Heng‐Yu Fan

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Heng‐Yu Fan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Heng‐Yu Fan has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Molecular Biology, 76 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 29 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Heng‐Yu Fan's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (76 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (27 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers). Heng‐Yu Fan is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (76 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (27 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (25 papers). Heng‐Yu Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Heng‐Yu Fan's co-authors include Qing‐Yuan Sun, JoAnne S. Richards, Qian‐Qian Sha, Chao Yu, Zhilin Liu, Masayuki Shimada, Yinli Zhang, Zhilin Liu, Peter F. Johnson and Heide Schatten and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Heng‐Yu Fan

133 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

MAPK3/1 (ERK1/2) in Ovarian Granulosa Cells Are Essential for Female Fertility

2009 517 citations Heng‐Yu Fan, Zhilin Liu et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heng‐Yu Fan China	44	3.7k	2.8k	1.4k	792	779	138	5.9k
Gloria I. Perez United States	32	2.7k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	658 0.8×	324 0.4×	59	5.4k
Gerald M. Kidder Canada	46	5.3k 1.4×	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	329 0.4×	120	6.8k
Keith E. Latham United States	43	4.8k 1.3×	2.8k 1.0×	680 0.5×	1.7k 2.2×	277 0.4×	139	6.1k
Kiyotaka Toshimori Japan	40	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.9×	1.4k 1.7×	516 0.7×	169	5.3k
Naoko Inoue Japan	38	2.2k 0.6×	955 0.3×	2.0k 1.4×	591 0.7×	220 0.3×	154	5.2k
Carlos R. Morales Canada	48	3.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	167	6.6k
Ruth Shalgi Israel	35	1.2k 0.3×	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.6×	425 0.5×	409 0.5×	137	3.9k
Edward M. Eddy United States	45	3.6k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	4.6k 3.3×	3.1k 4.0×	459 0.6×	111	8.4k
Micheline Misrahi France	45	3.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	2.4k 1.7×	2.3k 2.9×	402 0.5×	110	6.7k
Mario Ascoli United States	49	3.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	2.9k 2.1×	1.7k 2.2×	421 0.5×	145	7.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heng‐Yu Fan

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Chen, Lu, Ruibao Su, Xuan Wu, et al.. (2025). NAT10-mediated mRNA N ⁴ -acetylation is essential for the translational regulation during oocyte meiotic maturation in mice. Science Advances. 11(8). eadp5163–eadp5163. 4 indexed citations

Yan, Rong, Yuke Wu, Yun‐Wen Wu, et al.. (2025). ZAR1/2‐Regulated Epigenetic Modifications are Essential for Age‐Associated Oocyte Quality Maintenance and Zygotic Activation. Advanced Science. 12(8). e2410305–e2410305. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yingyi, Yingyi Zhang, Weijie Yang, et al.. (2025). The Nuclear Localization of ACLY Guards Early Embryo Development Through Recruiting P300 and HAT1 to Promote Histone Acetylation and Transcription. Advanced Science. 12(31). e14367–e14367. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Yun‐Wen, et al.. (2024). RNA surveillance by the RNA helicase MTR4 determines volume of mouse oocytes. Developmental Cell. 60(1). 85–100.e4. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Lu, et al.. (2024). NAT10-mediated mRNA N4-acetylcytidine modifications in mouse oocytes constitute a checkpoint of ovarian follicle development. Science Bulletin. 70(6). 837–841. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Hua, Yang Wang, Yun‐Wen Wu, et al.. (2024). Zygotic Splicing Activation of the Transcriptome is a Crucial Aspect of Maternal‐to‐Zygotic Transition and Required for the Conversion from Totipotency to Pluripotency. Advanced Science. 11(14). e2308496–e2308496. 5 indexed citations

Hu, Wei, Ling-Dong Xu, Tong-Tong Zhang, et al.. (2023). T cell proliferation requires ribosomal maturation in nucleolar condensates dependent on DCAF13. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(10). 6 indexed citations

Pan, Yinghao, Fei Huang, Yezhang Zhu, et al.. (2022). HMCES safeguards genome integrity and long-term self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells during stress responses. Leukemia. 36(4). 1123–1131. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yinli, Wei Zheng, Peipei Ren, et al.. (2022). Biallelic variants inMOScause large polar body in oocyte and human female infertility. Human Reproduction. 37(8). 1932–1944. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yinli, Long‐Wen Zhao, Jue Zhang, et al.. (2018). DCAF 13 promotes pluripotency by negatively regulating SUV 39H1 stability during early embryonic development. The EMBO Journal. 37(18). 51 indexed citations

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Sha, Qian‐Qian, Jiali Yu, Jingxin Guo, et al.. (2018). CNOT 6L couples the selective degradation of maternal transcripts to meiotic cell cycle progression in mouse oocyte. The EMBO Journal. 37(24). 104 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jue, Yinli Zhang, Long‐Wen Zhao, et al.. (2018). Mammalian nucleolar protein DCAF13 is essential for ovarian follicle maintenance and oocyte growth by mediating rRNA processing. Cell Death and Differentiation. 26(7). 1251–1266. 49 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenjing, Yijun Gao, Fuming Li, et al.. (2015). YAP Promotes Malignant Progression of Lkb1 -Deficient Lung Adenocarcinoma through Downstream Regulation of Survivin. Cancer Research. 75(21). 4450–4457. 76 indexed citations

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Pan, Weiwei, Xiaoman Liu, Ying Xu, et al.. (2013). Death Domain-associated Protein DAXX Promotes Ovarian Cancer Development and Chemoresistance. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(19). 13620–13630. 50 indexed citations

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Noma, Noritaka, Ikko Kawashima, Heng‐Yu Fan, et al.. (2010). LH-Induced Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) Type III Transcripts Control Granulosa Cell Differentiation and Oocyte Maturation. Molecular Endocrinology. 25(1). 104–116. 55 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhilin, Heng‐Yu Fan, Yibin Wang, & JoAnne S. Richards. (2010). Targeted Disruption of Mapk14 (p38MAPKα) in Granulosa Cells and Cumulus Cells Causes Cell-Specific Changes in Gene Expression Profiles that Rescue COC Expansion and Maintain Fertility. Molecular Endocrinology. 24(9). 1794–1804. 48 indexed citations

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Fan, Heng‐Yu, Zhilin Liu, Masayuki Shimada, et al.. (2009). MAPK3/1 (ERK1/2) in Ovarian Granulosa Cells Are Essential for Female Fertility. Science. 324(5929). 938–941. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fan, Heng‐Yu, Zhilin Liu, Marilène Paquet, et al.. (2009). Cell Type–Specific Targeted Mutations of Kras and Pten Document Proliferation Arrest in Granulosa Cells versus Oncogenic Insult to Ovarian Surface Epithelial Cells. Cancer Research. 69(16). 6463–6472. 67 indexed citations

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Sun, Qing‐Yuan & Heng‐Yu Fan. (2004). Activity of MAPK/p90rsk During Fertilization in Mice, Rats, and Pigs. Humana Press eBooks. 253. 293–304. 7 indexed citations

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Fan, Heng‐Yu, Chao Tong, Chun‐Bo Teng, et al.. (2003). Characterization of polo‐like kinase‐1 in rat oocytes and early embryos implies its functional roles in the regulation of meiotic maturation, fertilization, and cleavage. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 65(3). 318–329. 24 indexed citations

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