Mingjun Shi

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Mingjun Shi is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mingjun Shi has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Nephrology, 33 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Mingjun Shi's work include Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (22 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (12 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (10 papers). Mingjun Shi is often cited by papers focused on Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (22 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (12 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (10 papers). Mingjun Shi collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Mingjun Shi's co-authors include Orson W. Moe, Ming Chang Hu, Makoto Kuro‐o, Jianning Zhang, Henry Quiñones, Carolyn Griffith, Teruyo Nakatani, Mohammed S. Razzaque, Ying Xiao and Ming‐Chang Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mingjun Shi

61 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Klotho Deficiency Causes Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease

2010 741 citations Ming Chang Hu, Mingjun Shi et al. profile →
Disruption of the beclin 1–BCL2 autophagy regulatory complex promotes longevity in mice

2018 492 citations Álvaro F. Fernández, Salwa Sebti et al. Nature profile →
Klotho: a novel phosphaturic substance acting as an autocrine enzyme in the renal proximal tubule

2010 459 citations Ming Chang Hu, Mingjun Shi et al. The FASEB Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mingjun Shi China	26	2.6k	1.2k	1.2k	573	527	64	4.1k
Atsushi Shioi Japan	36	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	694 0.6×	623 1.1×	771 1.5×	97	5.3k
Ryo Okazaki Japan	29	994 0.4×	975 0.8×	491 0.4×	482 0.8×	425 0.8×	78	3.1k
Zhousheng Xiao United States	35	990 0.4×	1.9k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	413 0.7×	250 0.5×	69	3.4k
Weichun He China	33	1.3k 0.5×	2.0k 1.7×	375 0.3×	459 0.8×	106 0.2×	55	3.9k
Romuald Mentaverri France	35	828 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	254 0.2×	380 0.7×	423 0.8×	76	3.2k
Roderick J. Tan United States	34	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	393 0.3×	295 0.5×	198 0.4×	63	4.2k
Elena Ambrogini United States	23	834 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	574 0.5×	292 0.5×	143 0.3×	42	3.0k
Justin Silver Israel	30	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.8×	926 1.8×	83	4.3k
Changli Wei United States	27	2.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	358 0.3×	663 1.2×	88 0.2×	61	4.2k
Craig R. Brooks United States	25	1.5k 0.6×	2.5k 2.1×	307 0.3×	495 0.9×	123 0.2×	44	4.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shi, Mingjun, et al.. (2025). Tobacco’s dual genomic footprints in bladder cancer revealed by multi-omics analysis: An SBS4-like LumU-enriched signature and smoking-driven HRD-related genomic instability. Genes & Diseases. 102001–102001.

Jia, Jing, Xiaoxiao Xu, Fangfang Wang, et al.. (2025). Alpha-lipoamide prevents acute kidney injury in mouse by inhibiting renal tubular epithelial cell pyroptosis. Biochemical Pharmacology. 237. 116942–116942. 1 indexed citations

Song, Lingyu, Yali Huang, Guifang Wang, et al.. (2025). Meteorin-like alleviates hepatic steatosis by regulating hepatic triglyceride secretion and fatty acid oxidation. Cell Reports. 44(2). 115246–115246. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Tian, Ke‐Gang Linghu, Jia Tan, et al.. (2024). TIGAR exacerbates obesity by triggering LRRK2-mediated defects in macroautophagy and chaperone-mediated autophagy in adipocytes. Autophagy. 20(8). 1741–1761. 7 indexed citations

Shi, Mingjun, et al.. (2024). HNF-1β alleviates podocyte injury in lupus nephritis by maintaining endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis. Lupus Science & Medicine. 11(2). e001349–e001349. 4 indexed citations

Cheng, Zhijian, Wenjiao Tai, Mingjun Shi, et al.. (2024). Targeting foamy macrophages by manipulating ABCA1 expression to facilitate lesion healing in the injured spinal cord. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 119. 431–453. 6 indexed citations

Zhou, Xingcheng, Dan Wang, Rongyu Chen, et al.. (2023). miR ‐124‐3p improves mitochondrial function of renal tubular epithelial cells in db/db mice. The FASEB Journal. 37(3). e22794–e22794. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Huifang, Huiming Liu, Dan Wang, et al.. (2022). Alpha lipoamide inhibits diabetic kidney fibrosis via improving mitochondrial function and regulating RXRα expression and activation. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 44(5). 1051–1065. 27 indexed citations

Wei, Peng, Xingcheng Zhou, Tingting Xu, et al.. (2022). BMP-7 ameliorates partial epithelial-mesenchymal transition by restoring SnoN protein level via Smad1/5 pathway in diabetic kidney disease. Cell Death and Disease. 13(3). 254–254. 26 indexed citations

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Liang, Dan, Zhiyang Li, Fan Zhang, et al.. (2022). BMP-7 Upregulates Id2 Through the MAPK Signaling Pathway to Improve Diabetic Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis and the Intervention of Oxymatrine. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 900346–900346. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Zhiyang, et al.. (2021). [Oxymatrine improves renal fibrosis and inflammation in diabetic rats by modulating CHK1/2 phosphorylation].. PubMed. 41(10). 1519–1526.

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Xie, Ying, Yuanyuan Ruan, Yixin Wang, et al.. (2021). YAP1 Overexpression Is Associated with Kidney Dysfunction in Lupus Nephritis. Pathobiology. 88(6). 412–423. 4 indexed citations

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Flores, Brianna, et al.. (2020). High Phosphate Induces and Klotho Attenuates Kidney Epithelial Senescence and Fibrosis. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 11. 1273–1273. 29 indexed citations

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Wei, Peng, Huiming Liu, Dan Wang, et al.. (2020). Autophagy-related protein EI24 delays the development of pulmonary fibrosis by promoting autophagy. Life Sciences. 264. 118664–118664. 11 indexed citations

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Xiao, Ying, Can Peng, Dan Liang, et al.. (2020). Oxymatrine Inhibits Twist-Mediated Renal Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis by Upregulating Id2 Expression. Frontiers in Physiology. 11. 599–599. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Xingmei, Yingying Zhang, Mingjun Shi, et al.. (2018). Notch1 regulates PTEN expression to exacerbate renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis in diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting autophagy via interactions with Hes1. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 497(4). 1110–1116. 33 indexed citations

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Fernández, Álvaro F., Salwa Sebti, Yongjie Wei, et al.. (2018). Disruption of the beclin 1–BCL2 autophagy regulatory complex promotes longevity in mice. Nature. 558(7708). 136–140. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Ming Chang, Mingjun Shi, & Orson W. Moe. (2018). Role of αKlotho and FGF23 in regulation of type II Na-dependent phosphate co-transporters. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 471(1). 99–108. 38 indexed citations

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Bian, Ao, Mingjun Shi, Brianna Flores, et al.. (2017). Downregulation of autophagy is associated with severe ischemia-reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury in overexpressing C-reactive protein mice. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0181848–e0181848. 36 indexed citations

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Hu, Ming‐Chang, Mingjun Shi, Jianning Zhang, et al.. (2010). Klotho deficiency is an early biomarker of renal ischemia–reperfusion injury and its replacement is protective. Kidney International. 78(12). 1240–1251. 315 indexed citations

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