Kefang Liu

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Kefang Liu is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kefang Liu has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Infectious Diseases, 16 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Kefang Liu's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (25 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (13 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (12 papers). Kefang Liu is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (25 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (13 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (12 papers). Kefang Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and Czechia. Kefang Liu's co-authors include George F. Gao, William J. Liu, Min Zhao, Jianxun Qi, Kun Xu, Wenjie Tan, Gary Wong, Qihui Wang, Jinghua Yan and Shuguang Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kefang Liu

39 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

T-cell immunity of SARS-CoV: Implications for vaccine development against MERS-CoV

2016 274 citations William J. Liu, Kefang Liu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kefang Liu China	17	811	280	228	194	153	43	1.1k
Kerri St. Denis United States	12	1.7k 2.1×	486 1.7×	291 1.3×	233 1.2×	98 0.6×	18	1.9k
Amy Kempf Germany	12	1.5k 1.8×	380 1.4×	160 0.7×	206 1.1×	63 0.4×	27	1.6k
Luise Graichen Germany	10	1.4k 1.8×	356 1.3×	146 0.6×	210 1.1×	61 0.4×	21	1.6k
Maple Wang United States	7	1.7k 2.1×	515 1.8×	157 0.7×	243 1.3×	68 0.4×	9	1.9k
Craig Schindewolf United States	11	1.3k 1.6×	403 1.4×	221 1.0×	220 1.1×	41 0.3×	14	1.5k
Frauke Muecksch United States	12	1.3k 1.6×	322 1.1×	198 0.9×	151 0.8×	39 0.3×	20	1.5k
Anna-Sophie Moldenhauer Germany	12	873 1.1×	221 0.8×	140 0.6×	112 0.6×	43 0.3×	14	1.0k
Amrita Ojha United States	9	894 1.1×	356 1.3×	146 0.6×	146 0.8×	48 0.3×	14	1.2k
Alexander S. Hahn Germany	8	619 0.8×	181 0.6×	100 0.4×	91 0.5×	94 0.6×	18	762
Claudia A. Jette United States	6	826 1.0×	360 1.3×	129 0.6×	128 0.7×	39 0.3×	8	977

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kefang Liu

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Yue, Can, Weiyu Peng, Kefang Liu, et al.. (2025). Precise motif and cross-presentation of coronavirus peptides by feline MHC class I: implications for the mild infection of SARS-CoV-2. The Journal of Immunology. 214(1). 115–129. 1 indexed citations

Li, Meng, Kefang Liu, Mingyu Xu, et al.. (2025). Anterior Cingulate Cortex–Anterior Insular Cortex Circuit Mediates Hyperalgesia in Adolescent Mice Experiencing Early Life Stress. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 16(5). 920–931.

Li, Linjie, Dongchun Yang, Zhi-Cheng Tang, et al.. (2025). Binding of Fusobacterium nucleatum autotransporter adhesin CbpF to human CEACAM1 and CEACAM5: A Velcro model for bacterium adhesion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(37). e2516574122–e2516574122. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Zepeng, Linjie Li, Dedong Li, et al.. (2025). CX1/BtSY2 and BANAL-20-52 exhibit broader receptor binding and higher affinities to multiple animal ACE2 orthologs than SARS-CoV-2 prototype. Journal of Virology. 99(8). e0028325–e0028325.

Qin, Shijie, Yali Hou, Xiaoyan Li, et al.. (2025). A complete Sigmodon hispidus genome and dynamic single-cell transcriptomics reveal evolutionarily conserved responses to RSV infection. Science Translational Medicine. 17(816). eadw7535–eadw7535.

Li, Linjie, Junqing Sun, Kaiyuan Shi, et al.. (2024). Receptor binding and structural basis of raccoon dog ACE2 binding to SARS-CoV-2 prototype and its variants. PLoS Pathogens. 20(12). e1012713–e1012713. 2 indexed citations

Li, Weiwei, Zepeng Xu, Tianhui Niu, et al.. (2024). Key mechanistic features of the trade-off between antibody escape and host cell binding in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant spike proteins. The EMBO Journal. 43(8). 1484–1498. 23 indexed citations

Niu, Sheng, Zhennan Zhao, Zhimin Liu, et al.. (2024). Structural basis and analysis of hamster ACE2 binding to different SARS-CoV-2 spike RBDs. Journal of Virology. 98(3). e0115723–e0115723. 4 indexed citations

Yue, Can, et al.. (2023). Seeing the T cell Immunity of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV: Believing the Epitope-Oriented Vaccines. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 19(13). 4052–4060. 10 indexed citations

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Shi, Kaiyuan, Linjie Li, Zepeng Xu, et al.. (2023). Structural basis of increased binding affinities of spikes from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants to rabbit and hare ACE2s reveals the expanding host tendency. mBio. 15(2). e0298823–e0298823. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanfang, Sheng Liu, Pu Han, et al.. (2023). Broad protective RBD heterotrimer vaccines neutralize SARS-CoV-2 including Omicron sub-variants XBB/BQ.1.1/BF.7. PLoS Pathogens. 19(9). e1011659–e1011659. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Linjie, Pu Han, Yufeng Xie, et al.. (2022). Broader-species receptor binding and structural bases of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 to both mouse and palm-civet ACE2s. Cell Discovery. 8(1). 65–65. 38 indexed citations

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Xu, Zepeng, Pu Han, Pei Du, et al.. (2022). Binding and structural basis of equine ACE2 to RBDs from SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3547–3547. 19 indexed citations

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Hu, Yu, Kefang Liu, Pu Han, et al.. (2022). Host range and structural analysis of bat‐origin RshSTT182 /200 coronavirus binding to human ACE2 and its animal orthologs. The EMBO Journal. 42(4). e111737–e111737. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Pengyan, Can Yue, Kefang Liu, et al.. (2021). Peptide Presentations of Marsupial MHC Class I Visualize Immune Features of Lower Mammals Paralleled with Bats. The Journal of Immunology. 207(8). 2167–2178. 5 indexed citations

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Dai, Lianpan, Kun Xu, Jinhe Li, et al.. (2021). Protective Zika vaccines engineered to eliminate enhancement of dengue infection via immunodominance switch. Nature Immunology. 22(8). 958–968. 30 indexed citations

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Sun, Huan, Yan Li, Peipei Liu, et al.. (2020). Structural basis of HCoV-19 fusion core and an effective inhibition peptide against virus entry. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 1238–1241. 30 indexed citations

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Liu, Kefang, Shuguang Tan, Wanjun Jin, et al.. (2020). N‐glycosylation of PD‐1 promotes binding of camrelizumab. EMBO Reports. 21(12). e51444–e51444. 66 indexed citations

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Wu, Lili, Qian Chen, Kefang Liu, et al.. (2020). Broad host range of SARS-CoV-2 and the molecular basis for SARS-CoV-2 binding to cat ACE2. Cell Discovery. 6(1). 68–68. 123 indexed citations

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Lü, Dan, Kefang Liu, Di Zhang, et al.. (2019). Peptide presentation by bat MHC class I provides new insight into the antiviral immunity of bats. PLoS Biology. 17(9). e3000436–e3000436. 25 indexed citations

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