Kun Liao

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 701 citations indexed

About

Kun Liao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Liao has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 701 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kun Liao's work include RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (3 papers). Kun Liao is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (3 papers). Kun Liao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Kun Liao's co-authors include Huai‐Qiang Ju, Rui‐Hua Xu, Junzhong Lin, Zexian Liu, Qi‐Nian Wu, Hai‐Yu Mo, Kai Yu, Jin‐Fei Lin, Xiaojun Zheng and Heng‐Ying Pu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Molecular Cell and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kun Liao

13 papers receiving 699 citations

Hit Papers

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Phosphorylated NFS1 weakens oxaliplatin-based chemosensitivity of colorectal cancer by preventing PANoptosis

2022 226 citations Jin‐Fei Lin, Peishan Hu et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Liao China	11	423	215	156	127	123	15	701
Wenlian Xie China	18	384 0.9×	266 1.2×	178 1.1×	133 1.0×	94 0.8×	57	1.0k
Grant M. Fischer United States	9	274 0.6×	164 0.8×	135 0.9×	172 1.4×	109 0.9×	26	617
Corinna Seliger Germany	16	344 0.8×	235 1.1×	70 0.4×	190 1.5×	51 0.4×	44	809
Yinyun Ni China	11	243 0.6×	143 0.7×	128 0.8×	143 1.1×	92 0.7×	22	646
Chun Gong China	18	631 1.5×	185 0.9×	89 0.6×	268 2.1×	43 0.3×	30	1.0k
Bahman Sadeghi Iran	9	281 0.7×	209 1.0×	79 0.5×	147 1.2×	94 0.8×	32	696
Chensi Ouyang United States	7	515 1.2×	347 1.6×	171 1.1×	259 2.0×	165 1.3×	15	998
Changsong Zhang China	16	446 1.1×	169 0.8×	88 0.6×	169 1.3×	53 0.4×	48	718
Miriam Butler Australia	11	246 0.6×	100 0.5×	83 0.5×	72 0.6×	54 0.4×	28	530

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Liao

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15 of 15 papers shown

Zheng, Yongqiang, Haiyan Fu, Qi Wu, et al.. (2026). Peritumoural adipose tissue promotes ferroptosis resistance by 3-hydroxykynurenine-mediated suppression of ferritinophagy. Nature Cell Biology.

Wang, Yiyu, Jin‐Fei Lin, Wen‐Wei Wu, et al.. (2025). Inhibition of MBTPS1 enhances antitumor immunity and potentiates anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4047–4047.

Lin, Jin‐Fei, Zexian Liu, Dongliang Chen, et al.. (2025). Nucleus-translocated GCLM promotes chemoresistance in colorectal cancer through a moonlighting function. Nature Communications. 16(1). 263–263. 4 indexed citations

Cai, Zerong, Di Chen, Haojie Chen, et al.. (2024). Diagnosis and prognosis prediction of gastric cancer by high-performance serum lipidome fingerprints. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 16(12). 3089–3112. 5 indexed citations

Tian, Tian, Yongqiang Zheng, Hai‐Yu Mo, et al.. (2023). The liver microenvironment orchestrates FGL1-mediated immune escape and progression of metastatic colorectal cancer. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6690–6690. 44 indexed citations

Han, Yi, Yanyu Zhang, Xiaojun Zheng, et al.. (2023). IL-1β-associated NNT acetylation orchestrates iron-sulfur cluster maintenance and cancer immunotherapy resistance. Molecular Cell. 83(11). 1887–1902.e8. 73 indexed citations

Lin, Jin‐Fei, Peishan Hu, Yiyu Wang, et al.. (2022). Phosphorylated NFS1 weakens oxaliplatin-based chemosensitivity of colorectal cancer by preventing PANoptosis. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 7(1). 54–54. 226 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Yun‐Xin, Wei Chen, Zixian Wang, et al.. (2022). Arginine methylation of MTHFD1 by PRMT5 enhances anoikis resistance and cancer metastasis. Oncogene. 41(32). 3912–3924. 27 indexed citations

Cai, Zerong, Yan Hu, Kun Liao, et al.. (2022). Circular RNAs: Emerging regulators of glucose metabolism in cancer. Cancer Letters. 552. 215978–215978. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Ting, Yan‐Xing Chen, Xiaojun Zheng, et al.. (2022). Methionine deficiency facilitates antitumour immunity by altering m⁶A methylation of immune checkpoint transcripts. Gut. 72(3). 501–511. 135 indexed citations

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Dai, Ziwei, Li‐Yan Xu, Kun Liao, et al.. (2019). Identification of Cancer–associated metabolic vulnerabilities by modeling multi-objective optimality in metabolism. Cell Communication and Signaling. 17(1). 124–124. 20 indexed citations

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Ye, Zengjie, Hong Zhong Qiu, Mu Zi Liang, et al.. (2017). Effect of a mentor-based, supportive-expressive program, Be Resilient to Breast Cancer, on survival in metastatic breast cancer: a randomised, controlled intervention trial. British Journal of Cancer. 117(10). 1486–1494. 71 indexed citations

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Ye, Zengjie, Mei Ling Liu, Zhang Zhang, et al.. (2017). Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Parent Perception of Uncertainty Scale (PPUS) among parents of children with cancer diagnosis. International Journal of Nursing Sciences. 4(3). 278–284. 11 indexed citations

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Liao, Kun, Bin Xia, Mengjun Hou, et al.. (2015). Parthenolide Inhibits Cancer Stem-Like Side Population of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells via Suppression of the NF-κB/COX-2 Pathway. Theranostics. 5(3). 302–321. 46 indexed citations

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Chen, Huifeng, Jianxin Wan, Yanfang Gao, et al.. (2013). Role of a Novel Functional Variant in the PPP2R1A Promoter on the Regulation of PP2A-Aalpha and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59574–e59574. 16 indexed citations

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