Mengji Lu

15.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
319 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Mengji Lu is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mengji Lu has authored 319 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Epidemiology, 159 papers in Hepatology and 100 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Mengji Lu's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (197 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (141 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (58 papers). Mengji Lu is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (197 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (141 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (58 papers). Mengji Lu collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Mengji Lu's co-authors include Dongliang Yang, Michael Roggendorf, Jia Liu, Zhongji Meng, Ejuan Zhang, Ruth Broering, Ulf Dittmer, JF Schlaak, Xin Zheng and Ling Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Mengji Lu

309 papers receiving 9.5k citations

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Liver injury during highly pathogenic human coronavirus infections

2020 614 citations Jia Liu, Mengji Lu et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	RNA methylation: A new perspective in osteoarthritis research 2025 ·Gene ·(unknown), Mengji Lu, (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Comparing acute versus AIDS ART initiation on HIV-1 integration sites and clonal expansion 2025 ·Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy ·(unknown), Nan Xiao, (unknown), (unknown), Fang Zhao, (unknown), Jizhou Gou, Mengji Lu, Yun He, Hongzhou Lu, Qian Li	1
3	Hepatitis B surface antigen expression impairs endoplasmic reticulum stress-related autophagic flux by decreasing LAMP2 2024 ·JHEP Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hui Deng, Baoju Wang, Hideo A. Baba, Mengji Lu, Heiner Wedemeyer, Hartmut Schmidt, Ruth Broering	4
4	Targeted mutations in IFNα2 improve its antiviral activity against various viruses 2023 ·mBio ·(unknown), Vu Thuy Khanh Le‐Trilling, (unknown), Sandra Francois, Mengji Lu, Jia Liu, Mirko Trilling, Daniel Hoffmann, Ulf Dittmer, Kathrin Sutter	4
5	Poly(I:C) Induces Distinct Liver Cell Type-Specific Responses in Hepatitis B Virus-Transgenic Mice In Vitro, but Fails to Induce These Signals In Vivo 2023 ·Viruses ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Martin Trippler, Mengji Lu, Heiner Wedemeyer, Hartmut Schmidt, Ruth Broering	1
6	A systematic comparison reveals dynamic differences in early adaptive immune responses of acute‐resolving versus chronic HBV replication 2023 ·Journal of Medical Virology ·Qin Wang, Yanan Liu, Jinzhuo Luo, (unknown), Lu Wang, Yinping Lu, Xuemei Feng, Xuecheng Yang, Kathrin Sutter, Ulf Dittmer, Mengji Lu, Xin Zheng, Dongliang Yang, Jia Liu	2
7	MAVS integrates glucose metabolism and RIG-I-like receptor signaling 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Yu Huang, (unknown), (unknown), Gang Xu, (unknown), Zhikui Cheng, (unknown), Lin Zhang, Huanhuan Cai, Qiming Wang, Xinghuan Wang, Hong Ren, Huan Yan, (unknown), Li Zhou, Mengji Lu, Zhibing Lu, (unknown), Shi Liu	32
8	Human hepatocyte-enriched miRNA-192-3p promotes HBV replication through inhibiting Akt/mTOR signalling by targeting ZNF143 in hepatic cell lines 2022 ·Emerging Microbes & Infections ·Fahong Li, Yingying Deng, Shenyan Zhang, (unknown), Jun Wang, Jinyu Wang, Xueyu Wang, Zhenyu Zhao, Wanyu Deng, Richeng Mao, Zhongliang Shen, Jieliang Chen, Ruth Broering, Yong Lin, Mengji Lu, Jiming Zhang	15
9	CCDC88A/GIV promotes HBV replication and progeny secretion via enhancing endosomal trafficking and blocking autophagic degradation 2021 ·Autophagy ·Xueyu Wang, Zhiqiang Wei, (unknown), Yulin He, Bin Cheng, Ruimin Li, Hongxia Chen, Fahong Li, Guo‐Hua Liu, Bin Jiang, Yong Lin, Mengji Lu, Zhongji Meng	21
10	mTOR Signaling: The Interface Linking Cellular Metabolism and Hepatitis B Virus Replication 2021 ·Virologica Sinica ·Xueyu Wang, Zhiqiang Wei, Yongfang Jiang, Zhongji Meng, Mengji Lu	15
11	Impaired Cytotoxic CD8 ⁺ T Cell Response in Elderly COVID-19 Patients 2020 ·mBio ·(unknown), Krystallenia Paniskaki, (unknown), Tanja Werner, Kathrin Sutter, Sebastian Dolff, (unknown), Andreas Limmer, Jia Liu, Xin Zheng, Thorsten Brenner, Marc Moritz Berger, Oliver Witzke, Mirko Trilling, Mengji Lu, Dongliang Yang, Nina Babel, Timm H. Westhoff, Ulf Dittmer, Gennadiy Zelinskyy	98
12	O -GlcNAc transferase promotes influenza A virus–induced cytokine storm by targeting interferon regulatory factor–5 2020 ·Science Advances ·Qiming Wang, (unknown), Rui He, Mengqi Li, Haisheng Yu, Li Zhou, Yi Yu, Fubing Wang, Rong Yuan, (unknown), Aidong Chen, Nanfang Peng, Yong Lin, Mengji Lu, Ying Zhu, Guoping Peng, Liqun Rao, Shi Liu	92
13	Chinese woodchucks with different susceptibility to WHV infection differ in their genetic background exemplified by cytochrome B and MHC-DRB molecules 2018 ·Virology Journal ·Bin Zhu, (unknown), Junzhong Wang, Shunmei Huang, Fanghui Li, Lu Wang, Yanan Liu, (unknown), Shunchang Zhou, Mengji Lu, Dongliang Yang, Baoju Wang	7
14	Hepatitis B virus sensitivity to interferon‐α in hepatocytes is more associated with cellular interferon response than with viral genotype 2017 ·Hepatology ·Fang Shen, Yaming Li, Yang Wang, Vitina Sozzi, Peter Revill, Jiangxia Liu, Lu Gao, Guang Yang, Mengji Lu, Kathrin Sutter, Ulf Dittmer, Jieliang Chen, Zhenghong Yuan	50
15	Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of TGF-β and receptor genes in the woodchuck model 2016 ·Gene ·(unknown), Junzhong Wang, Yana Liu, Baoju Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Roggendorf, Mengji Lu, Jia Liu, Dongliang Yang	3
16	Flagellins of <b><i>Salmonella</i></b> Typhi and Nonpathogenic <b><i>Escherichia coli</i></b> Are Differentially Recognized through the NLRC4 Pathway in Macrophages 2013 ·Journal of Innate Immunity ·Jingyi Yang, Ejuan Zhang, Fang Liu, Yan Zhang, Maohua Zhong, Yaoming Li, Dihan Zhou, Yao-Qing Chen, Yuan Cao, Yang Xiao, (unknown), Yi Yang, Ying Sun, Mengji Lu, Huimin Yan	34
17	Inhibition of hepatitis B virus (HBV) gene expression and replication by HBx gene silencing in a hydrodynamic injection mouse model with a new clone of HBV genotype B 2013 ·Virology Journal ·Lei Li, Hong C. Shen, (unknown), Zhenhua Zhang, Baoju Wang, Junzhong Wang, Xin Zheng, Jun Wu, Dongliang Yang, Mengji Lu, (unknown)	16
18	581 HBV SUPPRESSES TLR-MEDIATED INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSES IN MURINE PARENCHYMAL AND NON-PARENCHYMAL LIVER CELLS 2008 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Jun Wu, Zhongji Meng, Martin Trippler, Ruth Broering, (unknown), (unknown), Ehydel Castro, (unknown), Ulf Dittmer, (unknown), Michael Roggendorf, Guido Gerken, Mengji Lu, JF Schlaak	2
19	Differential expression of IFN-inducible MxA and 2',5'-OAS proteins in HepG_2 and HepG2.2.15 cells 2006 ·Mengji Lu	1
20	ESTIMATE OF A COMPLETE TRIGONOMETRIC SUM 1985 ·中国科学A辑(英文版) ·Mengji Lu	5

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