Sunan Li

2.1k total citations
34 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sunan Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunan Li has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sunan Li's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (6 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers). Sunan Li is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (6 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers). Sunan Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Sunan Li's co-authors include Zu‐Hang Sheng, Ning Huang, Mariusz Karbowski, Shan Xu, Wei Wang, Shoupeng Fu, Juxiong Liu, Bingxu Huang, Liron Boyman and Wenjing Xue and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Sunan Li

30 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sunan Li United States 19 839 398 253 233 202 34 1.6k
Jing Cui Canada 29 1.2k 1.4× 620 1.6× 235 0.9× 146 0.6× 262 1.3× 113 2.9k
Agatha Schlüter Spain 23 1.2k 1.4× 701 1.8× 237 0.9× 138 0.6× 165 0.8× 42 1.8k
Francesca De Giorgi France 16 708 0.8× 176 0.4× 175 0.7× 353 1.5× 237 1.2× 22 1.6k
Fulvio Celsi Italy 17 689 0.8× 340 0.9× 152 0.6× 389 1.7× 211 1.0× 49 1.6k
Kai Zhong China 23 673 0.8× 297 0.7× 110 0.4× 283 1.2× 129 0.6× 61 1.5k
Edgardo Dimayuga United States 18 934 1.1× 439 1.1× 302 1.2× 248 1.1× 345 1.7× 22 1.7k
Liu Liu China 23 615 0.7× 342 0.9× 204 0.8× 313 1.3× 112 0.6× 68 1.6k
Tatiana R. Rosenstock Brazil 23 937 1.1× 366 0.9× 233 0.9× 489 2.1× 96 0.5× 46 1.6k
Xiangdong Sun China 24 830 1.0× 428 1.1× 105 0.4× 234 1.0× 204 1.0× 72 1.9k
Yanrong Zheng China 22 843 1.0× 214 0.5× 690 2.7× 156 0.7× 345 1.7× 55 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sunan Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunan Li

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Zehao, Lin Liu, Dongxue Wang, et al.. (2025). Preliminary exploration of the antidepressant mechanism of Bupleurum scorzonerifolium-Scutellaria baicalensis and its core SSa-Baicalin combination. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 353(Pt B). 120426–120426. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Zeping, Xinyue Dou, Qiyuan Shan, et al.. (2025). Targeting AKT to treat liver disease: Opportunities and challenges. Biochemical Pharmacology. 242(Pt 3). 117208–117208.
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Yu, Changqing, Faming Jiang, Yujing Li, et al.. (2025). HIV-1 and BLV are insensitive to SERINC5 restriction under the cell-cell infection. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(3). e0274824–e0274824.
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Li, Sunan & Zu‐Hang Sheng. (2025). Fuelling synapses via lipid metabolism. Nature Metabolism. 7(7). 1310–1311.
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Ding, Chuan Hun, Sunan Li, Xinyue Dou, et al.. (2025). Taxifolin attenuates liver fibrosis by regulating the phosphorylation of NDRG1 at Thr328 via hepatocyte-stellate cell cross talk. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 15(4). 2059–2076.
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Li, Sunan, Chong Wang, Xiaoyang Liu, et al.. (2024). Tubeimosides are pan-coronavirus and filovirus inhibitors that can block their fusion protein binding to Niemann-Pick C1. Nature Communications. 15(1). 162–162. 12 indexed citations
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Dong, Jinyu, Yu Zhang, Baiyang Wang, et al.. (2023). Abstract 1867: Pre-clinical characterization of anti-CEACAM1 antibody. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 1867–1867. 2 indexed citations
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Qu, Zhongyuan, Shuang Wu, Yan Zheng, et al.. (2023). Fecal metabolomics combined with metagenomics sequencing to analyze the antidepressant mechanism of Yueju Wan. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 238. 115807–115807. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Sunan & Zu‐Hang Sheng. (2023). Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 80. 102722–102722. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Sunan & Zu‐Hang Sheng. (2021). Energy matters: presynaptic metabolism and the maintenance of synaptic transmission. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 23(1). 4–22. 148 indexed citations
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Chamberlain, Kelly A., Ning Huang, Yuxiang Xie, et al.. (2021). Oligodendrocytes enhance axonal energy metabolism by deacetylation of mitochondrial proteins through transcellular delivery of SIRT2. Neuron. 109(21). 3456–3472.e8. 112 indexed citations
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Chai, Qingqing, Sunan Li, Rongrong Li, et al.. (2021). HIV-1 Nef interacts with the cyclin K/CDK13 complex to antagonize SERINC5 for optimal viral infectivity. Cell Reports. 36(6). 109514–109514. 12 indexed citations
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Roney, Joseph C., Sunan Li, Tamar Farfel‐Becker, et al.. (2021). Lipid-mediated motor-adaptor sequestration impairs axonal lysosome delivery leading to autophagic stress and dystrophy in Niemann-Pick type C. Developmental Cell. 56(10). 1452–1468.e8. 45 indexed citations
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Li, Sunan, et al.. (2020). The cross-talk of energy sensing and mitochondrial anchoring sustains synaptic efficacy by maintaining presynaptic metabolism. Nature Metabolism. 2(10). 1077–1095. 106 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Iqbal, Sunan Li, Rongrong Li, et al.. (2019). The retroviral accessory proteins S2, Nef, and glycoMA use similar mechanisms for antagonizing the host restriction factor SERINC5. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(17). 7013–7024. 32 indexed citations
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Farfel‐Becker, Tamar, et al.. (2019). Neuronal Soma-Derived Degradative Lysosomes Are Continuously Delivered to Distal Axons to Maintain Local Degradation Capacity. Cell Reports. 28(1). 51–64.e4. 101 indexed citations
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Li, Sunan, Juxiong Liu, Chuan Zhang, et al.. (2016). AG and UAG induce β-casein expression via activation of ERK1/2 and AKT pathways. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 56(3). 213–225. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Shan, Sunan Li, Brian A. Roelofs, et al.. (2015). Mitochondrial E3 ubiquitin ligase MARCH5 controls mitochondrial fission and cell sensitivity to stress-induced apoptosis through regulation of MiD49 protein. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(2). 349–359. 114 indexed citations
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Neutzner, Albert, Sunan Li, Shan Xu, & Mariusz Karbowski. (2012). The ubiquitin/proteasome system-dependent control of mitochondrial steps in apoptosis. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 23(5). 499–508. 27 indexed citations

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