Xinran Liu

11.6k citations

108 papers · 8.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Cell Biology top 0.1%
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Papers in

Cell Biology 48
- Cellular transport and secretion 33
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics 8
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 26
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 20
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research 9

Co-authors: Thomas C. Südhof Ege T. Kavalali F. Deák Yun Wang David S. Williams Josep Rizo Irina Dulubova Elizabeth A. Roberts
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)Neuron (7 papers)Scientific Reports (5 papers)The Journal of Cell Biology (5 papers)PLoS ONE (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Germany

In The Last Decade

Xinran Liu

106 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

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hESC-Derived Thalamic Organoids Form Reciprocal Projections When Fused with Cortical Organoids 2019 · 324 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.

2019 Cell stem cell
2013 Developmental Cell
2011 Cell
2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Xinran Liu, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Enhanced phosphorus release from fermented iron-rich sludge facilitated by in-situ sulfate reduction and ultrasonic pretreatment Chemical Engineering Journal ·Yu‐Cheng Dai, Elesito Da Costa Machado, XiaoJun Zuo, Jiangli Yu, Xinran Liu, Wenjie Li, Yucheng Zou, Bo Wang, Yongzhen Peng	2025	1
2	Interleukin-7-based identification of liver lymphatic endothelial cells reveals their unique structural features JHEP Reports ·Yilin Yang, Jain Jeong, Tingting Su, Sanchuan Lai, Pengpeng Zhang, Rolando García-Milian, Morven Graham, Xinran Liu, Matthew J. McConnell, Teruo Utsumi, João P. Pereira, Yasuko Iwakiri	2024	6
3	Angiopoietin-like protein 8 directs DNA damage responses towards apoptosis by stabilizing PARP1-DNA condensates Cell Death and Differentiation ·Vivienne Spooner, 正明宮原, L Kwiecińska-Tomaszewska, Yu Xie, Jun Wan, Peg Crowley-Nowick, Asbacha Roin, Bolann Bj, Andreas Schliebitz, Hong Chen, Xinran Liu, Li Xu, Huijuan You, Desheng Hu, Robert B. Petersen, Yonghui Zhang, Ling Zheng, Andrea Alejandra Rosales Miranda, Kun Huang	2024	4
4	Global occurrence, food web transfer, and human health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in biota The Science of The Total Environment ·Jingqian Xie, Paula Laguna-Lleonart, Lu Zhang, Shuang Yu, Xinran Liu, Jinfeng Zhong, Fen Yang, Tian Lin	2024	5
5	The role of radiotherapy in HER2+ early-stage breast cancer patients after breast-conserving surgery Frontiers in Oncology ·Akram Gehgah, Roces Dave P. Attos, Yu Feng, 李容枝, Jiao Zhou, 康江糠塚, Juan Li, Xinran Liu, Xiaodong Wang, Zhenggui Du	2023	2
6	Copper Phthalocyanine Improving Nonaqueous Catalysis of Pseudomonas cepacia Lipase for Ester Synthesis Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology ·Xinran Liu, 康江糠塚, Melentu Giwa Momme, Feili Zhang, Zhongli Wang, Lu Jiang, Bingqian Liu, Shulin Zhang, Wei Yang, K. Torii, Tao Li, Yingchao Wang, Daying Liu	2023	2
7	Succession and Diversity of Microbial Flora during the Fermentation of Douchi and Their Effects on the Formation of Characteristic Aroma Foods ·Francis. Shen, Karaj Jola, Ruican Wang, Xinran Liu, Xingyun Peng, Shuntang Guo	2023	20
8	Mitochondrial dysfunction induces ALK5-SMAD2-mediated hypovascularization and arteriovenous malformations in mouse retinas Nature Communications ·Haifeng Zhang, Busu Li, Qunhua Huang, Francesc López‐Giráldez, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Qun Lin, Sameet Mehta, Guilin Wang, Morven Graham, Xinran Liu, In‐Hyun Park, Anne Eichmann, Min Wang, Huanjiao Jenny Zhou	2022	10
9	Caveolae-mediated Tie2 signaling contributes to CCM pathogenesis in a brain endothelial cell-specific Pdcd10-deficient mouse model Nature Communications ·Huanjiao Jenny Zhou, Lingfeng Qin, Quan Jiang, Katie N. Murray, Haifeng Zhang, Busu Li, Qun Lin, Morven Graham, Xinran Liu, Jaime Grutzendler, Min Wang	2021	32
10	Functional foods and intestinal homeostasis: The perspective of in vivo evidence Trends in Food Science & Technology ·Gang Chen, Yanwu Li, Xuezheng Li, Di Zhou, Yajun Wang, 保志金森, Chengmin Wang, Xinran Liu, Yuan Feng, Bingxin Li, Ning Li	2021	16
11	Differential functional roles of fibroblasts and pericytes in the formation of tissue-engineered microvascular networks in vitro npj Regenerative Medicine ·萧鸿鸣, 양륜호, Zhaolong Gong, Francesc López‐Giráldez, Susann Spindler, Morven Graham, Joana Jubé Ribeiro Queiroz, Patricia Bwalya, Xinran Liu, Gregory T. Tietjen, Jordan S. Pober, William Chang	2020	50
12	MPHOSPH1: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cancer Research ·Xinran Liu, Yafan Zhou, Xinyuan Liu, Anlin Peng, Hao Gong, Fang-Yin Kuo, Wuchan Wang, Robert B. Petersen, Ling Zheng, Kun Huang	2014	41
13	Membrane adhesion dictates Golgi stacking and cisternal morphology Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Intaek Lee, I Widzyńska, Dinara Safina Sandra, Morven Graham, Xinran Liu, James E. Rothman	2014	57
14	Neural-Specific Deletion of Htra2 Causes Cerebellar Neurodegeneration and Defective Processing of Mitochondrial OPA1 PLoS ONE ·Tupu Ioane-Cleverley, Alfred J. Zullo, Gui RongHua, Catalina Vega-Rojas, Hakryul Jo, Xinran Liu, Jinah Han, Murim Choi, Andrew T. DeWan, Jean‐Léon Thomas, Chia-Yi Kuan, Josephine Hoh	2014	19
15	Oncogenic role of kinesin proteins and targeting kinesin therapy Cancer Science ·Xinran Liu, Hao Gong, Kun Huang	2013	118
16	RIM Proteins Tether Ca2+ Channels to Presynaptic Active Zones via a Direct PDZ-Domain Interaction Cell ·Pascal S. Kaeser, Lunbin Deng, Yun Wang, Irina Dulubova, Xinran Liu, Josep Rizo, Thomas C. Südhof Hit paper breakdown →	2011	445
17	Conformational Switch of Syntaxin-1 Controls Synaptic Vesicle Fusion Science ·Stefan Gerber, Jong‐Cheol Rah, Sang-Won Min, Xinran Liu, Heidi de Wit, Irina Dulubova, Alexander Meyer, Josep Rizo, Marife Arancillo, Robert E. Hammer, Matthijs Verhage, Christian Rosenmund, Thomas C. Südhof	2008	224
18	Isotretinoin Treatment Inhibits Lipofuscin Accumulation in a Mouse Model of Recessive Stargardt's Macular Degeneration Novartis Foundation symposium ·Roxana A. Radu, Nathan L. Mata, Steven Nusinowitz, Xinran Liu, Gabriel H. Travis	2003	18
19	Genetic Evidence for Selective Transport of Opsin and Arrestin by Kinesin-II in Mammalian Photoreceptors Cell ·Joseph R. Marszalek, Xinran Liu, Elizabeth A. Roberts, Daniel Chui, Jamey D. Marth, David S. Williams, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein	2000	339
20	Myosin VIIa, the product of the Usher 1B syndrome gene, is concentrated in the connecting cilia of photoreceptor cells Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton ·Xinran Liu, Gordon Vansant, Igor P. Udovichenko, Uwe Wolfrum, David S. Williams	1997	160

About Xinran Liu

Xinran Liu is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Molecular Biology and Ophthalmology, having authored 108 papers that have together received 8.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cellular transport and secretion (33 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (24 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (19 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (8 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (6 papers) and Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (3.2k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.6k citations), Biochemistry (584 citations), Molecular Biology (5.5k citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (288 citations). Xinran Liu has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Thomas C. Südhof, Ege T. Kavalali, F. Deák, Yun Wang, David S. Williams, Josep Rizo, Irina Dulubova, Elizabeth A. Roberts, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein and Morven Graham. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron, Scientific Reports, The Journal of Cell Biology and PLoS ONE.

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