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 Xiong and Jie Jia 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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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.

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 →

Peers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dehua Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dehua Yang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	High work function large-area carbon black films as conductive, passivated, and hole-selective heterocontact layer for highly efficient solar cells 2025 ·Solar Energy ·Lu Zhang, (unknown), Jianxin Guo, Dehua Yang, Bingbing Chen, Xuning Zhang, Jian Ming Wang, Kangping Zhang, Yiming Xu, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaoyang Yuan, Shufang Wang, Dengyuan Song, Han Li, Jianhui Chen	0
2	Molecular mechanisms of urate transport by the native human URAT1 and its inhibition by anti-gout drugs 2025 ·Cell Discovery ·Canrong Wu, Yong Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Antao Dai, (unknown), (unknown), Xuemei Yang, Xinheng He, Qingning Yuan, Wen Hu, Youwei Xu, Ming‐Wei Wang, Yi Jiang, Dehua Yang, H. Eric Xu	2
3	Mechanisms of chemokine recognition and receptor activation of chemokine receptor CCR7 2025 ·Cell Reports ·Yinglong Cao, Chao Zhang, Qingning Yuan, Fenghui Zhao, Qiufeng Liu, Kai Wu, Wen Hu, Jinpeng He, (unknown), H. Eric Xu, Dehua Yang, Jia Duan	0
4	Molecular mechanism underlying non-discriminatory recognition of relaxin-3 by RXFP3 and RXFP4 2025 ·Communications Biology ·Yan Chen, Qingtong Zhou, Shiyu Yan, (unknown), Dehua Yang, Jian Chen, Ming‐Wei Wang	0
5	Scalable fabrication of ultrahigh-conductivity SWCNT films via a redispersion method for photovoltaic/thermoelectric coupling systems 2025 ·Nano Research ·(unknown), Dehua Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Donghui Zhang, (unknown), Yiming Xu, Xueliang Yang, Jingxin Chen, Xuejian Li, Shuai Ma, Qing Gao, Shufang Wang, Huaping Liu, Jianhui Chen	0
6	Molecular basis of enhanced GLP-1 signaling mediated by GLP-1(9–36) in conjunction with LSN3318839 2024 ·Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B ·Jie Li, (unknown), (unknown), Xiao Liu, Dehua Yang, Qingtong Zhou, Ming‐Wei Wang	1
7	High‐Efficiency Separation of Near‐Zigzag Single‐Chirality Carbon Nanotubes by Gel Chromatography 2024 ·physica status solidi (b) ·Linhai Li, Dehua Yang, Xiao Li, Wenke Wang, Xiaojun Wei, (unknown), Huaping Liu	1
8	Structure-Based Ligand Discovery Targeting the Transmembrane Domain of Frizzled Receptor FZD7 2023 ·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Cuixia Li, Yiran Wu, Wenli Wang, Xu Lu, Yan Zhou, Yang Yue, Tingting Wu, Meifang Yang, Y. L. Qiu, (unknown), Fangfang Zhou, Yiqing Zhou, Piliang Hao, Zhixiong Lin, Ming-Wei Wang, Suwen Zhao, Dehua Yang, Fei Xu, Houchao Tao	8
9	Identification of a carbohydrate recognition motif of purinergic receptors 2023 ·eLife ·(unknown), (unknown), Xinheng He, Antao Dai, Dehua Yang, Hualiang Jiang, Liuqing Wen, Xi Cheng	4
10	Ligand recognition mechanism of the human relaxin family peptide receptor 4 (RXFP4) 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Yan Chen, Qingtong Zhou, Jiang Wang, Youwei Xu, Yun Wang, (unknown), Yibing Wang, (unknown), Fenghui Zhao, Chenghao Li, (unknown), Xiaoqing Cai, Ross A. D. Bathgate, (unknown), H. Eric Xu, Dehua Yang, Hong Liu, Ming‐Wei Wang	7
11	Structural basis of peptidomimetic agonism revealed by small-molecule GLP-1R agonists Boc5 and WB4-24 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zhaotong Cong, Qingtong Zhou, Yang Li, Li-Nan Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Qing Liu, Xiaoyan Wu, Antao Dai, Tian Xia, Wei Wu, Yan Zhang, Dehua Yang, Ming‐Wei Wang	25
12	Molecular insights into differentiated ligand recognition of the human parathyroid hormone receptor 2 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Xi Cheng, Lihua Zhao, Yuzhe Wang, Chenyu Ye, Xinyu Zou, Antao Dai, Zhaotong Cong, Jian Chen, Qingtong Zhou, Tian Xia, Hualiang Jiang, H. Eric Xu, Dehua Yang, Ming‐Wei Wang	25
13	BCL9 regulates CD226 and CD96 checkpoints in CD8+ T cells to improve PD-1 response in cancer 2021 ·Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy ·Mei Feng, (unknown), Yan Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Shenglin Mei, Yuanyuan Zhu, Chenglong Liu, (unknown), Huiyu Li, Cao Xie, Joy Q. Jin, Jibin Dong, Dehua Yang, Ker Yu, Jun Qian, Diether Lambrechts, Ming‐Wei Wang, Di Zhu	28
14	Affinity Mass Spectrometry-Based Fragment Screening Identified a New Negative Allosteric Modulator of the Adenosine A_2A Receptor Targeting the Sodium Ion Pocket 2021 ·ACS Chemical Biology ·Yan Lu, Hongyue Liu, Dehua Yang, Zhong‐Guang Li, Xin Ye, Suwen Zhao, Ming‐Wei Wang, Qingtong Zhou, Wenqing Shui	18
15	High-Throughput Screening Campaign Identified a Potential Small Molecule RXFP3/4 Agonist 2021 ·Molecules ·Guangyao Lin, Yang Feng, Xiaoqing Cai, Caihong Zhou, Lijun Shao, Yan Chen, Linhai Chen, Qing Liu, (unknown), Ross A. D. Bathgate, Dehua Yang, Ming‐Wei Wang	5
16	Structural basis of G _s and G _i recognition by the human glucagon receptor 2020 ·Science ·(unknown), Shuo Han, Xinmei Li, (unknown), Peishen Zhao, Antao Dai, (unknown), Linhua Tai, Qiuxiang Tan, Xiaojing Chu, Limin Ma, Thor S. Thorsen, Steffen Reedtz‐Runge, Dehua Yang, Ming‐Wei Wang, Patrick M. Sexton, Denise Wootten, Fei Sun, Qiang Zhao, Beili Wu	110
17	Identification of catalytic and non‐catalytic activity inhibitors against PRC2‐EZH2 complex through multiple high‐throughput screening campaigns 2020 ·Chemical Biology & Drug Design ·Yan Zhou, Daohai Du, Jia Wang, Xiaoqing Cai, (unknown), Olivier Nosjean, Jean A. Boutin, Pierre Renard, Dehua Yang, Cheng Luo, Ming‐Wei Wang	7
18	A Novel G Protein-Biased and Subtype-Selective Agonist for a G Protein-Coupled Receptor Discovered from Screening Herbal Extracts 2020 ·ACS Central Science ·Bingjie Zhang, Simeng Zhao, Dehua Yang, Yiran Wu, Xin Ye, (unknown), Xi‐Ping Huang, Xiaoqing Cai, Wen Sun, Na Ye, Yueming Xu, Yao Peng, Suwen Zhao, Zhi‐Jie Liu, Guisheng Zhong, Ming‐Wei Wang, Wenqing Shui	36
19	Common activation mechanism of class A GPCRs breakdown → 2019 ·eLife ·Qingtong Zhou, Dehua Yang, Meng Wu, Yu Guo, Wanjing Guo, Zhong Li, Xiaoqing Cai, Antao Dai, Wonjo Jang, Eugene I. Shakhnovich, Zhi‐Jie Liu, Raymond C. Stevens, Nevin A. Lambert, M. Madan Babu, Ming‐Wei Wang, Suwen Zhao	396
20	High-throughput screening for small molecule inhibitors of the type-I interferon signaling pathway 2018 ·Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B ·Elita Yuliantie, (unknown), Dehua Yang, Peter J. Crack, Ming‐Wei Wang	9

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