Ren Sun

30.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
217 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Ren Sun is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ren Sun has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Epidemiology, 111 papers in Oncology and 55 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ren Sun's work include Viral-associated cancers and disorders (99 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (91 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (50 papers). Ren Sun is often cited by papers focused on Viral-associated cancers and disorders (99 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (91 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (50 papers). Ren Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Ren Sun's co-authors include Ting-Ting Wu, Hongyu Deng, George Miller, Moon Jung Song, Su‐Fang Lin, C. Anders Olson, Genhong Cheng, Nicholas C. Wu, Helen Brown and Lyndle Gradoville and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ren Sun

212 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

IRF3 Mediates a TLR3/TLR4-Specific Antiviral Gene Program

2002 718 citations Ryan M. O’Connell, Ren Sun et al. profile →
A viral gene that activates lytic cycle expression of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

1998 514 citations Ren Sun, Su‐Fang Lin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ren Sun United States	53	5.1k	5.0k	2.7k	2.0k	1.8k	217	10.2k
Shou‐Jiang Gao United States	58	7.5k 1.5×	5.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	221	11.3k
Akihide Ryo Japan	45	2.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.3×	4.9k 1.8×	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	225	9.7k
Ralph A. Tripp United States	66	2.1k 0.4×	7.1k 1.4×	3.5k 1.3×	6.7k 3.4×	3.3k 1.8×	295	17.1k
Chien‐Fu Hung United States	65	2.9k 0.6×	4.1k 0.8×	5.1k 1.9×	6.9k 3.5×	1.0k 0.6×	355	14.5k
Filippo Belardelli Italy	61	4.4k 0.9×	1.8k 0.4×	3.1k 1.1×	10.0k 5.1×	1.3k 0.7×	258	14.9k
Martin Röcken Germany	55	2.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	5.4k 2.8×	361 0.2×	270	11.7k
Don J. Diamond United States	49	1.7k 0.3×	3.0k 0.6×	3.1k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	893 0.5×	177	9.4k
T.‐C. Wu United States	67	3.4k 0.7×	4.7k 0.9×	4.8k 1.8×	8.2k 4.2×	1.1k 0.6×	275	14.2k
Hanswalter Zentgraf Germany	68	2.0k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	7.9k 3.0×	1.4k 0.7×	796 0.4×	226	14.1k
W. Nicholas Haining United States	43	6.1k 1.2×	1.8k 0.4×	3.5k 1.3×	10.3k 5.2×	845 0.5×	78	14.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ren Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ren Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ren Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bao, Liang, et al.. (2023). PTSSBench: a performance evaluation platform in support of automated parameter tuning of software systems. Automated Software Engineering. 31(1). 2 indexed citations

Zhong, Yong, et al.. (2023). Development and Practice of Sports-Related Public Welfare Platform Based on Multi-Sensor Technology. Sensors. 23(2). 713–713. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Chao, Grzegorz Zapotoczny, Nolan Ung, et al.. (2021). Paradoxical androgen receptor regulation by small molecule enantiomers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(12). 3 indexed citations

Burston, Helen E., Oliver A. Kent, Laudine Communal, et al.. (2021). Inhibition of relaxin autocrine signaling confers therapeutic vulnerability in ovarian cancer. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(7). 20 indexed citations

Sharma, Arvind, Xiaokang Zhang, Wanwisa Dejnirattisai, et al.. (2021). The epitope arrangement on flavivirus particles contributes to Mab C10’s extraordinary neutralization breadth across Zika and dengue viruses. Cell. 184(25). 6052–6066.e18. 50 indexed citations

Brar, Gurpreet, Nisar Farhat, Yong‐Hoon Kim, et al.. (2020). Deletion of immune evasion genes provides an effective vaccine design for tumor-associated herpesviruses. npj Vaccines. 5(1). 102–102. 11 indexed citations

Du, Yushen, Judd F. Hultquist, Quan Zhou, et al.. (2020). mRNA display with library of even-distribution reveals cellular interactors of influenza virus NS1. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2449–2449. 13 indexed citations

Srikanth, Sonal, Jin Seok Woo, Beibei Wu, et al.. (2018). The Ca2+ sensor STIM1 regulates the type I interferon response by retaining the signaling adaptor STING at the endoplasmic reticulum. Nature Immunology. 20(2). 152–162. 288 indexed citations

Shen, Yong, Saisai Wang, Fangfang Sun, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of murine herpesvirus-68 replication by IFN-gamma in macrophages is counteracted by the induction of SOCS1 expression. PLoS Pathogens. 14(8). e1007202–e1007202. 11 indexed citations

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Du, Yushen, Xiumei Chi, Chong Wang, et al.. (2017). Quantifying perinatal transmission of Hepatitis B viral quasispecies by tag linkage deep sequencing. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10168–10168. 8 indexed citations

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Qi, Hangfei, Nicholas C. Wu, Yushen Du, Ting-Ting Wu, & Ren Sun. (2015). High-resolution genetic profile of viral genomes: why it matters. Current Opinion in Virology. 14. 62–70. 9 indexed citations

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Dolan, Patrick, Chaoying Zhang, Sudip Khadka, et al.. (2013). Identification and comparative analysis of hepatitis C virus–host cell protein interactions. Molecular BioSystems. 9(12). 3199–3209. 39 indexed citations

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Sun, Ren, Staffan Eriksson, & Liya Wang. (2012). Oxidative Stress Induced S-glutathionylation and Proteolytic Degradation of Mitochondrial Thymidine Kinase 2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(29). 24304–24312. 38 indexed citations

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Stevens, Hannah, David J. Hughes, Ren Sun, et al.. (2012). CTCF and Sp1 interact with the Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 internal repeat elements. Virus Genes. 45(2). 265–273. 3 indexed citations

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Miyahira, Andrea K., Arash Shahangian, Seungmin Hwang, Ren Sun, & Genhong Cheng. (2009). TANK-Binding Kinase-1 Plays an Important Role during In Vitro and In Vivo Type I IFN Responses to DNA Virus Infections. The Journal of Immunology. 182(4). 2248–2257. 41 indexed citations

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Hwang, Seungmin, Emilio Flaño, Ting-Ting Wu, et al.. (2009). Conserved Herpesviral Kinase Promotes Viral Persistence by Inhibiting the IRF-3-Mediated Type I Interferon Response. Cell Host & Microbe. 5(2). 166–178. 129 indexed citations

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Sanchez, David Jesse, Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami, Seungmin Hwang, et al.. (2007). A Repetitive Region of Gammaherpesvirus Genomic DNA Is a Ligand for Induction of Type I Interferon. Journal of Virology. 82(5). 2208–2217. 15 indexed citations

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Kayhan, Başak, Eric J. Yager, Kathleen G. Lanzer, et al.. (2007). A Replication-Deficient Murine γ-Herpesvirus Blocked in Late Viral Gene Expression Can Establish Latency and Elicit Protective Cellular Immunity. The Journal of Immunology. 179(12). 8392–8402. 22 indexed citations

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Flaño, Emilio, et al.. (2005). Early Establishment of γ-Herpesvirus Latency: Implications for Immune Control. The Journal of Immunology. 174(8). 4972–4978. 34 indexed citations

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Angeloni, Antonio, Lee Heston, Stefania Uccini, et al.. (1998). High Prevalence of Antibodies to Human Herpesvirus 8 in Relatives of Patients with Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma from Sardinia. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 177(6). 1715–1718. 69 indexed citations

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