Xiangjun Gu

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Xiangjun Gu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiangjun Gu has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Oncology and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Xiangjun Gu's work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (7 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (6 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (5 papers). Xiangjun Gu is often cited by papers focused on Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (7 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (6 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (5 papers). Xiangjun Gu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Xiangjun Gu's co-authors include Christopher I. Amos, Xifeng Wu, William G. Newman, Margaret R. Spitz, Yufei Wang, Athena Matakidou, Richard S. Houlston, Qiong Dong, Peter Broderick and Jayaram Vijayakrishnan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Xiangjun Gu

45 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Genome-wide association scan of tag SNPs identifies a susceptibility locus for lung cancer at 15q25.1

2008 879 citations Christopher I. Amos, Xifeng Wu et al. profile →
Functional variants of OCTN cation transporter genes are associated with Crohn disease

2004 596 citations Vanya Peltekova, Richard F. Wintle et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiangjun Gu United States	24	1.3k	1.1k	681	582	523	45	3.5k
Soo Jung Park South Korea	34	858 0.6×	844 0.8×	764 1.1×	868 1.5×	1.1k 2.0×	201	3.6k
Josep M. Piqué Spain	39	622 0.5×	761 0.7×	761 1.1×	824 1.4×	1.7k 3.2×	123	4.3k
Roger Feakins United Kingdom	34	821 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	955 1.6×	870 1.7×	85	3.7k
Ulrich Kunzendorf Germany	36	2.4k 1.8×	617 0.6×	599 0.9×	612 1.1×	665 1.3×	118	5.6k
Willscott E. Naugler United States	24	1.6k 1.2×	381 0.4×	1.4k 2.1×	1.0k 1.7×	774 1.5×	42	4.6k
Andreas Reimold United States	36	1.5k 1.1×	324 0.3×	861 1.3×	405 0.7×	417 0.8×	94	5.4k
Hisashi Tsurumi Japan	37	1.1k 0.8×	210 0.2×	592 0.9×	909 1.6×	325 0.6×	201	3.7k
Timothy T. Lu United States	14	1.4k 1.1×	804 0.8×	723 1.1×	1.7k 2.9×	1.3k 2.5×	28	4.1k
Wolfgang E. Thasler Germany	35	1.6k 1.2×	237 0.2×	932 1.4×	994 1.7×	903 1.7×	131	4.3k
David Masson France	38	1.2k 0.9×	245 0.2×	934 1.4×	731 1.3×	1.4k 2.7×	162	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiangjun Gu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiangjun Gu

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

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Thrift, Aaron P., Fasiha Kanwal, Yanhong Liu, et al.. (2023). Risk stratification for hepatocellular cancer among patients with cirrhosis using a hepatic fat polygenic risk score. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0282309–e0282309. 13 indexed citations

Costa, Wilson Luiz da, Xiangjun Gu, Farhood Farjah, et al.. (2021). Staging Concordance and Guideline-Concordant Treatment for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 113(1). 279–285. 4 indexed citations

Oluyomi, Abiodun, Xiangjun Gu, Georgina Armstrong, et al.. (2021). Houston hurricane Harvey health (Houston-3H) study: assessment of allergic symptoms and stress after hurricane Harvey flooding. Environmental Health. 20(1). 9–9. 31 indexed citations

Redondo, María J., Xiangjun Gu, Mustafa Tosur, et al.. (2020). Sex differences in circulating leptin as a marker of adiposity in obese or overweight adolescents with type 1 diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 8(1). e001683–e001683. 5 indexed citations

Costa, Wilson Luiz da, Hop S. Tran Cao, Kyle H. Sheetz, et al.. (2020). Comparative Effectiveness of Neoadjuvant Therapy and Upfront Resection for Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: An Instrumental Variable Analysis. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 28(6). 3186–3195. 10 indexed citations

Gu, Xiangjun, et al.. (2019). Factors associated with favorable survival outcomes for Asians with hepatocellular carcinoma: A sequential matching cohort study. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0214721–e0214721. 14 indexed citations

Deng, Yang, Huakang Tu, Ethan Miller, et al.. (2018). Determinants and prognostic value of quality of life in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. European Journal of Cancer. 92. 20–32. 23 indexed citations

Xu, Lin, et al.. (2017). Role of MiR-155 Signal Pathway in Regulating Podocyte Injury Induced by TGF-β1. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 42(4). 1469–1480. 13 indexed citations

Romero, Viviana, José Azócar, Joaquı́n Zúñiga, et al.. (2008). Interaction of NK inhibitory receptor genes with HLA-C and MHC class II alleles in Hepatitis C virus infection outcome. Molecular Immunology. 45(9). 2429–2436. 96 indexed citations

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Gu, Xiangjun, Younghun Han, Adel K. El‐Naggar, et al.. (2007). Mammary tumor modifiers in BALB/cJ mice heterozygous for p53. Mammalian Genome. 18(5). 300–309. 34 indexed citations

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Newman, William G., Xiangjun Gu, Richard F. Wintle, et al.. (2006). DLG5 variants contribute to Crohn disease risk in a Canadian population. Human Mutation. 27(4). 353–358. 20 indexed citations

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Zečević, Maja, Christopher I. Amos, Xiangjun Gu, et al.. (2006). IGF1 Gene Polymorphism and Risk for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 98(2). 139–143. 44 indexed citations

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Criswell, Lindsey A., Wei V. Chen, Damini Jawaheer, et al.. (2006). Dissecting the heterogeneity of rheumatoid arthritis through linkage analysis of quantitative traits. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 56(1). 58–68. 15 indexed citations

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Newman, William G., Richard F. Wintle, Mark Van Oene, et al.. (2005). SLC22A4 polymorphisms implicated in rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease are not associated with rheumatoid arthritis in a Canadian Caucasian population. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 52(2). 425–429. 35 indexed citations

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Newman, William G., Xiangjun Gu, Richard F. Wintle, et al.. (2005). A risk haplotype in the Solute Carrier Family 22A4/22A5 gene cluster influences phenotypic expression of Crohn’s disease. Gastroenterology. 128(2). 260–269. 102 indexed citations

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Jones, J. Shawn, Christopher I. Amos, Xiangjun Gu, et al.. (2005). DNMT3b polymorphism and age of onset of Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer in a Caucasian population. Cancer Research. 65. 306–306. 1 indexed citations

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Evans, Susan C., et al.. (2004). A novel genetic modifier of p53, mop1, results in embryonic lethality. Mammalian Genome. 15(6). 415–423. 7 indexed citations

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Newman, William G., Mark S. Silverberg, Xiangjun Gu, et al.. (2004). CARD15 and HLA DRB1 Alleles Influence Susceptibility and Disease Localization in Crohn's Disease. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 99(2). 306–315. 76 indexed citations

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Li, Cheng, Guillermina Lozano, Christopher I. Amos, et al.. (2003). Lung cancer risk in germline p53 mutation carriers: association between an inherited cancer predisposition, cigarette smoking, and cancer risk. Human Genetics. 113(3). 238–243. 67 indexed citations

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Weil, Michael M., Xia Chen, Xueqing Xia, et al.. (2001). A Chromosome 15 Quantitative Trait Locus Controls Levels of Radiation-Induced Jejunal Crypt Cell Apoptosis in Mice. Genomics. 72(1). 73–77. 13 indexed citations

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