Rongcun Yang

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
90 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Rongcun Yang is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rongcun Yang has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Immunology, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Rongcun Yang's work include Immune cells in cancer (23 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (22 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (21 papers). Rongcun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (23 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (22 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (21 papers). Rongcun Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Rongcun Yang's co-authors include Yunhuan Gao, Lei Su, Richard B.S. Roden, Xiaoying Yang, Yongsheng Chen, William H. Yutzy, Juanjuan Wang, Zhuohan Zhang, Yanfeng Ma and Yuan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rongcun Yang

85 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Gut-Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Maintain Gut and Syste... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2023 2022 2024 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Gut-Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Maintain Gut and Systemic Immune Homeostasis
    2023 281 citations Juanjuan Wang, Lei Su et al. profile →
  2. Gut Microbiota-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites Maintain Gut and Systemic Homeostasis
    2022 217 citations Lei Su, Yunhuan Gao et al. profile →
  3. Gut microbiota metabolite indole-3-acetic acid maintains intestinal epithelial homeostasis through mucin sulfation
    2024 45 citations Yunhuan Gao, Rongcun Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rongcun Yang China 35 1.8k 1.6k 726 606 580 90 4.2k
Carole Bourquin Switzerland 33 2.2k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 647 0.9× 429 0.7× 524 0.9× 78 4.8k
Quan Liu China 29 1.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 425 0.6× 696 1.1× 780 1.3× 85 4.2k
Xia Liu China 32 1.9k 1.1× 820 0.5× 645 0.9× 560 0.9× 452 0.8× 157 4.7k
Peter Panizzi United States 24 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 368 0.5× 308 0.5× 452 0.8× 61 4.9k
Rui Xie China 39 2.3k 1.3× 582 0.4× 704 1.0× 1.0k 1.7× 1.0k 1.8× 146 4.9k
Andrea Vecchi Italy 20 1.5k 0.8× 3.4k 2.1× 877 1.2× 333 0.5× 427 0.7× 71 6.3k
Patrice N. Marche France 42 1.9k 1.1× 2.2k 1.3× 470 0.6× 197 0.3× 536 0.9× 227 5.7k
Nataša Obermajer Slovenia 35 1.3k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 960 1.3× 596 1.0× 311 0.5× 73 4.1k
Majid Ahmadi Iran 40 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 454 0.6× 479 0.8× 359 0.6× 103 4.2k
Paola Italiani Italy 30 1.2k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 389 0.5× 178 0.3× 472 0.8× 67 4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rongcun Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rongcun Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rongcun Yang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Juanjuan, et al.. (2025). Exploring effects of gut microbiota on tertiary lymphoid structure formation for tumor immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1518779–1518779. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Juanjuan, Ya Wang, Yuqing Liu, & Rongcun Yang. (2025). SPP1+ macrophages in tumor immunosuppression: mechanisms and therapeutic implications. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1711015–1711015. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yuanyuan, Yuqing Liu, Juanjuan Wang, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota L-ornithine promotes resistance to obesity through metabolites mediated immunosuppressive macrophages. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 82(1). 426–426.
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Liu, Ruobing, et al.. (2024). Regulation of gut microbiota on immune cell ferroptosis: A novel insight for immunotherapy against tumor. Cancer Letters. 598. 217115–217115. 14 indexed citations
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Gao, Yunhuan, Yi Shi, Ming Wei, et al.. (2024). Muscularis macrophages controlled by NLRP3 maintain the homeostasis of excitatory neurons. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 20(7). 2476–2490. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Yunhuan, Ya Wang, Rong Wang, et al.. (2024). Bile acid derivatives from gut microbiota promote GBPs-mediated activation of caspase-4/11 by LPS through lncRNA57RIK. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 20(15). 5831–5849. 5 indexed citations
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Su, Lei, Yunhuan Gao, & Rongcun Yang. (2023). Gut microbiota derived bile acid metabolites maintain the homeostasis of gut and systemic immunity. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1127743–1127743. 80 indexed citations
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Gao, Yunhuan, Yazheng Yang, Jianmei Wei, et al.. (2023). LNCGM1082-mediated NLRC4 activation drives resistance to bacterial infection. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 20(5). 475–488. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Yingxi, Xiyang Li, Mei Cao, et al.. (2019). Seryl tRNA synthetase cooperates with POT1 to regulate telomere length and cellular senescence. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 4(1). 50–50. 23 indexed citations
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Gao, Yunhuan, Wei Sun, Yuanyuan Li, et al.. (2018). Lnc-C/EBPβ Negatively Regulates the Suppressive Function of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 6(11). 1352–1363. 64 indexed citations
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Su, Lei, Benhua Zeng, Hui Yan, et al.. (2016). The Gut Epithelial Receptor LRRC19 Promotes the Recruitment of Immune Cells and Gut Inflammation. Cell Reports. 14(4). 695–707. 52 indexed citations
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Mei, Shiyue, Yuanhang Liu, Yuan Zhang, et al.. (2014). Dendritic Cell-Associated miRNAs Are Modulated via Chromatin Remodeling in Response to Different Environments. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e90231–e90231. 15 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhuohan, Qiaofei Liu, Yongzhe Che, et al.. (2009). Antigen Presentation by Dendritic Cells in Tumors Is Disrupted by Altered Metabolism that Involves Pyruvate Kinase M2 and Its Interaction with SOCS3. Cancer Research. 70(1). 89–98. 41 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhuohan, Bin Zeng, Zhiqian Zhang, et al.. (2009). Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Promotes Bone Marrow Cells to Differentiate into CD8+ T Lymphocytes in Lung Tissue via Up-Regulating Notch1 Expression. Cancer Research. 69(4). 1578–1586. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhuohan, Xiaoying Yang, Yuan Zhang, et al.. (2006). Delivery of Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Small Interfering RNA in Complex with Positively Charged Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Suppresses Tumor Growth. Clinical Cancer Research. 12(16). 4933–4939. 213 indexed citations
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Yang, Rongcun, F. Murillo, William H. Yutzy, et al.. (2004). Human Papillomavirus Type-16 Virus-Like Particles Activate Complementary Defense Responses in Key Dendritic Cell Subpopulations. The Journal of Immunology. 173(4). 2624–2631. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Rongcun, Jehad Charo, Fumiko Ichihara, et al.. (1998). Identification of HER2/neu-derived peptide epitopes recognized by gastric cancer-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. International Journal of Cancer. 78(2). 202–208. 78 indexed citations

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