Mengchen Lu

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Mengchen Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mengchen Lu has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Organic Chemistry and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mengchen Lu's work include Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (21 papers), Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (12 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (8 papers). Mengchen Lu is often cited by papers focused on Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (21 papers), Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (12 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (8 papers). Mengchen Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and Japan. Mengchen Lu's co-authors include Qidong You, Zhengyu Jiang, Jianai Ji, Tian Liu, Haopeng Sun, Xiaojin Zhang, Lili Xu, Zhenwei Yuan, Zhiyun Chen and Xiaoli Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Mengchen Lu

43 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 Keap1–Nrf2–ARE Pathway As a Potential Preventive and Therapeutic Target: An Update

2016 648 citations Mengchen Lu, Jianai Ji et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mengchen Lu China	23	1.8k	387	241	143	128	44	2.3k
Khushwant S. Bhullar Canada	20	1.2k 0.7×	281 0.7×	296 1.2×	83 0.6×	269 2.1×	44	2.3k
Bin Zhang China	32	2.0k 1.1×	389 1.0×	356 1.5×	177 1.2×	281 2.2×	173	3.4k
Chengyue Zhang China	26	1.4k 0.8×	162 0.4×	198 0.8×	132 0.9×	111 0.9×	80	2.1k
Shiliang Li China	27	1.3k 0.7×	240 0.6×	213 0.9×	158 1.1×	125 1.0×	126	2.8k
Defang Li China	35	1.7k 1.0×	258 0.7×	287 1.2×	184 1.3×	121 0.9×	144	3.2k
Xing‐Xing Fan Macao	30	1.5k 0.8×	182 0.5×	482 2.0×	290 2.0×	62 0.5×	102	2.7k
Yong Zhou China	36	2.4k 1.3×	472 1.2×	329 1.4×	294 2.1×	288 2.3×	111	4.4k
Tack‐Joong Kim South Korea	27	1.1k 0.6×	245 0.6×	124 0.5×	249 1.7×	158 1.2×	104	2.1k
Yan Cao China	34	2.1k 1.2×	122 0.3×	435 1.8×	370 2.6×	133 1.0×	172	3.5k
Sujit Nair India	25	1.7k 1.0×	277 0.7×	298 1.2×	216 1.5×	144 1.1×	65	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mengchen Lu

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

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Wang, Junjie, Tingting Wu, Shicheng Xu, et al.. (2025). Discovery of β-amino acid substituted naphthalene sulfonamide derivatives as potent Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1−nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Keap1−Nrf2) protein−protein interaction inhibitors for ulcerative colitis management. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 288. 117384–117384. 2 indexed citations

Qian, Junhui, et al.. (2024). A Novel Low-Cost Detection Scheme Based on Multi-Sensor Array Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 71(5). 2899–2903. 3 indexed citations

Qian, Siyu, et al.. (2024). The accuracy of screening tools for sarcopenia in older Chinese adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1310383–1310383. 8 indexed citations

Qian, Junhui, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of Array Optimization Algorithm via Information Theory for a Novel Multisensor Detection System. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 72. 1–11. 10 indexed citations

Qian, Junhui, et al.. (2023). Multiple-Sensor Detection System Design for Tea Identification Based on Mutual Information Array Optimization Scheme. IEEE Sensors Journal. 23(12). 13751–13761. 11 indexed citations

Lu, Mengchen, Jianai Ji, Yifei Lv, et al.. (2023). Bivalent inhibitors of the BTB E3 ligase KEAP1 enable instant NRF2 activation to suppress acute inflammatory response. Cell chemical biology. 31(6). 1188–1202.e10. 9 indexed citations

Qian, Junhui, et al.. (2022). Array Optimization Based on Weighted and Hilbert–Schmidt Schemes of Multisensor Detection System. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 19(5). 7044–7054. 20 indexed citations

Qian, Junhui, et al.. (2021). A Weighted Discriminative Extreme Learning Machine Design for Lung Cancer Detection by an Electronic Nose System. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 70. 1–9. 51 indexed citations

Qian, Junhui, et al.. (2021). A Novel Multisensor Detection System Design for Low Concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 69(5). 5314–5324. 29 indexed citations

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Qian, Junhui, Mengchen Lu, & Fengchun Tian. (2021). Joint Transceiver Design for Radar-Communication Spectral Sharing Systems by Minimizing Effective Interference Power. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 69(1). 229–233. 8 indexed citations

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Qian, Junhui, Mengchen Lu, Fengchun Tian, & Ran Liu. (2021). Study on Sensor Array Optimization of Medical Electronic Nose for Wound Infection Detection. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 69(3). 1867–1871. 23 indexed citations

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Lu, Mengchen, Jing Zhao, Yuting Liu, et al.. (2019). CPUY192018, a potent inhibitor of the Keap1-Nrf2 protein-protein interaction, alleviates renal inflammation in mice by restricting oxidative stress and NF-κB activation. Redox Biology. 26. 101266–101266. 120 indexed citations

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Lu, Mengchen, Tian Liu, Jianai Ji, et al.. (2018). Discovery of a Keap1-dependent peptide PROTAC to knockdown Tau by ubiquitination-proteasome degradation pathway. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 146. 251–259. 228 indexed citations

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Lu, Mengchen, et al.. (2017). Discovery of a head-to-tail cyclic peptide as the Keap1-Nrf2 protein-protein interaction inhibitor with high cell potency. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 143. 1578–1589. 65 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiaoli, Qichao Bao, Jianmin Jia, et al.. (2016). CPUY201112, a novel synthetic small-molecule compound and inhibitor of heat shock protein Hsp90, induces p53-mediated apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19004–19004. 8 indexed citations

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Lu, Mengchen, Jianai Ji, Zhiyun Chen, et al.. (2016). An inhibitor of the Keap1-Nrf2 protein-protein interaction protects NCM460 colonic cells and alleviates experimental colitis. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26585–26585. 104 indexed citations

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Wei, Jinlian, Yingrui Yang, Mengchen Lu, et al.. (2015). Escape, or Vanish: Control the Fate of p53 through MDM2-Mediated Ubiquitination. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 16(2). 174–189. 8 indexed citations

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Jiang, Zhengyu, Lili Xu, Mengchen Lu, et al.. (2014). Investigation of the intermolecular recognition mechanism between the E3 ubiquitin ligase Keap1 and substrate based on multiple substrates analysis. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 28(12). 1233–1245. 25 indexed citations

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Zhu, Junfeng, Zhengyu Jiang, Mengchen Lu, et al.. (2014). Insights into Targeting NEMO for Pharmacological Regulation. Current Drug Targets. 15(9). 874–887. 1 indexed citations

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Jia, Jianmin, Xiaoli Xu, Fang Liu, et al.. (2013). Identification, Design and Bio-Evaluation of Novel Hsp90 Inhibitors by Ligand-Based Virtual Screening. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e59315–e59315. 15 indexed citations

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