Kun Xu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Kun Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Xu has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Kun Xu's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (22 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (9 papers). Kun Xu is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (22 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (9 papers). Kun Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kun Xu's co-authors include Zhiying Zhang, Yuan‐Ping Pang, Franklyn G. Prendergast, Emanuele Perola, Chonghua Ren, Jamal El Yazal, Tingting Zhang, Zhongtian Liu, Jie Lei and Rui Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, ACS Nano and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kun Xu

61 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Oxygen Self-Generating Nanoreactor Mediated Ferroptosis Activation and Immunotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

2023 94 citations Ke Li, Kun Xu et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Xu China	21	918	159	151	106	103	65	1.3k
Guillermo Senisterra Canada	29	2.1k 2.2×	125 0.8×	104 0.7×	112 1.1×	56 0.5×	47	2.5k
Luciano Pirone Italy	21	798 0.9×	132 0.8×	53 0.4×	65 0.6×	64 0.6×	70	1.2k
Sebastian Bittrich United States	12	762 0.8×	79 0.5×	131 0.9×	66 0.6×	40 0.4×	23	1.1k
Xiaohui Yuan China	23	565 0.6×	321 2.0×	76 0.5×	63 0.6×	76 0.7×	69	1.4k
R. Rajasekaran India	19	763 0.8×	107 0.7×	124 0.8×	56 0.5×	32 0.3×	112	1.4k
Alessandra Tosco Italy	25	1.0k 1.1×	69 0.4×	77 0.5×	125 1.2×	47 0.5×	75	1.6k
Dana Reichmann Israel	23	1.3k 1.4×	159 1.0×	101 0.7×	48 0.5×	52 0.5×	43	1.7k
Koji Tomoo Japan	25	1.2k 1.4×	81 0.5×	55 0.4×	206 1.9×	47 0.5×	78	1.8k
Uwe Horn Germany	22	809 0.9×	61 0.4×	87 0.6×	90 0.8×	82 0.8×	40	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kun Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kun Xu 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 Kun Xu. Kun Xu 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

Luo, Jinque, Ling Wang, Li Zhang, et al.. (2025). Targeting adipocyte differentiation with CRT0066101: activation of AMPK signaling in 3T3-L1 cells. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 16. 1645587–1645587.

Jia, Mengzhen, Yihang Zhao, Jun Hu, et al.. (2025). Gut microbial-derived indole-3-propionate improves cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease. Science Advances. 11(48). eadw8410–eadw8410.

Wen, Jianian, et al.. (2025). Shaking-table tests on a steel cable-stayed bridge with spatial irregular pylons. Engineering Structures. 344. 121345–121345.

Wei, Yinghui, Pengfei Gao, Deng Pan, et al.. (2025). Engineering eukaryotic transposon-encoded Fanzor2 system for genome editing in mammals. Nature Chemical Biology. 22(1). 48–57. 2 indexed citations

Li, Ling, Yang Cong, Mengzhen Jia, et al.. (2024). Synbiotic therapy with Clostridium sporogenes and xylan promotes gut-derived indole-3-propionic acid and improves cognitive impairments in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Food & Function. 15(15). 7865–7882. 21 indexed citations

Yue, Feng Yun, Xiaojun Zhang, Kun Xu, et al.. (2024). Genetically engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for enhanced oral delivery vaccine vehicle. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 146. 109425–109425. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Nana, Qiang Chen, Xin Wang, et al.. (2023). Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing in mammalian cells by the novel selectable traffic light reporters. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 243. 124926–124926. 2 indexed citations

Li, Ke, Kun Xu, Ye He, et al.. (2023). Oxygen Self-Generating Nanoreactor Mediated Ferroptosis Activation and Immunotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. ACS Nano. 17(5). 4667–4687. 94 indexed citations breakdown →

Xu, Kun, Ye Yao, Huijun Liu, et al.. (2022). ITGB4 deficiency induces DNA damage by downregulating HDAC1 in airway epithelial cells under stress stimulation. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 33(10). e13871–e13871. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Kun, et al.. (2022). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus-like particles induce dendritic cell maturation and modulate T cell immunity. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 12. 986350–986350. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Qian, et al.. (2022). Development of a universal antibiotic resistance screening reporter for improving efficiency of cytosine and adenine base editing. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(7). 102103–102103. 1 indexed citations

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Ling, Yong, Jing Guo, Peng Zhu, et al.. (2017). Development of novel β-carboline-based hydroxamate derivatives as HDAC inhibitors with antiproliferative and antimetastatic activities in human cancer cells. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 144. 398–409. 39 indexed citations

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Yan, Qiang, Kun Xu, Tingting Zhang, et al.. (2016). Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-based genome engineering enhanced by Drosha-mediated sgRNA-shRNA structure. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 38970–38970. 21 indexed citations

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Xu, Kun, Zhongtian Liu, Long Zhang, Tingting Zhang, & Zhiying Zhang. (2015). SiRNA In Vivo-Targeted Delivery to Murine Dendritic Cells by Oral Administration of Recombinant Yeast. Methods in molecular biology. 1364. 165–181. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Yani, Wei Wei, Xue‐Hui Zhang, et al.. (2015). Association of Interleukin-1 Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Keratoconus in Chinese Han Population. Current Eye Research. 41(5). 1–6. 23 indexed citations

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Qiao, Xuguang, et al.. (2014). Rabbit MSTN gene polymorphisms and genetic effect analysis. Genetics and Molecular Research. 13(2). 2590–2597. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Kun, Chonghua Ren, Zhongtian Liu, et al.. (2014). Efficient genome engineering in eukaryotes using Cas9 from Streptococcus thermophilus. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 72(2). 383–399. 61 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tingting, Lin Sun, Ying Xin, et al.. (2012). A vaccine grade of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing mammalian myostatin. BMC Biotechnology. 12(1). 97–97. 18 indexed citations

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Pang, Yuan‐Ping, Emanuele Perola, Kun Xu, & Franklyn G. Prendergast. (2001). EUDOC: a computer program for identification of drug interaction sites in macromolecules and drug leads from chemical databases. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 22(15). 1750–1771. 74 indexed citations

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Pang, Yuan‐Ping, Kun Xu, Thomas M. Kollmeyer, et al.. (2001). Discovery of a new inhibitor lead of adenovirus proteinase: steps toward selective, irreversible inhibitors of cysteine proteinases. FEBS Letters. 502(3). 93–97. 27 indexed citations

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