Cai‐Guang Yang

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
115 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Cai‐Guang Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Cai‐Guang Yang has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Organic Chemistry and 16 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Cai‐Guang Yang's work include RNA modifications and cancer (28 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (13 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (12 papers). Cai‐Guang Yang is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (28 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (13 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (12 papers). Cai‐Guang Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Cai‐Guang Yang's co-authors include Chuan He, Chuan He, Biao Jiang, Yue Huang, Junliang Zhang, Chengqi Yi, Guifang Jia, Jianhua Gan, Xing Jian and Zhike Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Cai‐Guang Yang

110 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

m6A RNA Methylation Regulates the Self-Renewal and Tumorigenesis of Glioblastoma Stem Cells

2017 967 citations Yue Huang, Cai‐Guang Yang et al. profile →
Meclofenamic acid selectively inhibits FTO demethylation of m6A over ALKBH5

2014 555 citations Yue Huang, Hu Zhou et al. profile →
Tumors exploit FTO-mediated regulation of glycolytic metabolism to evade immune surveillance

2021 252 citations Hongjiao Xu, Ze Dong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cai‐Guang Yang China	40	4.3k	1.7k	1.6k	615	368	115	6.4k
Nicole S. Sampson United States	40	3.0k 0.7×	961 0.6×	431 0.3×	70 0.1×	426 1.2×	127	4.4k
Maosheng Cheng China	36	2.7k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	315 0.2×	236 0.4×	674 1.8×	387	5.7k
Jingxin Wang United States	32	1.8k 0.4×	593 0.4×	437 0.3×	213 0.3×	329 0.9×	85	3.1k
Chloé Zubieta France	35	3.4k 0.8×	239 0.1×	357 0.2×	761 1.2×	234 0.6×	85	5.7k
Thomas E. Nielsen Denmark	33	3.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	164 0.1×	168 0.3×	425 1.2×	112	5.2k
Yukio Kitade Japan	32	2.5k 0.6×	938 0.6×	805 0.5×	59 0.1×	273 0.7×	245	4.1k
Yongcheng Song United States	42	2.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	250 0.2×	134 0.2×	697 1.9×	106	4.9k
Scott G. Stewart Australia	31	1.6k 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	336 0.2×	162 0.3×	296 0.8×	88	3.5k
Norton P. Peet United States	37	1.5k 0.4×	2.1k 1.3×	126 0.1×	144 0.2×	318 0.9×	190	4.2k
J.P. Turkenburg United Kingdom	43	5.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.6×	68 0.0×	241 0.4×	200 0.5×	121	7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Cai‐Guang Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cai‐Guang Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Zhengxuan, Ziqi Yuan, Qiuyu Zhu, et al.. (2025). Modular Synthesis of the Potent Antibiotic Amycolamicin and Diastereomeric Analogues Thereof. Organic Letters. 27(14). 3631–3636.

Yang, Teng, Ze Dong, Yiqing Wang, et al.. (2025). Development of Orally Bioavailable FTO Inhibitors with Potent Antileukemia Efficacy. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(13). 13714–13727. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yali, et al.. (2024). A covalent compound selectively inhibits RNA demethylase ALKBH5 rather than FTO. RSC Chemical Biology. 5(4). 335–343. 24 indexed citations

Wang, Pengyu, Yanling Zhao, Min Zhang, et al.. (2024). Structure-guided development of selective caseinolytic protease P agonists as antistaphylococcal agents. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(12). 101837–101837. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Min, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and antibacterial activities of heterocyclic ring-fused 20(S)-protopanaxadiol derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 112. 117901–117901. 3 indexed citations

Cheng, Yu‐Ting, Ziqi Yuan, Haotian Li, et al.. (2024). Expeditious Synthesis of Gwanakoside A and the Chloronaphthol Glycoside Congeners. Organic Letters. 26(12). 2425–2429. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Chao Guo, Qian Zhang, Pan Xiao, et al.. (2024). Structure‐Activity Relationships of 2‐(Arylthio)benzoic Acid FTO Inhibitors. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 64(3-4). 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Heping, Xiaomin Song, Ming Li, et al.. (2023). Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel spirocyclic compounds as potential anti-glioblastoma agents. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 258. 115595–115595. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Yue, et al.. (2023). Chemical Inhibitors Targeting the Oncogenic m⁶A Modifying Proteins. Accounts of Chemical Research. 56(21). 3010–3022. 46 indexed citations

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Xiao, Pan, Liang Chen, Lu Liu, et al.. (2023). Rational Design of RNA Demethylase FTO Inhibitors with Enhanced Antileukemia Drug-Like Properties. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(14). 9731–9752. 33 indexed citations

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Xiao, Pan, Tao Zhang, Hongjiao Xu, et al.. (2022). Structure–Activity Relationships and Antileukemia Effects of the Tricyclic Benzoic Acid FTO Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(15). 10638–10654. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Pengyu, Min Zhang, Quanjiang Ji, et al.. (2022). Anti-infective therapy using species-specific activators of Staphylococcus aureus ClpP. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6909–6909. 29 indexed citations

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Zhou, Linlin, Hongjiao Xu, Yue Huang, & Cai‐Guang Yang. (2021). Targeting the RNA demethylase FTO for cancer therapy. RSC Chemical Biology. 2(5). 1352–1369. 41 indexed citations

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Zhou, Linlin, et al.. (2020). RNA Methylation m⁶A: A New Code and Drug Target?. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 38(4). 420–421. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Biao, Yongliang Zhao, Peiyi Wang, et al.. (2019). Sulfone-Based Probes Unraveled Dihydrolipoamide S-Succinyltransferase as an Unprecedented Target in Phytopathogens. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 67(25). 6962–6969. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhang, Liqian Chen, Yuli Zhao, et al.. (2019). Single-base mapping of m ⁶ A by an antibody-independent method. Science Advances. 5(7). eaax0250–eaax0250. 291 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenming, Yang Yao, Teng Yang, et al.. (2018). The synthesis and antistaphylococcal activity of N-sulfonaminoethyloxime derivatives of dehydroabietic acid. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 28(10). 1943–1948. 16 indexed citations

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Ye, Fei, et al.. (2016). The development of small-molecule modulators for ClpP protease activity. Molecular BioSystems. 13(1). 23–31. 45 indexed citations

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Chen, Hao, Chengqi Yi, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2010). Structural insight into the oxidation‐sensing mechanism of the antibiotic resistance of regulator MexR. EMBO Reports. 11(9). 685–690. 43 indexed citations

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Chen, Baoen, Hongchuan Liu, Xiaoxu Sun, & Cai‐Guang Yang. (2010). Mechanistic insight into the recognition of single-stranded and double-stranded DNA substrates by ABH2 and ABH3. Molecular BioSystems. 6(11). 2143–2149. 44 indexed citations

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