Wenjun Xie

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Wenjun Xie is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenjun Xie has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wenjun Xie's work include Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (22 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Wenjun Xie is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (22 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Wenjun Xie collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Wenjun Xie's co-authors include Andrew R. Marks, Steven Reiken, Gaetano Santulli, Heping Cheng, Matthew J. Betzenhauser, Bianxiao Cui, Daniel Andersson, Alisa Umanskaya, Albano C. Méli and Edward S. Yeung and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Wenjun Xie

77 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Mitochondrial calcium overload is a key determinant in heart failure

2015 440 citations Gaetano Santulli, Wenjun Xie et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenjun Xie China	26	1.8k	1.0k	507	401	279	81	3.0k
Livia C. Hool Australia	31	1.8k 1.0×	846 0.8×	351 0.7×	444 1.1×	202 0.7×	119	3.0k
Yasunari Kanda Japan	31	1.7k 1.0×	602 0.6×	681 1.3×	256 0.6×	457 1.6×	141	3.3k
Hiroshi Matsuura Japan	33	2.3k 1.3×	1.7k 1.7×	733 1.4×	253 0.6×	188 0.7×	212	3.9k
Hong Shi China	38	2.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	589 1.2×	490 1.2×	136 0.5×	161	4.8k
Ali El‐Armouche Germany	35	2.3k 1.3×	2.3k 2.2×	307 0.6×	376 0.9×	266 1.0×	127	4.1k
Bruce T. Liang United States	39	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	577 1.1×	449 1.1×	150 0.5×	128	4.5k
Dayue Darrel Duan United States	36	2.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	860 1.7×	339 0.8×	124 0.4×	92	3.6k
Zheng Fan China	29	2.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	764 1.5×	285 0.7×	91 0.3×	90	3.4k
Johanna T. Lanner Sweden	28	1.4k 0.8×	548 0.5×	318 0.6×	738 1.8×	182 0.7×	66	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenjun Xie

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenjun Xie

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fan, Junping, et al.. (2025). Structural Basis for Inhibition of Urate Reabsorption in URAT1. JACS Au. 5(3). 1308–1319. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jingjing, et al.. (2024). Assaying sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca<sup>2+</sup>-leak in mouse atrial myocytes. Biophysics Reports. 9(0). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Eric, et al.. (2024). Modeling sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca<sup>2+</sup> in rat cardiomyocytes. Biophysics Reports. 10(5). 328–328. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Xu, Xinjian Wang, Jiayin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Ptpn23 Controls Cardiac T-Tubule Patterning by Promoting the Assembly of Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex. Circulation. 149(17). 1375–1390. 8 indexed citations

Xie, Wenjun, Wen Fang, Xiaoge Zhang, et al.. (2024). Data-driven approaches linking wastewater and source estimation hazardous waste for environmental management. Nature Communications. 15(1). 16 indexed citations

Wang, Shilin, et al.. (2024). Microstructural Regulation of Co TCPP by Acetylene Black: Enhanced Electrochemical Performance for Wearable Supercapacitors. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2881(1). 12007–12007. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jingjing, et al.. (2023). Extracellular Calcium-Induced Calcium Transient Regulating the Proliferation of Osteoblasts through Glycolysis Metabolism Pathways. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4991–4991. 14 indexed citations

Li, Jingjing, Xinyi Zhao, Yan Wang, et al.. (2023). Endothelial K _Ca 3.1 and K _Ca 2.3 Mediate S1P (Sphingosine-1-Phosphate)–Dependent Vasodilation and Blood Pressure Homeostasis. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 43(5). 726–738. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, Jingjing Li, Rui Xu, et al.. (2023). Nogo-B mediates endothelial oxidative stress and inflammation to promote coronary atherosclerosis in pressure-overloaded mouse hearts. Redox Biology. 68. 102944–102944. 25 indexed citations

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Lei, Chuxiang, Wenjun Xie, Yan Li, et al.. (2020). Oxidation of Ryanodine Receptors Promotes Ca ²⁺ Leakage and Contributes to Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Pulmonary Hypertension. Hypertension. 77(1). 59–71. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, Ying Qi, Jingjing Li, et al.. (2020). Stretch-induced sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium leak is causatively associated with atrial fibrillation in pressure-overloaded hearts. Cardiovascular Research. 117(4). 1091–1102. 32 indexed citations

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Su, Min, Feng Gao, Wenjun Xie, et al.. (2019). Structural basis for activity of TRIC counter-ion channels in calcium release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(10). 4238–4243. 25 indexed citations

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Xie, Wenjun, et al.. (2018). Adsorption Properties of Gemini and Monomeric Cationic Surfactants on Sandstone and Silica Nanoparticles. 3(3). 207–219. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Wen, Chunlong Sun, Jun Wang, et al.. (2017). Conditions and Regulation of Mixed Culture to Promote Shiraia bambusicola and Phoma sp. BZJ6 for Laccase Production. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17801–17801. 15 indexed citations

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Santulli, Gaetano, Wenjun Xie, Steven Reiken, & Andrew R. Marks. (2015). Mitochondrial calcium overload is a key determinant in heart failure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(36). 11389–11394. 440 indexed citations breakdown →

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Umanskaya, Alisa, Gaetano Santulli, Wenjun Xie, et al.. (2014). Genetically enhancing mitochondrial antioxidant activity improves muscle function in aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(42). 15250–15255. 130 indexed citations

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Subramanyam, Prakash, Donald D. Chang, Kun Fang, et al.. (2013). Manipulating L-type calcium channels in cardiomyocytes using split-intein protein transsplicing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(38). 15461–15466. 28 indexed citations

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Xie, Wenjun, et al.. (2013). Imaging atrial arrhythmic intracellular calcium in intact heart. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 64. 120–123. 61 indexed citations

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Shan, Jian, Wenjun Xie, Matthew J. Betzenhauser, et al.. (2012). Calcium Leak Through Ryanodine Receptors Leads to Atrial Fibrillation in 3 Mouse Models of Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia. Circulation Research. 111(6). 708–717. 157 indexed citations

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Brochet, Didier X.P., Wenjun Xie, Dongmei Yang, Heping Cheng, & W. Jonathan Lederer. (2010). Quarky Calcium Release in the Heart. Circulation Research. 108(2). 210–218. 59 indexed citations

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