Jun Zhu

Jun Zhu


Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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23 May 2025 in Environmental Pollution
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Journal Article
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YCYanmin Cheng
Yanmin Cheng
YLYue Li
Yue Li
YZYulu Zhang
Yulu Zhang
HLHui Liu
Hui Liu
BYBei Yang
Bei Yang
HKHaibin Kuang
Haibin Kuang

29 January 2023 in Food and Chemical Toxicology
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Journal Article
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MLMengling Liu
Mengling Liu
SLSiying Lu
Siying Lu
CYChuanzhen Yang
Chuanzhen Yang
DZDalei Zhang
Dalei Zhang
JZJun Zhu
Jun Zhu
HKHaibin Kuang
Haibin Kuang

24 April 2026 in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Journal Article
Open access
MLMengling Liu
Mengling Liu
CYChuanzhen Yang
Chuanzhen Yang
JZJun Zhu
Jun Zhu
YLYue Li
Yue Li
YZYulu Zhang
Yulu Zhang
HKHaibin Kuang
Haibin Kuang
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) are the most widely used herbicides worldwide. Epidemiological studies have suggested that maternal exposure to GBH is associated with reduced fertility and shortened gestational length. However, the impact of GBH on uterine decidualization, a process essential for embryo implantation and pregnancy maintenance, remains poorly characterized. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects and mechanisms of action of GBH on uterine decidualization. Mice were orally exposed to 0, 5, or 50 mg·kg-1·day-1 GBH from normal pregnancy and pseudopregnancy days 0.5-7.5. The results showed that GBH exposure significantly reduced embryo implantation and uterine weight, concurrently impairing the decidualization process. Further studies indicated that GBH suppressed uterine autophagy, downregulated adhesion-related genes, diminished uterine natural killer (uNK) cell residence, and compromised decidual angiogenesis. Notably, the autophagy inducer rapamycin ameliorated the reduction in embryo implantation and uterine weight, accompanied by the upregulation of autophagy proteins, adhesion-related genes, and uNK cell residence in the uteri. In conclusion, our data suggest that maternal exposure to GBH impairs uterine decidualization via the disruption of autophagy-adhesion molecules-uNK cell residence in mice.