Zhijian J. Chen

Also affiliated with Xiamen University, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Southwestern Medical Center, National Clinical Research, Inflammation Research Foundation, Xiamen University of Technology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Immunology and MicrobiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Driven by 15 papers. Top paper: “Structures and Mechanisms in the cGAS-STING Innate Immunity Pathway”.

Structures and Mechanisms in the cGAS-STING Innate Immunity Pathway

Immunity(2020)10.1016/j.immuni.2020.05.013

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0.997DataRank · unranked

771 citations

Xiao‐chen Bai, Zhijian J. Chen, Xuewu Zhang

Old dogs, new trick: classic cancer therapies activate cGAS

Cell Research(2020)10.1038/s41422-020-0346-1

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194 citations

Minghao Li, Zhijian J. Chen, Seoyun Yum

cGAS suppresses genomic instability as a decelerator of replication forks

Science Advances(2020)10.1126/sciadv.abb8941

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141 citations

Hao Chen, Jiamin Zhang, Yumin Wang, Antoine Simoneau, Hui Yang +5 more

MLH1 Deficiency-Triggered DNA Hyperexcision by Exonuclease 1 Activates the cGAS-STING Pathway

Cancer Cell(2020)10.1016/j.ccell.2020.11.004

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237 citations

Changzheng Lu, Qihuang Jin, Huiming Lu, Xiang Chen, Lei Tian +12 more

Direct, Noncatalytic Mechanism of IKK Inhibition by A20

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/nnpe-n339

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0 citations

Brian Skaug, Jueqi Chen, Averil Ma, Jin He, Fenghe Du +1 more

Cooperative DNA binding mediated by KicGAS/ORF52 oligomerization allows inhibition of DNA-induced phase separation and activation of cGAS

Nucleic Acids Research(2021)10.1093/nar/gkab689

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51 citations

Mingjian Du, Yuan Tian, Siming Ma, Jianjun Wu, Zhijian J. Chen +3 more

Vaccinia E5 is a major inhibitor of the DNA sensor cGAS

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.10.25.465197

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7 citations

Yi Wang, Peihong Dai, Tuo Li, Christian Zierhut, Adrian Y. Tan +10 more

Liquid phase separation of NEMO induced by polyubiquitin chains activates NF-κB

Molecular Cell(2022)10.1016/j.molcel.2022.03.037

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118 citations

Chee-Kwee Ea, Yan Fang, Zhijian J. Chen, Mingjian Du

Nuclear speckle integrity and function require TAO2 kinase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2022)10.1073/pnas.2206046119

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14 citations

Matthew A. Esparza, Ishmael Dehghan, Vasilisa Aksenova, Ke Zhang, Kimberly Batten +12 more

Vaccinia E5 is a major inhibitor of the DNA sensor cGAS

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-38514-5

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41 citations

Yi Wang, Peihong Dai, Tuo Li, Christian Zierhut, Adrian Y. Tan +7 more

Orthogonal Hydroxyl Functionalization of cGAMP Confers Metabolic Stability and Enables Antibody Conjugation

ACS Central Science(2023)10.1021/acscentsci.3c01122

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5 citations

Lin You, Liping Li, Jessica A. Kilgore, Shun Liu, Xiaoyu Wang +10 more

RNA Sensing and Innate Immunity Constitutes a Barrier for Interspecies Chimerism

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.03.07.531624

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7 citations

Hai‐Xi Sun, Masahiro Sakurai, Amanda E. Jones, Lizhong Liu, Tianlei Cheng +13 more

The STING agonist IMSA101 enhances chimeric antigen receptor T cell function by inducing IL-18 secretion

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-47692-9

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52 citations

Lijun Sun, Sofia Castelli, Amanda Finck, Charles-Antoine Assenmacher, Regina M. Young +3 more

RNA innate immunity constitutes a barrier for interspecies chimerism

Cell(2025)10.1016/j.cell.2025.10.039

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6 citations

Hai‐Xi Sun, Masahiro Sakurai, Zhou Luo, Amanda E. Jones, Tianlei Cheng +16 more

ecDNA-driven oncogene super-expressors shape immunoevasive tumor microenvironment

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.11.15.688565

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1 citations

Qing‐Lin Yang, Tuo Li, Xiongfeng Chen, Zeynep Yazgan, Yoon Jung Kim +10 more