Linna An

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 820 citations indexed

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Linna An is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Linna An has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 820 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Biomaterials and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Linna An's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (5 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Linna An is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (5 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Linna An collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Linna An's co-authors include Gaolin Liang, Yue Yuan, Huafeng Zhang, Tao Han, Wei Du, Zhanling Ding, Jia Zhang, Peiqun Yin, Lin Wang and Bo You and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Linna An

20 papers receiving 814 citations

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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.

Atomic context-conditioned protein sequence design using LigandMPNN

2025 39 citations Justas Dauparas, Gyu Rie Lee et al. Nature Methods profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Linna An China	14	389	289	261	204	129	20	820
Minoo J. Moghaddam Australia	20	428 1.1×	304 1.1×	210 0.8×	304 1.5×	257 2.0×	49	1.1k
Elisabetta Galbiati Italy	17	336 0.9×	179 0.6×	153 0.6×	194 1.0×	114 0.9×	43	801
Ana Sousa‐Herves Spain	18	417 1.1×	297 1.0×	227 0.9×	141 0.7×	288 2.2×	26	963
Shubo Du China	20	727 1.9×	180 0.6×	297 1.1×	169 0.8×	253 2.0×	35	1.2k
Nataliia Beztsinna Netherlands	17	280 0.7×	277 1.0×	290 1.1×	202 1.0×	121 0.9×	30	801
Moo J. Cho United States	11	460 1.2×	438 1.5×	262 1.0×	121 0.6×	137 1.1×	21	1.0k
Muxun Zhao United States	10	766 2.0×	457 1.6×	376 1.4×	354 1.7×	163 1.3×	12	1.4k
Guo-Rong Chen China	16	447 1.1×	141 0.5×	239 0.9×	380 1.9×	99 0.8×	21	932
Nitin Yadav India	15	389 1.0×	247 0.9×	126 0.5×	140 0.7×	140 1.1×	34	816
Ankur Desai United States	26	1.1k 2.8×	415 1.4×	307 1.2×	254 1.2×	397 3.1×	40	1.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Guotian, Linna An, Wanneng Yang, et al.. (2025). Integrated biotechnological and AI innovations for crop improvement. Nature. 643(8073). 925–937. 8 indexed citations

Anishchenko, Ivan, Yakov Kipnis, Indrek Kalvet, et al.. (2025). Modeling protein–small molecule conformational ensembles with PLACER. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(45). e2427161122–e2427161122. 3 indexed citations

Dauparas, Justas, Gyu Rie Lee, Linna An, et al.. (2025). Atomic context-conditioned protein sequence design using LigandMPNN. Nature Methods. 22(4). 717–723. 39 indexed citations breakdown →

An, Linna, Derrick R. Hicks, Justas Dauparas, et al.. (2023). Hallucination of closed repeat proteins containing central pockets. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(11). 1755–1760. 6 indexed citations

An, Linna & Gyu Rie Lee. (2020). De Novo Protein Design Using the Blueprint Builder in Rosetta. Current Protocols in Protein Science. 102(1). e116–e116. 5 indexed citations

Acedo, Jeella Z., et al.. (2019). O-Methyltransferase-Mediated Incorporation of a β-Amino Acid in Lanthipeptides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(42). 16790–16801. 56 indexed citations

An, Linna, D.P. Cogan, Claudio D. Navo, et al.. (2018). Substrate-assisted enzymatic formation of lysinoalanine in duramycin. Nature Chemical Biology. 14(10). 928–933. 24 indexed citations

Yuan, Yue, Lin Wang, Wei Du, et al.. (2015). Intracellular Self‐Assembly of Taxol Nanoparticles for Overcoming Multidrug Resistance. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(33). 9700–9704. 188 indexed citations

Liu, Yaling, Qingqing Miao, Pei Zou, et al.. (2015). Enzyme-Controlled Intracellular Self-Assembly of ¹⁸F Nanoparticles for Enhanced MicroPET Imaging of Tumor. Theranostics. 5(10). 1058–1067. 46 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yue, Jia Zhang, Qinjingwen Cao, Linna An, & Gaolin Liang. (2015). Intracellular Disassembly of Self-Quenched Nanoparticles Turns NIR Fluorescence on for Sensing Furin Activity in Cells and in Tumors. Analytical Chemistry. 87(12). 6180–6185. 45 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yue, Shuchao Ge, Hongbin Sun, et al.. (2015). Intracellular Self-Assembly and Disassembly of ¹⁹F Nanoparticles Confer Respective “Off” and “On” ¹⁹F NMR/MRI Signals for Legumain Activity Detection in Zebrafish. ACS Nano. 9(5). 5117–5124. 99 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yue, Lin Wang, Wei Du, et al.. (2015). Intracellular Self‐Assembly of Taxol Nanoparticles for Overcoming Multidrug Resistance. Angewandte Chemie. 127(33). 9836–9840. 27 indexed citations

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An, Linna, et al.. (2014). Peptide-Based Nanostructures for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 21(21). 2453–2466. 9 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yue, Jia Zhang, Linna An, et al.. (2014). Oligomeric nanoparticles functionalized with NIR-emitting CdTe/CdS QDs and folate for tumor-targeted imaging. Biomaterials. 35(27). 7881–7886. 30 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yue, Shenlong Jiang, Qingqing Miao, et al.. (2014). Fluorescent switch for fast and selective detection of mercury (II) ions in vitro and in living cells and a simple device for its removal. Talanta. 125. 204–209. 17 indexed citations

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You, Bo, Peiqun Yin, & Linna An. (2014). Multifunctional Electroactive Heteroatom‐Doped Carbon Aerogels. Small. 10(21). 4352–4361. 62 indexed citations

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Qian, Junchao, et al.. (2014). Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Study Enzymatic Hydrogelation. Analytical Chemistry. 86(12). 5955–5961. 22 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yue, Hongbin Sun, Shuchao Ge, et al.. (2014). Controlled Intracellular Self-Assembly and Disassembly of ¹⁹F Nanoparticles for MR Imaging of Caspase 3/7 in Zebrafish. ACS Nano. 9(1). 761–768. 108 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yue, Xijun Wang, Bin Mei, et al.. (2013). Labeling Thiols on Proteins, Living Cells and Tissues with Enhanced Emission Induced by FRET. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 3523–3523. 25 indexed citations

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Luo, Yufeng, et al.. (2013). Covalent Conjugation of Fluorescence Probes to Nanoparticles for Signal Enhancement. Chemistry Letters. 42(10). 1157–1159. 1 indexed citations

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