	30	1.4k 1.5×	405 0.6×	854 2.5×	151 0.6×	1.0k 4.6×	107	2.7k
Shi Jiao China	26	1.6k 1.7×	735 1.1×	484 1.4×	76 0.3×	510 2.3×	54	3.0k
Jingjing Yu China	22	787 0.8×	273 0.4×	421 1.2×	94 0.4×	367 1.6×	82	1.6k
Meng Duan China	22	589 0.6×	452 0.7×	307 0.9×	56 0.2×	452 2.0×	42	1.4k
Atsushi Takano Japan	25	1.5k 1.5×	392 0.6×	332 1.0×	144 0.5×	760 3.4×	63	2.5k
Zhong Wang United States	30	2.6k 2.7×	274 0.4×	311 0.9×	186 0.7×	344 1.5×	66	3.3k
Hong Yao China	25	1.1k 1.1×	229 0.4×	466 1.3×	37 0.1×	354 1.6×	88	1.8k
Sugiko Watanabe Japan	23	2.1k 2.2×	532 0.8×	747 2.2×	67 0.3×	366 1.6×	29	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junlong Zhao

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

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Fu, Wei, et al.. (2025). The association between helicobacter pylori infection and Triglyceride-Glucose (TyG) index in US adults: A retrospective cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0295888–e0295888. 1 indexed citations

Fu, Wei, et al.. (2025). Association of Life’s Essential 8 and Life’s Simple 7 with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease in the United States. World Journal of Hepatology. 17(2). 97741–97741.

Zhao, Junlong, Chun-Chen Gao, Rong Qiao, et al.. (2024). LTBR acts as a novel immune checkpoint of tumor‐associated macrophages for cancer immunotherapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(5). e233–e233. 9 indexed citations

Li, Penghui, Junlong Zhao, Yangguang Ma, et al.. (2024). Transplantation of miR-145a-5p modified M2 type microglia promotes the tissue repair of spinal cord injury in mice. Journal of Translational Medicine. 22(1). 724–724. 6 indexed citations

Yao, Jin, Penghui Li, Xiu‐Li Cao, et al.. (2024). Phenotypic comparison and the potential antitumor function of immortalized bone marrow-derived macrophages (iBMDMs). Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1379853–1379853. 4 indexed citations

Liang, Shi-Qian, Penghui Li, Yiyang Hu, et al.. (2023). Myeloid-specific blockade of notch signaling alleviates dopaminergic neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease by dominantly regulating resident microglia activation through NF-κB signaling. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1193081–1193081. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Da, Zhaoming Xia, Wangyan Gou, et al.. (2023). Bioinspired porous three-coordinated single-atom Fe nanozyme with oxidase-like activity for tumor visual identification via glutathione. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7127–7127. 130 indexed citations breakdown →

Feng, Dayun, Jinpeng Zhou, Xun Wu, et al.. (2022). Astrocytic NDRG2-PPM1A interaction exacerbates blood-brain barrier disruption after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Science Advances. 8(39). eabq2423–eabq2423. 56 indexed citations

Ren, Kaixi, Sanzhong Li, Shi-Qian Liang, et al.. (2022). Notch signaling dependent monocyte conversion alleviates immune-mediated neuropathies by regulating RBP-J/NR4A1 axis. Journal of Autoimmunity. 133. 102945–102945. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Junlong, Jianqin Kang, Nini Zhang, et al.. (2021). Astragaloside IV Alleviates the Experimental DSS-Induced Colitis by Remodeling Macrophage Polarization Through STAT Signaling. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 740565–740565. 71 indexed citations

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Pan, Jian, Guanqun Chen, Yue Chen, et al.. (2021). Study of micro-trichome (mict) reveals novel connections between transcriptional regulation of multicellular trichome development and specific metabolism in cucumber. Horticulture Research. 8(1). 21–21. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Sanzhong, Kaixi Ren, Jing Zhao, et al.. (2021). miR-139/PDE2A-Notch1 feedback circuit represses stemness of gliomas by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 17(13). 3508–3521. 23 indexed citations

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Ye, Yuchen, Junlong Zhao, Chun-Chen Gao, et al.. (2019). NOTCH Signaling via WNT Regulates the Proliferation of Alternative, CCR2-Independent Tumor-Associated Macrophages in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancer Research. 79(16). 4160–4172. 82 indexed citations

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Yan, Lin, Junlong Zhao, Qijun Zheng, et al.. (2018). Notch Signaling Modulates Macrophage Polarization and Phagocytosis Through Direct Suppression of Signal Regulatory Protein α Expression. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 1744–1744. 86 indexed citations

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Zhao, Junlong, Fei Huang, Fei He, et al.. (2016). Forced Activation of Notch in Macrophages Represses Tumor Growth by Upregulating miR-125a and Disabling Tumor-Associated Macrophages. Cancer Research. 76(6). 1403–1415. 100 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yali, Shiren Sun, Junlong Zhao, Yuanyuan Wang, & Xiaowei Liu. (2015). Effect of macrophage polarization on interstitial fibrosis in mouse unilateral ureteral obstruction model. 31(3). 208–213. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Junlong, Junsong Pan, Yuan Guan, et al.. (2015). Transcriptome analysis in Cucumis sativus identifies genes involved in multicellular trichome development. Genomics. 105(5-6). 296–303. 27 indexed citations

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Fu, Wei, Kai Wang, Junlong Zhao, et al.. (2014). FHL1C induces apoptosis in notch1-dependent T-ALL cells through an interaction with RBP-J. BMC Cancer. 14(1). 463–463. 4 indexed citations

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Zhao, Junlong, Shi-Qian Liang, Wei Fu, et al.. (2014). The LIM domain protein FHL1C interacts with tight junction protein ZO-1 contributing to the epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) of a breast adenocarcinoma cell line. Gene. 542(2). 182–189. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weiwei, Junsong Pan, Huanle He, et al.. (2011). Construction of a high density integrated genetic map for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 124(2). 249–259. 72 indexed citations

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