Yukun Guan

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
31 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Yukun Guan is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yukun Guan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Immunology, 10 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yukun Guan's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers), interferon and immune responses (7 papers) and Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (6 papers). Yukun Guan is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers), interferon and immune responses (7 papers) and Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (6 papers). Yukun Guan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Yukun Guan's co-authors include Zhengfan Jiang, Chenguang Wang, Xiaoming Wei, Mengze Lv, Rui Zhang, Xiao‐Dong Su, Jing Yang, Yi Wan, Miao Jing and Zhen Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yukun Guan

28 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Manganese is critical for antitumor immune responses via cGAS-STING and improves the efficacy of clinical immunotherapy

2020 719 citations Mengze Lv, Meixia Chen et al. Cell Research profile →
Manganese Increases the Sensitivity of the cGAS-STING Pathway for Double-Stranded DNA and Is Required for the Host Defense against DNA Viruses

2018 614 citations Chenguang Wang, Yukun Guan et al. Immunity profile →
Manganese salts function as potent adjuvants

2021 218 citations Rui Zhang, Chenguang Wang et al. Cellular and Molecular Immunology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Infiltrating macrophages replace Kupffer cells and play diverse roles in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis 2025 ·Cellular and Molecular Immunology ·Yang Wang, Yukun Guan, Dechun Feng, (unknown), (unknown), Brandon Peiffer, Bryan Mackowiak, (unknown), Kiyoshi Mori, Masashi Mukoyama, Ramón Bataller, Zhaoli Sun, Bin Gao	0
2	Liver as a key organ for systemic antimicrobial defense 2025 ·Hepatology Communications ·Tiantian Yao, (unknown), Yukun Guan, Robim M. Rodrigues, Beirong Gao	0
3	Adipocyte death promotes hepatic infiltration of S100A8+ macrophages and steatotic liver disease progression in mice 2025 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Yukun Guan, Yeon Soo Kim, Yang Wang, (unknown), Xiaogang Xiang, Seung‐Jin Kim, Tiantian Yao, Dechun Feng, Seonghwan Hwang, Bin Gao	1
4	Acute depletion of BRG1 reveals its primary function as an activator of transcription 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Gang Ren, Wai Lim Ku, Guangzhe Ge, Jackson A. Hoffman, (unknown), Qingsong Tang, Kairong Cui, (unknown), Yukun Guan, Bin Gao, Chengyu Liu, Trevor Archer, Keji Zhao	8
5	Inflammation in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Targets 2024 ·Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Dechun Feng, Seonghwan Hwang, Adrien Guillot, Yang Wang, Yukun Guan, Cheng Chen, Luca Maccioni, Bin Gao	14
6	New therapeutic target for alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH): AH-associated IL-8⁺ neutrophils 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Yukun Guan, Dechun Feng, (unknown), (unknown), Bin Gao	13
7	IL-8+ neutrophils drive inexorable inflammation in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Yukun Guan, Brandon Peiffer, Dechun Feng, (unknown), Yang Wang, Yaojie Fu, Vijay H. Shah, Andrew M. Cameron, Zhaoli Sun, Bin Gao	30
8	Monocyte-derived macrophages orchestrate multiple cell-type interactions to repair necrotic liver lesions in disease models 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Dechun Feng, Xiaogang Xiang, Yukun Guan, Adrien Guillot, (unknown), Ching-Wen Chang, Yong He, (unknown), Hongna Pan, Cynthia Ju, Sean P. Colgan, Frank Tacke, Xin Wei Wang, George Kunos, Bin Gao	56
9	MicroRNA-223 attenuates hepatocarcinogenesis by blocking hypoxia-driven angiogenesis and immunosuppression 2023 ·Gut ·Yaojie Fu, Bryan Mackowiak, Dechun Feng, (unknown), Yukun Guan, (unknown), Hongna Pan, Xin Wei Wang, Yong He, Bin Gao	46
10	Ethanol and its Nonoxidative Metabolites Promote Acute Liver Injury by Inducing ER Stress, Adipocyte Death, and Lipolysis 2022 ·Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Seol Hee Park, Wonhyo Seo, Mingjiang Xu, Bryan Mackowiak, Yuhong Lin, Yong He, Yaojie Fu, Seonghwan Hwang, Seung-Jin Kim, Yukun Guan, Dechun Feng, Liqing Yu, Richard Lehner, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Bin Gao	48
11	Manganese salts function as potent adjuvants breakdown → 2021 ·Cellular and Molecular Immunology ·Rui Zhang, Chenguang Wang, Yukun Guan, Xiaoming Wei, (unknown), (unknown), Miao Jing, Mengze Lv, Wen Guo, Jing Xu, Yi Wan, Xin‐Ming Jia, Zhengfan Jiang	218
12	Kupffer cell restoration after partial hepatectomy is mainly driven by local cell proliferation in IL-6-dependent autocrine and paracrine manners 2021 ·Cellular and Molecular Immunology ·Yeni Ait Ahmed, Yaojie Fu, Robim M. Rodrigues, Yong He, Yukun Guan, Adrien Guillot, Ruixue Ren, Dechun Feng, Juan Hidalgo, Cynthia Ju, Fouad Lafdil, Bin Gao	28
13	Golgi apparatus-synthesized sulfated glycosaminoglycans mediate polymerization and activation of the cGAMP sensor STING 2021 ·Immunity ·Run Fang, (unknown), Yukun Guan, Pengfei Gao, Rui Zhang, Zhen Zhao, Zhengfan Jiang	117
14	E-Selectin-Dependent Inflammation and Lipolysis in Adipose Tissue Exacerbate Steatosis-to-NASH Progression via S100A8/9 2021 ·Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Robim M. Rodrigues, Yong He, Seonghwan Hwang, Adeline Bertola, Bryan Mackowiak, Yeni Ait Ahmed, Wonhyo Seo, Jing Ma, Xiaolin Wang, Seol Hee Park, Yukun Guan, Yaojie Fu, Tamara Vanhaecke, Dechun Feng, Bin Gao	34
15	NLRP6 self-assembles into a linear molecular platform following LPS binding and ATP stimulation 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Hang Yin, Siying Qin, Kai Zhang, Yukun Guan, Run Fang, Honglei Wang, Guohui Li, Zhengfan Jiang, Fei Sun, Dacheng Wang, Can Xie	27
16	Manganese is critical for antitumor immune responses via cGAS-STING and improves the efficacy of clinical immunotherapy breakdown → 2020 ·Cell Research ·Mengze Lv, Meixia Chen, Rui Zhang, Wen Zhang, Chenguang Wang, Yan Zhang, Xiaoming Wei, Yukun Guan, Jiejie Liu, Kaichao Feng, Miao Jing, Xurui Wang, Yun‐Cai Liu, Qian Mei, Weidong Han, Zhengfan Jiang	719
17	Manganese Increases the Sensitivity of the cGAS-STING Pathway for Double-Stranded DNA and Is Required for the Host Defense against DNA Viruses breakdown → 2018 ·Immunity ·Chenguang Wang, Yukun Guan, Mengze Lv, Rui Zhang, Zhaoying Guo, Xiaoming Wei, Xiaoxia Du, Jing Yang, Tong Li, Yi Wan, Xiao‐Dong Su, Xiao‐Jun Huang, Zhengfan Jiang	614
18	MAVS activates TBK1 and IKKε through TRAFs in NEMO dependent and independent manner 2017 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Run Fang, (unknown), Xiang Zhou, Chenguang Wang, Yukun Guan, Jianli Tao, Jianzhong Xi, Ji‐Ming Feng, Zhengfan Jiang	159
19	Activation of STAT6 by STING Is Critical for Antiviral Innate Immunity 2011 ·Cell ·Huihui Chen, Hui Sun, Fuping You, Wenxiang Sun, Xiang Zhou, Lu Chen, Jing Yang, Yutao Wang, Hong Tang, Yukun Guan, Weiwei Xia, Jun Gu, Hiroki Ishikawa, Delia Gutman, Glen N. Barber, Zhihai Qin, Zhengfan Jiang	295
20	New eudesmane sesquiterpene and thiophene derivatives from the roots of Rhaponticum uniflorum 1997 ·Lanzhou University Institutional Repository ·Hongbo Wei, Weiwei Gao, Yunfei Tian, Yukun Guan, Mingzhi Huang, (unknown)	9

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