Renhong Yan

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Renhong Yan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Renhong Yan has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Biochemistry and 10 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Renhong Yan's work include Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (11 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Renhong Yan is often cited by papers focused on Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (11 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Renhong Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Renhong Yan's co-authors include Qiang Zhou, Yaning Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yingying Guo, Lu Xia, Jianlin Lei, Xin Zhao, Nieng Yan, Hongwu Qian and Ximing Du and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Renhong Yan

29 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Structural basis for the recognition of SARS-CoV-2 by full-length human ACE2

2020 3.4k citations Renhong Yan, Yuanyuan Zhang et al. Science profile →

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Yaning Li China

Lu Xia China

Jingfang Wang China

Yingying Guo China

Shilong Fan China

Susan Acton United States

Keith Robison United States

Stefano Pascarella Italy

Keping Hu China

Yaning Li China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renhong Yan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Shu, Qing, et al.. (2026). <b>Structural basis for the conformational changes of insulin receptor induced by three different hormone ligands</b>.

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Gui, Qi, Congcong Liu, Bing Zhou, et al.. (2025). Structure and function of a pair of non-competing monoclonal antibodies against Langya henipavirus attachment glycoprotein. Cell Reports. 44(10). 116407–116407.

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Zhang, Ting, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yaning Li, et al.. (2025). Structural basis for the substrate recognition and transport mechanism of the human y ⁺ LAT1-4F2hc transporter complex. Science Advances. 11(12). eadq0558–eadq0558. 1 indexed citations

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Dai, Lu, Ting Zhang, Xiaoting Wang, et al.. (2025). Structural insights into the human system y+L amino acid transporter complex. Structure. 33(7). 1224–1232.e5.

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Li, Yaning, Yingying Guo, Angelika Bröer, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM structure of the human Asc-1 transporter complex. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3036–3036. 6 indexed citations

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Guo, Yingying, et al.. (2024). The cryo-EM structure of homotetrameric attachment glycoprotein from langya henipavirus. Nature Communications. 15(1). 812–812. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Di, Renhong Yan, Yaning Li, et al.. (2024). The complete assembly of human LAT1-4F2hc complex provides insights into its regulation, function and localisation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3711–3711. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Yaning, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for the inhibition mechanism of the DNA polymerase holoenzyme from mpox virus. Structure. 32(6). 654–661.e3. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Haonan, Huimin Guo, Aojie Wang, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for the evolution and antibody evasion of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 and JN.1 subvariants. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7715–7715. 16 indexed citations

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Bröer, Angelika, Ziwei Hu, Aditya Yadav, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM structure of ACE2-SIT1 in complex with tiagabine. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(9). 107687–107687. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yaning, et al.. (2023). Structural Basis for the Enhanced Infectivity and Immune Evasion of Omicron Subvariants. Viruses. 15(6). 1398–1398. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Yaning, Qing Fan, Bing Zhou, et al.. (2022). Structural and functional analysis of an inter-Spike bivalent neutralizing antibody against SARS-CoV-2 variants. iScience. 25(6). 104431–104431. 8 indexed citations

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Rong, Guoguang, Yi Su, Sumin Bian, et al.. (2022). A high-throughput fully automatic biosensing platform for efficient COVID-19 detection. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 220. 114861–114861. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuanyuan, Renhong Yan, & Qiang Zhou. (2022). ACE2, B0AT1, and SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: Structural and functional implications. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 74. 102388–102388. 14 indexed citations

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Yan, Renhong, Pingping Cao, Hongwu Qian, et al.. (2021). A structure of human Scap bound to Insig-2 suggests how their interaction is regulated by sterols. Science. 371(6533). 70 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuning, Yanan Zhang, Renhong Yan, et al.. (2021). ACE2-targeting monoclonal antibody as potent and broad-spectrum coronavirus blocker. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 6(1). 315–315. 38 indexed citations

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Yan, Renhong, Yaning Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, et al.. (2021). Mechanism of substrate transport and inhibition of the human LAT1-4F2hc amino acid transporter. Cell Discovery. 7(1). 16–16. 66 indexed citations

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Yan, Renhong, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yaning Li, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for the recognition of SARS-CoV-2 by full-length human ACE2. Science. 367(6485). 1444–1448. 3445 indexed citations breakdown →

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Qian, Hongwu, Xin Zhao, Renhong Yan, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for catalysis and substrate specificity of human ACAT1. Nature. 581(7808). 333–338. 79 indexed citations

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Yan, Renhong, Hongwu Qian, Ivan Lukmantara, et al.. (2018). Human SEIPIN Binds Anionic Phospholipids. Developmental Cell. 47(2). 248–256.e4. 160 indexed citations

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