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D-Index
56
Citations
12704
World Ranking
14320
National Ranking
430

Overview

Zhijun Luo is affiliated with Nanchang University in China. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these domains, Luo has concentrated on several subfields including molecular biology, oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, neurology, and surgery.

Over the course of their career, Luo has contributed to numerous topics in biomedical research. Key areas of focus include metabolism, diabetes, and cancer; TGF-β signaling in diseases; PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer; pancreatic function and diabetes; cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism; Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ; and microbial inactivation methods.

Luo's publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • Prevalence of comorbidity in Chinese patients with COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors (2021), published in BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Transcriptional suppression of AMPKα1 promotes breast cancer metastasis upon oncogene activation (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Discovery of Raf Family Is a Milestone in Deciphering the Ras-Mediated Intracellular Signaling Pathway (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The dichotomous role of TGF-β in controlling liver cancer cell survival and proliferation (2020), published in Journal of Genetics and Genomics
  • Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Exposure Alternative to Exercise Alleviates High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity and Fatty Liver (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

These publications reflect work across a variety of esteemed journals, with frequent appearances in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, SSRN Electronic Journal, BMC Infectious Diseases, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Luo collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including Xiaohua Yan, Ying Ying, Deqiang Huang, Zhimin Tang, and Feng Ouyang, each contributing to multiple joint research efforts.

Best Publications

  • AMPK phosphorylates and inhibits SREBP activity to attenuate hepatic steatosis and atherosclerosis in diet-induced insulin-resistant mice.

    Yu Li;Shanqin Xu;Maria M. Mihaylova;Bin Zheng

  • A dimeric 14-3-3 protein is an essential cofactor for Raf kinase activity

    Guri Tzivion;Zhijun Luo;Joseph Avruch

  • Ras activation of the Raf kinase: tyrosine kinase recruitment of the MAP kinase cascade.

    Avruch J;Khokhlatchev A;Kyriakis Jm;Luo Z

  • AMPK, the metabolic syndrome and cancer

    Zhijun Luo;Asish K. Saha;Xiaoqin Xiang;Neil B. Ruderman

  • Antidiabetic drug metformin (GlucophageR) increases biogenesis of Alzheimer's amyloid peptides via up-regulating BACE1 transcription

    Yaomin Chen;Kun Zhou;Ruishan Wang;Yun Liu

  • AMPK as a metabolic tumor suppressor: control of metabolism and cell growth.

    Zhijun Luo;Mengwei Zang;Wen Guo

  • AMPK activity is diminished in tissues of IL-6 knockout mice: the effect of exercise.

    Meghan Kelly;Charlotte Keller;Paco R. Avilucea;Pernille Keller

  • Hepatic overexpression of SIRT1 in mice attenuates endoplasmic reticulum stress and insulin resistance in the liver

    Yu Li;Shanqin Xu;Amber Giles;Kazuto Nakamura

  • Oligomerization activates c-Raf-1 through a Ras-dependent mechanism.

    Zhijun Luo;Guri Tzivion;Peter J. Belshaw;Demetrios Vavvas

  • AMP-activated protein kinase activators can inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells by multiple mechanisms.

    Xiaoqin Xiang;Asish K. Saha;Rong Wen;Neil B. Ruderman

  • Palmitate modulates intracellular signaling, induces endoplasmic reticulum stress, and causes apoptosis in mouse 3T3-L1 and rat primary preadipocytes.

    Wen Guo;Siu Wong;Weisheng Xie;Tianluo Lei

  • Regulation of AChR clustering by Dishevelled interacting with MuSK and PAK1

    Zhen G Luo;Qiang Wang;Qiang Wang;Jian Z Zhou;Jianbo Wang

  • Interleukin-6 Regulation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase: Potential Role in the Systemic Response to Exercise and Prevention of the Metabolic Syndrome

    Neil B. Ruderman;Charlotte Keller;Ann-Marie Richard;Asish K. Saha

  • Actin-biding Protein-280 Binds the Stress-activated Protein Kinase (SAPK) Activator SEK-1 and Is Required for Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Activation of SAPK in Melanoma Cells

    Amelia Marti;Zhijun Luo;Casey Cunningham;Yasutaka Ohta

  • SIRT1 controls lipolysis in adipocytes via FOXO1-mediated expression of ATGL

    Partha Chakrabarti;Taylor English;Shakun Karki;Li Qiang

  • Calyculin A-induced Vimentin Phosphorylation Sequesters 14-3-3 and Displaces Other 14-3-3 Partners in Vivo *

    Guri Tzivion;Zhi-Jun Luo;Joseph Avruch

  • Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance: Possible mechanisms

    Eva Tomás;Yen Shou Lin;Zeina Dagher;Asish Saha

  • An intact Raf zinc finger is required for optimal binding to processed Ras and for ras-dependent Raf activation in situ.

    Z Luo;B Diaz;M S Marshall;J Avruch

  • Erbin suppresses the MAP kinase pathway

    Yang Z. Huang;Mengwei Zang;Wen C. Xiong;Zhijun Luo

  • Interaction between active Pak1 and Raf-1 is necessary for phosphorylation and activation of Raf-1.

    Mengwei Zang;Cynthia Hayne;Zhijun Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Avruch
Joseph Avruch Harvard University
Neil B. Ruderman
Neil B. Ruderman Boston University
Asish K. Saha
Asish K. Saha Boston University
John M. Kyriakis
John M. Kyriakis Tufts University
Joseph T. Neary
Joseph T. Neary University of Miami
Lin Mei
Lin Mei Case Western Reserve University
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
Huaxi Xu
Huaxi Xu Xiamen University
Bente Klarlund Pedersen
Bente Klarlund Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Juan Li
Juan Li Sichuan University

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