Shu Yang

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Shu Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shu Yang has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Neurology and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Shu Yang's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (23 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (14 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (11 papers). Shu Yang is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (23 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (14 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (11 papers). Shu Yang collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Shu Yang's co-authors include Ian P. Blair, Sadaf T. Warraich, Garth A. Nicholson, Julie D. Atkin, Vinod Sundaramoorthy, Mark A. Halloran, Kai Y. Soo, Vita Levina, Manal A. Farg and Anna E. King and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Communications, Journal of Controlled Release and Human Molecular Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Shu Yang

42 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

C9ORF72, implicated in amytrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, regulates endosomal trafficking

2014 377 citations Manal A. Farg, Vinod Sundaramoorthy et al. Human Molecular Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shu Yang Australia	22	813	708	348	197	176	48	1.7k
Jamuna R. Subramaniam India	15	495 0.6×	694 1.0×	284 0.8×	120 0.6×	317 1.8×	30	1.6k
Jacinda B. Sampson United States	19	813 1.0×	376 0.5×	376 1.1×	41 0.2×	447 2.5×	51	1.8k
Marianna Marino Italy	13	488 0.6×	389 0.5×	178 0.5×	36 0.2×	128 0.7×	25	1.0k
Jun Goto Japan	25	879 1.1×	1.5k 2.1×	540 1.6×	74 0.4×	399 2.3×	64	2.6k
Michael Hsu United States	15	898 1.1×	326 0.5×	154 0.4×	31 0.2×	414 2.4×	30	1.8k
Claudia Figueroa‐Romero United States	20	1.1k 1.4×	584 0.8×	319 0.9×	21 0.1×	377 2.1×	31	1.9k
Maria Lina Massimino Italy	25	1.3k 1.6×	231 0.3×	185 0.5×	22 0.1×	346 2.0×	58	1.9k
Martina Wiedau‐Pazos United States	22	1.1k 1.4×	930 1.3×	428 1.2×	26 0.1×	713 4.1×	31	2.5k
Cao Huang United States	22	619 0.8×	969 1.4×	483 1.4×	18 0.1×	232 1.3×	40	1.9k
Siân C. Barber United Kingdom	10	554 0.7×	910 1.3×	399 1.1×	13 0.1×	263 1.5×	12	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Shu Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shu Yang

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

All Works

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Li, Yinghui, Qian Meng, Peiyu Li, et al.. (2025). Harnessing miRNA therapeutics: a novel approach to combat heart and brain infarctions in atherosclerosis. Cell Death Discovery. 11(1). 482–482.

Thota, Swapna, Rasheedunnisa Begum, Meenakshi Thakur, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the Hsp70-ROS-autophagy axis in pentachlorophenol-challenged lung and liver epithelial cells. Archives of Toxicology. 99(5). 2039–2062.

Ragagnin, Audrey, Sonam Parakh, Kai Y. Soo, et al.. (2024). C9orf72-Associated Dipeptide Repeat Expansions Perturb ER-Golgi Vesicular Trafficking, Inducing Golgi Fragmentation and ER Stress, in ALS/FTD. Molecular Neurobiology. 61(12). 10318–10338. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Shu, et al.. (2023). Epigenetic regulatory mechanism of ADAMTS12 expression in osteoarthritis. Molecular Medicine. 29(1). 86–86. 10 indexed citations

Murray, Helen C., David F. Gordon, Shu Yang, et al.. (2023). Distribution of ubiquilin 2 and TDP‐43 aggregates throughout the CNS in UBQLN2 p.T487I‐linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Brain Pathology. 34(3). e13230–e13230. 7 indexed citations

Rayner, Stephanie L., Shu Yang, Natalie E. Farrawell, et al.. (2022). TDP-43 is a ubiquitylation substrate of the SCFcyclin F complex. Neurobiology of Disease. 167. 105673–105673. 15 indexed citations

Masud, Mostafa Kamal, Rabbee G. Mahmudunnabi, Claire H. Stevens, et al.. (2020). Sensitive Detection of Motor Neuron Disease Derived Exosomal miRNA Using Electrocatalytic Activity of Gold‐Loaded Superparamagnetic Ferric Oxide Nanocubes. ChemElectroChem. 7(16). 3459–3467. 20 indexed citations

Balez, Rachelle, Tracey Berg, Sonia Sanz Muñoz, et al.. (2020). The mRNA-based reprogramming of fibroblasts from a SOD1E101G familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient to induced pluripotent stem cell line UOWi007. Stem Cell Research. 42. 101701–101701. 3 indexed citations

Halloran, Mark A., Audrey Ragagnin, Marta Vidal, et al.. (2019). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-linked UBQLN2 mutants inhibit endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi transport, leading to Golgi fragmentation and ER stress. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(19). 3859–3873. 28 indexed citations

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Balez, Rachelle, Sonia Sanz Muñoz, Dzung Do‐Ha, et al.. (2019). Generation and characterization of a human induced pluripotent stem cell line UOWi005-A from dermal fibroblasts derived from a CCNF familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient using mRNA reprogramming. Stem Cell Research. 40. 101530–101530. 5 indexed citations

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Ruan, Weimin, Meng Zheng, Yuanyuan Liu, et al.. (2018). DNA nanoclew templated spherical nucleic acids for siRNA delivery. Chemical Communications. 54(29). 3609–3612. 52 indexed citations

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Moujalled, Diane, Alexandra Grubman, Karla Acevedo, et al.. (2017). TDP-43 mutations causing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are associated with altered expression of RNA-binding protein hnRNP K and affect the Nrf2 antioxidant pathway. Human Molecular Genetics. 26(9). 1732–1746. 62 indexed citations

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Yang, Shu, Katharine Y. Zhang, Jennifer A. Fifita, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of Skin Fibroblasts from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients for the Rapid Study of Pathological Features. Neurotoxicity Research. 28(2). 138–146. 23 indexed citations

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Yuan, Guiping, Shujun Dai, Zhongqiong Yin, et al.. (2014). Toxicological assessment of combined lead and cadmium: Acute and sub-chronic toxicity study in rats. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 65. 260–268. 158 indexed citations

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Farg, Manal A., Vinod Sundaramoorthy, Shu Yang, et al.. (2014). C9ORF72, implicated in amytrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, regulates endosomal trafficking. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(13). 3579–3595. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dai, Shujun, Zhongqiong Yin, Guiping Yuan, et al.. (2013). Quantification of metallothionein on the liver and kidney of rats by subchronic lead and cadmium in combination. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 36(3). 1207–1216. 51 indexed citations

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Yang, Shu, Jennifer A. Fifita, Kelly L. Williams, et al.. (2013). Mutation analysis and immunopathological studies of PFN1 in familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Aging. 34(9). 2235.e7–2235.e10. 18 indexed citations

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Minchin, Rodney F. & Shu Yang. (2010). Endosomal disruptors in non-viral gene delivery. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 7(3). 331–339. 20 indexed citations

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Yang, Shu, Sadaf T. Warraich, Garth A. Nicholson, & Ian P. Blair. (2010). Fused in sarcoma/translocated in liposarcoma: A multifunctional DNA/RNA binding protein. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 42(9). 1408–1411. 30 indexed citations

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Yang, Shu, et al.. (2008). The characterization of a novel dendritic system for gene delivery by isothermal titration calorimetry. Biopolymers. 90(5). 651–654. 15 indexed citations

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