Wang Liu

8.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
33 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Wang Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wang Liu has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Wang Liu's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (2 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (2 papers). Wang Liu is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (2 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (2 papers). Wang Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Maldives. Wang Liu's co-authors include Feng Shao, Jingjin Ding, Yupeng Wang, Xuyan Shi, Huabin He, Wenqing Gao, Hanzi Sun, Qi Sun, Kun Wang and Jianjin Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wang Liu

33 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Chemotherapy drugs induce pyroptosis through caspase-3 cleavage of a gasdermin

2017 2.4k citations Yupeng Wang, Wenqing Gao et al. Nature profile →
Pore-forming activity and structural autoinhibition of the gasdermin family

2016 2.1k citations Jingjin Ding, Wang Liu et al. Nature profile →
Granzyme A from cytotoxic lymphocytes cleaves GSDMB to trigger pyroptosis in target cells

2020 940 citations Huabin He, Xuyan Shi et al. Science profile →
Shigella evades pyroptosis by arginine ADP-riboxanation of caspase-11

2021 145 citations Zilin Li, Wang Liu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wang Liu China	13	5.2k	2.2k	926	764	571	33	6.3k
Zhibin Zhang China	26	6.2k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	680 0.9×	592 1.0×	46	8.2k
Yupeng Wang China	15	5.9k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	998 1.1×	935 1.2×	658 1.2×	20	7.2k
Shiyu Xia United States	20	4.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	854 0.9×	572 0.7×	477 0.8×	49	5.8k
Huabin He China	12	3.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	522 0.6×	569 0.7×	496 0.9×	18	4.2k
Xuyan Shi China	11	8.1k 1.5×	3.5k 1.6×	1.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.9×	11	9.8k
Jingjin Ding China	21	8.1k 1.5×	3.5k 1.6×	1.4k 1.5×	1.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.8×	47	10.0k
Jianbin Ruan United States	26	6.8k 1.3×	3.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	394 0.5×	667 1.2×	39	7.9k
James E. Vince Australia	41	6.2k 1.2×	3.5k 1.6×	435 0.5×	426 0.6×	1.2k 2.2×	76	8.1k
Youdong Pan China	21	3.0k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	504 0.5×	234 0.3×	486 0.9×	34	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wang Liu

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

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Li, Cong, Hui Li, Jing Yan, et al.. (2025). Photo-Switchable Supramolecular Interactions Regulate K⁺ Transmembrane Transport and Cancer Cell Apoptosis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(17). 14139–14153. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yang, et al.. (2024). Ilexgenin A inhibits lipid accumulation in macrophages and reduces the progression of atherosclerosis through PTPN2/ERK1/2/ABCA1 signalling pathway. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1869(7). 159533–159533. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yanjie, Wang Liu, Yuanyuan An, et al.. (2023). Yunnan Baiyao Inhibits Periodontitis by Suppressing the Autophagic Flux. International Dental Journal. 74(2). 284–293. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Yanni, Wang Liu, Chuang Zhou, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive insights into the metabolism characteristics of small RNA Qrr4 in Vibrio alginolyticus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 107(5-6). 1887–1902. 5 indexed citations

Fu, Chengcheng, et al.. (2022). The Clinical Characteristics of Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis in the Chinese Population: A Systematic Scoping Review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 12–25. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Wang, et al.. (2022). Analysis of Urinary Flora Characteristics in Urinary Tumor Based on 16S rRNA Sequence. BioMed Research International. 2022(1). 9368687–9368687. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Yu, Jianxin Liu, Yong Zhang, et al.. (2022). The post-transcriptional inhibition of CXCR4 expression by miR-139 regulates the proliferation of human kidney cancer cells. Acta Biochimica Polonica. 69(1). 189–195. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Wang, et al.. (2022). Evaluation the binding of chlorogenic acid with bovine serum albumin: Spectroscopic methods, electrochemical and molecular docking. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 291. 122289–122289. 16 indexed citations

Chang, Tao, Wang Liu, Xiang Yan, et al.. (2022). PAQR5 Expression Is Suppressed by TGFβ1 and Associated With a Poor Survival Outcome in Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 827344–827344. 9 indexed citations

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Huang, Jian, Wang Liu, Da Zhang, Biyun Lin, & Benyi Li. (2022). TMEM158 expression is negatively regulated by AR signaling and associated with favorite survival outcomes in prostate cancers. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 1023455–1023455. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Zilin, Wang Liu, Jiaqi Fu, et al.. (2021). Shigella evades pyroptosis by arginine ADP-riboxanation of caspase-11. Nature. 599(7884). 290–295. 145 indexed citations breakdown →

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He, Huabin, Xuyan Shi, Yupeng Wang, et al.. (2020). Granzyme A from cytotoxic lymphocytes cleaves GSDMB to trigger pyroptosis in target cells. Science. 368(6494). 940 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Wang, et al.. (2020). Alternol/Alteronol: Potent Anti-cancer Compounds With Multiple Mechanistic Actions. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 568110–568110. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Huan, Wang Liu, Xuefeng Chen, et al.. (2020). Characterization of a cell density-dependent sRNA, Qrr, and its roles in the regulation of the quorum sensing and metabolism in Vibrio alginolyticus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(4). 1707–1720. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Zhitong, Xuefang Liang, Wang Liu, et al.. (2020). Elucidating mechanisms of immunotoxicity by benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizers in zebrafish (Danio rerio): Implication of the AHR-IL17/IL22 immune pathway. Environmental Pollution. 262. 114291–114291. 39 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hongyu, et al.. (2020). Iron chelation inhibits mTORC1 signaling involving activation of AMPK and REDD1/Bnip3 pathways. Oncogene. 39(29). 5201–5213. 27 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zihui, Wang Liu, Ye Zhang, et al.. (2019). Expression of the small cysteine-rich protein SCR96 from Phytophthora cactorum in mammalian cells: phytotoxicity and exploitation of its polyclonal antibody. Biotechnology Letters. 42(1). 125–133. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Wang, Yan Zhou, Tao Peng, et al.. (2018). Nε-fatty acylation of multiple membrane-associated proteins by Shigella IcsB effector to modulate host function. Nature Microbiology. 3(9). 996–1009. 60 indexed citations

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Li, Peng, Wei Jiang, Qin Yu, et al.. (2017). Ubiquitination and degradation of GBPs by a Shigella effector to suppress host defence. Nature. 551(7680). 378–383. 165 indexed citations

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Wang, Yupeng, Wenqing Gao, Xuyan Shi, et al.. (2017). Chemotherapy drugs induce pyroptosis through caspase-3 cleavage of a gasdermin. Nature. 547(7661). 99–103. 2389 indexed citations breakdown →

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