Lijun Sun

27.6k citations
64 papers · 20.6k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 33
Topics
interferon and immune responses (31 papers)Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers)NF-κB Signaling Pathways (7 papers)

In The Last Decade

Lijun Sun

61 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is a Cytosolic DNA Sensor That ...20042026201120182012200520122016201110002.0k3.0k

Peers

Lijun Sun
Comparison fields: 5 of 132
  • Immunology 16.2k
  • Molecular Biology 10.0k
  • Infectious Diseases 4.6k
  • Epidemiology 3.0k
  • Cancer Research 2.8k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Lijun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lijun Sun

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

All Works

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Regulation and function of the cGAS–STING pathway of cytosolic DNA sensingbreakdown →
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Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is an Innate Immune Sensor of HIV and Other Retrovirusesbreakdown →
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Cyclic GMP-AMP Containing Mixed Phosphodiester Linkages Is An Endogenous High-Affinity Ligand for STINGbreakdown →
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Cyclic GMP-AMP Is an Endogenous Second Messenger in Innate Immune Signaling by Cytosolic DNAbreakdown →
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Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is a Cytosolic DNA Sensor That Activates the Type I Interferon Pathwaybreakdown →
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Hepatitis C virus protease NS3/4A cleaves mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein off the mitochondria to evade innate immunitybreakdown →
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About Lijun Sun

Lijun Sun is a scholar working on Immunology, Cancer Research and Virology, having authored 64 papers that have together received 20.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include interferon and immune responses (31 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (16.2k citations), Infectious Diseases (4.6k citations) and Cancer Research (2.8k citations). Lijun Sun has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Zhijian J. Chen, Jiaxi Wu, Xiang Chen, Fenghe Du, Rashu B. Seth, Chee-Kwee Ea, Qi Chen, Chuo Chen, Heping Shi and Xiao-Dong Li. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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