Sunan Shen

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sunan Shen is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunan Shen has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Sunan Shen's work include Immune cells in cancer (13 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (6 papers). Sunan Shen is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (13 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (6 papers). Sunan Shen collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Sunan Shen's co-authors include Yayi Hou, Jing Ren, Guo‐Ping Shi, Liang Ding, Tingting Wang, Yaping Wang, Tingting Wang, Dongya Zhang, Yayi Hou and Yujun Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as The EMBO Journal, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sunan Shen

35 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts promote the stemness and chemoresistance of colorectal cancer by transferring exosomal lncRNA H19

2018 568 citations Jing Ren, Liang Ding et al. Theranostics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sunan Shen China	17	875	624	423	361	157	37	1.6k
Yujie Fu China	24	846 1.0×	333 0.5×	376 0.9×	326 0.9×	229 1.5×	61	1.6k
Hua Geng China	19	897 1.0×	407 0.7×	206 0.5×	231 0.6×	169 1.1×	44	1.4k
Jincheng Zeng China	21	585 0.7×	303 0.5×	230 0.5×	244 0.7×	93 0.6×	65	1.2k
Yinjing Song China	17	1.2k 1.4×	858 1.4×	314 0.7×	726 2.0×	103 0.7×	49	2.1k
Yun Huang China	24	1.4k 1.6×	617 1.0×	388 0.9×	303 0.8×	460 2.9×	53	2.1k
Fang Su China	21	1.4k 1.6×	895 1.4×	348 0.8×	288 0.8×	142 0.9×	74	2.1k
Jeng‐Wei Lu Taiwan	24	759 0.9×	313 0.5×	210 0.5×	177 0.5×	109 0.7×	95	1.6k
Carla E. Cano France	21	696 0.8×	253 0.4×	425 1.0×	303 0.8×	106 0.7×	43	1.3k
Lih‐Chyang Chen Taiwan	21	872 1.0×	281 0.5×	234 0.6×	311 0.9×	158 1.0×	45	1.3k
Houjun Xia China	17	807 0.9×	362 0.6×	342 0.8×	531 1.5×	124 0.8×	33	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunan Shen

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Wang, Jiandong, Jinting Wang, Chao Liu, et al.. (2025). Inversion algorithm of black carbon mixing state based on machine learning. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 18(5). 1149–1162.

Qu, Wei, Zelin Wang, Sunan Shen, et al.. (2025). Aspergillus fumigatus promotes tumor angiogenesis via SLC7A11 on myeloid-derived suppressor cells. EMBO Reports. 26(24). 6266–6291.

Wang, Xiuzhu, Liping Tan, Yue Dong, et al.. (2025). Vitamin D enhances the effect of Soufeng sanjie formula in alleviating joint inflammation in CIA mice through VDR-NOTCH3/DLL4 signaling in macrophages. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 349. 119932–119932. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhiyong, Ying Chen, Pengfei Li, et al.. (2024). IL-1β mediates Candida tropicalis-induced immunosuppressive function of MDSCs to foster colorectal cancer. Cell Communication and Signaling. 22(1). 408–408. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Jiali, Lijie Yin, Xiuzhu Wang, et al.. (2024). MSCs promote the efferocytosis of large peritoneal macrophages to eliminate ferroptotic monocytes/macrophages in the injured endometria. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 15(1). 127–127. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhiyong, Pengfei Li, Ying Chen, et al.. (2024). Mitochondria-mediated ferroptosis induced by CARD9 ablation prevents MDSCs-dependent antifungal immunity. Cell Communication and Signaling. 22(1). 210–210. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaogang, Xiang Chen, Peng Chen, et al.. (2023). 2bRAD-M reveals the difference in microbial distribution between cancerous and benign ovarian tissues. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1231354–1231354. 5 indexed citations

Qu, Junxing, et al.. (2023). C. tropicalis promotes CRC by down-regulating tumor cell-intrinsic PD-1 receptor via autophagy. Journal of Cancer. 14(10). 1794–1808. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhiyong, Ying Chen, Yuxin Yin, et al.. (2022). Gut fungi enhances immunosuppressive function of myeloid-derived suppressor cells by activating PKM2-dependent glycolysis to promote colorectal tumorigenesis. Experimental Hematology and Oncology. 11(1). 88–88. 53 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhen, Wei Qu, Yuxin Yin, et al.. (2022). Card9 protects sepsis by regulating Ripk2-mediated activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in macrophages. Cell Death and Disease. 13(5). 502–502. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhiyong, Ying Chen, Yuxin Yin, et al.. (2022). Candida tropicalis induces NLRP3 inflammasome activation via glycogen metabolism-dependent glycolysis and JAK-STAT1 signaling pathway in myeloid-derived suppressor cells to promote colorectal carcinogenesis. International Immunopharmacology. 113(Pt B). 109430–109430. 22 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhen, et al.. (2022). Card9 protects fungal peritonitis through regulating Malt1-mediated activation of autophagy in macrophage. International Immunopharmacology. 110. 108941–108941. 6 indexed citations

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Qu, Junxing, Zhiheng Sun, Peng Chen, et al.. (2021). C. tropicalis promotes chemotherapy resistance in colon cancer through increasing lactate production to regulate the mismatch repair system. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 17(11). 2756–2769. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Tianhang, Ling Liu, Yayi Hou, Sunan Shen, & Tingting Wang. (2019). C-type lectin receptor-mediated immune recognition and response of the microbiota in the gut. Gastroenterology report. 7(5). 312–321. 34 indexed citations

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Ren, Jing, Liang Ding, Dongya Zhang, et al.. (2018). Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts promote the stemness and chemoresistance of colorectal cancer by transferring exosomal lncRNA H19. Theranostics. 8(14). 3932–3948. 568 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Guichun, Leilei Tao, Sunan Shen, & Longbang Chen. (2016). Hypoxia induced CCL28 promotes angiogenesis in lung adenocarcinoma by targeting CCR3 on endothelial cells. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27152–27152. 44 indexed citations

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Tang, Ruijing, Sunan Shen, Xiaoyin Zhao, et al.. (2015). Mesenchymal stem cells-regulated Treg cells suppress colitis-associated colorectal cancer. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 6(1). 71–71. 56 indexed citations

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Tang, Ruijing, Yujun Xu, Qingling Wang, et al.. (2014). MicroRNA networks in regulatory T cells. Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry. 70(3). 869–875. 13 indexed citations

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Ren, Jing, Yunzhong Nie, Mingming Lv, et al.. (2014). Estrogen upregulates MICA/B expression in human non-small cell lung cancer through the regulation of ADAM17. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 12(6). 768–776. 46 indexed citations

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Gong, Yi, Jiang Wu, Yufeng Huang, Sunan Shen, & Xiaodong Han. (2009). Nonylphenol induces apoptosis in rat testicular Sertoli cells via endoplasmic reticulum stress. Toxicology Letters. 186(2). 84–95. 110 indexed citations

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