Lu Han

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Lu Han is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Han has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cancer Research and 10 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Lu Han's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (10 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (7 papers). Lu Han is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (10 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (7 papers). Lu Han collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Lu Han's co-authors include Aaron M. Zorn, James M. Wells, Xin Zhou, Scott A. Rankin, John M. Shannon, Pei Ma, Side Liu, Chun-Cai Gu, Kyle W. McCracken and Song-Mei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lu Han

71 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

The splanchnic mesenchyme is the tissue of origin for pancreatic fibroblasts during homeostasis and tumorigenesis

2023 152 citations Lu Han, Yongxia Wu et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lu Han China	27	1.4k	475	335	312	308	76	2.3k
Xujun Wang China	33	1.5k 1.0×	566 1.2×	243 0.7×	213 0.7×	434 1.4×	99	3.1k
Fuminori Sato Japan	26	1.2k 0.8×	527 1.1×	384 1.1×	323 1.0×	263 0.9×	150	2.9k
Jun Yang China	28	1.2k 0.9×	548 1.2×	342 1.0×	462 1.5×	364 1.2×	134	2.6k
Qiang Cao China	26	1.0k 0.7×	636 1.3×	459 1.4×	272 0.9×	327 1.1×	149	2.1k
Tingting Huang China	33	1.6k 1.1×	813 1.7×	299 0.9×	264 0.8×	432 1.4×	111	3.0k
Michael W.Y. Chan Taiwan	27	1.2k 0.8×	408 0.9×	271 0.8×	270 0.9×	282 0.9×	92	2.0k
Yulan Zhao China	30	990 0.7×	428 0.9×	220 0.7×	228 0.7×	427 1.4×	92	2.2k
Jianzhong Ai China	23	762 0.5×	285 0.6×	376 1.1×	291 0.9×	416 1.4×	125	1.9k
Fei Pan China	25	2.1k 1.5×	832 1.8×	369 1.1×	301 1.0×	500 1.6×	103	3.3k
Yi Ma China	25	997 0.7×	582 1.2×	174 0.5×	239 0.8×	257 0.8×	124	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Han

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Han

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

Wei, Daimin, et al.. (2025). Bacillus subtilis probiotic enhances ornamental fish survival through ammonia detoxification. Aquaculture International. 33(2). 1 indexed citations

Li, Ning, Lu Han, Ou Qiao, et al.. (2025). Rescue RM/CS-AKI by blocking strategy with one-dose anti-myoglobin RabMAb. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1044–1044. 1 indexed citations

Han, Lu, Yongxia Wu, Kun Fang, et al.. (2023). The splanchnic mesenchyme is the tissue of origin for pancreatic fibroblasts during homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1–1. 152 indexed citations breakdown →

Kishimoto, Keishi, Kentaro Iwasawa, Lu Han, et al.. (2022). Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into diverse organ-specific mesenchyme of the digestive and respiratory systems. Nature Protocols. 17(11). 2699–2719. 18 indexed citations

Han, Lu, Xin Lin, Qun Yan, et al.. (2022). PBLD inhibits angiogenesis via impeding VEGF/VEGFR2-mediated microenvironmental cross-talk between HCC cells and endothelial cells. Oncogene. 41(13). 1851–1865. 37 indexed citations

Han, Lu, et al.. (2022). Origin, activation and heterogeneity of fibroblasts associated with pancreas and breast cancers. Advances in cancer research. 154. 169–201. 1 indexed citations

Han, Lu, Praneet Chaturvedi, Keishi Kishimoto, et al.. (2020). Single cell transcriptomics identifies a signaling network coordinating endoderm and mesoderm diversification during foregut organogenesis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4158–4158. 111 indexed citations

Jin, Ying, Chun‐Yu Qiu, Shuang Wei, et al.. (2020). Potentiation of P2X3 receptor mediated currents by endothelin-1 in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. Neuropharmacology. 181. 108356–108356. 8 indexed citations

Li, Ya, Huimin Zhou, Yulin Li, et al.. (2019). PTPN2 improved renal injury and fibrosis by suppressing STAT‐induced inflammation in early diabetic nephropathy. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 23(6). 4179–4195. 22 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Rulin, Xinyu Ge, Lu Han, et al.. (2019). Gut microbe–generated metabolite trimethylamine N‐oxide and the risk of diabetes: A systematic review and dose‐response meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews. 20(6). 883–894. 144 indexed citations

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Nasr, Talia, Pamela Mancini, Scott A. Rankin, et al.. (2019). Endosome-Mediated Epithelial Remodeling Downstream of Hedgehog-Gli Is Required for Tracheoesophageal Separation. Developmental Cell. 51(6). 665–674.e6. 36 indexed citations

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Rankin, Scott A., Kyle W. McCracken, Lu Han, et al.. (2017). Timing is everything: Reiterative Wnt, BMP and RA signaling regulate developmental competence during endoderm organogenesis. Developmental Biology. 434(1). 121–132. 34 indexed citations

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Rankin, Scott A., Lu Han, Kyle W. McCracken, et al.. (2016). A Retinoic Acid-Hedgehog Cascade Coordinates Mesoderm-Inducing Signals and Endoderm Competence during Lung Specification. Cell Reports. 16(1). 66–78. 84 indexed citations

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Ma, Pei, Haitao Wang, Lu Han, et al.. (2016). Up-regulation of small nucleolar RNA 78 is correlated with aggressive phenotype and poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Tumor Biology. 37(12). 15753–15761. 28 indexed citations

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Han, Lu, Pei Ma, Song-Mei Liu, & Xin Zhou. (2015). Circulating long noncoding RNA GAS5 as a potential biomarker in breast cancer for assessing the surgical effects. Tumor Biology. 37(5). 6847–6854. 71 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hua-Tuo, Xingyong Wan, Jing Li, et al.. (2015). Computational Prediction and Validation of BAHD1 as a Novel Molecule for UlcerativeColitis. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 12227–12227. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Bin, Dennis Liang Fei, Colin A. Flaveny, et al.. (2014). Pyrvinium Attenuates Hedgehog Signaling Downstream of Smoothened. Cancer Research. 74(17). 4811–4821. 65 indexed citations

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Ulens, Chris, Radovan Spurný, Andrew J. Thompson, et al.. (2014). The Prokaryote Ligand-Gated Ion Channel ELIC Captured in a Pore Blocker-Bound Conformation by the Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Memantine. Structure. 22(10). 1399–1407. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Bin, Colin A. Flaveny, Camilla Giambelli, et al.. (2014). Repurposing the FDA-Approved Pinworm Drug Pyrvinium as a Novel Chemotherapeutic Agent for Intestinal Polyposis. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101969–e101969. 53 indexed citations

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Shan, Qiang, Lu Han, & Joseph W. Lynch. (2011). β Subunit M2–M3 Loop Conformational Changes Are Uncoupled from α1 β Glycine Receptor Channel Gating: Implications for Human Hereditary Hyperekplexia. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e28105–e28105. 12 indexed citations

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