Zhexu Chi

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Zhexu Chi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhexu Chi has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Zhexu Chi's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (11 papers), Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (3 papers) and Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (3 papers). Zhexu Chi is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (11 papers), Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress (3 papers) and Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (3 papers). Zhexu Chi collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and France. Zhexu Chi's co-authors include Xue Zhang, Linrong Lu, Chuansheng Guo, Di Wang, Shujun Xie, Dajing Xia, Yangyang Liu, Li Zhang, Jinhua Zhang and Mingzhu Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Immunity and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Zhexu Chi

16 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Bile Acids Control Inflammation and Metabolic Disorder through Inhibition of NLRP3 Inflammasome

2016 635 citations Chuansheng Guo, Shujun Xie et al. Immunity profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhexu Chi China	13	1.1k	487	246	235	218	17	1.7k
Yanna Shen China	22	910 0.8×	423 0.9×	223 0.9×	190 0.8×	108 0.5×	45	1.5k
Shujun Xie China	13	642 0.6×	246 0.5×	183 0.7×	184 0.8×	228 1.0×	22	1.2k
Dajing Xia China	12	627 0.6×	281 0.6×	151 0.6×	189 0.8×	213 1.0×	28	1.2k
Huihui Xu China	31	1.5k 1.4×	323 0.7×	196 0.8×	407 1.7×	245 1.1×	92	2.4k
Fatma Saaoud United States	22	725 0.6×	692 1.4×	120 0.5×	224 1.0×	117 0.5×	45	1.6k
Zakir Khan United States	24	624 0.5×	301 0.6×	114 0.5×	170 0.7×	192 0.9×	52	1.5k
Kunihiro Hayakawa Japan	26	931 0.8×	400 0.8×	183 0.7×	470 2.0×	132 0.6×	58	2.2k
Margaret M. Allaman United States	23	967 0.8×	353 0.7×	320 1.3×	184 0.8×	167 0.8×	48	1.9k

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17 of 17 papers shown

Zhao, T., Zhexu Chi, & Di Wang. (2025). Versatility of gasdermin D beyond pyroptosis. Trends in Cell Biology. 35(12). 1039–1053. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Qianzhou, Danlu Jiang, Tianming Zhao, et al.. (2025). Gasdermin-D-mediated epithelial-immune circuit synchronizes nutrient absorption and host defense in the small intestine. Immunity. 58(9). 2226–2240.e7.

Zhang, Jian, Jia Liu, Jie Yuan, et al.. (2024). A two-front nutrient supply environment fuels small intestinal physiology through differential regulation of nutrient absorption and host defense. Cell. 187(22). 6251–6271.e20. 14 indexed citations

Jiang, Yu, Xuexiao Jin, Zhexu Chi, et al.. (2023). Protein phosphatase 2A propels follicular T helper cell development in lupus. Journal of Autoimmunity. 136. 103028–103028. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Jian, Qianzhou Yu, Danlu Jiang, et al.. (2022). Epithelial Gasdermin D shapes the host-microbial interface by driving mucus layer formation. Science Immunology. 7(68). eabk2092–eabk2092. 86 indexed citations

Li, Mobai, Dehang Yang, Danlu Jiang, et al.. (2022). Gasdermin D maintains bone mass by rewiring the endo-lysosomal pathway of osteoclastic bone resorption. Developmental Cell. 57(20). 2365–2380.e8. 40 indexed citations

Chen, Sheng, Zhexu Chi, & Di Wang. (2022). Reconstitution System of NLRP3 Inflammasome in HEK293T Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 2459. 79–84. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Ting, Weiwei Yu, Hui Fang, et al.. (2022). Ubiquitination of NLRP3 by gp78/Insig-1 restrains NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Cell Death and Differentiation. 29(8). 1582–1595. 47 indexed citations

Zhu, Kaixiang, Xuexiao Jin, Zhexu Chi, et al.. (2021). Priming of NLRP3 inflammasome activation by Msn kinase MINK1 in macrophages. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 18(10). 2372–2382. 26 indexed citations

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Guo, Xingchen, Sheng Chen, Weiwei Yu, et al.. (2021). AKT controls NLRP3 inflammasome activation by inducing DDX3X phosphorylation. FEBS Letters. 595(19). 2447–2462. 23 indexed citations

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Chi, Zhexu, Sheng Chen, Ting Xu, et al.. (2020). Histone Deacetylase 3 Couples Mitochondria to Drive IL-1β-Dependent Inflammation by Configuring Fatty Acid Oxidation. Molecular Cell. 80(1). 43–58.e7. 101 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiwei, Zhen Wang, Kailian Zhang, et al.. (2019). One-Carbon Metabolism Supports S-Adenosylmethionine and Histone Methylation to Drive Inflammatory Macrophages. Molecular Cell. 75(6). 1147–1160.e5. 250 indexed citations

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Wang, Hongyan, Kaihua Liu, Zhexu Chi, et al.. (2019). Interplay of MKP-1 and Nrf2 drives tumor growth and drug resistance in non-small cell lung cancer. Aging. 11(23). 11329–11346. 15 indexed citations

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Guo, Chuansheng, Zhexu Chi, Danlu Jiang, et al.. (2018). Cholesterol Homeostatic Regulator SCAP-SREBP2 Integrates NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Cholesterol Biosynthetic Signaling in Macrophages. Immunity. 49(5). 842–856.e7. 230 indexed citations

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Guo, Chuansheng, Shujun Xie, Zhexu Chi, et al.. (2016). Bile Acids Control Inflammation and Metabolic Disorder through Inhibition of NLRP3 Inflammasome. Immunity. 45(4). 802–816. 635 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Xiu Jun, Yinyan Li, Lin Luo, et al.. (2014). Oxaliplatin activates the Keap1/Nrf2 antioxidant system conferring protection against the cytotoxicity of anticancer drugs. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 70. 68–77. 72 indexed citations

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Chi, Zhexu, et al.. (2014). Luteolin inhibits the Nrf2 signaling pathway and tumor growth in vivo. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 447(4). 602–608. 123 indexed citations

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