Lianjun Zhang

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Lianjun Zhang is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lianjun Zhang has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Immunology, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Lianjun Zhang's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (45 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (35 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (22 papers). Lianjun Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (45 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (35 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (22 papers). Lianjun Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and United States. Lianjun Zhang's co-authors include Yong Zhao, Qianqian Duan, Hualing Zhang, Junnian Zheng, Pedro Romero, Alena Donda, Baojun Zhang, Chun Zeng, Benjamin Tschumi and Kaili Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Lianjun Zhang

100 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Turning Cold into Hot: Firing up the Tumor Microenvironment

2020 649 citations Qianqian Duan, Lianjun Zhang et al. profile →
Cystine deprivation triggers CD36-mediated ferroptosis and dysfunction of tumor infiltrating CD8+ T cells

2024 53 citations Pengfei Xing, Cangang Zhang et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lianjun Zhang China	31	1.8k	1.3k	1.1k	469	396	105	3.7k
Xian Zhang China	38	939 0.5×	2.4k 1.8×	1.4k 1.3×	700 1.5×	309 0.8×	166	4.9k
Liguang Chen United States	34	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.5×	910 0.9×	404 0.9×	134 0.3×	103	4.7k
Xun Qu China	39	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	819 0.8×	617 1.3×	129 0.3×	121	3.5k
Chen Zhao China	33	662 0.4×	2.5k 1.9×	901 0.8×	679 1.4×	279 0.7×	96	4.7k
Jianyong Li China	41	1.6k 0.9×	3.1k 2.3×	2.0k 1.9×	1.1k 2.4×	293 0.7×	571	7.7k
Na Yin China	24	2.0k 1.1×	3.1k 2.3×	660 0.6×	619 1.3×	594 1.5×	57	5.5k
Kevin H. Eng United States	24	651 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	754 0.7×	445 0.9×	360 0.9×	98	2.9k
Shuki Mizutani Japan	41	1.2k 0.7×	2.4k 1.8×	1.4k 1.3×	583 1.2×	573 1.4×	189	5.5k
Mingzhi Zhang China	28	722 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	886 1.9×	145 0.4×	207	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lianjun Zhang

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

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Duan, Qianqian, Liang Sun, Wenhui Li, et al.. (2025). Malonate promotes CD8+ T cell memory formation via protein malonylation. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 22(6). 674–689. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Kaili, Hongcheng Cheng, Lin Wang, et al.. (2025). Succinate preserves CD8+ T cell fitness to augment antitumor immunity. Immunity. 58(10). 2505–2523.e8. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Kaili, et al.. (2025). Glycogen shepherd guides the hidden trail of pentose phosphate pathway. Cell Metabolism. 37(8). 1633–1635.

Jia, Qiong, Xiancai Zhong, Prajish Iyer, et al.. (2024). Cancer-associated SF3B1-K700E mutation controls immune responses by regulating T _reg function via aberrant Anapc13 splicing. Science Advances. 10(38). eado4274–eado4274. 3 indexed citations

Xing, Pengfei, Cangang Zhang, Kaili Ma, et al.. (2024). Cystine deprivation triggers CD36-mediated ferroptosis and dysfunction of tumor infiltrating CD8+ T cells. Cell Death and Disease. 15(2). 145–145. 53 indexed citations breakdown →

Ma, Kaili, et al.. (2024). Supercharging cancer-fighting T cells with lithium carbonate. Cell Metabolism. 36(3). 463–465. 3 indexed citations

Li, Wenhui, Zhenghao Wang, Cangang Zhang, et al.. (2023). SEL1L preserves CD8+ T-cell survival and homeostasis by fine-tuning PERK signaling and the IL-15 receptor-mediated mTORC1 axis. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 20(10). 1232–1250. 9 indexed citations

Jiang, Fuze, Yang Yue, Yile Tao, et al.. (2023). Direct Quantitation of SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus in Urban Ambient Air via a Continuous‐Flow Electrochemical Bioassay. Advanced Science. 10(22). e2301222–e2301222. 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Cangang, Xin Wang, Lina Sun, et al.. (2023). Single-cell sequencing reveals the evolution of immune molecules across multiple vertebrate species. Journal of Advanced Research. 55. 73–87. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Huan, Lianjun Zhang, Xiaoning Wang, et al.. (2023). Clinical Efficiency of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Sputum for Pathogen Detection of Patients with Pneumonia According to Disease Severity and Host Immune Status. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 16. 5869–5885. 5 indexed citations

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Jiang, Fuze, Jiajia Wang, Lanja Saleh, et al.. (2022). Rapid and sensitive multiplex detection of COVID-19 antigens and antibody using electrochemical immunosensor-/aptasensor-enabled biochips. Chemical Communications. 58(52). 7285–7288. 27 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jingjing, Xiangxiang Jiang, Haowei Wu, et al.. (2022). Dissecting the fate of Foxl2-expressing cells in fetal ovary using lineage tracing and single-cell transcriptomics. Cell Discovery. 8(1). 139–139. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Cangang, Lei Lei, Xiaofeng Yang, et al.. (2021). Single-cell sequencing reveals antitumor characteristics of intratumoral immune cells in old mice. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 9(10). e002809–e002809. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Xinying, Chen Chen, Lianjun Zhang, et al.. (2021). Absence of TNF Leads to Alternative Activation in Peritoneal Macrophages in Experimental Listeria Monocytogenes Infection. Immunological Investigations. 51(4). 1005–1022. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Wenjing, Jingjing Xu, Li Cheng, et al.. (2021). RelB promotes the migration and invasion of prostate cancer DU145 cells via exosomal ICAM1 in vitro. Cellular Signalling. 91. 110221–110221. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Huiting Su, Lianjun Zhang, et al.. (2017). Phosphatase wild-type p53-induced phosphatase 1 controls the development of TH9 cells and allergic airway inflammation. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 141(6). 2168–2181. 12 indexed citations

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Corgnac, Stéphanie, Rachel Perret, Lianjun Zhang, et al.. (2014). iNKT/CD1d-antitumor immunotherapy significantly increases the efficacy of therapeutic CpG/peptide-based cancer vaccine. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 2(1). 39–39. 14 indexed citations

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Yu, Zhen, Lina Sun, He Liu, et al.. (2011). Alterations of peripheral CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T regulatory cells in mice with STZ-induced diabetes. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 9(1). 75–85. 33 indexed citations

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Javeed, Aqeel, Baojun Zhang, Yanyan Qu, et al.. (2009). The significantly enhanced frequency of functional CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T regulatory cells in therapeutic dose aspirin-treated mice. Transplant Immunology. 20(4). 253–260. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Baojun, Chenming Sun, Yanyan Qu, et al.. (2008). Deficiency of Mouse CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells in Xenogeneic Pig Thymus-Grafted Nude Mice Suffering from Autoimmune Diseases. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 5(5). 325–332. 8 indexed citations

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