Dehua Yang

13.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
250 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Dehua Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Dehua Yang has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 39 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Dehua Yang's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (51 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (37 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (31 papers). Dehua Yang is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (51 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (37 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (31 papers). Dehua Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Dehua Yang's co-authors include Ming‐Wei Wang, Weidong Le, Sheng Chen, Antao Dai, Qingtong Zhou, Xiaoqing Cai, Raymond C. Stevens, Bing Huang, Jie Jia and Jie Xiong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dehua Yang

234 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Common activation mechanism of class A GPCRs

2019 396 citations Qingtong Zhou, Dehua Yang et al. eLife profile →
G protein-coupled receptors: structure- and function-based drug discovery

2021 395 citations Dehua Yang, Qingtong Zhou et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 and Its Class B G Protein–Coupled Receptors: A Long March to Therapeutic Successes

2016 288 citations Denise Wootten, Patrick M. Sexton et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Dehua Yang	3.7k	1.7k	843	613	548	250	6.5k
Lei Zhang	4.6k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	328 0.4×	686 1.1×	878 1.6×	419	9.5k
Jae‐Yong Park	3.1k 0.8×	908 0.5×	732 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	474 0.9×	275	6.6k
Dobromir Dobrev	7.5k 2.0×	1.3k 0.8×	349 0.4×	768 1.3×	631 1.2×	309	17.4k
Glenn I. Fishman	7.7k 2.0×	1.0k 0.6×	389 0.5×	835 1.4×	526 1.0×	136	11.1k
Robert M. Graham	5.8k 1.6×	2.0k 1.2×	684 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	1.6k 3.0×	268	12.7k
Tao Xu	5.0k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	223 0.3×	880 1.4×	904 1.6×	282	9.4k
Fulvio Magni	2.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	425 0.5×	384 0.6×	903 1.6×	284	6.8k
Hemal H. Patel	4.2k 1.1×	725 0.4×	232 0.3×	686 1.1×	1.1k 2.0×	213	8.1k
Xander H.T. Wehrens	10.2k 2.7×	1.9k 1.1×	281 0.3×	680 1.1×	786 1.4×	266	15.3k
Biaoyang Lin	5.4k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	280 0.3×	244 0.4×	240 0.4×	121	8.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dehua Yang

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Wu, Canrong, Yong Zhang, Antao Dai, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanisms of urate transport by the native human URAT1 and its inhibition by anti-gout drugs. Cell Discovery. 11(1). 33–33. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Lu, Jianxin Guo, Dehua Yang, et al.. (2025). High work function large-area carbon black films as conductive, passivated, and hole-selective heterocontact layer for highly efficient solar cells. Solar Energy. 296. 113590–113590.

Cao, Yinglong, Chao Zhang, Qingning Yuan, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of chemokine recognition and receptor activation of chemokine receptor CCR7. Cell Reports. 44(11). 116582–116582.

Chen, Yan, Qingtong Zhou, Shiyu Yan, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanism underlying non-discriminatory recognition of relaxin-3 by RXFP3 and RXFP4. Communications Biology. 8(1). 794–794.

Li, Jie, et al.. (2024). Molecular basis of enhanced GLP-1 signaling mediated by GLP-1(9–36) in conjunction with LSN3318839. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 14(11). 5069–5073. 1 indexed citations

Li, Linhai, Dehua Yang, Xiao Li, et al.. (2024). High‐Efficiency Separation of Near‐Zigzag Single‐Chirality Carbon Nanotubes by Gel Chromatography. physica status solidi (b). 262(3). 1 indexed citations

Li, Cuixia, Yiran Wu, Wenli Wang, et al.. (2023). Structure-Based Ligand Discovery Targeting the Transmembrane Domain of Frizzled Receptor FZD7. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(17). 11855–11868. 8 indexed citations

He, Xinheng, Antao Dai, Dehua Yang, et al.. (2023). Identification of a carbohydrate recognition motif of purinergic receptors. eLife. 12. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Yan, Qingtong Zhou, Jiang Wang, et al.. (2023). Ligand recognition mechanism of the human relaxin family peptide receptor 4 (RXFP4). Nature Communications. 14(1). 492–492. 7 indexed citations

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Cong, Zhaotong, Qingtong Zhou, Yang Li, et al.. (2022). Structural basis of peptidomimetic agonism revealed by small-molecule GLP-1R agonists Boc5 and WB4-24. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(20). e2200155119–e2200155119. 25 indexed citations

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Hart, Jonathan R., Xiao Liu, Lynn Ueno, et al.. (2022). Nanobodies and chemical cross-links advance the structural and functional analysis of PI3Kα. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(38). e2210769119–e2210769119. 11 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xi, Lihua Zhao, Yuzhe Wang, et al.. (2021). Molecular insights into differentiated ligand recognition of the human parathyroid hormone receptor 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(32). 25 indexed citations

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Lin, Guangyao, Yang Feng, Xiaoqing Cai, et al.. (2021). High-Throughput Screening Campaign Identified a Potential Small Molecule RXFP3/4 Agonist. Molecules. 26(24). 7511–7511. 5 indexed citations

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Feng, Mei, Yan Zhou, Shenglin Mei, et al.. (2021). BCL9 regulates CD226 and CD96 checkpoints in CD8+ T cells to improve PD-1 response in cancer. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 6(1). 313–313. 28 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao, Jonathan R. Hart, Xinyu Zou, et al.. (2021). Cryo-EM structures of PI3Kα reveal conformational changes during inhibition and activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(45). 25 indexed citations

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Lu, Yan, Hongyue Liu, Dehua Yang, et al.. (2021). Affinity Mass Spectrometry-Based Fragment Screening Identified a New Negative Allosteric Modulator of the Adenosine A_2A Receptor Targeting the Sodium Ion Pocket. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(6). 991–1002. 18 indexed citations

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Han, Shuo, Xinmei Li, Peishen Zhao, et al.. (2020). Structural basis of G _s and G _i recognition by the human glucagon receptor. Science. 367(6484). 1346–1352. 110 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bingjie, Simeng Zhao, Dehua Yang, et al.. (2020). A Novel G Protein-Biased and Subtype-Selective Agonist for a G Protein-Coupled Receptor Discovered from Screening Herbal Extracts. ACS Central Science. 6(2). 213–225. 36 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yan, Daohai Du, Jia Wang, et al.. (2020). Identification of catalytic and non‐catalytic activity inhibitors against PRC2‐EZH2 complex through multiple high‐throughput screening campaigns. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 96(4). 1024–1051. 7 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qingtong, Dehua Yang, Meng Wu, et al.. (2019). Common activation mechanism of class A GPCRs. eLife. 8. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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