Kit‐San Yuen

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Kit‐San Yuen is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Kit‐San Yuen has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Immunology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Kit‐San Yuen's work include interferon and immune responses (10 papers), Viral-associated cancers and disorders (9 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (5 papers). Kit‐San Yuen is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (10 papers), Viral-associated cancers and disorders (9 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (5 papers). Kit‐San Yuen collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Japan. Kit‐San Yuen's co-authors include Dong‐Yan Jin, Chi‐Ping Chan, Sin‐Yee Fung, Zi‐Wei Ye, Shuofeng Yuan, Kin‐Hang Kok, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Kam‐Leung Siu, Man Lung Yeung and Carlos Castaño-Rodríguez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Kit‐San Yuen

27 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Zoonotic origins of human coronaviruses 2019 2026 2021 2023 2020 2019 200 400 600
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. Zoonotic origins of human coronaviruses
    2020 600 citations Zi‐Wei Ye, Shuofeng Yuan et al. International Journal of Biological Sciences profile →
  2. Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus ORF3a protein activates the NLRP3 inflammasome by promoting TRAF3‐dependent ubiquitination of ASC
    2019 374 citations Kam‐Leung Siu, Kit‐San Yuen et al. profile →

Peers

Kit‐San Yuen
Chi‐Ping Chan Hong Kong
Gengfu Xiao China
Zanxian Xia China
Aiping Wu China
Xianwen Zhang China
Kailang Wu China
Zheng Zhu China
Philip V’kovski Switzerland
Mart M. Lamers Netherlands
David J. Gregory United States
Chi‐Ping Chan Hong Kong
Kit‐San Yuen
Citations per year, relative to Kit‐San Yuen Kit‐San Yuen (= 1×) peers Chi‐Ping Chan

Countries citing papers authored by Kit‐San Yuen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kit‐San Yuen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kit‐San Yuen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kit‐San Yuen. The network helps show where Kit‐San Yuen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kit‐San Yuen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kit‐San Yuen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kit‐San Yuen 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 Kit‐San Yuen. Kit‐San Yuen 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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Ong, Chon Phin, Zi‐Wei Ye, Chi‐Ping Chan, et al.. (2024). Nsp1 facilitates SARS-CoV-2 replication through calcineurin-NFAT signaling. mBio. 15(4). e0039224–e0039224.
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Jangra, Sonia, et al.. (2023). Suppression of cGAS- and RIG-I-mediated innate immune signaling by Epstein-Barr virus deubiquitinase BPLF1. PLoS Pathogens. 19(2). e1011186–e1011186. 27 indexed citations
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Yuen, Kit‐San, et al.. (2023). Suppression of type I and type II interferon production and signalling by Epstein-Barr virus BGLF2 protein: abridged secondary publication.. PubMed. 29 Suppl 1(1). 39–41.
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Yuen, Kit‐San, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: revisiting the most important research questions. Cell & Bioscience. 11(1). 215–215.
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Jangra, Sonia, et al.. (2021). Suppression of JAK-STAT Signaling by Epstein-Barr Virus Tegument Protein BGLF2 through Recruitment of SHP1 Phosphatase and Promotion of STAT2 Degradation. Journal of Virology. 95(20). e0102721–e0102721. 24 indexed citations
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Wong, Lok-Yin Roy, Zi‐Wei Ye, Pak‐Yin Lui, et al.. (2020). Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus ORF8b Accessory Protein Suppresses Type I IFN Expression by Impeding HSP70-Dependent Activation of IRF3 Kinase IKKε. The Journal of Immunology. 205(6). 1564–1579. 29 indexed citations
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Călin, George A., et al.. (2020). Epigenetic silencing of miR-342-3p in B cell lymphoma and its impact on autophagy. Clinical Epigenetics. 12(1). 150–150. 14 indexed citations
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Ye, Zi‐Wei, Shuofeng Yuan, Kit‐San Yuen, et al.. (2020). Zoonotic origins of human coronaviruses. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 16(10). 1686–1697. 600 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yuen, Kit‐San, Zi‐Wei Ye, Sin‐Yee Fung, Chi‐Ping Chan, & Dong‐Yan Jin. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: The most important research questions. Cell & Bioscience. 10(1). 40–40. 461 indexed citations
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Fung, Sin‐Yee, Kit‐San Yuen, Zi‐Wei Ye, Chi‐Ping Chan, & Dong‐Yan Jin. (2020). A tug-of-war between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and host antiviral defence: lessons from other pathogenic viruses. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 558–570. 284 indexed citations
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Jangra, Sonia, Kit‐San Yuen, Michael G. Botelho, & Dong‐Yan Jin. (2019). Epstein–Barr Virus and Innate Immunity: Friends or Foes?. Microorganisms. 7(6). 183–183. 56 indexed citations
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Wang, Pei‐Hui, Zi‐Wei Ye, Kam‐Leung Siu, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of AIM 2 inflammasome activation by a novel transcript isoform of IFI 16. EMBO Reports. 19(10). 70 indexed citations
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Chaudhary, Vidyanath, Kit‐San Yuen, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, et al.. (2017). Selective Activation of Type II Interferon Signaling by Zika Virus NS5 Protein. Journal of Virology. 91(14). 87 indexed citations
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Yuen, Kit‐San, et al.. (2017). Suppression of Epstein-Barr virus DNA load in latently infected nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells by CRISPR/Cas9. Virus Research. 244. 296–303. 41 indexed citations
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Yuen, Kit‐San, et al.. (2017). Suppression of IFN-β production by Epstein-Barr virus lytic transactivator Zta. The Journal of Immunology. 198(Supplement_1). 214.15–214.15. 2 indexed citations
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Lui, Pak‐Yin, Lok-Yin Roy Wong, Kam‐Leung Siu, et al.. (2016). Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus M protein suppresses type I interferon expression through the inhibition of TBK1-dependent phosphorylation of IRF3. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 5(1). 1–9. 104 indexed citations
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Yuen, Chun‐Kit, Ching-Ping Chan, Sin‐Yee Fung, et al.. (2016). Suppression of Type I Interferon Production by Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Oncoprotein Tax through Inhibition of IRF3 Phosphorylation. Journal of Virology. 90(8). 3902–3912. 31 indexed citations
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Yuen, Kit‐San, Chi‐Ping Chan, Kin‐Hang Kok, & Dong‐Yan Jin. (2016). Mutagenesis and Genome Engineering of Epstein–Barr Virus in Cultured Human Cells by CRISPR/Cas9. Methods in molecular biology. 1498. 23–31. 22 indexed citations
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Gao, Weiwei, Chi‐Ping Chan, Yun Cheng, et al.. (2014). Requirement of CRTC1 coactivator for hepatitis B virus transcription. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(20). 12455–12468. 24 indexed citations
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Chan, Shun‐Wan, et al.. (2012). Effects and Mechanism of Turmeric Vasorelaxation of the Thoracic Aorta in Hypercholesterolemic Rats. Journal of Medicinal Food. 15(2). 190–199. 8 indexed citations

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