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Biology and Biochemistry
China
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
40040
World Ranking
1642
National Ranking
38

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Tong Wu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Tong Wu's work has contributed notably to molecular biology, infectious diseases, animal science and zoology, epidemiology, and plant science.

The scientist's major research topics include:

  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Tong Wu has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • Veterinary Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Virology
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Selected recent publications demonstrate a focus on molecular and cellular mechanisms with implications in disease and biology:

  • "N6-Deoxyadenosine Methylation in Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA" (2020), published in Molecular Cell
  • "Kuijieyuan Decoction Improved Intestinal Barrier Injury of Ulcerative Colitis by Affecting TLR4-Dependent PI3K/AKT/NF-κB Oxidative and Inflammatory Signaling and Gut Microbiota" (2020), published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • "Kethoxal-assisted single-stranded DNA sequencing captures global transcription dynamics and enhancer activity in situ" (2020), published in Nature Methods
  • "Keth-seq for transcriptome-wide RNA structure mapping" (2020), published in Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Brassica carinata genome characterization clarifies U's triangle model of evolution and polyploidy in Brassica" (2021), published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tong Wu include:

  • Guangzhi Tong (47 collaborations)
  • Ning Kong (33 collaborations)
  • Hao Zheng (32 collaborations)
  • Changlong Liu (31 collaborations)
  • Tongling Shan (31 collaborations)

The breadth of Tong Wu's work through cross-disciplinary studies involves mechanisms of RNA modification and viral infections as well as applications in gene therapy and disease epidemiology. This diverse research output reflects involvement in both fundamental and applied biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Electrospinning and Electrospun Nanofibers: Methods, Materials, and Applications

    Jiajia Xue;Tong Wu;Yunqian Dai;Younan Xia;Younan Xia

  • High-efficiency oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide catalysed by oxidized carbon materials

    Zhiyi Lu;Guangxu Chen;Samira Siahrostami;Zhihua Chen

  • R-2HG Exhibits Anti-tumor Activity by Targeting FTO/m6A/MYC/CEBPA Signaling

    Rui Su;Lei Dong;Chenying Li;Sigrid Nachtergaele

  • Facile Hydrothermal Synthesis of Fe3O4/C Core-Shell Nanorings for Efficient Low-Frequency Microwave Absorption.

    Tong Wu;Tong Wu;Yun Liu;Xiang Zeng;Tingting Cui

  • Long‐term effectiveness of diet‐plus‐exercise interventions vs. diet‐only interventions for weight loss: a meta‐analysis

    T. Wu;T. Wu;X. Gao;M. Chen;R. M. Van Dam;R. M. Van Dam

  • Conditioning including antithymocyte globulin followed by unmanipulated HLA-mismatched/haploidentical blood and marrow transplantation can achieve comparable outcomes with HLA-identical sibling transplantation.

    Dao Pei Lu;Lujia Dong;Lujia Dong;Tong Wu;Tong Wu;Xiao Jun Huang;Xiao Jun Huang

  • 2016 Comprehensive Update of the Banff Working Group on Liver Allograft Pathology: Introduction of Antibody-Mediated Rejection.

    A J Demetris;C Bellamy;S G Hübscher;J O'Leary

  • Tolerogenic immunosuppression for organ transplantation.

    Thomas E Starzl;Noriko Murase;Kareem Abu-Elmagd;Edward A Gray

  • Histone H3 trimethylation at lysine 36 guides m 6 A RNA modification co-transcriptionally

    Huilin Huang;Huilin Huang;Hengyou Weng;Hengyou Weng;Keren Zhou;Tong Wu

  • Five hundred intestinal and multivisceral transplantations at a single center: major advances with new challenges.

    Kareem M. Abu-Elmagd;Guilherme Costa;Geoffrey J. Bond;Kyle Soltys

  • Clinical Intestinal Transplantation: A Decade of Experience at a Single Center

    Kareem Abu-Elmagd;Jorge Reyes;Geoffrey Bond;George Mazariegos

  • Replacement of Oct4 by Tet1 during iPSC Induction Reveals an Important Role of DNA Methylation and Hydroxymethylation in Reprogramming

    Yawei Gao;Jiayu Chen;Ke Li;Tong Wu

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell growth through Akt activation: Evidence for Akt inhibition in celecoxib-induced apoptosis☆

    Jing Leng;Jing Leng;Chang Han;A. Jake Demetris;George K. Michalopoulos

  • HIF-1α is critical for hypoxia-mediated maintenance of glioblastoma stem cells by activating Notch signaling pathway

    Qiang L;Wu T;Zhang Hw;Lu N

  • Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil by asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry

    Jinwei Xu;Chong Liu;Po-Chun Hsu;Jie Zhao

  • Dense Chromatin Activates Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 to Regulate H3 Lysine 27 Methylation

    Wen Yuan;Tong Wu;Hang Fu;Chao Dai

  • Economic growth, urbanization, globalization, and the risks of emerging infectious diseases in China: A review

    Tong Wu;Charles Perrings;Ann Kinzig;James P. Collins

  • Near infrared-assisted Fenton reaction for tumor-specific and mitochondrial DNA-targeted photochemotherapy.

    Ping Hu;Tong Wu;Wenpei Fan;Lei Chen

  • Engineering pulmonary vasculature in decellularized rat and human lungs.

    Xi Ren;Philipp T Moser;Sarah E Gilpin;Tatsuya Okamoto

  • A schema for histologic grading of small intestine allograft acute rejection.

    Tong Wu;Kareem Abu-Elmagd;Geoffy Bond;Michael A. Nalesnik

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiumei Mo
Xiumei Mo Donghua University
Younan Xia
Younan Xia Johns Hopkins University
Anthony J. Demetris
Anthony J. Demetris University of Pittsburgh
Kareem Abu-Elmagd
Kareem Abu-Elmagd Cleveland Clinic
James H. Shelhamer
James H. Shelhamer National Institutes of Health
George V. Mazariegos
George V. Mazariegos Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Lizong Dai
Lizong Dai Xiamen University
Noriko Murase
Noriko Murase University of Pittsburgh
Salem S. Al-Deyab
Salem S. Al-Deyab King Saud University
John J. Fung
John J. Fung University of Chicago

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