Rugang Zhang

12.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
145 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Rugang Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rugang Zhang has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Physiology and 26 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Rugang Zhang's work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (28 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers). Rugang Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (28 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers). Rugang Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Rugang Zhang's co-authors include Peter D. Adams, Katherine M. Aird, Andrew V. Kossenkov, Benjamin G. Bitler, José R. Conejo-García, Wei Chen, David W. Speicher, Takeshi Fukumoto, Nail Fatkhutdinov and Timothy Nacarelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rugang Zhang

141 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Formation of MacroH2A-Containing Senescence-Associated Heterochromatin Foci and Senescence Driven by ASF1a and HIRA

2005 530 citations Rugang Zhang, Peter D. Adams et al. profile →
Synthetic lethality by targeting EZH2 methyltransferase activity in ARID1A-mutated cancers

2015 492 citations Benjamin G. Bitler, Katherine M. Aird et al. profile →
NAD+ metabolism governs the proinflammatory senescence-associated secretome

2019 282 citations Timothy Nacarelli, Lena Lau et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rugang Zhang United States	51	5.8k	2.0k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	145	8.4k
David C. Seldin United States	69	9.8k 1.7×	2.9k 1.4×	920 0.6×	961 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	202	12.5k
Hui‐Kuan Lin United States	53	7.6k 1.3×	2.3k 1.1×	845 0.6×	2.4k 1.8×	1.1k 0.8×	120	10.7k
Gonzalo Goméz-López Spain	43	3.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	719 0.6×	111	6.2k
Violeta Serra Spain	36	4.2k 0.7×	3.1k 1.5×	590 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	412 0.3×	92	7.5k
Gerburg M. Wulf United States	41	5.6k 1.0×	3.8k 1.9×	585 0.4×	965 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	100	7.8k
Zhenkun Lou United States	53	6.8k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	641 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	989 0.8×	134	9.0k
Atanasio Pandiella Spain	57	6.6k 1.1×	4.9k 2.4×	391 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	284	11.6k
Asha S. Multani United States	40	5.0k 0.9×	3.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	803 0.6×	126	8.2k
Roberta Maestro Italy	42	4.9k 0.9×	2.9k 1.4×	901 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	914 0.7×	121	8.5k
Aron C. Eklund United States	32	5.2k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	312 0.2×	2.5k 1.9×	900 0.7×	61	8.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rugang Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xue, Hao, Bo Zhao, Xin Xu, et al.. (2024). TXNRD1 drives the innate immune response in senescent cells with implications for age-associated inflammation. Nature Aging. 4(2). 185–197. 17 indexed citations

Goldman, Aaron R., Hsin‐Yao Tang, Andrew V. Kossenkov, et al.. (2023). Targeting Fatty Acid Reprogramming Suppresses CARM1-expressing Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Research Communications. 3(6). 1067–1077. 8 indexed citations

Fukumoto, Takeshi, Jianhuang Lin, Nail Fatkhutdinov, et al.. (2020). ARID2 Deficiency Correlates with the Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Melanoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 141(6). 1564–1572.e4. 29 indexed citations

Zhao, Bo, Pingyu Liu, Takeshi Fukumoto, et al.. (2020). Topoisomerase 1 cleavage complex enables pattern recognition and inflammation during senescence. Nature Communications. 11(1). 908–908. 51 indexed citations

Perego, Michela, Vladimir A. Tyurin, Yulia Y. Tyurina, et al.. (2020). Reactivation of dormant tumor cells by modified lipids derived from stress-activated neutrophils. Science Translational Medicine. 12(572). 146 indexed citations

Nacarelli, Timothy, Takeshi Fukumoto, Joseph A. Zundell, et al.. (2019). NAMPT Inhibition Suppresses Cancer Stem-like Cells Associated with Therapy-Induced Senescence in Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Research. 80(4). 890–900. 112 indexed citations

Nacarelli, Timothy, Lena Lau, Takeshi Fukumoto, et al.. (2019). NAD+ metabolism governs the proinflammatory senescence-associated secretome. Nature Cell Biology. 21(3). 397–407. 282 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhao, Bo, Jianhuang Lin, Lijie Rong, et al.. (2019). ARID1A promotes genomic stability through protecting telomere cohesion. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4067–4067. 40 indexed citations

Wu, Shuai, Nail Fatkhutdinov, Leah F. Rosin, et al.. (2019). ARID1A spatially partitions interphase chromosomes. Science Advances. 5(5). eaaw5294–eaaw5294. 25 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hengrui & Rugang Zhang. (2017). Beyond immune suppression: the intrinsic function of PD-L1 in ovarian cancer and melanoma. Translational Cancer Research. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

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Fatkhutdinov, Nail, Katrin Sproesser, Clemens Krepler, et al.. (2016). Targeting RRM2 and Mutant BRAF Is a Novel Combinatorial Strategy for Melanoma. Molecular Cancer Research. 14(9). 767–775. 23 indexed citations

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Svoronos, Nikolaos, Alfredo Perales‐Puchalt, Michael J. Allegrezza, et al.. (2016). Tumor Cell–Independent Estrogen Signaling Drives Disease Progression through Mobilization of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells. Cancer Discovery. 7(1). 72–85. 152 indexed citations

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Yokoyama, Yuhki, Hengrui Zhu, Jeong Heon Lee, et al.. (2016). BET Inhibitors Suppress ALDH Activity by Targeting ALDH1A1 Super-Enhancer in Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Research. 76(21). 6320–6330. 116 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyoung, Erin George, Ryan L. Ragland, et al.. (2016). Targeting the ATR/CHK1 Axis with PARP Inhibition Results in Tumor Regression in BRCA -Mutant Ovarian Cancer Models. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(12). 3097–3108. 234 indexed citations

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Aird, Katherine M., Osamu Iwasaki, Andrew V. Kossenkov, et al.. (2016). HMGB2 orchestrates the chromatin landscape of senescence-associated secretory phenotype gene loci. The Journal of Cell Biology. 215(3). 325–334. 129 indexed citations

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Garipov, Azat, Hua Li, Benjamin G. Bitler, et al.. (2013). NF-YA Underlies EZH2 Upregulation and Is Essential for Proliferation of Human Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells. Molecular Cancer Research. 11(4). 360–369. 51 indexed citations

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Li, Hua, Qi Cai, Hong Wu, et al.. (2012). SUZ12 Promotes Human Epithelial Ovarian Cancer by Suppressing Apoptosis via Silencing HRK. Molecular Cancer Research. 10(11). 1462–1472. 61 indexed citations

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Bitler, Benjamin G., Hua Li, Qi Cai, et al.. (2011). Wnt5a Suppresses Epithelial Ovarian Cancer by Promoting Cellular Senescence. Cancer Research. 71(19). 6184–6194. 85 indexed citations

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Li, Hua, Benjamin G. Bitler, Vinod Vathipadiekal, et al.. (2011). ALDH1A1 Is a Novel EZH2 Target Gene in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Identified by Genome-Wide Approaches. Cancer Prevention Research. 5(3). 484–491. 44 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rugang. (2011). Current consensus and controversy of staging and treatment for esophageal cancer. Zhongguo aizheng zazhi. 2 indexed citations

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