Zhen Lu

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Zhen Lu is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Lu has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Zhen Lu's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers). Zhen Lu is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers). Zhen Lu collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Zhen Lu's co-authors include Bingfeng Zuo, Xianjun Gao, HaiFang Yin, Quan Rao, Renwei Jing, Zhili Liu, Qi Han, A‐Bin You, Hongxing Guo and Du Zhi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Lu

20 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Desmoplastic stroma restricts T cell extravasation and me... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 40 80 120
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.

  1. Desmoplastic stroma restricts T cell extravasation and mediates immune exclusion and immunosuppression in solid tumors
    2023 129 citations Zebin Xiao, Leslie Todd et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhen Lu China 11 719 415 390 237 195 22 1.1k
H. Mytrang United States 10 378 0.5× 454 1.1× 190 0.5× 353 1.5× 59 0.3× 14 963
Prerna Suri India 8 1.1k 1.5× 238 0.6× 282 0.7× 852 3.6× 61 0.3× 9 1.6k
Victoria Sherwood United Kingdom 16 616 0.9× 89 0.2× 140 0.4× 218 0.9× 62 0.3× 19 969
Hongbo Wu China 17 352 0.5× 170 0.4× 227 0.6× 123 0.5× 52 0.3× 50 826
Chao-Yang Lai Taiwan 16 271 0.4× 292 0.7× 71 0.2× 113 0.5× 96 0.5× 24 671
Takafumi Kamiya Japan 13 352 0.5× 232 0.6× 84 0.2× 217 0.9× 48 0.2× 37 787
Mingchao Wang China 16 599 0.8× 172 0.4× 370 0.9× 87 0.4× 24 0.1× 27 869
Guangchao Xu China 15 359 0.5× 128 0.3× 126 0.3× 229 1.0× 90 0.5× 39 750
Maria Carolina Strano Moraes Portugal 11 702 1.0× 131 0.3× 406 1.0× 101 0.4× 80 0.4× 14 880

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Lu

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Zhen Lu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Zhen Lu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Zhen Lu more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Lu

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhen Lu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhen Lu. The network helps show where Zhen Lu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhen Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhen 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 Zhen Lu. Zhen Lu 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
1.
He, Yan, Zhen Lu, Xiaojuan Du, et al.. (2024). Autophagy modulates Arabidopsis male gametophyte fertility and controls actin organization. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10071–10071. 3 indexed citations
2.
Lu, Zhen, Yan He, & Hao Wang. (2024). Autophagy modulates male fertility in Arabidopsis. Autophagy. 21(3). 686–688.
3.
Zhang, Hongru, Ágnes Holczbauer, Zhen Lu, et al.. (2024). PARP11 inhibition inactivates tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells and improves the efficacy of immunotherapies. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(7). 101649–101649. 3 indexed citations
4.
Xiao, Zebin, Leslie Todd, Li Huang, et al.. (2023). Desmoplastic stroma restricts T cell extravasation and mediates immune exclusion and immunosuppression in solid tumors. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5110–5110. 129 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
Cho, Christina, Jinyun Chen, Farima Zahedi, et al.. (2022). Tumor-Suppressive and Immune-Stimulating Roles of Cholesterol 25-hydroxylase in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Molecular Cancer Research. 21(3). 228–239. 15 indexed citations
6.
Lu, Zhen, Jinyun Chen, Pengfei Yu, et al.. (2022). Tumor factors stimulate lysosomal degradation of tumor antigens and undermine their cross-presentation in lung cancer. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6623–6623. 23 indexed citations
7.
Lu, Zhen, Eun‐Ah Bae, Ioannis I. Verginadis, et al.. (2022). Induction of the activating transcription factor-4 in the intratumoral CD8+ T cells sustains their viability and anti-tumor activities. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 72(4). 815–826. 5 indexed citations
8.
Lu, Zhen, Jinyun Chen, Hongru Zhang, et al.. (2022). ATF3 and CH25H regulate effector trogocytosis and anti-tumor activities of endogenous and immunotherapeutic cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Cell Metabolism. 34(9). 1342–1358.e7. 55 indexed citations
9.
Lu, Zhen, Angélica Ortiz, Ioannis I. Verginadis, et al.. (2021). Regulation of intercellular biomolecule transfer–driven tumor angiogenesis and responses to anticancer therapies. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(10). 14 indexed citations
10.
Zuo, Bingfeng, Qi Han, Zhen Lu, et al.. (2020). Alarmin-painted exosomes elicit persistent antitumor immunity in large established tumors in mice. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1790–1790. 137 indexed citations
11.
Liu, Zhili, Zhen Lu, Renwei Jing, et al.. (2019). Alarmin augments the antitumor immunity of lentiviral vaccine in ectopic, orthotopic and autochthonous hepatocellular carcinoma mice. Theranostics. 9(14). 4006–4018. 8 indexed citations
12.
Jing, Renwei, Xiaoli Zhou, Yushuang Wei, et al.. (2018). Fluorescent peptide highlights micronodules in murine hepatocellular carcinoma models and humans in vitro. Hepatology. 68(4). 1391–1411. 16 indexed citations
13.
Lu, Zhen, Bingfeng Zuo, Renwei Jing, et al.. (2017). Dendritic cell-derived exosomes elicit tumor regression in autochthonous hepatocellular carcinoma mouse models. Journal of Hepatology. 67(4). 739–748. 332 indexed citations
14.
Novosiadly, Ruslan D., David Schaer, Zhen Lu, et al.. (2017). P3.07-006 Pemetrexed Exerts Intratumor Immunomodulatory Effects and Enhances Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Blockade in MC38 Syngeneic Mouse Tumor Model. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 12(11). S2300–S2300. 3 indexed citations
15.
Feng, Xiaodong, et al.. (2017). [Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma: a clinicopathologic study of 27 cases].. PubMed. 46(9). 607–612. 3 indexed citations
16.
Rao, Quan, Bingfeng Zuo, Zhen Lu, et al.. (2016). Tumor‐derived exosomes elicit tumor suppression in murine hepatocellular carcinoma models and humans in vitro. Hepatology. 64(2). 456–472. 235 indexed citations
17.
Wang, Jianquan, Xiang Wang, Shanshan Shi, et al.. (2013). Amplification of the telomerase RNA component gene as a new genetic marker for disease progression and prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Diseases of the Esophagus. 26(7). n/a–n/a. 5 indexed citations
18.
Lu, Zhen, et al.. (2007). Ultraviolet B‐induced alterations of the skin barrier and epidermal calcium gradient. Experimental Dermatology. 16(12). 985–992. 66 indexed citations
19.
Chen, Jie Yu, et al.. (2006). Biophysical and morphological changes in the stratum corneum lipids induced by UVB irradiation. Journal of Dermatological Science. 44(1). 29–36. 49 indexed citations
20.
Lu, Zhen, et al.. (1999). [A study on immunity enhancement of frozen human lung cancer cells in vitro.].. PubMed. 2(1). 32–4. 2 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by H. Mytrang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Prerna Suri Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Victoria Sherwood Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Hongbo Wu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chao-Yang Lai Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Takafumi Kamiya Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mingchao Wang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Guangchao Xu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Maria Carolina Strano Moraes
Rankless by CCL
2026