Yan Qu

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Yan Qu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Qu has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Immunology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yan Qu's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (9 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (9 papers) and Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (8 papers). Yan Qu is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (9 papers), Inflammasome and immune disorders (9 papers) and Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (8 papers). Yan Qu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Yan Qu's co-authors include George Dubyak, Kim Newton, Vishva M. Dixit, Nobuhiko Kayagaki, Salina Louie, Jennifer J. Dong, Mohamed Lamkanfi, Jinfeng Liu, Sherry Heldens and Lieselotte Vande Walle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Yan Qu

41 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Non-canonical inflammasome activation targets caspase-11

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Qu China	23	3.8k	2.1k	443	435	400	41	4.8k
Anthony Rongvaux United States	32	2.7k 0.7×	3.2k 1.5×	925 2.1×	263 0.6×	321 0.8×	51	6.5k
Stephen B. Willingham United States	23	2.5k 0.7×	3.1k 1.5×	400 0.9×	238 0.5×	514 1.3×	43	5.5k
Tatjana Eigenbrod Germany	23	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	504 1.1×	73 0.2×	315 0.8×	40	3.9k
Jianbin Ruan United States	26	6.8k 1.8×	3.0k 1.5×	667 1.5×	118 0.3×	675 1.7×	39	7.9k
Junji Sagara Japan	37	4.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	477 1.1×	85 0.2×	765 1.9×	68	5.8k
Youdong Pan China	21	3.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	486 1.1×	57 0.1×	313 0.8×	34	4.6k
Thibaut De Smedt Belgium	28	2.6k 0.7×	5.1k 2.5×	608 1.4×	144 0.3×	418 1.0×	36	8.0k
Oscar R. Colegio United States	23	3.0k 0.8×	2.8k 1.3×	824 1.9×	102 0.2×	448 1.1×	47	6.5k
Ji‐Liang Gao United States	51	2.4k 0.6×	3.8k 1.8×	990 2.2×	145 0.3×	344 0.9×	90	7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Qu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Qu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Qu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Qu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Qu 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 Yan Qu. Yan Qu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Nutsch, Katherine, Karl L. Banta, Thomas D. Wu, et al.. (2024). TIGIT and PD-L1 co-blockade promotes clonal expansion of multipotent, non-exhausted antitumor T cells by facilitating co-stimulation. Nature Cancer. 5(12). 1834–1851. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Ying, et al.. (2024). Pyroptosis-related long-noncoding RNA signature predicting survival and immunotherapy efficacy in patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 24(1). 145–145. 2 indexed citations

Qu, Yan, Bowen Meng, Yifan He, et al.. (2024). Apoptotic metabolites ameliorate bone aging phenotypes via TCOF1/FLVCR1-mediated mitochondrial homeostasis. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 549–549. 7 indexed citations

Qu, Yan, Lihui Liu, Xun Zhang, et al.. (2023). Comparative proteomic profiling of plasma exosomes in lung cancer cases of liver and brain metastasis. Cell & Bioscience. 13(1). 180–180. 22 indexed citations

Meng, Bowen, Yan Qu, Yuanbo Liu, et al.. (2023). Dual Role of Interleukin-20 in Different Stages of Osteoclast Differentiation and Its Osteoimmune Regulation during Alveolar Bone Remodeling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3810–3810. 6 indexed citations

Li, Sini, Yan Qu, Lihui Liu, et al.. (2023). Tumour‐derived exosomes in liver metastasis: A Pandora's box. Cell Proliferation. 56(10). e13452–e13452. 15 indexed citations

Li, Sini, Lihui Liu, Yan Qu, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive Analyses and Immunophenotyping of LIM Domain Family Genes in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4524–4524. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Lihui, Sini Li, Yan Qu, et al.. (2023). Ablation of ERO1A induces lethal endoplasmic reticulum stress responses and immunogenic cell death to activate anti-tumor immunity. Cell Reports Medicine. 4(10). 101206–101206. 30 indexed citations

Guo, Beibei, Yan Qu, Yinping Sun, et al.. (2023). Co-delivery of gemcitabine and paclitaxel plus NanoCpG empowers chemoimmunotherapy of postoperative “cold” triple-negative breast cancer. Bioactive Materials. 25. 61–72. 41 indexed citations

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Wang, Chao, Kailun Fei, Lihui Liu, et al.. (2023). Abnormal activation of NF‐κB and MAPK signaling pathways affect osimertinib resistance and influence the recruitment of myeloid‐derived suppressor cells to shape the immunosuppressive tumor immune microenvironment. Thoracic Cancer. 14(19). 1843–1856. 9 indexed citations

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Zheng, Bingxin, Lingling Sun, Yang Gao, et al.. (2022). Siglec-15-induced autophagy promotes invasion and metastasis of human osteosarcoma cells by activating the epithelial–mesenchymal transition and Beclin-1/ATG14 pathway. Cell & Bioscience. 12(1). 109–109. 8 indexed citations

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Qu, Yan, Yifan He, Bowen Meng, et al.. (2022). Apoptotic vesicles inherit SOX2 from pluripotent stem cells to accelerate wound healing by energizing mesenchymal stem cells. Acta Biomaterialia. 149. 258–272. 39 indexed citations

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Gao, Yang, et al.. (2022). Knocking down Siglec-15 in osteosarcoma cells inhibits proliferation while promoting apoptosis and pyroptosis by targeting the Siglec-15/STAT3/Bcl-2 pathway. Advances in Medical Sciences. 67(2). 187–195. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, Huang Ding, Ting Deng, et al.. (2016). Expression and clinical significance of MTH1 in advanced gastric cancer tissues. Zhonghua zhongliu fangzhi zazhi. 23(8). 510–514. 1 indexed citations

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Qu, Yan, Lakshmi Ramachandra, Susanne Mohr, et al.. (2009). P2X7 Receptor-Stimulated Secretion of MHC Class II-Containing Exosomes Requires the ASC/NLRP3 Inflammasome but Is Independent of Caspase-1. The Journal of Immunology. 182(8). 5052–5062. 137 indexed citations

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Franchi, Luigi, Grace Chen, Noemí Marina–García, et al.. (2009). Calcium-Independent Phospholipase A<sub>2</sub>β Is Dispensable in Inflammasome Activation and Its Inhibition by Bromoenol Lactone. Journal of Innate Immunity. 1(6). 607–617. 22 indexed citations

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Qu, Yan & George Dubyak. (2009). P2X7 receptors regulate multiple types of membrane trafficking responses and non-classical secretion pathways. Purinergic Signalling. 5(2). 163–173. 101 indexed citations

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Qu, Yan, Luigi Franchi, Gabriel Núñez, & George Dubyak. (2007). P2X7 Receptor-dependent Secretion of IL-1beta is Mediated by Exocytosis of Secretory Lysosomes. The FASEB Journal. 21(6). 2 indexed citations

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Kahlenberg, J. Michelle, Kathleen C. Lundberg, Sylvia B. Kertesy, Yan Qu, & George Dubyak. (2005). Potentiation of Caspase-1 Activation by the P2X7 Receptor Is Dependent on TLR Signals and Requires NF-κB-Driven Protein Synthesis. The Journal of Immunology. 175(11). 7611–7622. 177 indexed citations

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Huang, Kun, Bin Xu, Shi-Quan Hu, et al.. (2004). How Insulin Binds: the B-Chain α-Helix Contacts the L1 β-Helix of the Insulin Receptor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 341(2). 529–550. 63 indexed citations

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