Paul M. Yen

17.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
180 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Paul M. Yen is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul M. Yen has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 83 papers in Molecular Biology and 70 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Paul M. Yen's work include Thyroid Disorders and Treatments (61 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (57 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (48 papers). Paul M. Yen is often cited by papers focused on Thyroid Disorders and Treatments (61 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (57 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (48 papers). Paul M. Yen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and India. Paul M. Yen's co-authors include Rohit A. Sinha, Brijesh Kumar Singh, William W. Chin, Jin Zhou, Padma Maruvada, Xu Feng, Boon‐Huat Bay, Akira Sugawara, Yajun Wu and Gordon L. Hager and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Paul M. Yen

177 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Physiological and Molecular Basis of Thyroid Hormone Action

2001 1.5k citations Paul M. Yen profile →
Direct effects of thyroid hormones on hepatic lipid metabolism

2018 426 citations Rohit A. Sinha, Brijesh Kumar Singh et al. Nature Reviews Endocrinology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul M. Yen United States	52	4.9k	4.7k	2.7k	2.2k	1.3k	180	10.8k
Krishna Chatterjee United Kingdom	62	5.8k 1.2×	6.9k 1.5×	2.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	2.9k 2.2×	204	14.8k
John W. Harney United States	59	4.9k 1.0×	4.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	961 0.4×	1.8k 1.4×	115	11.4k
Peter A. Crawford United States	42	2.3k 0.5×	4.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	4.0k 3.1×	86	9.6k
Fredric E. Wondisford United States	56	4.5k 0.9×	4.1k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	513 0.2×	944 0.7×	154	9.1k
Marc Lombès France	51	4.3k 0.9×	3.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	653 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	191	8.2k
P. Reed Larsen United States	55	6.4k 1.3×	3.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	560 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	125	9.8k
Jun Nakae Japan	40	1.7k 0.3×	6.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.8×	89	9.0k
Yoshio Fujitani Japan	51	2.9k 0.6×	3.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	169	9.6k
Terry G. Unterman United States	62	2.6k 0.5×	7.3k 1.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	2.5k 1.9×	157	12.6k
Karin Dahlman‐Wright Sweden	51	1.4k 0.3×	4.0k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	926 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	130	8.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul M. Yen

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Hsu, Jean W., E Shyong Tai, Shaji Chacko, et al.. (2025). Metabolic impact of dietary glycine supplementation in individuals with severe obesity. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 36433–36433.

Sun, Terri, et al.. (2024). Right Ventricular Function Following Sternotomy Versus a Less-Invasive Approach for Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 39(1). 79–87. 2 indexed citations

Sinha, Rohit A. & Paul M. Yen. (2024). Metabolic Messengers: Thyroid Hormones. Nature Metabolism. 6(4). 639–650. 40 indexed citations

Zhou, Jin, Madhulika Tripathi, Jia Pei Ho, et al.. (2022). Spermidine-mediated hypusination of translation factor EIF5A improves mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and prevents non-alcoholic steatohepatitis progression. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5202–5202. 55 indexed citations

Lesmana, Ronny, et al.. (2021). Hippo pathway effectors YAP and TAZ and their association with skeletal muscle ageing. Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry. 77(1). 63–73. 17 indexed citations

Dong, Jinrui, Sivakumar Viswanathan, Eleonora Adami, et al.. (2021). Hepatocyte-specific IL11 cis-signaling drives lipotoxicity and underlies the transition from NAFLD to NASH. Nature Communications. 12(1). 66–66. 89 indexed citations

Tripathi, Madhulika, Paul M. Yen, & Brijesh Kumar Singh. (2020). Protocol to Generate Senescent Cells from the Mouse Hepatic Cell Line AML12 to Study Hepatic Aging. STAR Protocols. 1(2). 100064–100064. 8 indexed citations

Bruinstroop, Eveline, et al.. (2020). Increased Hepatic Fat Content in Patients with Resistance to Thyroid Hormone Beta. Thyroid. 31(7). 1127–1134. 36 indexed citations

Rajak, Sangam, et al.. (2020). Autophagic protein ULK1 regulates FOXM1 signalling in human hepatoma cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 532(4). 570–575. 3 indexed citations

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Sinha, Rohit A., Sangam Rajak, Brijesh Kumar Singh, & Paul M. Yen. (2020). Hepatic Lipid Catabolism via PPARα-Lysosomal Crosstalk. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(7). 2391–2391. 37 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jin, Andrea Lim, Xiao-Hui Liao, et al.. (2019). A Liver-Specific Thyromimetic, VK2809, Decreases Hepatosteatosis in Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia. Thyroid. 29(8). 1158–1167. 51 indexed citations

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Singh, Brijesh Kumar, Rohit A. Sinha, Madhulika Tripathi, et al.. (2018). Thyroid hormone receptor and ERRα coordinately regulate mitochondrial fission, mitophagy, biogenesis, and function. Science Signaling. 11(536). 98 indexed citations

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Sinha, Rohit A., Brijesh Kumar Singh, & Paul M. Yen. (2018). Direct effects of thyroid hormones on hepatic lipid metabolism. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 14(5). 259–269. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chng, Chiaw Ling, Hong Chang Tan, Jean‐Paul Kovalik, et al.. (2016). Physiological and Metabolic Changes During the Transition from Hyperthyroidism to Euthyroidism in Graves' Disease. Thyroid. 26(10). 1422–1430. 46 indexed citations

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Sun, Jingfeng, Brijesh Kumar Singh, Jin Zhou, et al.. (2016). Short chain fatty acids induce UCP2-mediated autophagy in hepatic cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 480(3). 461–467. 43 indexed citations

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Sinha, Rohit A., et al.. (2014). Differential AMPK phosphorylation by glucagon and metformin regulates insulin signaling in human hepatic cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 447(4). 569–573. 34 indexed citations

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Sinha, Rohit A., Jin Zhou, Monowarul Mobin Siddique, et al.. (2012). Thyroid hormone stimulates hepatic lipid catabolism via activation of autophagy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(7). 2428–2438. 221 indexed citations

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Saunier, Bertrand, Miriam Triyatni, Luca Ulianich, et al.. (2002). Role of the Asialoglycoprotein Receptor in Binding and Entry of Hepatitis C Virus Structural Proteins in Cultured Human Hepatocytes. Journal of Virology. 77(1). 546–559. 104 indexed citations

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Phillips, Susan A., Pnina Rotman‐Pikielny, Josef Lazar, et al.. (2001). Extreme Thyroid Hormone Resistance in a Patient with a Novel Truncated TR Mutant. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 86(11). 5142–5147. 26 indexed citations

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Yen, Paul M., et al.. (1995). Studies on the repression of basal transcription (silencing) by artificial and natural human thyroid hormone receptor-beta mutants.. Endocrinology. 136(7). 2845–2851. 35 indexed citations

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