Hesong Han

453 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 248 citations indexed

About

Hesong Han is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Hesong Han has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 248 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Hesong Han's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (12 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers). Hesong Han is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (12 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers). Hesong Han collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Hesong Han's co-authors include Niren Murthy, Jie Li, Adam C. Wilson, Jan Tůma, Hye Young Lee, Marena Trinidad, Kai Chen, Jennifer A. Doudna, Kewa Gao and Y Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Nature Biotechnology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Hesong Han

18 papers receiving 243 citations

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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.

Lung and liver editing by lipid nanoparticle delivery of a stable CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoprotein

2024 54 citations Kai Chen, Hesong Han et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hesong Han United States	10	191	39	19	19	18	20	248
Romel Menacho‐Melgar United States	7	203 1.1×	41 1.1×	12 0.6×	25 1.3×	42 2.3×	10	247
Daniel Vasconcelos Sweden	11	300 1.6×	43 1.1×	28 1.5×	28 1.5×	20 1.1×	13	359
Sivakumar Jeyarajan United States	9	192 1.0×	28 0.7×	30 1.6×	10 0.5×	12 0.7×	19	241
Alina A. Sofronova Russia	8	127 0.7×	59 1.5×	25 1.3×	15 0.8×	13 0.7×	11	237
Susana Geifman‐Shochat Singapore	10	288 1.5×	30 0.8×	7 0.4×	25 1.3×	23 1.3×	13	374
Bruno Marques France	9	216 1.1×	52 1.3×	22 1.2×	36 1.9×	22 1.2×	17	290
Patrick Gonschorek Switzerland	6	193 1.0×	29 0.7×	8 0.4×	6 0.3×	16 0.9×	7	295
Tahereh Ebrahimi Iran	7	204 1.1×	17 0.4×	28 1.5×	16 0.8×	5 0.3×	13	329
Julen Rodríguez-Castejón Spain	7	230 1.2×	71 1.8×	49 2.6×	29 1.5×	17 0.9×	13	295
Carmine Pasquale Cerrato Sweden	9	284 1.5×	36 0.9×	28 1.5×	36 1.9×	8 0.4×	15	329

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20 of 20 papers shown

Costa, Mauro W., Hesong Han, Tammy Ng, et al.. (2025). A microphysiological system for screening lipid nanoparticle−mRNA complexes predicts in vivo heart transfection efficacy. Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Gao, Qiang, Yunxia Gao, Haiting Xu, et al.. (2025). Reinforced plant-derived lipid nanoparticles for oral precise epigenome editing in colonic diseases. Science Advances. 11(39). eadw9275–eadw9275.

Gao, Kewa, Hesong Han, Sheng Zhao, et al.. (2024). Widespread Gene Editing in the Brain via In Utero Delivery of mRNA Using Acid-Degradable Lipid Nanoparticles. ACS Nano. 18(44). 30293–30306. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Lung and liver editing by lipid nanoparticle delivery of a stable CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoprotein. Nature Biotechnology. 43(9). 1445–1457. 54 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhao, Sheng, Na Yu, Hesong Han, Shutao Guo, & Niren Murthy. (2024). Advances in acid-degradable and enzyme-cleavable linkers for drug delivery. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 84. 102552–102552. 9 indexed citations

Qi, Ya‐Lin, et al.. (2024). Ethylene oxide graft copolymers reduce the immunogenicity of lipid nanoparticles. RSC Advances. 14(41). 30071–30076. 4 indexed citations

Gao, Kewa, Jie Li, Hesong Han, et al.. (2023). In utero delivery of mRNA to the heart, diaphragm and muscle with lipid nanoparticles. Bioactive Materials. 25. 387–398. 27 indexed citations

Han, Hesong, Lydia Boike, Kristoffer E. Leon, et al.. (2023). A covalent inhibitor targeting the papain-like protease from SARS-CoV-2 inhibits viral replication. RSC Advances. 13(16). 10636–10641. 2 indexed citations

Tůma, Jan, Y Chen, Jie Li, et al.. (2023). Lipid Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA to the Brain after an Intracerebral Injection. Biochemistry. 62(24). 3533–3547. 37 indexed citations

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Espinoza, Eli M., Maomao He, I-Che Li, et al.. (2022). A self-immolative linker that releases thiols detects penicillin amidase and nitroreductase with high sensitivity via absorption spectroscopy. Chemical Communications. 58(19). 3166–3169. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lijun, et al.. (2021). Design of online monitoring system for heavy metal mercury in industrial wastewater based on ZigBee wireless network. Desalination and Water Treatment. 239. 31–40. 1 indexed citations

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Han, Hesong, Jie Li, D. Lucas Kerr, et al.. (2021). Acid-Sensitive Surfactants Enhance the Delivery of Nucleic Acids. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 19(1). 67–79. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Jie, Jan Tůma, Hesong Han, et al.. (2021). The Coiled‐Coil Forming Peptide (KVSALKE)₅ Is a Cell Penetrating Peptide that Enhances the Intracellular Delivery of Proteins. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 11(9). e2102118–e2102118. 10 indexed citations

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He, Maomao, Jie Li, Hesong Han, et al.. (2020). A traceless linker for aliphatic amines that rapidly and quantitatively fragments after reduction. Chemical Science. 11(33). 8973–8980. 19 indexed citations

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Reinhard, Sören, Hesong Han, Jan Tůma, et al.. (2020). A pH-sensitive eosin-block copolymer delivers proteins intracellularly. Chemical Communications. 56(91). 14207–14210. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Jie, et al.. (2019). A novel fluorescent surfactant enhances the delivery of the Cas9 ribonucleoprotein and enables the identification of edited cells. Chemical Communications. 55(31). 4562–4565. 7 indexed citations

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Park, Bora, Clarissa A. Borges, Subhamoy Das, et al.. (2018). Nitro sulfonyl fluorides are a new pharmacophore for the development of antibiotics. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 3(4). 599–603. 9 indexed citations

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Han, Hesong, et al.. (2015). Loss of Homogentisate 1,2-Dioxygenase Activity in Bacillus anthracis Results in Accumulation of Protective Pigment. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128967–e0128967. 22 indexed citations

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Han, Hesong, et al.. (2014). Cytochromec₅₅₁and the CytochromecMaturation Pathway Affect Virulence Gene Expression in Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579. Journal of Bacteriology. 197(3). 626–635. 6 indexed citations

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He, Bifang, Canquan Mao, Beibei Ru, et al.. (2013). Epitope Mapping of Metuximab on CD147 Using Phage Display and Molecular Docking. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2013. 1–6. 18 indexed citations

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