Ming Tan

30.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
243 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Ming Tan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Tan has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Oncology and 57 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Ming Tan's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (22 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (21 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (18 papers). Ming Tan is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (22 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (21 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (18 papers). Ming Tan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Malaysia. Ming Tan's co-authors include Dihua Yu, Jianrong Lu, Ethan B. Butler, Yinglan Zhao, Mien‐Chie Hung, Qingsong Cai, Øystein Fodstad, Xiaoyan Zhou, Kristine S. Klos and Keng‐Hsueh Lan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ming Tan

229 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

PTEN activation contributes to tumor inhibition by trastu... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2013 2014 2023 2023 400 800 1.2k
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. PTEN activation contributes to tumor inhibition by trastuzumab, and loss of PTEN predicts trastuzumab resistance in patients
    2004 1.4k citations Keng‐Hsueh Lan, Ming Tan et al. Cancer Cell profile →
  2. Targeting cellular metabolism to improve cancer therapeutics
    2013 815 citations Ethan B. Butler, Ming Tan et al. profile →
  3. The Warburg effect in tumor progression: Mitochondrial oxidative metabolism as an anti-metastasis mechanism
    2014 585 citations Jianrong Lu, Ming Tan et al. profile →
  4. The role of ChatGPT in scientific communication: writing better scientific review articles.
    2023 197 citations Ming Tan et al. profile →
  5. New frontiers in immune checkpoint B7-H3 (CD276) research and drug development
    2023 122 citations Ming Zhou, Jianrong Lu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ming Tan United States 58 7.5k 4.3k 4.3k 1.5k 1.2k 243 13.9k
Beth Y. Karlan United States 69 8.0k 1.1× 6.4k 1.5× 3.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 651 0.5× 336 18.9k
Douglas Yee United States 69 9.9k 1.3× 6.1k 1.4× 4.1k 1.0× 788 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 279 17.4k
Emile E. Voest Netherlands 70 7.3k 1.0× 8.5k 2.0× 4.9k 1.1× 1.9k 1.3× 1.0k 0.9× 370 18.8k
Massimo Libra Italy 68 8.5k 1.1× 4.4k 1.0× 3.2k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 415 0.3× 290 15.9k
Douglas M. Noonan Italy 66 6.0k 0.8× 3.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 3.0k 2.0× 484 0.4× 245 13.7k
Shuang Huang China 60 7.5k 1.0× 2.4k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 351 0.3× 308 12.9k
Xin Chen China 58 6.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.5× 3.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 502 0.4× 382 11.7k
Yiling Lu United States 64 11.6k 1.5× 3.5k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 594 0.5× 209 15.6k
Bryan T. Hennessy Ireland 59 9.7k 1.3× 9.0k 2.1× 6.4k 1.5× 1.3k 0.9× 1.6k 1.3× 266 19.8k
Alice P. Chen United States 50 4.7k 0.6× 4.4k 1.0× 2.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 615 0.5× 310 11.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming Tan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ming Tan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Tan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jiang, Niu, et al.. (2025). Three-dimensional shading models for estimating global radiation on photovoltaic module. Renewable Energy. 242. 122333–122333. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xingguang, Ran Yan, Ming Tan, et al.. (2025). Facile Access to Piezoelectric Polyamides by Polyamidation of Carboxylic Acids and Ynamides for Potent Tumor Immunotherapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(21). e202424923–e202424923. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qing, Ying Liu, Yijun Liu, et al.. (2024). PLUNC inhibits invasion and metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1870(7). 167352–167352. 1 indexed citations
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Hamid, Shahrul Bariyah Sahul, et al.. (2024). The regulatory effects of mitragynine on P-glycoprotein transporter. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 77(2). 321–334. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Chun, et al.. (2023). A LoC-SERS platform based on triple signal amplification for highly sensitive detection of colorectal cancer miRNAs. Analytical Methods. 15(33). 4194–4203. 2 indexed citations
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Yaacob, Nik Soriani, et al.. (2022). Optimization of the CYP inhibition assay using LC-MS/MS. MethodsX. 9. 101827–101827.
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Sulaiman, Shaida Fariza, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Deoxyelephantopin on the Akt/mTOR/P70S6K Signaling Pathway in MCF-7 Breast Carcinoma Cells In Vitro. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics. 13(2). 148–159. 1 indexed citations
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Mohtar, Noratiqah, Thaigarajan Parumasivam, Amirah Mohd Gazzali, et al.. (2021). Advanced Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Systems and Their Cellular Evaluation for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment. Cancers. 13(14). 3539–3539. 27 indexed citations
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Lim, Sangbin, Joshua B. Phillips, Luciana Madeira da Silva, et al.. (2017). Interplay between Immune Checkpoint Proteins and Cellular Metabolism. Cancer Research. 77(6). 1245–1249. 82 indexed citations
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Adenan, Mohd Ilham, et al.. (2017). The effects of deoxyelephantopin on the cardiac delayed rectifier potassium channel current (IKr) and human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) expression. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 107(Pt A). 293–301. 3 indexed citations
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Yuzefovych, Larysa V., Andrea G. Kahn, Lars Eide, et al.. (2016). Mitochondrial DNA Repair through OGG1 Activity Attenuates Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis. Cancer Research. 76(1). 30–34. 37 indexed citations
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Lim, Sangbin, Hao Liu, Luciana Madeira da Silva, et al.. (2016). Immunoregulatory Protein B7-H3 Reprograms Glucose Metabolism in Cancer Cells by ROS-Mediated Stabilization of HIF1α. Cancer Research. 76(8). 2231–2242. 127 indexed citations
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Luo, Xiaomei, et al.. (2015). Effect of exogenous hydrogen sulfide on hippocampal neuronal damage induced by epilepsy. Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine. 14(8). 805–809. 1 indexed citations
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Butler, Ethan B., Yuhua Zhao, Cristina Muñoz‐Pinedo, Jianrong Lu, & Ming Tan. (2013). Stalling the Engine of Resistance: Targeting Cancer Metabolism to Overcome Therapeutic Resistance. Cancer Research. 73(9). 2709–2717. 103 indexed citations
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Tekle, Christina, Alexandr Kristian, Yuhua Zhao, et al.. (2011). B7-H3 Silencing Increases Paclitaxel Sensitivity by Abrogating Jak2/Stat3 Phosphorylation. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 10(6). 960–971. 128 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yuhua, Hao Liu, Zixing Liu, et al.. (2011). Overcoming Trastuzumab Resistance in Breast Cancer by Targeting Dysregulated Glucose Metabolism. Cancer Research. 71(13). 4585–4597. 240 indexed citations
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Zhu, Pengcheng, Ming Tan, Chek Kun Tan, et al.. (2011). Angiopoietin-like 4 Protein Elevates the Prosurvival Intracellular O2−:H2O2 Ratio and Confers Anoikis Resistance to Tumors. Cancer Cell. 19(3). 401–415. 222 indexed citations
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Shiozawa, Ken, Takeo Nakanishi, Ming Tan, et al.. (2009). Preclinical Studies of Vorinostat (Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid) Combined with Cytosine Arabinoside and Etoposide for Treatment of Acute Leukemias. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(5). 1698–1707. 54 indexed citations
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