Keji Zhao

46.1k citations

238 papers · 33.7k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 87

Molecular Biology top 0.05%
Immunology top 0.1%
Genetics top 0.2%
Cancer Research top 0.2%
Plant Science top 0.5%

Co-authors: Kairong Cui Dustin E. Schones Tae‐Young Roh Suresh Cuddapah Gang Wei Artem Barski Zhibin Wang Iouri Chepelev
Topics: Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (121 papers)Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (93 papers)Immune Cell Function and Interaction (42 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Immunology Cancer Research
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States China United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Keji Zhao

231 papers receiving 33.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

High-Resolution Profiling of Histone Methylations in the Human Genome

2007 5.1k citations Kairong Cui, Zhibin Wang et al. profile →
Combinatorial patterns of histone acetylations and methylations in the human genome

2008 1.7k citations Zhibin Wang, Chongzhi Zang et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Dynamic Regulation of Nucleosome Positioning in the Human Genome

2008 1.1k citations Kairong Cui, Zhibin Wang et al. profile →
Genome-wide Mapping of HATs and HDACs Reveals Distinct Functions in Active and Inactive Genes

2009 1.0k citations Zhibin Wang, Chongzhi Zang et al. profile →
Global Mapping of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 Reveals Specificity and Plasticity in Lineage Fate Determination of Differentiating CD4+ T Cells

2009 903 citations Jinfang Zhu, Chongzhi Zang et al. Immunity profile →
c-Myc Is a Universal Amplifier of Expressed Genes in Lymphocytes and Embryonic Stem Cells

2012 792 citations Gangqing Hu, Kairong Cui et al. profile →
A clustering approach for identification of enriched domains from histone modification ChIP-Seq data

2009 762 citations Chongzhi Zang, Kairong Cui et al. profile →
Control of Cell Identity Genes Occurs in Insulated Neighborhoods in Mammalian Chromosomes

2014 639 citations Gang Ren, Keji Zhao et al. profile →
Rapid and Phosphoinositol-Dependent Binding of the SWI/SNF-like BAF Complex to Chromatin after T Lymphocyte Receptor Signaling

1998 623 citations Keji Zhao et al. profile →
H3.3/H2A.Z double variant–containing nucleosomes mark 'nucleosome-free regions' of active promoters and other regulatory regions

2009 587 citations Chongzhi Zang, Kairong Cui et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Global analysis of the insulator binding protein CTCF in chromatin barrier regions reveals demarcation of active and repressive domains

2008 503 citations Kairong Cui, Keji Zhao et al. profile →
Dual functions of Tet1 in transcriptional regulation in mouse embryonic stem cells

2011 501 citations Kairong Cui, Keji Zhao et al. profile →
Intragenic DNA methylation modulates alternative splicing by recruiting MeCP2 to promote exon recognition

2013 417 citations Iouri Chepelev, Kairong Cui et al. profile →
Gut-liver axis calibrates intestinal stem cell fitness

2024 42 citations Zuojia Chen, Kairong Cui et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Acute depletion of BRG1 reveals its primary function as an activator of transcription 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Gang Ren,Wai Lim Ku,Guangzhe Ge,Jackson A. Hoffman,(unknown),Qingsong Tang,Kairong Cui,(unknown),Yukun Guan,Bin Gao,Chengyu Liu,Trevor Archer,Keji Zhao	8
2	The Drosophila histone methyltransferase SET1 coordinates multiple signaling pathways in regulating male germline stem cell maintenance and differentiation 2024 ·Development ·(unknown),(unknown),Taibo Li,Wai Lim Ku,Keji Zhao,Jiang Qian,Xin Chen	0
3	Restraint of IFN-γ expression through a distal silencer CNS–28 for tissue homeostasis 2023 ·Immunity ·Kairong Cui,Zuojia Chen,Yaqiang Cao,Shuai Liu,Gang Ren,Gangqing Hu,Difeng Fang,(unknown),Chengyu Liu,Jinfang Zhu,Chuan Wu,Keji Zhao	15
4	Nested epistasis enhancer networks for robust genome regulation 2022 ·Science ·Xueqiu Lin,Yanxia Liu,Shuai Liu,Xiang Zhu,(unknown),Yan‐Yu Zhu,Dehua Zhao,Xiaoshu Xu,Augustine Chemparathy,Haifeng Wang,Yaqiang Cao,Muneaki Nakamura,Jasprina N. Noordermeer,Marie La Russa,Wing Hung Wong,Keji Zhao,Lei S. Qi	61
5	Chromatin structure undergoes global and local reorganization during murine dendritic cell development and activation 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daisuke Kurotaki,Kenta Kikuchi,Kairong Cui,(unknown),Keita Saeki,(unknown),Akira Nishiyama,Kisaburo Nagamune,Keji Zhao,Keiko Ozato,Pedro P. Rocha,Tomohiko Tamura	14
6	cLoops2: a full-stack comprehensive analytical tool for chromatin interactions 2021 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Yaqiang Cao,Shuai Liu,Gang Ren,Qingsong Tang,Keji Zhao	22
7	RUNX1 and CBFβ-SMMHC transactivate target genes together in abnormal myeloid progenitors for leukemia development 2020 ·Blood ·Tao Zhen,Yaqiang Cao,Gang Ren,Ling Zhao,R. Katherine Hyde,(unknown),Dechun Feng,Lemlem Alemu,Keji Zhao,Paul Liu	22
8	Ldb1 is required for Lmo2 oncogene–induced thymocyte self-renewal and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia 2020 ·Blood ·(unknown),Apratim Mitra,Kairong Cui,Bin Zhao,Seeyoung Choi,(unknown),(unknown),Dalal El‐Khoury,Claude C. Warzecha,Karl Pfeifer,Joyce Hardwick,Keji Zhao,Bryan J. Venters,Utpal P. Davé,Paul E. Love	5
9	Induction of DNMT3B by PGE2 and IL6 at Distant Metastatic Sites Promotes Epigenetic Modification and Breast Cancer Colonization 2020 ·Cancer Research ·Jae Young So,Nicolas Skrypek,Howard H. Yang,Anand S. Merchant,George W. Nelson,Wei-Dong Chen,Hiroki Ishii,(unknown),Gangqing Hu,Bhagelu R. Achyut,Esther Yoon,Liying Han,Chuanshu Huang,Margaret C. Cam,Keji Zhao,Maxwell P. Lee,Li Yang	40
10	Altered 3D chromatin structure permits inversional recombination at the IgH locus 2020 ·Science Advances ·Xiang Qiu,Fei Ma,Mingming Zhao,Yaqiang Cao,(unknown),(unknown),Arun B. Dutta,Amit Singh,(unknown),Supriyo De,William H. Wood,Kevin G. Becker,Weiqiang Zhou,Hongkai Ji,Keji Zhao,Michael L. Atchison,Ranjan Sen	14
11	SMYD5 Controls Heterochromatin and Chromosome Integrity during Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation 2017 ·Cancer Research ·Benjamin L. Kidder,Runsheng He,Darawalee Wangsa,Hesed Padilla‐Nash,M. Margarida Bernardo,Shijie Sheng,Thomas Ried,Keji Zhao	27
12	Dominant-negative SMARCA4 mutants alter the accessibility landscape of tissue-unrestricted enhancers 2017 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·H. Courtney Hodges,Benjamin Z. Stanton,Kateřina Čermáková,Chiung-Ying Chang,Erik L. Miller,Jacob G. Kirkland,Wai Lim Ku,Václav Veverka,Keji Zhao,Robert H. Crabtree	122
13	TOP2 synergizes with BAF chromatin remodeling for both resolution and formation of facultative heterochromatin 2017 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Erik L. Miller,Diana C. Hargreaves,Cigall Kadoch,Chiung-Ying Chang,Joseph P. Calarco,H. Courtney Hodges,Jason D. Buenrostro,Kairong Cui,William J. Greenleaf,Keji Zhao,Robert H. Crabtree	64
14	Smarca4 ATPase mutations disrupt direct eviction of PRC1 from chromatin 2016 ·Nature Genetics ·Benjamin Z. Stanton,H. Courtney Hodges,Joseph P. Calarco,Simon M. G. Braun,Wai Lim Ku,Cigall Kadoch,Keji Zhao,Robert H. Crabtree	151
15	A Non–Cell Autonomous Role of E ( z ) to Prevent Germ Cells from Turning on a Somatic Cell Marker 2014 ·Science ·Suk Ho Eun,Zhen Shi,Kairong Cui,Keji Zhao,Xin Chen	36
16	Aberrant TAL1 activation is mediated by an interchromosomal interaction in human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia 2013 ·Leukemia ·Bhavesh Patel,Yuanyuan Kang,(unknown),Michael D. Litt,(unknown),Changchun Deng,Tal Salz,(unknown),Xueqi Fu,Yi Qiu,Keji Zhao,Suming Huang	48
17	Proteogenomic characterization and mapping of nucleosomes decoded by Brd and HP1 proteins 2012 ·Genome biology ·Gary LeRoy,Iouri Chepelev,Peter A. DiMaggio,Andrés Blanco,Barry M. Zee,Keji Zhao,Benjamin A. García	72
18	PTIP Promotes Chromatin Changes Critical for Immunoglobulin Class Switch Recombination 2010 ·Science ·J. Daniel,Margarida A. Santos,Zhibin Wang,Chongzhi Zang,Kristopher R. Schwab,Mila Janković,(unknown),Hua-Tang Chen,Anna Gazumyan,Arito Yamane,Young‐Wook Cho,Hong‐Wei Sun,Kai Ge,Weiqun Peng,Michel C. Nussenzweig,Rafael Casellas,Gregory R. Dressler,Keji Zhao,André Nussenzweig	115
19	Interleukin-21 Receptor Gene Induction in Human T Cells Is Mediated by T-Cell Receptor-Induced Sp1 Activity 2005 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·(unknown),Hyoung‐Pyo Kim,Hai‐Hui Xue,Hong Liu,Keji Zhao,Warren J. Leonard	45
20	Assay of Z-DNA Induction by Chromatin Remodeling Factors 2003 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Hong Liu,Keji Zhao	3

About Keji Zhao

Keji Zhao is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research, having authored 238 papers that have together received 33.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (121 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (93 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (42 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (26.4k citations), Immunology (6.9k citations) and Cancer Research (3.3k citations). Keji Zhao has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Kairong Cui, Dustin E. Schones, Tae‐Young Roh, Suresh Cuddapah, Gang Wei, Artem Barski, Zhibin Wang, Iouri Chepelev, Weiqun Peng and Chongzhi Zang. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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