Hongde Li

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 967 citations indexed

About

Hongde Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongde Li has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 967 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hongde Li's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (9 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (6 papers). Hongde Li is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (9 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (6 papers). Hongde Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and India. Hongde Li's co-authors include Jason M. Tennessen, Huiru Tang, Duojia Pan, Xiangyu Wu, Linchong Sun, Hai Hu, Yulan Wang, Yonggang Zheng, Hehua Lei and Wandi Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hongde Li

34 papers receiving 950 citations

Hit Papers

Lactylation in cancer: Current understanding and challenges 2024 2026 2025 2024 2025 25 50 75
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.

  1. Lactylation in cancer: Current understanding and challenges
    2024 77 citations Hongde Li, Linchong Sun et al. Cancer Cell profile →
  2. Cancer cell-derived arginine fuels polyamine biosynthesis in tumor-associated macrophages to promote immune evasion
    2025 26 citations Yinghua Zhu, Ziwei Zhou et al. Cancer Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hongde Li China 18 510 165 140 99 97 36 967
Yu‐Ling Wu Taiwan 14 550 1.1× 189 1.1× 131 0.9× 112 1.1× 50 0.5× 41 970
Tasleem Arif Israel 20 801 1.6× 253 1.5× 135 1.0× 148 1.5× 157 1.6× 31 1.3k
Nicoletta Guaragnella Italy 22 1.2k 2.3× 149 0.9× 148 1.1× 71 0.7× 161 1.7× 49 1.4k
Susana R. Chaves Portugal 19 778 1.5× 101 0.6× 202 1.4× 150 1.5× 126 1.3× 45 1.1k
Keke Huo China 21 667 1.3× 129 0.8× 122 0.9× 55 0.6× 28 0.3× 77 1.0k
Ying Wei China 20 658 1.3× 95 0.6× 170 1.2× 47 0.5× 27 0.3× 48 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Hongde Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongde Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongde Li

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhu, Yinghua, Ziwei Zhou, Xiaorong Lin, et al.. (2025). Cancer cell-derived arginine fuels polyamine biosynthesis in tumor-associated macrophages to promote immune evasion. Cancer Cell. 43(6). 1045–1060.e7. 26 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yuan, Jing, Xiaobao Gong, Yue Zhu, et al.. (2025). A high-affinity antibody-drug conjugates Actuximab-MMAE for potent and selective targeting of CEACAM5-Positive tumors. Cancer Letters. 620. 217685–217685. 2 indexed citations
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Zhong, Jiaxin, Junying Yuan, Wenkui Fu, et al.. (2025). Nuclear PHGDH regulates macrophage polarization through transcriptional repression of GLUD1 and GLS2 in breast cancer. Cancer Biology and Medicine. 22(5). 1–23.
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Tourigny, Jason P., Katherine Beebe, Hongde Li, et al.. (2024). Renal L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase activity promotes hypoxia tolerance and mitochondrial metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Metabolism. 89. 102013–102013. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Hongde, et al.. (2024). Lactylation in cancer: Current understanding and challenges. Cancer Cell. 42(11). 1803–1807. 77 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Yuxiang, Xiang Qin, Tongwang Yang, Jing Wang, & Hongde Li. (2023). LINC01806 Promotes Breast Cancer Growth and Metastasis via Sponging miR-1286 to Disinhibit ZEB1 Expression. Biochemical Genetics. 62(3). 1977–1993. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Jing, et al.. (2022). YAP–VGLL4 antagonism defines the major physiological function of the Hippo signaling effector YAP. Genes & Development. 36(21-24). 1119–1128. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, Li, Ting Su, Bing Li, et al.. (2022). Multiphase coalescence mediates Hippo pathway activation. Cell. 185(23). 4376–4393.e18. 66 indexed citations
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Brinkley, Garrett J., Hongde Li, Jonathan A. Karty, et al.. (2020). The oncometabolite L-2-hydroxyglutarate is a common product of dipteran larval development. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 127. 103493–103493. 6 indexed citations
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Karsai, Gergely, Museer A. Lone, Zoltán Kutalik, et al.. (2019). FADS3 is a Δ14Z sphingoid base desaturase that contributes to gender differences in the human plasma sphingolipidome. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(7). 1889–1897. 70 indexed citations
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Li, Hongde & Jason M. Tennessen. (2019). Quantification of d- and l-2-Hydroxyglutarate in Drosophila melanogaster Tissue Samples Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Methods in molecular biology. 1978. 155–165. 5 indexed citations
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Maiuri, Ashley R., Hongde Li, Barry Stein, Jason M. Tennessen, & Heather M. O’Hagan. (2018). Inflammation-induced DNA methylation of DNA polymerase gamma alters the metabolic profile of colon tumors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 9–9. 16 indexed citations
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Jiang, Zheng‐Meng, Chao Zhao, Xiaojian Gong, et al.. (2018). Quantification and efficient discovery of quality control markers for Emilia prenanthoidea DC. by Fingerprint-Efficacy Relationship Modelling. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 156. 36–44. 34 indexed citations
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Li, Hongde & Jason M. Tennessen. (2018). Preparation of <em>Drosophila</em> Larval Samples for Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)-based Metabolomics. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Hongde, Geetanjali Chawla, Olga Zaslaver, et al.. (2017). Drosophila larvae synthesize the putative oncometabolite L-2-hydroxyglutarate during normal developmental growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(6). 1353–1358. 57 indexed citations
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Ogando, Diego G., et al.. (2017). Conditionally Immortal Slc4a11 −/− Mouse Corneal Endothelial Cell Line Recapitulates Disrupted Glutaminolysis Seen in Slc4a11 −/− Mouse Model. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(9). 3723–3723. 27 indexed citations
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Li, Hongde, Rajat Roy, Elza de Bruin, et al.. (2016). Decreased glutathione biosynthesis contributes to EGFR T790M-driven erlotinib resistance in non-small cell lung cancer. Cell Discovery. 2(1). 16031–16031. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Hongde, Wandi Zhu, Leike Zhang, et al.. (2015). The metabolic responses to hepatitis B virus infection shed new light on pathogenesis and targets for treatment. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 8421–8421. 114 indexed citations

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