Su’an Tang

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Su’an Tang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Su’an Tang has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Rheumatology and 16 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Su’an Tang's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (16 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (7 papers). Su’an Tang is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (16 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (7 papers). Su’an Tang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Su’an Tang's co-authors include Changhai Ding, Jinteng Li, Zhongyu Xie, Yumei Cao, Zhaohua Zhu, Xiaohua Wu, Xiaoyu Nie, Shuizhong Cen, Weiyu Han and Huiyong Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Cell Death and Differentiation.

In The Last Decade

Su’an Tang

35 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Osteoarthritis

2025 79 citations Su’an Tang, Changqing Zhang et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →
Single-cell atlas of human infrapatellar fat pad and synovium implicates APOE signaling in osteoarthritis pathology

2024 61 citations Su’an Tang, Lutian Yao et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Su’an Tang China	18	575	393	352	133	121	36	1.1k
Hwanhee Oh South Korea	15	653 1.1×	339 0.9×	628 1.8×	94 0.7×	156 1.3×	21	1.3k
Quanbo Ji China	17	675 1.2×	511 1.3×	442 1.3×	110 0.8×	204 1.7×	38	1.3k
Giovanna Nalesso United Kingdom	15	596 1.0×	223 0.6×	710 2.0×	82 0.6×	133 1.1×	30	1.2k
Pinglin Lai China	16	530 0.9×	259 0.7×	215 0.6×	78 0.6×	148 1.2×	31	899
Leilei Zhong China	17	373 0.6×	145 0.4×	409 1.2×	61 0.5×	138 1.1×	36	875
Adelheid Korb‐Pap Germany	14	481 0.8×	152 0.4×	433 1.2×	151 1.1×	204 1.7×	24	1.0k
Daozhang Cai China	19	734 1.3×	271 0.7×	766 2.2×	219 1.6×	250 2.1×	33	1.5k
Fumitaka Kugimiya Japan	16	958 1.7×	217 0.6×	344 1.0×	60 0.5×	269 2.2×	22	1.4k
Kei Yamana Japan	15	1.1k 1.9×	304 0.8×	382 1.1×	71 0.5×	369 3.0×	31	1.5k
Jasmine G. Waters United Kingdom	8	593 1.0×	521 1.3×	392 1.1×	98 0.7×	123 1.0×	11	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Su’an Tang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Su’an Tang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Su’an Tang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Su’an Tang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Su’an Tang 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 Su’an Tang. Su’an Tang 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

Chen, Haowei, Lei Si, David J. Hunter, et al.. (2025). Global and Regional Temporal Changes in Cross‐Country Inequalities of Site‐Specific Osteoarthritis Burden, 1990 to 2021. Arthritis Care & Research. 78(2). 215–226.

Lan, Wei‐Ren, Xueman Chen, Hong Yu, et al.. (2025). UGDH Lactylation Aggravates Osteoarthritis by Suppressing Glycosaminoglycan Synthesis and Orchestrating Nucleocytoplasmic Transport to Activate MAPK Signaling. Advanced Science. 12(20). e2413709–e2413709. 7 indexed citations

Tang, Su’an, Changqing Zhang, Win Min Oo, et al.. (2025). Osteoarthritis. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 11(1). 10–10. 79 indexed citations breakdown →

Tang, Su’an, Jianwei Zhu, Song Xue, et al.. (2024). Spermidine ameliorates osteoarthritis via altering macrophage polarization. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1870(4). 167083–167083. 16 indexed citations

Wu, Zhao, et al.. (2024). Increased Rab1a accelerates osteoarthritis by inhibiting autophagy via activation of the mTORC1-S6K pathway. Journal of Advanced Research. 75. 607–619. 2 indexed citations

Feng, Ru, Jun Chen, Yicheng Li, et al.. (2024). A RANKL-UCHL1-sCD13 negative feedback loop limits osteoclastogenesis in subchondral bone to prevent osteoarthritis progression. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8792–8792. 11 indexed citations

Tang, Su’an, Lutian Yao, Jingliang Kang, et al.. (2024). Single-cell atlas of human infrapatellar fat pad and synovium implicates APOE signaling in osteoarthritis pathology. Science Translational Medicine. 16(731). eadf4590–eadf4590. 61 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Haowei, Xiaorui Shi, Song Xue, et al.. (2024). RNA N6-methyladenosine modification in arthritis: New insights into pathogenesis. Modern Rheumatology. 35(2). 203–214. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Yumei, Jingliang Kang, Xiaoyu Nie, et al.. (2023). Extracellular Vesicles in Infrapatellar Fat Pad from Osteoarthritis Patients Impair Cartilage Metabolism and Induce Senescence. Advanced Science. 11(3). e2303614–e2303614. 16 indexed citations

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Tang, Su’an, Yumei Cao, Zhaopeng Cai, et al.. (2022). The lncRNA PILA promotes NF-κB signaling in osteoarthritis by stimulating the activity of the protein arginine methyltransferase PRMT1. Science Signaling. 15(735). eabm6265–eabm6265. 30 indexed citations

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Tang, Su’an, et al.. (2022). Circular RNA circNFKB1 promotes osteoarthritis progression through interacting with ENO1 and sustaining NF-κB signaling. Cell Death and Disease. 13(8). 695–695. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Delong, Guangfeng Ruan, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Metformin attenuates osteoarthritis by targeting chondrocytes, synovial macrophages and adipocytes. Lara D. Veeken. 62(4). 1652–1661. 37 indexed citations

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Tang, Su’an, Qinghong Yu, & Changhai Ding. (2022). Investigational spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitors for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs. 31(3). 291–303. 26 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, Peihua Cao, Xin Wen, et al.. (2022). Relative Efficacy and Safety of Anti-Inflammatory Biologic Agents for Osteoarthritis: A Conventional and Network Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(14). 3958–3958. 15 indexed citations

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Cao, Yumei, Su’an Tang, & Changhai Ding. (2021). Inflammatory phenotype of osteoarthritis and its potential therapies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 92–100. 4 indexed citations

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Tang, Su’an, Xiaoyu Nie, Yiqun Zhang, et al.. (2021). Osteoarthritic infrapatellar fat pad aggravates cartilage degradation via activation of p38MAPK and ERK1/2 pathways. Inflammation Research. 70(10-12). 1129–1139. 18 indexed citations

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Cao, Yumei, Su’an Tang, Xiaoyu Nie, et al.. (2021). Decreased miR-214–3p activates NF-κB pathway and aggravates osteoarthritis progression. EBioMedicine. 65. 103283–103283. 111 indexed citations

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Li, Jianjia, Zhaohua Zhu, Y. Li, et al.. (2020). Qualitative and quantitative measures of prefemoral and quadriceps fat pads are associated with incident radiographic osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 28(4). 453–461. 11 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaohua, Mengjun Ma, Peng Wang, et al.. (2019). α2-HS Glycoprotein in Plasma Extracellular Vesicles Inhibits the Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells In Vitro. Stem Cells International. 2019. 1–13. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Jinteng, Peng Wang, Zhongyu Xie, et al.. (2019). TRAF4 positively regulates the osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells by acting as an E3 ubiquitin ligase to degrade Smurf2. Cell Death and Differentiation. 26(12). 2652–2666. 52 indexed citations

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