Feng Geng

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Feng Geng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Feng Geng has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cancer Research and 12 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Feng Geng's work include Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (13 papers), Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (10 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (9 papers). Feng Geng is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (13 papers), Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (10 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (9 papers). Feng Geng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Feng Geng's co-authors include Deliang Guo, Xiang Cheng, Chunming Cheng, Arnab Chakravarti, Xiaoning Wu, Robert E. Maleczka, Leo A. Paquette, Xiaokui Mo, Étienne Lefai and Craig Horbinski and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Feng Geng

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.

Lipid metabolism reprogramming and its potential targets in cancer

2018 615 citations Chunming Cheng, Feng Geng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Feng Geng United States	19	1.4k	1.2k	304	299	241	47	2.4k
Hai‐long Piao China	26	1.9k 1.3×	862 0.7×	167 0.5×	271 0.9×	87 0.4×	75	2.9k
Raúl V. Durán Spain	20	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	202 0.7×	179 0.6×	73 0.3×	43	2.7k
Jessica Sudderth United States	16	2.0k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	277 0.9×	153 0.5×	73 0.3×	20	2.8k
Frank Weinberg United States	19	2.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	138 0.5×	228 0.8×	88 0.4×	46	3.3k
Abderrahmane Kaidi United Kingdom	11	1.4k 1.0×	738 0.6×	136 0.4×	150 0.5×	66 0.3×	11	2.5k
Daniele Avanzato Italy	15	996 0.7×	338 0.3×	178 0.6×	92 0.3×	132 0.5×	18	1.8k
Eduardo N. Maldonado United States	26	1.5k 1.1×	471 0.4×	145 0.5×	126 0.4×	59 0.2×	55	2.2k
Christopher J. Porter Canada	17	1.7k 1.2×	838 0.7×	128 0.4×	152 0.5×	48 0.2×	30	2.5k
Huamin Wang China	32	2.3k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	78 0.3×	189 0.6×	848 3.5×	78	3.6k
Timothy W. Corson United States	29	2.7k 1.9×	687 0.6×	108 0.4×	126 0.4×	233 1.0×	95	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Feng Geng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Feng Geng

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20 of 20 papers shown

He, Liqing, Feng Geng, Xinmin Yin, et al.. (2025). Targeting PGM3 abolishes SREBP-1 activation-hexosamine synthesis feedback regulation to effectively suppress brain tumor growth. Science Advances. 11(16). eadq0334–eadq0334. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Chunxia, Linhui Hu, Feng Geng, et al.. (2025). Efficacy and safety of esketamine on major depression, postpartum depression and perioperative depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry. 31(1). 545–558.

Shi, Yudong, Qing Zhang, Guodong Xu, et al.. (2025). Alexithymia and self-injury functions as mediators between childhood maltreatment and nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents with major depressive disorder. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 23097–23097.

Wang, Jiawei, Zhiwei Liu, Feng Geng, et al.. (2024). Associations between internet addiction and suicidal ideation in depressed adolescents: the mediating effect of insomnia as well as sex differences. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 929–929.

Geng, Feng, et al.. (2024). Comparative analysis of biofilm characterization of probiotic Escherichia coli. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1365562–1365562. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Rui, Meixia Pan, Feng Geng, et al.. (2024). STAT3 activation of SCAP-SREBP-1 signaling upregulates fatty acid synthesis to promote tumor growth. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(6). 107351–107351. 9 indexed citations

Shen, Qingqing, Qing Zhang, Yunxiao Liu, et al.. (2024). Association of Pain Intensity and Sensitivity with Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents with Depressive Disorder. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Volume 17. 3121–3131. 2 indexed citations

Geng, Feng, Yaogang Zhong, Étienne Lefai, et al.. (2023). SREBP-1 upregulates lipophagy to maintain cholesterol homeostasis in brain tumor cells. Cell Reports. 42(7). 112790–112790. 25 indexed citations

Wang, Yadi, et al.. (2023). Label-free analysis of biofilm phenotypes by infrared micro- and correlation spectroscopy. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 415(17). 3515–3523. 4 indexed citations

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Cheng, Chunming, Feng Geng, Yaogang Zhong, et al.. (2022). Ammonia stimulates SCAP/Insig dissociation and SREBP-1 activation to promote lipogenesis and tumour growth. Nature Metabolism. 4(5). 575–588. 90 indexed citations

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Li, Na, Feng Geng, Shumei Liang, & Xiao‐Yan Qin. (2022). USP7 inhibits TIMP2 by up-regulating the expression of EZH2 to activate the NF-κB/PD-L1 axis to promote the development of cervical cancer. Cellular Signalling. 96. 110351–110351. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dapeng, Zhichun Liu, Song Wang, et al.. (2022). Sleep disorders mediate the link between childhood trauma and depression severity in children and adolescents with depression. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 993284–993284. 8 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xiang, Feng Geng, & Deliang Guo. (2020). DGAT1 protects tumor from lipotoxicity, emerging as a promising metabolic target for cancer therapy. Molecular & Cellular Oncology. 7(6). 1805257–1805257. 15 indexed citations

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Geng, Feng, Feng Jiang, Jeffrey J. Rakofsky, et al.. (2020). Psychiatric inpatient beds for youths in China: data from a nation-wide survey. BMC Psychiatry. 20(1). 398–398. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Juan, Yulong Zhang, Zhiwei Liu, et al.. (2020). Schizophrenia patients with a metabolically abnormal obese phenotype have milder negative symptoms. BMC Psychiatry. 20(1). 410–410. 10 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaoning, Feng Geng, Xiang Cheng, et al.. (2020). Lipid Droplets Maintain Energy Homeostasis and Glioblastoma Growth via Autophagic Release of Stored Fatty Acids. iScience. 23(10). 101569–101569. 75 indexed citations

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Geng, Feng, Mingjun Fan, Juan Li, et al.. (2019). Knockdown of METTL14 inhibits the growth and invasion of cervical cancer. Translational Cancer Research. 8(6). 2307–2315. 16 indexed citations

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Geng, Feng, Xiang Cheng, Xiaoning Wu, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of SOAT1 Suppresses Glioblastoma Growth via Blocking SREBP-1–Mediated Lipogenesis. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(21). 5337–5348. 244 indexed citations

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Ru, Peng, Peng Hu, Feng Geng, et al.. (2016). Feedback Loop Regulation of SCAP/SREBP-1 by miR-29 Modulates EGFR Signaling-Driven Glioblastoma Growth. Cell Reports. 16(6). 1527–1535. 65 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinli, Yan Fu, Wei Li, et al.. (2009). Natural isoflavones regulate the quadruplex–duplex competition in human telomeric DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(8). 2471–2482. 28 indexed citations

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