Lei Tu

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Lei Tu is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Tu has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Lei Tu's work include COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (9 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (9 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (8 papers). Lei Tu is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (9 papers), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (9 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (8 papers). Lei Tu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Lei Tu's co-authors include Runsheng Wang, Guogang Xu, Qinyong Hu, Yingzhen Du, Tianzhi Li, Chao Hu, Mi Mu, Pengcheng Yang, Yu Sun and Jun‐Hong Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Lei Tu

57 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients With Digestive Symptoms in Hubei, China: A Descriptive, Cross-Sectional, Multicenter Study

2020 1.2k citations Mi Mu, Pengcheng Yang et al. profile →
Clinical Features of 85 Fatal Cases of COVID-19 from Wuhan. A Retrospective Observational Study

2020 642 citations Yingzhen Du, Lei Tu et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Tu China	20	1.6k	863	547	442	411	62	3.1k
Qiurong Ruan China	15	2.6k 1.6×	1.6k 1.8×	644 1.2×	569 1.3×	296 0.7×	46	4.0k
Haizhou Wang China	20	1.3k 0.8×	589 0.7×	327 0.6×	372 0.8×	332 0.8×	62	2.5k
Fang Peng China	18	1.1k 0.7×	544 0.6×	497 0.9×	381 0.9×	232 0.6×	84	2.5k
Qinyong Hu China	14	1.6k 1.0×	844 1.0×	502 0.9×	293 0.7×	232 0.6×	35	2.5k
Yongxi Zhang China	20	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	560 1.0×	267 0.6×	324 0.8×	56	3.0k
Sheng Zhang China	27	1.7k 1.1×	735 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	763 1.7×	472 1.1×	121	4.2k
Κassem Sharif Israel	27	1.4k 0.9×	855 1.0×	324 0.6×	486 1.1×	282 0.7×	101	3.7k
Daniela Tomasoni Italy	25	1.2k 0.8×	785 0.9×	443 0.8×	432 1.0×	316 0.8×	83	3.4k
Jian Wu China	27	1.1k 0.7×	463 0.5×	419 0.8×	580 1.3×	525 1.3×	131	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Tu

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Xie, Mingfeng, Guosong Zhang, Lei Tu, et al.. (2025). Investigation of the effect and mechanism of Fei Re Pu Qing powder in treating acute lung injury (ALI) by modulating macrophage polarization via serum pharmacology and network pharmacology. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 351. 120089–120089. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yidong, Junrong Li, Lei Tu, et al.. (2024). Estrogen Receptor β Activation Mitigates Colitis-associated Intestinal Fibrosis via Inhibition of TGF-β/Smad and TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB Signaling Pathways. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 31(1). 11–27. 6 indexed citations

Tu, Lei, et al.. (2024). Exploring Electrical Neuromodulation as an Alternative Therapeutic Approach in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Medicina. 60(5). 729–729.

Tu, Lei, et al.. (2024). The association of social isolation and loneliness with sarcopenia among the middle-aged and elderly in China. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 513–513. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Mengting, Hui Ma, Yan Zou, et al.. (2024). Structural alterations of brain in different disease states of Crohn's disease: Results of a cross-sectional study in a Chinese hospital. Heliyon. 10(6). e27446–e27446.

Tu, Lei, Linxia Wu, Yan Zou, et al.. (2023). Is disease activity associated with social support and psychological distress in Crohn’s disease patients? Results of a cross-sectional study in a Chinese hospital population. BMJ Open. 13(10). e076219–e076219. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaozhou, et al.. (2023). Cytomembrane Trafficking Pathways of Connexin 26, 30, and 43. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(12). 10349–10349. 10 indexed citations

Huang, Meifang, Lei Tu, Yue Xu, et al.. (2023). Differentiation of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and intestinal tuberculosis by dual-layer spectral detector CT enterography. Clinical Radiology. 79(3). e482–e489. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Liang, Yibing Lv, Xiaoqi Zhou, et al.. (2023). Secreted glucose regulated protein78 ameliorates DSS-induced mouse colitis. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 986175–986175. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Linlin, Lei Zhao, Yanling Li, et al.. (2023). Exploring the relationship between urinary phthalate metabolites and Crohn's disease via oxidative stress, and the potential moderating role of gut microbiota: A conditional mediation model. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 208. 468–477. 3 indexed citations

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Tu, Lei, et al.. (2021). Psychological aspect of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, which may be related to the quality of life, sleep and disease characteristics. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 56(11). 1328–1336. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhi, Lei Tu, Minfeng Chen, & Shiyu Tong. (2021). Identification of a tumor microenvironment-related seven-gene signature for predicting prognosis in bladder cancer. BMC Cancer. 21(1). 692–692. 21 indexed citations

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Yang, Jun, Lei Tu, Junrong Li, et al.. (2020). Elemental Diet Enriched with Amino Acids Alleviates Mucosal Inflammatory Response and Prevents Colonic Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in Mice with DSS‐Induced Chronic Colitis. Journal of Immunology Research. 2020(1). 9430763–9430763. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Huan, Lei Tu, Ying Li, et al.. (2020). The Symptoms and Medications of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Hubei Province after COVID‐19 Epidemic. Journal of Immunology Research. 2020(1). 2847316–2847316. 10 indexed citations

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Du, Yingzhen, Lei Tu, Pingjun Zhu, et al.. (2020). Clinical Features of 85 Fatal Cases of COVID-19 from Wuhan. A Retrospective Observational Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 201(11). 1372–1379. 642 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Wei, et al.. (2020). Interleukin-38 is elevated in inflammatory bowel diseases and suppresses intestinal inflammation. Cytokine. 127. 154963–154963. 47 indexed citations

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Zeng, Huadong, Shuli Deng, Zhuochao Zhou, et al.. (2020). Diagnostic value of combined nucleic acid and antibody detection in suspected COVID-19 cases. Public Health. 186. 1–5. 7 indexed citations

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Yu, Min, Weifeng Hong, Yujun Gu, et al.. (2019). Prognostic role of glycolysis for cancer outcome: evidence from 86 studies. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 145(4). 967–999. 61 indexed citations

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Tu, Lei, Renguo Guan, Yu Zhou, et al.. (2019). Assessment of the expression of the immune checkpoint molecules PD‐1, CTLA4, TIM‐3 and LAG‐3 across different cancers in relation to treatment response, tumor‐infiltrating immune cells and survival. International Journal of Cancer. 147(2). 423–439. 128 indexed citations

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Yu, Min, Weifeng Hong, Shiye Ruan, et al.. (2019). Genome-Wide Profiling of Prognostic Alternative Splicing Pattern in Pancreatic Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 9. 773–773. 27 indexed citations

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