Naijun Miao

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 807 citations indexed

About

Naijun Miao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Naijun Miao has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 807 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Naijun Miao's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (4 papers) and Acute Kidney Injury Research (4 papers). Naijun Miao is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (4 papers) and Acute Kidney Injury Research (4 papers). Naijun Miao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Naijun Miao's co-authors include Limin Lü, Li Zhou, Hong Xue, Yang Shen, Xiaoxia Wang, Hongyan Xie, Zhuanli Zhou, Qian Cheng, Jianyong Yin and Jing Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Naijun Miao

21 papers receiving 798 citations

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Stiffness sensing via Piezo1 enhances macrophage efferocytosis and promotes the resolution of liver fibrosis

2024 46 citations Yina Wang, Yuanyuan Wang et al. Science Advances profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naijun Miao China	18	434	210	177	87	81	21	807
Laura Márquez‐Expósito Spain	15	400 0.9×	269 1.3×	171 1.0×	93 1.1×	91 1.1×	31	916
Mohsen Honarpisheh Germany	15	395 0.9×	191 0.9×	235 1.3×	150 1.7×	50 0.6×	24	801
Zhengzhe Li China	19	471 1.1×	359 1.7×	155 0.9×	83 1.0×	160 2.0×	33	1.1k
Zhixia Song China	15	262 0.6×	220 1.0×	164 0.9×	75 0.9×	92 1.1×	21	710
Zongyu Zheng United States	17	404 0.9×	222 1.1×	163 0.9×	80 0.9×	46 0.6×	27	830
Wenhao Han China	14	378 0.9×	187 0.9×	107 0.6×	52 0.6×	38 0.5×	20	660
Kishor Devalaraja‐Narashimha United States	10	293 0.7×	118 0.6×	73 0.4×	104 1.2×	71 0.9×	15	625
Zhi Zhao China	17	418 1.0×	231 1.1×	110 0.6×	235 2.7×	51 0.6×	40	912
Monica Locatelli Italy	18	325 0.7×	399 1.9×	317 1.8×	54 0.6×	107 1.3×	33	1.1k

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Miao, Naijun, Zhengchun Kang, Wenyan Yu, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species promote cancer metastasis and tumor microenvironment immunosuppression through gasdermin D. Cell Death Discovery. 11(1). 219–219. 4 indexed citations

Miao, Naijun, Dongqing Cao, Jingsi Jin, et al.. (2024). Tumor cell–intrinsic Piezo2 drives radioresistance by impairing CD8+ T cell stemness maintenance. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 221(10). 5 indexed citations

Wang, Yina, Yuanyuan Wang, Haixia Kang, et al.. (2024). Stiffness sensing via Piezo1 enhances macrophage efferocytosis and promotes the resolution of liver fibrosis. Science Advances. 10(23). eadj3289–eadj3289. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Yina, Yuanyuan Wang, Jin Wang, et al.. (2023). Vinblastine resets tumor-associated macrophages toward M1 phenotype and promotes antitumor immune response. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 11(8). e007253–e007253. 59 indexed citations

Zhu, Ting, Naijun Miao, Yingying Qu, et al.. (2022). Disulfiram bolsters T‐cell anti‐tumor immunity through direct activation of LCK‐mediated TCR signaling. The EMBO Journal. 41(16). e110636–e110636. 28 indexed citations

Yu, Yao, Rongrong Wang, Naijun Miao, et al.. (2022). PD-L1 negatively regulates antifungal immunity by inhibiting neutrophil release from bone marrow. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6857–6857. 45 indexed citations

Yin, Fan, Peiqing Zheng, Yanzhe Wang, et al.. (2021). Caspase-11 promotes NLRP3 inflammasome activation via the cleavage of pannexin1 in acute kidney disease. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 43(1). 86–95. 36 indexed citations

Zhou, Zhuanli, Jingyao Li, Naijun Miao, et al.. (2020). RIG-I aggravates interstitial fibrosis via c-Myc-mediated fibroblast activation in UUO mice. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 98(4). 527–540. 23 indexed citations

Miao, Naijun, Fan Yin, Hongyan Xie, et al.. (2019). The cleavage of gasdermin D by caspase-11 promotes tubular epithelial cell pyroptosis and urinary IL-18 excretion in acute kidney injury. Kidney International. 96(5). 1105–1120. 182 indexed citations

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Xu, Dan, Bao Wang, Panpan Chen, et al.. (2018). c-Myc promotes tubular cell apoptosis in ischemia-reperfusion-induced renal injury by negatively regulating c-FLIP and enhancing FasL/Fas-mediated apoptosis pathway. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 40(8). 1058–1066. 24 indexed citations

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Miao, Naijun, Hongyan Xie, Dan Xu, et al.. (2018). Caspase-11 promotes renal fibrosis by stimulating IL-1β maturation via activating caspase-1. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 40(6). 790–800. 48 indexed citations

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Gan, Xinxin, Jun Ni, Yang Shen, et al.. (2018). SND p102 promotes extracellular matrix accumulation and cell proliferation in rat glomerular mesangial cells via the AT1R/ERK/Smad3 pathway. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 39(9). 1513–1521. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Dan, Panpan Chen, Bao Wang, et al.. (2018). NIX-mediated mitophagy protects against proteinuria-induced tubular cell apoptosis and renal injury. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 316(2). F382–F395. 27 indexed citations

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Shen, Yang, Naijun Miao, Bao Wang, et al.. (2017). c-Myc promotes renal fibrosis by inducing integrin αv-mediated transforming growth factor-β signaling. Kidney International. 92(4). 888–899. 51 indexed citations

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Miao, Naijun, Bao Wang, Dan Xu, et al.. (2017). Caspase-11 promotes cisplatin-induced renal tubular apoptosis through a caspase-3-dependent pathway. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 314(2). F269–F279. 19 indexed citations

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Shen, Yang, Naijun Miao, Xinxin Gan, et al.. (2016). N-acetylcysteine alleviates angiotensin II-mediated renal fibrosis in mouse obstructed kidneys. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 37(5). 637–644. 42 indexed citations

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Kong, Yali, Yang Shen, Jun Ni, et al.. (2016). Insulin deficiency induces rat renal mesangial cell dysfunction via activation of IGF-1/IGF-1R pathway. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 37(2). 217–227. 22 indexed citations

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Yin, Jianyong, Zeyuan Lu, Feng Wang, et al.. (2016). Renalase attenuates hypertension, renal injury and cardiac remodelling in rats with subtotal nephrectomy. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 20(6). 1106–1117. 50 indexed citations

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Miao, Naijun, et al.. (2016). Involvement of spliced X-box binding protein 1 in renal fibrosis induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction in mice.. PubMed. 68(2). 157–64. 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Yang, Naijun Miao, Xinxin Gan, et al.. (2016). Metformin Prevents Renal Fibrosis in Mice with Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction and Inhibits Ang II-Induced ECM Production in Renal Fibroblasts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 17(2). 146–146. 47 indexed citations

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