Xin Du

21.2k citations

93 papers · 16.3k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Immunology top 0.05%
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- interferon and immune responses
- Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
Microbiology top 0.1%
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Papers in

Immunology 51
- Immune Response and Inflammation 27
- Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor 18
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 11
- interferon and immune responses 8
Microbiology 10
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities 9

Co-authors: Bruce Beutler Alexander Poltorak Chris Galanos Marina A. Freudenberg Kasper Hoebe Maria João Silva Xiaolong He Christophe Van Huffel
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (11 papers)Blood (7 papers)Nature Immunology (4 papers)Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (3 papers)Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Germany

In The Last Decade

Xin Du

88 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

12 papers align trajectories log scale

The Serine Protease TMPRSS6 Is Required to Sense Iron Deficiency 2008 · 443 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Science
2006 Nature Immunology
2006 Annual Review of Immunology
2006 Immunity
2005 Nature Immunology
2005 Nature
2004 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2003 Journal of Leukocyte Biology
2003 Nature
2000 PubMed
1998 Science
1998 Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases

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Co-authors

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Hyperuricemia and the Therapeutic Potential of Food and Medicine Homologous Substances M. Liu, Xin Du, Shun Yao, Baolong Zhao, Jinyuan Sun, Baoguo Sun	2025	0
2	Integrating ecological networks and multi-scenario optimization: a novel framework for constructing ecological security patterns Zhaoyang Jia, Liang Guo, Qiang Fu, Dong Liu, Xin Du, Song Cui	2025	0
3	Spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon-related ecosystem services: Unraveling socio-ecological drivers and leveraging bundles for sustainable spatial zoning Journal of Environmental Management ·Song Cui, Xin Du, Zhaoyang Jia, Qiang Fu, Dong Liu	2025	0
4	Correlation analysis of 25(OH)D with cognitive function in epilepsy patients: A cross-sectional study Epilepsy & Behavior ·Xin Du, Bingbing Wang, Shao Li	2024	0
5	SRSF2 Mutation Cooperates with ASXL1 Mutation to Promote the Development of Myeloproliferative Variant of Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia Blood ·Jiaojiao Bai, Chen Qiu, Ming Yao, Chengxin Deng, Minming Li, Suxia Geng, Junfei Huang, Yangpeng Chen, Yuan Zhou, Xin Du	2024	1
6	Cardiomyocyte d-dopachrome tautomerase protects against heart failure JCI Insight ·Yina Ma, Kevin N Su, Daniel Pfau, Veena S. Rao, Xiaohong Wu, Xiaoyue Hu, Lin Leng, Xin Du, Marta Piecychna, Kenneth Bedi, Stuart G. Campbell, Anne Eichmann, Jeffrey M. Testani, Kenneth B. Margulies, Richard Bucala, Lawrence H. Young	2019	16
7	TET2 mutations were predictive of inferior prognosis in the presence of ASXL1 mutations in patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia PubMed ·Yajuan Cui, Hongyan Tong, Xin Du, Bing Li, Robert Peter Gale, Tiejun Qin, Jinqin Liu, Zefeng Xu, Yue Zhang, Gang Huang, Jie Jin, Liwei Fang, Hongli Zhang, Lijuan Pan, Naibo Hu, Shiqiang Qu, Zhijian Xiao	2016	9
8	Erythroferrone contributes to hepcidin suppression and iron overload in a mouse model of β-thalassemia Blood ·Léon Kautz, Grace Jung, Xin Du, Victoria Gabayan, Justin Chapman, Marc Nasoff, Elizabeta Nemeth, Tomas Ganz	2015	227
9	The Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Autoimmune Liver Disease Hepatology ·David N. Assis, Lin Leng, Xin Du, Hu Zhang, Gerrit Grieb, Melanie Merk, Alvaro Baeza Garcia, Catherine McCrann, Julius Chapiro, Andreas Meinhardt, Yuka Mizue, David J. Nikolic‐Paterson, Jürgen Bernhagen, Marshall M. Kaplan, Hongyu Zhao, James L. Boyer, Richard Bucala	2013	89
10	Drug Repositioning and Pharmacophore Identification in the Discovery of Hookworm MIF Inhibitors Chemistry & Biology ·Yoonsang Cho, Jon J. Vermeire, Jane S. Merkel, Lin Leng, Xin Du, Richard Bucala, Michael Cappello, Elias Lolis	2011	31
11	Benzisothiazolones as modulators of macrophage migration inhibitory factor Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·William L. Jorgensen, А. Н. Трофимов, Xin Du, Alissa A. Hare, Lin Leng, Richard Bucala	2011	21
12	Endosomal TLR signaling is required for anti-nucleic acid and rheumatoid factor autoantibodies in lupus Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dwight H. Kono, M. Katarina Haraldsson, Brian R. Lawson, K. Michael Pollard, Yi Ting Koh, Xin Du, Carrie Arnold, Roberto Baccalà, Gregg J. Silverman, Bruce Beutler, Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos	2009	127
13	A Tautomerase-Null Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Gene Knock-In Mouse Model Reveals That Protein Interactions and Not Enzymatic Activity Mediate MIF-Dependent Growth Regulation Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Günter Fingerle-Rowson, Dayananda Rao Kaleswarapu, Corinna Schlander, Nazanin Kabgani, Tania Brocks, Nina Reinart, Raymonde Busch, Anke K. Schütz, Hongqi Lue, Xin Du, Aihua Liu, Huabao Xiong, Yibang Chen, Alice Nemajerová, Michael Hallek, Jürgen Bernhagen, Lin Leng, Richard Bucala	2009	115
14	The Serine Protease TMPRSS6 Is Required to Sense Iron Deficiency Science ·Xin Du, Ellen She, Terri Gelbart, Jaroslav Truksa, Pauline Lee, Yu Xia, Kevin Khovananth, Suzanne Mudd, Navjiwan Mann, Eva Marie Y. Moresco, Ernest Beutler, Bruce Beutler Hit paper breakdown →	2008	443
15	Precis on forward genetics in mice Nature Immunology ·Bruce Beutler, Xin Du, Yu Xia	2007	36
16	Analysis of the MCMV resistome by ENU mutagenesis Mammalian Genome ·Karine Crozat, Philippe Georgel, Sophie Rutschmann, Navjiwan Mann, Xin Du, Kasper Hoebe, Bruce Beutler	2006	48
17	PanR1 , a Dominant Negative Missense Allele of the Gene Encoding TNF-α ( Tnf ), Does Not Impair Lymphoid Development The Journal of Immunology ·Sophie Rutschmann, Kasper Hoebe, Jonathan Zalevsky, Xin Du, Navjiwan Mann, Bassil I. Dahiyat, Paul M. Steed, Bruce Beutler	2006	17
18	Point mutations in the melanocortin-4 receptor cause variable obesity in mice Mammalian Genome ·Thomas P. Meehan, Koichi Tabeta, Xin Du, Lanette S. Woodward, Karen Firozi, Bruce Beutler, Monica J. Justice	2006	18
19	Velvet, a Dominant Egfr Mutation That Causes Wavy Hair and Defective Eyelid Development in Mice Genetics ·Xin Du, Koichi Tabeta, Kasper Hoebe, Haiquan Liu, Navjiwan Mann, Suzanne Mudd, Karine Crozat, Sosathya Sovath, Xiaohua Gong, Bruce Beutler	2004	62
20	Identification of Lps2 as a key transducer of MyD88-independent TIR signalling Nature ·Kasper Hoebe, Xin Du, Philippe Georgel, Edith M. Janssen, Koichi Tabeta, S. O. Kim, Jason Goode, Pei Lin, Navjiwan Mann, Suzanne Mudd, Karine Crozat, Sosathya Sovath, Jiahuai Han, Bruce Beutler Hit paper breakdown →	2003	1009

About Xin Du

Xin Du is a scholar working on Immunology, Microbiology, Cancer Research, Hematology and Genetics, having authored 93 papers that have together received 16.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Response and Inflammation (27 papers), Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (18 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers), NF-κB Signaling Pathways (9 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (9 papers), interferon and immune responses (8 papers), Nuclear Receptors and Signaling (7 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (11.3k citations), Microbiology (1.4k citations), Cancer Research (1.7k citations), Endocrinology (465 citations) and Epidemiology (2.6k citations). Xin Du has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Bruce Beutler, Alexander Poltorak, Chris Galanos, Marina A. Freudenberg, Kasper Hoebe, Maria João Silva, Xiaolong He, Christophe Van Huffel, Erica Alejos and Irina Smirnova. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Blood, Nature Immunology, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters and Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases.

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