Kefeng Lu

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kefeng Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kefeng Lu has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Epidemiology and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Kefeng Lu's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (28 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (15 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers). Kefeng Lu is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (28 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (15 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers). Kefeng Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Kefeng Lu's co-authors include Stefan Jentsch, Ivan Psakhye, Lingqiang Zhang, Guichun Xing, Fuchu He, Huihui Li, Fabian den Brave, Ping Xie, Yong Lin and Zhenyu Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kefeng Lu

54 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF3a inhibits fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes

2021 170 citations Huihui Li, Yong Lin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kefeng Lu China	22	1.3k	573	337	321	222	55	2.0k
Lina Herhaus Germany	18	1.1k 0.8×	705 1.2×	232 0.7×	239 0.7×	252 1.1×	25	1.6k
Hossein A. Hamed United States	27	1.1k 0.9×	609 1.1×	277 0.8×	511 1.6×	521 2.3×	45	2.3k
Birgit Fehrenbacher Germany	21	1.2k 1.0×	258 0.5×	172 0.5×	489 1.5×	464 2.1×	50	2.2k
Andreas Ernst Germany	15	1.0k 0.8×	811 1.4×	386 1.1×	123 0.4×	297 1.3×	28	1.8k
Liyun Zou China	21	662 0.5×	288 0.5×	190 0.6×	175 0.5×	444 2.0×	53	1.4k
Keiichi Tamai Japan	24	1.3k 1.0×	421 0.7×	209 0.6×	355 1.1×	260 1.2×	63	2.2k
David E. Solow-Cordero United States	18	1.6k 1.2×	298 0.5×	473 1.4×	314 1.0×	133 0.6×	30	2.3k
Doris Popovic Germany	8	1.7k 1.4×	1.5k 2.7×	667 2.0×	299 0.9×	247 1.1×	11	2.9k
Andrew Y. Choo United States	20	1.6k 1.2×	378 0.7×	170 0.5×	290 0.9×	558 2.5×	29	2.6k
Sjoerd J. L. van Wijk Germany	19	1.7k 1.3×	457 0.8×	230 0.7×	525 1.6×	554 2.5×	36	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kefeng Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kefeng Lu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Jiahe, Yi Fan, Guowen Luo, et al.. (2025). Nuclear Condensates of WW Domain‐Containing Adaptor With Coiled‐Coil Regulate Mitophagy via Alternative Splicing. Advanced Science. 12(10). e2406759–e2406759. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Shiyan, Peng Huang, Karin Lindkvist‐Petersson, et al.. (2024). Closed and open structures of the eukaryotic magnesium channel Mrs2 reveal the auto-ligand-gating regulation mechanism. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(3). 491–501.

Ding, Xulong, Shuqiang Cao, Qing Wang, et al.. (2024). DNALI1 Promotes Neurodegeneration after Traumatic Brain Injury via Inhibition of Autophagosome‐Lysosome Fusion. Advanced Science. 11(15). e2306399–e2306399. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Chong, Jian Zou, Bingnan Luo, et al.. (2023). Modular characterization of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein domain functions in nucleocapsid-like assembly. Molecular Biomedicine. 4(1). 22–24. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Shiyan, Yi-Chang Wang, Yuqing Lei, et al.. (2023). The ER calcium channel Csg2 integrates sphingolipid metabolism with autophagy. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3725–3725. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Huicong, Luxian Lv, Wenqiang Li, et al.. (2023). Palmitoylated Sept8-204 modulates learning and anxiety by regulating filopodia arborization and actin dynamics. Science Signaling. 16(814). eadi8645–eadi8645. 6 indexed citations

Zheng, Jiaxin, Yingying Deng, Zhen Wei, et al.. (2023). Lipid phosphatase SAC1 suppresses hepatitis B virus replication through promoting autophagic degradation of virions. Antiviral Research. 213. 105601–105601. 8 indexed citations

Li, Haiyan, Liang Lv, Kefeng Lu, et al.. (2022). Autophagy: Dual roles and perspective for clinical treatment of colorectal cancer. Biochimie. 206. 49–60. 10 indexed citations

Jiang, Lan, et al.. (2021). The progress inC9orf72research: ALS/FTD pathogenesis, functions and structure. Small GTPases. 13(1). 56–76. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Qi, Pan Li, Li Gao, et al.. (2021). Genetically incorporated crosslinkers reveal NleE attenuates host autophagy dependent on PSMD10. eLife. 10. 8 indexed citations

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Lei, Yuqing, Xueguang Zhang, Shiyan Liu, et al.. (2021). Autophagic elimination of ribosomes during spermiogenesis provides energy for flagellar motility. Developmental Cell. 56(16). 2313–2328.e7. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Chunxia, et al.. (2021). Protein lysine crotonylation: past, present, perspective. Cell Death and Disease. 12(7). 703–703. 91 indexed citations

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Tang, Dan, Xiechao Zhan, Xiaoyu Liu, et al.. (2020). Cryo-EM structure of C9ORF72–SMCR8–WDR41 reveals the role as a GAP for Rab8a and Rab11a. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(18). 9876–9883. 51 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, Tongbao Feng, Hongxing Zhou, et al.. (2020). Vitamin D Deficiency May Not Be an Independent Risk Factor for Peripheral Arterial Disease in Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in China. Disease Markers. 2020. 1–7. 5 indexed citations

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Lei, Yuqing, Dan Tang, Ga Liao, et al.. (2020). The crystal structure of Atg18 reveals a new binding site for Atg2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78(5). 2131–2143. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fumei, Wen Zhang, Kefeng Lu, et al.. (2019). High-mobility group protein N2 induces autophagy by activating AMPK/ULK1 pathway and thereby boosts UPEC proliferation within bladder epithelial cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 513(1). 193–200. 2 indexed citations

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Lu, Kefeng, Fabian den Brave, & Stefan Jentsch. (2017). Receptor oligomerization guides pathway choice between proteasomal and autophagic degradation. Nature Cell Biology. 19(6). 732–739. 78 indexed citations

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Wang, Shaoxia, Yang Li, Kefeng Lu, et al.. (2014). NEDL2 is an essential regulator of enteric neural development and GDNF/Ret signaling. Cellular Signalling. 27(3). 578–586. 16 indexed citations

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Lu, Kefeng, Ivan Psakhye, & Stefan Jentsch. (2014). Autophagic Clearance of PolyQ Proteins Mediated by Ubiquitin-Atg8 Adaptors of the Conserved CUET Protein Family. Cell. 158(3). 549–563. 274 indexed citations

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Cao, Yu, Xueli Zhang, Guichun Xing, et al.. (2014). Selective Small Molecule Compounds Increase BMP-2 Responsiveness by Inhibiting Smurf1-mediated Smad1/5 Degradation. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4965–4965. 66 indexed citations

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