Minwei Yang

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Minwei Yang is a scholar working on Oncology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Minwei Yang has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Oncology, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Minwei Yang's work include Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (21 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (21 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers). Minwei Yang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (21 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (21 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (18 papers). Minwei Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Minwei Yang's co-authors include Ying Wang, D. N. Wang, Peixiang Lu, Changrui Liao, Yongwei Sun, Yan‐Miao Huo, Jian‐Yu Yang, Rong Hua, Xueliang Fu and Shujing Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Cancer Cell and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Minwei Yang

64 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Tumor cell-intrinsic epigenetic dysregulation shapes canc... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
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. Tumor cell-intrinsic epigenetic dysregulation shapes cancer-associated fibroblasts heterogeneity to metabolically support pancreatic cancer
    2024 91 citations Ningning Niu, Ping 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
Minwei Yang China 25 830 483 449 377 335 70 1.9k
Junhu Zhou China 26 269 0.3× 1.4k 2.8× 135 0.3× 104 0.3× 866 2.6× 62 2.2k
Minling Liu China 21 750 0.9× 297 0.6× 300 0.7× 34 0.1× 128 0.4× 49 1.6k
S. Yamamoto Japan 16 465 0.6× 1.2k 2.5× 391 0.9× 56 0.1× 204 0.6× 33 2.6k
William L. Hwang United States 25 532 0.6× 797 1.7× 562 1.3× 37 0.1× 181 0.5× 65 2.4k
Ching‐Fang Yu Taiwan 17 298 0.4× 218 0.5× 194 0.4× 312 0.8× 106 0.3× 50 1.0k
Hiroshi Murakami Japan 21 160 0.2× 518 1.1× 317 0.7× 144 0.4× 115 0.3× 68 1.2k
Ryo Ohta Japan 17 137 0.2× 328 0.7× 251 0.6× 88 0.2× 157 0.5× 92 961
Noriko Ito Japan 26 341 0.4× 433 0.9× 317 0.7× 29 0.1× 364 1.1× 74 1.7k
Shaoxin Wang China 18 116 0.1× 733 1.5× 121 0.3× 129 0.3× 565 1.7× 58 1.4k
Bing Yu United States 20 182 0.2× 449 0.9× 214 0.5× 51 0.1× 72 0.2× 31 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Minwei Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minwei Yang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yin, Yifan, Yixuan Sun, Hong‐Fei Yao, et al.. (2025). TMEM105 modulates disulfidptosis and tumor growth in pancreatic cancer via the β-catenin-c-MYC-GLUT1 axis. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 21(5). 1932–1948.
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Hua, Rong, Hong‐Fei Yao, Yu Feng, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of a new scoring system for assessing nerve invasion in resected pancreatic cancer: A single-center retrospective analysis. Cancer Letters. 603. 217213–217213. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Minwei, Jian Yang, Zheng Wu, et al.. (2024). AGFG1 increases cholesterol biosynthesis by disrupting intracellular cholesterol homeostasis to promote PDAC progression. Cancer Letters. 598. 217130–217130. 4 indexed citations
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Yao, Hong‐Fei, Minwei Yang, Jianyu Yang, et al.. (2024). Oncogenic GALNT5 confers FOLFIRINOX resistance via activating the MYH9/ NOTCH/ DDR axis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cell Death and Disease. 15(10). 767–767. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Minwei, Jing Tian, Kaiwen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Bioinspired Adhesive Antibacterial Hydrogel with Self-Healing and On-Demand Removability for Enhanced Full-Thickness Skin Wound Repair. Biomacromolecules. 24(11). 4843–4853. 14 indexed citations
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Yao, Hong‐Fei, Dapeng Xu, Yu Xu, et al.. (2023). Analysis of cuproptosis-related lncRNA signature for predicting prognosis and tumor immune microenvironment in pancreatic cancer. APOPTOSIS. 28(7-8). 1090–1112. 15 indexed citations
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Huo, Yan‐Miao, Jian Yang, Dapeng Xu, et al.. (2022). Increased SPON1 promotes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression by enhancing IL‐6 trans‐signalling. Cell Proliferation. 55(5). e13237–e13237. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Minwei, Fei Xu, Jing Tian, et al.. (2022). A starch-regulated adhesive hydrogel dressing with controllable separation properties for painless dressing change. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 10(31). 6026–6037. 21 indexed citations
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He, Ruizhe, Hong‐Fei Yao, Dapeng Xu, et al.. (2022). ADAMTS12 promotes migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition and predicts poor prognosis for pancreatic cancer. Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international. 22(2). 169–178. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Xu, Li-Peng Hu, Weiting Qin, et al.. (2021). Identification of a subset of immunosuppressive P2RX1-negative neutrophils in pancreatic cancer liver metastasis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 174–174. 87 indexed citations
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Hu, Li-Peng, Yan‐Miao Huo, Dejun Liu, et al.. (2021). Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals that targeting HSP90 suppresses PDAC progression by restraining mitochondrial bioenergetics. Oncogenesis. 10(3). 22–22. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junfeng, Ling‐Ye Tao, Minwei Yang, et al.. (2021). CD74 promotes perineural invasion of cancer cells and mediates neuroplasticity via the AKT/EGR-1/GDNF axis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cancer Letters. 508. 47–58. 43 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yongsheng, Ruizhe He, Yuhong Jiang, et al.. (2019). Transcription factor NFAT5 contributes to the glycolytic phenotype rewiring and pancreatic cancer progression via transcription of PGK1. Cell Death and Disease. 10(12). 948–948. 59 indexed citations
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Niu, Ningning, Ping Lu, Ruizhe He, et al.. (2019). Loss of Setd2 promotes Kras-induced acinar-to-ductal metaplasia and epithelia–mesenchymal transition during pancreatic carcinogenesis. Gut. 69(4). 715–726. 58 indexed citations
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Yang, Jian‐Yu, Yongsheng Jiang, Ruizhe He, et al.. (2019). DKK2 Impairs Tumor Immunity Infiltration and Correlates with Poor Prognosis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Journal of Immunology Research. 2019. 1–12. 9 indexed citations
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Wu, Jinghua, Juanjuan Shi, Yan‐Miao Huo, et al.. (2018). IL22RA1/STAT3 Signaling Promotes Stemness and Tumorigenicity in Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Research. 78(12). 3293–3305. 86 indexed citations
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Cao, Xiaoyan, Xiao-Xin Zhang, Minwei Yang, et al.. (2018). Aberrant upregulation of KLK10 promotes metastasis via enhancement of EMT and FAK/SRC/ERK axis in PDAC. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 499(3). 584–593. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Yuhua, et al.. (2009). Fiber Bragg gratings with enhanced thermal stability by residual stress relaxation. Optics Express. 17(22). 19785–19785. 80 indexed citations

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