Danwei Huangfu

10.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Danwei Huangfu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Danwei Huangfu has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Danwei Huangfu's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (22 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (15 papers). Danwei Huangfu is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (22 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (15 papers). Danwei Huangfu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Japan. Danwei Huangfu's co-authors include Kathryn V. Anderson, Douglas A. Melton, Wenjun Guo, René Maehr, Astrid Eijkelenboom, Andrew S. Rakeman, Zeng‐Rong Zhu, Aimin Liu, Lee Niswander and Noel Murcia and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Danwei Huangfu

46 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Induction of pluripotent stem cells by defined factors is greatly improved by small-molecule compounds

2008 1.2k citations Danwei Huangfu et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Hedgehog signalling in the mouse requires intraflagellar transport proteins

2003 1.1k citations Danwei Huangfu, Kathryn V. Anderson et al. profile →
Induction of pluripotent stem cells from primary human fibroblasts with only Oct4 and Sox2

2008 987 citations Danwei Huangfu, Shuibing Chen et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Cilia and Hedgehog responsiveness in the mouse

2005 654 citations Danwei Huangfu, Kathryn V. Anderson profile →
A Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Tgf-β Signaling Replaces Sox2 in Reprogramming by Inducing Nanog

2009 612 citations Justin K. Ichida, Joel Blanchard et al. Cell stem cell profile →

Peers

Danwei Huangfu

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Konstantinos Anastassiadis Germany

Ryuichi Nishinakamura Japan

Akitsu Hotta Japan

Knut Woltjen Japan

Styliani Markoulaki United States

Peter J. Donovan United States

Olivia Kelly United States

Guangming Wu Germany

Qi‐Long Ying United States

Matthias Stadtfeld United States

Konstantinos Anastassiadis Germany

Danwei Huangfu

7.1k ×1.1

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1.7k ×0.7

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780 ×0.6

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511 ×0.9

BE

568 ×1.3

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Citations per year, relative to Danwei Huangfu Danwei Huangfu (= 1×) peers Konstantinos Anastassiadis

Countries citing papers authored by Danwei Huangfu

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Danwei Huangfu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Danwei Huangfu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gordillo, Miriam, Ritu Kumar, Ellen Yang, et al.. (2025). GATA6 regulates WNT and BMP programs to pattern precardiac mesoderm during the earliest stages of human cardiogenesis. eLife. 13.

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Yan, Jielin, Renhe Luo, Bess P. Rosen, et al.. (2025). Discovery of NANOG enhancers and their essential roles in self-renewal and differentiation in human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 20(6). 102511–102511.

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Rosen, Bess P., Qing V. Li, Hyunwoo Cho, et al.. (2024). Parallel genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 screens uncouple human pluripotent stem cell identity versus fitness. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8966–8966. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Tingxu, Heather Alcorn, Sujan Devbhandari, et al.. (2022). A hypomorphic mutation in Pold1 disrupts the coordination of embryo size expansion and morphogenesis during gastrulation. Biology Open. 11(8). 1 indexed citations

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Kahraman, Sevim, Ercument Dirice, Giorgio Basile, et al.. (2022). Abnormal exocrine–endocrine cell cross-talk promotes β-cell dysfunction and loss in MODY8. Nature Metabolism. 4(1). 76–89. 33 indexed citations

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Vanoli, Fabio, Laurie Herviou, Yun‐Shao Sung, et al.. (2021). Generation of human embryonic stem cell models to exploit the EWSR1-CREB fusion promiscuity as a common pathway of transformation in human tumors. Oncogene. 40(32). 5095–5104. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Qing V., Bess P. Rosen, & Danwei Huangfu. (2019). Decoding pluripotency: Genetic screens to interrogate the acquisition, maintenance, and exit of pluripotency. WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine. 12(1). e1464–e1464. 7 indexed citations

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Vardhana, Santosha A., Paige K. Arnold, Bess P. Rosen, et al.. (2019). Glutamine independence is a selectable feature of pluripotent stem cells. Nature Metabolism. 1(7). 676–687. 45 indexed citations

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Amin, Sadaf, Brandoch D. Cook, Ting Zhou, et al.. (2018). Discovery of a drug candidate for GLIS3-associated diabetes. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2681–2681. 47 indexed citations

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Shukla, Abhijit & Danwei Huangfu. (2018). Decoding the noncoding genome via large-scale CRISPR screens. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 52. 70–76. 21 indexed citations

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Shi, Zhong‐Dong, Chew-Li Soh, Zeng‐Rong Zhu, & Danwei Huangfu. (2017). Genome Editing and Directed Differentiation of hPSCs for Interrogating Lineage Determinants in Human Pancreatic Development. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Shi, Zhong‐Dong, Chew-Li Soh, Zeng‐Rong Zhu, & Danwei Huangfu. (2017). Genome Editing and Directed Differentiation of hPSCs for Interrogating Lineage Determinants in Human Pancreatic Development. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zeng‐Rong, Qing V. Li, Kihyun Lee, et al.. (2016). Genome Editing of Lineage Determinants in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Reveals Mechanisms of Pancreatic Development and Diabetes. Cell stem cell. 18(6). 755–768. 132 indexed citations

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Soh, Chew-Li & Danwei Huangfu. (2016). CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Mutagenesis of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells in Defined Xeno-Free E8 Medium. Methods in molecular biology. 1498. 57–78. 7 indexed citations

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Verma, Nipun, Zeng‐Rong Zhu, & Danwei Huangfu. (2016). CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Knockin in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 1513. 119–140. 12 indexed citations

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Kotini, Andriana G., Ibrahim Boussaad, Jeffrey J. Delrow, et al.. (2015). Functional analysis of a chromosomal deletion associated with myelodysplastic syndromes using isogenic human induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 33(6). 646–655. 120 indexed citations

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Benitah, Salvador Aznar, Adrian P. Bracken, Yali Dou, et al.. (2014). Stem Cell Epigenetics: Looking Forward. Cell stem cell. 14(6). 706–709.

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Zhu, Zeng‐Rong, Federico Gonzãlez, & Danwei Huangfu. (2014). The iCRISPR Platform for Rapid Genome Editing in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 546. 215–250. 49 indexed citations

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Gonzãlez, Federico, Zeng‐Rong Zhu, Zhong‐Dong Shi, et al.. (2014). An iCRISPR Platform for Rapid, Multiplexable, and Inducible Genome Editing in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 15(2). 215–226. 352 indexed citations

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Ichida, Justin K., Joel Blanchard, Kelvin Lam, et al.. (2009). A Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Tgf-β Signaling Replaces Sox2 in Reprogramming by Inducing Nanog. Cell stem cell. 5(5). 491–503. 612 indexed citations breakdown →

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