Liming Cheng

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Liming Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Liming Cheng has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Liming Cheng's work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (5 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (5 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (4 papers). Liming Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Cord Injury Research (5 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (5 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (4 papers). Liming Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Liming Cheng's co-authors include Zhigang Xue, Kevin Huang, Guoping Fan, Yi Eve Sun, Chaochao Cai, Jiayin Liu, Qiao Zeng, Steve Horvath, Chunyan Jiang and Lingbo Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Liming Cheng

25 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. Genetic programs in human and mouse early embryos revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing
    2013 723 citations Zhigang Xue, Kevin Huang et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Liming Cheng
Walter Tsark United States
Beat Bornhäuser Switzerland
Elen Gócza Hungary
Jeong-Woong Lee South Korea
Ido Sagi Israel
Yuko Komiya United States
Naihong Yan China
Rosa Montes Spain
Walter Tsark United States
Liming Cheng
Citations per year, relative to Liming Cheng Liming Cheng (= 1×) peers Walter Tsark

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liming Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liming Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liming Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liming Cheng 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 Liming Cheng. Liming Cheng 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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Cheng, Liming, et al.. (2025). Overexpression of miR-20a targeting DUSP3 inhibits OCLN ubiquitination levels and alleviates sepsis induced intestinal barrier dysfunction. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 61(4). 459–471.
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Wang, Yi, Jiaoyuan Li, Yuanyuan Liu, et al.. (2025). Immunoglobulin G N-glycan signatures as potential diagnostic and predictive biomarkers for non-small-cell lung cancer. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 320(Pt 4). 146089–146089.
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Yu, Linling, et al.. (2025). The interaction between circadian syndrome and genetic susceptibility in the risk of incident dementia: A longitudinal cohort study. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 12(5). 100089–100089. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Wei, Xiao Hu, Zhourui Wu, et al.. (2025). Neurotrophin-3/chitosan inhibits cuproptosis-related genes to enable functional recovery after spinal cord injury. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 310(Pt 2). 143403–143403. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Rui, Huiran Yang, Yizhen He, et al.. (2024). Selectively targeting the AdipoR2-CaM-CaMKII-NOS3 axis by SCM-198 as a rapid-acting therapy for advanced acute liver failure. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10690–10690. 3 indexed citations
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Tan, Lu, Jiazhao Xie, Xiaoguang Li, et al.. (2024). Tetrahedral framework nucleic acids inhibit Aβ-mediated ferroptosis and ameliorate cognitive and synaptic impairments in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 682–682. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Si, Jianmin Huang, Yuanyuan Liu, et al.. (2024). Identification of serum N-glycans signatures in three major gastrointestinal cancers by high-throughput N-glycome profiling. Clinical Proteomics. 21(1). 64–64. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Wei, Xiao Hu, Jingwei Zhao, et al.. (2024). A novel online calculator based on inflammation-related endotypes and clinical features to predict postoperative pulmonary infection in patients with cervical spinal cord injury. International Immunopharmacology. 142(Pt B). 113246–113246. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Youwei, Ying Chen, Huahua Liu, et al.. (2023). Short C-terminal Musashi-1 proteins regulate pluripotency states in embryonic stem cells. Cell Reports. 42(10). 113308–113308. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiong, Jiazhao Xie, Lu Tan, et al.. (2023). N6-methyladenosine-modified circRIMS2 mediates synaptic and memory impairments by activating GluN2B ubiquitination in Alzheimer's disease. Translational Neurodegeneration. 12(1). 53–53. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiong, Huijun Li, Yanjun Lu, & Liming Cheng. (2021). Regulatory Effects of Circular RNAs on Host Genes in Human Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 586163–586163. 32 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jingwei, et al.. (2020). A circRNA derived from linear HIPK3 relieves the neuronal cell apoptosis in spinal cord injury via ceRNA pattern. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 528(2). 359–367. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, et al.. (2019). Heat shock cognate protein 70 promotes the differentiation of C2C12 myoblast and targets Yin Yang 1. Annals of Translational Medicine. 7(20). 551–551. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiao, Qiang Liu, Linnan Yang, et al.. (2017). Curcumin-Loaded TPGS/F127/P123 Mixed Polymeric Micelles for Cervical Cancer Therapy: Formulation, Characterization, and In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 13(12). 1631–1646. 39 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaoying, Kunshan Zhang, Liqiang Zhou, et al.. (2016). Coupled electrophysiological recording and single cell transcriptome analyses revealed molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal maturation. Protein & Cell. 7(3). 175–186. 36 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Xiaoyan Cui, Zhourui Wu, et al.. (2014). Transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells pretreated with valproic acid in rats with an acute spinal cord injury. BioScience Trends. 8(2). 111–119. 19 indexed citations
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Jin, Lingjing, Zhourui Wu, Wei Xu, et al.. (2014). Identifying gene expression profile of spinal cord injury in rat by bioinformatics strategy. Molecular Biology Reports. 41(5). 3169–3177. 20 indexed citations
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Xue, Zhigang, Kevin Huang, Chaochao Cai, et al.. (2013). Genetic programs in human and mouse early embryos revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing. Nature. 500(7464). 593–597. 723 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Zhourui, Kevin Huang, Juehua Yu, et al.. (2012). Dnmt3a regulates both proliferation and differentiation of mouse neural stem cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 90(10). 1883–1891. 53 indexed citations

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