Xun Wang

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Xun Wang is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Xun Wang has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Immunology, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Xun Wang's work include Immune cells in cancer (5 papers), Malaria Research and Control (4 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (3 papers). Xun Wang is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (5 papers), Malaria Research and Control (4 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (3 papers). Xun Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Xun Wang's co-authors include Songtao Yu, Evan D. Rosen, Peter Chiu, Ulf Klein, Erin E. Kershaw, Jennifer L. Estall, Jun Eguchi, Eleftheria Maratos–Flier, Haoming Zhou and Wantong Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nano Letters and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Xun Wang

30 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Transcriptional Control of Adipose Lipid Handling by IRF4 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2022 100 200 300 400
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. Transcriptional Control of Adipose Lipid Handling by IRF4
    2011 446 citations Xun Wang, Songtao Yu et al. profile →
  2. XBP1 deficiency promotes hepatocyte pyroptosis by impairing mitophagy to activate mtDNA-cGAS-STING signaling in macrophages during acute liver injury
    2022 232 citations Zheng Liu, Mingming Wang 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
Xun Wang China 17 778 531 482 424 170 30 1.7k
Tomoaki Koga Japan 25 716 0.9× 489 0.9× 244 0.5× 217 0.5× 251 1.5× 67 1.7k
Kazufumi Katayama Japan 27 1.4k 1.9× 488 0.9× 219 0.5× 219 0.5× 178 1.0× 64 2.3k
Adriana Vieira‐de‐Abreu Brazil 22 463 0.6× 626 1.2× 166 0.3× 195 0.5× 89 0.5× 35 1.6k
Rigmor Solberg Norway 26 934 1.2× 560 1.1× 226 0.5× 263 0.6× 254 1.5× 55 2.0k
Mary Ann Suico Japan 26 1.1k 1.4× 460 0.9× 274 0.6× 227 0.5× 149 0.9× 109 2.1k
Charlotte M. Bonefeld Denmark 34 810 1.0× 1.5k 2.8× 262 0.5× 457 1.1× 243 1.4× 112 3.4k
Wojciech Ornatowski United States 13 1.1k 1.5× 485 0.9× 173 0.4× 1.1k 2.7× 176 1.0× 20 2.2k
Giovanna Leoni United States 22 1.1k 1.4× 804 1.5× 181 0.4× 143 0.3× 190 1.1× 36 2.1k
Latha P. Ganesan United States 24 712 0.9× 642 1.2× 111 0.2× 247 0.6× 103 0.6× 42 1.7k
Guiping Ren China 23 1.0k 1.3× 270 0.5× 144 0.3× 361 0.9× 78 0.5× 97 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xun Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xun Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xun Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xun Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xun Wang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xun Wang. Xun Wang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tang, Wenbo, Mingxia Yang, Tong Cheng, et al.. (2025). Short IL-18 generated by caspase-3 cleavage mobilizes NK cells to suppress tumor growth. Nature Immunology. 26(3). 416–428. 11 indexed citations
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Su, Wantong, Rui Zhang, Qi Wang, et al.. (2023). TAK1 deficiency promotes liver injury and tumorigenesis via ferroptosis and macrophage cGAS-STING signalling. JHEP Reports. 5(5). 100695–100695. 61 indexed citations
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Liu, Shihui, Xun Wang, Yongkang Liu, et al.. (2023). Single-cell transcriptomics reveals ferrimagnetic vortex iron oxide nanoring-mediated mild magnetic hyperthermia exerts antitumor effects by alleviating macrophage suppression in breast cancer. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 170. 115954–115954. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xun, Yao Bai, Zheng Xiang, et al.. (2023). Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax populations from the China–Myanmar border identified by genotyping merozoite surface protein markers. Tropical Medicine and Health. 51(1). 2–2. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xun, Donghui Zhao, Yuting Li, et al.. (2023). Collagen hydrogel with multiple antimicrobial mechanisms as anti-bacterial wound dressing. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 232. 123413–123413. 59 indexed citations
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Wang, Xun, et al.. (2023). Using display technologies to identify macrocyclic peptide antibiotics. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1870(5). 119473–119473. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaosong, Yao Bai, Yanrui Wu, et al.. (2022). PvMSP-3α and PvMSP-3β genotyping reveals higher genetic diversity in Plasmodium vivax parasites from migrant workers than residents at the China-Myanmar border. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 106. 105387–105387. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Jiangchao, Xun Wang, Li Chen, et al.. (2022). Oxygen microcapsules improve immune checkpoint blockade by ameliorating hypoxia condition in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Bioactive Materials. 20. 259–270. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Xiangyü, et al.. (2021). Research Progress About Glioma Stem Cells in the Immune Microenvironment of Glioma. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 750857–750857. 16 indexed citations
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Zhao, Hui, Yucheng Qin, Weilin Zeng, et al.. (2021). First Detection in West Africa of a Mutation That May Contribute to Artemisinin Resistance Plasmodium falciparum. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 701750–701750. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xun, et al.. (2020). Long non‐coding RNA GAS5 overexpression inhibits M2‐like polarization of tumour‐associated macrophages in SMCC‐7721 cells by promoting PTEN expression. International Journal of Experimental Pathology. 101(6). 215–222. 20 indexed citations
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Zhu, Zhenbang, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Wenjuan Dong, et al.. (2020). TREM2 suppresses the proinflammatory response to facilitate PRRSV infection via PI3K/NF-κB signaling. PLoS Pathogens. 16(5). e1008543–e1008543. 62 indexed citations
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Ungerbäck, Jonas, Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Xun Wang, et al.. (2018). Pioneering, chromatin remodeling, and epigenetic constraint in early T-cell gene regulation by SPI1 (PU.1). Genome Research. 28(10). 1508–1519. 58 indexed citations
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Hu, Gangqing, Kairong Cui, Difeng Fang, et al.. (2018). Transformation of Accessible Chromatin and 3D Nucleome Underlies Lineage Commitment of Early T Cells. Immunity. 48(2). 227–242.e8. 142 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongbin, Zheng Li, Junling Niu, et al.. (2018). Antiviral effects of ferric ammonium citrate. Cell Discovery. 4(1). 14–14. 44 indexed citations
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Hosokawa, Hiroyuki, Jonas Ungerbäck, Xun Wang, et al.. (2018). Transcription Factor PU.1 Represses and Activates Gene Expression in Early T Cells by Redirecting Partner Transcription Factor Binding. Immunity. 48(6). 1119–1134.e7. 83 indexed citations
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Wang, Xun, Anuradha Ganesan, Robert Deiss, et al.. (2016). Factors associated with HIV viral load “blips” and the relationship between self-reported adherence and efavirenz blood levels on blip occurrence: a case–control study. AIDS Research and Therapy. 13(1). 16–16. 16 indexed citations
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Kong, Xingxing, Alexander S. Banks, Tiemin Liu, et al.. (2014). IRF4 Is a Key Thermogenic Transcriptional Partner of PGC-1α. Cell. 158(1). 69–83. 225 indexed citations

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