Wankun Chen

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Wankun Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Wankun Chen has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Immunology and 16 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Wankun Chen's work include Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response (16 papers), Immune cells in cancer (13 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (8 papers). Wankun Chen is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response (16 papers), Immune cells in cancer (13 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (8 papers). Wankun Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Israel. Wankun Chen's co-authors include Changhong Miao, Changhong Miao, Zhirong Sun, Mengdi Qu, Juan P. Cata, Minmin Zhu, Kefang Guo, Zhaoyuan Chen, Meilin Weng and Yanghanzhao Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Wankun Chen

54 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.

  1. Neutrophil extracellular traps mediate m6A modification and regulates sepsis-associated acute lung injury by activating ferroptosis in alveolar epithelial cells
    2022 223 citations Hao Zhang, Jinlong Liu et al. International Journal of Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wankun Chen China 23 619 430 359 260 234 57 1.7k
Chung‐Hsi Hsing Taiwan 30 878 1.4× 519 1.2× 107 0.3× 444 1.7× 267 1.1× 110 2.4k
Changhong Miao China 20 652 1.1× 620 1.4× 98 0.3× 155 0.6× 243 1.0× 55 1.5k
Krishna Reddy United States 26 609 1.0× 246 0.6× 130 0.4× 135 0.5× 179 0.8× 39 1.6k
Lingzhi Wu China 17 344 0.6× 155 0.4× 152 0.4× 95 0.4× 151 0.6× 62 1.0k
Jun Yu China 24 416 0.7× 96 0.2× 140 0.4× 279 1.1× 218 0.9× 90 1.6k
Peter Kraft Germany 34 753 1.2× 656 1.5× 67 0.2× 136 0.5× 283 1.2× 83 3.1k
Hiroyuki Murai Japan 32 748 1.2× 542 1.3× 88 0.2× 319 1.2× 239 1.0× 183 5.0k
Gilbert R. Kinsey United States 22 607 1.0× 659 1.5× 67 0.2× 303 1.2× 119 0.5× 30 2.0k
Hua Zheng China 21 950 1.5× 132 0.3× 67 0.2× 306 1.2× 324 1.4× 71 2.1k
Hongtao Sun Canada 25 648 1.0× 407 0.9× 58 0.2× 747 2.9× 190 0.8× 47 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wankun Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wankun Chen

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

All Works

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Jiang, Wen, Hao Sun, Xinyi Wu, et al.. (2025). Myeloperoxidase-anchored ENO1 mediates neutrophil extracellular trap DNA to enhance Treg differentiation via IFITM2 during sepsis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(21). 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Hao, Yi Jiang, Xinyi Wu, et al.. (2025). RIPK1 Drives JAK1‐STAT3 Signaling to Promote CXCL1‐Mediated Neutrophil Recruitment in Sepsis‐Induced Lung Injury. Advanced Science. 12(45). e07123–e07123.
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Jiang, Yi, Jiahui Gu, Yun Liao, et al.. (2024). Targeting NEDD8 suppresses surgical stress-facilitated metastasis of colon cancer via restraining regulatory T cells. Cell Death and Disease. 15(1). 8–8. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhaoyuan, Jie Zhang, Yi Jiang, et al.. (2024). Suppression of Skp2 contributes to sepsis-induced acute lung injury by enhancing ferroptosis through the ubiquitination of SLC3A2. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 325–325. 7 indexed citations
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Zhan, W., Yongfeng Liu, Guanglong Liu, et al.. (2024). Energy stress promotes P-bodies formation via lysine-63-linked polyubiquitination of HAX1. The EMBO Journal. 43(13). 2759–2788. 4 indexed citations
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Shen, Ruling, Jie Li, Yi Jiang, et al.. (2024). N-acetyltransferase 10 mediates cognitive dysfunction through the acetylation of GABABR1 mRNA in sepsis-associated encephalopathy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(36). e2410564121–e2410564121. 10 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wenchang, Jie Zhang, Wankun Chen, & Changhong Miao. (2024). Prospects of molecular hydrogen in cancer prevention and treatment. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 150(4). 170–170. 15 indexed citations
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Qu, Mengdi, Zhaoyuan Chen, Ke Nan, et al.. (2022). Neutrophil extracellular traps-triggered impaired autophagic flux via METTL3 underlies sepsis-associated acute lung injury. Cell Death Discovery. 8(1). 375–375. 64 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Zhaoyuan Chen, Jian Zhou, et al.. (2022). NAT10 regulates neutrophil pyroptosis in sepsis via acetylating ULK1 RNA and activating STING pathway. Communications Biology. 5(1). 916–916. 67 indexed citations
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Chen, Wankun, et al.. (2022). MTDCNet: A 3D multi-threading dilated convolutional network for brain tumor automatic segmentation. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 133. 104173–104173. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Jinlong Liu, Yilu Zhou, et al.. (2022). Neutrophil extracellular traps mediate m6A modification and regulates sepsis-associated acute lung injury by activating ferroptosis in alveolar epithelial cells. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 18(8). 3337–3357. 223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Huihui, Hao Zhang, Zhirong Sun, Wankun Chen, & Changhong Miao. (2021). GABAB receptor inhibits tumor progression and epithelial-mesenchymal transition via the regulation of Hippo/YAP1 pathway in colorectal cancer. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 17(8). 1953–1962. 30 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Yilu Zhou, Mengdi Qu, et al.. (2021). Tissue Factor-Enriched Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promote Immunothrombosis and Disease Progression in Sepsis-Induced Lung Injury. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 677902–677902. 58 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Mengdi Qu, Ayşegül Görür, et al.. (2021). Association of Mu-Opioid Receptor(MOR) Expression and Opioids Requirement With Survival in Patients With Stage I-III Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 686877–686877. 14 indexed citations
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Qu, Mengdi, Hao Zhang, Zhaoyuan Chen, et al.. (2021). The Role of Ferroptosis in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Frontiers in Medicine. 8. 651552–651552. 35 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Yang Li, Minmin Zhu, et al.. (2020). Association between intraoperative intravenous lidocaine infusion and survival in patients undergoing pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer: a retrospective study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 125(2). 141–148. 56 indexed citations
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Bockorny, Bruno, Maria Rusan, Wankun Chen, et al.. (2018). RAS–MAPK Reactivation Facilitates Acquired Resistance in FGFR1 -Amplified Lung Cancer and Underlies a Rationale for Upfront FGFR–MEK Blockade. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 17(7). 1526–1539. 43 indexed citations
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