2026 Reen Wu: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	64	1750	1572	879	776	194	13729

Overview

Reen Wu is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple fields, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside significant contributions to medicine.

Their research explores various subfields including molecular biology, physiology, cell biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and nutrition and dietetics.

Key topics covered in their work include:

Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
Epigenetics and DNA methylation
Trace elements in health
Melanoma and MAPK pathways
Cellular mechanics and interactions
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Bone and joint diseases

Reen Wu has contributed to a number of recent publications, including:

"Autophagy of OTUD5 destabilizes GPX4 to confer ferroptosis-dependent kidney injury" (2023), published in Nature Communications
"The Role of MARCKS in Metastasis and Treatment Resistance of Solid Tumors" (2022), published in Cancers
"Shengxue Busui Decoction activates the PI3K/Akt and VEGF pathways, enhancing vascular function and inhibiting osteocyte apoptosis to combat steroid-induced femoral head necrosis" (2025), published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
"Inhibition of MARCKS phosphorylation attenuates of dendritic cell migration in a murine model of acute asthma" (2024), published in European Journal of Pharmacology
"Knockdown of Long Noncoding RNA CCAT2 Suppresses Malignant Phenotype in Human Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma" (2023), published in Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include Ching-Hsien Chen, Ssu-Wei Hsu, C.-H. Chen, Likai Chu, and Xu Cao.

Reen Wu's research has appeared in several publication venues, with multiple papers in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, as well as in Nature Communications, Cancers, Frontiers in Pharmacology, and European Journal of Pharmacology.

Best Publications

Stimulation of Airway Mucin Gene Expression by Interleukin (IL)-17 through IL-6 Paracrine/Autocrine Loop

Yin Chen;Philip Thai;Yu Hua Zhao;Ye Shih Ho

796
Citations
Mild and moderate asthma is associated with airway goblet cell hyperplasia and abnormalities in mucin gene expression.

Claudia L. Ordoñez;Ramin Khashayar;Hofer H. Wong;Ron Ferrando

731
Citations
Interactome-transcriptome analysis reveals the high centrality of genes differentially expressed in lung cancer tissues

Shinichiro Wachi;Ken Yoneda;Reen Wu

549
Citations
IL-17 Markedly Up-Regulates β-Defensin-2 Expression in Human Airway Epithelium via JAK and NF-κB Signaling Pathways

Cheng Yuan Kao;Yin Chen;Philip Thai;Shinichiro Wachi

545
Citations
Selection of Invasive and Metastatic Subpopulations from a Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Line

Yi Wen Chu;Pan Chyr Yang;Shuenn Chen Yang;Yu Chiau Shyu

484
Citations
[6] The growth of cells in serum-free hormone-supplemented media

Jane Bottenstein;Izumi Hayashi;Sharon Hutchings;Hideo Masui

448
Citations
Profiling Expression Patterns and Isolating Differentially Expressed Genes by cDNA Microarray System with Colorimetry Detection

Jeremy J.W. Chen;Jeremy J.W. Chen;Reen Wu;Pan Chyr Yang;Pan Chyr Yang;Jane Yu Huang

342
Citations
A biphasic chamber system for maintaining polarity of differentiation of culture respiratory tract epithelial cells

Michael J. Whitcutt;Kenneth B. Adler;Reen Wu

301
Citations
Regulation of Airway MUC5AC Expression by IL-1β and IL-17A; the NF-κB Paradigm

Tomoyuki Fujisawa;Sharlene Velichko;Philip Thai;Li Yin Hung

285
Citations
Differential regulation of dual NADPH oxidases/peroxidases, Duox1 and Duox2, by Th1 and Th2 cytokines in respiratory tract epithelium.

Richart W. Harper;Changhong Xu;Jason P. Eiserich;Yin Chen

279
Citations
Genome-wide search and identification of a novel gel-forming mucin MUC19/Muc19 in glandular tissues.

Yin Chen;Yu Hua Zhao;Tejas Baba Kalaslavadi;Edward Hamati

276
Citations
Regulation of Airway Mucin Gene Expression

Philip Thai;Artem Loukoianov;Shinichiro Wachi;Reen Wu

273
Citations
Global analysis of gene expression in invasion by a lung cancer model.

Jeremy J.W. Chen;Konan Peck;Tse Ming Hong;Shuenn Chen Yang

255
Citations
Continuous multiplication of rabbit tracheal epithelial cells in a defined, hormone-supplemented medium.

Reen Wu;Donna Smith

254
Citations
Requirement for Both JAK-Mediated PI3K Signaling and ACT1/TRAF6/TAK1-Dependent NF-κB Activation by IL-17A in Enhancing Cytokine Expression in Human Airway Epithelial Cells

Fei Huang;Cheng Yuan Kao;Shinichiro Wachi;Philip Thai

245
Citations
Up-Regulation of CC Chemokine Ligand 20 Expression in Human Airway Epithelium by IL-17 through a JAK-Independent but MEK/NF-κB-Dependent Signaling Pathway

Cheng Yuan Kao;Fei Huang;Yin Chen;Phillip Thai

232
Citations
Growth and differentiation of human nasal epithelial cells in culture. Serum-free, hormone-supplemented medium and proteoglycan synthesis.

R. Wu;James R Yankaskas;E. Cheng;Michael R Knowles

222
Citations
Expression of tracheal differentiated functions in serum-free hormone-supplemented medium.

Reen Wu;Reen Wu;E. Nolan;C. Turner

210
Citations
Expression of respiratory mucins in fatal status asthmaticus and mild asthma

DA Groneberg;PR Eynott;S Lim;T Oates

208
Citations
Characterization of a Novel Long Noncoding RNA, SCAL1, Induced by Cigarette Smoke and Elevated in Lung Cancer Cell Lines

Philip Thai;Sarah Statt;Ching Hsien Chen;Ellen Liang

202
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pan-Chyr Yang National Taiwan University

Charles G. Plopper University of California, Davis

Kent E. Pinkerton University of California, Davis

Alan R. Buckpitt University of California, Davis

Sekhar P. Reddy University of Illinois at Chicago

Cheng-Wen Wu National Yang Ming University

Jeremy J.W. Chen National Chung Hsing University

Barry Halliwell National University of Singapore

David K. Ann City Of Hope National Medical Center

Carroll E. Cross University of California, Davis

External Links

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