Xuesong Liu

28.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
231 papers, 21.3k citations indexed

About

Xuesong Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuesong Liu has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 21.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Oncology and 49 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Xuesong Liu's work include PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (17 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (16 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (16 papers). Xuesong Liu is often cited by papers focused on PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (17 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (16 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (16 papers). Xuesong Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Xuesong Liu's co-authors include Xiaodong Wang, Hua Zou, Jie Yang, Ronald Jemmerson, William J. Henzel, Dean P. Jones, Jiyang Cai, Tsung-I Peng, Ana Maria Ibrado and Kapil N. Bhalla and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xuesong Liu

219 papers receiving 20.9k citations

Hit Papers

Induction of Apoptotic Program in Cell-Free Extracts: Req... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 1997 1997 1999 1997 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. Induction of Apoptotic Program in Cell-Free Extracts: Requirement for dATP and Cytochrome c
    1996 4.4k citations Xuesong Liu et al. profile →
  2. Prevention of Apoptosis by Bcl-2: Release of Cytochrome c from Mitochondria Blocked
    1997 4.3k citations Xuesong Liu et al. profile →
  3. Apaf-1, a Human Protein Homologous to C. elegans CED-4, Participates in Cytochrome c–Dependent Activation of Caspase-3
    1997 2.6k citations Xuesong Liu et al. profile →
  4. An APAF-1·Cytochrome c Multimeric Complex Is a Functional Apoptosome That Activates Procaspase-9
    1999 1.7k citations Xuesong Liu et al. profile →
  5. DFF, a Heterodimeric Protein That Functions Downstream of Caspase-3 to Trigger DNA Fragmentation during Apoptosis
    1997 1.6k citations Xuesong Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xuesong Liu China 47 15.5k 3.8k 3.4k 2.3k 2.1k 231 21.3k
Maria Castedo France 51 11.9k 0.8× 4.9k 1.3× 3.8k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 108 19.0k
Kapil N. Bhalla United States 87 17.3k 1.1× 5.9k 1.5× 2.8k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 1.7k 0.8× 378 26.0k
Emily H. Cheng United States 48 12.6k 0.8× 2.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 2.5k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 94 16.4k
Yuri Lazebnik United States 33 14.7k 1.0× 3.7k 1.0× 3.4k 1.0× 2.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 53 19.3k
David M. Hockenbery United States 50 10.5k 0.7× 3.6k 1.0× 3.2k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 124 16.7k
Steven Grant United States 79 16.7k 1.1× 6.3k 1.6× 2.2k 0.6× 2.3k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 451 23.2k
Timothy D. Veenstra United States 88 17.3k 1.1× 4.2k 1.1× 2.0k 0.6× 2.4k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 401 28.5k
B. Mark Evers United States 73 10.5k 0.7× 4.3k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 3.5k 1.5× 2.0k 1.0× 362 17.6k
Philippe Marchetti France 62 9.9k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 177 16.1k
Yi Li China 65 9.7k 0.6× 5.4k 1.4× 3.5k 1.0× 3.2k 1.4× 1.5k 0.7× 695 19.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuesong Liu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Yuhua, et al.. (2025). Invasive aspergillosis in critically ill patients with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 141–141. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuesong, et al.. (2024). 24-epibrassinolide as a multidimensional regulator of rice (Oryza sativa) physiological and molecular responses under isoproturon stress. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 281. 116575–116575. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Haotian, Yongping Chen, Zhiqiang Wang, et al.. (2024). Dexmedetomidine affects the NOX4/Nrf2 pathway to improve renal antioxidant capacity. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 76(7). 851–860. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yiwei, Yong Chen, Ping Shao, et al.. (2024). Baicalin derivative dynamically cross-linked natural polysaccharide hydrogel for diabetic wound healing. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154803–154803. 19 indexed citations
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Feng, Qiuting, et al.. (2024). Machine learning-based CT radiomics approach for predicting occult peritoneal metastasis in advanced gastric cancer preoperatively. Clinical Radiology. 80. 106727–106727. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Yan, Xuesong Liu, Chensihan Huang, et al.. (2023). Associations of Oral Contraceptive Use With Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Death: Evidence From the UK Biobank Cohort Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(16). e030105–e030105. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Shixiang, Yi Xiong, Longfei Zhao, et al.. (2021). UCSCXenaShiny: an R/CRAN package for interactive analysis of UCSC Xena data. Bioinformatics. 38(2). 527–529. 97 indexed citations
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Wang, Shixiang, Huimin Li, Minfang Song, et al.. (2021). Copy number signature analysis tool and its application in prostate cancer reveals distinct mutational processes and clinical outcomes. PLoS Genetics. 17(5). e1009557–e1009557. 73 indexed citations
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Wang, Shixiang, Ziyu Tao, Tao Wu, & Xuesong Liu. (2020). Sigflow: an automated and comprehensive pipeline for cancer genome mutational signature analysis. Bioinformatics. 37(11). 1590–1592. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Shixiang & Xuesong Liu. (2019). The UCSCXenaTools R package: a toolkit for accessing genomics data from UCSC Xena platform, from cancer multi-omics to single-cell RNA-seq. The Journal of Open Source Software. 4(40). 1627–1627. 55 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuesong, Matthew Genet, Jenna E. Haines, et al.. (2015). ZBTB7A Suppresses Melanoma Metastasis by Transcriptionally Repressing MCAM. Molecular Cancer Research. 13(8). 1206–1217. 34 indexed citations
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González‐Billalabeitia, Enrique, Nina Seitzer, Su Jung Song, et al.. (2014). Vulnerabilities of PTEN – TP53 -Deficient Prostate Cancers to Compound PARP–PI3K Inhibition. Cancer Discovery. 4(8). 896–904. 80 indexed citations
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Palma, Joann P., Yichun Wang, Luis E. Rodrı́guez, et al.. (2009). ABT-888 Confers Broad In vivo Activity in Combination with Temozolomide in Diverse Tumors. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(23). 7277–7290. 111 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuesong, Edward K. Han, Mark G. Anderson, et al.. (2009). Acquired Resistance to Combination Treatment with Temozolomide and ABT-888 Is Mediated by Both Base Excision Repair and Homologous Recombination DNA Repair Pathways. Molecular Cancer Research. 7(10). 1686–1692. 77 indexed citations
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Zhu, Gui‐Dong, Jianchun Gong, Viraj B. Gandhi, et al.. (2007). Design and synthesis of pyridine–pyrazolopyridine-based inhibitors of protein kinase B/Akt. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 15(6). 2441–2452. 58 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuesong, Yanming Huang, Marijke Pellens, et al.. (2005). Nitric oxide inhalation decreases myocardial injury in a porcine model of cardiac ischemia and reperfusion. Circulation. 112(17). 1 indexed citations
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De, Suvranu, Yanming Huang, Xuesong Liu, et al.. (1999). Evaluation of the biocompatibility of two new diamond-like stent coatings (Dylyn) in a porcine coronary stent model. European Heart Journal. 20. 271–271. 1 indexed citations
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De, Suvranu, et al.. (1999). Impact of surface electrochemical polishing on stent performance: insights from a porcine coronary model. European Heart Journal. 20. 273–273. 1 indexed citations

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