Zhen Dong

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
128 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Zhen Dong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Dong has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cancer Research and 19 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Zhen Dong's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers). Zhen Dong is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers). Zhen Dong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Bangladesh. Zhen Dong's co-authors include Hongjuan Cui, Fei Chen, Liqun Yang, Pengfei Shi, Gaichao Zhao, Jiayi Zhang, Guanghui Zhang, Wen Peng, Jie Xu and Xiaowen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Circulation Research and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Dong

120 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

2020 1.3k citations Liqun Yang, Pengfei Shi et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →
GSDMD-Mediated Cardiomyocyte Pyroptosis Promotes Myocardial I/R Injury

2021 244 citations Zhen Dong, Rifeng Gao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhen Dong China	34	2.7k	966	959	459	449	128	4.5k
Yangfu Jiang China	31	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	415 0.9×	525 1.2×	70	4.9k
Seyed Mahdi Hassanian Iran	41	3.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	1.4k 1.5×	445 1.0×	580 1.3×	235	5.9k
Ping Fan China	37	1.9k 0.7×	717 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	309 0.7×	444 1.0×	218	4.4k
Tao Sun China	39	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	281 0.6×	474 1.1×	160	4.7k
Yingchao Wang China	32	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	588 0.6×	299 0.7×	375 0.8×	148	3.7k
Gang Song China	29	2.4k 0.9×	845 0.9×	755 0.8×	285 0.6×	403 0.9×	71	4.0k
Hongmei Li China	35	2.6k 0.9×	937 1.0×	841 0.9×	326 0.7×	751 1.7×	165	4.7k
Susan W.S. Leung Hong Kong	23	3.0k 1.1×	879 0.9×	588 0.6×	346 0.8×	859 1.9×	76	5.0k
Danny N. Dhanasekaran United States	38	3.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	638 0.7×	540 1.2×	609 1.4×	107	5.2k
Martin O. Bergö Sweden	41	5.0k 1.8×	927 1.0×	947 1.0×	403 0.9×	611 1.4×	106	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Dong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Dong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Dong

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

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Olsén, Thomas, Amany Elshorbagy, Jay E. Johnson, et al.. (2025). Sulfur amino acids, metabolic health and beyond: Recent advances, translational implications, and future research considerations. Analytical Biochemistry. 709. 116008–116008.

Jiang, Hao, Jinyan Zhang, Daile Jia, et al.. (2025). Histidine triad nucleotide‐binding protein 2 attenuates doxorubicin‐induced cardiotoxicity through restoring lysosomal function and promoting autophagy in mice. MedComm. 6(3). e70075–e70075.

Gao, Rifeng, Kun Yang, Xiaolei Sun, et al.. (2024). Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 serves as a key cardiometabolic adaptation regulator in response to plateau hypoxia in mice. Translational research. 267. 25–38. 1 indexed citations

Li, Chongyang, Sicheng Wan, Zhen Dong, et al.. (2024). Tetrandrine targeting SIRT5 exerts anti-melanoma properties via inducing ROS, ER stress, and blocked autophagy. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis. 14(10). 101036–101036. 2 indexed citations

Dong, Zhen, Xiao-Feng Li, Xue Dong, et al.. (2024). Effective inhibition of dengue virus replication using 3′UTR-targeted Vivo-Morpholinos. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1491230–1491230.

Li, Hao, Zhen Dong, Bao Wang, et al.. (2023). High-quality bio-oil production via catalytic pyrolysis of biocrude oil from hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae Spirulina. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 173. 106057–106057. 21 indexed citations

Dong, Zhen, Di Zhang, Chunming Zhang, et al.. (2023). The Effectiveness of White Light Endoscopy Combined With Narrow Band Imaging Technique Using Ni Classification in Detecting Early Laryngeal Carcinoma in 114 Patients: Our Clinical Experience. Journal of Voice. 40(1). 14–21. 4 indexed citations

Dong, Zhen, Xiang Gao, Vernon M. Chinchilli, et al.. (2021). Association of dietary sulfur amino acid intake with mortality from diabetes and other causes. European Journal of Nutrition. 61(1). 289–298. 18 indexed citations

Gong, Guo-Hua, Huanhuan Du, Chunyan Liu, et al.. (2021). Protective effect of pteryxin on LPS-induced acute lung injury via modulating MAPK/NF-κB pathway and NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 286. 114924–114924. 25 indexed citations

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Dong, Zhen, Yan Du, Li Tee Tan, et al.. (2021). Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapeutics Based on Human Papillomavirus for HPV-Induced Cancers. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 586796–586796. 22 indexed citations

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Dong, Zhen, et al.. (2020). LINC01087 is Highly Expressed in Breast Cancer and Regulates the Malignant Behavior of Cancer Cells Through miR-335-5p/Rock1. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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Yang, Jie, Zhen Dong, Aishu Ren, et al.. (2020). Antibiotic tigecycline inhibits cell proliferation, migration and invasion via down‐regulating CCNE2 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(7). 4245–4260. 27 indexed citations

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Bian, Ming, Zhen Dong, Qing‐Kun Shen, et al.. (2020). Structurally modified glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives as anti-inflammatory agents. Bioorganic Chemistry. 107. 104598–104598. 33 indexed citations

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Yang, Liqun, Pengfei Shi, Gaichao Zhao, et al.. (2020). Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 5(1). 8–8. 1349 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dong, Zhen, et al.. (2018). Partial Purification and Antioxidant Activities of Oligosaccharides from Hericium caput-medusae (Agaricomycetes). International journal of medicinal mushrooms. 20(10). 947–960. 3 indexed citations

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Xia, Yan, Zhangwei Chen, Ao Chen, et al.. (2017). LCZ696 improves cardiac function via alleviating Drp1-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction in mice with doxorubicin-induced dilated cardiomyopathy. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 108. 138–148. 115 indexed citations

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Shen, Cheng, Cong Wang, Shasha Han, et al.. (2016). Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 deficiency negates chronic low-to-moderate alcohol consumption-induced cardioprotecion possibly via ROS-dependent apoptosis and RIP1/RIP3/MLKL-mediated necroptosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1863(8). 1912–1918. 37 indexed citations

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Zhao, Erhu, Chunling Tang, Weibo Zhang, et al.. (2015). Antibiotic drug tigecycline reduces neuroblastoma cells proliferation by inhibiting Akt activation in vitro and in vivo. Tumor Biology. 37(6). 7615–7623. 20 indexed citations

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Dong, Zhen, Yen‐Shan Chen, Fan Wang, et al.. (2015). Small-molecule inhibitors targeting the DNA-binding domain of STAT3 suppress tumor growth, metastasis and STAT3 target gene expression in vivo. Oncogene. 35(6). 783–792. 92 indexed citations

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Dong, Zhen. (2009). Determination of Acetochlor Residue in Food by Gas Chromatography and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (CHINESE VERSION). 1 indexed citations

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