Mei Lü

34.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
377 papers, 24.3k citations indexed

About

Mei Lü is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mei Lü has authored 377 papers receiving a total of 24.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Epidemiology, 76 papers in Molecular Biology and 62 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mei Lü's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (62 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (50 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (46 papers). Mei Lü is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (62 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (50 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (46 papers). Mei Lü collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Mei Lü's co-authors include Michael Chopp, Jieli Chen, Yi Li, Dunyue Lu, Lei Wang, Zheng Gang Zhang, Thomas Brott, Zhenggang Zhang, Mark Katakowski and Joseph P. Broderick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mei Lü

361 papers receiving 23.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Therapeutic Benefit of Intravenous Administration of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells After Cerebral Ischemia in Rats

2001 1.5k citations Jieli Chen, Yi Li et al. Stroke profile →
Intravenous Administration of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Reduces Behavioral Deficits After Stroke in Rats

2001 1.1k citations Mei Lü, Michael Chopp et al. Stroke profile →
Human marrow stromal cell therapy for stroke in rat

2002 743 citations Mei Lü, Michael Chopp et al. profile →
Early stroke treatment associated with better outcome

2000 622 citations Mei Lü et al. profile →
Intravenous Administration of Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Induces Angiogenesis in the Ischemic Boundary Zone After Stroke in Rats

2003 542 citations Jieli Chen, Zheng Gang Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mei Lü United States	80	7.0k	6.4k	5.8k	4.9k	4.7k	377	24.3k
Seung Up Kim South Korea	85	9.8k 1.4×	3.9k 0.6×	9.7k 1.7×	5.0k 1.0×	4.3k 0.9×	839	32.8k
Gary K. Steinberg United States	86	6.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.4×	3.4k 0.6×	3.6k 0.7×	4.5k 1.0×	521	26.7k
Jian Wang China	84	11.6k 1.6×	1.8k 0.3×	3.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.3×	4.8k 1.0×	897	30.6k
V. Wee Yong Canada	100	10.0k 1.4×	1.8k 0.3×	1.9k 0.3×	3.6k 0.7×	7.8k 1.7×	437	30.1k
Robert J. Dempsey United States	65	3.5k 0.5×	2.6k 0.4×	3.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	2.4k 0.5×	277	16.5k
Kunlin Jin United States	70	7.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.3×	1.4k 0.2×	5.6k 1.1×	4.6k 1.0×	226	19.1k
Berislav V. Zloković United States	98	13.0k 1.8×	1.9k 0.3×	3.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.3×	18.5k 3.9×	307	48.0k
Eng H. Lo United States	97	12.1k 1.7×	985 0.2×	8.2k 1.4×	2.9k 0.6×	11.9k 2.5×	470	35.9k
Sean I. Savitz United States	60	2.8k 0.4×	2.3k 0.4×	4.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.2×	3.1k 0.7×	332	12.8k
Pamela J. Shaw United Kingdom	89	9.8k 1.4×	8.9k 1.4×	1.6k 0.3×	981 0.2×	5.1k 1.1×	486	29.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Tongyu, Mei Lü, Hai Li, et al.. (2025). Development and validation of a novel artificial intelligence algorithm for precise prediction the postoperative prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Cancer. 25(1). 134–134. 1 indexed citations

Lü, Mei, Sheri Trudeau, Humberto C. González, et al.. (2025). Pre‐Diagnosis Alkaline Phosphatase and Antimitochondrial Antibody Positivity Vary by Race/Ethnicity Among Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 40(9). 2209–2218.

Williams, Jonathan, Odaliz Abreu-Lanfranco, Ramon Del Busto, et al.. (2025). Improving Vaccination Rates in Adult Solid Organ Transplant Candidates: Impact of an Infectious Diseases Pretransplant Clinic. Transplant Infectious Disease. 27(4). e70059–e70059. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Li, Guangliang Ding, Lian Li, et al.. (2024). The Glymphatic Response to the Development of Type 2 Diabetes. Biomedicines. 12(2). 401–401. 6 indexed citations

Kim, W. Ray, Laura Telep, Belinda Jump, et al.. (2022). Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in treatment‐naïve chronic hepatitis B patients receiving tenofovir disoproxil fumarate versus entecavir in the United States. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 55(7). 828–835. 8 indexed citations

Gordon, Stuart C., Kuan-Han Wu, Keith D. Lindor, et al.. (2020). Ursodeoxycholic Acid Treatment Preferentially Improves Overall Survival Among African Americans With Primary Biliary Cholangitis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115(2). 262–270. 16 indexed citations

Xin, Hongqi, Benjamin Buller, Yanfeng Li, et al.. (2020). MiR-17-92 enriched exosomes derived from multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells enhance axon-myelin remodeling and motor electrophysiological recovery after stroke. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 41(5). 1131–1144. 105 indexed citations

Vijayadeva, Vinutha, Anne C. Moorman, Loralee B. Rupp, et al.. (2014). Hepatitis B virus infection testing and prevalence among Asian and Pacific Islanders.. PubMed. 20(4). e98–e104. 14 indexed citations

Shen, Li, Hongqi Xin, Yi Li, et al.. (2011). Endogenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator Mediates Bone Marrow Stromal Cell-Induced Neurite Remodeling After Stroke in Mice. Stroke. 42(2). 459–464. 43 indexed citations

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Bagher‐Ebadian, Hassan, Rajan Jain, Siamak P. Nejad‐Davarani, et al.. (2011). Model selection for DCE‐T1 studies in glioblastoma. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 68(1). 241–251. 67 indexed citations

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Zacharek, Alex, Amjad Shehadah, Jieli Chen, et al.. (2010). Comparison of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Derived From Stroke and Normal Rats for Stroke Treatment. Stroke. 41(3). 524–530. 54 indexed citations

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Worsham, Maria J., Usha Raju, Mei Lü, et al.. (2008). Risk factors for breast cancer from benign breast disease in a diverse population. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 118(1). 1–7. 42 indexed citations

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Xia, Yang, et al.. (2008). Molecular and morphological adaptations in compressed articular cartilage by polarized light microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared imaging. Journal of Structural Biology. 164(1). 88–95. 30 indexed citations

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Chen, Jieli, Alex Zacharek, Ang Li, et al.. (2007). Atorvastatin Promotes Presenilin-1 Expression and Notch1 Activity and Increases Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation After Stroke. Stroke. 39(1). 220–226. 52 indexed citations

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Barton, Kenneth, Svend O. Freytag, T Nurushev, et al.. (2007). A Model for Optimizing Adenoviral Delivery in Human Cancer Gene Therapy Trials. Human Gene Therapy. 18(6). 562–572. 4 indexed citations

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Wu, Hong, et al.. (2006). Production of cellulase by Aspergillus niger AF--98 in solid--state cultivation. Mycosystema. 25(3). 475–480.

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Lü, Mei, Panayiotis Mitsias, James R. Ewing, et al.. (2005). Predicting final infarct size using acute and subacute multiparametric MRI measurements in patients with ischemic stroke. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 21(5). 495–502. 19 indexed citations

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Lü, Mei, Jieli Chen, Dunyue Lu, et al.. (2003). Global test statistics for treatment effect of stroke and traumatic brain injury in rats with administration of bone marrow stromal cells. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 128(1-2). 183–190. 79 indexed citations

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Lü, Mei, Gary A. Chase, & Shuhui Li. (2001). PERMUTATION TESTS AND OTHER TEST STATISTICS FOR ILL-BEHAVED DATA: EXPERIENCE OF THE NINDS t-PA STROKE TRIAL. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 30(7). 1481–1496. 8 indexed citations

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Battinelli, Lucia, et al.. (1998). Antimicrobial Activity of Ginsenosides. Pharmacy and Pharmacology Communications. 4(8). 411–413. 8 indexed citations

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