Yongjun Lu

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Yongjun Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongjun Lu has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Pharmacology and 30 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Yongjun Lu's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (39 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (26 papers) and Fungal Biology and Applications (19 papers). Yongjun Lu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (39 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (26 papers) and Fungal Biology and Applications (19 papers). Yongjun Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Japan. Yongjun Lu's co-authors include Zhigang She, Yongcheng Lin, Senhua Chen, Xishan Huang, Zhaoming Liu, Yayue Liu, Hanxiang Li, Dongni Chen, Hongbo Huang and Yuhua Long and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yongjun Lu

96 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Gut Akkermansia muciniphila ameliorates metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease by regulating the metabolism of L-aspartate via gut-liver axis

2021 242 citations Zhenhuang Ge, Xiyuan Liu et al. profile →
A high-fat diet promotes cancer progression by inducing gut microbiota–mediated leucine production and PMN-MDSC differentiation

2024 57 citations Jiewen Chen, Xiyuan Liu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yongjun Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yongjun Lu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Integrated Genomic and Phenotypic Analysis of Bacillus safensis LG01 Highlights Its Prospects in Biotechnology and Biocontrol 2025 ·Microorganisms ·(unknown), (unknown), Jie Ren, (unknown), (unknown), Yongjun Lu, Zhenhuang Ge	0
2	A high-fat diet promotes cancer progression by inducing gut microbiota–mediated leucine production and PMN-MDSC differentiation breakdown → 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jiewen Chen, Xiyuan Liu, Yi Zou, Junli Gong, Zhenhuang Ge, Xiaorong Lin, (unknown), Hongyan Huang, (unknown), Phei Er Saw, Yongjun Lu, Hai Hu, Erwei Song	57
3	Identification of fecal microbiome signatures associated with familial longevity and candidate metabolites for healthy aging 2023 ·Aging Cell ·Junli Gong, Sanxin Liu, Shisi Wang, Hengfang Ruan, Qianqian Mou, Ping Fan, Tao Chen, Wei Cai, Yongjun Lu, Zhengqi Lu	12
4	DNA aptamers specific for Legionella pneumophila: systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment in whole bacterial cells 2022 ·Biotechnology Letters ·Lina Xiong, Mingchen Xia, Qinglin Wang, Zhen Meng, Jie Zhang, (unknown), Zhangyong Dong, Yongjun Lu, Yunhao Sun	2
5	Discovery of biphenyls bearing thiobarbiturate fragment by structure-based strategy as Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein tyrosine phosphatase B inhibitors 2022 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ·(unknown), Qinglin Wang, Xi Chen, Jiahao Chen, Bin Wang, Dongni Chen, Shen Dong, (unknown), Fei Ye, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yongjun Lu, Dongfeng Zhang	3
6	A new anthraquinone from mangrove endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. 16-5C 2021 ·Natural Product Research ·Ze’en Xiao, (unknown), Zhigang She, Yongjun Lu, Zhen Tan, Yonghong Liu	6
7	The Temporal Expression of Global Regulator Protein CsrA Is Dually Regulated by ClpP During the Biphasic Life Cycle of Legionella pneumophila 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Zhenhuang Ge, (unknown), (unknown), Xin Pan, Shen Dong, Yongjun Lu	7
8	<italic>Legionella pneumophila</italic> effector WipA, a bacterial PPP protein phosphatase with PTP activity 2018 ·Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica ·Qian Jia, Yun Lin, (unknown), Lei He, Shen Dong, Dongni Chen, Wei Xie, Yongjun Lu	5
9	Two new bioactive steroids from a mangrove-derived fungus Aspergillus sp. 2018 ·Steroids ·Zhaoming Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Qinglin Wang, Jingjing Yan, Yongjun Lu, Wasu Pathom‐aree, Kui Hong, Zhigang She	34
10	Diaporisoindoles A–C: Three Isoprenylisoindole Alkaloid Derivatives from the Mangrove Endophytic Fungus Diaporthe sp. SYSU-HQ3 2017 ·Organic Letters ·Hui Cui, Yun Lin, (unknown), Yongjun Lu, Xishan Huang, Zhigang She	78
11	Sclerotiorin inhibits protein kinase G from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and impairs mycobacterial growth in macrophages 2017 ·Tuberculosis ·Dongni Chen, (unknown), Lei He, (unknown), Zhigang She, Yongjun Lu	32
12	ClpP-deletion impairs the virulence of Legionella pneumophila and the optimal translocation of effector proteins 2016 ·BMC Microbiology ·Beibei Zhao, Xianghui Li, Yonglun Zeng, Yongjun Lu	21
13	Identification of Bostrycin Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (MptpB) 2016 ·Medicinal Chemistry ·(unknown), Hong Chen, (unknown), Yongjun Lu	12
14	[Gene cloning, expression and characterization of N-acylhomoserine lactonase from Bacillus subtilis SS6]. 2015 ·PubMed ·Pan Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Yongjun Lu, Bo Yin	1
15	New depsidones and isoindolinones from the mangrove endophytic fungus Meyerozyma guilliermondii (HZ-Y₂) isolated from the South China Sea 2015 ·Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Senhua Chen, Zhaoming Liu, Yayue Liu, Yongjun Lu, (unknown), Zhigang She	31
16	Seasonal and spatial diversity of microbial communities in marine sediments of the South China Sea 2011 ·Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·Jikun Du, Kai Xiao, Yali Huang, Huixian Li, Hongming Tan, Lixiang Cao, Yongjun Lu, Shining Zhou	25
17	Far3p domains involved in the interactions of Far proteins and pheromone-induced cell cycle arrest in budding yeast 2010 ·FEMS Yeast Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Jiafeng Wang, Chunming Li, (unknown), Yongjun Lu, Chun Liang	7
18	The anthracenedione compound bostrycin induces mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2010 ·FEMS Yeast Research ·Chunling Xu, Jiafeng Wang, Ye Gao, (unknown), (unknown), Shanshan Yang, Simei Long, Zhigang She, Xiaoling Cai, Shining Zhou, Yongjun Lu	29
19	Formic acid induces Yca1p-independent apoptosis-like cell death in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2008 ·FEMS Yeast Research ·(unknown), Yingying Su, (unknown), Wenhan Zhu, Jiayi Wang, Xiaohong Zhuang, Shining Zhou, Yongjun Lu	43
20	Seven Novel Methylation Guide Small Nucleolar RNAs Are Processed from a Common Polycistronic Transcript by Rat1p and RNase III in Yeast 1999 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Liang‐Hu Qu, Anthony K. Henras, Yongjun Lu, Hui Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Jin Zhao, Yves Henry, Michèle Caizergues‐Ferrer, Jean‐Pierre Bachellerie	139

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