Ke Ren

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
165 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Ke Ren is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Ren has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Physiology, 68 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ke Ren's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (78 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (28 papers) and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (23 papers). Ke Ren is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (78 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (28 papers) and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (23 papers). Ke Ren collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Ke Ren's co-authors include Ronald Dubner, Richard Torres, Lixing Lao, Wei Feng, Brian Berman, Shiping Zou, Wei Guo, Rui-Xin Zhang, Yun Guan and Ryuji Terayama and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Medicine and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Ke Ren

156 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Interactions between the immune and nervous systems in pain

2010 633 citations Ke Ren, Ronald Dubner profile →
Role of interleukin-1β during pain and inflammation

2009 580 citations Ke Ren et al. profile →
Periodontal Bone-Ligament-Cementum Regeneration via Scaffolds and Stem Cells

2019 211 citations Ke Ren et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Ren

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Convertible ROS Nanocatalyst/Eliminator for Enhancing Tumor Radio‐Immunotherapy and Relieving Radiation Enteritis 2025 ·Advanced Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Chenyu Wang, Mengyao Mu, Ke Ren, Nengyi Ni, (unknown), Kai Guo, Xiaoyu Hu, Feifei Teng, David Tai Leong, Qing Fan, Xiao Sun	0
2	The Down-Regulation of Lactoferrin Expression Induced by Cigarette Smoke can Induce Ferroptosis in COPD 2025 ·Lung ·(unknown), (unknown), Ke Ren, H. J. Yang, (unknown)	1
3	Injectable Magnetic Hydrogel Incorporated with Anti‐Inflammatory Peptide for Efficient Magnetothermal Treatment of Endometriosis 2024 ·Advanced Science ·(unknown), Xiaohui Dai, Na Li, Le Zhang, Zihan Wang, Ke Ren, Yulei Li, Xiao Sun, Jipeng Wan	7
4	Probing Conformational Transition of TRPV5 Induced by Mechanical Force Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics 2023 ·Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling ·(unknown), Yan Li, (unknown), Ke Ren, (unknown), Ning Gu	0
5	Black Phosphorus Nanosheets Assist Nanoerythrosomes for Efficient mRNA Vaccine Delivery and Immune Activation 2023 ·Advanced Healthcare Materials ·Lixin Yang, Tengqi Wang, Dexin Zhang, Xin Huang, (unknown), Wen Gao, (unknown), Ke Ren, Wei Zhao, Haishi Qiao, Lizhou Jia	19
6	EGF-induced nuclear translocation of SHCBP1 promotes bladder cancer progression through inhibiting RACGAP1-mediated RAC1 inactivation 2022 ·Cell Death and Disease ·Hubin Yin, Chen Zhang, Zongjie Wei, Weiyang He, Ning Xu, Yingjie Xu, (unknown), Ke Ren, Youlin Kuang, Xin Zhu, (unknown), Haitao Yu, Xin Gou	17
7	A likely autotetraploidization event shaped the Chinese mahogany (Toona sinensis) genome 2022 ·Horticultural Plant Journal ·Jianyu Wang, Ziyi Yang, Tianyu Lei, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jiaqi Zhang, Sangrong Sun, Qiang Xu, Shaoqi Shen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zihan Liu, (unknown), Ke Ren, Yuxin Pan, Haibin Liu, (unknown), (unknown)	6
8	Long Non-Coding RNA MDFIC-7 Promotes Chordoma Progression Through Modulating the miR-525-5p/ARF6 Axis 2021 ·Frontiers in Oncology ·Kai Zhang, (unknown), Zhidong Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Haiqing Mao, Huilin Yang, Ke Ren, Kangwu Chen	8
9	Transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling reveals the effect of LED light quality on morphological traits, and phenylpropanoid-derived compounds accumulation in Sarcandra glabra seedlings 2020 ·BMC Plant Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Chengcheng Zhou, Muhammad Waqqas Khan Tarin, (unknown), Ke Ren, Tianyou He, (unknown), Yushan Zheng	27
10	LncRNA AFAP1-AS1 Supresses miR-139-5p and Promotes Cell Proliferation and Chemotherapy Resistance of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer by Competitively Upregulating RRM2 2019 ·Frontiers in Oncology ·Na Huang, Wei Guo, Ke Ren, Wancheng Li, Yi Jiang, (unknown), Wenjing Dai, Wei Zhao	71
11	Identification of potential crucial genes associated with vasculogenic mimicry in human osteosarcoma based on gene expression profile 2019 ·Neoplasma ·Nan Yao, Ke Ren, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Qing Chang, (unknown), (unknown), Qiaomei Jin, J Zhang, (unknown), Jing Zhou	9
12	Osteoarthritis pain mechanisms: basic studies in animal models 2013 ·Osteoarthritis and Cartilage ·(unknown), Ke Ren, Ronald Dubner	113
13	The Role Of Trigeminal Interpolaris-Caudalis Transition Zone In Persistent Orofacial Pain 2011 ·International review of neurobiology ·Ke Ren, Ronald Dubner	66
14	[Hath1 gene transfer inhibits the proliferation of colonic cancer cells in vitro]. 2010 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Jianping Gong, Ke Ren, (unknown), (unknown)	0
15	Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation 2006 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Wei Guo, Meredith T. Robbins, Wei Feng, Shiping Zou, Ronald Dubner, Ke Ren	154
16	Reversal of Agonist Selectivity by Mutations of Conserved Amino Acids in the Binding Site of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors 2006 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Nicole A. Horenstein, Thomas J. McCormack, Clare Stokes, Ke Ren, Roger L. Papke	26
17	Electroacupuncture Attenuates Inflammation in a Rat Model 2005 ·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine ·Rui-Xin Zhang, Lixing Lao, Xiaoya Wang, Arthur Yin Fan, Linbo Wang, Ke Ren, Brian Berman	67
18	Plasticity in Excitatory Amino Acid Receptor-Mediated Descending Pain Modulation after Inflammation 2002 ·Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·Yun Guan, Ryuji Terayama, Ronald Dubner, Ke Ren	75
19	Long-term effects of short-lasting early local inflammatory insult 2001 ·Neuroreport ·Michael S. Lidow, Zan‐Min Song, Ke Ren	77
20	Dorsal column-thalamic pathway is involved in thalamic hyperexcitability following peripheral nerve injury: a lesion study in rats with experimental mononeuropathy 2000 ·Pain ·Kenji Miki, Koichi Iwata, Yoshiyuki Tsuboi, Toshifumi Morimoto, Eiji Kondo, Yi Dai, Ke Ren, Koichi Noguchi	51

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