Peng Xu

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Peng Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peng Xu has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peng Xu's work include Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (8 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (8 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers). Peng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (8 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (8 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers). Peng Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Peng Xu's co-authors include Laigeng Li, Feng Xu, Jiayan Sun, Min Shi, Xue‐Xin Chen, Shijin Xu, Bin Zhang, Wei Xie, Suqiao Zhang and Shuzhi Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Peng Xu

100 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Senolytic therapy in mild Alzheimer’s disease: a phase 1 feasibility trial

2023 149 citations Peng Xu, Bin Zhang et al. profile →
Autophagy enables microglia to engage amyloid plaques and prevents microglial senescence

2023 106 citations Insup Choi, Minghui Wang et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
A versatile CRISPR-Cas13d platform for multiplexed transcriptomic regulation and metabolic engineering in primary human T cells

2024 67 citations Victor Tieu, Elena Sotillo et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peng Xu China	32	1.6k	706	391	285	261	105	3.0k
Di Liu China	28	1.5k 0.9×	601 0.9×	247 0.6×	420 1.5×	221 0.8×	197	3.0k
Yan Zhou China	35	1.7k 1.0×	446 0.6×	279 0.7×	215 0.8×	246 0.9×	135	3.4k
Ping Zhou China	33	2.6k 1.6×	742 1.1×	653 1.7×	608 2.1×	239 0.9×	164	5.1k
Jin Young Kim South Korea	34	2.4k 1.5×	226 0.3×	224 0.6×	269 0.9×	330 1.3×	185	3.8k
Zhihao Chen China	30	1.5k 0.9×	337 0.5×	210 0.5×	177 0.6×	267 1.0×	145	2.7k
Hideki Kato Japan	35	1.6k 1.0×	809 1.1×	247 0.6×	343 1.2×	185 0.7×	153	3.9k
Min Xiong China	31	1.4k 0.8×	474 0.7×	155 0.4×	232 0.8×	664 2.5×	172	3.5k
Jianhua Tong China	39	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 2.2×	100 0.3×	324 1.1×	321 1.2×	141	4.2k
Lin Liu China	39	2.6k 1.6×	256 0.4×	916 2.3×	485 1.7×	301 1.2×	144	4.5k
Hao Feng China	27	1.4k 0.9×	442 0.6×	96 0.2×	338 1.2×	179 0.7×	107	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Peng Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peng Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peng Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peng Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peng Xu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peng Xu. Peng Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Ming, Peng Xu, Pengfei Wen, et al.. (2025). Genetic causal assessment between major depression and hypertension: A two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization study. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 47(1). 2553507–2553507. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Mingyi, et al.. (2025). Viral infections of the central nervous system increase the risk of knee osteoarthritis: a two-sample mendelian randomization study. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 37(1). 30–30. 1 indexed citations

Tieu, Victor, Elena Sotillo, Meena Malipatlolla, et al.. (2024). A versatile CRISPR-Cas13d platform for multiplexed transcriptomic regulation and metabolic engineering in primary human T cells. Cell. 187(5). 1278–1295.e20. 67 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Qi, Zihan Chen, Zhihao Ding, et al.. (2024). The deubiquitinase OTUD1 stabilizes NRF2 to alleviate hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury. Redox Biology. 75. 103287–103287. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Peng, et al.. (2024). Body Weight Correlates with Molecular Variances in Patients with Cancer. Cancer Research. 84(5). 757–770. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Weicheng, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and anti-inflammatory activities of two new N-acetyl glucosamine derivatives. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11079–11079. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Peng & Bin Zhang. (2023). Multiscale network modeling reveals the gene regulatory landscape driving cancer prognosis in 32 cancer types. Genome Research. 33(10). 1806–1817. 4 indexed citations

Choi, Insup, Minghui Wang, Seungyeul Yoo, et al.. (2023). Autophagy enables microglia to engage amyloid plaques and prevents microglial senescence. Nature Cell Biology. 25(7). 963–974. 106 indexed citations breakdown →

Forst, Christian V., Qian Wang, Xianxiao Zhou, et al.. (2023). Multiscale network analysis identifies potential receptors for SARS‐CoV‐2 and reveals their tissue‐specific and age‐dependent expression. FEBS Letters. 597(10). 1384–1402. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Chenyang, Yang Li, Peng Xu, & Gang Liang. (2022). OsIRO3 negatively regulates Fe homeostasis by repressing the expression of OsIRO2 . The Plant Journal. 111(4). 966–978. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Chenyang, et al.. (2022). IRONMAN peptide interacts with OsHRZ1 and OsHRZ2 to maintain Fe homeostasis in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(18). 6463–6474. 21 indexed citations

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Xu, Peng, Anastasia V. Sudarikova, Daria V. Ilatovskaya, et al.. (2022). Epithelial Sodium Channel Alpha Subunit (αENaC) Is Associated with Inverse Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure. Biomedicines. 10(5). 981–981. 4 indexed citations

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Richards, Rebecca M., Feifei Zhao, Katherine A. Freitas, et al.. (2021). NOT-Gated CD93 CAR T Cells Effectively Target AML with Minimized Endothelial Cross-Reactivity. Blood Cancer Discovery. 2(6). 648–665. 65 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ran, Sheng Wei, Peng Xu, et al.. (2021). Identification of Morphine and Heroin-Treatment in Mice Using Metabonomics. Metabolites. 11(9). 607–607. 9 indexed citations

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Liang, Gang, Huimin Zhang, Yang Li, et al.. (2020). Oryza sativa FER‐LIKE FE DEFICIENCY‐INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR (OsFIT/OsbHLH156) interacts with OsIRO2 to regulate iron homeostasis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 62(5). 668–689. 52 indexed citations

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Tsai, Chung‐Jui, Peng Xu, Liang‐Jiao Xue, et al.. (2020). Compensatory Guaiacyl Lignin Biosynthesis at the Expense of Syringyl Lignin in 4CL1 -Knockout Poplar. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 183(1). 123–136. 39 indexed citations

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Xu, Peng, et al.. (2019). The phenotype of knock-out mouse of tumor-associated calcium signal transducer2 as a model of gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 60(9). 2970–2970. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Jinquan, Li Xu, Zhen Bao, et al.. (2017). High expression of PIWIL2 promotes tumor cell proliferation, migration and predicts a poor prognosis in glioma. Oncology Reports. 38(1). 183–192. 20 indexed citations

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Gildea, John J, Peng Xu, Julia M. Carlson, et al.. (2015). The sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe2 ( slc4a5 ) expressed in human renal proximal tubules shows increased apical expression under high-salt conditions. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 309(11). R1447–R1459. 18 indexed citations

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Xu, Peng. (2012). Towards the Complete Genome: Progress of Common Carp Genome Project. 2 indexed citations

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