Lu Liu

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Lu Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Liu has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Neurology and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Lu Liu's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (16 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (7 papers). Lu Liu is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (16 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (7 papers). Lu Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Lu Liu's co-authors include Mikael Simons, Özgün Gökçe, Ludovico Cantuti‐Castelvetri, Martina Schifferer, Garyfallia Gouna, Simon Besson‐Girard, Tuğberk Kaya, Koichi Ichimura, Hao Ji and Matthias Brendel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lu Liu

100 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

White matter aging drives microglial diversity 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. White matter aging drives microglial diversity
    2021 271 citations Simon Besson‐Girard, Tuğberk Kaya et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lu Liu China 26 920 535 381 305 184 101 2.2k
Haijian Wu China 28 1.0k 1.1× 577 1.1× 272 0.7× 276 0.9× 301 1.6× 78 2.6k
Patrizia Ballerini Italy 33 1.0k 1.1× 468 0.9× 195 0.5× 205 0.7× 250 1.4× 103 2.9k
Xiaochuan Sun China 34 1.7k 1.8× 744 1.4× 320 0.8× 477 1.6× 216 1.2× 185 3.9k
Guodong Gao China 35 1.3k 1.5× 373 0.7× 255 0.7× 481 1.6× 350 1.9× 128 3.7k
Christoph Harms Germany 34 1.6k 1.8× 505 0.9× 270 0.7× 261 0.9× 287 1.6× 80 3.3k
Chunyan Li China 32 1.2k 1.3× 277 0.5× 271 0.7× 196 0.6× 244 1.3× 152 2.6k
Minjie Xie China 31 930 1.0× 775 1.4× 225 0.6× 149 0.5× 256 1.4× 88 2.7k
Xingchun Gou China 25 793 0.9× 452 0.8× 280 0.7× 201 0.7× 298 1.6× 86 2.1k
Rong Wu China 32 1.1k 1.2× 283 0.5× 275 0.7× 296 1.0× 462 2.5× 81 3.0k
Stanley A. Benkovic United States 24 729 0.8× 913 1.7× 312 0.8× 160 0.5× 374 2.0× 34 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Liu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Groh, Janos, Xidi Yuan, Lu Liu, et al.. (2025). Microglia activation orchestrates CXCL10-mediated CD8+ T cell recruitment to promote aging-related white matter degeneration. Nature Neuroscience. 28(6). 1160–1173. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shiyu, Liqian Zhang, Haimei Li, et al.. (2025). Efficacy of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for medicated adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): A randomized controlled trial. Psychiatry Research. 344. 116352–116352. 1 indexed citations
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Asare, Yaw, Hao Ji, Lu Liu, et al.. (2024). Innate immune training restores pro-reparative myeloid functions to promote remyelination in the aged central nervous system. Immunity. 57(9). 2173–2190.e8. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Xueting, Lu Liu, Jiaxin Zhang, et al.. (2024). S-CDK-regulated bipartite interaction of Mcm10 with MCM is essential for DNA replication. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1420033–1420033.
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Ji, Hao, Simon Besson‐Girard, Peter Androvic, et al.. (2023). High-Resolution RNA Sequencing from PFA-Fixed Microscopy Sections. Methods in molecular biology. 2616. 205–212. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xianwei, Lu Liu, Xiaohua Jiang, et al.. (2023). Identification of methylation-regulated genes modulating microglial phagocytosis in hyperhomocysteinemia-exacerbated Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 15(1). 164–164. 4 indexed citations
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Xing, Yu, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in understanding neuronal diversity and neural circuit complexity across different brain regions using single-cell sequencing. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 17. 1007755–1007755. 5 indexed citations
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Androvic, Peter, Martina Schifferer, Ludovico Cantuti‐Castelvetri, et al.. (2023). Spatial Transcriptomics-correlated Electron Microscopy maps transcriptional and ultrastructural responses to brain injury. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4115–4115. 34 indexed citations
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Kaya, Tuğberk, Nicola Mattugini, Lu Liu, et al.. (2022). CD8+ T cells induce interferon-responsive oligodendrocytes and microglia in white matter aging. Nature Neuroscience. 25(11). 1446–1457. 109 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chengjian, Jonathan Matalonga, Joseph J. Lancman, et al.. (2022). Regenerative failure of intrahepatic biliary cells in Alagille syndrome rescued by elevated Jagged/Notch/Sox9 signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(50). e2201097119–e2201097119. 14 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shuai, Yueshuai Guo, Haifeng Sun, et al.. (2021). Maternal RNF114-mediated target substrate degradation regulates zygotic genome activation in mouse embryos. Development. 148(13). 13 indexed citations
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Gouna, Garyfallia, Christian Klose, Mar Bosch-Queralt, et al.. (2021). TREM2-dependent lipid droplet biogenesis in phagocytes is required for remyelination. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(10). 118 indexed citations
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Liu, Lu, Simon Besson‐Girard, Hao Ji, et al.. (2021). Dissociation of microdissected mouse brain tissue for artifact free single-cell RNA sequencing. STAR Protocols. 2(2). 100590–100590. 13 indexed citations
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Yang, Lan, Qiangwei Liang, Yue Sun, et al.. (2020). Codelivered Chemotherapeutic Doxorubicin via a Dual-Functional Immunostimulatory Polymeric Prodrug for Breast Cancer Immunochemotherapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(28). 31904–31921. 42 indexed citations
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Liu, Lu, Xi Wei, R. Stephanie Huang, et al.. (2013). Effect of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-4 on the Expression of Sox2, Oct-4, and c-Myc in Human Periodontal Ligament Cells During Long-Term Culture. Stem Cells and Development. 22(11). 1670–1677. 33 indexed citations
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Luo, Chen, Bing Li, Lu Liu, et al.. (2012). Transcriptional activation of Reg2 and Reg3β genes by glucocorticoids and interleukin-6 in pancreatic acinar and islet cells. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 365(2). 187–196. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ying, et al.. (2008). [Oral health survey of elder people in northeast of China].. PubMed. 17(6). 582–5. 1 indexed citations

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