Quan Chen

37.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
266 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Quan Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Quan Chen has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Molecular Biology, 69 papers in Epidemiology and 33 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Quan Chen's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (58 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (49 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (26 papers). Quan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (58 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (49 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (26 papers). Quan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Quan Chen's co-authors include Yushan Zhu, Lei Liu, Hao Wu, Guo Chen, Yanjun Li, Haijing Jin, Xiaohui Wang, Kaili Ma, Sami Siraj and Lei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Quan Chen

245 papers receiving 12.3k 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.

A Regulatory Signaling Loop Comprising the PGAM5 Phosphatase and CK2 Controls Receptor-Mediated Mitophagy

2014 463 citations Guo Chen, Lei Liu et al. profile →
Mitophagy receptor FUNDC1 regulates mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy

2016 459 citations Yanjun Li, Quan Chen et al. profile →
Mitophagy, Mitochondrial Homeostasis, and Cell Fate

2020 425 citations Guo Chen, Yushan Zhu et al. profile →
STING directly activates autophagy to tune the innate immune response

2018 307 citations Yanjun Li, Xiaohui Wang et al. profile →
Dynamic O-GlcNAcylation coordinates ferritinophagy and mitophagy to activate ferroptosis

2022 185 citations Hanyu Liu, Song Yang et al. profile →
Crosstalk between mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy to maintain mitochondrial homeostasis

2023 136 citations Lei Liu, Yanjun Li et al. Journal of Biomedical Science profile →
ATM orchestrates ferritinophagy and ferroptosis by phosphorylating NCOA4

2023 129 citations Quan Chen et al. profile →
Current and future therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer’s disease: an overview of drug development bottlenecks

2023 95 citations Yong Peng, Quan Chen et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Quan Chen	7.6k	4.0k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	266	12.4k
Roberta A. Gottlieb	12.2k 1.6×	5.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.6×	2.1k 1.6×	215	20.2k
Guo-Fan Cao	7.9k 1.0×	7.5k 1.9×	1.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	1.6k 1.2×	17	14.4k
Sergio Lavandero	8.4k 1.1×	3.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.8×	2.2k 1.7×	346	16.3k
Yujie Li	8.5k 1.1×	7.7k 1.9×	1.8k 1.3×	2.2k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	166	16.5k
Shigeomi Shimizu	12.5k 1.6×	4.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.5×	1.9k 1.4×	146	18.5k
Maria Chiara Maiuri	6.8k 0.9×	7.3k 1.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	124	13.6k
Carlotta Giorgi	11.4k 1.5×	2.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	2.8k 2.1×	1.9k 1.4×	180	16.9k
Sung Soo Kim	6.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	542	14.6k
Patricia Boya	6.0k 0.8×	6.1k 1.5×	852 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	114	12.4k
Orian S. Shirihai	11.2k 1.5×	4.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	3.9k 2.9×	163	16.8k

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Wang, Wenjie, et al.. (2025). Ultra‐Tough Poly(Urea‐Urethane) Plastics With Superior Impact Resistance for Cryogenic Applications. Advanced Materials. 37(39). e2509421–e2509421. 5 indexed citations

Fang, Jiehong, Quan Chen, Mao‐Sheng Ran, et al.. (2025). RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a-coupled microfluidic biosensor enabling on-site, sensitive quantification of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 296. 118327–118327.

Chen, Haoting, Yang Ding, Dongyue He, et al.. (2025). Differentiation Responsive Architected Macrophage (DREAM) Selectively Modulate Tumor Microenvironment for Cancer Immunotherapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(44). 1 indexed citations

Li, Jialiang, Quan Chen, Qiliang Wang, et al.. (2025). Junction Field-Effect Transistors Based on MoSe₂/WSe₂ Heterostructures for High-Performance Photodetection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(11). 16970–16977. 1 indexed citations

Chandel, Navdeep S., Marni J. Falk, Janine H. Santos, et al.. (2025). Mitochondria transfer. Nature Metabolism. 7(9). 1716–1719. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Luxiang, Xiaojia Guo, Li Su, et al.. (2025). Letermovir Prophylaxis Guided by Cytomegalovirus Cell-Mediated Immunity Improves the Outcomes of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Liu, Fuxing, Xia Chen, Quan Chen, et al.. (2024). Clinicopathologic features and surgical treatment prognosis of esophageal carcinosarcoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 14. 1387611–1387611.

Zhang, Jie, Quan Chen, Lu Bai, et al.. (2024). A CNN-based dose prediction method for brachytherapy treatment planning of patients with cervical cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(3). 101013–101013. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Yong, et al.. (2024). Ginkgo biloba and Its Chemical Components in the Management of Alzheimer’s Disease. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 52(3). 625–666. 6 indexed citations

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Mei, Xiaohan, et al.. (2024). Stapled peptides: targeting protein-protein interactions in drug development. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 154–189. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Quan, et al.. (2024). Continuous Multi-Target Approaching Control of Hyper-Redundant Manipulators Based on Reinforcement Learning. Mathematics. 12(23). 3822–3822. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Quan, Bin Huang, Abigail Anderson, et al.. (2023). Association of first primary cancer with risk of subsequent primary cancer among survivors of adult-onset cancers in Kentucky and Appalachian Kentucky. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1193487–1193487. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Song, Hanyu Liu, Hua Ni, et al.. (2023). O-GlcNAcylation regulates phagocytosis by promoting Ezrin localization at the cell cortex. Journal of genetics and genomics. 50(7). 486–496. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Lei, Yanjun Li, Guo Chen, & Quan Chen. (2023). Crosstalk between mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy to maintain mitochondrial homeostasis. Journal of Biomedical Science. 30(1). 86–86. 136 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Chen, Yumeng Shi, Quan Chen, Kun Zhang, & Guang Yang. (2023). Copper Powder and Pd(II) Salts Triggered One-Pot Aromatic Halide Homocoupling via a Radical Pathway. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 88(4). 2306–2313. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Quan, et al.. (2022). A Weyl semimetal WTe2/GaAs 2D/3D Schottky diode with high rectification ratio and unique photocurrent behavior. Applied Physics Letters. 121(10). 18 indexed citations

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Xiao, Ji, Jing Tang, Quan Chen, et al.. (2015). miR-429 regulates alveolar macrophage inflammatory cytokine production and is involved in LPS-induced acute lung injury. Biochemical Journal. 471(2). 281–291. 43 indexed citations

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Du, Lei, Guanhua Rao, Hongyi Wang, et al.. (2013). CD44-Positive Cancer Stem Cells Expressing Cellular Prion Protein Contribute to Metastatic Capacity in Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Research. 73(8). 2682–2694. 88 indexed citations

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Rao, Guanhua, Hongyi Wang, Baowei Li, et al.. (2012). Reciprocal Interactions between Tumor-Associated Macrophages and CD44-Positive Cancer Cells via Osteopontin/CD44 Promote Tumorigenicity in Colorectal Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(4). 785–797. 118 indexed citations

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Ni, Biyun, Qi Ma, Baowei Li, et al.. (2011). Phenylarsine Oxide Induces Apoptosis in Bax- and Bak-Deficient Cells through Upregulation of Bim. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(1). 140–151. 9 indexed citations

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