Zhimin Lu

20.6k total citations · 11 hit papers
207 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

Zhimin Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhimin Lu has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Molecular Biology, 83 papers in Cancer Research and 33 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Zhimin Lu's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (59 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (23 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (22 papers). Zhimin Lu is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (59 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (23 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (22 papers). Zhimin Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Zhimin Lu's co-authors include Tony Hunter, Weiwei Yang, Yan Xia, Yanhua Zheng, Xinjian Li, David H. Hawke, Xu Qian, Ying Meng, Daqian Xu and Kenneth Aldape and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zhimin Lu

194 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Phosphorylation of β-Catenin by AKT Promotes β-Catenin Transcriptional Activity

2007 724 citations Dexing Fang, Yanhua Zheng et al. profile →
ERK1/2-dependent phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of PKM2 promotes the Warburg effect

2012 702 citations Weiwei Yang, Yanhua Zheng et al. profile →
PKM2 Phosphorylates Histone H3 and Promotes Gene Transcription and Tumorigenesis

2012 672 citations Weiwei Yang, Yan Xia et al. profile →
Lipid metabolism and cancer

2020 629 citations Daqian Xu, Zhimin Lu et al. profile →
Downregulation of caveolin-1 function by EGF leads to the loss of E-cadherin, increased transcriptional activity of β-catenin, and enhanced tumor cell invasion

2003 532 citations Zhimin Lu et al. profile →
KAT2A coupled with the α-KGDH complex acts as a histone H3 succinyltransferase

2017 374 citations Yan Xia, Lin Tan et al. profile →
The gluconeogenic enzyme PCK1 phosphorylates INSIG1/2 for lipogenesis

2020 260 citations Daqian Xu, Fei Shao et al. profile →
Aerobic glycolysis promotes tumor immune evasion by hexokinase2-mediated phosphorylation of IκBα

2022 246 citations Dong Guo, Hongfei Jiang et al. profile →
ACSS2 acts as a lactyl-CoA synthetase and couples KAT2A to function as a lactyltransferase for histone lactylation and tumor immune evasion

2024 100 citations Liwei Xiao, Dong Guo et al. profile →
Acetate reprogrammes tumour metabolism and promotes PD-L1 expression and immune evasion by upregulating c-Myc

2024 57 citations Juhong Wang, Fei Shao et al. profile →
Glycolytic enzyme PFKL governs lipolysis by promoting lipid droplet–mitochondria tethering to enhance β-oxidation and tumor cell proliferation

2024 49 citations Dong Guo, Shudi Luo et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhimin Lu

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Discovery and structural basis of endogenous and exogenous inhibitors of the proton-activated-chloride channel 2025 ·Cell Reports ·Heng Zhang, (unknown), Xiaoying Chen, Qingxia Ma, (unknown), Qianqian Xu, Yaqi Wang, (unknown), Ying Huang, Peng‐Fei Xu, Haoxing Xu, Zhimin Lu, Nannan Su, Fan Yang	1
2	Placental targeted drug delivery: a review of recent progress 2025 ·Nanoscale ·Lin-Jian Wang, (unknown), Wenjing Zhang, (unknown), Xiaojun Zhu, Ying Yu, Yupeng Wang, (unknown), Zhimin Lu, (unknown)	2
3	Nucleus-translocated glucokinase functions as a protein kinase to phosphorylate TAZ and promote tumour growth 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Gaoxiang Zhao, Shudi Luo, (unknown), Qingxia Ma, Hongfei Jiang, Lin Wang, Juanjuan Liu, Dong Guo, (unknown), Qianqian Xu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Leina Ma, Wensheng Qiu, (unknown), Zhimin Lu	0
4	Complement regulation in tumor immune evasion 2024 ·Seminars in Immunology ·Guijun Liu, Xuxiao He, Gaoxiang Zhao, Zhimin Lu	8
5	Abrogation of nuclear entry of TERT by fructose 1,6‐bisphosphatase 1‐mediated dephosphorylation 2024 ·Cancer Communications ·Pengbo Yao, Gaoxiang Zhao, Min Li, Wensheng Qiu, Zhimin Lu	3
6	Obesity-derived macrophages upregulate TNF-α to induce apoptosis in glial cell via the NF-κB/PHLPP1 axis 2024 ·International Immunopharmacology ·Ling Ding, Zhimin Lu, Xing Jiang, (unknown), Xuewen Tian, Qinglu Wang	4
7	Biomass Allocation and Allometry in Juglans mandshurica Seedlings from Different Geographical Provenances in China 2024 ·Forests ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yue Liu, Hongyan Wang, (unknown), Zhimin Lu, (unknown), (unknown)	1
8	Aerobic glycolysis promotes tumor immune evasion and tumor cell stemness through the noncanonical function of hexokinase 2 2023 ·Cancer Communications ·Haiyan He, Liwei Xiao, Juhong Wang, Dong Guo, Zhimin Lu	22
9	Drought- and soil substrate-induced variations in root nonstructural carbohydrates result from fine root morphological and anatomical traits of Juglans mandshurica seedlings 2023 ·BMC Plant Biology ·Li Ji, Jun Wang, Yue Liu, Zhimin Lu, Witoon Purahong, Yuchun Yang	6
10	Cytosolic DNA sensing by cGAS/STING promotes TRPV2-mediated Ca2+ release to protect stressed replication forks 2023 ·Molecular Cell ·Shan Li, (unknown), Ying Shirley Meng, Cheng Chen, Delphine Lemaçon, Zheng Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Zhimin Lu, Zhongsheng You	30
11	Base editing of the mutated TERT promoter inhibits liver tumor growth 2023 ·Hepatology ·Gaoxiang Zhao, Qingxia Ma, Yang Huang, Hongfei Jiang, Qianqian Xu, Shudi Luo, (unknown), Juanjuan Liu, Lei Zhu, Qian Lin, Min Li, Jing Fang, Leina Ma, Wensheng Qiu, Zhengwei Mao, Zhimin Lu	8
12	A non‐metabolic function of hexokinase 2 in small cell lung cancer: promotes cancer cell stemness by increasing USP11‐mediated CD133 stability 2022 ·Cancer Communications ·Juhong Wang, Fei Shao, Yannan Yang, Wei Wang, Xueying Yang, Renda Li, Hong Cheng, Sijin Sun, Xiaoli Feng, Yibo Gao, Jie He, Zhimin Lu	45
13	PGK1-coupled HSP90 stabilizes GSK3β expression to regulate the stemness of breast cancer stem cells 2021 ·Cancer Biology and Medicine ·Wei Tang, (unknown), Xin Qi, Rilei Yu, Zhimin Lu, Ao Chen, Xinglong Fan, Jing Li	12
14	Coupling HDAC4 with transcriptional factor MEF2D abrogates SPRY4-mediated suppression of ERK activation and elicits hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance 2021 ·Cancer Letters ·Qingxia Ma, Qianqian Xu, Jiaojiao Zhao, Wen‐Wei Zhang, Qiang Wang, Jing‐Yuan Fang, Zhimin Lu, Jia Liu, Leina Ma	21
15	A newly discovered role of metabolic enzyme PCK1 as a protein kinase to promote cancer lipogenesis 2020 ·Cancer Communications ·Hongfei Jiang, Lei Zhu, Daqian Xu, Zhimin Lu	30
16	Root Traits Determine Variation in Nonstructural Carbohydrates (NSCs) under Different Drought Intensities and Soil Substrates in Three Temperate Tree Species 2020 ·Forests ·Li Ji, A. M. Khan, Jun Wang, Dapao Yu, Yuchun Yang, Lixue Yang, Zhimin Lu	16
17	Conversion of PRPS Hexamer to Monomer by AMPK-Mediated Phosphorylation Inhibits Nucleotide Synthesis in Response to Energy Stress 2017 ·Cancer Discovery ·Xu Qian, Xinjian Li, Lin Tan, Jong-Ho Lee, Yan Xia, Qingsong Cai, Yanhua Zheng, Hongxia Wang, Philip L. Lorenzi, Zhimin Lu	67
18	EGFR-Induced and PKCε Monoubiquitylation-Dependent NF-κB Activation Upregulates PKM2 Expression and Promotes Tumorigenesis 2012 ·Molecular Cell ·Weiwei Yang, Yan Xia, Yu Cao, Yanhua Zheng, Wen Bu, Lin Zhang, M. James You, Mei Yee Koh, Gilbert J. Cote, Kenneth Aldape, Yi Li, Inder M. Verma, Paul J. Chiao, Zhimin Lu	219
19	Caveolin-1 Upregulation Mediates Suppression of Primary Breast Tumor Growth and Brain Metastases by Stat3 Inhibition 2011 ·Cancer Research ·Wen‐Tai Chiu, Hsueh‐Te Lee, (unknown), Kenneth Aldape, Jun Yao, Patricia S. Steeg, Cheng-Yang Chou, Zhimin Lu, Keping Xie, Suyun Huang	55
20	Homozygous deletion of glycogen synthase kinase 3β bypasses senescence allowing Ras transformation of primary murine fibroblasts 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shuying Liu, Xianjun Fang, Hassan Hall, Shuangxing Yu, Debra L. Smith, Zhimin Lu, Dexing Fang, Jinsong Liu, L. Clifton Stephens, James R. Woodgett, Gordon B. Mills	17

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