1. Jing-Fu Bao, Pan-Pan Hu, Qin-Ying She, Aiqing Li*. A Land of Controversy: Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 in Uremic Cardiac Hypertrophy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2020, July; 31(7), 1423-1434. (JCR Q1, IF=10.6)
2. Jing-Fu Bao, Qin-Ying She, Pan-Pan Hu, Nan Jia, Aiqing Li*. Irisin, a fascinating field in our times. Trends Endocrin Met. 2022, Sep, 33(9), 601-613. (JCR Q 1,，IF=12.6)
3. Pan-Pan Hu, Jing-Fu Bao, Aiqing Li*, Roles for Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 and α-Klotho in Acute Kidney Injury. Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental, 2021 Mar; 116,154435.(JCR Q1, IF=11.9)
4. Qin-Ying She, Jing-Fu Bao, Huiwen Zhong, Chenxi Zhang, Peiliang Yang, Nan Jia, Huixin Liang, Wentao Huang, Jing Wu, Yiwen Zhong, Hanxin Ling, Aiqing Li*, Shulan Qin. Fibroblast growth factor 21: A hope diamond for metabolic disease, Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental, 2022, 130, 155166. (JCR Q1, IF=11.9)
5. Wei Cao#, Aiqing Li#, Liangliang Wang, Zhanmei Zhou, Zhengxiu Su, Wei Bin, Christopher S. Wilcox, Fan Fan Hou. A salt-induced reno-cerebral reflex activates RAS and promotes CKD progression. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2015, 26,1619-1633. (Co-first author, Recommended by F1000, JCR Q1, IF=10.6)
6. Wanzhen Chen, Ziqi Lian, Rongkai Ye, Jiaju Mo, Yun Chen, Ying Ma, Jianqiang Hu, Aiqing Li*. Nanoconfined Metal-Organic Frameworks Encapsulating Platinum(II) Complexes with Self-Catalytic Aggregation-Induced Electroluminescence for Ultrasensitive miRNA-21 Biosensing. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 2026，291，118019. (JCR Q1, IF=10.5)
7. Xinran Geng, Mengbi Zhang, Xuandi Lai, Lishan Tan, Jianyu Liu, Meng Yu, Xiulong Deng, Jianqiang Hu, Aiqing Li*. Small-sized cationic miRi-PCNPs selectively target the kidney for high-efficiency anti-fibrosis treatment. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2018, 7, 201800558. (JCR Q 1, IF= 10.8)
8. Xuandi Lai, Lishan Tan, Xiulong Deng, Jinbin Liu, Aiqing Li*, Jianyu Liu, Jianqiang Hu Coordinatively self-assembled luminescent gold nanoparticles: fluorescence turn-on system for high-efficiency passive tumor imaging. ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2017, 9, 5118–5127. (JCR Q1, IF=10.383)
9. Huizhen Wang Yifan Wang, Xin Wang, Huimi Huang, Jingfu Bao, Wenhui Zhong, Aiqing Li*.PTEN alleviates maladaptive repair of renal tubular epithelial cells via by restoring CHMP2A-mediated phagosome closure. Cell Death & Disease 2021, 12, 1087. (JCR Q1, IF=9.6)
10. Ziqi Lian, Zhoumei Lin, Yu Wang, Li Tan, Wenjing Gao, Yuchan Liu, Huizhen Ma, Junqiang Luo, Chenyao Chen, Wanzhen Chen, Rongkai Ye, Ying Ma,, Junwen Hou, Jianqiang Hu*, Aiqing Li*. Tetraphenylethene-based covalent organic polymers with tunable Electrochemiluminescence for ultrasensitive detection of tetracycline. Food Chemistry 2025 Mar, 481,144042. (JCR Q1,，IF=9.80 )
11. Ziqi Lian, Changmao Li, Yu Wang, Li Tan, Meng Yu, Ling Xiao, Linli He, Wenjing Gao, Yuchan Liu, Ying Ma*, Jianqiang Hu*, Xiang Luo, Aiqing Li*. Tetraphenylethene-Based Covalent Organic Polymers with Aggregation-Induced Electrochemiluminescence for Highly Sensitive Bacterial Biosensors. Analytical Chemistry 2024, November 12, 96, 47, 18690–18698. (JCR Q1,，IF=6.7 )
12. Meng Yu, Rongkai Ye, Tao Zeng, Li Tan, Ziyu Zhao, Wenjing Gao, Xin Chen, Ziqi Lian, Ying Ma, Aiqing Li*, Jianqiang Hu. Constructing an Ultra-Rapid Nanoconfinement-Enhanced Fluorescence Clinical Detection Platform by Using Machine Learning and Tunable DNA Xerogels “Probe”. Analytical Chemistry 2023, 95,42, 15690–15699. (JCR Q1，IF=6.7)
13. Wanzhen Chen, Wenyi Zhang, Ziqi Lian, Ying Ma, Jiaju Mo, Jianqiang Hu, Shulin Huang, Aiqing Li*.Ultrasensitive Electrochemiluminescence Biosensor Based on G-quadruple Structure Targeted with Platinum(II) Complexes for Early Biomarker Detection of Disease. Advanced Optical Materials, 2025, (JCR Q1, IF=8.0)
14. Jiawen Li, Min Liang, Tao Zeng, Minzi Qiu, Mengbi Zhang, Shaoling Jiang, Lishan Tan, Aiqing Li*. Silencing of central (Pro)renin receptor ameliorates salt-induced renal injury in CKD. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 2021, July 10; 35(2), 93-112. (JCR Q1, IF=6.8)
15. Qianqing Wu, Zhenhui Li, Qianwei Liang, Rongkai Ye, Shuzhou Guo, Xiaobing Zeng, Jianqiang Hu, Aiqing Li* Ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensor for microRNA-377 detection based on MXene-Au nanocomposite and G-quadruplex nano-amplification strategy. Electrochim Acta, 2022, 428,140945. (JCR Q1, IF= 7.336)
16. Li Tan, Wenyi Zhang, Ziqi Lian, Yu Wang, Wenjing Gao, Tao Zeng, Yun Chen, Meng Yu, Benlin Hong, Rongkai Ye, Ying Ma, Yuchan Liu, Jianqiang Hu, Jiaju Mo, Aiqing Li* Ultrasensitive electrochemiluminescence biosensor constructed by luminol-diazonium ion functionalized Au/MXene nanocomposites for early stage detection of disease in human. Electrochim Acta, 2024, (Nov, 20), 505,144961. (JCR Q1, IF= 7.336)
17. Xin Wang, Bingqing Deng, Meng Yu, Tao Zeng, Yuyu Chen, Jianqiang Hu, Qianqing Wu and Aiqing Li* Constructing Passive Targeting and Long Retention Therapeutic Nanoplatform Based on Water-Soluble, Non-Toxicity and Highly Stable Core-Shell Poly(Amino Acid) Nanocomplexes. Biomaterials Science, 2021, Oct 26; 9, 7065-7075. (JCR Q1, IF=7.5896)
18. Xiulong Deng, Tao Zeng, Jiawen Li, Caili Huang, Meng Yu, Xin Wang, Lishan Tan, Mengbi Zhang, Aiqing Li*, Jianqiang Hu. Kidney-targeted triptolide-encapsulated mesoscale nanoparticles for high-efficiency treatment of kidney injury. Biomaterials Science, 2019, 7, 5312–5323. (JCR Q1, IF=7.5896)
19. Lishan Tan, Xuandi Lai, Mengbi Zhang, Youhua Liu, Xiulong Deng, Minzi Qiu, Jiawen Li, Guang Zhou, Meng Yu, Xinran Geng, Jianqiang Hu, and Aiqing Li*. A stimuli-responsive drug release nanoplatform for kidney-specific anti-fibrosis treatment. Biomaterials Science, 2019, 7, 1554-1564. (JCR Q1, IF=7.5896)
20. Jing-Fu Bao, Jiaxi Yang, Bao-Cheng Guo, Jia-Ju Mo, Qin-Ying She, Aiqing Li*. Trends in all-cause mortality attributable to particulate matter 2.5 pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa: An age-period-cohort analysis. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2025 (JCR Q1, IF= 6.20）