Ben Lü

6.4k citations

59 papers · 4.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 27

Impact in

Clinical Biochemistry top 0.2%
- Advanced Glycation End Products research
Immunology top 2%
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
- interferon and immune responses
- Immune cells in cancer

Papers in

Molecular Biology 25
- Inflammasome and immune disorders 19
- Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide 4
Immunology 23
- Immune Response and Inflammation 14
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms 6
- interferon and immune responses 3

Co-authors: Haichao Wang (17 shared papers)Kevin J. Tracey (15 shared papers)Sangeeta S. Chavan (11 shared papers)Jianhua Li (10 shared papers)Yiting Tang (20 shared papers)Helena Erlandsson-Harris (4 shared papers)Huan Yang (6 shared papers)Timothy R. Billiar (15 shared papers)
Journals: Molecular Medicine (4 papers)Shock (3 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (3 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)Immunity (2 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Sweden

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Ben Lü

56 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Ben Lü's Hit Papers

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Novel role of PKR in inflammasome activation and HMGB1 release 2012 · 656 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Nature
2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	A critical cysteine is required for HMGB1 binding to Toll-like receptor 4 and activation of macrophage cytokine release Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Huan Yang, Hulda S. Hreggvidsdottir, Karin Palmblad, Haichao Wang, Mahendar Ochani, Jianhua Li, Ben Lü, Sangeeta S. Chavan, Mauricio Rosas‐Ballina, Yousef Al‐Abed, Shizuo Akira, Angelika Bierhaus, Helena Erlandsson-Harris, (unknown), Kevin J. Tracey Hit paper breakdown →	2010	674
2	Novel role of PKR in inflammasome activation and HMGB1 release Nature ·Ben Lü, Takahisa Nakamura, Karen Inouye, Jianhua Li, Yiting Tang, Peter Lundbäck, Sergio Iván Valdés‐Ferrer, Peder S. Olofsson, Thomas Kalb, Jesse Roth, Yong-Rui Zou, Helena Erlandsson-Harris, Huan Yang, Jenny P.‐Y. Ting, Haichao Wang, (unknown), Daniel J. Antoine, Sangeeta S. Chavan, Gökhan S. Hotamışlıgil, Kevin J. Tracey Hit paper breakdown →	2012	656
3	JAK/STAT1 signaling promotes HMGB1 hyperacetylation and nuclear translocation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ben Lü, Daniel J. Antoine, Kevin Kwan, Peter Lundbäck, Heidi Wähämaa, Hanna Schierbeck, Melissa Robinson, Marieke A. D. van Zoelen, Huan Yang, Jianhua Li, Helena Erlandsson-Harris, Sangeeta S. Chavan, Haichao Wang, (unknown), Kevin J. Tracey	2014	311
4	Bacterial Endotoxin Activates the Coagulation Cascade through Gasdermin D-Dependent Phosphatidylserine Exposure Immunity ·Xinyu Yang, Xiaoye Cheng, Yiting Tang, Xianhui Qiu, Yupeng Wang, Haixia Kang, Jianfeng Wu, Zhongtai Wang, Yukun Liu, Fangping Chen, Xianzhong Xiao, Nigel Mackman, Timothy R. Billiar, Jiahuai Han, Ben Lü	2019	244
5	α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Signaling Inhibits Inflammasome Activation by Preventing Mitochondrial DNA Release Molecular Medicine ·Ben Lü, Kevin Kwan, Yaakov A. Levine, Peder S. Olofsson, Huan Yang, Jianhua Li, Sonia Joshi, Haichao Wang, (unknown), Sangeeta S. Chavan, Kevin J. Tracey	2014	176
6	Intrinsic Radical Species Scavenging Activities of Tea Polyphenols Nanoparticles Block Pyroptosis in Endotoxin-Induced Sepsis ACS Nano ·Yuan Chen, Ruiheng Luo, Jing Li, Shengfeng Wang, Jinsong Ding, Kai Zhao, Ben Lü, Wenhu Zhou	2022	143
7	Regulation of HMGB1 release by inflammasomes Protein & Cell ·Ben Lü, Haichao Wang, (unknown), Kevin J. Tracey	2013	140
8	Molecular mechanism and therapeutic modulation of high mobility group box 1 release and action: an updated review Expert Review of Clinical Immunology ·Ben Lü, Ce Wang, Mao Wang, Wei Li, Fangping Chen, Kevin J. Tracey, Haichao Wang	2014	130
9	Regulation of Posttranslational Modifications of HMGB1 During Immune Responses Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·Yiting Tang, Xin Zhao, Daniel J. Antoine, Xianzhong Xiao, Haichao Wang, (unknown), Timothy R. Billiar, Kevin J. Tracey, Ben Lü	2015	116
10	LPS Induces Active HMGB1 Release From Hepatocytes Into Exosomes Through the Coordinated Activities of TLR4 and Caspase-11/GSDMD Signaling Frontiers in Immunology ·Wenbo Li, Meihong Deng, Patricia Loughran, Muqing Yang, Minjie Lin, Chenxuan Yang, Wentao Gao, Shuqing Jin, Shilai Li, Jingjing Cai, Ben Lü, Timothy R. Billiar, Melanie J. Scott	2020	116
11	YAP promotes the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome via blocking K27-linked polyubiquitination of NLRP3 Nature Communications ·Dan Wang, Yening Zhang, Xueming Xu, Jianfeng Wu, Yue Peng, Jing Li, Ruiheng Luo, Lingmin Huang, Liping Liu, Songlin Yu, Ningjie Zhang, Ben Lü, Kai Zhao	2021	112
12	Heparin prevents caspase-11-dependent septic lethality independent of anticoagulant properties Immunity ·Yiting Tang, Xiangyu Wang, Zhaozheng Li, Zhihui He, Xinyu Yang, Xiaoye Cheng, Yue Peng, Qianqian Xue, Yang Bai, Rui Zhang, Kai Zhao, Fang Liang, Xianzhong Xiao, Jan Andersson, Haichao Wang, Timothy R. Billiar, Ben Lü	2021	103
13	Z-DNA binding protein 1 promotes heatstroke-induced cell death Science ·Fangfang Yuan, Jizhen Cai, Jianfeng Wu, Yiting Tang, Kai Zhao, Fang Liang, Fanglin Li, Xinyu Yang, Zhihui He, Timothy R. Billiar, Haichao Wang, Lei Su, Ben Lü	2022	101
14	SARS-CoV-2 Z-RNA activates the ZBP1-RIPK3 pathway to promote virus-induced inflammatory responses Cell Research ·Shufen Li, Yulan Zhang, Zhenqiong Guan, Meidi Ye, Huiling Li, Miaomiao You, Zhenxing Zhou, Chongtao Zhang, Fan Zhang, Ben Lü, Peng Zhou, Ke Peng	2023	70
15	Expression of Concern: HMGB1 mediates splenomegaly and expansion of splenic CD11b+ Ly‐6C^high inflammatory monocytes in murine sepsis survivors Journal of Internal Medicine ·Sergio Iván Valdés‐Ferrer, Mauricio Rosas‐Ballina, Peder S. Olofsson, Ben Lü, Meghan Dancho, Mahendar Ochani, J. H. Li, Joshua A. Scheinerman, Daniel Katz, Yaakov A. Levine, LaQueta Hudson, Huan Yang, Valentin A. Pavlov, Jesse Roth, Lionel Blanc, D. J. Antoine, Sangeeta S. Chavan, Jan Andersson, Betty Diamond, Kevin J. Tracey	2013	69
16	HMGB1-Driven Inflammation and Intimal Hyperplasia After Arterial Injury Involves Cell-Specific Actions Mediated by TLR4 Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ·Jingjing Cai, Hong Yuan, Qingde Wang, Huan Yang, Yousef Al‐Abed, Hua Zhong, Jie‐Mei Wang, Dandan Chen, Jinze Wu, Ben Lü, John P. Pribis, Weihong Jiang, Kan Yang, David J. Hackam, Kevin J. Tracey, Timothy R. Billiar, Alex F. Chen	2015	65
17	The role of type 1 interferons in Gram-negative bacteria-induced coagulation Blood ·Xinyu Yang, Xiaoye Cheng, Yiting Tang, Xianhui Qiu, Zhongtai Wang, Guang Fu, Jianfeng Wu, Haixia Kang, Jing Wang, Haichao Wang, Fangping Chen, Xianzhong Xiao, Timothy R. Billiar, Ben Lü	2020	63
18	ChemSAR: an online pipelining platform for molecular SAR modeling Journal of Cheminformatics ·Jie Dong, Zhi-Jiang Yao, Min-Feng Zhu, Ning Ning Wang, Ben Lü, Alex F. Chen, Ai-Ping Lu, Hongyu Miao, (unknown), Dongsheng Cao	2017	57
19	Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling Licenses the Cytosolic Transport of Lipopolysaccharide From Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Shock ·Lan Gu, Ran Meng, Yiting Tang, Kai Zhao, Liang Fang, Rui Zhang, Qianqian Xue, Fang‐Ping Chen, Xianzhong Xiao, Huadong Wang, Haichao Wang, Timothy R. Billiar, Ben Lü	2018	55
20	The complement receptor C5aR2 promotes protein kinase R expression and contributes to NLRP3 inflammasome activation and HMGB1 release from macrophages Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Songlin Yu, Dan Wang, Lingmin Huang, Yening Zhang, Ruiheng Luo, Dickson Adah, Yiting Tang, Kai Zhao, Ben Lü	2019	55

About Ben Lü

Ben Lü is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Clinical Biochemistry, Epidemiology and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 59 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (19 papers), Advanced Glycation End Products research (17 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (14 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (6 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (4 papers), interferon and immune responses (3 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Biochemistry (1.0k citations), Immunology (1.4k citations), Neurology (364 citations), Biological Psychiatry (63 citations) and Molecular Biology (1.8k citations). Ben Lü has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Haichao Wang, Kevin J. Tracey, Sangeeta S. Chavan, Jianhua Li, Yiting Tang, Helena Erlandsson-Harris, Huan Yang, Timothy R. Billiar, Kai Zhao and Peder S. Olofsson. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Medicine, Shock, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Immunity.

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