Ling He

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Ling He is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling He has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Surgery and 14 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Ling He's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (24 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (11 papers). Ling He is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (24 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (11 papers). Ling He collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Ling He's co-authors include Fredric E. Wondisford, Sally Radovick, Hongying An, Mehboob A. Hussain, Jing Wang, Freda D. Miller, Ryan S. Miller, David R. Kaplan, Xiao‐Jian Sun and Shumei Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ling He

62 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Metformin Action: Concentrations Matter

2015 342 citations Ling He, Fredric E. Wondisford profile →
Metformin Improves Mitochondrial Respiratory Activity through Activation of AMPK

2019 302 citations Hongying An, Caolitao Qin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ling He United States	28	2.0k	896	710	669	603	64	3.8k
Aı̈da Habib France	35	1.9k 0.9×	656 0.7×	807 1.1×	306 0.5×	842 1.4×	87	4.8k
Jing Lin China	30	1.0k 0.5×	808 0.9×	209 0.3×	265 0.4×	873 1.4×	172	3.8k
Tony J. Verbeuren France	35	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.8×	2.4k 3.4×	1.1k 1.6×	1.4k 2.3×	119	7.1k
Giovanni Anfossi Italy	35	957 0.5×	444 0.5×	914 1.3×	1.3k 2.0×	1.3k 2.1×	122	4.0k
Nobuhiro Suematsu Japan	24	1.3k 0.6×	926 1.0×	659 0.9×	313 0.5×	1.3k 2.2×	65	3.5k
Andrea Semplicini Italy	35	1.4k 0.7×	612 0.7×	758 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.8×	165	4.0k
Yi‐Jen Chen Taiwan	37	1.4k 0.7×	476 0.5×	399 0.6×	443 0.7×	3.9k 6.5×	207	5.7k
Isabella Russo Italy	29	540 0.3×	445 0.5×	515 0.7×	338 0.5×	690 1.1×	84	2.2k
Stephan Schiekofer Germany	19	939 0.5×	254 0.3×	602 0.8×	465 0.7×	637 1.1×	47	2.6k
Takayuki Ito Japan	32	1.2k 0.6×	653 0.7×	637 0.9×	277 0.4×	1.2k 1.9×	104	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ling He

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ling He

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling He

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

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Xue, Yingchao, Zhaoxu Zhang, Inés López, et al.. (2025). The mechanotransducer Piezo1 coordinates metabolism and inflammation to promote skin growth. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6876–6876. 1 indexed citations

He, Ling, et al.. (2023). Regulation of Liver Glucose and Lipid Metabolism by Transcriptional Factors and Coactivators. Life. 13(2). 515–515. 16 indexed citations

Peng, Jinghua, Caolitao Qin, Shaodong Guo, et al.. (2022). Activation of the canonical ER stress IRE1–XBP1 pathway by insulin regulates glucose and lipid metabolism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(9). 102283–102283. 20 indexed citations

Wang, Yujue, Hyokjoon Kwon, Ankit Shah, et al.. (2022). Glucagon changes substrate preference in gluconeogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(12). 102708–102708. 4 indexed citations

Kosaraju, Jayasankar, Laura K. Hamilton, Anne Aumont, et al.. (2020). Dysregulated expression of monoacylglycerol lipase is a marker for anti-diabetic drug metformin-targeted therapy to correct impaired neurogenesis and spatial memory in Alzheimer's disease. Theranostics. 10(14). 6337–6360. 34 indexed citations

Kosaraju, Jayasankar, Sailendra Nath Sarma, Ling He, et al.. (2020). Metformin promotes CNS remyelination and improves social interaction following focal demyelination through CBP Ser436 phosphorylation. Experimental Neurology. 334. 113454–113454. 20 indexed citations

Zhang, Kebin, Xiaoqin Guo, Hui Yan, et al.. (2019). Phosphorylation of Forkhead Protein FoxO1 at S253 Regulates Glucose Homeostasis in Mice. Endocrinology. 160(5). 1333–1347. 28 indexed citations

Wu, Yuxin, Quan Pan, Hui Yan, et al.. (2018). Novel Mechanism of Foxo1 Phosphorylation in Glucagon Signaling in Control of Glucose Homeostasis. Diabetes. 67(11). 2167–2182. 72 indexed citations

Sarma, Sailendra Nath, Karolynn Hsu, Yosuke Niibori, et al.. (2018). Ectopic expression of aPKC-mediated phosphorylation in p300 modulates hippocampal neurogenesis, CREB binding and fear memory differently with age. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13489–13489. 3 indexed citations

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Guo, Qiongyu, Devin Miller, Hongying An, et al.. (2016). Controlled Heat Stress Promotes Myofibrillogenesis during Myogenesis. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0166294–e0166294. 26 indexed citations

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Brown, Karen, Dolly A. Parasrampuria, Daniel Weiss, et al.. (2015). The impact of a three-factor prothrombin complex concentrate on the anticoagulatory effects of the factor Xa inhibitor edoxaban. Thrombosis Research. 136(4). 825–831. 29 indexed citations

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Marbury, Thomas, Nobuko Matsushima, Shuquan Chen, et al.. (2015). Pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of edoxaban in end-stage renal disease subjects undergoing haemodialysis. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 113(4). 719–727. 99 indexed citations

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Mendell, Jeanne, et al.. (2015). The Effect of Rifampin on the Pharmacokinetics of Edoxaban in Healthy Adults. Clinical Drug Investigation. 35(7). 447–453. 68 indexed citations

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Fatt, Michael P., Karolynn Hsu, Ling He, et al.. (2015). Metformin Acts on Two Different Molecular Pathways to Enhance Adult Neural Precursor Proliferation/Self-Renewal and Differentiation. Stem Cell Reports. 5(6). 988–995. 104 indexed citations

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He, Ling, et al.. (2014). Lack of effect of colesevelam HCl on the single-dose pharmacokinetics of aspirin, atenolol, enalapril, phenytoin, rosiglitazone, and sitagliptin. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 104(3). 401–409. 12 indexed citations

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He, Ling, Shumei Meng, Emily L. Germain‐Lee, Sally Radovick, & Fredric E. Wondisford. (2014). Potential biomarker of metformin action. Journal of Endocrinology. 221(3). 363–369. 20 indexed citations

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Wondisford, Anne R., Evan Chang, Shumei Meng, et al.. (2013). Control of Foxo1 Gene Expression by Co-activator P300. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(7). 4326–4333. 44 indexed citations

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He, Ling, Shumei Meng, Jia Cao, et al.. (2012). Transcriptional Co-activator p300 Maintains Basal Hepatic Gluconeogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(38). 32069–32077. 43 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing, Denis Gallagher, Loren M. DeVito, et al.. (2012). Metformin Activates an Atypical PKC-CBP Pathway to Promote Neurogenesis and Enhance Spatial Memory Formation. Cell stem cell. 11(1). 23–35. 372 indexed citations

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He, Ling, Amin Sabet, Stephen Djedjos, et al.. (2009). Metformin and Insulin Suppress Hepatic Gluconeogenesis through Phosphorylation of CREB Binding Protein. Cell. 137(4). 635–646. 399 indexed citations

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