Kailang Wu

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 897 citations indexed

About

Kailang Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kailang Wu has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 897 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Kailang Wu's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (3 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (3 papers). Kailang Wu is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (3 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (3 papers). Kailang Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Kailang Wu's co-authors include Yingle Liu, Fang Liu, Jianguo Wu, Weiyong Liu, Yi Mei, Wenxia Zhang, Ziyong Sun, Ke Lan, Mǎng Shī and Zhang Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as The FASEB Journal, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and International Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Kailang Wu

20 papers receiving 879 citations

Hit Papers

RNA based mNGS approach identifies a novel human coronavi... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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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.

  1. RNA based mNGS approach identifies a novel human coronavirus from two individual pneumonia cases in 2019 Wuhan outbreak
    2020 391 citations Liangjun Chen, Weiyong Liu et al. Emerging Microbes & Infections profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kailang Wu China 14 439 304 145 128 99 20 897
Zhiyang Ling China 13 257 0.6× 443 1.5× 162 1.1× 152 1.2× 42 0.4× 23 813
Panpan Lu China 14 334 0.8× 234 0.8× 199 1.4× 141 1.1× 43 0.4× 25 983
Samia Afzal Pakistan 20 407 0.9× 218 0.7× 125 0.9× 460 3.6× 74 0.7× 77 1.2k
Wangpeng Gu China 10 291 0.7× 403 1.3× 273 1.9× 74 0.6× 55 0.6× 12 910
Xiuxia Qu China 21 747 1.7× 825 2.7× 112 0.8× 172 1.3× 136 1.4× 28 1.7k
Kangtai Liu China 6 262 0.6× 636 2.1× 109 0.8× 137 1.1× 61 0.6× 8 1.1k
Jiajia Xie China 12 314 0.7× 457 1.5× 115 0.8× 118 0.9× 31 0.3× 29 862
Manish C. Choudhary India 13 268 0.6× 622 2.0× 93 0.6× 102 0.8× 35 0.4× 32 876
Upendra Katneni United States 13 331 0.8× 143 0.5× 87 0.6× 59 0.5× 64 0.6× 29 616
Sonia Zicari United States 17 375 0.9× 310 1.0× 256 1.8× 219 1.7× 37 0.4× 34 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kailang Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kailang Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kailang Wu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kailang Wu. The network helps show where Kailang Wu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kailang Wu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ye, Chenglin, Zhiqiang Li, Chun Ye, et al.. (2024). Association between Gut Microbiota and Biological Aging: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study. Microorganisms. 12(2). 370–370. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenbiao, Dingwen Hu, Yuqian Feng, et al.. (2020). Paxillin mediates ATP-induced activation of P2X7 receptor and NLRP3 inflammasome. BMC Biology. 18(1). 182–182. 63 indexed citations
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Tian, Mingfu, et al.. (2020). MYSM1 Suppresses Cellular Senescence and the Aging Process to Prolong Lifespan. Advanced Science. 7(22). 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Liangjun, Weiyong Liu, Zhang Qi, et al.. (2020). RNA based mNGS approach identifies a novel human coronavirus from two individual pneumonia cases in 2019 Wuhan outbreak. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 313–319. 391 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wan, Pin, Qí Zhāng, Weiyong Liu, et al.. (2019). Cullin1 binds and promotes NLRP3 ubiquitination to repress systematic inflammasome activation. The FASEB Journal. 33(4). 5793–5807. 59 indexed citations
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Liu, Yan, Wenbiao Wang, Aixin Li, et al.. (2019). SUMO1 SUMOylates and SENP3 deSUMOylates NLRP3 to orchestrate the inflammasome activation. The FASEB Journal. 34(1). 1497–1515. 48 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qi, Wei Liang, Wanqi Yang, et al.. (2015). Bromodomain containing protein represses the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK pathway to attenuate human hepatoma cell proliferation during HCV infection. Cancer Letters. 371(1). 107–116. 31 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chengliang, Fang Liu, Xiaohong Yan, et al.. (2015). Hepatitis B virus upregulates the expression of kinesin family member 4A. Molecular Medicine Reports. 12(3). 3503–3507. 16 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chengliang, Xinghui Liu, Shiqun Wang, et al.. (2014). Hepatitis C virus core protein induces hypoxia-inducible factor 1α-mediated vascular endothelial growth factor expression in Huh7.5.1 cells. Molecular Medicine Reports. 9(5). 2010–2014. 25 indexed citations
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Lu, Huarui, et al.. (2011). Inhibition of ovarian cancer by RGD‐P125A‐endostatin‐Fc fusion proteins. International Journal of Cancer. 129(3). 751–761. 12 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yu, et al.. (2008). An accurate quantitative method for screening effective siRNA probes targeting a Hepatitis B virus transcript in single living cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 367(4). 866–873. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhisu, et al.. (2007). Regulation of HIF-1 α to expression of N-myc downstream regulated gene 1 in colorectal carcinoma. Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences. 12(3). 563–568. 1 indexed citations
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Zou, Fang, Yan Liu, Li Liu, et al.. (2007). Retinoic acid activates human inducible nitric oxide synthase gene through binding of RARα/RXRα heterodimer to a novel retinoic acid response element in the promoter. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 355(2). 494–500. 24 indexed citations
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Liu, Quanyan, Kailang Wu, Ying Zhu, et al.. (2007). Silencing MAT2A gene by RNA interference inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis in human hepatoma cells. Hepatology Research. 37(5). 376–388. 31 indexed citations
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Wu, Kailang, Yongxin Mu, Jing Hu, et al.. (2006). Simultaneously inhibition of HIV and HBV replication through a dual small interfering RNA expression system. Antiviral Research. 74(2). 142–149. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Kailang, Xue Zhang, Jianlin Zhang, et al.. (2005). Inhibition of Hepatitis B virus gene expression by single and dual small interfering RNA treatment. Virus Research. 112(1-2). 100–107. 43 indexed citations
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Zeng, Xian‐Chun, Wenxin Li, Shunyi Zhu, et al.. (2000). Cloning and characterization of the cDNA sequences of two venom peptides from Chinese scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch (BmK). Toxicon. 38(7). 893–899. 19 indexed citations

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