Chao Tong

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Chao Tong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Tong has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Chao Tong's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (15 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (14 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (10 papers). Chao Tong is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (15 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (14 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (10 papers). Chao Tong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Chao Tong's co-authors include Jin Jiang, Jianhang Jia, Hugo J. Bellen, Hiroshi Tsuda, Yun Zhao, Bing Wang, Heng‐Yu Fan, Weina Shang, Liping Luo and Heide Schatten and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Chao Tong

57 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Serpina3k lactylation protects from cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury

2025 19 citations Le Wang, Fang Yao et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Chao Tong	2.4k	661	592	392	371	59	3.3k
Xiaowei Lu	3.3k 1.4×	881 1.3×	532 0.9×	401 1.0×	831 2.2×	76	4.9k
David A. Wassarman	3.0k 1.2×	472 0.7×	343 0.6×	170 0.4×	549 1.5×	68	3.9k
Deborah A. Swing	2.0k 0.8×	839 1.3×	665 1.1×	118 0.3×	338 0.9×	39	3.2k
Emerald Perlas	1.4k 0.6×	445 0.7×	345 0.6×	533 1.4×	401 1.1×	39	2.8k
Eric J. Lambie	2.2k 0.9×	621 0.9×	266 0.4×	412 1.1×	135 0.4×	52	3.5k
Patrick Page-McCaw	4.2k 1.7×	736 1.1×	980 1.7×	214 0.5×	422 1.1×	32	5.4k
Anna Castro	3.3k 1.4×	2.2k 3.4×	239 0.4×	348 0.9×	208 0.6×	68	4.7k
Stéphanie Le Gras	2.0k 0.8×	315 0.5×	437 0.7×	226 0.6×	152 0.4×	57	2.9k
N. Kudo	3.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.6×	351 0.6×	382 1.0×	203 0.5×	41	4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao Tong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Tong

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wu, Ting, Yaoyao Li, Zhirong Li, et al.. (2025). Ectopic protein lysine methacrylation contributes to defects caused by loss of HIBCH or ECHS1. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115379–115379.

Wang, Le, Fang Yao, Shanshan Feng, et al.. (2025). Serpina3k lactylation protects from cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1012–1012. 19 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Wei, Xufeng Wang, Xiaoqi Zhou, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial protein nmd regulates lipophagy and general autophagy during development. Autophagy. 21(12). 2690–2708.

Wang, Xiaoke, Jingjing Liu, Qing Su, et al.. (2024). Artemisia argyi polyphenols Attenuates DSS-induced colitis in mice by regulating the structural composition of gut microbiota. Phytomedicine. 132. 155897–155897. 14 indexed citations

Li, Zhirong, Yaoyao Li, Wei Wang, et al.. (2024). TRABD modulates mitochondrial homeostasis and tissue integrity. Cell Reports. 43(6). 114304–114304. 5 indexed citations

Duan, Xiuying, Lingna Xu, Lijun Jia, et al.. (2021). Regulation of lipid homeostasis by the TBC protein dTBC1D22 via modulation of the small GTPase Rab40 to facilitate lipophagy. Cell Reports. 36(9). 109541–109541. 15 indexed citations

Xu, Lingna, Xi Wang, Jia Zhou, et al.. (2020). Miga-mediated endoplasmic reticulum–mitochondria contact sites regulate neuronal homeostasis. eLife. 9. 37 indexed citations

Zhou, Jia, Lingna Xu, Xiuying Duan, et al.. (2019). Large-scale RNAi screen identified Dhpr as a regulator of mitochondrial morphology and tissue homeostasis. Science Advances. 5(9). eaax0365–eaax0365. 21 indexed citations

Zhang, Jue, Yinli Zhang, Long‐Wen Zhao, et al.. (2019). The CRL4-DCAF13 ubiquitin E3 ligase supports oocyte meiotic resumption by targeting PTEN degradation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(11). 2181–2197. 40 indexed citations

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Li, Shuangxi, Shuang Li, Yuhong Han, et al.. (2016). Regulation of Smoothened Phosphorylation and High-Level Hedgehog Signaling Activity by a Plasma Membrane Associated Kinase. PLoS Biology. 14(6). e1002481–e1002481. 42 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongping, Xiaoman Liu, Jian Bai, et al.. (2015). Mitoguardin Regulates Mitochondrial Fusion through MitoPLD and Is Required for Neuronal Homeostasis. Molecular Cell. 61(1). 111–124. 112 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongping, Weina Shang, Sonal Nagarkar-Jaiswal, et al.. (2015). A Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Regulates Lysosomal Fusion with Endosomes and Autophagosomes and Is Required for Neuronal Homeostasis. PLoS Biology. 13(3). e1002103–e1002103. 79 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jia, Wei Liu, Xiuying Duan, et al.. (2015). Dynamin Regulates Autophagy by Modulating Lysosomal Function. Journal of genetics and genomics. 43(2). 77–86. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongbin, Shuang Li, Chao Tong, et al.. (2010). G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 promotes high-level Hedgehog signaling by regulating the active state of Smo through kinase-dependent and kinase-independent mechanisms in Drosophila. Genes & Development. 24(18). 2054–2067. 81 indexed citations

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Tsuda, Hiroshi, Sung Min Han, Youfeng Yang, et al.. (2008). The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 8 Protein VAPB Is Cleaved, Secreted, and Acts as a Ligand for Eph Receptors. Cell. 133(6). 963–977. 176 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yun, Chao Tong, & Jin Jiang. (2007). Hedgehog regulates smoothened activity by inducing a conformational switch. Nature. 450(7167). 252–258. 220 indexed citations

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Jia, Jianhang, Lei Zhang, Qing Zhang, et al.. (2005). Phosphorylation by Double-Time/CKIε and CKIα Targets Cubitus Interruptus for Slimb/β-TRCP-Mediated Proteolytic Processing. Developmental Cell. 9(6). 819–830. 117 indexed citations

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Fan, Heng‐Yu, Chao Tong, Chun‐Bo Teng, et al.. (2003). Characterization of polo‐like kinase‐1 in rat oocytes and early embryos implies its functional roles in the regulation of meiotic maturation, fertilization, and cleavage. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 65(3). 318–329. 24 indexed citations

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Tong, Chao, et al.. (2002). PARTHENOGENETIC,CYCLOHEXIMIDE INDUCED ACTIVATION OF MOUSE EGGS IS CALCIUM-DEPENDENT AND CAN BE BLOCKED BY OKADAIC ACID. 48(6). 749–753. 2 indexed citations

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Tong, Chao, Heng‐Yu Fan, Lian Li, et al.. (2002). Polo-Like Kinase-1 Is a Pivotal Regulator of Microtubule Assembly During Mouse Oocyte Meiotic Maturation, Fertilization, and Early Embryonic Mitosis1. Biology of Reproduction. 67(2). 546–554. 84 indexed citations

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