Kun Wu

2.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
19 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kun Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Wu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Physiology and 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kun Wu's work include Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (7 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (5 papers). Kun Wu is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (7 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (5 papers). Kun Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Kun Wu's co-authors include Nieng Yan, Jianlin Lei, Bailong Xiao, Huaizong Shen, Shaopeng Chi, Qiancheng Zhao, Jie Geng, Xiaojing Pan, Yanfeng Wang and Xueming Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kun Wu

18 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.

Structure and mechanogating mechanism of the Piezo1 channel

2018 420 citations Qiancheng Zhao, Heng Zhou et al. Nature profile →
Structures of human Na _v 1.7 channel in complex with auxiliary subunits and animal toxins

2019 324 citations Huaizong Shen, Kun Wu et al. Science profile →
Structure of the human voltage-gated sodium channel Na _v 1.4 in complex with β1

2018 318 citations Xiaojing Pan, Zhangqiang Li et al. Science profile →
The mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel mediates heart mechano-chemo transduction

2021 178 citations Fan Jiang, Kunlun Yin et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Wu China	14	1.5k	731	405	326	311	19	2.0k
Christophe Vandier France	28	1.6k 1.1×	221 0.3×	384 0.9×	233 0.7×	179 0.6×	87	2.3k
Frank Wunder Germany	25	2.6k 1.7×	634 0.9×	1.5k 3.6×	1.1k 3.5×	172 0.6×	50	3.5k
Sabina Honisch Germany	20	890 0.6×	466 0.6×	355 0.9×	178 0.5×	297 1.0×	33	1.7k
Scott P. Fraser United Kingdom	32	2.2k 1.5×	219 0.3×	957 2.4×	334 1.0×	92 0.3×	66	2.9k
Shigeru Morishima Japan	21	1.3k 0.9×	249 0.3×	509 1.3×	243 0.7×	126 0.4×	57	1.7k
Tatyana I. Gudz United States	26	2.4k 1.6×	472 0.6×	422 1.0×	182 0.6×	81 0.3×	40	3.3k
Markus Waldeck‐Weiermair Austria	29	1.6k 1.1×	527 0.7×	399 1.0×	113 0.3×	47 0.2×	60	2.4k
Robert D. Harvey United States	33	2.5k 1.7×	302 0.4×	863 2.1×	1.6k 4.8×	159 0.5×	74	3.0k
Andrea Brüggemann Germany	31	1.9k 1.3×	188 0.3×	975 2.4×	993 3.0×	88 0.3×	52	2.4k
Alessandra Picollo Spain	21	1.3k 0.9×	157 0.2×	445 1.1×	294 0.9×	65 0.2×	25	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Wu

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19 of 19 papers shown

Li, Xiaodong, Rongsong Li, Yin Chen, et al.. (2025). Baculovirus protein kinase 1 activates AMPK-protein phosphatase 5 axis to hijack transcription factor EB for self-proliferation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 298. 139884–139884. 1 indexed citations

Ji, Linlin, Yi Zhang, Kun Wu, et al.. (2025). Case Report: Challenges in immunotherapy for the elderly: a case of refractory ICI-induced AIHA and thrombocytopenia in advanced gastric cancer. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1679817–1679817.

Liu, S., Xuzhong Yang, Xudong Chen, et al.. (2024). An intermediate open structure reveals the gating transition of the mechanically activated PIEZO1 channel. Neuron. 113(4). 590–604.e6. 17 indexed citations

Jiang, Fan, Kunlun Yin, Kun Wu, et al.. (2021). The mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel mediates heart mechano-chemo transduction. Nature Communications. 12(1). 869–869. 178 indexed citations breakdown →

Jiang, Fan, Kun Wu, Kunlun Yin, et al.. (2021). The Mechanosensitive Piezo1 Channel Mediates Heart Mechano-Chemo Transduction. Biophysical Journal. 120(3). 102a–103a. 11 indexed citations

Li, Zhangqiang, Xueqin Jin, Tong Wu, et al.. (2021). Structural Basis for Pore Blockade of the Human Cardiac Sodium Channel Na _v 1.5 by the Antiarrhythmic Drug Quinidine**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(20). 11474–11480. 75 indexed citations

Li, Zhangqiang, Xueqin Jin, Tong Wu, et al.. (2021). Structural Basis for Pore Blockade of the Human Cardiac Sodium Channel Na_v1.5 by the Antiarrhythmic Drug Quinidine**. Angewandte Chemie. 133(20). 11575–11581. 6 indexed citations

Li, Tian, et al.. (2020). Structural Basis for the Modulation of Human KCNQ4 by Small-Molecule Drugs. Molecular Cell. 81(1). 25–37.e4. 62 indexed citations

Zhao, Yanyu, Gaoxingyu Huang, Qiurong Wu, et al.. (2019). Cryo-EM structures of apo and antagonist-bound human Cav3.1. Nature. 576(7787). 492–497. 122 indexed citations

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Shen, Huaizong, et al.. (2019). Structures of human Na _v 1.7 channel in complex with auxiliary subunits and animal toxins. Science. 363(6433). 1303–1308. 324 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Yanfeng, Shaopeng Chi, Qiancheng Zhao, et al.. (2018). A Lever-Like Transduction Pathway for Long-Distance Chemical- and Mechano-Gating of the Mechanosensitive Piezo1 Channel. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 113a–114a. 25 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qiancheng, Heng Zhou, Shaopeng Chi, et al.. (2018). Structure and mechanogating mechanism of the Piezo1 channel. Nature. 554(7693). 487–492. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Yifei, Rong Hua, Fang‐Xiong Zhang, et al.. (2018). A Membrane Potential- and Calpain-Dependent Reversal of Caspase-1 Inhibition Regulates Canonical NLRP3 Inflammasome. Cell Reports. 24(9). 2356–2369.e5. 46 indexed citations

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Pan, Xiaojing, Zhangqiang Li, Qiang Zhou, et al.. (2018). Structure of the human voltage-gated sodium channel Na _v 1.4 in complex with β1. Science. 362(6412). 318 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Qiancheng, Kun Wu, Shaopeng Chi, Jie Geng, & Bailong Xiao. (2017). Heterologous Expression of the Piezo1-ASIC1 Chimera Induces Mechanosensitive Currents with Properties Distinct from Piezo1. Neuron. 94(2). 274–277. 17 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qiancheng, Kun Wu, Jie Geng, et al.. (2016). Ion Permeation and Mechanotransduction Mechanisms of Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels. Neuron. 89(6). 1248–1263. 160 indexed citations

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Lan, Huan, Kun Wu, Yong Zheng, et al.. (2016). Total synthesis of mambalgin‐1/2/3 by two‐segment hydrazide‐based native chemical ligation. Journal of Peptide Science. 22(5). 320–326. 11 indexed citations

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Trujillo, John I., Marvin J. Meyers, David R. Anderson, et al.. (2007). Novel tetrahydro-β-carboline-1-carboxylic acids as inhibitors of mitogen activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK-2). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(16). 4657–4663. 130 indexed citations

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McKew, John C., Megan A. Foley, Paresh Thakker, et al.. (2005). Inhibition of Cytosolic Phospholipase A₂α: Hit to Lead Optimization. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 49(1). 135–158. 63 indexed citations

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