Lihua Sun

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Lihua Sun is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Lihua Sun has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Lihua Sun's work include IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (4 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (4 papers) and Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research (3 papers). Lihua Sun is often cited by papers focused on IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (4 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (4 papers) and Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research (3 papers). Lihua Sun collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Lihua Sun's co-authors include Jinlong Li, Xu Wang, Leilei Zhang, Miao Tian, Dan Tian, Hua Yang, Weidong Xiao, Min Yu, Weidong Xiao and Zhengxiang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Oncogene, Brain Research and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lihua Sun

40 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Theranostic combinatorial drug-loaded coated cubosomes for enhanced targeting and efficacy against cancer cells

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lihua Sun China	20	654	319	274	167	128	40	1.4k
Ziyi Chen China	21	659 1.0×	293 0.9×	401 1.5×	268 1.6×	78 0.6×	91	1.5k
Xingxing Liu China	20	708 1.1×	356 1.1×	303 1.1×	100 0.6×	177 1.4×	52	1.3k
Xiaomin Li China	20	829 1.3×	409 1.3×	320 1.2×	195 1.2×	100 0.8×	147	1.7k
Jacques R.R. Mathieu France	24	928 1.4×	285 0.9×	241 0.9×	153 0.9×	75 0.6×	59	1.9k
Victoria Sarafian Bulgaria	18	571 0.9×	127 0.4×	250 0.9×	150 0.9×	148 1.2×	90	1.3k
Juanjuan Dai China	20	892 1.4×	447 1.4×	146 0.5×	171 1.0×	161 1.3×	53	1.4k
Qiang Guo China	17	641 1.0×	150 0.5×	320 1.2×	271 1.6×	234 1.8×	48	2.0k
Eun‐Gyung Cho South Korea	27	770 1.2×	235 0.7×	211 0.8×	93 0.6×	168 1.3×	51	1.8k
Jianhua Yao China	18	1.1k 1.7×	374 1.2×	309 1.1×	140 0.8×	81 0.6×	52	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lihua Sun

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Wang, Yang, Yanjie Yang, Qian Li, et al.. (2024). NLRP4E regulates actin cap formation through SRC and CDC42 during oocyte meiosis. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 29(1). 68–68. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Lihua, Kui Zhang, & Juan Wang. (2024). Synergetic fabrication of ciprofloxacin-loaded ZIF-90 nanocarrier to enhance sustained pH-responsive delivery system for efficient bacterial inhibition in sepsis treatment: in vitro and in vivo evaluations. Emergent Materials. 7(6). 2731–2743. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Liucan, et al.. (2024). Activation of mucosal insulin receptor exacerbates intestinal inflammation by promoting tissue resident memory T cells differentiation through EZH2. Journal of Translational Medicine. 22(1). 78–78. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Zhongwei, Guangsheng Du, Qinghua Liu, et al.. (2023). A mesoporous polydopamine-derived nanomedicine for targeted and synergistic treatment of inflammatory bowel disease by pH-Responsive drug release and ROS scavenging. Materials Today Bio. 19. 100610–100610. 27 indexed citations

Xu, Peng, et al.. (2022). The role of IL-36 subfamily in intestinal disease. Biochemical Society Transactions. 50(1). 223–230. 3 indexed citations

Deng, Dongmei, et al.. (2021). Fuyuan Xingnao Decoction Promotes Angiogenesis Through the Rab1/AT1R Pathway in Diabetes Mellitus Complicated With Cerebral Infarction. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 616165–616165. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Lihua, et al.. (2020). Progress in Vaccination of Prophylactic Human Papillomavirus Vaccine. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 1434–1434. 20 indexed citations

Sun, Lihua, Yingying Fan, Xu Wang, & Haibo Zheng. (2020). Pharmacodynamic elucidation of glutamate & dopamine in ketamine-induced anaesthesia. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 327. 109164–109164. 9 indexed citations

Zhou, Chao, Liangzi Li, Lihua Sun, et al.. (2020). SCFAs induce autophagy in intestinal epithelial cells and relieve colitis by stabilizing HIF-1α. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 98(8). 1189–1202. 63 indexed citations

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Sun, Lihua, Hanlin Tang, Kun Yu, et al.. (2019). Intestinal Epithelial Cells-Derived Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α Is Essential for the Homeostasis of Intestinal Intraepithelial Lymphocytes. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 806–806. 39 indexed citations

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Wu, Wei, et al.. (2018). Genotype and allele frequencies of TYMS rs2790 A > G polymorphism in a Chinese paediatric population with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 43(4). 507–512. 3 indexed citations

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Yin, Jiuheng, Baifa Sheng, Qimeng Wang, et al.. (2017). AhR-E2F1-KGFR signaling is involved in KGF-induced intestinal epithelial cell proliferation. Molecular Medicine Reports. 15(5). 3019–3026. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Lihua. (2016). Impact of Neuromodulation on Cognitive and Affective Brain Functions in Humans. Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University). 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Zheng, Chuanbao Zhang, Lihua Sun, et al.. (2016). FGFR3, as a receptor tyrosine kinase, is associated with differentiated biological functions and improved survival of glioma patients. Oncotarget. 7(51). 84587–84593. 10 indexed citations

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Yin, Jiuheng, Baifa Sheng, Bin Han, et al.. (2015). Keratinocyte Growth Factor Regulation of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation in Colorectal Cancer Cells. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 61(2). 444–452. 12 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yiqun, Bernard Yan, Wei Lai, et al.. (2015). Repression of Hox genes by LMP1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and modulation of glycolytic pathway genes by HoxC8. Oncogene. 34(50). 6079–6091. 53 indexed citations

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Li, Shouwei, et al.. (2014). High expression of CXCR3 is an independent prognostic factor in glioblastoma patients that promotes an invasive phenotype. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 122(1). 43–51. 32 indexed citations

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Sun, Lihua, et al.. (2012). Angiotensin II induces apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells through the AT2 receptor, GATA-6 and the Bax pathway. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 424(4). 663–668. 39 indexed citations

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Sun, Lihua, Wei Yan, Yingyi Wang, et al.. (2011). MicroRNA-10b induces glioma cell invasion by modulating MMP-14 and uPAR expression via HOXD10. Brain Research. 1389. 9–18. 154 indexed citations

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Wang, Shan, Zhen Guo, Peng Xia, et al.. (2009). Internalization of NK cells into tumor cells requires ezrin and leads to programmed cell-in-cell death. Cell Research. 19(12). 1350–1362. 52 indexed citations

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