Zuolong Wu

748 total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 574 citations indexed

About

Zuolong Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Zuolong Wu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 574 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Zuolong Wu's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (10 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (6 papers). Zuolong Wu is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (10 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (6 papers). Zuolong Wu collaborates with scholars based in China and United Kingdom. Zuolong Wu's co-authors include Guangzhi Zhang, Qiqi Xie, Yajun Deng, Enhui Ren, Wenhua Yuan, Xuewen Kang, Zhanjun Ma, Yicheng Gao, Xuegang He and Haiwei Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Free Radical Biology and Medicine and Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.

In The Last Decade

Zuolong Wu

23 papers receiving 573 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.

NF‐κB signalling pathways in nucleus pulposus cell function and intervertebral disc degeneration

2021 191 citations Guangzhi Zhang, Mingqiang Liu et al. Cell Proliferation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zuolong Wu China	11	264	229	155	136	82	24	574
Huo‐Liang Zheng China	12	388 1.5×	227 1.0×	122 0.8×	176 1.3×	105 1.3×	24	693
Enhui Ren China	7	186 0.7×	123 0.5×	63 0.4×	101 0.7×	76 0.9×	14	423
Sunli Hu China	13	291 1.1×	154 0.7×	100 0.6×	87 0.6×	30 0.4×	15	604
Qianshi Zhang China	12	246 0.9×	168 0.7×	59 0.4×	157 1.2×	42 0.5×	37	484
Zhenghua Hong China	14	267 1.0×	154 0.7×	78 0.5×	98 0.7×	33 0.4×	56	586
Zhiwei Jie China	16	538 2.0×	126 0.6×	84 0.5×	198 1.5×	21 0.3×	24	735
Kiyofumi Yamakawa Japan	13	108 0.4×	128 0.6×	217 1.4×	54 0.4×	86 1.0×	32	706
Xingda Zhang China	11	450 1.7×	75 0.3×	52 0.3×	301 2.2×	57 0.7×	21	613
Yazeng Huang China	12	262 1.0×	151 0.7×	49 0.3×	188 1.4×	16 0.2×	39	562

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zuolong Wu

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Zhang, Chengfei, et al.. (2025). Chronotherapy and intervertebral disc degeneration: understanding the role of circadian rhythm in degenerative processes. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 13. 1586193–1586193. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Zhongjun, et al.. (2025). Differences analysis between spinal tuberculosis and brucella spondylitis with preoperative non-invasive differential diagnosis. European Spine Journal. 34(2). 675–683.

Wu, Zuolong, Yajun Chen, Yong Liu, et al.. (2024). Knocking down EGR1 inhibits nucleus pulposus cell senescence and mitochondrial damage through activation of PINK1-Parkin dependent mitophagy, thereby delaying intervertebral disc degeneration. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 224. 9–22. 10 indexed citations

Zhou, Kai‐Sheng, et al.. (2024). Integrating bioinformatics and experimental validation to Investigate IRF1 as a novel biomarker for nucleus pulposus cells necroptosis in intervertebral disc degeneration. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30138–30138. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Zuolong, et al.. (2024). Role of mitophagy in intervertebral disc degeneration: A narrative review. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 33(1). 27–41. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Xin, et al.. (2024). Research Progress on the Role of Cartilage Endplate in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Cell Biochemistry and Function. 42(7). 7 indexed citations

Wang, Keping, et al.. (2023). TGF‐β1 Inhibits Osteoclast Differentiation and Abnormal Angiogenesis in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Evidence from RNA Sequencing and Animal Studies. Orthopaedic Surgery. 16(1). 167–182. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Zuolong, Yajun Chen, Guangzhi Zhang, et al.. (2022). SKI knockdown suppresses apoptosis and extracellular matrix degradation of nucleus pulposus cells via inhibition of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and ameliorates disc degeneration. APOPTOSIS. 27(1-2). 133–148. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Guangzhi, Haiwei Chen, Yajun Deng, et al.. (2022). BRD4 Inhibition Suppresses Senescence and Apoptosis of Nucleus Pulposus Cells by Inducing Autophagy during Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2022(1). 9181412–9181412. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangzhi, Zuolong Wu, Chunying Li, et al.. (2021). Development of a Machine Learning-Based Autophagy-Related lncRNA Signature to Improve Prognosis Prediction in Osteosarcoma Patients. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 8. 615084–615084. 22 indexed citations

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Wu, Zuolong, et al.. (2021). Role of the Wnt pathway in the formation, development, and degeneration of intervertebral discs. Pathology - Research and Practice. 220. 153366–153366. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangzhi, Yajun Deng, Xuegang He, et al.. (2021). Different Types of Double-Level Degenerative Lumber Spondylolisthesis: What Is Different in the Sagittal Plane?. World Neurosurgery. 150. e127–e134. 3 indexed citations

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Ma, Lin, et al.. (2021). Curcumin Exerts Antinociceptive Effects in Cancer-Induced Bone Pain via an Endogenous Opioid Mechanism. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15. 696861–696861. 20 indexed citations

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Ren, Enhui, Yajun Deng, Wenhua Yuan, et al.. (2021). An Immune-Related Long Non-Coding RNA Signature to Predict the Prognosis of Ewing’s Sarcoma Based on a Machine Learning Iterative Lasso Regression. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 651593–651593. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangzhi, Mingqiang Liu, Haiwei Chen, et al.. (2021). NF‐κB signalling pathways in nucleus pulposus cell function and intervertebral disc degeneration. Cell Proliferation. 54(7). e13057–e13057. 191 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Kai‐Sheng, et al.. (2020). The role of long non-coding RNA MIAT in cancers. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 129. 110359–110359. 41 indexed citations

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Ren, Enhui, Yajun Deng, Wenhua Yuan, et al.. (2020). An immune-related gene signature for determining Ewing sarcoma prognosis based on machine learning. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 147(1). 153–165. 26 indexed citations

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Deng, Yajun, Wenhua Yuan, Enhui Ren, et al.. (2020). A four-methylated LncRNA signature predicts survival of osteosarcoma patients based on machine learning. Genomics. 113(1). 785–794. 17 indexed citations

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Liao, Hai-Yang, et al.. (2020). Ski: Double roles in cancers. Clinical Biochemistry. 87. 1–12. 8 indexed citations

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Wu, Zuolong, Yajun Deng, Guangzhi Zhang, et al.. (2020). Development of a novel immune-related genes prognostic signature for osteosarcoma. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18402–18402. 23 indexed citations

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