Zhenjun Chen

9.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Zhenjun Chen is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenjun Chen has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Immunology, 18 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhenjun Chen's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (43 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (35 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (14 papers). Zhenjun Chen is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (43 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (35 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (14 papers). Zhenjun Chen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and China. Zhenjun Chen's co-authors include James McCluskey, Jamie Rossjohn, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Alexandra J. Corbett, David P. Fairlie, Ligong Liu, Bronwyn S. Meehan, Lyudmila Kostenko, Anthony W. Purcell and Dale I. Godfrey 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

Zhenjun Chen

61 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

MR1 presents microbial vitamin B metabolites to MAIT cells

2012 971 citations Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Onisha Patel et al. Nature profile →
T-cell activation by transitory neo-antigens derived from distinct microbial pathways

2014 612 citations Alexandra J. Corbett, Sidonia B. G. Eckle et al. Nature profile →
Immune self-reactivity triggered by drug-modified HLA-peptide repertoire

2012 513 citations J.P. Vivian, Nadine L. Dudek et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenjun Chen Australia	32	4.6k	1.1k	807	766	489	63	6.1k
Nadine L. Dudek Australia	26	2.3k 0.5×	480 0.4×	900 1.1×	407 0.5×	333 0.7×	42	3.9k
Lars Kjer‐Nielsen Australia	49	7.0k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	1.3k 1.6×	542 1.1×	90	8.8k
Joanne L. Viney United States	36	3.8k 0.8×	586 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	949 1.2×	81 0.2×	73	5.7k
Lyudmila Kostenko Australia	18	3.0k 0.7×	586 0.5×	503 0.6×	484 0.6×	505 1.0×	27	3.9k
Tatsuya Kanto Japan	46	2.8k 0.6×	2.5k 2.3×	1.9k 2.3×	864 1.1×	107 0.2×	218	6.9k
Andrew Godkin United Kingdom	42	3.4k 0.7×	990 0.9×	986 1.2×	1.6k 2.1×	37 0.1×	95	5.2k
Franco Pandolfi Italy	33	1.9k 0.4×	448 0.4×	829 1.0×	580 0.8×	58 0.1×	155	3.5k
Juan L. Mendoza Spain	38	1.6k 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	846 1.1×	41 0.1×	109	4.4k
Alison Simmons United Kingdom	28	1.7k 0.4×	780 0.7×	1.7k 2.1×	594 0.8×	86 0.2×	69	4.0k
Nattiya Hirankarn Thailand	33	1.4k 0.3×	535 0.5×	1.5k 1.8×	385 0.5×	430 0.9×	175	4.2k

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Wang, Huimeng, Michael N. T. Souter, Marcela L. Moreira, et al.. (2024). MAIT cell plasticity enables functional adaptation that drives antibacterial immune protection. Science Immunology. 9(102). eadp9841–eadp9841. 10 indexed citations

Bao, Yuxin, Hao Zhai, Yuanzhuang Zhang, et al.. (2024). SE‐lncRNAs in Cancer: Classification, Subcellular Localisation, Function and Corresponding TFs. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 28(24). e70296–e70296. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Huimeng, Xin Yi Lim, Timothy Patton, et al.. (2023). Synthetic 5-amino-6-D-ribitylaminouracil paired with inflammatory stimuli facilitates MAIT cell expansion in vivo. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1109759–1109759. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Huimeng, Bingjie Wang, Zhe Zhao, et al.. (2022). The balance of interleukin‐12 and interleukin‐23 determines the bias of MAIT1 versus MAIT17 responses during bacterial infection. Immunology and Cell Biology. 100(7). 547–561. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Zhongfang, Xiaoyun Yang, Jiaying Zhong, et al.. (2021). Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 generates T-cell memory in the absence of a detectable viral infection. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1724–1724. 75 indexed citations

Moreira, Marcela L., Michael N. T. Souter, Zhenjun Chen, et al.. (2020). Hypersensitivities following allergen antigen recognition by unconventional T cells. Allergy. 75(10). 2477–2490. 13 indexed citations

Yan, Juming, Stacey Allen, Elizabeth S. McDonald, et al.. (2019). MAIT Cells Promote Tumor Initiation, Growth, and Metastases via Tumor MR1. Cancer Discovery. 10(1). 124–141. 106 indexed citations

Koay, Hui‐Fern, Nicholas A. Gherardin, Zhe Zhao, et al.. (2019). Diverse MR1-restricted T cells in mice and humans. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2243–2243. 61 indexed citations

Pandey, Manisha, Victoria Ozberk, Zhenjun Chen, et al.. (2019). Antibodies to the conserved region of the M protein and a streptococcal superantigen cooperatively resolve toxic shock-like syndrome in HLA-humanized mice. Science Advances. 5(9). eaax3013–eaax3013. 11 indexed citations

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Petersen, Jan, Mai T. Tran, Khai Lee Loh, et al.. (2019). T cell receptor cross-reactivity between gliadin and bacterial peptides in celiac disease. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(1). 49–61. 76 indexed citations

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Hinks, Timothy, Bonnie van Wilgenburg, Huimeng Wang, et al.. (2019). Study of MAIT Cell Activation in Viral Infections In Vivo. Methods in molecular biology. 2098. 261–281. 2 indexed citations

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Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Weijun Xu, Robert C. Reid, et al.. (2017). Stabilizing short-lived Schiff base derivatives of 5-aminouracils that activate mucosal-associated invariant T cells. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14599–14599. 102 indexed citations

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McWilliam, Hamish E. G., Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Alex Theodossis, et al.. (2016). The intracellular pathway for the presentation of vitamin B–related antigens by the antigen-presenting molecule MR1. Nature Immunology. 17(5). 531–537. 125 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhenjun, Huimeng Wang, Criselle D’Souza, et al.. (2016). Mucosal-associated invariant T-cell activation and accumulation after in vivo infection depends on microbial riboflavin synthesis and co-stimulatory signals. Mucosal Immunology. 10(1). 58–68. 190 indexed citations

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Kjer‐Nielsen, Lars, Onisha Patel, Alexandra J. Corbett, et al.. (2012). MR1 presents microbial vitamin B metabolites to MAIT cells. Nature. 491(7426). 717–723. 971 indexed citations breakdown →

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Berry, Richard, Zhenjun Chen, James McCluskey, & Jamie Rossjohn. (2011). Insight into the basis of autonomous immunoreceptor activation. Trends in Immunology. 32(4). 165–170. 3 indexed citations

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Beddoe, Travis, Zhenjun Chen, Craig S. Clements, et al.. (2009). Antigen Ligation Triggers a Conformational Change within the Constant Domain of the αβ T Cell Receptor. Immunity. 30(6). 777–788. 94 indexed citations

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Macdonald, W.A., Zhenjun Chen, Stéphanie Gras, et al.. (2009). T Cell Allorecognition via Molecular Mimicry. Immunity. 31(6). 897–908. 211 indexed citations

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Kostenko, Lyudmila, Anthony W. Purcell, Nicholas A. Williamson, et al.. (2008). Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I-Restricted Activation of CD8+ T Cells Provides the Immunogenetic Basis of a Systemic Drug Hypersensitivity. Immunity. 29(1). 165–165. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhenjun, Nadine L. Dudek, Odilia Wijburg, et al.. (2002). A 320-Kilobase Artificial Chromosome Encoding the Human HLA DR3-DQ2 MHC Haplotype Confers HLA Restriction in Transgenic Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 168(6). 3050–3056. 22 indexed citations

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