Ruth X. Wang

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 996 citations indexed

About

Ruth X. Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth X. Wang has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 996 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ruth X. Wang's work include Gut microbiota and health (7 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (4 papers). Ruth X. Wang is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (7 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (4 papers). Ruth X. Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Ruth X. Wang's co-authors include Sean P. Colgan, J. Scott Lee, Erica E. Alexeev, Eric L. Campbell, Jordi M. Lanis, Kayla D. Battista, Caleb Kelly, Douglas J. Kominsky, Joseph C. Onyiah and Léon Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Ruth X. Wang

15 papers receiving 978 citations

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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.

Microbial-Derived Butyrate Promotes Epithelial Barrier Function through IL-10 Receptor–Dependent Repression of Claudin-2

2017 409 citations Léon Zheng, Caleb Kelly et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruth X. Wang United States	11	686	249	145	135	120	16	996
Kayla D. Battista United States	9	834 1.2×	281 1.1×	160 1.1×	138 1.0×	159 1.3×	11	1.2k
Alexis Bretin United States	14	633 0.9×	187 0.8×	142 1.0×	123 0.9×	95 0.8×	19	939
Aida Iljazović Germany	11	908 1.3×	251 1.0×	182 1.3×	156 1.2×	171 1.4×	13	1.3k
Erica E. Alexeev United States	13	959 1.4×	307 1.2×	170 1.2×	145 1.1×	176 1.5×	20	1.4k
Douglas J. Kenny United States	5	734 1.1×	226 0.9×	145 1.0×	108 0.8×	181 1.5×	5	1.0k
Bruno Sovran Netherlands	12	876 1.3×	344 1.4×	115 0.8×	203 1.5×	158 1.3×	16	1.2k
Danfeng Chen China	10	755 1.1×	170 0.7×	99 0.7×	140 1.0×	162 1.4×	16	1.0k
J. Scott Lee United States	15	566 0.8×	184 0.7×	129 0.9×	110 0.8×	89 0.7×	22	892
Kaiji Sun China	15	602 0.9×	182 0.7×	147 1.0×	107 0.8×	80 0.7×	18	1.1k
Paola Paone Belgium	4	786 1.1×	240 1.0×	140 1.0×	213 1.6×	144 1.2×	6	1.2k

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16 of 16 papers shown

Lee, J. Scott, et al.. (2025). E. coli genetically modified for purine nucleobase release promotes butyrate generation and colonic wound healing during DSS insult. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2490211–2490211.

Wang, Ruth X. & Sabrina Newman. (2024). Urticarial Vasculitis. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America. 44(3). 483–502. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Timothy C., Ruth X. Wang, & Sean P. Colgan. (2024). Physiologic hypoxia in the intestinal mucosa: a central role for short-chain fatty acids. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 327(4). C1087–C1093. 8 indexed citations

Zhou, Liheng, et al.. (2023). Mimicry of microbially-derived butyrate reveals templates for potent intestinal epithelial HIF stabilizers. Gut Microbes. 15(2). 2267706–2267706. 8 indexed citations

Colgan, Sean P., et al.. (2023). Revisiting the “starved gut” hypothesis in inflammatory bowel disease. PubMed. 5(1). e0016–e0016. 17 indexed citations

Graaf, Dennis M. de, Ruth X. Wang, Jesús Amo‐Aparicio, et al.. (2022). IL-38 Gene Deletion Worsens Murine Colitis. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 840719–840719. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Ruth X., Morkos A. Henen, J. Scott Lee, Beat Vögeli, & Sean P. Colgan. (2021). Microbiota-derived butyrate is an endogenous HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor. Gut Microbes. 13(1). 1938380–1938380. 50 indexed citations

Lee, J. Scott, Ruth X. Wang, Erica E. Alexeev, & Sean P. Colgan. (2021). Intestinal Inflammation as a Dysbiosis of Energy Procurement: New Insights into an Old Topic. Gut Microbes. 13(1). 1–20. 26 indexed citations

Wang, Ruth X., J. Scott Lee, Eric L. Campbell, & Sean P. Colgan. (2020). Microbiota-derived butyrate dynamically regulates intestinal homeostasis through regulation of actin-associated protein synaptopodin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(21). 11648–11657. 230 indexed citations

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Lee, J. Scott, et al.. (2020). Microbiota-Sourced Purines Support Wound Healing and Mucous Barrier Function. iScience. 23(6). 101226–101226. 61 indexed citations

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Wang, Ruth X., Morkos A. Henen, J. Scott Lee, Beat Vögeli, & Sean P. Colgan. (2020). Microbial-Derived Butyrate is an Endogenous HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Curtis, Valerie F., Ian M. Cartwright, J. Scott Lee, et al.. (2018). Neutrophils as sources of dinucleotide polyphosphates and metabolism by epithelial ENPP1 to influence barrier function via adenosine signaling. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(22). 2687–2699. 15 indexed citations

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Lee, J. Scott, Ruth X. Wang, Erica E. Alexeev, et al.. (2018). Hypoxanthine is a checkpoint stress metabolite in colonic epithelial energy modulation and barrier function. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(16). 6039–6051. 116 indexed citations

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Zheng, Léon, Caleb Kelly, Kayla D. Battista, et al.. (2017). Microbial-Derived Butyrate Promotes Epithelial Barrier Function through IL-10 Receptor–Dependent Repression of Claudin-2. The Journal of Immunology. 199(8). 2976–2984. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Ruth X. & Sean P. Colgan. (2017). Special pro-resolving mediator (SPM) actions in regulating gastro-intestinal inflammation and gut mucosal immune responses. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 58. 93–101. 17 indexed citations

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Ehrentraut, Stefan, Valerie F. Curtis, Ruth X. Wang, et al.. (2016). Perturbation of neddylation-dependent NF-κB responses in the intestinal epithelium drives apoptosis and inhibits resolution of mucosal inflammation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(23). 3687–3694. 23 indexed citations

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