Zhenjun Chen

10k citations
76 papers · 8.2k · 3 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

  • Immunology top 0.2%
    • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
    • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
    • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Gastroenterology top 1%
    • Celiac Disease Research and Management

Papers in

  • Immunology 52
    • T-cell and B-cell Immunology 52
    • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 12
    • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways 3
  • Gastroenterology 5
    • Celiac Disease Research and Management 5
Co-authors
James McCluskey (48 shared papers)Jamie Rossjohn (32 shared papers)Lars Kjer‐Nielsen (20 shared papers)Alexandra Jane Corbett (24 shared papers)David P. Fairlie (18 shared papers)Ligong Liu (12 shared papers)Bronwyn S. Meehan (16 shared papers)Lyudmila Kostenko (10 shared papers)
Journals
The Journal of Immunology (6 papers)Nature Communications (6 papers)The Journal of Experimental Medicine (6 papers)Nature Immunology (5 papers)Immunity (5 papers)
Partner nations
AustraliaUnited KingdomChina

In The Last Decade

Zhenjun Chen

74 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Zhenjun Chen's Hit Papers

T-cell activation by transitory neo-antigens derived from distinct microbial pathways 2014 · 715 citations
7150+4+9Years since publication2505007501k
What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 2014 Nature
  2. 2012 Nature
  3. 2012 Nature

Peers

Zhenjun Chen
Comparison fields: 5 of 94
  • Immunology 4.9k
  • Gastroenterology 307
  • Pharmacology 562
  • Virology 152
  • Infectious Diseases 506
Replace Lars Kjer‐Nielsen with:
Lars Kjer‐Nielsen Australia
Lyudmila Kostenko Australia
G L Asherson United Kingdom
Mariolina Salio United Kingdom
Andrew J Godkin United Kingdom
Ligong Liu Australia
Dulce F. Soler United States
Juan L. Mendoza Spain
Alexandra Jane Corbett Australia
Annalisa D’Andrea United States
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Zhenjun Chen, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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MR1 presents microbial vitamin B metabolites to MAIT cells
Nature ·Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Onisha Patel, Alexandra Jane Corbett, Jérôme Le Nours, Bronwyn S. Meehan, Ligong Liu, Mugdha Bhati, Zhenjun Chen
Hit paper breakdown →		20121112
2
T-cell activation by transitory neo-antigens derived from distinct microbial pathways
Nature ·Alexandra Jane Corbett, Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Richard W. Birkinshaw, Ligong Liu, Onisha Patel, Jennifer Mahony, Zhenjun Chen, Rangsima Reantragoon
Hit paper breakdown →		2014715
3
Immune self-reactivity triggered by drug-modified HLA-peptide repertoire
Nature ·Patricia T. Illing, Julian P. Vivian, Nadine L. Dudek, Lyudmila Kostenko, Zhenjun Chen, Mandvi Bharadwaj, John J. Miles, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen
Hit paper breakdown →		2012594
4
Antigen-loaded MR1 tetramers define T cell receptor heterogeneity in mucosal-associated invariant T cells
The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Rangsima Reantragoon, Alexandra Jane Corbett, Isaac G. Sakala, Nicholas A. Gherardin, John B. Furness, Zhenjun Chen, Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Adam P. Uldrich
2013508
5
Identification of phenotypically and functionally heterogeneous mouse mucosal-associated invariant T cells using MR1 tetramers
The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Azad Rahimpour, Hui‐Fern Koay, Anselm Enders, Rhiannon Clanchy, Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Bronwyn S. Meehan, Zhenjun Chen, Belinda Whittle
2015317
6
A three-stage intrathymic development pathway for the mucosal-associated invariant T cell lineage
Nature Immunology ·Hui‐Fern Koay, Nicholas A. Gherardin, Anselm Enders, Liyen Loh, Laura K. Mackay, Catarina F. Almeida, Brendan E. Russ, Claudia A. Nold‐Petry
2016316
7
Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I-Restricted Activation of CD8+ T Cells Provides the Immunogenetic Basis of a Systemic Drug Hypersensitivity
Immunity ·Diana Chessman, Lyudmila Kostenko, Tessa Lethborg, Anthony Wayne Purcell, Nicholas A. Williamson, Zhenjun Chen, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Nicole A. Mifsud
2008275
8
A molecular basis underpinning the T cell receptor heterogeneity of mucosal-associated invariant T cells
The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Richard W. Birkinshaw, Lyudmila Kostenko, Alexandra Jane Corbett, Hamish E. G. McWilliam, Rangsima Reantragoon, Zhenjun Chen, Nicholas A. Gherardin
2014256
9
Recognition of vitamin B metabolites by mucosal-associated invariant T cells
Nature Communications ·Onisha Patel, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Jérôme Le Nours, Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Richard W. Birkinshaw, Travis Beddoe, Alexandra Jane Corbett, Ligong Liu
2013254
10
Mucosal-associated invariant T-cell activation and accumulation after in vivo infection depends on microbial riboflavin synthesis and co-stimulatory signals
Mucosal Immunology ·Zhenjun Chen, Huimeng Wang, Criselle D’Souza, Shicheng Sun, Lyudmila Kostenko, Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Bronwyn S. Meehan, David Charles Jackson
2016226
11
T Cell Allorecognition via Molecular Mimicry
Immunity ·Whitney A. Macdonald, Zhenjun Chen, Stéphanie Gras, Julia K. Archbold, F.E. Tynan, Craig S. Clements, Mandvi Bharadwaj, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen
2009224
12
Drugs and drug-like molecules can modulate the function of mucosal-associated invariant T cells
Nature Immunology ·Andrew N. Keller, Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Weijun Xu, Ligong Liu, Victoria A. Hughes, Jeffrey Y. W. Mak, Bronwyn S. Meehan, Troi J. Pediongco
2017192
13
Activation and In Vivo Evolution of the MAIT Cell Transcriptome in Mice and Humans Reveals Tissue Repair Functionality
Cell Reports ·Timothy Hinks, Emanuele Marchi, Maisha Jabeen, Moshe Olshansky, Ayako Kurioka, Troi J. Pediongco, Bronwyn S. Meehan, Lyudmila Kostenko
2019182
14
Structural insight into MR1-mediated recognition of the mucosal associated invariant T cell receptor
The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Rangsima Reantragoon, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Onisha Patel, Zhenjun Chen, Patricia T. Illing, Mugdha Bhati, Lyudmila Kostenko, Mandvi Bharadwaj
2012164
15
MAIT cells contribute to protection against lethal influenza infection in vivo
Nature Communications ·Bonnie van Wilgenburg, Liyen Loh, Zhenjun Chen, Troi J. Pediongco, Huimeng Wang, Mai Shi, Zhe Zhao, Marios Koutsakos
2018163
16
A Structural and Immunological Basis for the Role of Human Leukocyte Antigen DQ8 in Celiac Disease
Immunity ·Kate N. Henderson, Jason A. Tye–Din, Hugh H. Reid, Zhenjun Chen, Natalie A. Borg, Tim Beißbarth, Arthur S. Tatham, Stuart I. Mannering
2007159
17
The intracellular pathway for the presentation of vitamin B–related antigens by the antigen-presenting molecule MR1
Nature Immunology ·Hamish E. G. McWilliam, Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Alex Theodossis, Ligong Liu, Zhenjun Chen, Jacinta M. Wubben, David P. Fairlie, Richard A. Strugnell
2016147
18
Stabilizing short-lived Schiff base derivatives of 5-aminouracils that activate mucosal-associated invariant T cells
Nature Communications ·Jeffrey Y. W. Mak, Weijun Xu, Alexandra Jane Corbett, Bronwyn S. Meehan, Huimeng Wang, Zhenjun Chen, Jamie Rossjohn, James McCluskey
2017126
19
Recognition of Vitamin B Precursors and Byproducts by Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cells
Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sidonia B. G. Eckle, Alexandra Jane Corbett, Andrew N. Keller, Zhenjun Chen, Dale Ian Godfrey, Ligong Liu, Jeffrey Y. W. Mak, David P. Fairlie
2015122
20
MAIT Cells Promote Tumor Initiation, Growth, and Metastases via Tumor MR1
Cancer Discovery ·Juming Yan, Stacey M. Allen, Jeffrey Y. W. Mak, Ligong Liu, David P. Fairlie, Bronwyn S. Meehan, Zhenjun Chen, Alexandra Jane Corbett
2019121

About Zhenjun Chen

Zhenjun Chen is a scholar working on Immunology, Gastroenterology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Genetics, having authored 76 papers that have together received 8.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (52 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (12 papers), vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (10 papers), Celiac Disease Research and Management (5 papers), Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions (3 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (3 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (2 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (4.9k citations), Gastroenterology (307 citations), Pharmacology (562 citations), Virology (152 citations) and Infectious Diseases (506 citations). Zhenjun Chen has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and China. Frequent co-authors include James McCluskey, Jamie Rossjohn, Lars Kjer‐Nielsen, Alexandra Jane Corbett, David P. Fairlie, Ligong Liu, Bronwyn S. Meehan, Lyudmila Kostenko, Anthony Wayne Purcell and Dale Ian Godfrey. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Nature Communications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Nature Immunology and Immunity.

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