Lu Ren

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Lu Ren is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Ren has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Lu Ren's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (13 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (5 papers). Lu Ren is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (13 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (5 papers). Lu Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Lu Ren's co-authors include Lawrence Carin, David B. Dunson, Daifeng Cheng, Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, Sathnur Pushpakumar, Phung N. Thai, Utpal Sen, Shandong Yu, Yongyue Lu and Siyuan Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Lu Ren

66 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Exosomal DMBT1 from human urine-derived stem cells facilitates diabetic wound repair by promoting angiogenesis

2018 291 citations Lu Ren, Siyuan Tang 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 Ren China	20	454	149	136	134	127	70	1.5k
Xusheng Huang China	22	414 0.9×	55 0.4×	50 0.4×	77 0.6×	58 0.5×	161	1.8k
Fei Wang China	27	956 2.1×	66 0.4×	132 1.0×	32 0.2×	140 1.1×	232	3.7k
Yuqi Cui China	21	305 0.7×	146 1.0×	138 1.0×	288 2.1×	59 0.5×	72	1.5k
Edsel A. Peña United States	22	579 1.3×	56 0.4×	98 0.7×	27 0.2×	170 1.3×	88	2.1k
Xiaoyan Jiang China	26	489 1.1×	76 0.5×	22 0.2×	26 0.2×	90 0.7×	81	1.6k
Xi Zhang China	26	939 2.1×	78 0.5×	50 0.4×	140 1.0×	198 1.6×	130	2.5k
Xiaoyan Gao China	25	654 1.4×	53 0.4×	49 0.4×	68 0.5×	228 1.8×	128	2.1k
Ping Huang China	20	326 0.7×	41 0.3×	58 0.4×	153 1.1×	48 0.4×	94	1.3k
Duo Zheng China	28	1.3k 3.0×	30 0.2×	82 0.6×	126 0.9×	402 3.2×	96	2.6k
Nannan Zhang China	28	1.2k 2.7×	141 0.9×	34 0.3×	66 0.5×	377 3.0×	137	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Ren

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

Park, Jeong Eun, Phung N. Thai, Lu Ren, et al.. (2025). BPS2025 - The first GIP/GLP-1 dual agonist, tirzepatide, in high-fat diet- and L-NAME-induced heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in a mouse model. Biophysical Journal. 124(3). 620a–620a. 1 indexed citations

Ren, Lu, et al.. (2025). Senkyunolide I suppresses hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis by reprogramming VDR-dependent fatty acid metabolism. Chinese Medicine. 20(1). 85–85.

Tang, Siyuan, Lin Miao, Lu Ren, et al.. (2024). Taraxerone exerts antipulmonary fibrosis effect through Smad signaling pathway and antioxidant stress response in a Sirtuin1‐dependent manner. Phytotherapy Research. 38(7). 3720–3735. 2 indexed citations

Ren, Lu, Phung N. Thai, B. Harris, et al.. (2024). Atomistic mechanisms of the regulation of small-conductance Ca ²⁺ -activated K ⁺ channel (SK2) by PIP2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(39). e2318900121–e2318900121. 3 indexed citations

Ren, Lu, Phung N. Thai, Valeriy Timofeyev, et al.. (2022). Adenylyl cyclase isoform 1 contributes to sinoatrial node automaticity via functional microdomains. JCI Insight. 7(22). 8 indexed citations

Ren, Lu, Guy Perkins, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2022). Disruption of mitochondria–sarcoplasmic reticulum microdomain connectomics contributes to sinus node dysfunction in heart failure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(36). e2206708119–e2206708119. 22 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiao-Dong, Phung N. Thai, Lu Ren, et al.. (2021). Prestin amplifies cardiac motor functions. Cell Reports. 35(5). 109097–109097. 17 indexed citations

Reddy, Gopireddy R., Lu Ren, Phung N. Thai, et al.. (2021). Deciphering cellular signals in adult mouse sinoatrial node cells. iScience. 25(1). 103693–103693. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Junnan, Xiaodong Zhu, Hui Song, et al.. (2021). A novel approach to identify the mechanism of miR-145-5p toxicity to podocytes based on the essential genes targeting analysis. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 26. 749–759. 9 indexed citations

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Thai, Phung N., Lu Ren, Wilson Xu, et al.. (2021). Chronic Diclofenac Exposure Increases Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress, Inflammatory Mediators, and Cardiac Dysfunction. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 37(1). 25–37. 26 indexed citations

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Thai, Phung N., Lu Ren, Valeriy Timofeyev, et al.. (2021). Beat-to-beat dynamic regulation of intracellular pH in cardiomyocytes. iScience. 25(1). 103624–103624. 9 indexed citations

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Ren, Lu, et al.. (2021). Rectal bacteria produce sex pheromones in the male oriental fruit fly. Current Biology. 31(10). 2220–2226.e4. 49 indexed citations

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Ren, Lu, et al.. (2020). Assessment of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine Safety Profiles – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. medRxiv. 11 indexed citations

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Thai, Phung N., Lu Ren, Padmini Sirish, et al.. (2020). Selectin-targeting glycosaminoglycan-peptide conjugate limits neutrophil-mediated cardiac reperfusion injury. Cardiovascular Research. 118(1). 267–281. 17 indexed citations

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Park, Seojin, Lu Ren, Phuong T. Nguyen, et al.. (2020). Different arrhythmia-associated calmodulin mutations have distinct effects on cardiac SK channel regulation. The Journal of General Physiology. 152(12). 13 indexed citations

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Thai, Phung N., Anthony W. Herren, Lu Ren, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial Translocator Protein (TSPO) Prevents Heart Failure by Increasing Cardiac Utilization of Fatty Acids. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 445a–446a.

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Huang, Hongmei, Hui‐Jing Li, Lu Ren, & Daifeng Cheng. (2019). Microbial Communities in Different Developmental Stages of the Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, Are Associated with Differentially Expressed Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein-Encoding Genes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(13). 15 indexed citations

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Majumder, Suravi, Lu Ren, Sathnur Pushpakumar, & Utpal Sen. (2019). Hydrogen sulphide mitigates homocysteine-induced apoptosis and matrix remodelling in mesangial cells through Akt/FOXO1 signalling cascade. Cellular Signalling. 61. 66–77. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaofei, Hui Feng, Sharon Lawn, et al.. (2017). Translation and initial psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the partners in health scale. Flinders Academic Commons (Flinders University). 28(16). 7322–7329. 5 indexed citations

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Ren, Lu, Yingjian Wang, Lawrence Carin, & David B. Dunson. (2011). The Kernel Beta Process. Neural Information Processing Systems. 24. 963–971. 8 indexed citations

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