Zhao‐Qing Luo

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Zhao‐Qing Luo is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhao‐Qing Luo has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Endocrinology, 60 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Zhao‐Qing Luo's work include Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (78 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (33 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (31 papers). Zhao‐Qing Luo is often cited by papers focused on Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (78 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (33 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (31 papers). Zhao‐Qing Luo collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Zhao‐Qing Luo's co-authors include Yunhao Tan, Ralph R. Isberg, Jiazhang Qiu, Stephen K. Farrand, Simran Banga, Xihui Shen, Lei Song, Wenhan Zhu, Yan‐Cheng Liu and Li Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zhao‐Qing Luo

123 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Ubiquitination independent of E1 and E2 enzymes by bacter... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Ubiquitination independent of E1 and E2 enzymes by bacterial effectors
    2016 259 citations Jiazhang Qiu, Michael J. Sheedlo et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhao‐Qing Luo United States 44 3.6k 3.6k 1.8k 1.1k 882 125 6.6k
Hubert Hilbi Switzerland 48 3.9k 1.1× 4.7k 1.3× 2.6k 1.4× 881 0.8× 605 0.7× 152 7.3k
Nicholas P. Cianciotto United States 49 3.8k 1.0× 4.3k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 510 0.4× 588 0.7× 137 6.5k
Joseph P. Vogel United States 34 3.4k 1.0× 2.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 432 0.4× 632 0.7× 54 5.6k
Peggy A. Cotter United States 40 2.6k 0.7× 1.8k 0.5× 482 0.3× 1.4k 1.2× 1.8k 2.0× 103 5.8k
Samantha Gruenheid Canada 30 1.5k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 652 0.4× 625 0.5× 878 1.0× 78 5.4k
Mikael Rhen Sweden 45 2.2k 0.6× 2.5k 0.7× 672 0.4× 543 0.5× 1.5k 1.7× 131 6.3k
Abdelmounaaïm Allaoui Belgium 30 1.1k 0.3× 1.7k 0.5× 685 0.4× 618 0.5× 1.6k 1.8× 49 3.8k
Frank Ebel Germany 32 1.2k 0.3× 1.1k 0.3× 870 0.5× 814 0.7× 658 0.7× 81 4.3k
Stéphane Méresse France 39 1.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 858 0.5× 583 0.5× 547 0.6× 67 5.2k
Francisco García‐del Portillo Spain 45 2.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 434 0.2× 307 0.3× 1.5k 1.6× 133 5.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhao‐Qing Luo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhao‐Qing Luo

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Chuang, Yao Liu, Xiao Chu, et al.. (2025). Modulation of host ATP levels by secreted bacterial effectors. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4675–4675. 2 indexed citations
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Fu, Jiaqi, Jing Chen, Lina Kang, et al.. (2025). Structure and mechanism of an actin-dependent bacterial phosphoryl AMPylase. Nature Chemical Biology. 22(1). 152–162. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Yu, Lidong Wang, Jing Jie, et al.. (2024). Acinetobacter nosocomialis utilizes a unique type VI secretion system to promote its survival in niches with prey bacteria. mBio. 15(7). e0146824–e0146824. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Lidong, et al.. (2023). A unique cell division protein critical for the assembly of the bacterial divisome. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, H., Yun Cai, Lifu Zhang, et al.. (2022). Seroprevalence of antibodies to classical swine fever virus and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in healthy pigs in Hunan Province, China. Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences. 25(3). 375–381.
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Song, Lei, Jingjing Luo, Hongou Wang, et al.. (2022). Legionella pneumophila regulates host cell motility by targeting Phldb2 with a 14-3-3ζ-dependent protease effector. eLife. 11. 23 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuxin, et al.. (2022). Atypical Legionella GTPase effector hijacks host vesicular transport factor p115 to regulate host lipid droplet. Science Advances. 8(50). eadd7945–eadd7945. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Gen, Hongtao Liu, Zhao‐Qing Luo, & Jiazhang Qiu. (2021). Modulation of phagosome phosphoinositide dynamics by a Legionella phosphoinositide 3‐kinase. EMBO Reports. 22(3). e51163–e51163. 21 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong, Jiaqi Fu, Shuxin Liu, et al.. (2021). Coxiella burnetii inhibits host immunity by a protein phosphatase adapted from glycolysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(1). 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Shanzhi, Jiyang Wang, Qian Li, et al.. (2021). A bacterial kinase phosphorylates OSK1 to suppress stomatal immunity in rice. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5479–5479. 34 indexed citations
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Wang, Yue, Jiaqi Fu, Jie Ren, et al.. (2020). Structural insights into the mechanism and inhibition of transglutaminase-induced ubiquitination by the Legionella effector MavC. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1774–1774. 17 indexed citations
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Shin, Dong Hyuk, Rukmini Mukherjee, Yaobin Liu, et al.. (2019). Regulation of Phosphoribosyl-Linked Serine Ubiquitination by Deubiquitinases DupA and DupB. Molecular Cell. 77(1). 164–179.e6. 93 indexed citations
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Gan, Ninghai, Hongxin Guan, Ting Yu, et al.. (2019). Legionella pneumophila regulates the activity of UBE 2N by deamidase‐mediated deubiquitination. The EMBO Journal. 39(4). e102806–e102806. 40 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jianhua, Yao Liu, Stephanie A. Bueler, et al.. (2017). Molecular basis for the binding and modulation of V-ATPase by a bacterial effector protein. PLoS Pathogens. 13(6). e1006394–e1006394. 53 indexed citations
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Qiu, Jiazhang, Michael J. Sheedlo, Kaiwen Yu, et al.. (2016). Ubiquitination independent of E1 and E2 enzymes by bacterial effectors. Nature. 533(7601). 120–124. 259 indexed citations breakdown →
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Luo, Zhao‐Qing. (2011). Striking a Balance: Modulation of Host Cell Death Pathways by Legionella Pneumophila. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2. 36–36. 21 indexed citations
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Luo, Zhao‐Qing. (2011). Legionella secreted effectors and innate immune responses. Cellular Microbiology. 14(1). 19–27. 51 indexed citations
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Liu, Yan‐Cheng, Ping Gao, Simran Banga, & Zhao‐Qing Luo. (2008). An in vivo gene deletion system for determining temporal requirement of bacterial virulence factors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(27). 9385–9390. 25 indexed citations
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Luo, Zhao‐Qing & Ralph R. Isberg. (2004). Multiple substrates of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm system identified by interbacterial protein transfer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(3). 841–846. 401 indexed citations

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