Siling Du

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 420 citations indexed

About

Siling Du is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Siling Du has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 420 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Neurology, 6 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Siling Du's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (4 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers). Siling Du is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (4 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers). Siling Du collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and New Zealand. Siling Du's co-authors include Jonathan Kipnis, Igor Smirnov, Justin Rustenhoven, Taitea Dykstra, Leon Smyth, Jose A. Mazzitelli, Tornike Mamuladze, Ti‐Fei Yuan, Bo Peng and Yanxia Rao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Siling Du

16 papers receiving 413 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.

Cerebrospinal fluid regulates skull bone marrow niches via direct access through dural channels

2022 140 citations Jose A. Mazzitelli, Leon Smyth et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Rorγt-positive dendritic cells are required for the induction of peripheral regulatory T cells in response to oral antigens

2025 20 citations Tihana Tršan, Sujogya Kumar Panda et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Siling Du

NEURO

CMN

IMMUN

Shogo Tanabe Japan

Nina Fainberg United States

Giorgi Beroshvili United States

Emily Ren United States

Andrew Lapato United States

Evelyn M. Wesseling Netherlands

Sofie Nelissen Belgium

Carine Vuaillat France

Shalaka Wahane United States

Shogo Tanabe Japan

Siling Du

174 ×0.9

NEURO

89 ×0.8

CMN

113 ×1.1

IMMUN

104 ×1.2

91 ×1.6

Citations per year, relative to Siling Du Siling Du (= 1×) peers Shogo Tanabe

Countries citing papers authored by Siling Du

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Siling Du

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Siling Du. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Siling Du. The network helps show where Siling Du may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Siling Du

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

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16 of 16 papers shown

Du, Siling, Yingyue Zhou, Dian Li, et al.. (2025). Mutations in the human CSF1R gene impact microglia’s maintenance of brain white matter integrity. Nature Immunology. 26(7). 1198–1211. 2 indexed citations

Vaquer‐Alicea, Jaime, Peter Kunach, Ankit Gupta, et al.. (2025). Functional classification of tauopathy strains reveals the role of protofilament core residues. Science Advances. 11(4). eadp5978–eadp5978. 2 indexed citations

Mamuladze, Tornike, Tiago H. Zaninelli, Leon Smyth, et al.. (2025). Mast cells regulate the brain-dura interface and CSF dynamics. Cell. 188(20). 5487–5498.e16. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Guanhong, Congcong Wang, Guangyu Ma, et al.. (2025). Transcriptomics Guided Engineering of Exosome‐Encapsulated Bifunctional Nanosheets Targeting the Immune‐PI3K/Akt Axis for Osteoporosis Therapy. Advanced Science. 12(47). e11327–e11327. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Kyungdeok, Siling Du, Zachary Papadopoulos, et al.. (2025). Meningeal lymphatics-microglia axis regulates synaptic physiology. Cell. 188(10). 2705–2719.e23. 13 indexed citations

Tršan, Tihana, Sujogya Kumar Panda, José Luís Fachi, et al.. (2025). Rorγt-positive dendritic cells are required for the induction of peripheral regulatory T cells in response to oral antigens. Cell. 188(10). 2720–2737.e22. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

Smyth, Leon, Rahul Ravindran, Rafael S. Czepielewski, et al.. (2025). ADAPT-3D:accelerated deep adaptable processing of tissue for 3-dimensional fluorescence tissue imaging for research and clinical settings. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 31841–31841. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Min Woo, Taitea Dykstra, Siling Du, et al.. (2024). Engineered T cell therapy for central nervous system injury. Nature. 634(8034). 693–701. 21 indexed citations

Ou, Feiya, Tiantian Liu, Pritesh Desai, et al.. (2024). Optimization of the Irf8 +32-kb enhancer disrupts dendritic cell lineage segregation. Nature Immunology. 25(11). 2043–2056. 5 indexed citations

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Drieu, Antoine, Siling Du, Megan E. Bosch, et al.. (2023). Parenchymal border macrophages regulate tau pathology and tau-mediated neurodegeneration. Life Science Alliance. 6(11). e202302087–e202302087. 15 indexed citations

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Rustenhoven, Justin, Steffen E. Storck, Taitea Dykstra, et al.. (2023). Age-related alterations in meningeal immunity drive impaired CNS lymphatic drainage. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(7). 53 indexed citations

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Brioschi, Simone, Julia A. Belk, Vincent Peng, et al.. (2023). A Cre-deleter specific for embryo-derived brain macrophages reveals distinct features of microglia and border macrophages. Immunity. 56(5). 1027–1045.e8. 42 indexed citations

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Mazzitelli, Jose A., Leon Smyth, Taitea Dykstra, et al.. (2022). Cerebrospinal fluid regulates skull bone marrow niches via direct access through dural channels. Nature Neuroscience. 25(5). 555–560. 140 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rao, Yanxia, Siling Du, Yuxin Li, et al.. (2021). NeuroD1 induces microglial apoptosis and cannot induce microglia-to-neuron cross-lineage reprogramming. Neuron. 109(24). 4094–4108.e5. 69 indexed citations

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Du, Siling, et al.. (2021). Primary Microglia Isolation from Postnatal Mouse Brains. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xu Dong, Zhen Miao, Ying Yu, et al.. (2018). A single point mutation in hmgA leads to melanin accumulation in Bacillus thuringiensis BMB181. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 120. 91–97. 15 indexed citations

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