Linchong Sun

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Linchong Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Linchong Sun has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cancer Research and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Linchong Sun's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (15 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Linchong Sun is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (15 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Linchong Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Poland. Linchong Sun's co-authors include Ping Gao, Huafeng Zhang, Caixia Suo, Xiaoping He, Shiting Li, Xiuying Zhong, Libing Song, Shengqi Shen, De Huang and Gongwei Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Linchong Sun

32 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic modifications on the path to cancer

2021 480 citations Linchong Sun, Huafeng Zhang et al. Protein & Cell profile →
HIF-1-Mediated Suppression of Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases and Fatty Acid Oxidation Is Critical for Cancer Progression

2014 286 citations De Huang, Linchong Sun et al. profile →
Lactylation in cancer: Current understanding and challenges

2024 77 citations Hongde Li, Linchong Sun et al. Cancer Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Linchong Sun China	22	1.7k	1.2k	297	288	238	35	2.3k
Yekaterina Y. Zaytseva United States	24	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	368 1.2×	177 0.6×	144 0.6×	49	2.1k
Dimitrios Anastasiou United Kingdom	15	1.7k 1.0×	981 0.8×	384 1.3×	196 0.7×	206 0.9×	30	2.5k
Alba Luengo United States	11	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	396 1.3×	170 0.6×	172 0.7×	15	2.5k
Evan C. Lien United States	17	1.4k 0.8×	777 0.6×	393 1.3×	207 0.7×	143 0.6×	28	2.0k
Guishuai Lv China	15	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	330 1.1×	180 0.6×	305 1.3×	18	2.0k
Taro Hitosugi United States	21	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	269 0.9×	104 0.4×	218 0.9×	34	2.1k
Kelly M. Kennedy United States	7	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	359 1.2×	126 0.4×	203 0.9×	7	2.3k
Xueli Bian China	9	902 0.5×	792 0.6×	169 0.6×	207 0.7×	194 0.8×	15	1.4k
Mei Yi China	21	1.4k 0.9×	808 0.6×	442 1.5×	279 1.0×	358 1.5×	49	2.1k
Suveera Dhup Belgium	9	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	282 0.9×	94 0.3×	173 0.7×	13	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Linchong Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Linchong Sun

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Tong, Ping Gao, & Linchong Sun. (2025). Targeting Metabolic Reprogramming in Tumor: From Mechanisms to Precision Immunotherapies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4).

Li, Zhikun, Caixia Suo, Xuemei Gu, et al.. (2025). ENO1–BACE2-mediated LDLR cleavage promotes liver cancer progression by remodelling cholesterol metabolism. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 17(1).

Sun, Linchong, et al.. (2025). Environmental pollutants cause placental dysfunctions to induce miscarriage. 3(4). 100162–100162.

Li, Hongde, et al.. (2024). Lactylation in cancer: Current understanding and challenges. Cancer Cell. 42(11). 1803–1807. 77 indexed citations breakdown →

Ma, Wenhao, Yuchen Sun, Ronghui Yan, et al.. (2024). OXCT1 functions as a succinyltransferase, contributing to hepatocellular carcinoma via succinylating LACTB. Molecular Cell. 84(3). 538–551.e7. 43 indexed citations

Hao, Yijie, Zilong Zhou, Rui Liu, et al.. (2024). Mitochondria-localized MBD2c facilitates mtDNA transcription and drug resistance. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(6). 926–938. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Linchong, Caixia Suo, Tong Zhang, et al.. (2023). ENO1 promotes liver carcinogenesis through YAP1-dependent arachidonic acid metabolism. Nature Chemical Biology. 19(12). 1492–1503. 30 indexed citations

Suo, Caixia, Haoran Wei, Xuemei Gu, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrion-Localized SND1 Promotes Mitophagy and Liver Cancer Progression Through PGAM5. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 857968–857968. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Zhaoji, Linchong Sun, Yongping Cai, et al.. (2021). Hypoxia-Induced Suppression of Alternative Splicing of MBD2 Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis via Activation of FZD1. Cancer Research. 81(5). 1265–1278. 42 indexed citations

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Wei, Haoran, Wenhao Ma, Xiaofei Lü, et al.. (2021). KDELR2 promotes breast cancer proliferation via HDAC3‐mediated cell cycle progression. Cancer Communications. 41(9). 904–920. 35 indexed citations

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Wu, Gongwei, Caixia Suo, Ying Yang, et al.. (2021). MYC promotes cancer progression by modulating m ⁶ A modifications to suppress target gene translation. EMBO Reports. 22(3). e51519–e51519. 33 indexed citations

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Sun, Linchong, Huafeng Zhang, & Ping Gao. (2021). Metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic modifications on the path to cancer. Protein & Cell. 13(12). 877–919. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Yinghui, Hui Lü, Linchong Sun, et al.. (2021). Metformin sensitises hepatocarcinoma cells to methotrexate by targeting dihydrofolate reductase. Cell Death and Disease. 12(10). 902–902. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tong, Linchong Sun, Yijie Hao, et al.. (2021). ENO1 suppresses cancer cell ferroptosis by degrading the mRNA of iron regulatory protein 1. Nature Cancer. 3(1). 75–89. 138 indexed citations

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Xing, Songge, Zhaoyong Li, Wenhao Ma, et al.. (2019). DIS3L2 Promotes Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via hnRNP U-Mediated Alternative Splicing. Cancer Research. 79(19). 4923–4936. 38 indexed citations

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Sun, Linchong, Caixia Suo, Shiting Li, Huafeng Zhang, & Ping Gao. (2018). Metabolic reprogramming for cancer cells and their microenvironment: Beyond the Warburg Effect. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1870(1). 51–66. 289 indexed citations

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Wu, Gongwei, Shengqi Shen, Xiaoyu Ma, et al.. (2017). Menin enhances c-Myc-mediated transcription to promote cancer progression. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15278–15278. 46 indexed citations

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Zhong, Xiuying, Xiang Zhang, Xinwei Diao, et al.. (2017). CUE domain‐containing protein 2 promotes the Warburg effect and tumorigenesis. EMBO Reports. 18(5). 809–825. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Dongdong, Linchong Sun, Zhaoyong Li, & Ping Gao. (2016). Noncoding RNAs in Regulation of Cancer Metabolic Reprogramming. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 927. 191–215. 36 indexed citations

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Sun, Linchong, Libing Song, Qianfen Wan, et al.. (2015). cMyc-mediated activation of serine biosynthesis pathway is critical for cancer progression under nutrient deprivation conditions. Cell Research. 25(4). 429–444. 239 indexed citations

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