Chen Cheng

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Chen Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Cheng has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Chen Cheng's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (6 papers). Chen Cheng is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (6 papers). Chen Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Chen Cheng's co-authors include Jean‐Marc Odobez, Guitang Chen, Dechun Huang, Liyan Zhao, Haoyi Wang, Chuan‐Xi Zhang, Xingying Zhang, Yueting Zhuang, Peng-Lu Pan and Yi-Han Lou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Chen Cheng

44 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Nicorandil-Pretreated Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Facilitate Cardiac Repair After Myocardial Infarction via Promoting Macrophage M2 Polarization by Targeting miR-125a-5p/TRAF6/IRF5 Signaling Pathway

2024 34 citations Zhaoting Gong, Yuyan Xiong et al. International Journal of Nanomedicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chen Cheng China	18	522	158	144	141	126	47	1.1k
Tam Nguyen United States	18	888 1.7×	166 1.1×	43 0.3×	195 1.4×	120 1.0×	49	1.8k
Adnan Hussein Ali Iraq	23	1.1k 2.1×	45 0.3×	72 0.5×	55 0.4×	77 0.6×	84	1.9k
Keisuke Nonaka Japan	18	421 0.8×	207 1.3×	112 0.8×	368 2.6×	230 1.8×	89	1.2k
Feng Cui China	22	675 1.3×	139 0.9×	30 0.2×	265 1.9×	91 0.7×	80	1.4k
Qinggang Meng China	24	746 1.4×	39 0.2×	39 0.3×	70 0.5×	221 1.8×	102	1.6k
Yuqian Wu China	18	731 1.4×	262 1.7×	34 0.2×	290 2.1×	184 1.5×	57	1.2k
Xue Jiang China	18	513 1.0×	22 0.1×	188 1.3×	83 0.6×	78 0.6×	55	1.1k
Philippe Tarroux France	16	462 0.9×	66 0.4×	130 0.9×	89 0.6×	79 0.6×	38	957
Yu Geng China	22	715 1.4×	34 0.2×	54 0.4×	90 0.6×	40 0.3×	119	1.6k
Jun‐ichi Imai Japan	18	250 0.5×	281 1.8×	217 1.5×	16 0.1×	79 0.6×	78	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Chen Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chen Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chen Cheng based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chen, Wenjie, Xinyu Chen, Chen Cheng, et al.. (2025). OCT4 translationally promotes AKT signaling as an RNA-binding protein in stressed pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 16(1). 84–84. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Chen, Xinyu Chen, Xiaobing Zhang, et al.. (2025). ATR regulates OCT4 phosphorylation and safeguards human naïve pluripotency. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 15274–15274.

Chen, Haisi, et al.. (2025). Heart rate variability and heart rate asymmetry in adolescents with major depressive disorder during nocturnal sleep period. BMC Psychiatry. 25(1). 497–497.

Zhang, Meng, Chen Li, Yi Xu, et al.. (2025). DEAD-box protein 21 promotes renal fibrosis via p21-dependent cell cycle arrest in proximal tubular epithelial cells. Cellular Signalling. 128. 111654–111654. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Chen, et al.. (2024). Multiplexed bulk and single-cell RNA-seq hybrid enables cost-efficient disease modeling with chimeric organoids. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3946–3946. 2 indexed citations

Gong, Zhaoting, Yuyan Xiong, Yu Ning, et al.. (2024). Nicorandil-Pretreated Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Facilitate Cardiac Repair After Myocardial Infarction via Promoting Macrophage M2 Polarization by Targeting miR-125a-5p/TRAF6/IRF5 Signaling Pathway. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 19. 2005–2024. 34 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Xudong, Siyu Su, Yuqing Zhu, et al.. (2023). Metabolic Reprogramming via ACOD1 depletion enhances function of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived CAR-macrophages in solid tumors. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5778–5778. 81 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaobing, et al.. (2023). Identification of VPS34-PI(3)P-FEN1-mediated DNA repair pathway as a potential drug target to overcome chemoresistance. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 674. 27–35. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Meng, Yang Zhang, Mingyue Wang, et al.. (2023). Haemonchus contortus HcL6 promoted the Th9 immune response in goat PBMCs by activating the STAT6/PU.1/NF-κB pathway. Veterinary Research. 54(1). 80–80. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Yunlong, Yijun Zhou, Wei Dai, et al.. (2023). Integration of human organoids single‐cell transcriptomic profiles and human genetics repurposes critical cell type‐specific drug targets for severe COVID ‐19. Cell Proliferation. 57(3). e13558–e13558. 12 indexed citations

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Cheng, Chen, et al.. (2022). The effect of decision strategy on self-control choice. Current Psychology. 42(34). 30472–30484. 3 indexed citations

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Cheng, Chen, et al.. (2022). Experiencing Buddhist practices promotes nonbelievers’ preference for future rewards in intertemporal choices. European Journal of Social Psychology. 53(1). 230–244. 2 indexed citations

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Gong, Lingli, Ying Yin, Chen Cheng, et al.. (2022). Characterization of EGFR-reprogrammable temozolomide-resistant cells in a model of glioblastoma. Cell Death Discovery. 8(1). 438–438. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenjie, Xinyu Chen, Xiao‐Bing Zhang, et al.. (2021). DNA repair proteins cooperate with SOX2 in regulating the transition of human embryonic stem cells to neural progenitor cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 586. 163–170. 3 indexed citations

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Cheng, Chen, et al.. (2021). Activin/Nodal/TGF-β Pathway Inhibitor Accelerates BMP4-Induced Cochlear Gap Junction Formation During in vitro Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 602197–602197. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ning, Xiao‐Bing Zhang, Chen Cheng, et al.. (2020). Cellular context- and protein level-dependent interaction of pluripotency factor OCT4A with multiple octamer motifs of the same target gene. Life Sciences. 248. 117461–117461. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xingying, Chen Cheng, Wen Sun, & Haoyi Wang. (2020). Engineering T Cells Using CRISPR/Cas9 for Cancer Therapy. Methods in molecular biology. 2115. 419–433. 16 indexed citations

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Cheng, Chen, Dechun Huang, Liyan Zhao, Chongjiang Cao, & Guitang Chen. (2019). Preparation and in vitro absorption studies of a novel polysaccharide‑iron (III) complex from Flammulina velutipes. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 132. 801–810. 50 indexed citations

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Han, Xiaoping, Haide Chen, Daosheng Huang, et al.. (2018). Mapping human pluripotent stem cell differentiation pathways using high throughput single-cell RNA-sequencing. Genome biology. 19(1). 47–47. 76 indexed citations

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Lai, Shujing, Wentao Huang, Yang Xu, et al.. (2018). Comparative transcriptomic analysis of hematopoietic system between human and mouse by Microwell-seq. Cell Discovery. 4(1). 34–34. 11 indexed citations

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