Ning Kon

10.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
53 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Ning Kon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Kon has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Ning Kon's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (18 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (15 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (14 papers). Ning Kon is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (18 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (15 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (14 papers). Ning Kon collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Ning Kon's co-authors include Wei Gu, Le Jiang, Tongyuan Li, Richard Baer, Shang-Jui Wang, Hanina Hibshoosh, Tao Su, Muyang Li, Delin Chen and Christopher Brooks and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ning Kon

52 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Ferroptosis as a p53-mediated activity during tumour suppression

2015 2.5k citations Le Jiang, Ning Kon et al. Nature profile →
Tumor Suppression in the Absence of p53-Mediated Cell-Cycle Arrest, Apoptosis, and Senescence

2012 735 citations Tongyuan Li, Ning Kon et al. profile →
ALOX12 is required for p53-mediated tumour suppression through a distinct ferroptosis pathway

2019 704 citations Bo Chu, Ning Kon et al. profile →
Brown Remodeling of White Adipose Tissue by SirT1-Dependent Deacetylation of Pparγ

2012 666 citations Li Qiang, Ning Kon et al. profile →
A Dynamic Role of HAUSP in the p53-Mdm2 Pathway

2004 527 citations Muyang Li, Christopher Brooks et al. Molecular Cell profile →
SirT1 Gain of Function Increases Energy Efficiency and Prevents Diabetes in Mice

2008 526 citations Alexander S. Banks, Ning Kon et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
iPLA2β-mediated lipid detoxification controls p53-driven ferroptosis independent of GPX4

2021 259 citations Delin Chen, Bo Chu et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Kon United States	32	5.6k	2.9k	2.8k	2.0k	984	53	8.3k
Nathalie M. Mazure France	39	5.5k 1.0×	637 0.2×	4.1k 1.5×	1.0k 0.5×	659 0.7×	87	8.4k
Maofu Fu United States	34	4.1k 0.7×	711 0.2×	942 0.3×	1.7k 0.9×	531 0.5×	44	5.8k
Dejuan Kong United States	50	6.2k 1.1×	771 0.3×	3.6k 1.3×	3.1k 1.6×	193 0.2×	100	9.0k
Jiajun Zhu United States	17	3.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	786 0.4×	373 0.4×	30	5.7k
Brandon Faubert United States	23	4.3k 0.8×	475 0.2×	2.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	555 0.6×	33	7.2k
Frédéric Bost France	37	4.8k 0.8×	343 0.1×	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	989 1.0×	95	6.7k
Li Li China	43	3.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	275 0.3×	262	6.3k
David R. Plas United States	35	5.6k 1.0×	358 0.1×	3.0k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	719 0.7×	64	8.9k
Matilde E. Lleonart Spain	38	3.7k 0.7×	461 0.2×	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	487 0.5×	86	5.6k
Elisabetta Mueller United States	31	6.1k 1.1×	426 0.1×	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	51	8.5k

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Xia, Zhangchuan, Ning Kon, Zhenyi Su, et al.. (2025). The PURB–HOTAIR complex regulates p53-dependent promoter-specific transcriptional activation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(9). 1669–1682.

Su, Zhenyi, Ning Kon, Jingjie Yi, et al.. (2023). Specific regulation of BACH1 by the hotspot mutant p53R175H reveals a distinct gain-of-function mechanism. Nature Cancer. 4(4). 564–581. 36 indexed citations

Yang, Xin, Zhe Wang, Fereshteh Zandkarimi, et al.. (2023). Regulation of VKORC1L1 is critical for p53-mediated tumor suppression through vitamin K metabolism. Cell Metabolism. 35(8). 1474–1490.e8. 80 indexed citations

Su, Zhenyi, Ning Kon, Bo Chu, et al.. (2023). ALOX5-mediated ferroptosis acts as a distinct cell death pathway upon oxidative stress in Huntington's disease. Genes & Development. 37(5-6). 204–217. 65 indexed citations

Yang, Xin, Shoufu Duan, Zhiming Li, et al.. (2023). Protocol of CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screens for identifying ferroptosis regulators. STAR Protocols. 4(4). 102762–102762. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Delin, Bo Chu, Xin Yang, et al.. (2021). iPLA2β-mediated lipid detoxification controls p53-driven ferroptosis independent of GPX4. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3644–3644. 259 indexed citations breakdown →

Kon, Ning, Michael Churchill, Huan Li, et al.. (2020). Robust p53 Stabilization Is Dispensable for Its Activation and Tumor Suppressor Function. Cancer Research. 81(4). 935–944. 18 indexed citations

Kon, Ning, Yang Ou, Shang-Jui Wang, et al.. (2020). mTOR inhibition acts as an unexpected checkpoint in p53-mediated tumor suppression. Genes & Development. 35(1-2). 59–64. 41 indexed citations

Kim, Jung‐Min, Kwang Hwan Park, Xianpeng Ge, et al.. (2020). A RUNX2 stabilization pathway mediates physiologic and pathologic bone formation. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2289–2289. 70 indexed citations

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Sun, Qianqian, K. Liu, Ling Zhang, et al.. (2020). OTUD5 cooperates with TRIM25 in transcriptional regulation and tumor progression via deubiquitination activity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4184–4184. 36 indexed citations

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Kon, Ning, Donglai Wang, & Wei Gu. (2019). Loss of SET reveals both the p53-dependent and the p53-independent functions in vivo. Cell Death and Disease. 10(3). 237–237. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Donglai, Ning Kon, Omid Tavana, & Wei Gu. (2017). The “readers” of unacetylated p53 represent a new class of acidic domain proteins. Nucleus. 8(4). 360–369. 13 indexed citations

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Jiang, Le, Ning Kon, Tongyuan Li, et al.. (2015). Ferroptosis as a p53-mediated activity during tumour suppression. Nature. 520(7545). 57–62. 2549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Qiang, Li, Ning Kon, Wenhui Zhao, et al.. (2015). Hepatic SirT1-Dependent Gain of Function of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 Conveys Dysmetabolic and Tumor Progression Functions. Cell Reports. 11(11). 1797–1808. 21 indexed citations

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Kon, Ning, et al.. (2011). Inactivation of arf-bp1 Induces p53 Activation and Diabetic Phenotypes in Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(7). 5102–5111. 46 indexed citations

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Valenti, Luca, et al.. (2011). Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Inhibits the Sirtuin Deacetylase SirT1 to Stimulate Pancreatic β-Cell Mass Expansion. Diabetes. 60(12). 3217–3222. 45 indexed citations

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Kon, Ning, Y. Kobayashi, M Li, et al.. (2009). Inactivation of HAUSP in vivo modulates p53 function. Oncogene. 29(9). 1270–1279. 149 indexed citations

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Banks, Alexander S., Ning Kon, Colette M. Knight, et al.. (2008). SirT1 Gain of Function Increases Energy Efficiency and Prevents Diabetes in Mice. Cell Metabolism. 8(4). 333–341. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Muyang, Christopher Brooks, Ning Kon, & Wei Gu. (2004). A Dynamic Role of HAUSP in the p53-Mdm2 Pathway. Molecular Cell. 13(6). 879–886. 527 indexed citations breakdown →

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Suhadolnik, Robert J., Terence J. O’Brien, Paul R. Cheney, et al.. (1997). Biochemical Evidence for a Novel Low Molecular Weight 2-5A-Dependent RNase L in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 17(7). 377–385. 85 indexed citations

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