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Fibroblast Growth Factor Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Leigang Jin
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2
Sonakshi Bhattacharjee
AiCuris (Germany)
3
Chenhe Yi
Huashan Hospital
4
Jesse P. Rose
University of Iowa
5
Zhiheng Rao
Wenzhou Medical University
6
Cegui Hu
Nanchang University
7
Khristian E. Bauer-Rowe
Stanford Medicine
8
Ginevra Doglioni
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology
9
Claudia Capdevila
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
10
Haihan Gao
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Papers

1
Tumor-secreted FGF21 acts as an immune suppressor by rewiring cholesterol metabolism of CD8+T cells
Cell Metabolism|2024
90 cit.
2
Time-resolved fate mapping identifies the intestinal upper crypt zone as an origin of Lgr5+ crypt base columnar cells
Cell|2024
82 cit.
3
Exerkines and cardiometabolic benefits of exercise: from bench to clinic
EMBO Molecular Medicine|2024
50 cit.
4
Publication in Science Advances (2025) [36 citations, W4409784295]
Science Advances|2025
36 cit.
5
Publication in Nanomaterials (2025) [7 citations, W4407903657]
Nanomaterials|2025
7 cit.
6
A two-strata energy flux system driven by a stress hormone prioritizes cardiac energetics
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy|2025
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Danila Seidel
University Hospital Cologne
2
Changtao Jiang
Peking University
3
Charlotte L. Scott
Ghent University
4
Lipika Goyal
Stanford Medicine
5
Rose Christian
Bristol-Myers Squibb (United States)
6
Huating Li
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
7
Zhifei Lin
Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (China)
8
Matthew J. Niederst
Boston Biomedical Research Institute
9
Takahiro Ohyama
University of Southern California
10
Maren Leifheit‐Nestler
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Papers

1
Spatial proteogenomics reveals distinct and evolutionarily conserved hepatic macrophage niches
Cell|2022
936 cit.
2
Futibatinib for <i>FGFR2</i> -Rearranged Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
New England Journal of Medicine|2023
541 cit.
3
Gut symbionts alleviate MASH through a secondary bile acid biosynthetic pathway
Cell|2024
275 cit.
4
Gut bacteria alleviate smoking-related NASH by degrading gut nicotine
Nature|2022
211 cit.
5
Resistant starch intake facilitates weight loss in humans by reshaping the gut microbiota
Nature Metabolism|2024
205 cit.
6
Microbial-host-isozyme analyses reveal microbial DPP4 as a potential antidiabetic target
Science|2023
166 cit.
7
Spatially restricted and ontogenically distinct hepatic macrophages are required for tissue repair
Immunity|2025
69 cit.
8
Pemigatinib in previously treated solid tumors with activating FGFR1–FGFR3 alterations: phase 2 FIGHT-207 basket trial
Nature Medicine|2024
66 cit.
9
Updated results of the FOENIX-CCA2 trial: Efficacy and safety of futibatinib in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) harboring <i>FGFR2</i> fusions/rearrangements.
Journal of Clinical Oncology|2022
54 cit.
10
A microbial amino-acid-conjugated bile acid, tryptophan-cholic acid, improves glucose homeostasis via the orphan receptor MRGPRE
Cell|2025
46 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
David M. Ornitz
Washington University in St. Louis
2
Joseph Schlessinger
Yale University
3
Steven A. Kliewer
Southwestern Medical Center
4
Moosa Mohammadi
NYU Langone Health
5
Peter J. Ratcliffe
University of Oxford
6
Eleftheria Maratos–Flier
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
7
William G. Kaelin
Broad Institute
8
David J. Mangelsdorf
Southwestern Medical Center
9
Mitchell Goldfarb
The Graduate Center, CUNY
10
Xiaokun Li
Peking University Shenzhen Hospital

Papers

1
Targeting of HIF-α to the von Hippel-Lindau Ubiquitylation Complex by O <sub>2</sub> -Regulated Prolyl Hydroxylation
Science|2001
5.5k cit.
2
The tumour suppressor protein VHL targets hypoxia-inducible factors for oxygen-dependent proteolysis
Nature|1999
5.2k cit.
3
HIFα Targeted for VHL-Mediated Destruction by Proline Hydroxylation: Implications for O <sub>2</sub> Sensing
Science|2001
4.7k cit.
4
An Antidiabetic Thiazolidinedione Is a High Affinity Ligand for Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ (PPARγ)
Journal of Biological Chemistry|1995
3.6k cit.
5
C. elegans EGL-9 and Mammalian Homologs Define a Family of Dioxygenases that Regulate HIF by Prolyl Hydroxylation
Cell|2001
3.3k cit.
6
Cell surface, heparin-like molecules are required for binding of basic fibroblast growth factor to its high affinity receptor
Cell|1991
2.4k cit.
7
Fatty acids and eicosanoids regulate gene expression through direct interactions with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors α and γ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1997
2.2k cit.
8
A prostaglandin J2 metabolite binds peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ and promotes adipocyte differentiation
Cell|1995
2k cit.
9
A Regulatory Cascade of the Nuclear Receptors FXR, SHP-1, and LRH-1 Represses Bile Acid Biosynthesis
Molecular Cell|2000
1.9k cit.
10
Receptor Specificity of the Fibroblast Growth Factor Family
Journal of Biological Chemistry|1996
1.9k cit.

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