Zhanju Liu

11.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
172 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Zhanju Liu is a scholar working on Immunology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhanju Liu has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Immunology, 83 papers in Genetics and 52 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhanju Liu's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (81 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (32 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (31 papers). Zhanju Liu is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (81 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (32 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (31 papers). Zhanju Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Zhanju Liu's co-authors include Yingzi Cong, Wei Wu, Mingming Sun, Wenjing Yang, Suxia Yao, Xiangsheng Huang, Feidi Chen, Tianming Yu, Leilei Fang and Sara M. Dann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhanju Liu

168 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Microbiota metabolite short chain fatty acids, GPCR, and inflammatory bowel diseases

2016 797 citations Mingming Sun, Wei Wu et al. profile →
Intestinal microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids regulation of immune cell IL-22 production and gut immunity

2020 734 citations Wenjing Yang, Tianming Yu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids promote Th1 cell IL-10 production to maintain intestinal homeostasis

2018 483 citations Mingming Sun, Wei Wu et al. Nature Communications profile →
GPR43 mediates microbiota metabolite SCFA regulation of antimicrobial peptide expression in intestinal epithelial cells via activation of mTOR and STAT3

2018 380 citations Feidi Chen, Wei Wu et al. profile →
Microbiota metabolite butyrate constrains neutrophil functions and ameliorates mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease

2021 305 citations Gengfeng Li, Jian Lin et al. Gut Microbes profile →
Microbiota-derived IPA alleviates intestinal mucosal inflammation through upregulating Th1/Th17 cell apoptosis in inflammatory bowel disease

2025 20 citations Han Gao, Liang Chen et al. Gut Microbes profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhanju Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Intestinal epithelial pH-sensing receptor GPR65 maintains mucosal homeostasis via regulating antimicrobial defense and restrains gut inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease 2023 ·Gut Microbes ·Gengfeng Li, Jian Lin, Xiang Gao, Huiling Su, Ritian Lin, Han Gao, (unknown), Huili Wu, Bai–Sui Feng, Keqiang Zuo, Yingchuan Li, (unknown), Leilei Fang, Zhanju Liu	16
2	Susceptibility gene profiling elucidates the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease and provides precision medicine 2023 ·Clinical and Translational Medicine ·Han Gao, Ruize Liu, Hailiang Huang, Zhanju Liu	2
3	Intestinal Epithelial Cell-specific Deletion of Cytokine-inducible SH2-containing Protein Alleviates Experimental Colitis in Ageing Mice 2023 ·Journal of Crohn s and Colitis ·(unknown), (unknown), Jiali Deng, Ziheng Zhou, Shanghai Chen, Changqin Liu, Zhanju Liu, Feifan Guo	5
4	Inhibition of c-Jun in AgRP neurons increases stress-induced anxiety and colitis susceptibility 2023 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Feixiang Yuan, Ziheng Zhou, Wei Wu, Shanghai Chen, Zhanju Liu, Feifan Guo	1
5	Identification of Targets for Subsequent Treatment of Crohn’s Disease Patients After Failure of Anti-TNF Therapy 2023 ·Journal of Inflammation Research ·Yao Yao, Yang Liu, Zhe Zhang, Binbin Wang, Bai–Sui Feng, Zhanju Liu	3
6	The Development and Validation of Anti-paratuberculosis-nocardia Polypeptide Antibody [Anti-pTNP] for the Diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease 2022 ·Journal of Crohn s and Colitis ·Han Gao, Qiong He, (unknown), Zhi Pang, Bai–Sui Feng, Tingting Chen, (unknown), Guangxi Zhou, Yufang Wang, Junxiang Li, Jingling Su, Yinglei Miao, (unknown), Zhuan Liao, (unknown), Zhanju Liu	3
7	MCPIP-1-Mediated Immunosuppression of Neutrophils Exacerbates Acute Bacterial Peritonitis and Liver Injury 2022 ·Journal of Innate Immunity ·Jian Lin, (unknown), Gengfeng Li, Cui Zhang, Huiying Lu, (unknown), Ruixin Zhu, Hailiang Huang, Konrad Aden, Jianhua Wang, Yingzi Cong, Huili Wu, Zhanju Liu	4
8	MCPIP1 restrains mucosal inflammation by orchestrating the intestinal monocyte to macrophage maturation via an ATF3-AP1S2 axis 2022 ·Gut ·Huiying Lu, Cui Zhang, Wei Wu, Huimin Chen, Ritian Lin, Ruicong Sun, Xiang Gao, Gengfeng Li, Qiong He, Han Gao, Xiaohan Wu, Jian Lin, Ruixin Zhu, Jianli Niu, Pappachan E. Kolattukudy, Zhanju Liu	37
9	ETS-1 facilitates Th1 cell-mediated mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases through upregulating CIRBP 2022 ·Journal of Autoimmunity ·Qiong He, Han Gao, (unknown), Xiaohan Wu, Ritian Lin, Gengfeng Li, Jian Lin, Huiying Lu, Huimin Chen, Zhitao Li, Yingzi Cong, Jun Yao, Zhanju Liu	21
10	GPR65 promotes intestinal mucosal Th1 and Th17 cell differentiation and gut inflammation through downregulating NUAK2 2022 ·Clinical and Translational Medicine ·Ritian Lin, Wei Wu, Huimin Chen, Han Gao, Xiaohan Wu, Gengfeng Li, Qiong He, Huiying Lu, Mingming Sun, Zhanju Liu	38
11	Dichotomous roles of neutrophils in modulating pathogenic and repair processes of inflammatory bowel diseases 2021 ·Precision Clinical Medicine ·Huimin Chen, Xiaohan Wu, (unknown), Jian Lin, Zhanju Liu	42
12	Critical roles of bile acids in regulating intestinal mucosal immune responses 2021 ·Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology ·Ruicong Sun, (unknown), Bai–Sui Feng, Xiang Gao, Zhanju Liu	67
13	Macrophage-derived EDA-A2 inhibits intestinal stem cells by targeting miR-494/EDA2R/β-catenin signaling in mice 2021 ·Communications Biology ·Lele Song, Renxu Chang, Xia Sun, Liying Lu, Han Gao, Huiying Lu, Ritian Lin, Xiaorong Xu, Zhanju Liu, Lixing Zhan	13
14	Mucoadhesive-to-penetrating controllable peptosomes-in-microspheres co-loaded with anti-miR-31 oligonucleotide and Curcumin for targeted colorectal cancer therapy 2020 ·Theranostics ·Ran Zhao, Sujuan Du, Ying Liu, Cong Lv, Yongli Song, Xinchun Chen, Bing Zhang, Dan Li, Shan Gao, Wei Cui, Maksim V. Plikus, Xiaohua Hou, Kaichun Wu, Zhanju Liu, Zhihua Liu, Yingzi Cong, Yuan Li, Zhengquan Yu	49
15	Intestinal microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids regulation of immune cell IL-22 production and gut immunity breakdown → 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Wenjing Yang, Tianming Yu, Xiangsheng Huang, Anthony J. Bilotta, Leiqi Xu, Yao Lu, Jiaren Sun, Fan Pan, Jia Zhou, Wenbo Zhang, Suxia Yao, Craig L. Maynard, Nagendra Singh, Sara M. Dann, Zhanju Liu, Yingzi Cong	734
16	The Degree of Ulcerative Colitis Burden of Luminal Inflammation score is superior to predicting medium- to long-term prognosis in patients with active ulcerative colitis 2020 ·Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology ·Liang Chen, (unknown), Leilei Fang, Wei Wu, (unknown), Yanhong Shi, Mingming Sun, Xiaomin Sun, Zhanju Liu	9
17	Neutrophils Promote Amphiregulin Production in Intestinal Epithelial Cells through TGF-β and Contribute to Intestinal Homeostasis 2018 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Feidi Chen, Wenjing Yang, Xiangsheng Huang, Anthony Cao, Anthony J. Bilotta, Yi Xiao, Mingming Sun, Liang Chen, Chunyan Ma, Xiuping Liu, Chang‐Gong Liu, Suxia Yao, Sara M. Dann, Zhanju Liu, Yingzi Cong	49
18	Anti-TNF-α Therapy Suppresses Proinflammatory Activities of Mucosal Neutrophils in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2018 ·Mediators of Inflammation ·Cui Zhang, Weigang Shu, Guangxi Zhou, Jian Lin, (unknown), Huili Wu, Zhanju Liu	56
19	Changes of immunocytic phenotypes and functions from human colorectal adenomatous stage to cancerous stage: Update 2015 ·Immunobiology ·Yanhong Shi, Zhenfeng Li, Wei Zheng, Xia Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Zhanju Liu, Guanglin Cui	23
20	In vitro analysis of IGN-gamma and IL-12 production and their effects in ileal Crohn’s disease 2003 ·European Cytokine Network ·Stefaan Colpaert, (unknown), Zhanju Liu, Philippe Maerten, Chong Shen, Freddy Penninckx, Karel Geboes, Paul Rutgeerts, Jan Ceuppens	1

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