Kang Chen

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
135 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Kang Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Kang Chen has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Immunology and 24 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Kang Chen's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers). Kang Chen is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers). Kang Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Kang Chen's co-authors include Andrea Cerutti, Iván Soltész, Alejo Chorny, Tallie Z. Baram, Bing He, Nihar R. Nayak, Neha Nayak, Emilie K. Grasset, Giuliana Magri and Bihui Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Kang Chen

123 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Mucus Enhances Gut Homeostasis and Oral Tolerance by Deli... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2022 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. Mucus Enhances Gut Homeostasis and Oral Tolerance by Delivering Immunoregulatory Signals
    2013 473 citations Meimei Shan, Maurizio Gentile et al. Science profile →
  2. Cartilage tissue engineering: From proinflammatory and anti‑inflammatory cytokines to osteoarthritis treatments (Review)
    2022 139 citations Kang Chen et al. profile →

Peers

Kang Chen
Alexander N.R. Weber Germany
Éva Rajnavölgyi Hungary
Sung Eun Kim South Korea
Yi Ding China
Sudhanshu Agrawal United States
Bassel E. Sawaya United States
Anne Jarry France
Claudio Costantini Italy
Yasuko Kobayashi Japan
Alexander N.R. Weber Germany
Kang Chen
Citations per year, relative to Kang Chen Kang Chen (= 1×) peers Alexander N.R. Weber

Countries citing papers authored by Kang Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kang Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kang Chen. 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 Kang Chen. The network helps show where Kang Chen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kang Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kang Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kang Chen 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 Kang Chen. Kang Chen 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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El‐Aziz, Tarek Mohamed Abd, Kang Chen, Litao Xie, et al.. (2025). LRRC8 channel complexes counterbalance KATP channels to mediate swell-secretion coupling in mouse pancreatic β cells. JCI Insight. 10(11).
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Li, Hui, Tao Liu, Yang Wang, et al.. (2025). Paraventricular nucleus CRH neurons regulate acute lung injury via sympathetic nerve–neutrophil axis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8870–8870. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Haoran, Kang Chen, Lulin Cheng, et al.. (2025). FAM111B enhances glycolysis and promotes metastasis of prostate cancer by upregulating LDHA. Neoplasia. 69. 101227–101227.
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Zhang, Daming, Xin Zhao, Kang Chen, et al.. (2024). Elemental and particle size fractionation during the transport of Eu(III)-silicate colloids in water-saturated porous media. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 477. 135300–135300.
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Tang, Xu-Dong, Yangyang Shang, Shan Li, et al.. (2024). Targeted delivery of Fc-fused PD-L1 for effective management of acute and chronic colitis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Kang, Xiaoliang Huang, Zhen Wang, et al.. (2023). Identification of intestinal microbiome associated with lymph-vascular invasion in colorectal cancer patients and predictive label construction. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1098310–1098310. 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jiang, Kang Chen, Yu Sun, et al.. (2023). LSM1-mediated Major Satellite RNA decay is required for nonequilibrium histone H3.3 incorporation into parental pronuclei. Nature Communications. 14(1). 957–957. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Cong, Kang Chen, Kaibo Yang, et al.. (2022). Progress on application of spatial epidemiology in ophthalmology. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 936715–936715. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Weijia, Jing Liu, Kang Chen, et al.. (2021). Vitamin D promotes autophagy in AML cells by inhibiting miR-17-5p-induced Beclin-1 overexpression. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 476(11). 3951–3962. 10 indexed citations
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Lin, Lin, et al.. (2019). KIF2C exerts an oncogenic role in nonsmall cell lung cancer and is negatively regulated by miR‐325‐3p. Cell Biochemistry and Function. 37(6). 424–431. 51 indexed citations
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Chen, Kang, Xiu Xin, Lipeng Qiu, et al.. (2019). Co-delivery of p53 and MDM2 inhibitor RG7388 using a hydroxyl terminal PAMAM dendrimer derivative for synergistic cancer therapy. Acta Biomaterialia. 100. 118–131. 18 indexed citations
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Yang, Lihong, et al.. (2019). Research progress of fish bone calcium utilization and related processing technologies.. Shipin yanjiu yu kaifa. 40(1). 194–200. 1 indexed citations
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Jena, Manoj Kumar, Bhola Shankar Pradhan, Neha Nayak, et al.. (2018). VEGF may contribute to macrophage recruitment and M2 polarization in the decidua. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0191040–e0191040. 188 indexed citations
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Shan, Meimei, Maurizio Gentile, A. Walland, et al.. (2013). Mucus Enhances Gut Homeostasis and Oral Tolerance by Delivering Immunoregulatory Signals. Science. 342(6157). 447–453. 473 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ballon, Gianna, et al.. (2011). Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) vFLIP oncoprotein induces B cell transdifferentiation and tumorigenesis in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(3). 1141–1153. 81 indexed citations
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Chen, Kang, Bing He, Paul A Santini, et al.. (2008). C{micro}->C{delta} Class Switch Recombination and IgD Production Contribute to Mucosal Immunity. The FASEB Journal. 22. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Weifeng, Paul A Santini, Allysia J. Matthews, et al.. (2008). Viral Double-Stranded RNA Triggers Ig Class Switching by Activating Upper Respiratory Mucosa B Cells through an Innate TLR3 Pathway Involving BAFF. The Journal of Immunology. 181(1). 276–287. 90 indexed citations

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