Chengzhe Tian

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 740 citations indexed

About

Chengzhe Tian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chengzhe Tian has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 740 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Chengzhe Tian's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (3 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (2 papers). Chengzhe Tian is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (3 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (2 papers). Chengzhe Tian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Switzerland. Chengzhe Tian's co-authors include Sabrina L. Spencer, Mingwei Min, Chen Yang, Sara E. Gookin, Iain D. Miller, Ryan Kellogg, Savaş Tay, Rong Yao, Tomasz Lipniacki and Stephen R. Quake and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chengzhe Tian

12 papers receiving 736 citations

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Ki67 is a Graded Rather than a Binary Marker of Proliferation versus Quiescence

2018 406 citations Iain D. Miller, Mingwei Min et al. Cell Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chengzhe Tian United States	10	392	155	134	116	89	12	740
Klara Valyi‐Nagy United States	20	466 1.2×	182 1.2×	157 1.2×	135 1.2×	78 0.9×	46	967
Iris Müller United Kingdom	16	629 1.6×	210 1.4×	140 1.0×	80 0.7×	56 0.6×	36	987
Tonny Lagerweij Netherlands	20	456 1.2×	209 1.3×	142 1.1×	129 1.1×	55 0.6×	33	981
Sara Strömberg Sweden	13	451 1.2×	149 1.0×	108 0.8×	81 0.7×	83 0.9×	15	767
Bethan Lloyd‐Lewis United Kingdom	17	523 1.3×	416 2.7×	109 0.8×	108 0.9×	114 1.3×	26	953
Kristyn Gumpper United States	15	318 0.8×	78 0.5×	100 0.7×	54 0.5×	78 0.9×	30	676
Ahmed Dahmani France	11	469 1.2×	133 0.9×	63 0.5×	160 1.4×	40 0.4×	22	681
Hibret A. Adissu Canada	17	337 0.9×	162 1.0×	89 0.7×	103 0.9×	50 0.6×	31	751
Zhuoqing Fang United States	10	396 1.0×	87 0.6×	102 0.8×	73 0.6×	31 0.3×	24	657
Michael J. Gerdes United States	19	616 1.6×	250 1.6×	144 1.1×	172 1.5×	71 0.8×	25	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chengzhe Tian

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Tian, Chengzhe, Varuna Nangia, Chen Yang, et al.. (2025). CDK2 activity crosstalk on the ERK kinase translocation reporter can be resolved computationally. Cell Systems. 16(1). 101162–101162. 2 indexed citations

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Lipp, Sarah N., et al.. (2024). Extracellular matrix protein composition dynamically changes during murine forelimb development. iScience. 27(2). 108838–108838. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Jia-Yun, Clemens B. Hug, José Reyes, et al.. (2023). Multi-range ERK responses shape the proliferative trajectory of single cells following oncogene induction. Cell Reports. 42(3). 112252–112252. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, et al.. (2021). Melanoma subpopulations that rapidly escape MAPK pathway inhibition incur DNA damage and rely on stress signalling. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1747–1747. 52 indexed citations

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Tian, Chengzhe, Chen Yang, & Sabrina L. Spencer. (2020). EllipTrack: A Global-Local Cell-Tracking Pipeline for 2D Fluorescence Time-Lapse Microscopy. Cell Reports. 32(5). 107984–107984. 25 indexed citations

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Min, Mingwei, Rong Yao, Chengzhe Tian, & Sabrina L. Spencer. (2020). Temporal integration of mitogen history in mother cells controls proliferation of daughter cells. Science. 368(6496). 1261–1265. 79 indexed citations

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Miller, Iain D., Mingwei Min, Chen Yang, et al.. (2018). Ki67 is a Graded Rather than a Binary Marker of Proliferation versus Quiescence. Cell Reports. 24(5). 1105–1112.e5. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kellogg, Ryan, Chengzhe Tian, Martin Etzrodt, & Savaş Tay. (2017). Cellular Decision Making by Non-Integrative Processing of TLR Inputs. Cell Reports. 19(1). 125–135. 41 indexed citations

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Tian, Chengzhe, Szabolcs Semsey, & Namiko Mitarai. (2017). Synchronized switching of multiple toxin–antitoxin modules by (p)ppGpp fluctuation. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(14). 8180–8189. 16 indexed citations

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Tian, Chengzhe, Mohammad Roghanian, Mikkel Girke Jørgensen, et al.. (2016). Rapid Curtailing of the Stringent Response by Toxin-Antitoxin Module-Encoded mRNases. Journal of Bacteriology. 198(14). 1918–1926. 18 indexed citations

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Kellogg, Ryan, Chengzhe Tian, Tomasz Lipniacki, Stephen R. Quake, & Savaş Tay. (2015). Digital signaling decouples activation probability and population heterogeneity. eLife. 4. e08931–e08931. 54 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haoqian, Min Lin, Handuo Shi, et al.. (2014). Programming a Pavlovian-like conditioning circuit in Escherichia coli. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3102–3102. 30 indexed citations

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