Yun Lu

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Yun Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun Lu has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Aging and 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yun Lu's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (29 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (14 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers). Yun Lu is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (29 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (14 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers). Yun Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Yun Lu's co-authors include Shai Shaham, Brigid L.M. Hogan, Mark W. Onaitis, Jason R. Rock, Scott H. Randell, Yan Xue, Cheryl Clark, Emma L. Rawlins, J. Michael Thomson and Ho Yuen Frank Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Yun Lu

103 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Basal cells as stem cells of the mouse trachea and human airway epithelium

2009 1.1k citations Jason R. Rock, Mark W. Onaitis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yun Lu United States	37	2.7k	1.1k	779	694	662	109	5.4k
Takuya Yamamoto Japan	49	5.7k 2.1×	282 0.3×	351 0.5×	1.3k 1.9×	634 1.0×	214	8.3k
Edwin Chang United States	29	3.5k 1.3×	368 0.3×	596 0.8×	444 0.6×	591 0.9×	64	7.2k
Ning Sun China	38	5.3k 2.0×	244 0.2×	226 0.3×	1.1k 1.5×	784 1.2×	151	7.5k
Norbert Hübner Germany	50	4.2k 1.6×	418 0.4×	117 0.2×	843 1.2×	626 0.9×	173	8.4k
Alexander Mildner Germany	34	3.9k 1.4×	491 0.5×	105 0.1×	471 0.7×	933 1.4×	61	11.2k
Ernst J. Wolvetang Australia	47	5.4k 2.0×	549 0.5×	95 0.1×	970 1.4×	922 1.4×	162	8.1k
Yue Zhang China	42	3.3k 1.2×	365 0.3×	121 0.2×	477 0.7×	940 1.4×	254	6.9k
Umberto Galderisi Italy	45	3.5k 1.3×	589 0.5×	100 0.1×	1.2k 1.7×	1.1k 1.6×	182	7.7k
Jason M. Kinchen United States	37	2.8k 1.0×	220 0.2×	439 0.6×	354 0.5×	251 0.4×	67	6.0k
Christoph Scheiermann Germany	32	1.8k 0.7×	379 0.3×	181 0.2×	296 0.4×	283 0.4×	57	7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yun Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yun Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yun Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yun Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yun 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 Yun Lu. Yun 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

Liang, Yupu, et al.. (2025). Glia detect and transiently protect against dendrite substructure disruption in C. elegans. Nature Communications. 16(1). 79–79. 2 indexed citations

Yarychkivska, Olya, Simin Liu, Stephen A. Newland, et al.. (2025). Non-apoptotic death of the C. elegans linker cell is primed by MYRF-1 activation of pqn-41 /polyQ. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Lu, Yun, Ludi Zhang, Yu Feng, et al.. (2024). Combined Diagnostic Value of Hsa-miR-592 and Hsa-miR-9-3p in Plasma for Methamphetamine Addicts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(16). 8952–8952.

Lu, Yun, Bing Xie, Shao-Guang Sun, et al.. (2024). Roles of lncLingo2 and its derived miR‐876‐5p in the acquisition of opioid reinforcement. Addiction Biology. 29(2). e13375–e13375. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xuanxuan, et al.. (2024). Current scenario and challenges of clinical pharmacists to implement pharmaceutical care in DRG/DIP payment hospitals in China: a qualitative interview study. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1339504–1339504. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Peng, et al.. (2023). Progress in etiological diagnosis of viral meningitis. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1193834–1193834. 3 indexed citations

Lu, Yun, et al.. (2022). A developmental pathway for epithelial-to-motoneuron transformation in C. elegans. Cell Reports. 40(13). 111414–111414. 6 indexed citations

Procko, Carl, et al.. (2021). Stress-Induced Neural Plasticity Mediated by Glial GPCR REMO-1 Promotes C. elegans Adaptive Behavior. Cell Reports. 34(2). 108607–108607. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Xi, Yun Lu, Zibo Chen, et al.. (2020). The Ubiquitin-Specific Peptidase USP18 Promotes Lipolysis, Fatty Acid Oxidation, and Lung Cancer Growth. Molecular Cancer Research. 19(4). 667–677. 35 indexed citations

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Katz, Menachem, Francis Corson, Wolfgang W. Keil, et al.. (2019). Glutamate spillover in C. elegans triggers repetitive behavior through presynaptic activation of MGL-2/mGluR5. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1882–1882. 58 indexed citations

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Shah, Pavak K., et al.. (2018). EFF-1 fusogen promotes phagosome sealing during cell process clearance in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature Cell Biology. 20(4). 393–399. 21 indexed citations

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Mustachio, Lisa Maria, Yun Lu, Laura J. Tafe, et al.. (2017). Deubiquitinase USP18 Loss Mislocalizes and Destabilizes KRAS in Lung Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 15(7). 905–914. 34 indexed citations

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Rapti, Georgia, et al.. (2017). Glia initiate brain assembly through noncanonical Chimaerin–Furin axon guidance in C. elegans. Nature Neuroscience. 20(10). 1350–1360. 41 indexed citations

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Abraham, Mary C., et al.. (2016). HSF-1 activates the ubiquitin proteasome system to promote non-apoptotic developmental cell death in C. elegans. eLife. 5. 24 indexed citations

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Hu, Shanhu, Yun Lu, Bernardo Orr, et al.. (2015). Specific CP110 Phosphorylation Sites Mediate Anaphase Catastrophe after CDK2 Inhibition: Evidence for Cooperation with USP33 Knockdown. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(11). 2576–2585. 18 indexed citations

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Guo, Yongli, Alexandra G. Lopez‐Aguiar, Yun Lu, et al.. (2012). Evidence for the Ubiquitin Protease UBP43 as an Antineoplastic Target. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 11(9). 1968–1977. 36 indexed citations

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Blum, Elyse S., Mary C. Abraham, Satoshi Yoshimura, Yun Lu, & Shai Shaham. (2012). Control of Nonapoptotic Developmental Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans by a Polyglutamine-Repeat Protein. Science. 335(6071). 970–973. 60 indexed citations

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Procko, Carl, Yun Lu, & Shai Shaham. (2011). Glia delimit shape changes of sensory neuron receptive endings in C. elegans. Development. 138(7). 1371–1381. 75 indexed citations

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Rock, Jason R., Mark W. Onaitis, Emma L. Rawlins, et al.. (2009). Basal cells as stem cells of the mouse trachea and human airway epithelium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(31). 12771–12775. 1092 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bacaj, Taulant, et al.. (2008). Glia Are Essential for Sensory Organ Function in C. elegans. Science. 322(5902). 744–747. 146 indexed citations

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