Li Lu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Li Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Lu has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Li Lu's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (5 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (2 papers). Li Lu is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (5 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (2 papers). Li Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Li Lu's co-authors include Randy L. Johnson, Milton J. Finegold, Ju‐Seog Lee, Pu Liu, Qiong Qiu, Wouter Bossuyt, Ying Li, Georg Halder, Yingdi Wang and Soo Mi Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Li Lu

22 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Hippo signaling is a potent in vivo growth and tumor supp... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Hippo signaling is a potent in vivo growth and tumor suppressor pathway in the mammalian liver
    2010 586 citations Li Lu, Ying Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Li Lu China 14 845 708 154 147 143 23 1.4k
Arianna Pocaterra Italy 9 598 0.7× 639 0.9× 20 0.1× 171 1.2× 203 1.4× 12 1.1k
Matt Fish United States 10 991 1.2× 196 0.3× 470 3.1× 161 1.1× 82 0.6× 13 1.5k
Detian Yuan China 14 549 0.6× 84 0.1× 82 0.5× 137 0.9× 135 0.9× 19 859
V. C. Padmakumar United States 11 1.1k 1.3× 401 0.6× 33 0.2× 151 1.0× 100 0.7× 12 1.4k
Nicolas Gadot France 20 520 0.6× 126 0.2× 30 0.2× 197 1.3× 108 0.8× 46 990
Chengjian Zhao China 17 441 0.5× 185 0.3× 28 0.2× 130 0.9× 184 1.3× 42 792
Alexandra Demory Germany 10 323 0.4× 93 0.1× 158 1.0× 185 1.3× 61 0.4× 15 830
Markus Morkel Germany 21 1.0k 1.2× 90 0.1× 144 0.9× 420 2.9× 262 1.8× 33 1.6k
Takahisa Hachiya Japan 19 1.2k 1.4× 124 0.2× 92 0.6× 98 0.7× 100 0.7× 27 1.6k
Fumiko Marttila‐Ichihara Finland 11 479 0.6× 206 0.3× 16 0.1× 237 1.6× 78 0.5× 13 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Li Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Li Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Li Lu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Li Lu. The network helps show where Li Lu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Lu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xia, Haishan, et al.. (2025). The Fundamental Issues and Development Trends of AI-Driven Transformations in Urban Transit and Urban Space. Sustainable Cities and Society. 126. 106422–106422. 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Li, Aolin Zhang, Ling Wang, et al.. (2021). Evidence on Efficacy and Safety of Chinese Medicines Combined Western Medicines Treatment for Breast Cancer With Endocrine Therapy. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 661925–661925. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Weiping, Liguang Yang, Qiang He, et al.. (2019). A Homeostatic Arid1a-Dependent Permissive Chromatin State Licenses Hepatocyte Responsiveness to Liver-Injury-Associated YAP Signaling. Cell stem cell. 25(1). 54–68.e5. 88 indexed citations
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Lu, Li, Ling Tang, Bo Liang, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of in vitro embryotoxicity tests for Chinese herbal medicines. Reproductive Toxicology. 89. 45–53. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Lili, Yichao Fan, Jie Luo, et al.. (2019). Tumor Suppression of Ras GTPase-Activating Protein RASA5 through Antagonizing Ras Signaling Perturbation in Carcinomas. iScience. 21. 1–18. 13 indexed citations
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Lu, Li, et al.. (2018). Post-transcriptional regulation of miRNA-15a and miRNA-15b on VEGFR gene and deer antler cell proliferation. Turkish Journal of Biochemistry. 44(3). 354–362. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Li, Milton J. Finegold, & Randy L. Johnson. (2018). Hippo pathway coactivators Yap and Taz are required to coordinate mammalian liver regeneration. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 50(1). e423–e423. 128 indexed citations
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Mu, Junhao, Lili Li, Zhenfang Du, et al.. (2017). Dickkopf-related protein 2 induces G0/G1 arrest and apoptosis through suppressing Wnt/β-catenin signaling and is frequently methylated in breast cancer. Oncotarget. 8(24). 39443–39459. 28 indexed citations
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Liu, Bei, Jinfeng Ding, Jian Luo, et al.. (2016). Seven protective miRNA signatures for prognosis of cervical cancer. Oncotarget. 7(35). 56690–56698. 21 indexed citations
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Kim, Jin Young, et al.. (2014). Dual function of Yap in the regulation of lens progenitor cells and cellular polarity. Developmental Biology. 386(2). 281–290. 38 indexed citations
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Deng, Yan, Chi Chiu Wang, Kwong Wai Choy, et al.. (2014). Therapeutic potentials of gene silencing by RNA interference: Principles, challenges, and new strategies. Gene. 538(2). 217–227. 230 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lei, Yu Liu, Li Lu, Xin-zheng Lu, & Richard A. F. Dixon. (2012). Cardiac Gene Activation Analysis in Mammalian Non-Myoblasic Cells by Nkx2-5, Tbx5, Gata4 and Myocd. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48028–e48028. 30 indexed citations
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Lu, Li, Ying Li, Soo Mi Kim, et al.. (2010). Hippo signaling is a potent in vivo growth and tumor suppressor pathway in the mammalian liver. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(4). 1437–1442. 586 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thenappan, Arun, Vivek Shukla, Ying Li, et al.. (2010). Loss of transforming growth factor β adaptor protein β-2 spectrin leads to delayed liver regeneration in mice. Hepatology. 53(5). 1641–1650. 32 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yi, Qifa Ye, Li Lu, et al.. (2005). Panax notoginseng saponins preconditioning protects rat liver grafts from ischemia/reperfusion injury via an antiapoptotic pathway.. PubMed. 4(2). 207–12. 19 indexed citations
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Lu, Li. (2001). Chromosome Number of Sladenia celastrifolia. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 3 indexed citations

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