Weiwei Sun

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 692 citations indexed

About

Weiwei Sun is a scholar working on Virology, Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiwei Sun has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 692 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Virology, 5 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 5 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Weiwei Sun's work include HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers), Advanced Glycation End Products research (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Weiwei Sun is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers), Advanced Glycation End Products research (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Weiwei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Weiwei Sun's co-authors include Shujuan Yu, Xiao‐Quan Yang, Xin‐An Zeng, Jian‐Hua Wang, Xia Jin, Xiao Jia, Li Sun, Erli Zheng, Taisheng Li and Ye Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Weiwei Sun

18 papers receiving 687 citations

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Phenotypic signatures of immune selection in HIV-1 reservoir cells

2023 84 citations Weiwei Sun, Ce Gao et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiwei Sun China	11	292	226	162	112	106	19	692
Abdelaziz Benjouad Morocco	12	79 0.3×	235 1.0×	105 0.6×	66 0.6×	3 0.0×	35	541
Adams Amantana United States	10	53 0.2×	510 2.3×	119 0.7×	53 0.5×	2 0.0×	11	804
Mingyong Wang China	12	47 0.2×	333 1.5×	9 0.1×	164 1.5×	6 0.1×	29	651
Isabel Pérez‐Arellano Spain	13	49 0.2×	345 1.5×	5 0.0×	32 0.3×	59 0.6×	16	537
Kayoko Yamada Japan	12	30 0.1×	497 2.2×	31 0.2×	68 0.6×	6 0.1×	24	866
Yuan Lyu China	16	72 0.2×	325 1.4×	12 0.1×	52 0.5×	6 0.1×	40	547
Nobuhiko Kasai Japan	12	76 0.3×	334 1.5×	6 0.0×	347 3.1×	15 0.1×	27	667
Andrew S. Magee United States	8	59 0.2×	221 1.0×	4 0.0×	365 3.3×	12 0.1×	9	855
Michael E. Danielson United States	13	54 0.2×	276 1.2×	4 0.0×	412 3.7×	12 0.1×	21	1.0k
Marc Karam Lebanon	13	38 0.1×	93 0.4×	25 0.2×	50 0.4×	5 0.0×	26	377

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiwei Sun

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19 of 19 papers shown

Zhao, Cong, Ling Zhao, Yang Liu, et al.. (2025). The impact of serum uric acid on biological aging and mortality risk: insights from the NHANES and CHARLS cohorts. Frontiers in Nutrition. 12. 1569798–1569798. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Jianru, et al.. (2024). Circulating memory T cells and TCF1+ T cells aid in diagnosis and monitor disease activity in vitiligo. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis. 14(11). 100998–100998. 2 indexed citations

Tan, Toong Seng, et al.. (2024). Immune targeting of HIV-1 reservoir cells: a path to elimination strategies and cure. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 22(6). 328–344. 31 indexed citations

Sun, Weiwei, Ce Gao, Ciputra Adijaya Hartana, et al.. (2023). Phenotypic signatures of immune selection in HIV-1 reservoir cells. Nature. 614(7947). 309–317. 84 indexed citations breakdown →

Sun, Weiwei, Yelizaveta Rassadkina, Ce Gao, et al.. (2023). Persistence of intact HIV-1 proviruses in the brain during antiretroviral therapy. eLife. 12. 8 indexed citations

Sun, Weiwei, Yelizaveta Rassadkina, Ce Gao, et al.. (2023). Persistence of intact HIV-1 proviruses in the brain during antiretroviral therapy. eLife. 12. 9 indexed citations

Sun, Li, et al.. (2019). The Establishment of an In Vivo HIV-1 Infection Model in Humanized B-NSG Mice. Virologica Sinica. 35(4). 417–425. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Yan-Heng, Li Sun, Jun Chen, et al.. (2019). Tryptophan Metabolism Activates Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor-Mediated Pathway To Promote HIV-1 Infection and Reactivation. mBio. 10(6). 32 indexed citations

Qu, Di, Weiwei Sun, Li Li, et al.. (2019). Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 releases epigenetic silencing of HIV-1 replication by displacing the polycomb repressive complex 2 from binding to the LTR promoter. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(6). 3013–3027. 111 indexed citations

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Sun, Weiwei, Shi Jiao, Li Sun, et al.. (2018). SUN2 Modulates HIV-1 Infection and Latency through Association with Lamin A/C To Maintain the Repressive Chromatin. mBio. 9(3). 23 indexed citations

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Li, Chuan, et al.. (2015). Toll-Interacting Protein Suppresses HIV-1 Long-Terminal-Repeat-Driven Gene Expression and Silences the Post-Integrational Transcription of Viral Proviral DNA. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0125563–e0125563. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Weiwei, et al.. (2012). Biomechanical Analysis on Hip-push Skills Applied in Walking Race. IERI Procedia. 2. 264–269.

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Yu, Shujuan, et al.. (2011). Effects of pressure on the glucose–ammonium sulphite caramel solutions. Food Chemistry. 127(2). 596–601. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Weiwei, Shujuan Yu, Xiaoquan Yang, et al.. (2011). [Fluorescence spectra analysis of whey protein isolate-dextran conjugate].. PubMed. 31(12). 3307–10. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Weiwei, Shujuan Yu, Xiao‐Quan Yang, et al.. (2011). Study on the rheological properties of heat-induced whey protein isolate–dextran conjugate gel. Food Research International. 44(10). 3259–3263. 102 indexed citations

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Sun, Weiwei, Shujuan Yu, Xin‐An Zeng, Xiao‐Quan Yang, & Xiao Jia. (2011). Properties of whey protein isolate–dextran conjugate prepared using pulsed electric field. Food Research International. 44(4). 1052–1058. 96 indexed citations

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Han, Zhong, Jun Wang, Shujuan Yu, et al.. (2010). Effects of pulsed electric field treatment on a bovine serum albumin–dextran model system, a means of promoting the Maillard reaction. Food Chemistry. 123(2). 275–280. 96 indexed citations

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Shi, Wenhui, Weiwei Sun, Shujuan Yu, & Mouming Zhao. (2010). Study on the characteristic of bovine serum albumin-glucose model system, treated by ultrasonic. Food Research International. 43(8). 2115–2118. 33 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaoquan, Shujuan Yu, Jun‐Ru Qi, et al.. (2010). The effect of glycosylation with dextran chains of differing lengths on the thermal aggregation of β-conglycinin and glycinin. Food Research International. 43(9). 2270–2276. 37 indexed citations

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