Liyan Hu

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Liyan Hu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liyan Hu has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cancer Research and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Liyan Hu's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (8 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers). Liyan Hu is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (8 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers). Liyan Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and United States. Liyan Hu's co-authors include Feng Shao, Jingjin Ding, Yupeng Wang, Yue Zhao, Wenqing Gao, Jianjin Shi, Peng Li, Yongqun Zhu, Yan Zhou and Na Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Liyan Hu

53 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Inflammatory caspases are innate immune receptors for intracellular LPS

2014 1.8k citations Liyan Hu, Feng Shao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liyan Hu China	20	2.1k	996	404	325	253	58	3.2k
Qiuhe Lu China	19	1.7k 0.8×	789 0.8×	404 1.0×	453 1.4×	80 0.3×	31	2.8k
Balázs Rada United States	30	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	159 0.4×	313 1.0×	85 0.3×	79	2.8k
Kaiwen Chen China	26	3.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.8×	84 0.2×	336 1.0×	368 1.5×	67	4.0k
Houhui Song China	22	1.4k 0.7×	436 0.4×	107 0.3×	410 1.3×	119 0.5×	116	2.6k
Michael Wacker United States	30	2.2k 1.1×	232 0.2×	601 1.5×	374 1.2×	433 1.7×	80	3.8k
Lennart S. Forsberg United States	28	1.7k 0.8×	782 0.8×	131 0.3×	192 0.6×	121 0.5×	51	3.0k
Caixia Ma China	25	1.6k 0.8×	897 0.9×	438 1.1×	208 0.6×	32 0.1×	64	3.0k
Emma M. Creagh Ireland	23	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	64 0.2×	749 2.3×	88 0.3×	40	3.8k
Andreas J. Müller Germany	40	1.8k 0.8×	904 0.9×	494 1.2×	525 1.6×	55 0.2×	125	4.7k
Young Ah Goo United States	31	1.9k 0.9×	315 0.3×	820 2.0×	322 1.0×	32 0.1×	76	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liyan Hu

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

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Guo, Shaoke, et al.. (2025). Proteomic analysis reveals changes in protein expression in yak oocytes at different meiosis stages. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 309(Pt 2). 142813–142813.

Wu, Xiaoyun, Shaoke Guo, Mengli Cao, et al.. (2025). Whole-Genome Sequencing Unveils the Uniqueness of Yushu Yaks (Bos grunniens). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(8). 3879–3879. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Shaoke, Lin Xiong, Xiaoyun Wu, et al.. (2025). The Metabolic Network of Chilled Yak Meat During Storage Was Constructed Based on Metabolomics Technology. Foods. 14(18). 3173–3173.

Guo, Shaoke, Mengli Cao, Liyan Hu, et al.. (2025). Genomic Characterization of Crossbred-Driven Adaptation in the Endangered Yangba Cattle of China. Animals. 15(7). 1065–1065.

Hu, Liyan, Shaoke Guo, Mengli Cao, et al.. (2025). Ribo‐Seq Analysis‐Based Elucidation of the Dynamic Translation Landscape of Yak Ovarian Tissues in Different Reproductive Stages. The FASEB Journal. 39(15). e70924–e70924. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Mengli, Shaoke Guo, Ziqiang Ding, et al.. (2025). Comparative Analysis of Testicular Transcriptional and Translational Landscapes in Yak and Cattle–Yak: Implications for Hybrid Male Sterility. Biomolecules. 15(8). 1080–1080.

Wang, Xingdong, Shaoke Guo, Mengli Cao, et al.. (2025). Characteristic analysis of N6-methyladenine in different parts of yak epididymis. BMC Genomics. 26(1). 500–500.

Guo, Yuxin, et al.. (2024). Vanadium doped Fe-Mn bimetallic oxides as cathodic materials for boosted heterogeneous electro-Fenton degradation of organic contaminants. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 129174–129174. 6 indexed citations

Hu, Liyan, Shaoke Guo, Mengli Cao, et al.. (2024). Whole-transcriptome sequencing analysis to identify key circRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs in the development of yak testes. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 824–824. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Shaoke, Mengli Cao, Liyan Hu, et al.. (2024). Effects of High-Concentrate Diets on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical Indexes, and Rumen Microbiota in House-Fed Yaks. Animals. 14(24). 3594–3594. 3 indexed citations

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Hu, Liyan, Jiqing Wang, Yuzhu Luo, et al.. (2023). Identification and Characterization of Circular RNAs (circRNAs) Using RNA-Seq in Two Breeds of Cashmere Goats. Genes. 14(2). 331–331. 3 indexed citations

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Hao, Zhiyun, Mengli Zhao, Jiyuan Shen, et al.. (2021). MicroRNA-148a Regulates the Proliferation and Differentiation of Ovine Preadipocytes by Targeting PTEN. Animals. 11(3). 820–820. 19 indexed citations

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Shen, Jiyuan, Zhiyun Hao, Jiqing Wang, et al.. (2021). Comparative Transcriptome Profile Analysis of Longissimus dorsi Muscle Tissues From Two Goat Breeds With Different Meat Production Performance Using RNA-Seq. Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 619399–619399. 21 indexed citations

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Dong, Na, et al.. (2016). Modulation of membrane phosphoinositide dynamics by the phosphatidylinositide 4-kinase activity of the Legionella LepB effector. Nature Microbiology. 2(3). 16236–16236. 51 indexed citations

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Hu, Liyan, Khalid Ibrahim, Martin Stucki, et al.. (2015). Secondary NAD⁺ deficiency in the inherited defect of glutamine synthetase. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 38(6). 1075–1083. 17 indexed citations

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Ghodgaonkar, Medini M., et al.. (2014). Phenotypic characterization of missense polymerase-δ mutations using an inducible protein-replacement system. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4990–4990. 15 indexed citations

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Hu, Liyan, Carmen Dı́ez-Fernández, Véronique Rüfenacht, et al.. (2014). Recurrence of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS1) deficiency in Turkish patients: Characterization of a founder mutation by use of recombinant CPS1 from insect cells expression. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 113(4). 267–273. 9 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yan, Na Dong, Liyan Hu, & Feng Shao. (2013). The Shigella Type Three Secretion System Effector OspG Directly and Specifically Binds to Host Ubiquitin for Activation. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e57558–e57558. 47 indexed citations

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Hu, Liyan, et al.. (2012). Phytohemagglutinin stimulation of lymphocytes improves mutation analysis of carbamoylphosphate synthetase 1. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 106(3). 375–378. 18 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yongqun, Hongtao Li, Chengzu Long, et al.. (2007). Structural Insights into the Enzymatic Mechanism of the Pathogenic MAPK Phosphothreonine Lyase. Molecular Cell. 28(5). 899–913. 113 indexed citations

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