Wu Zheng

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Wu Zheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wu Zheng has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Physiology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wu Zheng's work include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (7 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (5 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (5 papers). Wu Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (7 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (5 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (5 papers). Wu Zheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Finland. Wu Zheng's co-authors include Catherine Dulac, Lauren A. O’Connell, Anita E. Autry, Joseph F. Bergan, Mitsuko Watabe‐Uchida, Jiang‐Fan Chen, Philip Shamash, Richard Axel, Wei Guo and Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wu Zheng

33 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Galanin neurons in the medial preoptic area govern parental behaviour

2014 411 citations Wu Zheng, Anita E. Autry et al. Nature profile →
Neural control of maternal and paternal behaviors

2014 295 citations Catherine Dulac, Wu Zheng et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Harnessing the Power of Natural Products for Targeted Protein Degradation 2025 ·Medicinal Research Reviews ·(unknown), Wu Zheng, (unknown), Kaili Zhao, (unknown), Jiang‐Jiang Qin, Hongwei Guo	0
2	Controlling the wavefront aberration of a large-aperture and high-precision holographic diffraction grating 2025 ·Light Science & Applications ·Wenhao Li, (unknown), Bayanheshig Bayanheshig, (unknown), Wei Wang, Shan Jiang, (unknown), Shuo Li, (unknown), (unknown), Wu Zheng, Wenyuan Zhou	13
3	Target-induced proximity ligation triggers polymerase chain reaction for subset tracing of small extracellular vesicles 2025 ·Talanta ·Hongcai Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Yiwei Jiang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Guo-Shiang Lin, Guomin Xie, Wu Zheng	1
4	Aberrant adenosine A2A receptor signaling in the choroid plexus drives CSF hypersecretion and ventriculomegaly in hydrocephalus 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Wu Zheng, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jialin Wu, (unknown), Yiwei Jiang, Yuhan Chen, Hongcai Wang, Shiwei Li, (unknown), Cheng Zheng, Yan‐Jiang Wang, Rodrigo A. Cunha, (unknown), Jiang‐Fan Chen	0
5	Semi‐Synthesis of Flavonoid Glycosides and Their Anti‐Inflammatory and Antitumor Activities towards Triple Negative Breast Cancer 2023 ·Chemistry & Biodiversity ·(unknown), Huanji Xu, Qing Zhang, Wu Zheng, (unknown), Xuehua Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
6	Lateral septum adenosine A2A receptors control stress-induced depressive-like behaviors via signaling to the hypothalamus and habenula 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Peijun Li, Zewen Li, (unknown), Wu Zheng, Zhenghua Xiang, Yan He, Tao Xu, Cristina Robalo Cordeiro, Lu Deng, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jianhong Zhou, Xuzhao Zhou, (unknown), Rodrigo A. Cunha, Jiang‐Fan Chen, Wei Guo	44
7	The investigation of interaction and chaperon-like activity of α-synuclein as a protein in pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease upon direct interaction with tectorigenin 2023 ·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·Wenzhan Tu, Cheng Zheng, (unknown), Zhenhua Feng, Haiyan Lin, Yiwei Jiang, (unknown), Yuhan Chen, (unknown), Jianzhong Su, Wu Zheng	5
8	Blocking the IFN ‐gamma signal in the choroid plexus confers resistance to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis 2023 ·The FASEB Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cheng Zheng, Wenzhan Tu, Haiyan Lin, Haotian Wang, Yiwei Jiang, Songhe Jiang, Wu Zheng	6
9	Choroid plexus-selective inactivation of adenosine A2A receptors protects against T cell infiltration and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis 2022 ·Journal of Neuroinflammation ·Wu Zheng, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mengru Wang, Xin Liu, Ping Tang, (unknown), Xiaoting Sun, (unknown), (unknown), Zhengzheng Li, Yiyun Weng, Wei Guo, Serhii Vakal, Jiang‐Fan Chen	21
10	Adenosine A2A receptor controls the gateway of the choroid plexus 2022 ·Purinergic Signalling ·(unknown), Mengru Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Serhii Vakal, (unknown), Jiang‐Fan Chen, Wu Zheng	6
11	Urocortin-3 neurons in the mouse perifornical area promote infant-directed neglect and aggression 2021 ·eLife ·Anita E. Autry, Wu Zheng, Vikrant Kapoor, Johannes Kohl, Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku, Nimrod D. Rubinstein, (unknown), Ilaria Carta, (unknown), (unknown), Catherine Dulac	30
12	Context-Dependent Decision Making in a Premotor Circuit 2020 ·Neuron ·Wu Zheng, Ashok Litwin-Kumar, Philip Shamash, (unknown), Richard Axel, Michael N. Shadlen	51
13	Adenosine A2A receptor blockade improves neuroprosthetic learning by volitional control of population calcium signal in M1 cortical neurons 2020 ·Neuropharmacology ·Ping Zhang, Yuling Zhou, Chang Liu, Wu Zheng, Zhimo Yao, Qin Wang, (unknown), Shaomin Zhang, Weidong Chen, Jiang‐Fan Chen	6
14	Lei-gong-gen formula granule attenuates hyperlipidemia in rats via cGMP-PKG signaling pathway 2020 ·Journal of Ethnopharmacology ·Taijin Lan, Qiaofeng Li, Ming Chang, Chunli Yin, (unknown), Wu Zheng, Xiaolan Li, Weiquan Zhang, (unknown), Junlin Shi, Hebao Yuan, Zhiheng Su, Hongwei Guo	22
15	Dynamic urinary metabolomics analysis based on UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS to investigate the potential biomarkers of blood stasis syndrome and the effects of Danggui Sini decoction 2019 ·Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis ·Huimin Huang, Jinxia Wu, (unknown), Xi Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Chunli Yin, (unknown), Wu Zheng, Xiaojun Chen, Yonghong Liang, Hui Song, Hua Zheng, Hongwei Guo, Zhiheng Su	16
16	Accumbal Adenosine A2A Receptors Enhance Cognitive Flexibility by Facilitating Strategy Shifting 2019 ·Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience ·Jianhong Zhou, Beibei Wu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wu Zheng, Wei Guo, Serhii Vakal, Xingjun Chen, Jiang‐Fan Chen	7
17	Multisensory Logic of Infant-Directed Aggression by Males 2018 ·Cell ·Yoh Isogai, Wu Zheng, Michael I. Love, (unknown), Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku, (unknown), Karolina Farrell, Catherine Dulac	72
18	Role of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in migration of asthmatic rat airway smooth muscle cells 2017 ·Biomedical Research-tokyo ·Xiaomei Fang, Jianjiang Zhao, Lina Shen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wu Zheng, (unknown)	1
19	The Corticostriatal Adenosine A2A Receptor Controls Maintenance and Retrieval of Spatial Working Memory 2017 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Zhihui Li, Xingjun Chen, Tao Wang, Ying Gao, Fei Li, Long Chen, Jin Xue, Yan He, Yan Li, Wei Guo, Wu Zheng, Ping Zhang, (unknown), Xiangpeng Ren, Feng Yue, Piu Chan, Jiang‐Fan Chen	40
20	Galanin neurons in the medial preoptic area govern parental behaviour breakdown → 2014 ·Nature ·Wu Zheng, Anita E. Autry, Joseph F. Bergan, Mitsuko Watabe‐Uchida, Catherine Dulac	411

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