Weizhong Zeng

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
84 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Weizhong Zeng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Weizhong Zeng has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Sensory Systems and 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Weizhong Zeng's work include Ion channel regulation and function (30 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (21 papers) and Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (12 papers). Weizhong Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (30 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (21 papers) and Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (12 papers). Weizhong Zeng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Weizhong Zeng's co-authors include Shmuel Muallem, Joseph P. Yuan, Paul F. Worley, Youxing Jiang, Guo N. Huang, Jiangtao Guo, Min Goo Lee, Xiao‐chen Bai, Michael R. Dorwart and Qingfeng Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Weizhong Zeng

79 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

SOAR and the polybasic STIM1 domains gate and regulate Orai channels

2009 548 citations Joseph P. Yuan, Weizhong Zeng et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
STIM1 carboxyl-terminus activates native SOC, Icrac and TRPC1 channels

2006 544 citations Guo N. Huang, Weizhong Zeng et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Structure of mammalian endolysosomal TRPML1 channel in nanodiscs

2017 251 citations Qingfeng Chen, Ji She et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weizhong Zeng United States	45	4.0k	2.7k	1.9k	940	698	84	7.0k
Michael Schaefer Germany	54	4.5k 1.1×	4.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	776 0.8×	489 0.7×	131	9.5k
Natalia Prevarskaya France	63	6.8k 1.7×	4.7k 1.7×	2.2k 1.2×	749 0.8×	675 1.0×	192	11.4k
Markus Hoth Germany	48	5.5k 1.4×	3.6k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	878 0.9×	307 0.4×	129	9.7k
Indu S. Ambudkar United States	57	4.7k 1.2×	5.0k 1.8×	2.4k 1.3×	554 0.6×	588 0.8×	172	9.3k
Brij B. Singh United States	45	3.1k 0.8×	3.1k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	431 0.5×	322 0.5×	116	6.3k
Insuk So South Korea	41	3.6k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	511 0.5×	516 0.7×	242	7.2k
Roman Skryma France	47	3.9k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	420 0.4×	323 0.5×	95	6.3k
Klaus Groschner Austria	45	3.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	278 0.3×	316 0.5×	157	6.3k
Christoph Romanin Austria	52	3.7k 0.9×	4.7k 1.7×	3.0k 1.6×	348 0.4×	360 0.5×	153	8.1k
Tibor Rohács United States	43	3.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	374 0.4×	224 0.3×	93	6.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xue, Jing, et al.. (2025). Structural mechanisms of PIP2 activation and SEA0400 inhibition in human cardiac sodium-calcium exchanger NCX1. eLife. 14.

Zeng, Weizhong, et al.. (2025). Structural landscape of activation, desensitization and inhibition in the human TRPM4 channel. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 33(1). 43–52.

Zeng, Weizhong, et al.. (2024). Endothelial Dysfunction in the Tubule Area Accelerates the Progression of Early Diabetic Kidney Disease. Physiological Research. 73(6). 1013–1024.

Gan, Ninghai, Weizhong Zeng, Yan Han, Qingfeng Chen, & Youxing Jiang. (2024). Structural mechanism of proton conduction in otopetrin proton channel. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7250–7250. 2 indexed citations

Xue, Jing, Weizhong Zeng, Yan Han, et al.. (2023). Structural mechanisms of the human cardiac sodium-calcium exchanger NCX1. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6181–6181. 26 indexed citations

Gan, Ninghai, Yan Han, Weizhong Zeng, et al.. (2022). Structural mechanism of allosteric activation of TRPML1 by PI(3,5)P ₂ and rapamycin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(7). 36 indexed citations

Xue, Jing, Yan Han, Weizhong Zeng, Yan Wang, & Youxing Jiang. (2021). Structural mechanisms of gating and selectivity of human rod CNGA1 channel. Neuron. 109(8). 1302–1313.e4. 41 indexed citations

Xue, Jing, Yan Han, Weizhong Zeng, & Youxing Jiang. (2021). Structural mechanisms of assembly, permeation, gating, and pharmacology of native human rod CNG channel. Neuron. 110(1). 86–95.e5. 27 indexed citations

Xue, Jing, Tian Xie, Weizhong Zeng, Youxing Jiang, & Xiao‐chen Bai. (2020). Cryo-EM structures of human ZnT8 in both outward- and inward-facing conformations. eLife. 9. 62 indexed citations

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Zeng, Weizhong, et al.. (2019). Ca2+-regulated Ca2+ channels with an RCK gating ring control plant symbiotic associations. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3703–3703. 39 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, Nam Nguyen, Ji She, et al.. (2019). Structural Mechanism of EMRE-Dependent Gating of the Human Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter. Cell. 177(5). 1252–1261.e13. 105 indexed citations

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Zeng, Weizhong, et al.. (2015). Structural implications of weak Ca2+ block in Drosophila cyclic nucleotide–gated channels. The Journal of General Physiology. 146(3). 255–263. 1 indexed citations

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Liao, Jun, et al.. (2012). Structural Insight into the Ion-Exchange Mechanism of the Sodium/Calcium Exchanger. Science. 335(6069). 686–690. 204 indexed citations

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Shi, Ning, Weizhong Zeng, Sheng Ye, Yang Li, & Youxing Jiang. (2011). Crucial Points within the Pore as Determinants of K+ Channel Conductance and Gating. Journal of Molecular Biology. 411(1). 27–35. 17 indexed citations

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Shim, Sangwoo, Joseph P. Yuan, Ju Young Kim, et al.. (2009). Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase FKBP52 Controls Chemotropic Guidance of Neuronal Growth Cones via Regulation of TRPC1 Channel Opening. Neuron. 64(4). 471–483. 65 indexed citations

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Yuan, Joseph P., Weizhong Zeng, Guo N. Huang, Paul F. Worley, & Shmuel Muallem. (2007). STIM1 heteromultimerizes TRPC channels to determine their function as store-operated channels. Nature Cell Biology. 9(6). 636–645. 409 indexed citations

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Ko, Shigeru B. H., Weizhong Zeng, Kotoyo Fujiki, et al.. (2006). Functional characterization of L1156F CFTR: a newly identified mutation in Japanese patients with chronic pancreatitis. 71–71. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Guojin, Jian Yao, Weizhong Zeng, et al.. (2005). ER stress disrupts Ca2+-signaling complexes and Ca2+ regulation in secretory and muscle cells from PERK-knockout mice. Journal of Cell Science. 119(1). 153–161. 56 indexed citations

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Lee, Min Goo, W. Christian Wigley, Weizhong Zeng, et al.. (1999). Regulation of Cl−/ HCO3−Exchange by Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Expressed in NIH 3T3 and HEK 293 Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(6). 3414–3421. 116 indexed citations

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Zeng, Weizhong, Xin Xu, & Shmuel Muallem. (1996). Gβγ Transduces [Ca2+] Oscillations and Gαq a Sustained Response during Stimulation of Pancreatic Acinar Cells with [Ca2+] -mobilizing Agonists. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(31). 18520–18526. 46 indexed citations

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