Xueji Wu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 918 citations indexed

About

Xueji Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Xueji Wu has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 918 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Xueji Wu's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (4 papers), Trace Elements in Health (4 papers) and interferon and immune responses (3 papers). Xueji Wu is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (4 papers), Trace Elements in Health (4 papers) and interferon and immune responses (3 papers). Xueji Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Xueji Wu's co-authors include Jianping Guo, Marzena Pazgier, Wenyi Wei, Qiwei Jiang, Mihiro Yano, Hiroshi Kido, Wuyuan Lu, Le Zhao, Xiaoming Dai and Bryan Ericksen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xueji Wu

32 papers receiving 910 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.

High-fat diet promotes liver tumorigenesis via palmitoylation and activation of AKT

2024 79 citations Zhengkun Zhang, Jianwen Chen et al. Gut profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xueji Wu China	17	494	186	123	120	110	32	918
Evan P. Booy Canada	20	1.1k 2.3×	166 0.9×	151 1.2×	191 1.6×	23 0.2×	36	1.4k
Joshua L. Andersen United States	20	784 1.6×	196 1.1×	144 1.2×	79 0.7×	322 2.9×	32	1.3k
Nikolas Gunkel Germany	18	471 1.0×	64 0.3×	107 0.9×	31 0.3×	22 0.2×	25	769
Florence Fassy France	13	1.0k 2.1×	258 1.4×	153 1.2×	105 0.9×	55 0.5×	18	1.5k
Kym N. Lowes Australia	15	657 1.3×	201 1.1×	205 1.7×	67 0.6×	20 0.2×	29	1.4k
Jaulang Hwang Taiwan	14	700 1.4×	455 2.4×	322 2.6×	79 0.7×	15 0.1×	33	1.3k
Pi-Wan Cheng United States	19	666 1.3×	179 1.0×	99 0.8×	66 0.6×	11 0.1×	32	893
Corinne Rommens France	14	640 1.3×	157 0.8×	96 0.8×	74 0.6×	50 0.5×	28	1.0k
Zhenjian Du United States	12	457 0.9×	317 1.7×	209 1.7×	96 0.8×	474 4.3×	22	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xueji Wu

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Zhang, Yi, Yaqing Su, Xueji Wu, et al.. (2025). High-protein diets alleviate tumour growth and drug resistance by promoting AKT aggregation and turnover. Gut. 74(10). 1711–1727. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhengkun, Jianwen Chen, Yizeng Fan, et al.. (2024). High-fat diet promotes liver tumorigenesis via palmitoylation and activation of AKT. Gut. 73(7). 1156–1168. 79 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Xiaomei, Qiwei Jiang, Yaqing Su, et al.. (2023). AMPK phosphorylates and stabilises copper transporter 1 to synergise metformin and copper chelator for breast cancer therapy. British Journal of Cancer. 128(8). 1452–1465. 21 indexed citations

Xie, Wei, Qiwei Jiang, Xueji Wu, et al.. (2022). IKBKE phosphorylates and stabilizes Snail to promote breast cancer invasion and metastasis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 29(8). 1528–1540. 24 indexed citations

Wu, Xueji, et al.. (2022). Beyond controlling cell size: functional analyses of S6K in tumorigenesis. Cell Death and Disease. 13(7). 646–646. 40 indexed citations

Jiang, Qiwei, Xiaomei Zhang, Xiaoming Dai, et al.. (2022). S6K1-mediated phosphorylation of PDK1 impairs AKT kinase activity and oncogenic functions. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1548–1548. 43 indexed citations

Wang, Yuchen, Huali Xu, Wenwen Fu, et al.. (2019). 20(S)-Protopanaxadiol Inhibits Angiotensin II-Induced Epithelial- Mesenchymal Transition by Downregulating SIRT1. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 10. 475–475. 18 indexed citations

Yu, Yuanhui, Zhen Zheng, Huilin Wang, et al.. (2016). Distinct effects of mutations on biophysical properties of human prion protein monomers and oligomers. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 48(11). 1016–1025. 3 indexed citations

Fu, Tingting, Hongwei Qiao, Gaobo Hu, et al.. (2014). Palladium-catalyzed air-based oxidative coupling of arylboronic acids with H-phosphine oxides leading to aryl phosphine oxides. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 12(18). 2895–2895. 46 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haiping, Yu Qiu, Qian Wang, et al.. (2013). Biochemical characterization and ligand-binding properties of trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase from <italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</italic>. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 45(10). 837–844. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Le, William D. Tolbert, Bryan Ericksen, et al.. (2013). Single, Double and Quadruple Alanine Substitutions at Oligomeric Interfaces Identify Hydrophobicity as the Key Determinant of Human Neutrophil Alpha Defensin HNP1 Function. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e78937–e78937. 19 indexed citations

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Liang, Huiying, Xueji Wu, Xi Chen, et al.. (2013). Gender difference in association of NEDD4L gene variants among southern Han Chinese with essential hypertension – a population-based case–control study. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 36(5). 309–314. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Lifang, Xueji Wu, Yu Peng, et al.. (2012). Solution Structural Analysis of the Single-Domain Parvulin TbPin1. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43017–e43017. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Le, Bryan Ericksen, Xueji Wu, et al.. (2012). Invariant Gly Residue Is Important for α-Defensin Folding, Dimerization, and Function. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(23). 18900–18912. 22 indexed citations

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Rajabi, Mohsen, Bryan Ericksen, Xueji Wu, et al.. (2012). Functional Determinants of Human Enteric α-Defensin HD5. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(26). 21615–21627. 61 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jie, et al.. (2011). The prolyl isomerase Pin1 is overexpressed in human esophageal cancer. Oncology Letters. 2(6). 1191–1196. 12 indexed citations

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Qu, Ning, et al.. (2008). Proteomic characterization of royal jelly proteins in Chinese (Apis cerana cerana) and European (Apis mellifera) honeybees. Biochemistry (Moscow). 73(6). 676–680. 23 indexed citations

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Qin, Lei, Ling Zhou, Xueji Wu, et al.. (2008). Genetic variants in protein kinase C zeta gene and type 2 diabetes risk: a case‐control study of a Chinese Han population. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 24(6). 480–485. 6 indexed citations

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Yano, Mihiro, Shinichi Nakamuta, Xueji Wu, Yuushi Okumura, & Hiroshi Kido. (2006). A Novel Function of 14-3-3 Protein: 14-3-3ζ Is a Heat-Shock–related Molecular Chaperone That Dissolves Thermal-aggregated Proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 17(11). 4769–4779. 70 indexed citations

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Yano, Mihiro, et al.. (2004). 20S Proteasome Prevents Aggregation of Heat-Denatured Proteins without PA700 Regulatory Subcomplex Like a Molecular Chaperone. Biomacromolecules. 5(4). 1465–1469. 14 indexed citations

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