Ming Xu

13.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
129 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Ming Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Xu has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Physiology and 23 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ming Xu's work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (16 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (11 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (9 papers). Ming Xu is often cited by papers focused on Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (16 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (11 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (9 papers). Ming Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Ming Xu's co-authors include James L. Kirkland, Tamar Tchkonia, Nathan K. LeBrasseur, George A. Kuchel, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Nathan Gasek, Mikołaj Ogrodnik, Megan Weivoda, Kurt O. Johnson and Allyson K. Palmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ming Xu

125 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Targeting cellular senescence prevents age-related bone loss in mice

2017 819 citations Ming Xu, Megan Weivoda et al. profile →
JAK inhibition alleviates the cellular senescence-associated secretory phenotype and frailty in old age

2015 631 citations Ming Xu, Tamar Tchkonia et al. profile →
Targeting senescent cells enhances adipogenesis and metabolic function in old age

2015 460 citations Ming Xu, Megan Weivoda et al. eLife profile →
Strategies for targeting senescent cells in human disease

2021 340 citations Nathan Gasek, George A. Kuchel et al. Nature Aging profile →
The heterogeneity of cellular senescence: insights at the single-cell level

2022 166 citations Rachel Cohn, Nathan Gasek et al. Trends in Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming Xu China	31	2.6k	2.4k	1.0k	788	606	129	6.0k
Diana Jurk United States	28	3.1k 1.2×	4.0k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 1.3×	660 1.1×	42	7.4k
Bennett G. Childs United States	11	4.1k 1.6×	4.9k 2.0×	2.1k 2.0×	973 1.2×	967 1.6×	12	9.1k
Michał M. Masternak United States	39	2.0k 0.8×	2.8k 1.1×	428 0.4×	538 0.7×	825 1.4×	179	5.7k
Fátima Bosch Spain	50	3.8k 1.5×	2.4k 1.0×	448 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	567 0.9×	167	7.8k
Daohong Zhou United States	53	4.8k 1.8×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	570 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	175	9.5k
Tim J. Schulz Germany	36	2.5k 1.0×	3.5k 1.4×	287 0.3×	1.9k 2.4×	537 0.9×	115	6.7k
Marcelo A. Mori Brazil	33	2.9k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	443 0.4×	1.3k 1.6×	1.6k 2.6×	100	5.6k
Rémi Mounier France	39	3.2k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	734 0.7×	674 0.9×	574 0.9×	79	6.1k
Carsten Skurk Germany	34	3.8k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	432 0.4×	736 0.9×	514 0.8×	133	6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ming Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Xu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fries, Gabriel R., et al.. (2026). Premature aging in serious mental illness. Neuropsychopharmacology.

Zhang, Xinchao, Xinyu Zhao, Kai Wang, et al.. (2025). HNF4α-TET2-FBP1 axis contributes to gluconeogenesis and type 2 diabetes. eLife. 13.

Borges, Gabriel Álvares, Marta Diaz‐delCastillo, Maja Hinge, et al.. (2025). Senescence profiling of monoclonal gammopathies reveals paracrine senescence as a crucial defense against disease progression. Leukemia. 39(5). 1206–1217. 1 indexed citations

Gasek, Nathan, Pengyi Yan, K‐Raman Purushothaman, et al.. (2024). Clearance of p21 highly expressing senescent cells accelerates cutaneous wound healing. Nature Aging. 5(1). 21–27. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Miaomiao, Jiapeng Li, Hu Xu, et al.. (2024). Tilianin attenuates inflammasome activation in endothelial progenitor cells to mitigate myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0311624–e0311624. 1 indexed citations

Bartley, Jenna M. & Ming Xu. (2024). Unleashing CAR T cells to delay metabolic aging. Nature Aging. 4(3). 284–286. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ailin, Yu Sun, Ming Xu, et al.. (2023). The relationship with and effect of oral microbiota on NLRP3 inflammatory pathway in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Archives of Oral Biology. 155. 105801–105801. 6 indexed citations

Martin, Dominique, et al.. (2023). Senolytic treatment with dasatinib and quercetin does not improve overall influenza responses in aged mice. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1212750–1212750. 11 indexed citations

He, Jing, Mingen Lin, Xinchao Zhang, et al.. (2023). TET2 is required to suppress mTORC1 signaling through urea cycle with therapeutic potential. Cell Discovery. 9(1). 84–84. 9 indexed citations

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Gao, Ming, Wenya Feng, Hongyang Huang, et al.. (2022). m6A demethylation of cytidine deaminase APOBEC3B mRNA orchestrates arsenic-induced mutagenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(2). 101563–101563. 20 indexed citations

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Cohn, Rachel, Nathan Gasek, George A. Kuchel, & Ming Xu. (2022). The heterogeneity of cellular senescence: insights at the single-cell level. Trends in Cell Biology. 33(1). 9–17. 166 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gasek, Nathan, et al.. (2022). Role of Senescent Cells in Cutaneous Wound Healing. Biology. 11(12). 1731–1731. 23 indexed citations

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Gao, Ming, Min Deng, Hongyang Huang, et al.. (2022). The deubiquitinase USP7 regulates oxidative stress through stabilization of HO-1. Oncogene. 41(33). 4018–4027. 24 indexed citations

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Xu, Ming, et al.. (2021). Effects of CHOP on Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition, Migration and Invasion of Liver Cancer. International journal of research studies in biosciences. 9(2). 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yueying, Xiaonan Xin, Lichao Wang, et al.. (2021). Senolytics improve bone forming potential of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells from aged mice. npj Regenerative Medicine. 6(1). 34–34. 68 indexed citations

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Al‐Naggar, Iman M., et al.. (2021). Senescence‐induced changes in CD4 T cell differentiation can be alleviated by treatment with senolytics. Aging Cell. 21(1). e13525–e13525. 31 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yueying, Iman M. Al‐Naggar, Po‐Jung Chen, et al.. (2021). Senolytics alleviate the degenerative disorders of temporomandibular joint in old age. Aging Cell. 20(7). e13394–e13394. 29 indexed citations

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Wang, Binsheng, Lichao Wang, Nathan Gasek, et al.. (2021). An inducible p21-Cre mouse model to monitor and manipulate p21-highly-expressing senescent cells in vivo. Nature Aging. 1(10). 962–973. 96 indexed citations

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Gasek, Nathan, George A. Kuchel, James L. Kirkland, & Ming Xu. (2021). Strategies for targeting senescent cells in human disease. Nature Aging. 1(10). 870–879. 340 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Ming, et al.. (2020). The Effect of SOCS3 on the Epithelial Stromal Transformation of Human Hepatoma MHCC97-H Cells. International journal of research studies in biosciences. 8(7). 1 indexed citations

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