Naijun Yuan

740 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 509 citations indexed

About

Naijun Yuan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biological Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Naijun Yuan has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 509 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 6 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Naijun Yuan's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (6 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers). Naijun Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (6 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers). Naijun Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China and Norway. Naijun Yuan's co-authors include Jiaxu Chen, Qingyu Ma, Wenzhi Hao, Xiaojuan Li, Hua Gan, Xuefeng Jiang, Guijuan Zhang, Junqing Huang, Min Ma and Liangliang He and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Immunology and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Naijun Yuan

23 papers receiving 506 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.

Gut dysbiosis induces the development of depression-like behavior through abnormal synapse pruning in microglia-mediated by complement C3

2024 56 citations Wenzhi Hao, Qingyu Ma et al. Microbiome profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naijun Yuan China	14	262	163	112	77	54	23	509
Burak I. Ariöz Türkiye	7	404 1.5×	185 1.1×	55 0.5×	73 0.9×	129 2.4×	12	714
Emre Tarakcioglu Türkiye	6	305 1.2×	180 1.1×	28 0.3×	72 0.9×	109 2.0×	7	570
Jianbei Chen China	10	149 0.6×	160 1.0×	41 0.4×	75 1.0×	54 1.0×	14	318
Paulina Borkowska Poland	14	215 0.8×	88 0.5×	65 0.6×	51 0.7×	24 0.4×	28	430
Weihua Shao China	18	362 1.4×	251 1.5×	59 0.5×	99 1.3×	77 1.4×	33	748
Can Yan China	15	178 0.7×	117 0.7×	31 0.3×	83 1.1×	39 0.7×	38	459
Chiung-Wen Tsao Taiwan	16	273 1.0×	157 1.0×	26 0.2×	122 1.6×	52 1.0×	23	715
Mariane R. Cardoso Brazil	10	218 0.8×	132 0.8×	19 0.2×	69 0.9×	58 1.1×	16	538
Yuka Ikeda Japan	12	287 1.1×	91 0.6×	68 0.6×	34 0.4×	27 0.5×	47	512

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Wang, Xihong, Qingyu Ma, Xuan Zhou, et al.. (2024). Xiaoyao Pills, a Chinese patent medicine, treats mild and moderate depression: A randomized clinical trial combined with DNA methylation analysis. Phytomedicine. 130. 155660–155660. 8 indexed citations

Yuan, Naijun, Wenjun Zhu, Qingyu Ma, et al.. (2024). Luteolin ameliorates chronic stress-induced depressive-like behaviors in mice by promoting the Arginase-1+ microglial phenotype via a PPARγ-dependent mechanism. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 46(3). 575–591. 9 indexed citations

Hao, Wenzhi, Qingyu Ma, Lu Wang, et al.. (2024). Gut dysbiosis induces the development of depression-like behavior through abnormal synapse pruning in microglia-mediated by complement C3. Microbiome. 12(1). 56 indexed citations breakdown →

Qiu, Wenqi, Qian Wu, Kaiwen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Xiaoyaosan ameliorates depressive-like behavior and susceptibility to glucose intolerance in rat: involvement of LepR-STAT3/PI3K pathway in hypothalamic arcuate nucleus. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 23(1). 116–116. 8 indexed citations

Zhu, Wenjun, Naijun Yuan, Minyi Huang, et al.. (2023). Mapping the scientific research on bipolar disorder: A scientometric study of hotspots, bursts, and trends. Journal of Affective Disorders. 340. 626–638. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Wenjun, Naijun Yuan, Jianbei Chen, et al.. (2023). Roles of microglia in adult hippocampal neurogenesis in depression and their therapeutics. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1193053–1193053. 52 indexed citations

Yuan, Naijun, Xiaojuan Li, Kairui Tang, et al.. (2022). Xiaoyaosan inhibits neuronal apoptosis by regulating the miR-200/NR3C1 signaling in the prefrontal cortex of chronically stressed rats. Phytomedicine. 103. 154239–154239. 16 indexed citations

Yuan, Naijun, Kairui Tang, Hua Gan, et al.. (2021). Integrating Clinical and Genomic Analyses of Hippocampal-Prefrontal Circuit Disorder in Depression. Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 565749–565749. 5 indexed citations

Gan, Hua, Yuhe Lei, Naijun Yuan, et al.. (2021). Circular RNAs in depression: Biogenesis, function, expression, and therapeutic potential. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 137. 111244–111244. 25 indexed citations

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Hao, Wenzhi, Naijun Yuan, Lian Gong, et al.. (2021). Xiaoyaosan Improves Antibiotic-Induced Depressive-Like and Anxiety-Like Behavior in Mice Through Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Regulating the NLRP3 Inflammasome in the Colon. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 619103–619103. 42 indexed citations

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Yue, Lifeng, et al.. (2021). Potential therapeutic effect and methods of traditional Chinese medicine on COVID‐19‐induced depression: A review. The Anatomical Record. 304(11). 2566–2578. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Anfeng, Xiaojuan Zou, Jia‐Jia Wu, et al.. (2020). Early-Life Stress Alters Synaptic Plasticity and mTOR Signaling: Correlation With Anxiety-Like and Cognition-Related Behavior. Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 590068–590068. 35 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xuefeng, Yusheng Liu, Guijuan Zhang, et al.. (2020). <p>Acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic Acid Inhibits Precancerous Breast Lesion MCF-10AT Cells via Regulation of LINC00707/miR-206 that Reduces Estrogen Receptor-α</p>. Cancer Management and Research. Volume 12. 2301–2314. 16 indexed citations

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Yuan, Naijun, Lian Gong, Kairui Tang, et al.. (2020). An Integrated Pharmacology-Based Analysis for Antidepressant Mechanism of Chinese Herbal Formula Xiao-Yao-San. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 11. 284–284. 49 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guijuan, Xuefeng Jiang, Yu‐Sheng Liu, et al.. (2019). Therapeutic Efficiency of an External Chinese Herbal Formula of Mammary Precancerous Lesions by BATMAN-TCM Online Bioinformatics Analysis Tool and Experimental Validation. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2019. 1–14. 9 indexed citations

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Song, Pan, Yibo Wen, Chuiguo Huang, et al.. (2018). The efficacy and safety comparison of surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence: A network meta‐analysis. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 37(4). 1199–1211. 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Yunbo, Guijuan Zhang, Xiaoping Chen, et al.. (2018). Jianpi Bushen, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy, Combined with Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer Treatment: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2018(1). 4924279–4924279. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guijuan, Yanhong Lv, Yi Ma, et al.. (2017). Eugenol inhibits oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid oxidation via downregulation of c-Myc/PGC-1β/ERRα signaling pathway in MCF10A-ras cells. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12920–12920. 33 indexed citations

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Yuan, Naijun, Guijuan Zhang, Min Ma, et al.. (2017). Integrative analysis of lncRNAs and miRNAs with coding RNAs associated with ceRNA crosstalk network in triple negative breast cancer. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 10. 5883–5897. 43 indexed citations

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Huang, Chuiguo, Naijun Yuan, Liying Wu, et al.. (2017). An integrated analysis for long noncoding RNAs and microRNAs with the mediated competing endogenous RNA network in papillary renal cell carcinoma. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 10. 4037–4050. 31 indexed citations

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