Mingming Tong

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Mingming Tong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mingming Tong has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mingming Tong's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (9 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (2 papers). Mingming Tong is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (9 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (2 papers). Mingming Tong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Mingming Tong's co-authors include Junichi Sadoshima, Peiyong Zhai, Toshiro Saito, Akihiro Shirakabe, Shinichi Oka, Wataru Mizushima, Daniela Zablocki, Michinari Nakamura, Shohei Ikeda and Yu Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Biotechnology and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Mingming Tong

20 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Mitophagy Is Essential for Maintaining Cardiac Function During High Fat Diet-Induced Diabetic Cardiomyopathy

2019 364 citations Mingming Tong, Toshiro Saito et al. Circulation Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mingming Tong United States	14	709	461	244	191	136	20	1.2k
Amabel M. Orogo United States	10	751 1.1×	754 1.6×	96 0.4×	203 1.1×	165 1.2×	10	1.2k
Clara Quiroga Chile	17	839 1.2×	419 0.9×	147 0.6×	224 1.2×	414 3.0×	34	1.4k
Georgios Karamanlidis United States	15	873 1.2×	238 0.5×	306 1.3×	426 2.2×	75 0.6×	22	1.4k
Pablo E. Morales Chile	18	936 1.3×	283 0.6×	190 0.8×	333 1.7×	193 1.4×	26	1.4k
Shiori Kyoi Japan	12	589 0.8×	627 1.4×	262 1.1×	99 0.5×	254 1.9×	16	1.3k
Camila López‐Crisosto Chile	22	1.2k 1.6×	318 0.7×	252 1.0×	314 1.6×	320 2.4×	35	1.6k
Mahmoud Abdellatif Austria	18	384 0.5×	297 0.6×	263 1.1×	379 2.0×	76 0.6×	47	1.1k
Ne N. Wu China	14	461 0.7×	224 0.5×	226 0.9×	177 0.9×	79 0.6×	16	899
Raquel Carreira Portugal	11	547 0.8×	405 0.9×	83 0.3×	168 0.9×	79 0.6×	16	922
Debapriya Dutta United States	7	591 0.8×	256 0.6×	73 0.3×	252 1.3×	59 0.4×	8	946

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mingming Tong

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Sai, Hantao Shu, Jingtian Zhou, et al.. (2025). Single-cell polygenic risk scores dissect cellular and molecular heterogeneity of complex human diseases. Nature Biotechnology. 2 indexed citations

Tong, Mingming, Risa Mukai, Satvik Mareedu, et al.. (2023). Distinct Roles of DRP1 in Conventional and Alternative Mitophagy in Obesity Cardiomyopathy. Circulation Research. 133(1). 6–21. 48 indexed citations

Wu, Sisi, Jie Lan, Lingyu Li, et al.. (2021). Sirt6 protects cardiomyocytes against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity by inhibiting P53/Fas-dependent cell death and augmenting endogenous antioxidant defense mechanisms. Cell Biology and Toxicology. 39(1). 237–258. 31 indexed citations

Oka, Shinichi, Jaemin Byun, Peiyong Zhai, et al.. (2021). Nampt Potentiates Antioxidant Defense in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation Research. 129(1). 114–130. 35 indexed citations

Tong, Mingming, Daniela Zablocki, & Junichi Sadoshima. (2020). The role of Drp1 in mitophagy and cell death in the heart. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 142. 138–145. 138 indexed citations

Venkatesh, Sundararajan, Erdene Baljinnyam, Mingming Tong, et al.. (2020). Proteomic analysis of mitochondrial biogenesis in cardiomyocytes differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 320(4). R547–R562. 20 indexed citations

Oka, Shinichi, Shohei Ikeda, Wataru Mizushima, et al.. (2019). Thioredoxin-1 maintains mitochondrial function via mechanistic target of rapamycin signalling in the heart. Cardiovascular Research. 116(10). 1742–1755. 26 indexed citations

Chen, Jiaxiang, Juan-Juan Xin, Ruli Li, et al.. (2019). 5-Lipoxagenase deficiency attenuates L-NAME-induced hypertension and vascular remodeling. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1865(9). 2379–2392. 11 indexed citations

Venkatesh, Sundararajan, Min Li, Toshiro Saito, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial LonP1 protects cardiomyocytes from ischemia/reperfusion injury in vivo. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 128. 38–50. 69 indexed citations

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Tong, Mingming, Toshiro Saito, Peiyong Zhai, et al.. (2019). Mitophagy Is Essential for Maintaining Cardiac Function During High Fat Diet-Induced Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation Research. 124(9). 1360–1371. 364 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tong, Mingming, Toshiro Saito, Peiyong Zhai, Shinichi Oka, & Junichi Sadoshima. (2019). ULK1‐dependent Mitophagy Is Essential for Maintaining Cardiac Function during High Fat Diet‐induced Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. The FASEB Journal. 33(S1). 2 indexed citations

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Sciarretta, Sebastiano, Derek Yee, Narayani Nagarajan, et al.. (2018). Trehalose-Induced Activation of Autophagy Improves Cardiac Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(18). 1999–2010. 205 indexed citations

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Sauvat, Allan, Kévin Müller, Mingming Tong, et al.. (2018). Trans-Fats Inhibit Autophagy Induced by Saturated Fatty Acids. EBioMedicine. 30. 261–272. 30 indexed citations

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Tong, Mingming, Toshiro Saito, Peiyong Zhai, Shinichi Oka, & Junichi Sadoshima. (2018). Atg7‐Dependent Autophagy Is Essential for Cardiac Function with High Fat Diet.. The FASEB Journal. 32(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Jinmei, Gonghong Yan, Mingming Tong, et al.. (2016). Tumor Suppressor Folliculin Regulates mTORC1 through Primary Cilia. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(22). 11689–11697. 31 indexed citations

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Tong, Mingming & Junichi Sadoshima. (2016). Mitochondrial autophagy in cardiomyopathy. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 38. 8–15. 56 indexed citations

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Tong, Mingming & Yu Jiang. (2015). FK506-Binding Proteins and Their Diverse Functions. Current Molecular Pharmacology. 9(1). 48–65. 78 indexed citations

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Tong, Mingming & Changan Jiang. (2013). [Autophagy promoted by Pakinson's disease related protein Pink1].. PubMed. 44(3). 366–70. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Huali, Xue Wang, Mingming Tong, et al.. (2013). Intermedin Suppresses Pressure Overload Cardiac Hypertrophy through Activation of Autophagy. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e64757–e64757. 59 indexed citations

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Jawetz, Ernest, Richard O. Schultz, V. R. Coleman, Masao Okumoto, & Mingming Tong. (1963). PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE KINETICS OF 5-IODO-2-DEOXYURIDINE ACTION IN HERPETIC KERATITIS IN RABBITS.. PubMed. 161. 693–8. 2 indexed citations

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