Ping Zhao

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ping Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping Zhao has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cancer Research and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ping Zhao's work include Atomic and Molecular Physics (7 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (7 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (5 papers). Ping Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Atomic and Molecular Physics (7 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (7 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (5 papers). Ping Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Ping Zhao's co-authors include Robert J. Coffey, M. Kay Washington, H. Charles Manning, Allie Fu, Ling Geng, Jordan Berlin, M. Schulte, Michael L. Nickels, Marc O. Johnson and Shannon T. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ping Zhao

43 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Pharmacological blockade of ASCT2-dependent glutamine transport leads to antitumor efficacy in preclinical models

2018 379 citations M. Schulte, Allie Fu et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Butyrate-producing Eubacterium rectale suppresses lymphomagenesis by alleviating the TNF-induced TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB axis

2022 119 citations Xiaoqiang Xu, Di Fu et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ping Zhao United States	18	758	548	194	182	118	44	1.4k
Yulin Li China	17	461 0.6×	175 0.3×	108 0.6×	102 0.6×	42 0.4×	69	1.1k
Yasumitsu Kondoh Japan	22	1.3k 1.8×	485 0.9×	204 1.1×	42 0.2×	32 0.3×	96	2.1k
Paul A. Rejto United States	29	1.7k 2.2×	315 0.6×	490 2.5×	91 0.5×	30 0.3×	68	2.7k
Paulus A. Kroon United States	25	856 1.1×	205 0.4×	107 0.6×	76 0.4×	75 0.6×	42	1.6k
David Hangauer United States	27	1.3k 1.7×	139 0.3×	353 1.8×	64 0.4×	44 0.4×	64	2.0k
Liwen Ren China	25	1.2k 1.6×	599 1.1×	257 1.3×	65 0.4×	22 0.2×	47	1.9k
Ling-Ling Li China	17	489 0.6×	205 0.4×	94 0.5×	45 0.2×	252 2.1×	28	1.2k
Joan Boren Spain	17	696 0.9×	398 0.7×	108 0.6×	30 0.2×	125 1.1×	19	1.3k
Hiroaki Takeda Japan	19	552 0.7×	120 0.2×	258 1.3×	164 0.9×	57 0.5×	53	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ping Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ping Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ping Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ping Zhao 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 Ping Zhao. Ping Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Wang, Wenyi, Hao Yang, Lu Xue, et al.. (2025). Cyclobenzaprine HCl ameliorates OVA-induced asthma through modulating the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathways. International Immunopharmacology. 163. 115249–115249. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing, et al.. (2024). Supplementation of Clostridium butyricum Alleviates Vascular Inflammation in Diabetic Mice. Diabetes & Metabolism Journal. 48(3). 390–404. 9 indexed citations

Grillo, Joseph A., Douglas McNair, & Ping Zhao. (2023). Coming full circle: The potential utility of real‐world evidence to discern predictions from a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model. Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition. 44(4). 344–347. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Jin, et al.. (2022). Human liver microsomes study on the inhibitory effect of plantainoside D on the activity of cytochrome P450 activity. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 22(1). 197–197. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Xiaoqiang, Di Fu, Rong Fan, et al.. (2022). Butyrate-producing Eubacterium rectale suppresses lymphomagenesis by alleviating the TNF-induced TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB axis. Cell Host & Microbe. 30(8). 1139–1150.e7. 119 indexed citations breakdown →

Tsakalozou, Eleftheria, Khondoker Alam, Priyanka Ghosh, et al.. (2022). Mechanistic modeling of drug products applied to the skin: A workshop summary report. CPT Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology. 12(5). 575–584. 7 indexed citations

Wu, Yong, Qinhao Guo, Xingzhu Ju, et al.. (2021). HNRNPH1-stabilized LINC00662 promotes ovarian cancer progression by activating the GRP78/p38 pathway. Oncogene. 40(29). 4770–4782. 14 indexed citations

Zhao, Ping, Dewei Jiang, Yunchao Huang, & Ceshi Chen. (2021). EphA2: A promising therapeutic target in breast cancer. Journal of genetics and genomics. 48(4). 261–267. 39 indexed citations

Zhao, Ping, Mengyuan Ji, Ying Fang, et al.. (2021). A novel lncRNA TCLlnc1 promotes peripheral T cell lymphoma progression through acting as a modular scaffold of HNRNPD and YBX1 complexes. Cell Death and Disease. 12(4). 321–321. 15 indexed citations

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Scotcher, Daniel, Vikram Arya, Xinning Yang, et al.. (2020). A Novel Physiologically Based Model of Creatinine Renal Disposition to Integrate Current Knowledge of Systems Parameters and Clinical Observations. CPT Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology. 9(6). 310–321. 18 indexed citations

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Cohen, Allison S., Ling Geng, Ping Zhao, et al.. (2020). Combined blockade of EGFR and glutamine metabolism in preclinical models of colorectal cancer. Translational Oncology. 13(10). 100828–100828. 35 indexed citations

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Liu, Rong, Haijun Chen, Ping Zhao, et al.. (2020). Mifepristone Derivative FZU-00,003 Suppresses Triple-negative Breast Cancer Cell Growth partially via miR-153-KLF5 axis. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 16(4). 611–619. 14 indexed citations

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Lin, Yuqi, Rong Liu, Ping Zhao, et al.. (2018). Discovery of novel mifepristone derivatives via suppressing KLF5 expression for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 146. 354–367. 14 indexed citations

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Schulte, M., Allie Fu, Ping Zhao, et al.. (2018). Pharmacological blockade of ASCT2-dependent glutamine transport leads to antitumor efficacy in preclinical models. Nature Medicine. 24(2). 194–202. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tang, Yiyin, et al.. (2017). Circular RNA hsa_circ_0001982 Promotes Breast Cancer Cell Carcinogenesis Through Decreasing miR-143. DNA and Cell Biology. 36(11). 901–908. 148 indexed citations

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Hight, Matthew R., Yiu‐Yin Cheung, Michael L. Nickels, et al.. (2014). A Peptide-Based Positron Emission Tomography Probe for In Vivo Detection of Caspase Activity in Apoptotic Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(8). 2126–2135. 26 indexed citations

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McKinley, Eliot T., R. Adam Smith, Ping Zhao, et al.. (2013). 3′-Deoxy-3′-¹⁸F-Fluorothymidine PET Predicts Response to ^V600EBRAF-Targeted Therapy in Preclinical Models of Colorectal Cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 54(3). 424–430. 23 indexed citations

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McKinley, Eliot T., Huiling Liu, W. Hayes McDonald, et al.. (2013). Global Phosphotyrosine Proteomics Identifies PKCδ as a Marker of Responsiveness to Src Inhibition in Colorectal Cancer. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80207–e80207. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ping, et al.. (2013). Purification lactic acid bacteria from fermented corn yellow straw and optimization of fermentation conditions. Science and Technology of Food Industry. 34(16). 228–231. 1 indexed citations

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McKinley, Eliot T., Joseph E. Bugaj, Ping Zhao, et al.. (2011). 18FDG-PET Predicts Pharmacodynamic Response to OSI-906, a Dual IGF-1R/IR Inhibitor, in Preclinical Mouse Models of Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(10). 3332–3340. 41 indexed citations

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