Michelle Wu

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Michelle Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle Wu has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Michelle Wu's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (4 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (3 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Michelle Wu is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (4 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (3 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers). Michelle Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Denmark. Michelle Wu's co-authors include John C. Gerhart, Marc W. Kirschner, James L. Maller, Greg S. Martin, James E. Ferrell, Rakesh K. Jain, Ivy X. Chen, Mei Rosa Ng, Peigen Huang and Vikash P. Chauhan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michelle Wu

20 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Cell cycle dynamics of an M-phase-specific cytoplasmic factor in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs.

1984 514 citations John C. Gerhart, Michelle Wu et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michelle Wu United States	16	1.2k	598	544	505	390	20	2.5k
Xiaowei Lu United States	33	3.3k 2.7×	881 1.5×	290 0.5×	401 0.8×	301 0.8×	76	4.9k
Ewan E. Morrison United Kingdom	30	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 2.4×	489 0.9×	195 0.4×	300 0.8×	68	3.3k
Ellen Wong United States	21	2.4k 2.0×	951 1.6×	292 0.5×	227 0.4×	238 0.6×	36	3.9k
Christelle Thibault-Carpentier France	33	1.9k 1.6×	179 0.3×	412 0.8×	284 0.6×	681 1.7×	64	3.3k
Yosaburo Shibata Japan	31	1.8k 1.5×	419 0.7×	144 0.3×	177 0.4×	424 1.1×	87	2.9k
Gail Stetten United States	29	2.6k 2.2×	401 0.7×	276 0.5×	297 0.6×	169 0.4×	86	5.6k
Anna Castro France	36	3.3k 2.7×	2.2k 3.8×	792 1.5×	348 0.7×	181 0.5×	68	4.7k
Marie‐Laure Yaspo Germany	27	2.9k 2.4×	244 0.4×	348 0.6×	308 0.6×	708 1.8×	70	4.7k
Stéphanie Le Gras France	32	2.0k 1.7×	315 0.5×	290 0.5×	226 0.4×	443 1.1×	57	2.9k
Deborah L. Berry United States	22	2.2k 1.8×	590 1.0×	345 0.6×	326 0.6×	363 0.9×	51	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michelle Wu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kourdougli, Nazim, et al.. (2024). The NKCC1 Inhibitor Bumetanide Restores Cortical Feedforward Inhibition and Lessens Sensory Hypersensitivity in Early Postnatal Fragile X Mice. Biological Psychiatry. 97(5). 507–516. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Michelle, Nazim Kourdougli, & Carlos Portera‐Cailliau. (2024). Network state transitions during cortical development. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 25(8). 535–552. 14 indexed citations

Pol, Barbara Van Der, et al.. (2021). PrintrLab incubator: A portable and low-cost CO2 incubator based on an open-source 3D printer architecture. PLoS ONE. 16(6). e0251812–e0251812. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Ivy X., Kristen E. Pauken, Vikram R. Juneja, et al.. (2020). A bilateral tumor model identifies transcriptional programs associated with patient response to immune checkpoint blockade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(38). 23684–23694. 32 indexed citations

Wang, Putianqi, Michelle Wu, Donald A. Morgan, et al.. (2020). A leptin–BDNF pathway regulating sympathetic innervation of adipose tissue. Nature. 583(7818). 839–844. 208 indexed citations

Faron, Matthew L., et al.. (2020). A Rapid SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay for Low Resource Settings. Diagnostics. 10(10). 739–739. 15 indexed citations

Chen, Ivy X., Vikash P. Chauhan, Jessica M. Posada, et al.. (2019). Blocking CXCR4 alleviates desmoplasia, increases T-lymphocyte infiltration, and improves immunotherapy in metastatic breast cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(10). 4558–4566. 307 indexed citations

Wu, Michelle, et al.. (2019). Proliferation and Differentiation in the Adult Subventricular Zone Are Not Affected by CSF1R Inhibition. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 13. 97–97. 24 indexed citations

Chauhan, Vikash P., Ivy X. Chen, Rong Tong, et al.. (2019). Reprogramming the microenvironment with tumor-selective angiotensin blockers enhances cancer immunotherapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(22). 10674–10680. 155 indexed citations

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Li, Jennifer, Michelle Wu, Julia Chu, Ryan D. Sochol, & Shyam Patel. (2014). Engineering micropatterned surfaces to modulate the function of vascular stem cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 444(4). 562–567. 10 indexed citations

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Chentoufi, Aziz Alami, Gargi Dasgupta, Anthony B. Nesburn, et al.. (2009). A genital tract peptide epitope vaccine targeting TLR-2 efficiently induces local and systemic CD8+ T cells and protects against herpes simplex virus type 2 challenge. Mucosal Immunology. 2(2). 129–143. 94 indexed citations

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Freeman, Robert M., Michelle Wu, L. H. Pratt, et al.. (2008). cDNA Sequences for Transcription Factors and Signaling Proteins of the HemichordateSaccoglossus kowalevskii: Efficacy of the Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) Approach for Evolutionary and Developmental Studies of a New Organism. Biological Bulletin. 214(3). 284–302. 42 indexed citations

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Chentoufi, Aziz Alami, Xiuli Zhang, Kasper Lamberth, et al.. (2008). HLA-A*0201-Restricted CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Epitopes Identified from Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D. The Journal of Immunology. 180(1). 426–437. 79 indexed citations

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Wang, Shunyou, Alejandro J. Garcia, Michelle Wu, et al.. (2006). Pten deletion leads to the expansion of a prostatic stem/progenitor cell subpopulation and tumor initiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(5). 1480–1485. 250 indexed citations

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Hartman, Hyman, Michelle Wu, Bob B. Buchanan, & John C. Gerhart. (1993). Spinach thioredoxin m inhibits DNA synthesis in fertilized Xenopus eggs.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(6). 2271–2275. 19 indexed citations

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Wu, Michelle & John C. Gerhart. (1991). Chapter 1 Raising Xenopus in the Laboratory. Methods in cell biology. 36. 3–18. 89 indexed citations

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Ferrell, James E., et al.. (1991). Cell cycle tyrosine phosphorylation of p34cdc2 and a microtubule-associated protein kinase homolog in Xenopus oocytes and eggs.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(4). 1965–1971. 312 indexed citations

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Rowning, Brian A., et al.. (1989). Hyperdorsoanterior embryos from Xenopus eggs treated with D2O. Developmental Biology. 134(1). 175–188. 38 indexed citations

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Gerhart, John C., Michelle Wu, & Marc W. Kirschner. (1984). Cell cycle dynamics of an M-phase-specific cytoplasmic factor in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 98(4). 1247–1255. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maller, James L., Michelle Wu, & John C. Gerhart. (1977). Changes in protein phosphorylation accompanying maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes. Developmental Biology. 58(2). 295–312. 238 indexed citations

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