Li Wu

16.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
121 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Li Wu is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Wu has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Immunology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Li Wu's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (74 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (73 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (49 papers). Li Wu is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (74 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (73 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (49 papers). Li Wu collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Li Wu's co-authors include Ken Shortman, David Vremec, Meredith O’Keeffe, Angela D’Amico, Shalin H. Naik, Anna I. Proietto, Gordon K. Smyth, Roland Scollay, Donald Metcalf and Hubertus Hochrein and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Li Wu

116 papers receiving 12.7k 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.

Generation of a functional mammary gland from a single stem cell

2006 1.5k citations Mark Shackleton, François Vaillant et al. profile →
CD4 and CD8 Expression by Dendritic Cell Subtypes in Mouse Thymus and Spleen

2000 651 citations David Vremec, Joanne Pooley et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
Development of plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cell subtypes from single precursor cells derived in vitro and in vivo

2007 626 citations Shalin H. Naik, Anna I. Proietto et al. profile →
The surface phenotype of dendritic cells purified from mouse thymus and spleen: investigation of the CD8 expression by a subpopulation of dendritic cells.

1992 539 citations David Vremec, Roland Scollay et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li Wu Australia	53	9.3k	3.4k	2.4k	967	710	121	12.9k
Boris Reizis United States	57	9.5k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	776 0.8×	710 1.0×	131	12.6k
Iqbal S. Grewal United States	56	7.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	808 0.8×	873 1.2×	125	10.8k
Axel Kallies Australia	57	9.6k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	2.9k 1.2×	616 0.6×	830 1.2×	156	12.4k
Theresa L. Murphy United States	37	8.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	615 0.6×	622 0.9×	54	11.2k
Andrew G. Farr United States	56	8.5k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	490 0.5×	813 1.1×	124	13.2k
Yisong Y. Wan United States	39	5.7k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	854 0.9×	733 1.0×	71	9.0k
William C. Fanslow United States	58	9.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	959 1.0×	699 1.0×	108	13.1k
Hans Jörg Fehling Germany	49	6.5k 0.7×	5.2k 1.5×	1.8k 0.8×	858 0.9×	872 1.2×	91	11.6k
Otto Majdic Austria	59	6.8k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	663 0.7×	490 0.7×	192	10.5k
Hisaya Akiba Japan	53	8.3k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	3.4k 1.4×	587 0.6×	772 1.1×	126	10.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Li Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Li Wu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Wu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bu, Faxiang, et al.. (2026). Thiol-Regulated Rhodium Nanocatalyst for Electrochemical Reductive Perdeuteration of Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 148(7). 7322–7332.

Wang, Chao, Yuanhao Wang, Maocai Luo, et al.. (2025). Enhancing anti-tumour immunity through modulating dendritic cell activation by combination therapy with a novel TLR2 agonist and PD-L1 Blockade. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 44(1). 311–311.

Liu, Jiachen, Zhen Shi, Yajian Li, et al.. (2025). High-resolution transcriptome atlas of bladder cancer highlights the functional myeloid subsets in modulating immune microenvironment. EBioMedicine. 117. 105801–105801. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Sijie, Xinyi Zhu, Jie Ma, et al.. (2024). Dynamic regulation of innate lymphoid cell development during ontogeny. Mucosal Immunology. 17(6). 1285–1300. 1 indexed citations

Li, Chen‐Long, Qi Wang, Li Wu, et al.. (2024). The PANoptosis-related hippocampal molecular subtypes and key biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease patients. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 23851–23851. 6 indexed citations

Lv, Jiaoyan, Jie Ma, Jiachen Liu, et al.. (2023). Dynamic atlas of immune cells reveals multiple functional features of macrophages associated with progression of pulmonary fibrosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1230266–1230266. 27 indexed citations

Meng, Yao, Jianyang Ma, Chao Yao, et al.. (2022). The NCF1 variant p.R90H aggravates autoimmunity by facilitating the activation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 132(16). 21 indexed citations

Jackson, Jacob T., Yifang Hu, Ruijie Liu, et al.. (2011). Id2 expression delineates differential checkpoints in the genetic program of CD8α ⁺ and CD103 ⁺ dendritic cell lineages. The EMBO Journal. 30(13). 2690–2704. 110 indexed citations

Proietto, Anna I., Penghui Zhou, Alexandra Rizzitelli, et al.. (2008). Dendritic cells in the thymus contribute to T-regulatory cell induction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(50). 19869–19874. 235 indexed citations

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Hubert, François‐Xavier, Sarah Kinkel, Kylie E. Webster, et al.. (2008). A Specific Anti-Aire Antibody Reveals Aire Expression Is Restricted to Medullary Thymic Epithelial Cells and Not Expressed in Periphery. The Journal of Immunology. 180(6). 3824–3832. 83 indexed citations

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Wu, Li & Yong-Jun Liu. (2007). Development of Dendritic-Cell Lineages. Immunity. 26(6). 741–750. 270 indexed citations

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Shackleton, Mark, François Vaillant, Kaylene J. Simpson, et al.. (2006). Generation of a functional mammary gland from a single stem cell. Cancer Research. 66. 1136–1136. 7 indexed citations

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Lahoud, Mireille H., Anna I. Proietto, Kate H. Gartlan, et al.. (2006). Signal Regulatory Protein Molecules Are Differentially Expressed by CD8− Dendritic Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 177(1). 372–382. 83 indexed citations

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Dakic, Aleksandar, Angela D’Amico, Meredith O’Keeffe, et al.. (2004). Development of the Dendritic Cell System during Mouse Ontogeny. The Journal of Immunology. 172(2). 1018–1027. 115 indexed citations

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Corcoran, Lynn M., Isabel Ferrero, David Vremec, et al.. (2003). The Lymphoid Past of Mouse Plasmacytoid Cells and Thymic Dendritic Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 170(10). 4926–4932. 159 indexed citations

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Shortman, Ken, David Vremec, Joanne Pooley, et al.. (2000). Dendritic cells - Where the innate and adaptive immune systems meet. 8. 20–22. 1 indexed citations

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Vremec, David, Joanne Pooley, Hubertus Hochrein, Li Wu, & Ken Shortman. (2000). CD4 and CD8 Expression by Dendritic Cell Subtypes in Mouse Thymus and Spleen. The Journal of Immunology. 164(6). 2978–2986. 651 indexed citations breakdown →

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Winandy, Susan, Li Wu, Jinhong Wang, & Katia Georgopoulos. (1999). Pre–T Cell Receptor (Tcr) and Tcr-Controlled Checkpoints in T Cell Differentiation Are Set by Ikaros. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 190(8). 1039–1048. 135 indexed citations

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Kelley, Clair, Tohru Ikeda, Joseph Koipally, et al.. (1998). Helios, a novel dimerization partner of Ikaros expressed in the earliest hematopoietic progenitors. Current Biology. 8(9). 508–S1. 192 indexed citations

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Wu, Li, Mariastefania Antica, Gary R. Johnson, Roland Scollay, & Ken Shortman. (1991). Developmental potential of the earliest precursor cells from the adult mouse thymus.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 174(6). 1617–1627. 246 indexed citations

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