Chin‐Tong Ong

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Chin‐Tong Ong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chin‐Tong Ong has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Chin‐Tong Ong's work include RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Chin‐Tong Ong is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Chin‐Tong Ong collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and Canada. Chin‐Tong Ong's co-authors include Victor G. Corces, Raphael Kopan, Zhaohui Qin, Naomi Takenaka, M. Bland, Job Dekker, Tracy A. Hookway, Stephen Dalton, Jennifer E. Phillips‐Cremins and Ranjan Sen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Chin‐Tong Ong

28 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Architectural Protein Subclasses Shape 3D Organization of Genomes during Lineage Commitment

2013 871 citations Jennifer E. Phillips‐Cremins, Michael E.G. Sauria et al. Cell profile →
CTCF: an architectural protein bridging genome topology and function

2014 717 citations Chin‐Tong Ong, Victor G. Corces Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
Enhancer function: new insights into the regulation of tissue-specific gene expression

2011 655 citations Chin‐Tong Ong, Victor G. Corces Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chin‐Tong Ong Singapore	19	3.3k	675	493	361	304	28	3.9k
Robert‐Jan Palstra Netherlands	24	3.4k 1.0×	645 1.0×	630 1.3×	216 0.6×	340 1.1×	33	4.0k
Hans Teunissen Netherlands	20	3.2k 1.0×	764 1.1×	634 1.3×	240 0.7×	205 0.7×	33	3.8k
Stéphanie Le Gras France	32	2.0k 0.6×	347 0.5×	437 0.9×	304 0.8×	443 1.5×	57	2.9k
Lan Lin United States	23	2.4k 0.7×	339 0.5×	239 0.5×	668 1.9×	207 0.7×	39	3.2k
Ephraim Kenigsberg United States	11	2.9k 0.9×	623 0.9×	394 0.8×	390 1.1×	670 2.2×	15	3.5k
Jafar Sharif Japan	26	3.1k 0.9×	318 0.5×	706 1.4×	382 1.1×	179 0.6×	44	3.4k
Mikhail Spivakov United Kingdom	29	4.1k 1.2×	579 0.9×	700 1.4×	388 1.1×	1.1k 3.5×	39	5.1k
Ivan Ovcharenko United States	29	3.7k 1.1×	707 1.0×	1.1k 2.2×	386 1.1×	295 1.0×	71	4.4k
Gabriel E. Zentner United States	30	2.9k 0.9×	439 0.7×	484 1.0×	215 0.6×	144 0.5×	55	3.5k
Wendy Talhout Netherlands	13	3.1k 0.9×	673 1.0×	374 0.8×	115 0.3×	115 0.4×	16	3.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ong, Chin‐Tong, et al.. (2025). Higher Intron Retention Levels in Female Alzheimer's Brains May Be Linked to Disease Prevalence. Aging Cell. 24(2). e14457–e14457. 1 indexed citations

Chong, Suet Yen, et al.. (2024). ApoE maintains neuronal integrity via microRNA and H3K27me3-mediated repression. iScience. 27(3). 109231–109231. 2 indexed citations

Grinchuk, Oleg V., Roberto Tirado-Magallanes, Emmy Xue Yun Tay, et al.. (2022). E2F and STAT3 provide transcriptional synergy for histone variant H2AZ activation to sustain glioblastoma chromatin accessibility and tumorigenicity. Cell Death and Differentiation. 29(7). 1379–1394. 20 indexed citations

Koh, Tong‐Wey, et al.. (2022). Altered stability of nuclear lamin-B marks the onset of aging in male Drosophila. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0265223–e0265223. 7 indexed citations

Ong, Chin‐Tong, et al.. (2021). NELF‐A controls Drosophila healthspan by regulating heat‐shock protein‐mediated cellular protection and heterochromatin maintenance. Aging Cell. 20(5). e13348–e13348. 6 indexed citations

Rao, Vinay Kumar, et al.. (2019). Phosphorylation of Tet3 by cdk5 is critical for robust activation of BRN2 during neuronal differentiation. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(3). 1225–1238. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Qiaoyun, et al.. (2018). Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of OVOL2 regulates aneuploidy and cell death in cancer cells. Oncogene. 38(15). 2750–2766. 8 indexed citations

Li, Li, Xiaowen Lyu, Chunhui Hou, et al.. (2015). Widespread Rearrangement of 3D Chromatin Organization Underlies Polycomb-Mediated Stress-Induced Silencing. Molecular Cell. 58(2). 216–231. 226 indexed citations

Ong, Chin‐Tong & Victor G. Corces. (2014). CTCF: an architectural protein bridging genome topology and function. Nature Reviews Genetics. 15(4). 234–246. 717 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ong, Chin‐Tong, Kevin Van Bortle, Edward Ramos, & Victor G. Corces. (2013). Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation Regulates Insulator Function and Intrachromosomal Interactions in Drosophila. Cell. 155(1). 148–159. 59 indexed citations

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Phillips‐Cremins, Jennifer E., Michael E.G. Sauria, Amartya Sanyal, et al.. (2013). Architectural Protein Subclasses Shape 3D Organization of Genomes during Lineage Commitment. Cell. 153(6). 1281–1295. 871 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ong, Chin‐Tong, Antonino Carbone, A. Mukhopadhyay, et al.. (2011). Interleukin-18 system plays an important role in keloid pathogenesis via epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. British Journal of Dermatology. 166(6). 1275–1288. 42 indexed citations

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Ong, Chin‐Tong & Victor G. Corces. (2011). Enhancer function: new insights into the regulation of tissue-specific gene expression. Nature Reviews Genetics. 12(4). 283–293. 655 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ong, Chin‐Tong & Victor G. Corces. (2009). Insulators as mediators of intra- and inter-chromosomal interactions: a common evolutionary theme. Journal of Biology. 8(8). 73–73. 19 indexed citations

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Ong, Chin‐Tong, John R. Šedý, Kenneth M. Murphy, & Raphael Kopan. (2008). Notch and Presenilin Regulate Cellular Expansion and Cytokine Secretion but Cannot Instruct Th1/Th2 Fate Acquisition. PLoS ONE. 3(7). e2823–e2823. 77 indexed citations

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Ong, Chin‐Tong & Victor G. Corces. (2008). Modulation of CTCF Insulator Function by Transcription of a Noncoding RNA. Developmental Cell. 15(4). 489–490. 7 indexed citations

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Bai, Shuting, Raphael Kopan, Wei Zou, et al.. (2007). NOTCH1 Regulates Osteoclastogenesis Directly in Osteoclast Precursors and Indirectly via Osteoblast Lineage Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(10). 6509–6518. 193 indexed citations

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Ong, Chin‐Tong, et al.. (2007). mTOR as a potential therapeutic target for treatment of keloids and excessive scars. Experimental Dermatology. 16(5). 394–404. 82 indexed citations

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Ong, Chin‐Tong, Hui‐Teng Cheng, Li‐Wei Chang, et al.. (2005). Target Selectivity of Vertebrate Notch Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(8). 5106–5119. 183 indexed citations

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Yu, Fengwei, Chin‐Tong Ong, William Chia, & Xiaohang Yang. (2002). Membrane Targeting and Asymmetric Localization of Drosophila Partner of Inscuteable Are Discrete Steps Controlled by Distinct Regions of the Protein. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(12). 4230–4240. 28 indexed citations

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