Ziwei Huang

9.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
146 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Ziwei Huang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziwei Huang has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Oncology and 30 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ziwei Huang's work include Chemokine receptors and signaling (26 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (19 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (18 papers). Ziwei Huang is often cited by papers focused on Chemokine receptors and signaling (26 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (19 papers) and Cell death mechanisms and regulation (18 papers). Ziwei Huang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. Ziwei Huang's co-authors include Fred E. Cohen, M. A. Baldwin, Emad S. Alnemri, Darlene Groth, K M Pan, Jack Nguyen, Ana Serban, Ingrid Mehlhorn, R.J. Fletterick and Marı́a Gasset and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ziwei Huang

141 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Conversion of alpha-helices into beta-sheets features in the formation of the scrapie prion proteins.

1993 1.8k citations Ziwei Huang et al. profile →
Structure-based discovery of an organic compound that binds Bcl-2 protein and induces apoptosis of tumor cells

2000 1.0k citations Ziwei Huang et al. profile →
Structural Clues to Prion Replication

1994 364 citations Ziwei Huang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ziwei Huang United States	38	5.6k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	980	146	7.6k
Gregory D. Cuny United States	50	6.9k 1.2×	324 0.3×	366 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 2.0×	165	11.5k
Takao Hayakawa Japan	48	6.1k 1.1×	291 0.2×	159 0.1×	1.4k 1.3×	526 0.5×	284	9.2k
Jian Chen China	42	3.5k 0.6×	433 0.3×	134 0.1×	535 0.5×	412 0.4×	329	7.0k
Xu Luo United States	31	7.0k 1.3×	136 0.1×	389 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	289 0.3×	67	9.3k
Wen Liu China	45	5.0k 0.9×	184 0.1×	366 0.3×	952 0.9×	145 0.1×	226	7.2k
Yukihiro Akao Japan	64	8.9k 1.6×	191 0.2×	385 0.3×	994 1.0×	639 0.7×	259	13.4k
Shintaro Inoue Japan	43	3.1k 0.6×	152 0.1×	269 0.2×	373 0.4×	769 0.8×	131	5.8k
Stuart M. Pitson Australia	51	6.4k 1.2×	202 0.2×	236 0.2×	673 0.7×	156 0.2×	163	8.2k
Takuya Noguchi Japan	40	3.8k 0.7×	161 0.1×	250 0.2×	408 0.4×	211 0.2×	135	6.1k
Michel Demeule Canada	35	2.2k 0.4×	432 0.3×	183 0.2×	1.7k 1.6×	142 0.1×	87	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ziwei Huang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ziwei Huang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Jiao, et al.. (2025). D2Screen: Embedding Pretrained Representation Learning Model and Molecular Docking for Virtual Screening. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(10). 1876–1883.

Zhou, Jiao, Xiang Liu, Yan Xu, et al.. (2025). Computational and Experimental Study of the Conformational Variation of the Catalytic Residue His41 of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 129(21). 5198–5206. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xumin, Jianrong Liu, Haixia Song, et al.. (2025). Palmitic acid enhances the sensitivity of ferroptosis via endoplasmic reticulum stress mediated the ATF4/TXNIP Axis in polycystic ovary syndrome. Phytomedicine. 142. 156777–156777. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Jiao, et al.. (2024). Discovery of Novel Nonpeptidic Proteasome Inhibitors Using Covalent Virtual Screening and Biological Evaluation. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(10). 1741–1748.

Yan, Guang‐Tao, Ziwei Huang, Xinhong Wang, et al.. (2024). Sulfonation metabolism in the gut microbiota is the main metabolic pathway of cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic mice. Food & Function. 15(19). 9750–9765. 4 indexed citations

Xin, Ping, et al.. (2024). Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of polyethyleneimine-modified CNTs composite cathode for H2O2 electrogeneration. Applied Physics A. 130(5). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Ting-Lin, Jun Zhou, Ming Xu, et al.. (2024). A novel bystander effect in tamoxifen treatment: PPIB derived from ER+ cells attenuates ER− cells via endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis. Cell Death and Disease. 15(2). 147–147. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaojie, Yong Zhao, Ziwei Huang, et al.. (2023). Main/side chain asymmetric molecular design enhances charge transfer of two-dimensional conjugated polymer/g-C3N4 heterojunctions for high-efficiency photocatalytic sterilization and degradation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 641. 619–630. 17 indexed citations

Liu, Yuenan, Sen Li, Jun Wang, et al.. (2023). circRARS synergises with IGF2BP3 to regulate RNA methylation recognition to promote tumour progression in renal cell carcinoma. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 13(12). e1512–e1512. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Juan, Jiao Zhou, Yan Xu, et al.. (2023). A Chemical Strategy for the Degradation of the Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2 in Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(50). 27248–27253. 22 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jiao, Juan Wang, Yan Xu, et al.. (2023). Elucidation of the α-Ketoamide Inhibition Mechanism: Revealing the Critical Role of the Electrostatic Reorganization Effect of Asp17 in the Active Site of the 20S Proteasome. ACS Catalysis. 13(21). 14368–14376. 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jiao, et al.. (2023). CXCR4 Recognition by L- and D-Peptides Containing the Full-Length V3 Loop of HIV-1 gp120. Viruses. 15(5). 1084–1084. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Likun, et al.. (2022). Inverse Colloidal Crystal Polymer Coating with Monolayer Ordered Pore Structure. Crystals. 12(3). 378–378. 3 indexed citations

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Fan, Tingting, Lingling Nie, Juan Wang, et al.. (2022). A synthetic bivalent peptide ligand of EphB4 with potent agonistic activity. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 244. 114804–114804. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuenan, Ziwei Huang, Jiaju Xu, et al.. (2022). Restoring the epigenetically silenced lncRNA COL18A1-AS1 represses ccRCC progression by lipid browning via miR-1286/KLF12 axis. Cell Death and Disease. 13(7). 578–578. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Juan, Yi‐Ling Chen, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, et al.. (2021). A new class of α-ketoamide derivatives with potent anticancer and anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 215. 113267–113267. 21 indexed citations

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Duggineni, Srinivas, Roberta Noberini, Xiaofeng Han, et al.. (2012). Design, synthesis and characterization of novel small molecular inhibitors of ephrin-B2 binding to EphB4. Biochemical Pharmacology. 85(4). 507–513. 21 indexed citations

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Choi, Won‐Tak, Marcus Kaul, Santosh Kumar, et al.. (2007). Neuronal Apoptotic Signaling Pathways Probed and Intervened by Synthetically and Modularly Modified (SMM) Chemokines. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(10). 7154–7163. 14 indexed citations

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Khan, Muhammad Zafrullah, Renato Brandimarti, Jeegar Patel, et al.. (2004). Apoptotic and Antiapoptotic Effects of CXCR4: Is It a Matter of Intrinsic Efficacy? Implications for HIV Neuropathogenesis. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20(10). 1063–1071. 44 indexed citations

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An, Jing, Yingming Chen, & Ziwei Huang. (2004). Critical Upstream Signals of Cytochrome c Release Induced by a Novel Bcl-2 Inhibitor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(18). 19133–19140. 87 indexed citations

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