Henry H. Heng

15.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
202 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Henry H. Heng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Henry H. Heng has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Molecular Biology, 72 papers in Genetics and 39 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Henry H. Heng's work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (42 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (35 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (32 papers). Henry H. Heng is often cited by papers focused on Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (42 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (35 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (32 papers). Henry H. Heng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Henry H. Heng's co-authors include Lap‐Chee Tsui, Brian F. O’Dowd, Tuan Nguyen, Christine J. Ye, Stephen W. Scherer, L.-C. Tsui, Joshua B. Stevens, Xiaomei Shi, Steven W. Bremer and Susan R. George and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Henry H. Heng

199 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

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A human gene that shows identity with the gene encoding the angiotensin receptor is located on chromosome 11

1993 723 citations Henry H. Heng, Xiaomei Shi et al. Gene profile →
Structure and chromosomal localization of the human constitutive endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene

1993 717 citations Henry H. Heng, Stephen W. Scherer et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Specific and redundant functions of Gli2 and Gli3 zinc finger genes in skeletal patterning and development

1997 502 citations Michael A. Crackower, Henry H. Heng et al. profile →
Identification of Sonic hedgehog as a candidate gene responsible for holoprosencephaly

1996 501 citations Henry H. Heng, Stephen W. Scherer et al. profile →
High-resolution mapping of mammalian genes by in situ hybridization to free chromatin.

1992 450 citations Henry H. Heng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Henry H. Heng United States	60	7.0k	2.9k	1.7k	1.3k	1.2k	202	11.8k
Jay A. Tischfield United States	59	6.8k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.6×	258	12.2k
Masatoshi Hagiwara Japan	62	11.6k 1.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.9×	301	16.4k
Michael F. Seldin United States	73	8.3k 1.2×	4.0k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	281	17.6k
William F. Dove United States	51	7.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	597 0.5×	483 0.4×	176	12.6k
David W. Rose United States	58	14.8k 2.1×	5.6k 1.9×	2.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	91	19.5k
En Li United States	57	17.0k 2.4×	4.7k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	2.5k 1.9×	1.7k 1.4×	119	22.4k
John R. Walker United States	52	6.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	807 0.5×	925 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	121	11.9k
Francesco Cecconi Italy	57	10.2k 1.5×	797 0.3×	1.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	1.5k 1.2×	176	17.3k
James Douglas Engel United States	72	14.5k 2.1×	2.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	555 0.5×	225	19.0k
Patrick Matthias Switzerland	52	9.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	963 0.7×	836 0.7×	109	13.6k

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Heng, Henry H.. (2025). Why environmental disease research needs a new framework: Disease as a phenotype of evolutionary information management. 10(4). 92–100.

Kasperski, Andrzej & Henry H. Heng. (2024). The Digital World of Cytogenetic and Cytogenomic Web Resources. Methods in molecular biology. 2825. 361–391. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Zhao, Qi Chen, Jie‐Mei Wang, et al.. (2024). Inhalation exposure to airborne PM_2.5 attenuates hepatic metabolic pathways through S-nitrosylation of the primary ER stress sensor. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 328(1). C212–C226. 1 indexed citations

Heng, Henry H., et al.. (2023). Challenges and Opportunities for Clinical Cytogenetics in the 21st Century. Genes. 14(2). 493–493. 14 indexed citations

Horne, Steven D., et al.. (2014). Stress, genomic adaptation, and the evolutionary trade-off. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 92–92. 63 indexed citations

Abdallah, Batoul Y., Steven D. Horne, Markku Kurkinen, et al.. (2013). Ovarian cancer evolution through stochastic genome alterations: defining the genomic role in ovarian cancer. Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine. 60(1). 2–13. 10 indexed citations

Stevens, Joshua B., Liu G, Batoul Y. Abdallah, et al.. (2013). Unstable genomes elevate transcriptome dynamics. International Journal of Cancer. 134(9). 2074–2087. 30 indexed citations

Stevens, Joshua B., Batoul Y. Abdallah, Guiming Liu, et al.. (2011). Diverse system stresses: common mechanisms of chromosome fragmentation. Cell Death and Disease. 2(6). e178–e178. 56 indexed citations

Piechocki, Marie P., et al.. (2008). DNA Vaccination Controls Her-2+ Tumors that Are Refractory to Targeted Therapies. Cancer Research. 68(18). 7502–7511. 24 indexed citations

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Heng, Henry H., Joshua B. Stevens, Steven W. Bremer, et al.. (2006). Stochastic cancer progression driven by non‐clonal chromosome aberrations. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 208(2). 461–472. 123 indexed citations

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Heng, Henry H., et al.. (2005). Characterization of three pairs of prostate cells lines derived from tumor and adjacent normal tissues. Cancer Research. 65. 462–462. 2 indexed citations

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Heng, Henry H., et al.. (2003). FISH Detection on DAPI-Banded Chromosomes. Humana Press eBooks. 33. 35–50. 7 indexed citations

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Claudio, Jaime O., et al.. (1999). Cloning and Expression Analysis of a Novel WD Repeat Gene, WDR3, Mapping to 1p12–p13. Genomics. 59(1). 85–89. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Lide, Lina Wang, Hong Peng Jia, et al.. (1998). Structure and mapping of the human β-defensin HBD-2 gene and its expression at sites of inflammation. Gene. 222(2). 237–244. 213 indexed citations

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Motoyama, Jun, Henry H. Heng, Michael A. Crackower, et al.. (1998). Overlapping and non-overlapping Ptch2 expression with Shh during mouse embryogenesis. Mechanisms of Development. 78(1-2). 81–84. 60 indexed citations

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Vadnal, Robert, et al.. (1998). Human chromosomal localization of a gene for inositol monophosphatase by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Neuroreport. 9(4). 683–685. 4 indexed citations

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Heng, Henry H., Robert Lowsky, Yi Xu, et al.. (1997). Cloning, Expression, and Chromosomal Localization to 11p12-13 of a Human LIM/HOMEOBOX Gene, hLim-1. DNA and Cell Biology. 16(6). 671–678. 20 indexed citations

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Barron‐Casella, Emily, et al.. (1995). Sequence Analysis and Chromosomal Localization of Human Cap Z. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(37). 21472–21479. 51 indexed citations

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Leung, Irene, et al.. (1994). MLK-3: identification of a widely-expressed protein kinase bearing an SH3 domain and a leucine zipper-basic region domain.. PubMed. 9(6). 1745–50. 84 indexed citations

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Heng, Henry H., et al.. (1988). Effects of pingyanymycin on chromosomes: A possible structural basis for chromosome aberration. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 199(1). 199–205. 26 indexed citations

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