Chen Yang

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
153 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Chen Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Yang has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Oncology and 37 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Chen Yang's work include Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers). Chen Yang is often cited by papers focused on Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers). Chen Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Chen Yang's co-authors include Xiangmin Tong, Xiaolong Liu, Xiaomo Wu, Zhongkai Gu, Wei Chen, Zhi‐Ming Shao, Yi Zhou, Yanchun Li, Ke‐Da Yu and Jing Du and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chen Yang

144 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Application of PD-1 Blockade in Cancer Immunotherapy

2019 375 citations Chen Yang et al. profile →
Overcoming the compensatory elevation of NRF2 renders hepatocellular carcinoma cells more vulnerable to disulfiram/copper-induced ferroptosis

2021 227 citations Chen Yang, Xiangmin Tong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chen Yang China	31	1.9k	1.1k	999	766	474	153	3.5k
Rongcheng Luo China	35	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	686 0.9×	502 1.1×	207	4.2k
Wenwen Zhang China	34	1.8k 1.0×	957 0.9×	827 0.8×	496 0.6×	524 1.1×	184	3.5k
Muzafar A. Macha India	35	2.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	419 0.5×	508 1.1×	90	4.0k
Xiaobing Liu China	28	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	869 0.9×	631 0.8×	271 0.6×	150	4.6k
Xiuwen Wang China	33	1.6k 0.9×	585 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	674 0.9×	459 1.0×	174	3.3k
Yi‐Rong Chen China	30	2.8k 1.5×	765 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	924 1.2×	475 1.0×	119	4.6k
Alfonso Calvo Spain	40	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	875 1.1×	539 1.1×	198	5.0k
Tao Ning China	33	2.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	835 0.8×	693 0.9×	580 1.2×	151	4.4k
Satyanarayana Rachagani United States	42	2.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.6×	396 0.5×	689 1.5×	103	4.1k
Zhao Huang China	28	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	931 0.9×	505 0.7×	573 1.2×	60	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Chen Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chen Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chen Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chen Yang 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 Yang. Chen Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Zhenzhen, Mu Chen, Xinyi Gao, et al.. (2025). Acronynoids A-G, novel prenylated acetophenone-based meroterpenoids with angiogenesis inhibitory activities from Acronychia pedunculata. Bioorganic Chemistry. 159. 108376–108376. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaoyi, S. J. Yao, Yichen He, et al.. (2024). Platelet Membrane Coated Cu₉S₈‐SNAP for Targeting NIR‐II Mild Photothermal Enhanced Chemodynamic/Gas Therapy of Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer. Small. 20(35). e2400919–e2400919. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Siqi, Weijian Li, Yingchun Liang, et al.. (2024). USP20 mediates malignant phenotypic changes in bladder cancer through direct interactions with YAP1. Neoplasia. 60. 101102–101102. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Chunxia, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of C3′‐Foused Aryl/Penta‐1,4‐Dien‐3‐One/Amine Hybrids as HSP90C‐Terminal Inhibitors. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 21(8). e202400870–e202400870. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Chen, et al.. (2024). Parthenolide induces ROS-dependent cell death in human gastric cancer cell. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 33(11). 1237–1245. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Keyi, Xu Zeng, Chen Yang, et al.. (2024). Biomaterial-based regenerative therapeutic strategies for spinal cord injury. NPG Asia Materials. 16(1). 31 indexed citations

Liu, Na, Tianyuan Zhang, Yue Wang, et al.. (2024). An AFM-Based Model-Fitting-Free Viscoelasticity Characterization Method for Accurate Grading of Primary Prostate Tumor. IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience. 23(2). 319–327. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Juan, Le Wang, Weiwei Gong, et al.. (2023). Development and evaluation of a risk assessment tool for the personalized screening of breast cancer in Chinese populations: A prospective cohort study. Cancer. 130(S8). 1403–1414. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Chen, Lujia Zou, Yun Hu, et al.. (2023). Combining MTI-31 with RAD001 inhibits tumor growth and invasion of kidney cancer by activating autophagy. Journal of Applied Genetics. 65(1). 103–112. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, Lujia Zou, Yun Hu, et al.. (2023). Protective Autophagy Attenuates the Cytotoxicity of MTI-31 in Renal Cancer Cells by Activating the ERK Pathway. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 196(4). 2233–2245. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, Jie Mei, Die Hu, et al.. (2022). Identification of icaritin derivative IC2 as an SCD-1 inhibitor with anti-breast cancer properties through induction of cell apoptosis. Cancer Cell International. 22(1). 202–202. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, et al.. (2022). Silencing circFTO inhibits malignant phenotype through modulating DUSP4 expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Cell Death Discovery. 8(1). 392–392. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, Hui Dong, Xianglei He, et al.. (2022). The correlation of fibrinogen-like protein-1 expression with the progression and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Molecular Biology Reports. 49(8). 7911–7919. 14 indexed citations

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Cheng, Gang, Hui Dong, Chen Yang, et al.. (2021). A review on the advances and challenges of immunotherapy for head and neck cancer. Cancer Cell International. 21(1). 406–406. 47 indexed citations

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Fan, Weimin, Chen Yang, Wen Lei, et al.. (2021). Beclin1‑armed oncolytic Vaccinia virus enhances the therapeutic efficacy of R‑CHOP against lymphoma in vitro and in vivo. Oncology Reports. 45(3). 987–996. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Ying, Chen Yang, Yutong Song, et al.. (2021). Scalable live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate demonstrates preclinical safety and efficacy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(29). 106 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Yi Wu, Chen Yang, et al.. (2020). <p>Embelin Promotes Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus-Mediated Antitumor Immunity Through Disruption of IL-6/STAT3 Signaling in Lymphoma</p>. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 13. 1421–1429. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, et al.. (2019). Highly specific colon-targeted transformable capsules containing indomethacin immediate-release pellets for colon cancers therapy. Journal of drug targeting. 28(1). 102–110. 11 indexed citations

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Wen, Y. Edward, et al.. (2018). A study of cervical sagittal parameters change after two modus of anterior cervicalsurgery in cervical myelopathy. Zhonghua guke zazhi. 38(21). 1285–1292. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, et al.. (2012). Expression of Dickkopf-1 and Beta-Catenin Related to the Prognosis of Breast Cancer Patients with Triple Negative Phenotype. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37624–e37624. 58 indexed citations

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