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Nuclear Receptors and Signaling

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Guiqi Zhu
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
2
Archita Das
Augusta University
3
Yulan Ma
Wuhan University
4
Sudha R. Guttikonda
Cornell University
5
Huating Hu
Macau University of Science and Technology
6
Liu-zheng Wu
Xiamen University
7
Adam W. Turner
University of Virginia
8
Nicole Koutsodendris
Gladstone Institutes
9
Qixiong Qin
Guangxi Medical University
10
Maria E. Diaz‐Ortiz
University of Pennsylvania

Papers

1
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [85 citations, W4399323824]
Nature Communications|2024
85 cit.
2
Publication in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (2024) [15 citations, W4394904071]
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy|2024
15 cit.
3
Publication in Journal of Advanced Research (2025) [2 citations, W4414107036]
Journal of Advanced Research|2025
2 cit.
4
Abstract 4143778: ROS-dependent SUMOylation of Copper Chaperone Atox1 Orchestrates Endothelial Inflammatory and Angiogenic Signaling, Promoting Neovascularization Following Ischemic Injury
Circulation|2024
0 cit.
5
Abstract 4371326: Novel Role of Copper Transporter CTR1 in VEGF-C-induced VEGFR3 Signaling and Lymphangiogenesis
Circulation|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Nicole G. Coufal
University of California San Diego
2
Dylan Skola
Illumina (United States)
3
Kjersti Ramstad
Oslo University Hospital
4
Hang‐zi Chen
Xiamen University
5
Sixun Yu
Southwest Jiaotong University
6
Huiying Liu
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
7
Iryna Prots
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
8
Víctor Montal
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
9
Shunrong Ji
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University
10
A. Sloan Devlin
Harvard University

Papers

1
Human gut bacteria produce ΤΗ17-modulating bile acid metabolites
Nature|2022
552 cit.
2
APOE4 homozygosity represents a distinct genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease
Nature Medicine|2024
331 cit.
3
A biosynthetic pathway for the selective sulfonation of steroidal metabolites by human gut bacteria
Nature Microbiology|2022
88 cit.
4
Gut bacteria convert glucocorticoids into progestins in the presence of hydrogen gas
Cell|2024
88 cit.
5
Human microglia maturation is underpinned by specific gene regulatory networks
Immunity|2023
62 cit.
6
Network Tau spreading is vulnerable to the expression gradients of <i>APOE</i> and glutamatergic-related genes
Science Translational Medicine|2022
51 cit.
7
Inhibition of microbial deconjugation of micellar bile acids protects against intestinal permeability and liver injury
Science Advances|2022
45 cit.
8
Cost Efficacy of Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Frontiers in Pediatrics|2022
45 cit.
9
Insights into melatonin-induced photosynthetic electron transport under low-temperature stress in cucumber
Frontiers in Plant Science|2022
24 cit.
10
Establishment and characterization of the third non-functional human pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor cell line
Human Cell|2022
23 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Ronald M. Evans
University of California San Diego
2
Jeffery M. Vance
University of Miami
3
Michael E. Greenberg
Harvard University
4
Matthew J. Farrer
University of Florida
5
Jan-Ακε Gustafsson
University of Houston
6
Frank M. LaFerla
University of California, Irvine
7
Jeffrey Milbrandt
James S. McDonnell Foundation
8
J. Timothy Greenamyre
University of Pittsburgh
9
Dennis J. Selkoe
Brigham and Women's Hospital
10
Robert Vassar
Northwestern University

Papers

1
Gene Dose of Apolipoprotein E Type 4 Allele and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in Late Onset Families
Science|1993
9.5k cit.
2
Akt Promotes Cell Survival by Phosphorylating and Inhibiting a Forkhead Transcription Factor
Cell|1999
6.6k cit.
3
Akt Phosphorylation of BAD Couples Survival Signals to the Cell-Intrinsic Death Machinery
Cell|1997
5.7k cit.
4
Opposing Effects of ERK and JNK-p38 MAP Kinases on Apoptosis
Science|1995
5.3k cit.
5
Cloning of a novel receptor expressed in rat prostate and ovary.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1996
4.8k cit.
6
Comparison of the Ligand Binding Specificity and Transcript Tissue Distribution of Estrogen Receptors α and β
Endocrinology|1997
4.4k cit.
7
Naturally secreted oligomers of amyloid β protein potently inhibit hippocampal long-term potentiation in vivo
Nature|2002
4.3k cit.
8
Triple-Transgenic Model of Alzheimer's Disease with Plaques and Tangles
Neuron|2003
4.1k cit.
9
β-Secretase Cleavage of Alzheimer's Amyloid Precursor Protein by the Transmembrane Aspartic Protease BACE
Science|1999
3.8k cit.
10
Chronic systemic pesticide exposure reproduces features of Parkinson's disease
Nature Neuroscience|2000
3.7k cit.

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