Li‐Fan Lu

13.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
63 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Li‐Fan Lu is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Li‐Fan Lu has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Immunology, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Li‐Fan Lu's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (33 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (25 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (21 papers). Li‐Fan Lu is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (33 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (25 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (21 papers). Li‐Fan Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Li‐Fan Lu's co-authors include Alexander Y. Rudensky, Steven Z. Josefowicz, Randolph J. Noelle, David Gondek, Adrian Liston, Ashutosh Chaudhry, Akihiko Yoshimura, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sergio A. Quezada and David Baltimore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Li‐Fan Lu

62 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Regulatory T Cells: Mechanisms of Differentiation and Function

2007 2.1k citations Li‐Fan Lu, Alexander Y. Rudensky et al. profile →
Function of miR-146a in Controlling Treg Cell-Mediated Regulation of Th1 Responses

2010 819 citations Li‐Fan Lu, Ashutosh Chaudhry et al. Cell profile →
Foxp3-Dependent MicroRNA155 Confers Competitive Fitness to Regulatory T Cells by Targeting SOCS1 Protein

2009 665 citations Li‐Fan Lu, Dinis Pedro Calado et al. Immunity profile →
Cutting Edge: Contact-Mediated Suppression by CD4+CD25+ Regulatory Cells Involves a Granzyme B-Dependent, Perforin-Independent Mechanism

2005 661 citations David Gondek, Li‐Fan Lu et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
Mast cells are essential intermediaries in regulatory T-cell tolerance

2006 590 citations Li‐Fan Lu, David Gondek et al. profile →
VISTA, a novel mouse Ig superfamily ligand that negatively regulates T cell responses

2011 558 citations Li‐Fan Lu, David Gondek et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
TOX and TOX2 transcription factors cooperate with NR4A transcription factors to impose CD8 ⁺ T cell exhaustion

2019 480 citations Hyungseok Seo, Joyce Chen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Li‐Fan Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li‐Fan Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Li‐Fan Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Li‐Fan 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‐Fan Lu. Li‐Fan Lu 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Functional differences between rodent and human PD-1 linked to evolutionary divergence 2025 ·Science Immunology ·Takeya Masubuchi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christine Caron, Jibin Zhang, Yunlong Zhao, Gerald P. Morris, Xu Chen, Stephen Μ. Hedrick, Li‐Fan Lu, Chuan Wu, Zhengting Zou, Jack D. Bui, Enfu Hui	16
2	Proximity-dependent labeling identifies dendritic cells that drive the tumor-specific CD4 ⁺ T cell response 2024 ·Science Immunology ·Aleksey Chudnovskiy, Tiago B. R. Castro, Sandra Nakandakari-Higa, Ang Cui, Chia‐Hao Lin, Moshe Sade-Feldman, (unknown), Juhee Pae, Luka Mesin, Juliana Bortolatto, Lawrence D. Schweitzer, Giulia Pasqual, Li‐Fan Lu, Nir Hacohen, Gabriel D. Victora	9
3	miR-15/16 clusters restrict effector Treg cell differentiation and function 2023 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Jiayi Dong, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ling-Li Lin, Li‐Fan Lu	3
4	TOX and TOX2 transcription factors cooperate with NR4A transcription factors to impose CD8 ⁺ T cell exhaustion breakdown → 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hyungseok Seo, Joyce Chen, Edahí González‐Avalos, Daniela Samaniego‐Castruita, Arundhoti Das, (unknown), Isaac F. López-Moyado, Romain O. Georges, (unknown), Atsushi Onodera, Cheng-Jang Wu, Li‐Fan Lu, Patrick G. Hogan, Avinash Bhandoola, Anjana Rao	480
5	PD-L1:CD80 Cis-Heterodimer Triggers the Co-stimulatory Receptor CD28 While Repressing the Inhibitory PD-1 and CTLA-4 Pathways 2019 ·Immunity ·Yunlong Zhao, Calvin K. Lee, Chia‐Hao Lin, Rodrigo Benedetti Gassen, Xiaozheng Xu, Zhe Huang, Changchun Xiao, Cristina Bonorino, Li‐Fan Lu, Jack D. Bui, Enfu Hui	250
6	Integrin Activation Controls Regulatory T Cell–Mediated Peripheral Tolerance 2018 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), Stephanie H. Kim, Kelly A. Remedios, Zhaoren He, Patrick J Metz, Justine Lopez, Tiffani Tysl, Jocelyn G. Olvera, Jailal Ablack, Joseph M. Cantor, Brigid S. Boland, G Yeo, Ye Zheng, Li‐Fan Lu, Jack D. Bui, Mark H. Ginsberg, Brian G. Petrich, John T. Chang	30
7	Conditional Gene-Targeting in Mice: Problems and Solutions 2018 ·Immunity ·Burkhard Becher, Ari Waisman, Li‐Fan Lu	46
8	Differential cell-intrinsic regulations of germinal center B and T cells by miR-146a and miR-146b 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Sunglim Cho, Hyang‐Mi Lee, I‐Shing Yu, Youn Soo Choi, Hsi‐Yuan Huang, Somaye Hashemifar, Ling-Li Lin, (unknown), (unknown), Aly A. Khan, Shu‐Wha Lin, Alexander Y. Rudensky, Shane Crotty, Li‐Fan Lu	57
9	In Vivo Target Gene Activation via CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Trans-epigenetic Modulation 2017 ·Cell ·Hsin‐Kai Liao, Fumiyuki Hatanaka, Toshikazu Araoka, Pradeep Reddy, Min-Zu Wu, Yinghui Sui, Takayoshi Yamauchi, Masahiro Sakurai, David D. O’Keefe, Estrella Núñez‐Delicado, Pedro Guillén, Josep M. Campistol, Cheng-Jang Wu, Li‐Fan Lu, Concepción Rodrı́guez Esteban, Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte	325
10	An NF-κB-microRNA regulatory network tunes macrophage inflammatory responses 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Mati Mann, Arnav Mehta, Jimmy L. Zhao, Kevin Lee, Georgi K. Marinov, Yvette Garcia-Flores, Li‐Fan Lu, Alexander Y. Rudensky, David Baltimore	206
11	A miR-155–Peli1–c-Rel pathway controls the generation and function of T follicular helper cells 2016 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Wen‐Hsien Liu, Seung Goo Kang, Zhe Huang, (unknown), Hyun Yong Jin, Christian J. Maine, Yi Liu, Jovan Shepherd, Mohsen Sabouri-Ghomi, Alicia González-Martín, Shunbin Xu, Alexander Hoffmann, Ye Zheng, Li‐Fan Lu, Nengming Xiao, Guo Fu, Changchun Xiao	52
12	Oral CD103−CD11b+ classical dendritic cells present sublingual antigen and induce Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in draining lymph nodes 2016 ·Mucosal Immunology ·Yukinori Tanaka, Hiroyuki Nagashima, (unknown), Li‐Fan Lu, Akemi Ozaki, Yoshinori Morita, Satoshi Fukumoto, Naoto Ishii, Shunji Sugawara	47
13	Progress and challenge of microRNA research in immunity 2014 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·Hyang‐Mi Lee, Duc T. Nguyen, Li‐Fan Lu	78
14	MicroRNA in the Adaptive Immune System, in Sickness and in Health 2010 ·Journal of Clinical Immunology ·Adrian Liston, Michelle A. Linterman, Li‐Fan Lu	66
15	Foxp3-Dependent MicroRNA155 Confers Competitive Fitness to Regulatory T Cells by Targeting SOCS1 Protein breakdown → 2009 ·Immunity ·Li‐Fan Lu, (unknown), Dinis Pedro Calado, Ashutosh Chaudhry, Masato Kubo, Kentaro Tanaka, Gabriel B. Loeb, Hana Lee, Akihiko Yoshimura, Klaus Rajewsky, Alexander Y. Rudensky	665
16	Transplantation Survival Is Maintained by Granzyme B+ Regulatory Cells and Adaptive Regulatory T Cells 2008 ·The Journal of Immunology ·David Gondek, (unknown), Elizabeth C. Nowak, Li‐Fan Lu, (unknown), Zachary Scott, Randolph J. Noelle	75
17	Dicer-dependent microRNA pathway safeguards regulatory T cell function 2008 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Adrian Liston, Li‐Fan Lu, Dónal O’Carroll, Alexander Tarakhovsky, Alexander Y. Rudensky	330
18	NFκB-Inducing Kinase Deficiency Results in the Development of a Subset of Regulatory T Cells, which Shows a Hyperproliferative Activity upon Glucocorticoid-Induced TNF Receptor Family-Related Gene Stimulation 2005 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Li‐Fan Lu, David Gondek, Zachary Scott, Randolph J. Noelle	32
19	Cutting Edge: Contact-Mediated Suppression by CD4+CD25+ Regulatory Cells Involves a Granzyme B-Dependent, Perforin-Independent Mechanism breakdown → 2005 ·The Journal of Immunology ·David Gondek, Li‐Fan Lu, Sergio A. Quezada, Shimon Sakaguchi, Randolph J. Noelle	661
20	CD40 Signaling through a Newly Identified Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factor 2 (TRAF2) Binding Site 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Li‐Fan Lu, W. James Cook, Ling-Li Lin, Randolph J. Noelle	34

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