Dan Tong

4.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
46 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Dan Tong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Tong has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Food Science and 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Dan Tong's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (21 papers), Connexins and lens biology (7 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (6 papers). Dan Tong is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (21 papers), Connexins and lens biology (7 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (6 papers). Dan Tong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Dan Tong's co-authors include Liya Gu, Jian Huang, Guo‐Min Li, Wei Yang, Guogen Mao, Feng Li, Tiansong Sun, Joseph A. Hill, Gabriele G. Schiattarella and Gerald M. Kidder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Dan Tong

42 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

  1. Nitrosative stress drives heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
    2019 548 citations Dan Tong, Joseph A. Hill et al. profile →
  2. The Histone Mark H3K36me3 Regulates Human DNA Mismatch Repair through Its Interaction with MutSα
    2013 435 citations Dan Tong, Jian Huang et al. profile →
  3. NAD + Repletion Reverses Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
    2021 153 citations Dan Tong, Joseph A. Hill et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dan Tong China 24 1.4k 633 547 267 255 46 2.5k
A. Bertrand France 28 1.4k 1.0× 472 0.7× 404 0.7× 105 0.4× 196 0.8× 83 2.4k
Markandeya Jois Australia 18 1.4k 1.0× 97 0.2× 214 0.4× 226 0.8× 461 1.8× 71 2.6k
Lan Wu China 25 1.1k 0.8× 196 0.3× 572 1.0× 90 0.3× 186 0.7× 82 2.0k
Béatrice Romier France 23 682 0.5× 135 0.2× 135 0.2× 263 1.0× 266 1.0× 41 2.0k
Patrycja Puchalska United States 19 1.0k 0.7× 107 0.2× 167 0.3× 96 0.4× 1.4k 5.4× 43 2.3k
Hiromi Yamashita Japan 25 1.6k 1.1× 121 0.2× 106 0.2× 178 0.7× 738 2.9× 105 3.0k
Lei Zhu China 24 905 0.6× 67 0.1× 91 0.2× 154 0.6× 250 1.0× 74 2.0k
Mohamad Warda Egypt 21 612 0.4× 102 0.2× 176 0.3× 62 0.2× 167 0.7× 68 1.2k
Matthew R. Alexander United States 17 1.9k 1.3× 95 0.2× 202 0.4× 107 0.4× 110 0.4× 34 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Dan Tong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan Tong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Tong

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Jinhui, et al.. (2025). Multi-omics analysis reveals the mechanism for galactose metabolism in mutant Streptococcus thermophilus IMAU20551Y. Current Research in Food Science. 10. 101017–101017.
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Liu, Jinhui, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the genetic basis and metabolic rewiring behind the galactose-positive phenotype in a Streptococcus thermophilus mutant. Microbiological Research. 289. 127894–127894. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Fang, Dan Tong, Lijuan Wang, et al.. (2024). Dietary apigenin ameliorates obesity-related hypertension through TRPV4-dependent vasorelaxation and TRPV4-independent adiponectin secretion. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1870(8). 167488–167488. 3 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan & Joseph A. Hill. (2023). Bile acid binds heart failure and inflammation. Nature Metabolism. 5(8). 1260–1261. 2 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan & Vlad G. Zaha. (2019). Metabolic Imaging in Cardio-oncology. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 13(3). 357–366. 6 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan, Liu Yang, Jiale Tian, et al.. (2019). Volatile Flavor Compounds Profile and Fermentation Characteristics of Milk Fermented by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2183–2183. 70 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan, et al.. (2017). Analysis of fermented milk flavor in mixed fermentation of different strains with various proportions by SPME-GC-MS.. Zhongguo rupin gongye. 45(6). 9–14. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yanhui, Dan Tong, Anil Mishra, et al.. (2017). Isolation and Patch-Clamp of Primary Adipocytes. Methods in molecular biology. 1566. 145–150. 2 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan, et al.. (2015). Arsenic Inhibits DNA Mismatch Repair by Promoting EGFR Expression and PCNA Phosphorylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(23). 14536–14541. 35 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan, Wenjun Liu, Zhihong Sun, et al.. (2014). A novel multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) protocol for Leuconostoc lactis isolates from traditional dairy products in China and Mongolia. BMC Microbiology. 14(1). 150–150. 24 indexed citations
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Groarke, John D., Dan Tong, Jay Khambhati, Susan Cheng, & Javid J. Moslehi. (2012). Breast Cancer Therapies and Cardiomyopathy. Medical Clinics of North America. 96(5). 1001–1019. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Hsiang‐Tsui, Yu Hu, Dan Tong, et al.. (2012). Effect of Carcinogenic Acrolein on DNA Repair and Mutagenic Susceptibility. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(15). 12379–12386. 82 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan, Hongxing Wang, Isabelle Plante, et al.. (2009). A Dominant Loss-of-Function GJA1 (Cx43) Mutant Impairs Parturition in the Mouse1. Biology of Reproduction. 80(6). 1099–1106. 42 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan, et al.. (2009). Characterization and Expression Analysis of the Exopolysaccharide Gene Cluster inLactobacillus fermentumTDS030603. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 73(12). 2656–2664. 27 indexed citations
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Wang, He, Dan Tong, Faraj El-Gehani, F. Tekpetey, & Gerald M. Kidder. (2008). Connexin expression and gap junctional coupling in human cumulus cells: contribution to embryo quality. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 13(5). 972–984. 58 indexed citations

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