Ke Xu

10.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
139 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Ke Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Xu has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Ke Xu's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (28 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (14 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (14 papers). Ke Xu is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (28 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (14 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (14 papers). Ke Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Ke Xu's co-authors include David Goldman, Robert H. Lipsky, Joshua A. Bueller, Jon-Kar Zubieta, Christian S. Stohler, Mary M. Heitzeg, Robert A. Koeppe, Yolanda R. Smith, Yanjun Xu and Guanshan Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ke Xu

130 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Genetic basis for individual variations in pain perception and the development of a chronic pain condition

2004 947 citations Ke Xu et al. profile →
Serotonin Transporter Promoter Gain-of-Function Genotypes Are Linked to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2006 920 citations Ke Xu et al. profile →
COMT val ¹⁵⁸ met Genotype Affects µ-Opioid Neurotransmitter Responses to a Pain Stressor

2003 841 citations Ke Xu et al. profile →
Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations

2019 283 citations Hang Zhou, Amy C. Justice et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Xu

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Morroniside alleviates cisplatin-induced renal injury and gut dysbiosis via the gut–kidney axis and ferroptosis 2025 ·International Immunopharmacology ·(unknown), Ke Xu, (unknown), Bo Yu, (unknown), Fangfang Huang, Zuisu Yang	1
2	Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups, Biomarkers of Inflammation and Immune Activation, and Risk of Diabetes in Veterans With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2025 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·(unknown), Suman Kundu, David C. Samuels, Samuel Bailin, Ke Xu, Kaku So‐Armah, Adeel A. Butt, Mariana Gerschenson, Matthew Bidwell Goetz, Margaret F. Doyle, Russell P. Tracy, Vincent C. Marconi, Amy C. Justice, Matthew S. Freiberg, John R. Koethe, Todd Hulgan	0
3	Air pollution is the risk factor for psychiatric disorders: a two-step Mendelian randomization study 2025 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·Jingying Zhou, Zhe Lu, Ke Xu, (unknown), Yunqing Zhu, Rui Yuan, Yaoyao Sun, (unknown), (unknown)	1
4	Transcriptomic Alterations Induced by Tetrahydrocannabinol in SIV/HIV Infection: A Systematic Review 2025 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Amir Valizadeh, Rebecca T. Veenhuis, (unknown), Ke Xu	0
5	Frequent Cocaine Use is Associated With Larger HIV Latent Reservoir Size 2024 ·JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes ·Bradley E. Aouizerat, (unknown), (unknown), Ke Xu, Bryan C. Quach, Grier P. Page, Deborah Konkle‐Parker, Hector Bolívar, Cecile D. Lahiri, Elizabeth T. Golub, Mardge H. Cohen, Seble Kassaye, Jack DeHovitz, Mark H. Kuniholm, Nancie M. Archin, Phyllis C. Tien, Dana B. Hancock, Eric O. Johnson	1
6	Low-Voltage Ride-Through Technology in Photovoltaic Power Generation 2024 ·Highlights in Science Engineering and Technology ·Ke Xu	0
7	Childhood adversity, accelerated GrimAge, and associated health consequences 2024 ·Journal of Behavioral Medicine ·Zachary M. Harvanek, Anastacia Y. Kudinova, (unknown), Ke Xu, Leslie A. Brick, Teresa E. Daniels, Carmen J. Marsit, Amber Burt, Rajita Sinha, Audrey R. Tyrka	5
8	HBI: a hierarchical Bayesian interaction model to estimate cell-type-specific methylation quantitative trait loci incorporating priors from cell-sorted bisulfite sequencing data 2024 ·Genome biology ·(unknown), Biao Cai, Hongyu Li, Xinyu Zhang, Gypsyamber DʼSouza, Sadeep Shrestha, Andrew Edmonds, Jacquelyn L. Meyers, Margaret A. Fischl, Seble Kassaye, Kathryn Anastos, Mardge H. Cohen, Bradley E. Aouizerat, Ke Xu, Hongyu Zhao	1
9	Co-occurrence of injection drug use and hepatitis C increases epigenetic age acceleration that contributes to all-cause mortality among people living with HIV 2023 ·Epigenetics ·Xiaoyu Liang, Amy C. Justice, Vincent C. Marconi, Bradley E. Aouizerat, Ke Xu	4
10	Cis-meQTL for cocaine use-associated DNA methylation in an HIV-positive cohort show pleiotropic effects on multiple traits 2023 ·BMC Genomics ·(unknown), Amy C. Justice, Zuoheng Wang, Boyang Li, Dana B. Hancock, Eric O. Johnson, Ke Xu	1
11	Greater stress and trauma mediate race-related differences in epigenetic age between Black and White young adults in a community sample 2023 ·Neurobiology of Stress ·Terrell Holloway, Zachary M. Harvanek, Ke Xu, Derrick M. Gordon, Rajita Sinha	8
12	Association between Electronic Media Use and Internalizing Problems: The Mediating Effect of Parent–Child Conflict and Moderating Effect of Children’s Age 2023 ·Behavioral Sciences ·(unknown), Ke Xu, (unknown)	8
13	Inhibitory role of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells‐derived exosome in non‐small‐cell lung cancer: microRNA‐30b‐5p, EZH2 and PI3K/AKT pathway 2023 ·Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine ·Tong Wu, Qi Tian, (unknown), Ke Xu, Shanshan Shi, (unknown), Liming Gao, (unknown), Shufeng Xu, (unknown)	25
14	Dissecting the epigenomic differences between smoking and nicotine dependence in a veteran cohort 2022 ·Addiction Biology ·Sheila T. Nagamatsu, Robert H. Pietrzak, Ke Xu, John H. Krystal, Joel Gelernter, Janitza L. Montalvo‐Ortiz	2
15	Epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder identifies novel loci in U.S. military veterans 2022 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Janitza L. Montalvo‐Ortiz, Joel Gelernter, Zhongshan Cheng, Matthew J. Girgenti, Ke Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Shyamalika Gopalan, Hang Zhou, Ronald S. Duman, Steven M. Southwick, John H. Krystal, Matthew J. Friedman, Robert H. Pietrzak	18
16	A new monocyte epigenetic clock reveals nonlinear effects of alcohol consumption on biological aging in three independent cohorts (N = 2242) 2022 ·Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research ·Xiaoyu Liang, Rajita Sinha, Amy C. Justice, Mardge H. Cohen, Bradley E. Aouizerat, Ke Xu	16
17	A novel graph-based k-partitioning approach improves the detection of gene-gene correlations by single-cell RNA sequencing 2022 ·BMC Genomics ·Heng Xu, Ying Hu, Xinyu Zhang, Bradley E. Aouizerat, Chunhua Yan, Ke Xu	4
18	Retrospective Association Analysis of Longitudinal Binary Traits Identifies Important Loci and Pathways in Cocaine Use 2019 ·Genetics ·Weimiao Wu, Zhong Wang, Ke Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Amei Amei, Joel Gelernter, Hongyu Zhao, Amy C. Justice, Zuoheng Wang	10
19	Longitudinal SNP‐set association analysis of quantitative phenotypes 2016 ·Genetic Epidemiology ·Zhong Wang, Ke Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Xiaowei Wu, Zuoheng Wang	8
20	Effect of levothyrocine-thyroxine 4 replacement therapy on cognitive status in elderly patients with subclinical hypothyroidism 2013 ·Ke Xu	1

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