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

Phosphorylation of β-Cate... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2007 2012 2012 2020 2003 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Phosphorylation of β-Catenin by AKT Promotes β-Catenin Transcriptional Activity
    2007 724 citations Dexing Fang, Yanhua Zheng et al. profile →
  2. ERK1/2-dependent phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of PKM2 promotes the Warburg effect
    2012 702 citations Weiwei Yang, Yanhua Zheng et al. profile →
  3. PKM2 Phosphorylates Histone H3 and Promotes Gene Transcription and Tumorigenesis
    2012 672 citations Weiwei Yang, Yan Xia et al. profile →
  4. Lipid metabolism and cancer
    2020 629 citations Daqian Xu, Zhimin Lu et al. profile →
  5. 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 →
  6. KAT2A coupled with the α-KGDH complex acts as a histone H3 succinyltransferase
    2017 374 citations Yan Xia, Lin Tan et al. profile →
  7. The gluconeogenic enzyme PCK1 phosphorylates INSIG1/2 for lipogenesis
    2020 260 citations Daqian Xu, Fei Shao et al. profile →
  8. Aerobic glycolysis promotes tumor immune evasion by hexokinase2-mediated phosphorylation of IκBα
    2022 246 citations Dong Guo, Hongfei Jiang et al. profile →
  9. 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 →
  10. 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 →
  11. 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 →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Zhimin Lu 10.6k 5.8k 2.5k 1.6k 1.4k 207 14.7k
Li Ma 13.5k 1.3× 7.6k 1.3× 3.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 260 18.4k
Costas A. Lyssiotis 8.2k 0.8× 4.8k 0.8× 3.7k 1.5× 1.9k 1.2× 698 0.5× 144 13.3k
Wen Xue 10.7k 1.0× 3.8k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 204 13.9k
Paola Chiarugi 9.4k 0.9× 4.7k 0.8× 4.1k 1.6× 3.0k 1.9× 1.8k 1.2× 186 15.5k
Christian M. Metallo 8.2k 0.8× 4.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 945 0.7× 125 12.3k
Heiko Hermeking 12.1k 1.1× 6.2k 1.1× 4.3k 1.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 138 15.3k
Marian H. Harris 6.8k 0.6× 4.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 775 0.5× 78 11.1k
Nicholas Denko 6.5k 0.6× 5.0k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 805 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 93 10.2k
Naohiko Seki 12.1k 1.1× 8.2k 1.4× 2.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 871 0.6× 357 16.4k
Huafeng Zhang 7.4k 0.7× 5.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 478 0.3× 133 11.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhimin Lu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Heng, Xiaoying Chen, Qingxia Ma, et al.. (2025). Discovery and structural basis of endogenous and exogenous inhibitors of the proton-activated-chloride channel. Cell Reports. 44(7). 115998–115998. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Lin-Jian, Wenjing Zhang, Xiaojun Zhu, et al.. (2025). Placental targeted drug delivery: a review of recent progress. Nanoscale. 17(14). 8316–8335. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Gaoxiang, Shudi Luo, Qingxia Ma, et al.. (2025). Nucleus-translocated glucokinase functions as a protein kinase to phosphorylate TAZ and promote tumour growth. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7156–7156.
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Yao, Pengbo, Gaoxiang Zhao, Min Li, Wensheng Qiu, & Zhimin Lu. (2024). Abrogation of nuclear entry of TERT by fructose 1,6‐bisphosphatase 1‐mediated dephosphorylation. Cancer Communications. 44(10). 1102–1105. 3 indexed citations
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Ding, Ling, et al.. (2024). Obesity-derived macrophages upregulate TNF-α to induce apoptosis in glial cell via the NF-κB/PHLPP1 axis. International Immunopharmacology. 141. 112962–112962. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Guijun, Xuxiao He, Gaoxiang Zhao, & Zhimin Lu. (2024). Complement regulation in tumor immune evasion. Seminars in Immunology. 76. 101912–101912. 8 indexed citations
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He, Haiyan, Liwei Xiao, Juhong Wang, Dong Guo, & Zhimin Lu. (2023). Aerobic glycolysis promotes tumor immune evasion and tumor cell stemness through the noncanonical function of hexokinase 2. Cancer Communications. 43(3). 387–390. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Shan, Ying Shirley Meng, Cheng Chen, et al.. (2023). Cytosolic DNA sensing by cGAS/STING promotes TRPV2-mediated Ca2+ release to protect stressed replication forks. Molecular Cell. 83(4). 556–573.e7. 30 indexed citations
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Zhao, Gaoxiang, Qingxia Ma, Yang Huang, et al.. (2023). Base editing of the mutated TERT promoter inhibits liver tumor growth. Hepatology. 79(6). 1310–1323. 8 indexed citations
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Yin, Jianxing, Xiefeng Wang, Xin Ge, et al.. (2023). Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase 1 metabolizes temozolomide to activate AMPK for driving chemoresistance of glioblastomas. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5913–5913. 24 indexed citations
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Wang, Juhong, Fei Shao, Yannan Yang, et al.. (2022). A non‐metabolic function of hexokinase 2 in small cell lung cancer: promotes cancer cell stemness by increasing USP11‐mediated CD133 stability. Cancer Communications. 42(10). 1008–1027. 45 indexed citations
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Ma, Qingxia, Qianqian Xu, Jiaojiao Zhao, et al.. (2021). Coupling HDAC4 with transcriptional factor MEF2D abrogates SPRY4-mediated suppression of ERK activation and elicits hepatocellular carcinoma drug resistance. Cancer Letters. 520. 243–254. 21 indexed citations
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Tang, Wei, Xin Qi, Rilei Yu, et al.. (2021). PGK1-coupled HSP90 stabilizes GSK3β expression to regulate the stemness of breast cancer stem cells. Cancer Biology and Medicine. 19(4). 486–503. 12 indexed citations
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Jiang, Hongfei, Lei Zhu, Daqian Xu, & Zhimin Lu. (2020). A newly discovered role of metabolic enzyme PCK1 as a protein kinase to promote cancer lipogenesis. Cancer Communications. 40(9). 389–394. 30 indexed citations
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Qian, Xu, Xinjian Li, Lin Tan, et al.. (2017). Conversion of PRPS Hexamer to Monomer by AMPK-Mediated Phosphorylation Inhibits Nucleotide Synthesis in Response to Energy Stress. Cancer Discovery. 8(1). 94–107. 67 indexed citations
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Yang, Weiwei, Yan Xia, Yu Cao, et al.. (2012). EGFR-Induced and PKCε Monoubiquitylation-Dependent NF-κB Activation Upregulates PKM2 Expression and Promotes Tumorigenesis. Molecular Cell. 48(5). 771–784. 219 indexed citations
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Chiu, Wen‐Tai, Hsueh‐Te Lee, Kenneth Aldape, et al.. (2011). Caveolin-1 Upregulation Mediates Suppression of Primary Breast Tumor Growth and Brain Metastases by Stat3 Inhibition. Cancer Research. 71(14). 4932–4943. 55 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuying, Xianjun Fang, Hassan Hall, et al.. (2008). Homozygous deletion of glycogen synthase kinase 3β bypasses senescence allowing Ras transformation of primary murine fibroblasts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(13). 5248–5253. 17 indexed citations

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