Weishu Zhu

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1000 citations indexed

About

Weishu Zhu is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Weishu Zhu has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1000 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 4 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Weishu Zhu's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (12 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (5 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 papers). Weishu Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (12 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (5 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 papers). Weishu Zhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Weishu Zhu's co-authors include Di Meng, W. Allan Walker, Kriston Ganguli, Lei Lu, N. Nanda Nanthakumar, Ricardo Uauy, Adolfo Llanos, Allan M. Goldstein, Erika C. Claud and Nan Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Weishu Zhu

15 papers receiving 987 citations

Hit Papers

Indole-3-lactic acid, a metabolite of tryptophan, secrete... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Indole-3-lactic acid, a metabolite of tryptophan, secreted by Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis is anti-inflammatory in the immature intestine
    2020 206 citations Di Meng, Eduardo Sommella et al. Pediatric Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weishu Zhu United States 12 528 410 242 153 130 15 1000
Patricia W. Denning United States 13 602 1.1× 418 1.0× 252 1.0× 154 1.0× 181 1.4× 18 1.2k
Kriston Ganguli United States 11 352 0.7× 416 1.0× 97 0.4× 220 1.4× 81 0.6× 13 789
Joachim Schmitt Germany 9 432 0.8× 226 0.6× 123 0.5× 169 1.1× 70 0.5× 14 934
Roberto Murgas Torrazza United States 15 681 1.3× 355 0.9× 292 1.2× 53 0.3× 174 1.3× 23 1.1k
Arjan P. Vos Netherlands 13 244 0.5× 336 0.8× 92 0.4× 171 1.1× 73 0.6× 17 833
Tiziana Galeazzi Italy 19 813 1.5× 345 0.8× 251 1.0× 150 1.0× 184 1.4× 52 1.5k
Kelly M. Arganbright United States 7 409 0.8× 205 0.5× 161 0.7× 101 0.7× 92 0.7× 8 640
Prescilla V. Jeurink Netherlands 19 336 0.6× 365 0.9× 58 0.2× 167 1.1× 94 0.7× 36 1.0k
R Chierici Italy 12 521 1.0× 381 0.9× 65 0.3× 215 1.4× 96 0.7× 19 1.1k
Anders Brunse Denmark 16 294 0.6× 274 0.7× 122 0.5× 61 0.4× 78 0.6× 36 730

Countries citing papers authored by Weishu Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weishu Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Weishu Zhu. 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 Weishu Zhu. The network helps show where Weishu Zhu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weishu Zhu

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Lin, Qianyun, Lei Lü, Weishu Zhu, et al.. (2023). Budesonide, an anti-inflammatory drug, exacerbate clostridioides difficile colitis in mice. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 167. 115489–115489. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Nan, Yanan Gao, Weishu Zhu, Di Meng, & W. Allan Walker. (2020). Short chain fatty acids produced by colonizing intestinal commensal bacterial interaction with expressed breast milk are anti-inflammatory in human immature enterocytes. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0229283–e0229283. 65 indexed citations
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Meng, Di, Eduardo Sommella, Emanuela Salviati, et al.. (2020). Indole-3-lactic acid, a metabolite of tryptophan, secreted by Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis is anti-inflammatory in the immature intestine. Pediatric Research. 88(2). 209–217. 206 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Yanan, Brittany A. Davis, Weishu Zhu, et al.. (2020). Short-chain fatty acid butyrate, a breast milk metabolite, enhances immature intestinal barrier function genes in response to inflammation in vitro and in vivo. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 320(4). G521–G530. 82 indexed citations
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Senger, Stefania, Laura Ingano, Rachel Freire, et al.. (2018). Human Fetal-Derived Enterospheres Provide Insights on Intestinal Development and a Novel Model to Study Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC). Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 5(4). 549–568. 60 indexed citations
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Meng, Di, Weishu Zhu, Kriston Ganguli, Hai Ning Shi, & W. Allan Walker. (2016). Anti-inflammatory effects ofBifidobacterium longum subsp infantissecretions on fetal human enterocytes are mediated by TLR-4 receptors. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 311(4). G744–G753. 42 indexed citations
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Guo, Shuangshuang, et al.. (2016). Secretions of Bifidobacterium infantis and Lactobacillus acidophilus Protect Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Function. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 64(3). 404–412. 98 indexed citations
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Wijendran, Vasuki, J. Thomas Brenna, Dong Hao Wang, et al.. (2015). Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids attenuate the IL-1β-induced proinflammatory response in human fetal intestinal epithelial cells. Pediatric Research. 78(6). 626–633. 29 indexed citations
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Meng, Di, Weishu Zhu, Hai Ning Shi, et al.. (2014). Toll-like receptor-4 in human and mouse colonic epithelium is developmentally regulated: a possible role in necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatric Research. 77(3). 416–424. 44 indexed citations
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Weng, Meiqian, Kriston Ganguli, Weishu Zhu, Hai Ning Shi, & W. Allan Walker. (2014). Conditioned medium from Bifidobacteria infantis protects against Cronobacter sakazakii-induced intestinal inflammation in newborn mice. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 306(9). G779–G787. 44 indexed citations
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Nanthakumar, N. Nanda, Di Meng, Allan M. Goldstein, et al.. (2011). The Mechanism of Excessive Intestinal Inflammation in Necrotizing Enterocolitis: An Immature Innate Immune Response. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17776–e17776. 262 indexed citations
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Huang, Yonghua, et al.. (2002). [Investigation of relationship between pregnancy induced hypertension syndrome and homocysteine, folic acid and vitamin B(12)].. PubMed. 37(4). 208–10. 1 indexed citations

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