Nancy Yu

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nancy Yu is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Yu has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cancer Research, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Nancy Yu's work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (6 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (5 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers). Nancy Yu is often cited by papers focused on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (6 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (5 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers). Nancy Yu collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Canada. Nancy Yu's co-authors include Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Matthew R. Laird, Gabor Melli, Leonard J. Foster, Martin Ester, Raymond Lo, S. Cenk Şahinalp, Phuong Dao, James Wagner and Geoffrey L. Winsor and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Yu

27 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

PSORTb 3.0: improved protein subcellular localization prediction with refined localization subcategories and predictive capabilities for all prokaryotes

2010 1.9k citations Nancy Yu, Matthew R. Laird et al. profile →
Pseudomonas Genome Database: improved comparative analysis and population genomics capability for Pseudomonas genomes

2010 510 citations Geoffrey L. Winsor, Daniel Lam et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nancy Yu	2.2k	571	535	521	331	27	3.5k
Raymond Lo	2.9k 1.3×	779 1.4×	667 1.2×	163 0.3×	557 1.7×	17	4.6k
Qin Liu	3.3k 1.5×	609 1.1×	375 0.7×	499 1.0×	219 0.7×	187	5.8k
David S. Horner	2.9k 1.3×	550 1.0×	484 0.9×	267 0.5×	193 0.6×	94	4.5k
Bo Peng	2.3k 1.0×	473 0.8×	392 0.7×	234 0.4×	305 0.9×	142	5.0k
Matthew R. Laird	3.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.9×	512 1.0×	166 0.3×	507 1.5×	17	5.2k
Yao Wang	1.7k 0.8×	270 0.5×	639 1.2×	204 0.4×	340 1.0×	119	5.1k
Chrystala Constantinidou	2.1k 1.0×	713 1.2×	667 1.2×	160 0.3×	381 1.2×	57	4.0k
James S. Song	3.7k 1.7×	816 1.4×	566 1.1×	118 0.2×	294 0.9×	14	6.2k
Michelle S. Parvatiyar	2.0k 0.9×	131 0.2×	327 0.6×	377 0.7×	278 0.8×	66	3.6k
Abdelkader Namane	3.4k 1.5×	280 0.5×	513 1.0×	273 0.5×	695 2.1×	118	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Nancy Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nancy Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nancy Yu 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 Nancy Yu. Nancy Yu 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

Johansson, Annelie, Nancy Yu, Adina Iftimi, et al.. (2022). Clinical and molecular characteristics of estrogen receptor‐positive ultralow risk breast cancer tumors identified by the 70‐gene signature. International Journal of Cancer. 150(12). 2072–2082. 11 indexed citations

Amini‐Nik, Saeid, et al.. (2022). Aging Impairs the Cellular Interplay between Myeloid Cells and Mesenchymal Cells during Skin Healing in Mice. Aging and Disease. 13(2). 540–540. 6 indexed citations

Varshney, Mukesh, Nancy Yu, Shintaro Katayama, et al.. (2020). Motor Function Deficits in the Estrogen Receptor Beta Knockout Mouse: Role on Excitatory Neurotransmission and Myelination in the Motor Cortex. Neuroendocrinology. 111(1-2). 27–44. 14 indexed citations

Holm, Johanna, Nancy Yu, Annelie Johansson, et al.. (2020). Concordance of Immunohistochemistry-Based and Gene Expression-Based Subtyping in Breast Cancer. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 5(1). 14 indexed citations

Abdullahi, Abdikarim, Dalia Barayan, Roohi Vinaik, et al.. (2020). Activation of ER stress signalling increases mortality after a major trauma. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(17). 9764–9773. 9 indexed citations

Savage, Paul, Nancy Yu, Sinziana Dumitra, & Sarkis Meterissian. (2019). The effect of the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition on breast cancer staging and prognostication. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 45(10). 1817–1820. 11 indexed citations

Hakonen, Elina, Vikash Chandra, Christopher L. Fogarty, et al.. (2018). MANF protects human pancreatic beta cells against stress-induced cell death. Diabetologia. 61(10). 2202–2214. 70 indexed citations

Yu, Nancy, Shintaro Katayama, Elísabet Einarsdóttir, et al.. (2017). Acute doses of caffeine shift nervous system cell expression profiles toward promotion of neuronal projection growth. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11458–11458. 14 indexed citations

Einarsdóttir, Elísabet, Myriam Peyrard‐Janvid, Fahimeh Darki, et al.. (2017). Identification of NCAN as a candidate gene for developmental dyslexia. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9294–9294. 15 indexed citations

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Veer, Laura van ‘t, Christina Yau, Nancy Yu, et al.. (2017). Tamoxifen therapy benefit for patients with 70-gene signature high and low risk. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 166(2). 593–601. 16 indexed citations

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Yu, Nancy, et al.. (2017). Expression and clinical significance of Ki-67, E-cadherin, and mesothelin in serous borderline ovarian tumor.. PubMed. 38(1). 85–90. 3 indexed citations

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Maneix, Laure, Ivan Nalvarte, Per Antonson, et al.. (2017). Estrogen receptor β, a regulator of androgen receptor signaling in the mouse ventral prostate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(19). E3816–E3822. 56 indexed citations

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Yu, Nancy, Björn M. Hallström, Linn Fagerberg, et al.. (2015). Complementing tissue characterization by integrating transcriptome profiling from the Human Protein Atlas and from the FANTOM5 consortium. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(14). 6787–6798. 80 indexed citations

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Hwang, Michael S., Nancy Yu, Yue Peng, et al.. (2013). miR-221/222 Targets Adiponectin Receptor 1 to Promote the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Breast Cancer. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66502–e66502. 115 indexed citations

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Lackner, Mark R., Alex Adai, Nancy Yu, et al.. (2011). miR-221/222 Targeting of Trichorhinophalangeal 1 (TRPS1) Promotes Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Breast CancerA presentation from the Keystone Symposium on Epithelial Plasticity and Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition, Vancouver, Canada, 21 to 26 January 2011. This Presentation also complements the Science Signaling Research Article by Stinson et al. published 14 June 2011.. Science Signaling. 4(186). pt5–pt5. 118 indexed citations

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Winsor, Geoffrey L., Daniel Lam, Louise Fleming, et al.. (2010). Pseudomonas Genome Database: improved comparative analysis and population genomics capability for Pseudomonas genomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(Database). D596–D600. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Nancy, Matthew R. Laird, Careni Spencer, & Fiona S. L. Brinkman. (2010). PSORTdb--an expanded, auto-updated, user-friendly protein subcellular localization database for Bacteria and Archaea. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(Database). D241–D244. 71 indexed citations

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Dornan, David, Bart Burington, Yue Peng, et al.. (2009). CD40 Pathway Activation Status Predicts Response to CD40 Targeted Therapy in Diffuse Large b-Cell Lymphoma.. Blood. 114(22). 2721–2721. 1 indexed citations

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Wahlin, Karl, Ernesto F. Moreira, Huang Hu, Nancy Yu, & Ruben Adler. (2007). Molecular dynamics of photoreceptor synapse formation in the developing chick retina. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 506(5). 822–837. 22 indexed citations

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Rini, Brian I., Vivian Weinberg, Sarah M. Dunlap, et al.. (2005). Maximal COX‐2 immunostaining and clinical response to celecoxib and interferon alpha therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Cancer. 106(3). 566–575. 51 indexed citations

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