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Overview

Jun Ren is affiliated with Zhongshan Hospital in China and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Surgery.

Their work focuses on a variety of main topics including:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Notable recent papers authored by Jun Ren include:

  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response in cardiovascular diseases, 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Obesity cardiomyopathy: evidence, mechanisms, and therapeutic implications, 2021, Physiological Reviews

Jun Ren has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Yingmei Zhang (58 co-authored publications)
  • Amir Ajoolabady (35 co-authored publications)
  • Haixia Xu (18 co-authored publications)
  • Yaguang Bi (17 co-authored publications)
  • Russel J. Reíter (16 co-authored publications)

The scientist's publications have appeared in a range of journals and venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (11 publications)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease (9 publications)
  • PubMed (9 publications)
  • Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (8 publications)
  • Metabolism (8 publications)

Jun Ren has also contributed to book literature, including a chapter in a volume published by IntechOpen titled Cardiorespiratory Fitness - New Topics (2022).

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Empagliflozin rescues diabetic myocardial microvascular injury via AMPK-mediated inhibition of mitochondrial fission.

    Hao Zhou;Shuyi Wang;Pingjun Zhu;Shunying Hu

  • Leptin and hyperleptinemia - from friend to foe for cardiovascular function.

    J Ren

  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response in cardiovascular diseases.

    Jun Ren;Jun Ren;Jun Ren;Yaguang Bi;James R. Sowers;Claudio Hetz

  • Insulin-like Growth Factor I as aÈCardiac Hormone: Physiological and Pathophysiological Implications in Heart Disease

    Jun Ren;Willis K. Samson;James R. Sowers

  • DUSP1 alleviates cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury by suppressing the Mff-required mitochondrial fission and Bnip3-related mitophagy via the JNK pathways.

    Qinhua Jin;Ruibing Li;Nan Hu;Ting Xin

  • Mitochondrial biogenesis in the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.

    Jun Ren;Lakshmi Pulakat;Adam Whaley-Connell;James R. Sowers

  • Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) rescues myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion injury: role of autophagy paradox and toxic aldehyde

    Heng Ma;Rui Guo;Lu Yu;Lu Yu;Yingmei Zhang;Yingmei Zhang

  • Pathogenesis of cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury is associated with CK2α-disturbed mitochondrial homeostasis via suppression of FUNDC1-related mitophagy.

    Hao Zhou;Hao Zhou;Pingjun Zhu;Jin Wang;Hong Zhu

  • High dietary fat induces NADPH oxidase-associated oxidative stress and inflammation in rat cerebral cortex.

    Xiaochun Zhang;Feng Dong;Jun Ren;Meghan J. Driscoll

  • Effects of melatonin on fatty liver disease: The role of NR4A1/DNA-PKcs/p53 pathway, mitochondrial fission, and mitophagy.

    Hao Zhou;Wenjuan Du;Ye Li;Chen Shi

  • Targeting autophagy in obesity: from pathophysiology to management

    Yingmei Zhang;Yingmei Zhang;James R. Sowers;Jun Ren;Jun Ren

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • AT1 Blockade Prevents Glucose-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction in Ventricular Myocytes: Role of the AT1 Receptor and NADPH Oxidase

    Jamie R. Privratsky;Loren E. Wold;James R. Sowers;Mark T. Quinn

  • NR4A1 aggravates the cardiac microvascular ischemia reperfusion injury through suppressing FUNDC1-mediated mitophagy and promoting Mff-required mitochondrial fission by CK2α.

    Hao Zhou;Jin Wang;Pingjun Zhu;Hong Zhu

  • Capsaicin induces browning of white adipose tissue and counters obesity by activating TRPV1 channel-dependent mechanisms.

    Padmamalini Baskaran;Vivek Krishnan;Jun Ren;Baskaran Thyagarajan

  • Endothelin-1 enhances oxidative stress, cell proliferation and reduces apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells: role of ETB receptor, NADPH oxidase and caveolin-1.

    Feng Dong;Xiaochun Zhang;Loren E Wold;Qun Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Greer
John J. Greer University of Alberta
J. Li
J. Li Tsinghua University
James R. Sowers
James R. Sowers University of Missouri
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Xiang Li
Xiang Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Daniel J. Klionsky
Daniel J. Klionsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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