Xihui Xu

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Xihui Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xihui Xu has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Xihui Xu's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (13 papers), Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (6 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (4 papers). Xihui Xu is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (13 papers), Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (6 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (4 papers). Xihui Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Xihui Xu's co-authors include Jun Ren, Yingmei Zhang, Yinan Hua, Richard Bucala, Sreejayan Nair, Myung K. Kim, Jay H. Chung, Alexandra L. Brown, Shutong Yang and Jeonghan Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Xihui Xu

51 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

VDAC oligomers form mitochondrial pores to release mtDNA fragments and promote lupus-like disease

2019 511 citations Jeonghan Kim, Luz P. Blanco et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xihui Xu China	27	1.0k	524	495	299	228	52	2.1k
Chaoyong He China	20	1.0k 1.0×	638 1.2×	273 0.6×	337 1.1×	314 1.4×	39	2.2k
Ismail Sergin United States	16	975 0.9×	695 1.3×	842 1.7×	504 1.7×	182 0.8×	19	2.3k
Zhi Yang China	34	1.4k 1.3×	487 0.9×	296 0.6×	229 0.8×	312 1.4×	66	2.6k
Chi Dae Kim South Korea	26	811 0.8×	243 0.5×	364 0.7×	270 0.9×	297 1.3×	74	2.0k
Huixia Lu China	21	815 0.8×	435 0.8×	192 0.4×	342 1.1×	318 1.4×	76	1.8k
Sabina Baumgartner‐Parzer Austria	32	1.2k 1.2×	399 0.8×	253 0.5×	211 0.7×	399 1.8×	94	2.7k
Khurrum Shahzad Germany	23	661 0.6×	233 0.4×	386 0.8×	260 0.9×	104 0.5×	46	1.8k
Xiang Lü China	29	895 0.9×	253 0.5×	374 0.8×	279 0.9×	417 1.8×	80	2.2k
Souad Belmadani United States	20	577 0.6×	228 0.4×	303 0.6×	387 1.3×	429 1.9×	35	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xihui Xu

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Wu, Fang, Siliang Wang, Xihui Xu, et al.. (2025). Pharmacovigilance analysis of polatuzumab plus bendamustine and rituximab treatment protocol: identifying comprehensive safety signals using FDA database. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 16. 1459067–1459067. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Xin, Wěi Li, Lianghua Lu, et al.. (2023). Sustained detoxification of 1,2-dichloroethane to ethylene by a symbiotic consortium containing Dehalococcoides species. Environmental Pollution. 325. 121443–121443. 16 indexed citations

Xu, Jingyan, Xihui Xu, Jieyu Chen, et al.. (2021). Sustained remission of multi-line relapsed extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, following sintilimab and chidamide. Medicine. 100(10). e24824–e24824. 8 indexed citations

Zeng, Xiaofang, Anandharajan Rathinasabapathy, Xihui Xu, et al.. (2021). BECLIN 1 KNOCKDOWN ATTENUATED HIGH FATTY DIET-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY BY ACTIVATING RAB9-DEPENDENT ALTERNATIVE AUTOPHAGY PATHWAY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 77(18). 767–767. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yandong, Zhiqiang Zhuang, Jipeng Ma, et al.. (2020). Beclin1 Haploinsufficiency accentuates second-hand smoke exposure -induced myocardial Remodeling and contractile dysfunction through a STING-mediated mechanism. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 148. 78–88. 20 indexed citations

Kim, Jeonghan, Luz P. Blanco, Shutong Yang, et al.. (2019). VDAC oligomers form mitochondrial pores to release mtDNA fragments and promote lupus-like disease. Science. 366(6472). 1531–1536. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

Pang, Jiaojiao, Peng Hu, Shuyi Wang, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial ALDH2 protects against lipopolysaccharide-induced myocardial contractile dysfunction by suppression of ER stress and autophagy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1865(6). 1627–1641. 78 indexed citations

Park, Sung Jun, Faiyaz Ahmad, Alexandra L. Brown, et al.. (2017). Specific Sirt1 Activator-mediated Improvement in Glucose Homeostasis Requires Sirt1-Independent Activation of AMPK. EBioMedicine. 18. 128–138. 31 indexed citations

Ren, Jun, et al.. (2016). Permissive role of AMPK and autophagy in adiponectin deficiency-accentuated myocardial injury and inflammation in endotoxemia. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 93. 18–31. 51 indexed citations

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Xu, Xihui, Jiaojiao Pang, Yuguo Chen, et al.. (2016). Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Deficiency Exacerbates Aging-Induced Cardiac Remodeling and Dysfunction Despite Improved Inflammation: Role of Autophagy Regulation. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22488–22488. 59 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoming, Yanan Cao, Mingzhi Shen, et al.. (2015). DIDS Reduces Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Myocardial Injury in Rats. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 35(2). 676–688. 27 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yingmei, Xihui Xu, Asli F. Ceylan‐Isik, et al.. (2014). Ablation of Akt2 protects against lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiac dysfunction: Role of Akt ubiquitination E3 ligase TRAF6. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 74. 76–87. 48 indexed citations

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Xu, Xihui, et al.. (2014). Role of autophagy in metabolic syndrome-associated heart disease. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1852(2). 225–231. 54 indexed citations

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Roe, Nathan D., Xihui Xu, Machender R. Kandadi, et al.. (2014). Targeted deletion of PTEN in cardiomyocytes renders cardiac contractile dysfunction through interruption of Pink1–AMPK signaling and autophagy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1852(2). 290–298. 46 indexed citations

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Wang, Daguang, et al.. (2013). Optimization of the method for the culture of melanocyte precursors from hair follicles and their activation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 6(4). 967–972. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Jingyan, Min Zhou, Jing Wang, et al.. (2013). Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms association with the risk of follicular lymphoma: a meta-analysis. Tumor Biology. 34(3). 1467–1471. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Xihui, et al.. (2013). Deficiency of insulin-like growth factor 1 attenuates aging-induced changes in hepatic function: Role of autophagy. Journal of Hepatology. 59(2). 308–317. 39 indexed citations

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Xu, Xihui, et al.. (2012). Abstract 13473: Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Knockout Exacerbates Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Role of Autophagy. Circulation. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Xihui & Jun Ren. (2011). Unmasking the janus faces of autophagy in obesity‐associated insulin resistance and cardiac dysfunction. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 39(2). 200–208. 32 indexed citations

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Xu, Xihui, Huilin Zhang, Rong Han, Zhen‐Lun Gu, & Zheng‐Hong Qin. (2006). Enhancement of neuroprotection and heat shock protein induction by combined prostaglandin A1 and lithium in rodent models of focal ischemia. Brain Research. 1102(1). 154–162. 40 indexed citations

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