Lu Chen

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
119 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Lu Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Chen has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Immunology and 36 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Lu Chen's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (17 papers), Immune cells in cancer (17 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (17 papers). Lu Chen is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (17 papers), Immune cells in cancer (17 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (17 papers). Lu Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Lu Chen's co-authors include Wenxiang Sun, Zhengfan Jiang, Xiang Zhou, Fuping You, Huihui Chen, Yi Zhou, Danying Chen, Zhonghe Zhai, Yang Li and Dawei Rong and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Lu Chen

111 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

ERIS, an endoplasmic reticulum IFN stimulator, activates innate immune signaling through dimerization

2009 704 citations Lu Chen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Current perspectives on the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma: challenges and opportunities

2019 319 citations Lu Chen, Dawei Rong et al. profile →
Gastric cancer-derived exosomal miR-519a-3p promotes liver metastasis by inducing intrahepatic M2-like macrophage-mediated angiogenesis

2022 150 citations Lu Chen, Chao Gu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lu Chen China	33	2.6k	2.0k	1.3k	769	508	119	4.7k
Daisuke Okuzaki Japan	38	2.4k 0.9×	1000 0.5×	870 0.7×	650 0.8×	242 0.5×	248	4.6k
Jing Bai China	34	3.1k 1.2×	808 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	719 0.9×	300 0.6×	210	5.2k
Hongwei Liang China	27	2.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.6×	414 0.5×	139 0.3×	74	4.9k
Jörg Mages Germany	36	2.0k 0.8×	2.5k 1.3×	613 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	379 0.7×	50	5.2k
Laurent Genestier France	31	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	626 0.5×	635 0.8×	331 0.7×	64	4.6k
Andrew L. Doedens United States	20	1.6k 0.6×	2.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	115 0.2×	24	4.5k
Jules P.P. Meijerink Netherlands	48	3.9k 1.5×	1.3k 0.7×	700 0.5×	1.5k 2.0×	238 0.5×	132	7.4k
Chengjiang Gao China	43	3.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.5×	876 0.7×	637 0.8×	919 1.8×	139	6.3k
Lynne A. Lapierre United States	35	2.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	342 0.3×	491 0.6×	425 0.8×	65	6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Chen

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Lu, et al.. (2025). EBF1-induced CSRP2 boosts the progression of B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia by inhibiting ferroptosis. Cancer Letters. 614. 217556–217556. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Yinghui, Chao Jiang, Dong H. Zhang, et al.. (2025). Circadian rhythm of mosquitoes: Blood feeding and disease transmission. 3. 100050–100050.

Chen, Lu, Xiaoyan Chen, Joshua Li, et al.. (2025). Distinct Suppression of Prednisone on Endometrial Immune Cells in Women With Reproductive Failure. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 94(4). e70151–e70151. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Yameng, Yuqi Fan, Lu Chen, et al.. (2025). Protective effect and mechanism of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton on acute liver injury via an integrated strategy of pharmacodynamics, liver metabonomics and lipidomics, and network pharmacology. Journal of Functional Foods. 133. 107022–107022.

Liu, Chunping, Xiaoling Chen, Zhijun Chen, et al.. (2024). A novel label-free biosensor for myocardial ischemia biomarker detection via CRISPR/12a. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 270. 116954–116954. 1 indexed citations

Xia, Dandan, Miao Xu, Yan Gao, et al.. (2024). Single‐Cell Simultaneous Metabolome and Transcriptome Profiling Revealing Metabolite‐Gene Correlation Network. Advanced Science. 12(4). e2411276–e2411276. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yiman, Lu Chen, Jinghui Wang, et al.. (2024). Repurposing cyclovirobuxine D as a novel inhibitor of colorectal cancer progression via modulating the CCT3/YAP axis. British Journal of Pharmacology. 181(21). 4348–4368. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Lu, et al.. (2024). Zebrafish ANGPT4, member of fibrinogen-related proteins, is an LTA-, LPS- and PGN-binding protein with a bacteriolytic activity. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 147. 109451–109451. 4 indexed citations

Xia, Yiwen, Tianlu Jiang, Ying Li, et al.. (2024). circVAPA-rich small extracellular vesicles derived from gastric cancer promote neural invasion by inhibiting SLIT2 expression in neuronal cells. Cancer Letters. 592. 216926–216926. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Donghui, Min Hou, Lu Chen, et al.. (2023). The impact of environmental and host factors on wolbachia density and efficacy as a biological tool. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 100006–100006. 5 indexed citations

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Yan, Hao, Jianfeng Chen, Peipei Ding, et al.. (2023). Nuclear complement C3b promotes paclitaxel resistance by assembling the SIN3A/HDAC1/2 complex in non-small cell lung cancer. Cell Death and Disease. 14(6). 351–351. 15 indexed citations

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Luo, Shengyu, Yong E. Zhang, Mingliang Deng, et al.. (2023). The engineered ORF56–57 deletion mutant leads to attenuation of an Asian koi herpesvirus strain. Aquaculture. 579. 740263–740263.

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Li, Ying, Yiwen Xia, Tianlu Jiang, et al.. (2023). Long noncoding RNA DIAPH2-AS1 promotes neural invasion of gastric cancer via stabilizing NSUN2 to enhance the m5C modification of NTN1. Cell Death and Disease. 14(4). 260–260. 31 indexed citations

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Chen, Lu, et al.. (2023). Identification and functional characterization of zebrafish ELAVL1b as a new member of antimicrobial protein. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 135. 108671–108671. 2 indexed citations

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Fang, Lang, Hongxin Huang, Jialun Lv, et al.. (2023). m5C-methylated lncRNA NR_033928 promotes gastric cancer proliferation by stabilizing GLS mRNA to promote glutamine metabolism reprogramming. Cell Death and Disease. 14(8). 520–520. 58 indexed citations

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Chen, Lu, Cailong Pan, Chen Li, et al.. (2022). Indolepropionic acid reduces obesity‐induced metabolic dysfunction through colonic barrier restoration mediated via tuft cell‐derived IL‐25. FEBS Journal. 289(19). 5985–6004. 26 indexed citations

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Rong, Dawei, Fan Wu, Lu Chen, et al.. (2021). m6A modification of circHPS5 and hepatocellular carcinoma progression through HMGA2 expression. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 26. 637–648. 77 indexed citations

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Chen, Lu, Dawei Rong, Bingqing Hui, et al.. (2021). CircETFA upregulates CCL5 by sponging miR-612 and recruiting EIF4A3 to promote hepatocellular carcinoma. Cell Death Discovery. 7(1). 321–321. 23 indexed citations

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Chen, Lu, Wei Jiang, Bingqing Hui, et al.. (2019). The circ_0021977/miR‐10b‐5p/P21 and P53 regulatory axis suppresses proliferation, migration, and invasion in colorectal cancer. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 235(3). 2273–2285. 42 indexed citations

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Fouladkou, Fatemeh, Hiroshi Kawabe, Antje Neeb, et al.. (2008). The ubiquitin ligase Nedd4-1 is dispensable for the regulation of PTEN stability and localization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(25). 8585–8590. 145 indexed citations

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