Ke Du

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Ke Du is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Du has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 6 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Ke Du's work include Trace Elements in Health (8 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers). Ke Du is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (8 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers). Ke Du collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United Kingdom. Ke Du's co-authors include Minjie Wei, Xin Zhong, Mingyan Liu, Xin Jin, Weifan Yao, Hua Gao, Dongfang Zhang, Ping Qian, Shiqiang Gong and Binbin Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Ke Du

37 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Baicalin mitigates cognitive impairment and protects neur... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Baicalin mitigates cognitive impairment and protects neurons from microglia‐mediated neuroinflammation via suppressing NLRP3 inflammasomes and TLR4/NF‐κB signaling pathway
    2019 311 citations Xin Jin, Dongfang Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ke Du China 16 418 266 248 127 117 43 1.0k
Tahir Muhammad Pakistan 17 488 1.2× 277 1.0× 293 1.2× 158 1.2× 136 1.2× 58 1.3k
Xin Zhong China 14 329 0.8× 280 1.1× 252 1.0× 132 1.0× 139 1.2× 20 906
Daxiang Lu China 16 541 1.3× 409 1.5× 222 0.9× 202 1.6× 108 0.9× 32 1.3k
Ángel J. García‐Yagüe Spain 12 979 2.3× 330 1.2× 170 0.7× 144 1.1× 92 0.8× 17 1.5k
Ke Ding China 25 1.1k 2.5× 306 1.2× 164 0.7× 75 0.6× 101 0.9× 33 1.9k
Rahat Ullah South Korea 17 331 0.8× 167 0.6× 245 1.0× 79 0.6× 101 0.9× 29 984
Huanling Yu China 26 495 1.2× 112 0.4× 490 2.0× 58 0.5× 86 0.7× 71 1.5k
Ruey‐Horng Shih Taiwan 8 451 1.1× 315 1.2× 177 0.7× 85 0.7× 80 0.7× 9 1.1k
Geeta Negi India 13 558 1.3× 134 0.5× 469 1.9× 52 0.4× 120 1.0× 25 1.5k
Weina Yang China 22 403 1.0× 307 1.2× 404 1.6× 103 0.8× 187 1.6× 44 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ke Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ke Du

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Du

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

All Works

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Yang, Song, Yue Yang, Hongwei Ma, et al.. (2025). FGFs/FGFRs and neuroinflammatory diseases: mechanism, drug therapies and delivery systems. Journal of Advanced Research. 78. 733–756. 1 indexed citations
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Nakano, Tsuyoshi, Eiko Yoshida, Yu Sasaki, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms Underlying Sensory Nerve-Predominant Damage by Methylmercury in the Peripheral Nervous System. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(21). 11672–11672. 1 indexed citations
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Zhong, Xin, Shiqiang Gong, Linghui Meng, et al.. (2024). Cordycepin Modulates Microglial M2 Polarization Coupled with Mitochondrial Metabolic Reprogramming by Targeting HKII and PDK2. Advanced Science. 11(31). e2304687–e2304687. 26 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Eiko, Kazuhiro Aoki, Yu Sasaki, et al.. (2024). Comparative study of susceptibility to methylmercury cytotoxicity in cell types composing rat peripheral nerves: a higher susceptibility of dorsal root ganglion neurons. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 49(5). 241–248. 1 indexed citations
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Du, Ke, Takashi Hirooka, Yu Sasaki, et al.. (2023). Pathogenesis of selective damage of granule cell layer in cerebellum of rats exposed to methylmercury. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 48(7). 429–439. 1 indexed citations
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Du, Ke, et al.. (2023). Does the short-selling mechanism improve energy security? Evidence from China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(4). 1734–1745.
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Zhao, Xiaohui, Yawen Wang, Ke Du, et al.. (2022). Bacteriophage protein Gp46 is a cross-species inhibitor of nucleoid-associated HU proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(9). 15 indexed citations
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Du, Ke, et al.. (2022). Association of Circulating Magnesium Levels in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease From 1991 to 2021: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 13. 799824–799824. 14 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhihua, Xin Zhong, Weifan Yao, et al.. (2022). Cordycepin improved neuronal synaptic plasticity through CREB-induced NGF upregulation driven by MG-M2 polarization: a microglia-neuron symphony in AD. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 157. 114054–114054. 12 indexed citations
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Du, Ke, Wei Wang, & Zhenxing Wang. (2020). Clinical observation of single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. Minerva Medica. 111(6). 601–603. 1 indexed citations
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Jin, Xin, Mingyan Liu, Dongfang Zhang, et al.. (2019). Natural products as a potential modulator of microglial polarization in neurodegenerative diseases. Pharmacological Research. 145. 104253–104253. 87 indexed citations
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Ma, Chao, Ke Du, Ying Zhao, et al.. (2018). Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4] benzodiazepine-3,11-diones protect SHSY-5Y cells from Cd-induced apoptosis involving suppression of endoplasmic reticulum stress. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(18). 5151–5158. 4 indexed citations
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Du, Ke, et al.. (2017). Association of circulating manganese levels with Parkinson’s disease: A meta-analysis. Neuroscience Letters. 665. 92–98. 21 indexed citations
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Du, Ke, Mingyan Liu, Xin Zhong, & Minjie Wei. (2017). Decreased circulating Zinc levels in Parkinson’s disease: a meta-analysis study. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3902–3902. 45 indexed citations

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