Mulong Du

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
185 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Mulong Du is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mulong Du has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Molecular Biology, 74 papers in Cancer Research and 42 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mulong Du's work include RNA modifications and cancer (52 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (47 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (26 papers). Mulong Du is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (52 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (47 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (26 papers). Mulong Du collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and United States. Mulong Du's co-authors include Meilin Wang, Haiyan Chu, Zhengdong Zhang, Shuwei Li, Junyi Xin, Dongying Gu, Lingjun Zhu, David C. Christiani, Rui Zheng and Na Tong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mulong Du

173 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Circular RNAs in body fluids as cancer biomarkers: the new frontier of liquid biopsies

2021 230 citations Ke Zhang, Junyi Xin et al. Molecular Cancer profile →
Exosomal circLPAR1 functions in colorectal cancer diagnosis and tumorigenesis through suppressing BRD4 via METTL3–eIF3h interaction

2022 158 citations Rui Zheng, Ke Zhang et al. Molecular Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mulong Du China	33	2.6k	2.1k	496	424	297	185	3.8k
Pei Ma China	33	3.4k 1.3×	2.4k 1.1×	640 1.3×	439 1.0×	304 1.0×	102	4.7k
Pengyuan Liu United States	32	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	383 0.8×	349 0.8×	205 0.7×	123	3.6k
Shuang G. Zhao United States	28	2.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	1.0k 2.1×	530 1.3×	168 0.6×	98	4.4k
Yujie Liu China	32	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	437 0.9×	713 1.7×	263 0.9×	165	3.8k
Zhihong Zhang China	31	2.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	451 0.9×	733 1.7×	367 1.2×	162	3.9k
Yi Liu China	36	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	836 1.7×	370 0.9×	190 0.6×	172	4.1k
Hushan Yang United States	40	2.8k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	590 1.2×	1.1k 2.7×	438 1.5×	124	4.6k
Hao Zhang China	35	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	375 0.8×	514 1.2×	639 2.2×	215	3.9k
Jiao Zhang China	26	1.5k 0.6×	893 0.4×	425 0.9×	425 1.0×	260 0.9×	179	2.6k
Jung Yeon Kim South Korea	22	1.2k 0.5×	737 0.4×	264 0.5×	355 0.8×	341 1.1×	96	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Mulong Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mulong Du

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mulong Du. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Mulong Du. The network helps show where Mulong Du may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mulong Du

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Xiaofeng, Shu Lou, Lin Wang, et al.. (2025). Genetic modulation of lncPSMB1 confers non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate susceptibility by promoting cell apoptosis. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1123–1123.

Cheng, Yifei, Bingxin Liu, Junyi Xin, et al.. (2025). Single-cell and spatial RNA sequencing identify divergent microenvironments and progression signatures in early- versus late-onset prostate cancer. Nature Aging. 5(5). 909–928. 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Rui, Yanping Xiao, Jialei Yang, et al.. (2025). Extracellular Vesicle-Packaged MIR4435-2HG Facilitates Cigarette Smoke-Induced Bladder Cancer Progression through Enolase 1-Dependent Glycolytic Reprogramming. ACS Nano. 19(50). 41985–42001.

Lou, Shu, et al.. (2025). Functional variant at 19q13.3 confers nonsyndromic cleft palate susceptibility by regulating HIF3A. iScience. 28(2). 111829–111829.

Zheng, Rui, et al.. (2024). Environmental pollutants exposure-derived extracellular vesicles: crucial players in respiratory disorders. Thorax. 79(7). 680–691. 4 indexed citations

Yan, Hengyu, Mulong Du, Jianping Ding, et al.. (2024). Pan-Genome-Wide Investigation and Co-Expression Network Analysis of HSP20 Gene Family in Maize. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(21). 11550–11550.

Ben, Shuai, Junyi Xin, Feng Li, et al.. (2024). piRNA PROPER Suppresses DUSP1 Translation by Targeting N⁶‐Methyladenosine‐Mediated RNA Circularization to Promote Oncogenesis of Prostate Cancer. Advanced Science. 11(33). e2402954–e2402954. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Jialei, Fang Gao, Jiajin Wu, et al.. (2024). Cigarette smoking combined with genetic variation regulates the m ⁶ A methylation of CRNKL1 and is associated with bladder cancer risk. Environmental Toxicology. 39(5). 2782–2793. 1 indexed citations

Xin, Junyi, Dongying Gu, Shuwei Li, et al.. (2024). Integration of pathologic characteristics, genetic risk and lifestyle exposure for colorectal cancer survival assessment. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3042–3042. 6 indexed citations

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Ben, Shuai, Shuwei Li, Dongying Gu, et al.. (2024). Benzo[a]pyrene exposure affects colorectal cancer susceptibility by regulating ERβ-mediated LINC02977 transcription. Environment International. 184. 108443–108443. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Silu, Shuwei Li, Huiqin Li, et al.. (2023). Effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on cancer risk causally mediated via vitamin D levels. Environmental Toxicology. 38(9). 2111–2120. 8 indexed citations

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Du, Mulong, Shuai Ben, Junyi Xin, et al.. (2023). Genetic Modulation of BET1L Confers Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility by Reducing miRNA Binding and m6A Modification. Cancer Research. 83(13). 2142–2154. 10 indexed citations

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Zheng, Rui, Fang Gao, Yanping Xiao, et al.. (2023). LncRNA BCCE4 Genetically Enhances the PD‐L1/PD‐1 Interaction in Smoking‐Related Bladder Cancer by Modulating miR‐328‐3p‐USP18 Signaling. Advanced Science. 10(30). e2303473–e2303473. 28 indexed citations

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Xin, Junyi, Dongying Gu, Silu Chen, et al.. (2022). SUMMER: a Mendelian randomization interactive server to systematically evaluate the causal effects of risk factors and circulating biomarkers on pan-cancer survival. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(D1). D1160–D1167. 14 indexed citations

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Zheng, Rui, Ke Zhang, Fang Gao, et al.. (2022). Exosomal circLPAR1 functions in colorectal cancer diagnosis and tumorigenesis through suppressing BRD4 via METTL3–eIF3h interaction. Molecular Cancer. 21(1). 49–49. 158 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xin, Junyi, Shuai Ben, Shuwei Li, et al.. (2021). CoSMeD: a user-friendly web server to estimate 5-year survival probability of left-sided and right-sided colorectal cancer patients using molecular data. Bioinformatics. 38(1). 278–281. 3 indexed citations

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Ben, Shuai, Silu Chen, Shuwei Li, et al.. (2021). Genetic variations in the CTLA-4 immune checkpoint pathway are associated with colon cancer risk, prognosis, and immune infiltration via regulation of IQCB1 expression. Archives of Toxicology. 95(6). 2053–2063. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Mengting, Shuwei Li, Mulong Du, et al.. (2020). Novel CpG-SNPs in the gastric acid secretion pathway GNAI3 and susceptibility to gastric cancer. Gene. 736. 144447–144447. 5 indexed citations

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Ma, Gaoxiang, Hanting Liu, Mulong Du, et al.. (2019). A genetic variation in the CpG island of pseudogene GBAP1 promoter is associated with gastric cancer susceptibility. Cancer. 125(14). 2465–2473. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ke, Shuwei Li, Dongying Gu, et al.. (2019). Genetic variants in circTUBB interacting with smoking can enhance colorectal cancer risk. Archives of Toxicology. 94(1). 325–333. 4 indexed citations

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