Hongyuan Yang

13.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
164 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Hongyuan Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongyuan Yang has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Biochemistry and 46 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Hongyuan Yang's work include Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (54 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (30 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (24 papers). Hongyuan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (54 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (30 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (24 papers). Hongyuan Yang collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Singapore. Hongyuan Yang's co-authors include Bao‐Liang Song, Jie Luo, Ximing Du, Andrew J. Brown, Peng Li, Robert G. Parton, Weihua Fei, Guanghou Shui, Armella Zadoorian and Markus R. Wenk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Hongyuan Yang

159 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Mechanisms and regulation of cholesterol homeostasis

2019 1.3k citations Hongyuan Yang et al. profile →
Lipid droplet biogenesis and functions in health and disease

2023 320 citations Armella Zadoorian, Ximing Du et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongyuan Yang Australia	53	6.3k	3.4k	2.7k	1.9k	1.7k	164	10.2k
Jean E. Schaffer United States	54	6.3k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	3.9k 2.1×	1.7k 1.0×	108	12.1k
Suzanne Jackowski United States	68	8.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	763 0.4×	964 0.6×	168	12.4k
M. Mahmood Hussain United States	54	3.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.6×	168	10.1k
Jesús Balsinde Spain	59	6.1k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	147	9.1k
Emile Van Schaftingen Belgium	68	9.8k 1.5×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	2.9k 1.7×	263	15.6k
André Bensadoun United States	50	3.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	153	10.3k
Grant A. Mitchell Canada	56	5.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	707 0.3×	3.7k 2.0×	1.5k 0.9×	206	11.8k
Ta‐Yuan Chang United States	55	5.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 1.1×	4.7k 2.9×	160	9.5k
H. Alex Brown United States	51	6.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.3×	2.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	637 0.4×	98	9.0k
Loren G. Fong United States	61	6.6k 1.0×	790 0.2×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	181	12.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongyuan Yang

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Dong, Qianqian, Ziwei Liu, Xin Chen, et al.. (2025). Adipose tissue deficiency impairs transient lipid accumulation and delays liver regeneration following partial hepatectomy in male Seipin knockout mice. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 15(2). e70238–e70238. 3 indexed citations

Zeng, Zhenhua, et al.. (2025). Intestinal 8 gingerol attenuates TBI-induced neuroinflammation by inhibiting microglia NLRP3 inflammasome activation in a PINK1/Parkin-dependent manner. Phytomedicine. 140. 156580–156580. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Hongyuan, et al.. (2024). Therapeutic advances in hepatocellular carcinoma: an update from the 2024 ASCO annual meeting. Frontiers in Oncology. 14. 1453412–1453412. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Yanju, Hongyuan Yang, Tian Li, & Na Zhang. (2024). Immunotherapy in liver cancer: overcoming the tolerogenic liver microenvironment. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1460282–1460282. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Hongyuan, et al.. (2023). A novel tumor-bearing humanized mouse model for evaluating the efficacy and predictive safety of bispecific T cell engager. The Journal of Immunology. 210(Supplement_1). 230.18–230.18.

Ni, Xiaojun, et al.. (2023). Effects of Dietary Protein Levels on Sheep Gut Metabolite Profiles during the Lactating Stage. Animals. 14(1). 121–121. 4 indexed citations

Yuan, Yiqiong, et al.. (2021). TMEM41B and VMP1 are phospholipid scramblases. Autophagy. 17(8). 2048–2050. 19 indexed citations

Zoni, Valeria, Rasha Khaddaj, Ivan Lukmantara, et al.. (2021). Seipin accumulates and traps diacylglycerols and triglycerides in its ring-like structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(10). 73 indexed citations

Mak, Hoi Yin, Qian Ouyang, Sergey Tumanov, et al.. (2021). AGPAT2 interaction with CDP-diacylglycerol synthases promotes the flux of fatty acids through the CDP-diacylglycerol pathway. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6877–6877. 28 indexed citations

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Molenaar, Martijn R., Kamlesh Yadav, Alexandre Toulmay, et al.. (2021). Retinyl esters form lipid droplets independently of triacylglycerol and seipin. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(10). 26 indexed citations

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Du, Ximing, Linkang Zhou, Hoi Yin Mak, et al.. (2019). ORP5 localizes to ER–lipid droplet contacts and regulates the level of PI(4)P on lipid droplets. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(1). 85 indexed citations

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Xu, Dijin, Yuqi Li, Lizhen Wu, et al.. (2018). Rab18 promotes lipid droplet (LD) growth by tethering the ER to LDs through SNARE and NRZ interactions. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(3). 975–995. 183 indexed citations

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Bai, Zhiqiang, Xiaoran Chai, Myeong Jin Yoon, et al.. (2017). Dynamic transcriptome changes during adipose tissue energy expenditure reveal critical roles for long noncoding RNA regulators. PLoS Biology. 15(8). e2002176–e2002176. 72 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Maike, Hongyong Zhang, Michael Malfatti, et al.. (2016). Microdose-Induced Drug–DNA Adducts as Biomarkers of Chemotherapy Resistance in Humans and Mice. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 16(2). 376–387. 22 indexed citations

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Gong, Jingyi, Zhiqi Sun, Lizhen Wu, et al.. (2011). Fsp27 promotes lipid droplet growth by lipid exchange and transfer at lipid droplet contact sites. The Journal of Cell Biology. 195(6). 953–963. 295 indexed citations

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Toh, Shen Yon, Jingyi Gong, Guoli Du, et al.. (2008). Up-Regulation of Mitochondrial Activity and Acquirement of Brown Adipose Tissue-Like Property in the White Adipose Tissue of Fsp27 Deficient Mice. PLoS ONE. 3(8). e2890–e2890. 219 indexed citations

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Tian, Quan, Jing Zhang, Sui Yung Chan, et al.. (2005). Topotecan Is a Substrate for Multidrug Resistance Associated Protein 4. Current Drug Metabolism. 7(1). 105–118. 56 indexed citations

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Yang, Jing, Jian Zhao, Shuping Liang, & Hongyuan Yang. (2002). Ultracytochemical localization of calcium in rice central cell before and after fertilization. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia s Botanica. 44. 2 indexed citations

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Weber, George, et al.. (1998). Novel advances in the regulation of signal transduction activity. Advances in Enzyme Regulation. 38(1). 49–62. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Hongyuan, Debra Cromley, Hongxing Wang, Jeffrey T. Billheimer, & Stephen L. Sturley. (1997). Functional Expression of a cDNA to Human Acyl-coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase in Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(7). 3980–3985. 55 indexed citations

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