Wenjun Guo

18.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
53 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Wenjun Guo is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenjun Guo has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Oncology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Wenjun Guo's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (23 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (7 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (5 papers). Wenjun Guo is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (23 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (7 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (5 papers). Wenjun Guo collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Wenjun Guo's co-authors include Filippo G. Giancotti, Robert A. Weinberg, Sendurai A. Mani, Elinor Ng Eaton, Cheng Zhang, Kornélia Polyák, Jing Yang, Mary W. Brooks, Cathrin Brisken and Alicia Y. Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Wenjun Guo

50 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Epithelial-Mesenchyma... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2008 2008 2004 2008 2012 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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. The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells
    2008 6.9k citations Sendurai A. Mani, Wenjun Guo et al. Cell profile →
  2. Induction of pluripotent stem cells by defined factors is greatly improved by small-molecule compounds
    2008 1.2k citations Wenjun Guo et al. profile →
  3. Integrin signalling during tumour progression
    2004 1.2k citations Wenjun Guo, Filippo G. Giancotti profile →
  4. Induction of pluripotent stem cells from primary human fibroblasts with only Oct4 and Sox2
    2008 987 citations Wenjun Guo et al. profile →
  5. Slug and Sox9 Cooperatively Determine the Mammary Stem Cell State
    2012 755 citations Wenjun Guo, Zuzana Keckesova et al. Cell profile →
  6. Paracrine and Autocrine Signals Induce and Maintain Mesenchymal and Stem Cell States in the Breast
    2011 706 citations Elinor Ng Eaton, Ferenc Reinhardt et al. Cell profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Wenjun Guo 9.2k 7.2k 3.5k 1.7k 1.3k 53 14.2k
Héctor Peinado 10.3k 1.1× 5.5k 0.8× 4.5k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 91 14.7k
Elisabeth A. Seftor 9.5k 1.0× 4.7k 0.7× 4.8k 1.4× 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 124 13.9k
Shideng Bao 10.0k 1.1× 6.9k 1.0× 5.0k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 88 17.4k
Denise Crowley 8.8k 1.0× 5.5k 0.8× 3.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.5× 48 14.0k
William P. Schiemann 6.8k 0.7× 3.5k 0.5× 2.4k 0.7× 924 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 132 11.1k
Georg Breier 12.0k 1.3× 2.9k 0.4× 5.2k 1.5× 1.8k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 114 17.6k
Morag Park 8.6k 0.9× 4.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 202 13.4k
Gordon Stamp 7.2k 0.8× 5.0k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 118 12.5k
Julio A. Aguirre‐Ghiso 4.7k 0.5× 4.9k 0.7× 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 98 9.9k
Samy Lamouille 7.4k 0.8× 4.2k 0.6× 3.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 24 11.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenjun Guo

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Hui, Shijin Sun, Wenjun Guo, et al.. (2025). Positively charged cytoplasmic residues in corin prevent signal peptidase cleavage and endoplasmic reticulum retention. Communications Biology. 8(1). 89–89.
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Guo, Wenjun, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in composite materials integrating molecularly imprinted polymers for targeted drug delivery systems. European Polymer Journal. 228. 113825–113825. 8 indexed citations
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Guo, Wenjun, et al.. (2025). Agrimonia pilosa Extract suppresses NSCLC growth through regulating PI3K/AKT/Bcl-2 pathway. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 350. 119892–119892.
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Guo, Wenjun, Mengting Wang, Tiantian Zhou, et al.. (2024). Cardiac corin and atrial natriuretic peptide regulate liver glycogen metabolism and glucose homeostasis. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 23(1). 383–383. 3 indexed citations
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Cui, Jihong, John R. Christin, Julie A. Reisz, et al.. (2023). Targeting ABCA12-controlled ceramide homeostasis inhibits breast cancer stem cell function and chemoresistance. Science Advances. 9(48). eadh1891–eadh1891. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Yu & Wenjun Guo. (2021). SOX factors as cell-state regulators in the mammary gland and breast cancer. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 114. 126–133. 14 indexed citations
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Guo, Rui, Wenjun Guo, Hui Liu, et al.. (2016). Fusion of an albumin-binding domain extends the half-life of immunotoxins. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 511(1). 538–549. 36 indexed citations
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Guo, Rui, Wenjun Guo, Hui Liu, et al.. (2016). HER2-targeted immunotoxins with low nonspecific toxicity and immunogenicity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 475(1). 93–99. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zheng, John R. Christin, Chunhui Wang, et al.. (2016). Mammary-Stem-Cell-Based Somatic Mouse Models Reveal Breast Cancer Drivers Causing Cell Fate Dysregulation. Cell Reports. 16(12). 3146–3156. 53 indexed citations
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Wang, Ping, Mingyan Lin, Erika Pedrosa, et al.. (2015). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated heterozygous knockout of the autism gene CHD8 and characterization of its transcriptional networks in neurodevelopment. Molecular Autism. 6(1). 112 indexed citations
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Gong, Chang, Dong-Young Lee, Hai Hu, et al.. (2014). Prolyl Isomerase Pin1 Acts Downstream of miR200c to Promote Cancer Stem–like Cell Traits in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(13). 3603–3616. 66 indexed citations
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Tam, Wai Leong, Haihui Lu, Joyce Y. Buikhuisen, et al.. (2013). Protein Kinase C α Is a Central Signaling Node and Therapeutic Target for Breast Cancer Stem Cells. Cancer Cell. 24(3). 347–364. 257 indexed citations
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Teleki, Ivett, et al.. (2013). Stability and prognostic value of Slug, Sox9 and Sox10 expression in breast cancers treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. SpringerPlus. 2(1). 695–695. 21 indexed citations
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Guo, Wenjun, Zuzana Keckesova, Joana Liu Donaher, et al.. (2012). Slug and Sox9 Cooperatively Determine the Mammary Stem Cell State. Cell. 148(5). 1015–1028. 755 indexed citations breakdown →
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May, Caitlin D., Nathalie Sphyris, Kurt W. Evans, et al.. (2011). Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells: a dangerously dynamic duo in breast cancer progression. Breast Cancer Research. 13(1). 202–202. 268 indexed citations
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Zhang, Cheng, Beiyan Zhou, Drazen B. Zimonjic, et al.. (2007). Enrichment of a Population of Mammary Gland Cells that Form Mammospheres and Have In vivo Repopulating Activity. Cancer Research. 67(17). 8131–8138. 141 indexed citations
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Guo, Wenjun, Angela Pepe, Toshiaki Yoshioka, et al.. (2006). β4 Integrin Amplifies ErbB2 Signaling to Promote Mammary Tumorigenesis. Cell. 126(3). 489–502. 368 indexed citations
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Nikolopoulos, Sotiris N., Pamela Blaikie, Toshiaki Yoshioka, et al.. (2005). Targeted Deletion of the Integrin β4 Signaling Domain Suppresses Laminin-5-Dependent Nuclear Entry of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases and NF-κB, Causing Defects in Epidermal Growth and Migration. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(14). 6090–6102. 106 indexed citations
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Nikolopoulos, Sotiris N., Pamela Blaikie, Toshiaki Yoshioka, Wenjun Guo, & Filippo G. Giancotti. (2004). Integrin β4 signaling promotes tumor angiogenesis. Cancer Cell. 6(5). 471–483. 183 indexed citations
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Tan, Yu‐zhen, et al.. (2002). The correlation between expression of VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 in carcinoma tissues and lymphangiogenesis(THE SIXTH JAPAN-CHINA JOINT SEMINAR ON HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY) :. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 35(2). 139.

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